P R O G R A M B O O K

Venue: Microsoft NERD Center

1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142

Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Content Page

NTC Boston Technopreneurship Forum 02

Nanyang Technopreneurship Center 03

Supporting Organizations 04

Forum Program 05

Speaker’s Profile 06

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THE NTC BOSTON TECHNOPRENEURSHIP FORUM

TECHNOPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES

INTRODUCTION This Technopreneurship forum with the theme, "Technopreneurship Opportunities & Challenges", is one of the highlights of the Singapore Nanyang Technological University’s Master of Science Technopreneurship & Innovation Program (MSc TIP) students' immersion visit to United States each year. The MSc TIP is the first (and possibly the only to date) Technopreneurship master’s degree program in Asia. In 2014, the Nanyang Technopreneurship University was ranked by QS as the Number 1 young university in the world. The university is a public university with 34,000 students and its engineering and MBA programs are ranked in the top 50 in the world. This platform is created for (1) our MSc TIP students to exchange ideas, network and build connections with various players

and organizations in the Boston and Cambridge entrepreneurship community. In addition, we warmly welcome participants from other parts of the US too and look forward to greater interactions amongst the international participants.

(2) local entrepreneurs, start-up founders, investors etc. who have an interest in Asia or doing business with Singaporeans. In line with our Center's mission of "Making a Meaningful Difference to Humanity", we believe that such an event and international collaboration will be a further step for a better world for all.

Entrepreneurship, including Technopreneurship, plays an increasingly critical role in the global economy, especially in coming out with new innovations and in job creation. A common denominator for all entrepreneurs is the challenge of starting a business, be it through inventing something, looking for a new idea within a business, finding the right opportunity, financing the venture etc. Such important issues will be discussed in this forum. The forum will have two parts. In the first part, prior to the coffee break, 3 keynote speakers will be invited to talk about the opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurs in this ever-changing environment. After the coffee break, the participants will get the opportunity to have a more interactive and in-depth discussion on the successes and failures of entrepreneurs when they break up into groups led by academics as well as practitioners and entrepreneurs. The objectives of the forum are to help participants in developing an entrepreneurial mindset and to encourage greater interactions and cooperation at an international level. The aim is to work together for a better world for all.

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Nanyang Technopreneurship Center (NTC) was established in January 2001 with seed funding from the Economic Development Board (EDB), Singapore. A multi-disciplinary university-level center, NTC was created to be the focal point of technopreneurship development within the University and the region, where creativity and entrepreneurship lead to the creation of new business ventures that will provide the new engine of growth for Singapore. It is committed to fostering, promoting and nurturing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship endeavours through technology entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship development initiatives. NTC equips its students with the requisite knowledge and skills in entrepreneurship competence through the Master of Science in Technopreneurship and Innovation Program (MSc TIP) for postgraduates, the Minor in Entrepreneurship Program (MiE) for undergraduates, the Entrepreneurship Development Program for executives, as well as several national and campus wide events and activities held year round, such as the Chua Thian Poh Annual Distinguished Speaker Series, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week and the ideasinc Business Challenge. As part of its mission to deliver a holistic entrepreneurship education, NTC encourages passion as a key motivator for dreams to be realized; inculcates an entrepreneurial mindset to initiate innovative changes wherever possible; harnesses technology as an enabling tool for learning and business; and stresses the importance of developing responsible and ethical entrepreneurs who are committed to using their entrepreneurial expertise and resources to bring about significant economic and social development in the communities in which they operate. Entire communities stand to benefit over the long term when livelihoods and lives are uplifted in this way, and this is in essence, the ethos of the NTC’s philosophy in inspiring and developing entrepreneurs with the heart, will and capability to make a positive and meaningful difference to society.

ORGANIZER

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SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

Microsoft New England (MSNE) is a major center for technical innovation and research. Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the MSNE campus includes two buildings—One Memorial Drive and the recently renovated One Cambridge Center. At the core of MSNE is the Microsoft New England Research & Development Center (NERD). NERD is a world-renowned research and software development center, and is home to teams working on critical products and services like Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft SQL. NERD also serves as a center of gravity for the local tech community, having hosted more than 1,000 events and welcomed more than 100,000 visitors since opening in 2008.

The MIT Innovation Initiative is an Institute-wide agenda to educate the next generation of global innovators – internally, around the globe and with its partners - for accelerated impact well into the 21st century. It builds upon MIT’s foundation of fundamental research excellence and supports the aspirations for impact through innovation of all members of the MIT community. It supports MIT’s focus on solving a range of critical challenges in energy, the health of the planet, human health and beyond.

New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA) is a non-profit, non-political organization founded in 1996 by a group of network computing industry leaders. Their goal was to advocate cutting edge technologies and entrepreneurship. Today, NECINA has grown to become one of the premier hi tech professional organizations in New England, reaching thousands of people from diverse industries. NECINA Entrepreneur Club is a community of technology company founders and executives. Members have started companies in industries such as semiconductor, laser, biosciences, mobile apps, digital marketing, ad tech, cloud computing, data analysis, biometrics, RTLS, enterprise software, food additives, robotics, and others.

MassChallenge runs startup accelerators that help high-impact entrepreneurs with no equity taken. Entrepreneurs receive free resources during a 4-month program, including mentorship, office space, education and access to a global network. MassChallenge awards over $2M in grants during four-month accelerator programs. Any early-stage startup can apply to MassChallenge, in any industry, from anywhere in the world. The 617 MassChallenge alumni have raised over $700M and created 4,800 jobs.

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1:30pm Registration

2:00pm Opening Speech by Den Huan Hooi Director of Nanyang Technopreneurship Center, Nanyang Technological University

2:10pm Keynote Speeches

The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup Noam Wasserman, Professor of Harvard Business School

MassChallenge: The Founding Story John Harthorne, Founder and CEO of MassChallenge

Temperature@lert 0-10,000: Building a Large Customer Base Harry Schechter, CEO of Temperature@lert

Q&A moderated by Kelly Courtney Senior Director, Communications & Public Affairs at MIT Innovation Initiative

3:45pm Break, Networking

4:15pm Interaction Breakout Sessions

English Track

José Estabil, Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, MIT Skoltech Initiative and MIT Portugal Program

John Harthorne, Founder and CEO of MassChallenge

Millie Kwan, Founder of CEC Business Solutions, Inc., Director of NECINA Entrepreneur Club

Meredith McPherron, Former Director of The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School

Chinese Track

Wei Gao, President of ZenitacTechnologies

Shen Luan, Director of Regulated Products and Interim Director of BRIMS Center at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Cliff L. Ma, CEO and Chairman of VoiceOn Technology

Nancy Ouyang, Co-Founder of NarwhalEdu

5:00pm End of Forum

FORUM PROGRAM

*All information is correct at time of printing, but subject to change.

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OPENING SPEECH

Den Huan HOOI Director Nanyang Technopreneurship Center

Associate Professor Den Huan Hooi is Director of the Nanyang Technopreneurship Center and he was a Visiting Scholar at the Sloan School, MIT; a PCMPCL participant, HBS and a Babson College TETA Fellow. Together with Philip Kotler and Hermawan Kartajaya, he co-authored two bestselling books, “Think ASEAN!” and “Rethinking Marketing” (also with Sandra Liu). Den is a VP of the Asia Council for Small Business; Advisor to the International Council for Small Business, Singapore Chapter and advisory board member of GSM, Universiti Putra Malaysia; SBM, ITB, Indonesia; and the Times Higher Education, Times of India. Apart from being an honorary consultant for the Commercial Sub-Council, China Center for the Promotion of International Trade, Den is also Chairman of the Executive Board of the Asia Marketing Federation Foundation. In 2011, he was conferred the Distinguished Global Leadership award by the Pan-Pacific Business Association

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MODERATOR

Kelly COURTNEY Senior Director, Communications & Public Affairs MIT Innovation Initiative

Kelly Courtney is a communications and business professional with over 20 years working at the intersection of industry, government and academia. She has led high profile initiatives with major policy implications and has provided strategic counsel to C-level Fortune 500 executives, major universities, investors and federal, state, local and international government officials. She is a Senior Director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a significant role in designing and launching the new Innovation Initiative. Kelly served as Senior Advisor to the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment (MOITI), the state's trade and investment agency responsible for economic development through the promotion of international business opportunities. She designed and implemented the strategic communications and policy plan for the Massachusetts Life-Sciences Economy, an initiative that led to the $1B Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative and spearheaded Springboard 2000: New England, helping over 500 companies raise more than $6 billion in equity financing. Previously, Kelly served as a National Director on the re-election campaign of President William J. Clinton and served in The White House and in the United States Small Business Administration. Kelly holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA from the School for International Training.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Noam WASSERMAN Professor Harvard Business School

Noam Wasserman is a professor at Harvard Business School. For fifteen years, his research has focused on founders’ early decisions that can make or break the startup and its team. His book, The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup, was an Amazon #1 bestseller in New Business Enterprises and in Management, was named one of the top 5 Business Books of the Year by the Academy of Management, and won the Academy’s Impact on Practice Award. At HBS, he developed and teaches an MBA elective, “Founders’ Dilemmas,” for which he was awarded the HBS Faculty Teaching Award. In 2011, the course was named one of the top entrepreneurship courses in the country by Inc. magazine. Noam received his PhD from Harvard University in 2002, and received an MBA (with High Distinction) from Harvard Business School in 1999, graduating as a Baker Scholar. Before coming to Harvard, he was a Principal and Practice Manager at a management-consulting firm near Washington, D.C., where he founded and led the Groupware Practice. He also worked as a venture capitalist at a firm in Boston. He received a BSE (magna cum laude) in Computer Science and Engineering from Penn, and a BSEcon (magna cum laude) in Corporate Finance and Strategic Management from Wharton.

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KEYNOTE & SESSION SPEAKER

John HARTHORNE Founder and CEO MassChallenge

John Harthorne is the Founder and CEO of MassChallenge, a startup accelerator designed to catalyze a global renaissance by connecting high-impact startups from around the world with the resources they need to launch and succeed as rapidly as possible. John earned his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2007. While at school, John won Grand Prize in the 2007 MIT $100K Business Plan Competition and received the 2007 Patrick J. McGovern Award for impact on quality and visibility of entrepreneurship at MIT. He also led the 10th annual MIT Global Startup Workshop (GSW) held in Trondheim, Norway. The Boston Business Journal has identified John as one of Boston's 50 Most Influential Business Leaders alongside the CEOs of Akamai Technologies, Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Boston Celtics. The World Economic Forum also elected John as one of the 2013 Young Global Leaders alongside Chelsea Clinton and Tony Hsieh, and Ernst & Young voted John as Social Entrepreneur of the Year in New England for 2013.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Harry SCHECHTER CEO Temperature@lert

Harry Schechter specializes in creating unique, innovative, and reliable technology. His greatest talent lies in formulating creative solutions on which businesses are built. He honed his leadership and technology skills for 10 years as co-founder and CTO at Doceus, Inc. ranked as one of TechWay Magazine's 50 fastest growing companies. With nearly 50 employees, Harry and his teams spearheaded projects for major area non-profits such as the American Diabetes Association, National Park Foundation as well as local businesses such as Discovery Communications, L-3 Communications, Zurich Insurance and others. After selling Doceus in 2005, Harry joined forces with inventor Scott MacLean at Time Trax Technologies Corporation, manufacturer of satellite radio-to-MP3 recording products. His latest technology venture, Temperature@lert, provides cloud-based temperature monitoring solutions for IT, bio/pharma/medical, commercial refrigeration and agricultural applications. Temperature@lert has been recognized as an American Business Awards Gold Winner in multiple categories and a MassChallenge Finalist for an innovative alternative energy powered product. Harry holds 6 United States Patents for his work at Temperature@lert where he also received Connected World Magazine's 2011 Entrepreneurs Award and the Boston Business Journal's 40 under 40 award. Harry received a BS in Applied Science from Miami University in Oxford, OH and an MBA from MIT where he was a Sloan Fellow and returns as a regular guest lecturer.

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SESSION SPEAKER

José ESTABIL Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation MIT Skoltech Initiative and MIT Portugal Program

José Estabil brings 20+ years of experience in translating technology into several dominant designs and high growth businesses with cumulative $1B

market impact. He co‐architected, helped launch, and advises a €1M

Venture Competition in Portugal, and is currently helping to launch Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ‐a graduate school the size of Cal Tech‐in Moscow. José introduced spectroscopic ellipsometry (KLA-Tencor) to, and helped pioneer Copper wires (IBM) for the semiconductor industry. He has cofounded three technology-based startups and one alumni organization, and has held positions of Staff Engineer (IBM), Research Staff Member (Therma-Wave), Sr. Director (KLA-Tencor), VP Marketing (Schlumberger), and President (tau-Metrix). He helped launch a electron beam inspection business for Schlumberger (acquired by Applied Materials) while living in Japan, and provided strategy to the President of Schlumberger’s semiconductor businesses. He completed 20 deals while managing the Materials Science and Software Patent Portfolios at MIT’s Technology Licensing Office prior to his current roles in university capacity building. José began taking university courses in Physics and Math at Miami Dade College (Kendall Campus) while in High-school and earned his Sc. B. and Sc. M. in Physics from Brown University. He is a Trustee of Brown University and is a Founding Advisor of the Miami Dade College Idea Center. He holds nine US patents and has authored or co‐authored over twenty publications in the fields of semiconductor materials and metrology.

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SESSION SPEAKER

Millie KWAN Founder of CEC Business Solutions, Inc. Director of NECINA Entrepreneur Club

Millie Kwan is founder of CEC Business Solutions, Inc., a digital marketing agency that serves small to medium-sized businesses. She has over 20 years’ experience in IT development, management, education and research. Millie received her Doctor of Business Administration degree from Boston University, M.S. in Computer Science from Washington University in St Louis and BSc. in Physics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has taught at Babson College, University of Hong Kong, ESSEC Business School in Paris and Boston University. Her research focused on knowledge management, process redesign and workflow management. In her early career, she specialized in the field of library automation and has led the implementation of various library systems for the University of Rhode Island, the HELIN Library Consortium of Rhode Island, and Washington University in St Louis. Millie is also Director of NECINA Entrepreneur Club, a community of technology company founders and executives. Founded in 1996, NECINA (New England Chinese Information and Networking Association) is a non-profit and non-political organization for technology professionals and entrepreneurs.

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SESSION SPEAKER

Meredith MCPHERRON Former Director The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Harvard Business School

Meredith is an entrepreneurial thought leader and advisor to early stage start-ups. For the past three years, she served as the Director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. The Center serves as a hub for entrepreneurial activities on campus and interfaces with entrepreneurial alumni throughout their careers. Meredith’s focus on entrepreneurship has spanned her 20 year career in business. Early in her career, she worked on new ventures within core and emerging franchises of established corporations, such as Goldman Sachs, General Mills, and Guinness Import Company to expand their service and product offerings with new sources of revenue. Later in her career, she also worked within and as a consultant for several start-ups. Meredith served as the VP of Marketing for Direct Hit Technologies, a search engine start-up that employed unique algorithms to find relevant and accurate information based on the activity of users. When Direct Hit was sold to Ask in 2000, Meredith established her own consulting practice and worked closely with several start-ups focused in the internet and mobile space including Trip Advisor, Catalyst Online, Salary.com, Buzzwire, Open Ratings and several others on marketing strategy, product development, and go-to-market planning and execution. Meredith has also worked on her own internet application in the digital identity and edtech space. Meredith received her A.B. from Harvard College (1989) and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School (1993). She is an active mentor for several entrepreneurial teams in a variety of industries and serves on the Board of Trustees at The Meadowbrook School and The Governor’s Academy. Meredith lives in Weston, MA with her husband and three children.

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SESSION SPEAKER (CHINESE TRACK)

Wei GAO President ZenitacTechnologies

Zenitac is a consulting company focused on technology, Sales Marketing, M&A and CFIUS Review to help enterprises and entrepreneurs to be more successful. Dr. Gao was the founder of Axcel Photonics, which produces high power diode lasers for telecom, solid-state laser pumping, medical, imaging, and spectroscopy applications. He has been working on semiconductor lasers for over 20 years. In 2000, he started the venture backed Axcel Photonics with $10M funding. As founder, CTO, President, and CEO, He builded up the company from inception with extreme capital efficiency, developed a unique technology to produce world-class products. In 2005, the company was sold to private investor and he was requested to stay on as President to run the company. In 2010, he left Axcel to help a local company (Precision Digital Corporation) to develop the Asian market. Other working experiences include: Former faculty at Beijing University in the Physics Department, engineer at Lasertron (later Corning Lasertron), founding employee at Multiplex, and sales/marketing role at Nortel Networks in Optoelectronics Division. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1995 from University of Delaware, Newark, DE and Master degree in Applied Physics in 1989 from Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing, P. R. China. He is a Mentor of MIT Venture Mentor Service, board member of NEFC (New England Fiberoptic Council), senior member of IEEE, LEOS, member of Optical Society of America, Entrepreneurship Club advisor of Peking University Alumni Association – New England, Member of OCEAN (Overseas Chinese-American Entrepreneurs Association), NECINA (New England Chinese Information and Networking Association), NECINA Entrepreneur Club; NACSA (North America Chinese Semiconductor Association), and PSC (The Photonics Society of Chinese-Americans), board member of 128Cute (Chinese Union of Technology Enterprises), judge of business plan contest at NECINA and MIT-CHIEF.

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SESSION SPEAKER (CHINESE TRACK)

Shen LUAN Director of Regulated Products and Interim Director BRIMS Center Thermo Fisher Scientific

As Director of Regulated Products, Shen Luan develops and drives the global market entry strategy for Thermo Fisher Scientific’s regulated products. As Interim Director of BRIMS Center, Shen Luan leads efforts to develop MS-based workflows for biomarker discovery and validation. Prior to Thermo Fisher Scientific, Shen co-founded Berg Diagnostics (now part of Berg) in 2010. He served as the founding President and CTO and was named as COO in 2011. He led efforts in molecular profiling, pan-omics, CLIA-certified clinical diagnostics laboratory services, and overall technology management. Shen was Technical Product Manager of Waters Corporation with responsibility for LC/MS system solutions and laboratory informatics. Shen started his career with Thermo Fisher Scientific holding various positions including Engineering Manager, Research Manager, and Product Manager. Shen received a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Iowa State University and a B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University. He holds a Lean-Six Sigma Black Belt certificate and is a member of BayHelix, an invitation-only organization of leaders of Chinese heritage in the global life sciences and healthcare community.

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SESSION SPEAKER (CHINESE TRACK)

Cliff L. MA CEO and Chairman VoiceOn Technology

Cliff L. Ma is the CEO and Chairman of VoiceOn Technology; VoiceOn is pioneering the online education market for K-12 students in China with its main operation is in Beijing, China. Before cofounded VoiceOn, Cliff spent most of his professional career in Silicon Valley. He cofounded Anchor Semiconductor (pioneering DFM technologies and markets) and ran its sales and marketing operation. He was also confounder and CEO of iView Solutions, which was acquired shortly. He held senior director of business development and sales director positions at KLA-Tencor (KLAC), managing $200M business. He also held business and technical director positions in several other public hi-tech companies in semiconductor industry. He was the country manager (China) for Analogy, Inc. in late 90s, which was later acquired by Synopsys (SNPS). He was a guest scientist at Siemens Corporate Research in Munich and gave technical talks in many IEEE conferences and universities in US, Europe and Asia. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Washington; BSEE from Tsinghua University in Beijing; he was the president of Student Union in 1987 and played on college volleyball team.

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SESSION SPEAKER (CHINESE TRACK)

Nancy OUYANG Co-Founder NarwhalEdu

After earning a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, Nancy started her own company, NarwhalEdu, with one other MIT graduate. NarwhalEdu highlights the creativity in engineering, combining online courses with hands-on hardware kits. NarwhalEdu was founded to address shortfalls in the current high school STEM curricula, such as failure to reach rural areas and failure to attract more women and under-represented minorities. NarwhalEdu's first class reached close to 100 students with over $20k of sales. After some adventures in life and startups, NarwhalEdu is now in hibernation. Nancy is from Duluth, Georgia, and her parents are from China.

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Notes

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