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"SiliconIran
Forum and awards" was aired on February 8th and 9th by
NCM
* KCSM (PBS-SF Bay Area)
* Channel 60, Cable 17. Friday: 7:30 p.m. & Midnight.
* Channel 60, Cable 17. Saturday: 4:30 p.m.
*And featured by San
Jose business Journal,
after hours section feb 10.
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SiliconIran
Hosts Dazzling Technology Program and Awards
Industry Leaders
More
Than 250, Attended High Energy Event
SAN
JOSE, Calif., January 23, 2002 - SiliconIran, the premiere business
and technology information source providing news, analysis, and
opinions on the high-tech industry for global Iran, hosted its annual
High-Tech Forum and Awards event Thursday, with more than 250 in
attendance for a night of information, networking and recognition.
"The
goal of this event was to provide a forum for technology information
sharing among the Iranians based here in Silicon Valley and throughout
the United States," stated Susan Akbarpour, CEO and Chairwoman,
SiliconIran, Inc. "We are also very pleased to award the top
performers on a number of merits."
SiliconIran
annually honors Silicon Valley-based companies that have successfully
demonstrated the ingenuity and business sense needed to succeed
in today's highly competitive market. The criteria used by SiliconIran
to determine the winners of each of the awards include a combination
of traits such as financial performance, market leadership, vision,
strategy, ability to compete in a worldwide market, a strong leadership
base and the strength of commitment demonstrated by employees to
their customers and community.
Award
winners at the event included the following:
SiliconIran
High-Tech Forum & Awards 2002 Honors Wireless Facilities,
Inc. For Outstanding Financial Performance.
Left to right:
Laurie Falconer: Master of Ceremony/ Feature editor of SiliconIran/
Marcom director of Centillium Communications - Behrooz Rezvani,
Ikanos Communications' CTO, Behrooz Rezvani - Dr. Mohammad Ketabchi,
Founder/CEO of Savvion and Susan Akbarpour; SiliconIran president
are handing the award to Massih Tayebi, Co-Founder and CEO of
Wireless Facilities.
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Civic
Appreciation Award
- Kamran
Elahian, Venture Capitalist & Managing Principal, Global
Catalyst Partners
- Sandy
Close, executive director, Bay Area Institute/Pacific News
Service
Outstanding Market Leadership
Outstanding Financial Performance
- Saba
Software, Inc., Bobby Yazdani, founder
- Centillium
Communications, Inc., Faraj Aalaei, Shahin Hedayat, and Kamran
Elahian, founders.
- Wireless
Facilities, Inc., Massih and Masood Tayebi, founders
Outstanding Vision & Strategy
Distinguished Leadership
Distinguished technology and business accomplishments
Young Entrepreneur Award
Woman Entrepreneur Award
Corporate Appreciation Award
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 State
of Economy, an outlook for the technology sector
Arun
Veerapan
senior analyst, Banc Boston Robertson Stephens
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 Current
US-Iran Trade policies
Paul
Thanos,
Senior International Trade specialist of Department of commerce
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The
event featured four sessions including two keynote addresses. Arun
Veerapan, managing director and senior technology analyst, Bank
Boston Robertson Stephens spoke about the state of the economy and
provided an outlook on the technology sector. Paul Thanos, Senior
International Trade Specialist, Department of Commerce, spoke about
current US-Iran trade policies.
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Future
of Communication: What's next?
Left
to right:
Moderator: Faraj Aalaei, Centillium.
Communications CEO/Co-Founder.
David Tahmassebi,Resonext President
& CEO.
Ali Far, Analyst Galion group.
Mehran Mosuai, Advanced Fibre
Communication, marketing VP.
Kambiz Houshmand, Cisco systems
VP /GM DSL Business Unit.
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Raising
money in bad economy
Left to right:
Moderator: Richard J. Gallivan,
Managing Director,Salomon Smith Barney.
Kamran
Elahian:
Global Catalyst Partners / Chairman
Jorge A. del Calvo: Partner Pillsbury
Winthrop LLP
Hassan Parsa: Lucent Venture
partners / Co-Founder
Lip Bu Tan: Walden International
/ Chairman
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Also
featured were two panel sessions including speakers from leading
technology companies and venture capitalists from the Silicon Valley.
Featured guests included Faraj Aalaei, CEO, Centillium Communications,
Inc.; Ali Far, Analyst, Galleon Group; Kambiz Houshmand, VP/GM DSL
Business Unit, Cisco; Mehran Mosuai, VP of Marketing, Advanced Fibre
Communications; and David Tahmassebi, President & CEO, Resonext.
The venture capital panel featured Richard J. Gallivan, Managing
Director, Technology Investment Banking Group, Salomon Smith Barney;
Lip Bu Tan, Founder and Chairman, Walden International; Kamran Elahian,
Chairman, Global Catalyst Partners; Hassan Parsa, Co-founder, Lucent
Venture Partners; and Jorge A. del Calvo, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop,
LLP.
SiliconIran
High-Tech Forum and Awards was co-sponsored by:
10%
of all proceeds will be split between the following local non-profit
organizations:
Nahal: www.nahaal.org
Iranica: www.iranica.com
Relief International: www.ri.org
Science & Art Foundation: www.science-arts.org
About
SiliconIran
SiliconIran is the premiere business and technology information
source providing news, analysis, and opinions on the high-tech industry
for global Iran. Through the establishment of a high tech magazine
(print & online), developing an interactive website, planning
of technology forums and exhibitions, and by building the most extensive
databank of Iranian high-tech professionals worldwide, SiliconIran,
Inc. is the center for high-tech information exchange. For more
information about SiliconIran, go to www.siliconiran.com.
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