Wednesday, March 15 -- 4:00 - 6:00 PM Wells Fargo Room, C420 Haas School of Business Dick Buell CEO, Catalina Marketing Consumer Intelligence Catalina Marketing is the leading behavior-based marketing services company, using technology to understand and drive consumer behavior. Buell will discuss how Catalina achieves its results, and where the technology is headed.

Wednesday, March 22 -- 4:00 - 6:00 PM Wells Fargo Room, C420 Haas School of Business Bill Elmore General Partner, Foundation Capital Innovation and Investment Foundation Capital has a long history of picking winning technology investments, many of them originating at UC Berkeley. General Partner Bill Elmore will explore the innovation-investment connection.

Wednesday, April 12 -- 4:00 - 6:00 PM Wells Fargo Room, C420 Haas School of Business Randy Komisar General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Silicon Valley's New Investment Environment Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a top-tier venture capital fund known for record-setting investment returns. General Partner Randy Komisar will explain how the firm makes its picks, and the current environment for entrepreneurs.

Wednesday, April 19 -- 4:00 - 6:00 PM Wells Fargo Room, C420 Haas School of Business Keith Grossman CEO, Thoratec Corporation Advances in Biotechnology Keith Grossman has grown Thoratec into a $1 billion market-cap biotechnology firm and a leader in implantable medical devices. Grossman will discuss the challenges of building a successful biotech firm, and new opportunities.

Wednesday, April 26 -- 4:00 - 6:00 PM Wells Fargo Room, C420 Haas School of Business Tom Duerig CEO, NDC/Johnson and Johnson Technology, Growth, and Innovation No company has seized opportunities in global biotech investment and growth as effectively as Johnson and Johnson. CEO of J&J’s NDC Division Tom Duerig will discuss the company’s strategy and the road ahead.

Wednesday, May 3 -- 4:00 - 6:00 PM CANCELLED Wells Fargo Room, C420 Haas School of Business Mark Kvamme General Partner, Sequoia Capital Opportunities in Technology Investing Mark Kvamme is widely known for his successful launch of Apple Computer in the European market and for the creation of Internet companies in the 1990s. At Sequoia, Kvamme leads investments in software and services start-ups.

A reception for the speakers follows each lecture.

Admission to the lecture series is free to students, faculty, and the University of California community. The Management of Technology Program at UC Berkeley is a graduate research, teaching, and certificate program managed jointly by the Haas School of Business, the College of Engineering, and the School of Information Management and Systems.