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November 9-11, 2014
Punta Mita, Mexico

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AGENDA
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10
MORNING SESSIONS

8:30-9:00

Morning Coffee & Networking

9:00-9:15

MITA TechTalks Opening Remarks

Lynne Bairstow & Robin Reyes, Managing Partners, MITA Ventures

9:15-9:45

Keynote 1 Mexicos Path to Tech Innovation

Ing. Victor Lagunes, Chief Technology Officer, Office of the President of Mexico

9:45-10:00

Michael Camuez, MITA Board of Advisors/ManattJones Global Strategies - The

State of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

10:00-10:10

Allen Taylor, Endeavor Global Network Global Entrepreneurial Trends

10:10-10:25

Peter Csathy, Manatt Digital Media The Rise of Mobile Video & Transformation of

Media & Entertainment

10:25-10:40

Jon Corshen, Pilot44 -- Bridging the Innovation Divide: How Brands are Deriving

Value from the Global Startup Ecosystem

10:40-10:55

Steven Rahman, Samsung Trends in User Experience-Biometrics & Design

10:55-11:10

Networking Break

11:10-11:30

Keynote 2 The Next Generation of Corporate Venturing

Dean DeBiase, Reboot Partners

11:30-11:45

Mike Maples, Jr., Floodgate Prospects for Thunderlizards in Mexico

11:45-12:00

Andy Tsao, Silicon Valley Bank Global Venture Investing

12:00-12:15

Jack Leeney, Telefonica Ventures Global & Mobile: The Outlook

12:15-12:30

Lynn Hoffman, MITA Advisor/Boston Private Holdings Cross-border Investment &

12:30-13:30

Sector Opportunities
LUNCH/NETWORKING Areca Garden

MONDAY NOVEMBER 10
AFTERNOON SESSIONS

13:30-14:00

Panel Session: Innovation in LatAm: Corporate and Start-up Synergy

Dean DeBiase, Miguel Mier; Jack Leeney; Moderator: Raj Garanguly

14:00-14:15

Ricado Gomez Quinonez Creative Industries (Animation, Movies & Video Games)

14:15-14:30

Sergio Legorreta, Baker & KcKenzie Mexico Market Expansion: Case Studies

14:30-14:40

Carlos Gomez, Netflix - Mexico Success Story

14:40-14:50

Jordi Muoz, 3D Robotics Mexico Success Story

14:50-15:05

Bismark Lepe, Ooyala/Wizeline Mexico Success Story

15:05-15:25

Panel Session: Mexico Success Roundtable

Carlos Gomez, Jordi Muoz, Bismark Lepe, Robin Reyes

15:25-15:45

Keynote 3 Lessons Learned: A Tale of Five Startups

Jay Duncanson
15:45-16:00

Day 1 Sessions: Closing Remarks

Lynne Bairstow & Robin Reyes, Managing Partners, MITA Ventures

16:00-17:30

Day 1 Margarita Breakout Workshops

Breakout #1:
16:00-16:45

E/I - MX Success Stories

Carlos Gomez Uribe, Bismark Lepe, Jordi Muoz

Breakout #2:
16:00-16:45

C- Corporate and Start-up Synergy in

LatAm

Walter Delph, Raj Ganguly, Jeff Schumacher

Breakout #3:
16:45-17:30

E - Branding, Digital Media & Content

Peter Csathy/Miguel Mier/Jon Corshen

Breakout #4:
16:45-17:30

I - Global Investing: Lessons Learned

Andy Tsao/Jack Leeney/Dean DeBiase

17:30-19:30

Free Time

19:30-21:30

Lucha Libre Dinner Fiesta Punta Mita Club de Golf, Golf Garden

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11
8:30-9:00

Morning Coffee & Networking

9:00-9:10 Day 2: MITA TechTalks Opening Remarks

Lynne Bairstow & Robin Reyes, Managing Partners, MITA Ventures
9:10-9:30 Keynote 4 Opportunities for LatAm start-ups in Corporate Venturing
Jeff Schumacher, BCG Digital Ventures
9:30-10:00

Panel Session: Legal Expertise in Venture Deals - Dan Green, Mark Reinstra,
Sergio Legorreta, Hale Boggs, Moderator: Andreas Kraemer

10:00-10:10

Todd Rufo LatinSF: San Francisco welcomes LatAm

10:10-10:20

Todd Laurence The Brave New World of Big Data

10:20-10:30

Oscar Moreno Real-time Big Data: The Key to Achieve Business Agility

10:30-10:50
Keynote 5 The Future of Payments
Carey Kolaja, VP Global Solutions, PayPal
10:50-11:05

Networking Break

11:05-11:20

Robin Hauser Reynolds, Director/Producer A Preview of CODE+

11:20-11:35

Mike Barrett, Unosquare Outsourcing/Nearsourcing

11:35-11:50
Derek Footer Differentiating your Ecosystem: Hardware, Biotech and Software in
LatAm
11:50-12:05

Jon Duncanson Compelling Story-telling

12:05-12:20

Miguel Mier, Cinepolis Entertaining Media Tech Trends

12:20-12:35

Tom Serres, Rally.org, with Carey Kolaja, PayPal Building Beneficial Partnerships

12:35-13:05
Panel Session: Whats Hot Now? VC Roundtable
Brad Holden, Alex Mendez, John Occhipinti, Lynne Bairstow
13:05-13:30
Keynote 6 Mexico & Entrepreneurship
Enrique Jacob, President of Mexicos Secretariat of Entrepreneurship (INADEM)
13:30-13:45

Day 2 Sessions: Closing Remarks

Lynne Bairstow & Robin Reyes, Managing Partners, MITA Ventures

13:45-14:45

LUNCH/NETWORKING Sea Breeze Restaurant

14:45-15:30

Day 2 Margarita Breakout Workshops

Breakout #1:
14:45-15:30

E - VC Roundtable

Brad Holden, Alex Mendez, John Occhipinti, Robin Reyes

Breakout #2:
14:45-15:30

E, C - Sales 2.0

Todd Laurence

Breakout #3:
14:45-15:30

I - Cross-border Legal Issues

Dan Green, Sergio Legorreta, Hale Boggs

15:30-18:30

Active Networking / Punta Mita By Land & Sea

18:30-19:30

Free Time

19:30-21:30

Closing Dinner Punta Mita Residents Beach Club

(Surfing/SUP, Golf, Marietas Snorkeling Cruise)

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TECHTALKS KEYNOTES
Monday, November 10 09:15-09:45
Keynote 1: Victor Lagunes: Mexicos Path to Tech Innovation
Chief Technology Officer, Office of the President of Mexico
Victor Lagunes role is two-fold, the first one is to manage the I.T.
operations to the inside of Presidency Office; and the second one
is to help create e-government federal public policy, focusing on
consolidation, information security and interoperability initiatives. He
got his Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering degree from
the Tecnolgico de Monterrey in 1998. He moved to Canada to pursue
an MBA at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, place where
he stayed the next 9 years. During this time, he first worked for TELUS
Communications, building solutions for the Government sector; and then
started a consulting practice, focusing on technology integration, green
data center initiatives, cloud-sourcing and information security. He is
extremely grateful for the opportunity to serve his country

Monday, November 10 11:10-11:30

Keynote 2:Dean DeBiase The Next Generation of Corporate Venturing
Chairman, Reboot Partners & AKTA, Fellow at NACD & Kellogg School
of Management
A Silicon Valley veteran with a track record of scaling emerging growth
companies, turning around organizations and embedding entrepreneurialgrade talent into multi-national corporations, Dean DeBiase has led
private and public corporations andFortune 500subsidiaries in Chief
Executive, Chairman and lead director roles.He is Chairman of AKTA, a
user experience design and mobile development firm, Reboot Partners, a
growth acceleration group for multi-nationals, Startup Partners, helping
emerging growth companies disrupt, scale and grow faster, and Boardroom
Innovation, enabling the next-generation of digitally-savvy corporate
directors.
Dean has built leading brands in media, social/mobile commerce, games
and entertainment, retail and distribution, technology, consumer electronics,
Cable TV and Internet services industriesand led global organizations
through startup, expansion, turnaround, roll-up, spin-out, M&A and IPO
operating phases. Hes been chief executive of a dozen organizations
including, TNS Media, acquired by WPP; Autoweb, which he took public and
The Imagination Network, which he sold to AOL.
He is a board member at 1871, Donor Path and ADMCi, a Senior KIN Fellow
and Lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, at Kellogg School of
Management, a Board Leadership Fellow, National Association of Corporate
Directors, and co-author of the best-selling book The Big Moo with Seth
Godin and Malcolm Gladwell.

TECHTALKS KEYNOTES
Monday, November 10 15:25-15:50
Keynote 3: Jay Duncanson Will startup history repeat itself?
CoFounder of Ascend Communications
Jay Duncanson is one of four co-founders of Ascend Communications,
which was acquired by Lucent for $24 billion in 1999, the largest corporate
merger in U.S. history to that date. Founded in 1989, Ascend competed
with Cisco and 3Com, among others in the networking space, creating
equipment that was key to the Internet buildout of the 1990s. Ascend
became an S&P 500 company whose stock split three times in one year
and reached over 100 times its original IPO valuation. Year-over-year sales
consistently topped $1 billion. As an engineer, Jay holds multiple networking
patents and was a key designer of many of Ascends early products. As
a marketing executive, he was Ascends direct interface to the press. As
a co-founder, he worked closely with Ascends venture capital investors
and was active in all pre-IPO investment rounds, including Ascends IPO
roadshow presentations in 1994.

Monday, November 10 11:30-11:45

Virtual Keynote: Mike Maples, Jr. Prospects for Thunderlizards in Mexico
Managing Partner, FLOODGATE LP, MITA Advisor
Mike Maples, Jr. is the managing partner of FLOODGATE, and was
recently named as one of 8 Rising VC Stars by Fortune Magazine for
his investments in business and consumer technology companies. Before
becoming a full-time investor, Mike was an entrepreneur and operating
executive who worked in a variety of senior management roles in highgrowth companies. His background spans a variety of markets including
consumer technology, small business, and the enterprise, and he has
led various functions in product development, marketing, business
development, and corporate strategy.

Tuesday, November 11 09:10-09:30

Keynote 4: Jeff Schumacher Digital Innovation
CEO, BCG Digital Ventures
Jeff serves as the Global CEO of Boston Consulting Groups Digital
Ventures. He has more than 20 years of leadership experience in business
strategy, innovation, venture development, digital consumer technology,
advertising, sales and retail/consumer marketing, as well as extensive
project experience in CRM projects. Jeff is considered a global expert in
CRM, customer analytics and loyalty programs, and previously served as
the one of three founders and Managing Director of Booz Digital. Prior to
that, he was the Managing Director and Founder of Axon Advisory partners,
an innovation firm advising CXOs on their most important strategic digital
issues, and was the Chief Marketing officer and Chief Strategy Officer and
Executive Vice President of The Sports Authority. He began his career in
leadership positions in IBMs technology practice, Accentures technology
and strategic practice, and as a partner in the North American Marketing
and Sales practice at McKinsey & Company.

TECHTALKS KEYNOTES
Tuesday, November 11 10:30-10:50
Keynote 5: Carey Kolaja - The Future of Payments
Vice President of Global Solutions Management, PayPal
Carey Kolaja is the Vice President of Global Solutions Management within
the product team at PayPal. In this role, she leads a global team focused
on ensuring that products and solutions for the Americas, Asia Pacific,
and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa reflect the needs of customers
in each local market. Previously, Carey served as Chief of Operations for
Global Product at PayPal, where she led all aspects of business, financial,
and organization performance. Before that, Carey was the head of the
emerging opportunities product group where she led a new global product
function, which was chartered to identify and nurture new product ideas
and strategic partnerships to drive multichannel commerce beyond the
core payments business. Carey began her career at eBay as a leader in
the technology organization where she held various positions from 2003
through 2006. In March 2006, Carey moved over to PayPal as a Director of
Global Marketing Technology and Operations, responsible for the strategic
development and execution of PayPals direct marketing capabilities and
customer analytics. She holds more than 18 years of diverse experience
within the financial services and technology consulting industry in various
operational and leadership roles for companies of all sizes, including
UBS Warburg, Waterstone Consulting, Windomar Financial, and divine
interVentures.
Carey is on the board of advisors for OLO and Nearbuy Systems. Both
companies are changing the offline retail landscape through the use of
mobile technologies. Carey holds a B.S. from the University of Indiana and is
a graduate from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Monday, November 10 13:05-13:30

Keynote 6 Enrique Jacob: Mexico & Entrepreneurship
President of Mexicos INADEM
Enrique Jacob Rocha is the head of President of Mexicos Instituto
Nacional del Emprendedor (INADEM). As president of the INADEM,
the national entrepreneurial institute, Mr. Rocha focuses on developing
frameworks and resources to benefit traditional and high impact
entrepreneurs in Mexico. Mr. Rocha has served in a variety of capacities
to promote entrepreneurship; during 2012-2013 he was Undersecretary
of Economy for Medium and Small Enterprises, from 2009-2012 he
served as a state Congressman and was head of the planning and
budget commission, and also served as the Secretary of Economic
Development for the State of Mexico from 2005-2009

TECHTALKS Panel Discussions

Panel 1: Monday, November 10 13:30-14:00
Innovation in LatAm: Corporate and Start-up Synergy
Dean DeBiase, Miguel Mier; Jack Leeney; Moderator: Raj Garanguly
Corporate venture capital is fast emerging as the new frontier for start-up innovation. During this interactive
discussion, panellists will discuss emerging trends in corporate venture capital, debate the opportunities and
challenges for both start-ups and corporates, and share insights on how to build highly differentiated and disruptive offerings.

Panel 2: Monday, November 10 15:05-15:25

Mexico Success Roundtable
Carlos Gomez, Bismark Lepe, Jordi Muoz; Moderator: Robin Reyes
It is often said that Mexico needs more success stories to inspire future generations of tech entrepreneurs.
We have three success stories to tell here, each unique in the backgrounds, the paths and the outcomes of
these inspiring entrepreneurs. In this panel as a follow-up to their individual presentations Bismark, Jordi
and Carlos will discuss the challenges, opportunities and attributes that contributed to their success, as well
as offer tips for students and tech entrepreneurs.
Panel 3: Tuesday, November 11 09:30 10:00
Panel Session: Legal Expertise in Venture Deals
Dan Green, Sergio Legorreta, Mark Reinstra, Hale Boggs; Moderator: Andreas Kraemer
Beyond a good idea and proper funding, there is much more to ensuring the success of a tech startup, especially when it crosses borders. In this discussion, our esteemed group of panellists will share insights on how
to properly structure a company for success, as well as discuss other important legal aspects of tech investing
from the perspective of both the company as well as various classes of investors.
Panel 4: Tuesday, November 11 12:35 -13:05
Panel Session: Whats Hot Now? VC Roundtable
Brad Holden, Alex Mendez, John Occhipinti, Lynne Bairstow
What hot areas and industries are VCs currently investing in? During this interactive discussion, panellists
will discuss emerging trends in venture capital, sharing insights on what they are investing in today, as well
as looking at overall trends in venture investing in terms of asset class, (i.e. seed stage vs. later stage investments).
PANEL-ONLY PARTICIPANT BIOS
-Additional Speaker Bios appear under Keynotes or Sessions sections-

Dan Green
Shareholder, GreenbergTraurig,
Silicon Valley office.
Daniel M. Green focuses his practice
on assisting private and public
companies with general corporate
and transactional matters, including venture capital
financings, public offerings, and mergers and
acquisitions. He is fluent in Spanish, and has broad
experience representing technology companies
and venture capitalists from Latin America and
Iberia, as well as U.S. investors and companies doing
business in that region. Dan also serves as a judge in
the Start-Up Chile program and is an active mentor
and panelist with Endeavor. Dan was recently
invited to Mexico City by the U.S. State Department
and Mexicos National Entrepreneurship Institute
(INADEM) to share best practices and participate in
discussions on legislative reform in Mexico to foster
greater innovative entrepreneurship and early stage
investment and also serves on the Legal Framework
Subcommittee of the Mexico-United States
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council (MUSEIC).
Dan also advises on fund formation matters for
venture and angel funds focused on Latin America
and beyond. He is a graduate of Stanford University,
and Harvard Law School.
Mark Reinstra
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati
Mark Reinstra is a partner at Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he
practices corporate and securities
law. Marks practice covers a broad range of general
corporate, securities, and transactional matters,
including venture capital financings, public offerings,
and mergers and acquisitions. He represents private
and public companies across many industries,
including Internet infrastructure, e-commerce,
semiconductors, software, professional services,
and life sciences enterprises. Mark also represents
investment banks in connection with public
offerings of equity securities and debt instruments.
Mark currently teaches New Venture Finance at UC
Berkeley School of Law. Hehas alsohas lectured at the
Haas Business School at the University of California,
Berkeley, regarding the initial public offering process;
and at The Wharton School Entrepreneurs Workshop.
He is a former co-chair of two Practicing Law Institute
seminars, titled Understanding the Securities Laws
and Counseling Clients in the New Economy. Mark
is a member of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosatis
Finance Committee.

Hale Boggs
Partner, ManattJones / Chairman,
Manatt Digital Media
Mr. Boggs is a partner in Manatts
Corporate/Finance, Capital Markets
and Venture Capital practice areas.
He splits his time between the firms Los Angeles
and northern California offices. He founded Manatts
Palo Alto office in 1998, and helped to establish
the firms San Francisco office in 2007. Mr. Boggs
chairs the firms nationwide Business Development
Committee and serves on the Compensation
Committee and Executive Committee. He also is
the chairman of Manatt Digital Media, and presides
over the investment committee for Manatt Digitals
venture investments. Mr. Boggs practice focuses
primarily on corporate and securities matters,
including venture capital transactions, mergers and
acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, public and
private securities offerings and joint ventures. He
works with companies across the spectrum of their
business cycles, from start-up through late-stage,
with a particular emphasis on companies in the digital
media industry. Mr. Boggs expertise includes venture
capital and other equity and debt financings, equity
compensation matters, SEC reporting and disclosure,
intellectual property licensing, complex corporate
partnering transactions and corporate governance.
He also represents venture capital firms in fund
formation and counseling matters. He frequently
assists clients in structuring creative arrangements to
acquire, develop, protect and distribute technologies
and products both domestically and internationally.
Andreas Kraemer
Partner, MITA Ventures
For more than two decades, Andreas
has successfully served venture
capital firms, investment banks
and
distinguished
corporations
throughout the world. He is known for his ability to
lead companies through periods of major change
and growth, specializing in areas of financial planning,
forecasts and valuations, as well as strategic initiatives
such as fundraising, M&A and joint ventures. With
a keen ability for leveraging personal contacts, his
industry exposure has supported various industries
and organizations, which include high tech, software,
communications, energy and Cleantech, agriculture,
chemicals, automotive, capital goods, banking, and
service organizations. Andreas served as Investment
Manager for Enron Corporations venture capital
group which returned over $85MM to the company
during his tenure. Earlier in his career, he worked
as investment banker at Credit Suisse and UBS in

Brad Holden
Managing Director,
TomorrowVentures
Brad Holden is a partner with
TomorrowVentures,
an
early-stage
venture fund founded in 2009 by Eric
Schmidt,GooglesExecutiveChairman.TomorrowVentures
has 70 investments in 21 cities around the world that
range from consumer Internet technology to digital
media and gaming to specialty finance. Investments
include Legendary Entertainment, Maker Studios,
Backplane, Prosper, Beautycounter, Shape Security and
Sharecare. Since 2010, Brad has worked closely with the
existing portfolio companies, sourced and closed new
investments and coordinated the legal process for
TomorrowVentures. He has helped grow the portfolio
from 5 investments to 70 during his time at
TomorrowVentures. Prior to joining TomorrowVentures,
Brad was a corporate associate in the Palo Alto office of
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His practice involved
representing publicly and privately held companies and
venture capital funds in a broad range of corporate and
transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions,
public and private placement of securities, securities
regulation, and general corporate governance. Brad
received his law degree magna cum laude from
Georgetown University Law Center where he was a
member of the Order of the Coif and received his B.A. in
International Politics & Economics from Middlebury
College.
Alex Mendez
Managing Director, Storm Ventures
Alex is a founding Managing Director
of Storm Ventures. He is passionate
about working with seed and early
stage entrepreneurs and companies.
Alex currently focuses on anything and everything
mobile and all software that creates value for
customers in the B2B space. He thinks that the
transformation of IT from vertical stove pipes to a
true horizontal utility will create unprecedented
opportunities for value creation over the next couple
of decades. Alex writes a blog at alexmendez.org.
Mobile investments include Cellfire (digital coupon
distribution platform), Flint Mobile (mobile payment
solution for micro merchants), and MiCel (post paid
mobile voice/data services). Alex was also one of the
first investors and board members of Airespace
(enterprise WLAN platforms; acquired by Cisco).
Software investments include Rafter, fka BookRenter,
(higher education course materials platform), and
Restorando (mobile and online reservations for
Latam market). Prior investments include Qumu
(video management platform, acquired by Rimage),

and Sanera Systems (director class SAN switch,

acquired by McData). Alex served as a public board
member at Mcdata. He is also an advisor to Rearden
Commerce. Prior to Storm Ventures, he spent twentyone years in networking and computing at ROLM,
IBM, Stratacom, and Cisco in several executive
positions. He was part of the founding team at
Stratacom, which Cisco acquired ($4.3 billion) in
1996. He was a SVP/GM during Ciscos high growth
era (1996-2000), where sales grew from $4B to
$20B, employees from 8,000 to 40,000 and 63
companies were acquired. Alex holds a BSEE from
Stanford University and an MBA from Santa Clara
University. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
and speaks both Spanish and German fluently. He is
an avid pilot, golfer and skier, and enjoys traveling.
John Occhipinti
Managing Partner, Relay Ventures
John is a Partner at Relay Ventures, an
early stage venture fund exclusively
focused on mobile software. John
has over 20 years of experience in
enterprise software technology, marketing, and
sales. Previously he was Managing Director of
Woodside Fund where he focused on ventures in
cloud computing, online advertising technology
and software. John presently sits on the boards of
Appcelerator, PubNub, Rally, and advises Graffiti Labs.
Prior to joining Woodside Fund, John was an early
executive at Netscape Communications. Initially, John
led a team that drove the companys first significant
revenues, helping launch Netscape through its initial
public offering. Later, John ran Netscapes Electronic
Software Distribution and Strategic Channel groups.
During his tenure at Netscape, John worked closely
with hundreds of early stage entrepreneurs helping
build web-based e-commerce and enterprise
software applications. Prior to Netscape, John
worked at Oracle Corporation, marketing and
selling large-scale enterprise database technologies.
John has an MBA from the University of California,
Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business, and a
BA from the University of California Berkeley. He
currently serves on the Board of Directors at Trinity
School. John is based in our Menlo Park, CA office.

SESSIONS
Lynne Bairstow

Managing Partner, MITA Ventures;

Co-Founder, MITA Institute
Lynne is a Co-Founder of the MITA
Institute, and Managing Partner of
MITA Ventures, based in Punta Mita,
Mexico and San Francisco. After a successful career
as a Vice President of Merrill Lynch, Lynne relocated
to Mexico where she opened her own marketing
company with clients including Mexicos Secretary of
Tourism. Beginning in 1994, Lynne was an early
participant in the Internet industry, as a partner in
Dot.Com Marketing (Chicago, IL). She wrote about
new technologies as editor of e-com magazine. An
Internet entrepreneur, investor and advisor, Lynnes
interest and passion for tech startups comes from
both hands-on technical knowledge and high growth
marketing/customer acquisition experience.

Robin Reyes
Managing Partner, MITA Ventures;
Co-Founder, MITA Institute
Robin Reyes is a native of Mexico City.
As an expert in Mexican real estate and
cross-border funding over the past 10
years, Robin has led over USD100 million worth of real
estate investments across Mxico. He also directed
the Mexico funding programs for two different US
banks, where he led innovative web-based platforms
for processing cross-border transactions. He was
invited by Felipe Caldern to join the Foundation for
Human Sustainable Development, where he worked
alongside Ernesto Cordero to leverage new media
technology to raise awareness of key issues in Mexico.
Before organizing the first open forum to bring
technology leaders from the US and Mexico together
in 2011, Robin served as Advisor to the Secretary at
the Finance Ministry, leading outward technologyrelated matters on a variety of initiatives, including
mobile banking and financial inclusion. Additionally,
at Robins recommendation, the Mexican Consul
General of the Northeastern U.S. founded an advisory
board for science and technology, of which Robin is a
founding member. Reyes is a co-founder of the MITA
Institute and MITA-related venture funds.

Monday, November 11 9:45-10:00

Michael Camuez: The State of
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
MITA Board of Advisors/President of
ManattJones Global Strategies LLC
Michael Camuez serves as president
of ManattJones Global Strategies and is a partner
in Manatt Phelps and Philips legal practice. He
previously served in various capacities during the
Obama administration, which include: Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Trade and Compliance.
Mr. Camuez is widely recognized for playing a
critical role in rebalancing U.S. economic policy
toward Mexico, leading numerous trade and policy
missions to Mexico and helping to lead efforts to
update and modernize a range of initiatives to
enhance cross-border trade and investment. He
was the chief architect of the recently established
U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue, which
he proposed, coordinated and later helped launch
during President Obamas visit to Mexico in May 2013.
Camunez previously served as Special Counsel to the
President as well as Special Assistant to President
Obama.
Monday, November 10 10:00-10:10
Allen tayloR: Global
Entrepreneurial Trends
VP Global Network, Endeavor
Based in San Francisco, Allen leads
Endeavors efforts to connect its
portfolio of 450+ high-growth companies with USbased mentors and investors. Having established
Endeavors west coast presence, Allen is now focused
on leading the Endeavor Investor Network a new
initiative designed to connect US-based venture
capitalists with high-impact entrepreneurs and local
investment partners across Latin America, the Middle
East, and Africa. Prior to joining Endeavor, Allen
co-founded and directed the US-based non-profit
organization Princeton in Latin America (PiLA) and
spent time in Europe supporting program expansion
for the London-based NGO GuideStar International.
A native Californian and travel enthusiast, Allen has
studied, worked and traveled in over 70 countries.
He has been recognized as a Kauffman Fellow and
one of the Top 99 Under 33 Young Foreign Policy
Leaders. His passions include languages, innovation,
the photographic culture of the 1920s, and all things
Argentine.

SESSIONS
Monday, November 10 10:10-10:25
Peter Csathy: The Rise of Mobile
Video & Transformation of Media &
Entertainment
CEO, Manatt Digital Media
Peter Csathy is CEO of Manatt Digital
Media (MDM) and leads the business development
agency and accelerator arm of this deeply connected
multi-faceted professional services group that also
includes industry-leading legal services, and venture
capital. MDM is also a founding partner of O Labs, a
major tech incubator, together with leading talent
agency ICM. Csathys career spans traditional media
(including senior executive positions at Universal
Studios and New Line Cinema) and digital media/
technology (including serving as CEO of several
leading companies and driving successful exits).
Csathy is a noted thought leader who frequently
writes for leading publications such as Variety,
TechCrunch, Billboard, Wired and Venturebeat. His
insights also are frequently featured in other leading
media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC, USA
Today, and Fast Company. Csathy is a mentor in the
Disney Accelerator and the Points of Light Civic
Incubator and previously served on a commission
making recommendations to President Obama.

with their devices. Prior to Samsung, Steven worked

for a start-up called Watchwith where he tried to
enhance the audience experience around shows like
Bravos Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and NBCs
The Voice. Since 2022, he has worked as the
rapporteur to an organization comprised of former
heads of state, The InterAction Council. Each year,
the Council debates the most pressing issues in
international affairs.Steven provides the council with
a variety of writing services. He is a graduate of
Harvards Kennedy School of Government where he
completed the Master of Public Policy program.While
at Harvard, he focused on the intersection of policy
and technology. In the next few years, Steven would
like to bring writing more to the forefront of his career
and is looking for new opportunities to collaborate.

Monday, November 10 11:45-12:00

Andy Tsao: Global Venture Investing
Managing
Director,
SVB
Global
Gateway, and SVB Global Private
Equity Services, Silicon Valley Bank
Andy Tsao is a Managing Director
and leads SVBs Global Gateway, which assists
innovation companies in the emerging markets
with their U.S. and international market expansion.
In addition, Tsao leads SVB Global Private Equity
Services, working with SVBs international private
Monday, November 10 10:25-10:40
Jon Corshen: Bridging the Innovation equity and venture capital clients, particularly those
Divide: How Brands are Deriving Value in the emerging markets. He brings more than 20
years of experience banking dynamic companies in
from the Global Startup Ecosystem
technology industries worldwide. In his roles, Tsao
Chief Technology Strategist, Pilot44
Jon is a serial technology entrepreneur manages SVBs relationships with venture capital and
who has helped build several successful start-ups private equity firms outside the U.S., and also helps
across a variety of market sectors. Throughout his emerging market companies as they seek U.S. market
career, Jon has touched almost every aspect of entry and U.S. companies as they seek to expand
software design, development, marketing and abroad. In both capacities, Tsao provides these firms
deployment at both start-ups and public companies. with strategic advice and banking services, including
Jon is a recognized expert in areas of social media debt financing, based on a deep understanding of
their needs. Previously, Tsao led and helped found
and networking, Web commerce and collaboration.
SVBs U.K.-based operation, SVB Financial Group
UK Ltd, which was established in 2004. Tsao is a TiE
Monday, November 10 10:40-10:55
Steven Rahman: Trends in User Silicon Valley Charter Member and Asia America
MultiTechnology Association (AAMA) Silicon Valley
Experience-Biometrics & Design
Director, Strategy and Technology, Co-President and Charter Member, and serves on the
West Coast Advisory Board for Colgate University.
Samsung Electronics
Steven Rahman leads User Experience Tsao earned a bachelors degree from Colgate
strategy at Samsung where he and his team think University and an MBA from Boston University.
about unexpected things that Users will be doing

SESSIONS
Monday, November 10 12:00-12:15
Jack Leeney:
Global and Mobile: The Outlook
Head of US Investments,
Telefonica Ventures
Jack serves as US Head of Investing
& Portfolio Manager at Telefonica Ventures, the
strategic venture capital arm of Telefonica Digital
based in London, Madrid and Silicon Valley, focused
on technology investing. He is a Board Observer
for Eventful and Quantenna Communications and
a Board Advisor for CinePapaya and Bragbet. Jack
has lead Telefonicas investments in Box, ExpectLabs,
Everything.me and the acquisition of Tokbox. As an
investor as well as a banker Jack has raised over
$12bn in equity capital for technology companies.
Previously, Jack served as an Investment Banking
Associate at Morgan Stanley within the technology
investment banking group in Menlo Park, as well as
held investment banking and management strategy
roles in New York. While an Investment Banker, Jack
did primarily IPO and public equity issuance work
with notable client work for Ancestry.com, LinkedIn,
Pandora and Tesla Motors. He also served as a
Senior Associate at Hercules Growth Capital, with
Investment Coverage for Box, Glam Media, IntelePeer,
Hi5 Networks and Reply.com. Jack is a member of the
Honorary Committee for the Exploratorium of San
Francisco and is an active participant in the Leukemia
Lymphoma Society and Swim Across America
organization for cancer research. He graduated from
Syracuse University with a Dual Degree in Finance
and Entrepreneurship, cum laude. Sectors of interest
include: Future Communications, Cloud, HTML5, Big
Data, Advertising, Video, M2M, Fin Svcs, eHealth and
Security.
Monday, November 10 12:15-12:30
Lynn Hoffman:
Cross-border Investment & Sector
Opportunities
Director, Boston Private Financial
Holdings
Lynn Thompson Hoffman is an Advisor to the State of
New Mexico $20 billion sovereign wealth fund and a
Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings (BPFH),
a NASDAQ traded wealth management and private

banking company where Lynn Chairs the Wealth

Management Committee. Lynn is an Advisor to and
Investor in MITA, a venture fund and accelerator
focused on bridging capital between entrepreneurs
and investors in Silicon Valley and Mexico. A lawyer
and entrepreneur, Lynns experience has ranged
from start-ups to NYSE companies in investment
banking, publishing, real estate development, wealth
management and private banking. She lives in Santa
Fe, New Mexico and Punta Mita, Mexico.

Monday, November 10 14:00-14:15

Ricardo Gomez Quiones: Creative
Industries (Animation, Movies & Video
Games)
CEO, Kaxan Media Group
Ricardo Gmez Quiones graduated
on computer systems engineering from the
Technological Institute of Superior Sciences (ITESO)
in 1992. He worked at IBM for 18 years achieving
important international and global experience. Since
then, He has been actively supporting diverse projects
in Guadalajara and Mxico such as the Software
Center (where more than 35 Companies work
together to create new and innovative technologies),
the National Animation and Videogames Festival
Creanimax in Guadalajara and the Chapala Media
Park, inaugurated in November 2009. Ricardo
was appointed as councilman of the Science and
Technology Institute in Jalisco (COECYTJAL)
and was recently appointed as councilman in the
Institute of Information and Technology in Jalisco
(IJALTI). He was also President of the Chamber of
IT in Jalisco (CANIETI). In the Animation Industry in
Mxico Ricardo has been recognized as important
leader and received the award as the IT Industrial
of the year in Jalisco by the Industrial council of
Jalisco (CCIJ), recognized by the President of Mexico
Felipe Calderon Hinojosa (July 2012). KAXAN Media
Group, or simply KMG, is a Mexican company based
in Guadalajara, Jalisco dedicated to the creation and
positioning of Creative Intellectual Property (CIP)
mainly through 3D animation film production and
multiplatform videogame development. There are
three strategic business units within KMG: Kaxan
Studios (KS), Kaxan Games (KG) and Kaxan Campus
(KC).

SESSIONS
Monday, November 10 14:15 - 14:30
Sergio Legorreta: Mexico Market
Expansion: Case Studies
Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Sergio Legorreta is a principal partner
at Baker & McKenzie, where he leads
the firms Mexico IT, communications and intellectual
property practices. He is recognized by major league
tables as one of Mexicos top technology lawyers and
is often involved in technology-based transactions,
including venture capital deals as well as on complex
and disruptive technology product implementations.
He is an active mentor at Endeavor and Enlace E+E.
He is a co-founder of Three Blocks Ventures, acts
as counsel to Sabino Capital and was co-founder
and CEO of GanaPlata.com, Global Internetworks,
JurisNet and Sol del D.F. BBS in the early 90s. He
currently advises a wide range of technology market
leaders and high potential entrepreneurs.
Monday, November 10 14:30 14:40
Carlos Gomez:
Netflix: Mexico Success Story
Vice President of Product Innovation,
Netflix
Carlos Gmez Uribe is the Vice
President of Product Innovation at Netflix where he
leads the team that develops algorithms for movie
recommendations and searches. Carlos group is
responsible for modeling personalization technology
for Netflix customers. Before joining Netflix in 2010,
Carlos worked at Google, Mckinsey and company, and
Merril Lynch. He is a computer scientist and engineer
with years of experience of applied mathematics and
modeling, as well as statistical analysis in various
industries. Carlos received his PhD from MIT in Medial
and Electronic Engineering. He also holds a masters
in Electric Engineering and Computer Science, as
well as a double major in Mathematics and Computer
and Engineering Science.
Monday, November 10 14:40-14:50
Jordi Muoz: 3D Robotics: Mexico
Success Story
Co-Founder/CTO, 3D Robotics
Jordi Muoz is co-founder and
CTO of 3D Robotics. He was born

in Ensenada, Mexico, and raised in Tijuana. At the

age of 13 he started repairing all kind of electronics
including laptops and installing small house networks
for his friends and family for free. He spent most of
his childhood playing with Legos, electronics and
inventing his own robots, but at the same time he
felt an unique attraction for aircrafts. He studied
briefly at Ensenadas Center for Technical and Higher
Education before moving to southern California in
2007, where in his free time he designed and built
his first drone. The autopilot ran on circuitry he lifted
from a Wii remote. Soon Jordi was making a living off
his ingenuity. He hacked a toaster that he bought at
Target, turned it into a reflow oven, and set up a small
manufacturing facility in his apartment, designing
UAV parts and selling them to pilots around the world.
Jordis work impressed Chris Andersonthe two met
virtually through the DIY Drones online community
who supported Jordi with an initial $500 check. Chris
continued to advise Jordis production efforts over
email, and in 2009 the two co-founded 3D Robotics.
In 2012, Chris quit Wired to join Jordi full time. Jordi
lives with his family in San Diego.

Monday, November 10 14:50-15:05

Bismarck Lepe: Ooyala/Wizeline:
Mexico Success Story
CEO, Wizeline; Co-Founder & Advisor,
Ooyala
Bismarck is the CEO of Wizeline, an
analytics company for B2B applications. Wizeline
was created to meld science and art in order to help
companies use data to build products that their
customers will use and love. Prior to Wizeline, he cofounded Ooyala. He remains an advisor for Ooyala,
and provides guidance on Ooyalas monetization
business and expansion in Latin America. As
Ooyalas founding CEO and former president of
products, Bismarck raised $20 million in venture
funding and shaped Ooyalas product strategy.
Bismarck was previously a Senior Product Manager
for Google, where he managed the early growth of
AdSense display and video advertising and launched
more than 25 different Google AdSense products,
including Click-to-Play video ads. Bismarck has a
B.A. in Economics from Stanford University.

SESSIONS
Tuesday, November 11 10:00 10:10
Todd Rufo LatinSF: San Francisco
welcomes LatAm
Director, San Francisco Office of
Economic and Workforce Development
Todd Rufo is the Director of the
San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce
Development.
As
Director,
Todd
oversees
Business Attraction and Retention, Small Business,
Film, International Trade and Commerce, Joint
Development, Workforce Development, and the
Neighborhood Development divisions. Todd was
previously the Deputy Director for the Department,
where he lead the Citys business attraction and
retention efforts, with a focus on key business sectors
including technology, biotech, cleantech, financial
and professional services and manufacturing. Todd
received a Masters in Urban Planning in 2004 from
the Wagner School of Public Service at New York
University, after which he worked for the City of New
York.
Tuesday, November 11 10:10 10:20
Todd Laurence The Brave New World
of Big Data
Strategic Partnership, Cloudera
Todd Laurence brings over 20 years of
enterprise software sales, professional
services, and general management experience
to his role managing key strategic partnerships
for Cloudera, the leading provider of enterprisegrade, open source software for Big Data. Prior to
Cloudera, Todd was Vice President, Latin America for
Yottamark, a Big Data-driven provider of traceability
solutions for the fresh produce industry. In this role
he worked with some of the largest exporters of
fresh fruits and vegetables in Latin America, and
was a frequent speaker at technology and food
safety conferences in Mexico and South America.
Before that, Todd was with i2 Technologies (now
JDA Software), a provider of advanced supply chain
software, as Vice President of Sales for the retail
and consumer industries business unit across North
America and Europe. Todd started his career as a
manufacturing and supply chain practitioner and
consultant with various high tech manufacturing
companies and software start-ups. Todd earned an
MBA with distinction in operations and technology
management from The Anderson School of Business
at UCLA, and a bachelors degree in economics and
international relations from Princeton University.

Tuesday, November 11 10:20 10:30

Oscar Moreno Real-time Big Data:
The Key to Achieve Business Agility
Senior Vice President, Products, PROS
Oscar Moreno joined PROS in 1999
and serves as its senior vice president,
products. Since joining PROS, Moreno has held a
number of roles, each with increasing responsibilities.
Today he leads overall product strategy and innovation
for PROS big data applications for the manufacturing,
distribution, services and travel industries. Morenos
teams include product management, science and
research, product development, quality assurance
and customer support. He and his team work closely
with sales and professional services to influence the
strategic evolution and direction of PROS products
to address evolving market requirements. Moreno
formerly held the position of vice president, product
development, responsible for development, quality
assurance and customer support. Prior to joining
PROS, he was a software development manager for
Avantel, a telecommunications company owned by
MCI and Banamex based in Mexico City. He earned
a computer systems engineering degree with the
highest academic recognition in his class from The
Monterrey Institute of Technology.
Tuesday, November 11 11:05-11:20
Robin Hauser Reynolds A Preview
of CODE+
Director/Producer,
Finish
Line
Features, LLC
Robin is the Director & Producer
of CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, a feature
documentary which exposes the dearth of American
female and minority computer science engineers
and explores the reasons for the gender gap and
digital divide. Previously, she was the Director/
Producer of Running for Jim documentary, which
tells the inspiring story of high school running coach
Jim Tracy, his battle with fatal Lou Gehrigs disease,
and the championship team that made him famous.
Winner of 14 awards at 21 festivals, it was distributed
by Passion River Films and Alexander Street Press.
Robin is also a professional photographer, whose
contemporary, fine art photography has appeared
in national publications, and has been showcased
in corporate, commercial, and private collections
worldwide. www.codedocumentary.com

SESSIONS
Tuesday, November 11 11:20 11:35
Mike Barrett
Outsourcing/Nearsourcing
CEO and Co-Founder, Unosquare
Mike, heads up the next generation of
technologists and market innovators
along with Co-founder Mario Di Vece at Unosquare.
Together theyve forged a strong partnership built
on a foundation of excellence, community, passion,
trust and integrity. Honesty is an ethical plane that
Mike considers to be a key factor in building teams
and long term business relationships. He sets the bar
high for himself and leads by example; a leadership
trait learned early on in his career while leading Sales
and Marketing for large technical organizations such
as Tata Consultancy Services, Xavient, and BBSI.
Tuesday, November 11 11:35-11:50
Derek Footer
Differentiating
your
Ecosystem:
Hardware, Biotech and Software in
LatAm
Managing Partner, Origo Ventures;
CEO, HardTech Labs
Derek is a Managing Partner of Origo Ventures,
a seed stage venture capital fund that invests in
Latin American technology companies, as well as
serving as CEO of HardTech Labs, which is building
the hardware and biotech ecosystems in the San
Diego/Baja California region through the creation
of accelerators and seed stage venture funds. He
founded three businesses in the Internet and mobile
content and digital entertainment fields the most
significant being BlueLake Media Corp., which
broadcast European premier league soccer in North
America. His first was JardineFooter, Inc., an Internet
consultancy founded in Chile in 1994. His corporate
experience was intrapreneurial, as Vice President for
content at OpenTV and the head of DirecTV Latin
Americas interactive television group. Derek also
serves on the Board and is General Counsel for Hands
United for Children, a non-profit funding the building
of schools in Africa, Latin America and San Diego
County. He holds two patents related to interactive
television software infrastructure and has a J.D. from
Boston University School of Law and a B.A. from the
University of California, Berkeley.

Tuesday, November 11 11:50-12:05

Jon Duncanson
Compelling Storytelling
Co-Founder, Aviana Productions
Jon
Duncanson
runs
Aviana
Productions with Sylvia Gomez, an allthings-media company that specializes in CEO media
consulting and producing corporate messaging
films. Avianas clients have included Accel Partners,
Atlassian, Intel Corp., Deloitte, Greg Norman and Punta
Mita, among many others. The Mill Valley, CA firm
has won over a dozen communication awards since
its founding in 2007. Jon has over 20 years of awardwinning journalism and media experience. He began
his career with United Press International and Time
Magazine. He went on to become a correspondent at
NBC News as well as an anchor of news programs in
Chicago. His work has appeared on NBC News, The
Today Show, CNN, ABCs Nightline, and CBS News.
Jon won multiple Emmy Awards for his coverage
of the Tsunami after its devastation of Banda Aceh,
Indonesia, as well as for his ongoing coverage of the
wars in Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia. His efforts
were documented in the French film The Troubles
Weve Seen-A History of Journalism in Wartime, by
Academy Award-winning director Marcel Ophuls.
The film received the International Critics Award
at the Montreal World Film Festival. Jon has also
covered wars in Colombia and Central America.
Tuesday, November 11 12:05-12:20
Miguel Mier
Entertaining Media Tech Trends
Chief Operating Officer Cinpolis
Miguel Mier has held the position of
COO with Cinpolis since 2003. He
previously served as Regional Operations Director
and as IT manager, where he developed and
implemented the first software for operating movie
theaters. As COO he manages Operations, Film
booking, Marketing, IT, HR, Sales and International
Operations. During Miguels tenure as COO, Cinpolis
has evolved from a company running 530 screens in
Mexico to a company operating 3,000 screens across
12 countries. Miguel launched the organizations
international corporate offices in Costa Rica, India,
Brazil, and the USA. Miguel holds a BSc in Economics
from Mexicos ITESM, an MSc in Management from
Stanfords Graduate School of Business, and a joint
Masters in Information Technology from Carnegie
Mellon and the ITESM.

SESSIONS
Tuesday, November 11 12:20-12:35
Tom Serres
Building Beneficial Partnerships
CEO and Co-Founder, Rally.org
Tom Serres is CEO and co-founder
of Rally.org, an online fundraising
platform, for causes that matter. He is one of
countrys leading thinkers on social giving, the
cause economy, and digital fundraising. Through
Rally, Tom has helped millions of supports connect
with nonprofits, charities, advocacy groups, political

campaigns, school groups, and independent causes

to raise awareness and money online. Rally received
the awards for Best Online Fundraising Tool and
Most Innovative Product of the Year at Campaigns &
Elections 2012 Reed Awards. Rally, which is based in
San Francisco, is backed by some of the first investors
in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and PayPal.

WORKSHOPS
Day 1
Monday, November 10 16:00-16:45

Monday, November 10 16:45-17:30

Option A: Mexico

Option B: Corporate

Option A: Branding,

Option B: Global

Success Stories

and Start-up Synergy

Digital Media &

Investing: Lessons

in LatAm

Content

Learned

Carlos Gomez

Jeff Schumacher

Peter Csathy

Dean DeBiase

Bismark Lepe

Walter Delph

Miguel Mier

Andy Tsao

Jordi Muoz

Raj Ganguly

Jon Corshen

Jack Leeney

Day 2
Tuesday, November 11 14:45-15:30
Option A: VC Roundtable -

Option B: Sales 2.0

Issues

How to Spot the Big Ideas

Brad Holden

Option C: Cross-border Legal

Todd Laurence

Dan Green

Alex Mendez

Sergio Legorreta

John Occhipinti

Hale Boggs

Robin Reyes

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