Announcements

• Nov 27, Invited talk. Rick Michaelson. IGT - Firmware
• Carl Hylin, Gnometrix
• Mike Oberberger, IGT
• John Kleppe, EE
• Colloquium 4:00 p.m. Oct 9, 2001. Attendance required for all CS425/CS625 students. Mark the date on your calendars and watch this page for location. This should be a very interesting talk for software engineers by someone who has a lot of years of experience in Industry.
  Title: Blending Technology and Business Backgrounds - the Balance creates Opportunities."
  Speaker Biography: . Lawrence (Lawrie) Lieberman has over 25 years of experience in technology companies, with financial and strategic roles including mergers and acquisitions, licensing, partnering and alliances, strategic equity and debt investments, and corporate control. Lawrie has strong connections with a broad array of regional, national, and international technology companies, venture capitalists, financial institutions, and emerging entrepreneurs. His most recent executive position was as Senior Group Vice President of Corporate Development for Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ), a global provider of enterprise software solutions employing 2000 people worldwide and selling to over 2500 corporate customers in 60 countries. Lawrie has held several other senior management positions including corporate development posts at Apple Computer, and Chief Financial Officer at emerging technology companies ranging from computer-aided-design, energy technology, and healthcare information systems. Lawrie also served as Dean of Admission of the Stanford Business School from 1976-1981. Lawrie earned his BA from Dartmouth College in 1972, and his MBA from the Stanford Business School in 1975.