Previous Speakers
- SVLS Speakers Spring 2024
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Robert Stevens, Chief Executive Officer & President at CSW/Stuber-Stroeh Engineering Group, Inc.
Roger Crockett, Founder & President, ROC Leadership Advisory at Western Digital Corp.
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- SVLS Speakers Fall 2023
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Shiva Esturi, VP of Global Supply Management at Micron
Yun Freund, VP of Engineering at Google Cloud
Lubab Sheet-Davis, Expert Advisor at UI Collab
Nicole Magnus, Senior Technical Program Manager at NVidia
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- SVLS Speakers Spring 2023
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Ashraf Habibullah, President & CEO, Computers & Structures, Inc.
Tony Vega, VP Business Development, Octolytics
Wendy Hales Mora, Pilot, Southwest Airlines
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- SVLS Speakers Fall 2022
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John Quist, Vice President of Operations at Impinj
Joubin Pakpour, Founder and Principal Engineer at Pakpour Consulting Group, Inc.
Maria Hartin-Swart, Contracts Director at Lockheed Martin
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- SVLS Speakers Spring 2022
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Anand Oswal, SVP and GM at Palo Alto Networks
Doug Baney, Worldwide Corporate Director of Education at Keysight Technologies
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- SVLS Speakers Fall 2021
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Sameer Saran - Founder & CEO, ParkStash
Mary Ray - COO & Co-founder, MyHealthTeams
Phil Barros - Chief Technology Officer, Ichor Systems
Doug Rose - VP of technology strategy, SunPower
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- SVLS Speakers Spring 2021
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Rob Aalseth- Executive Director, Strategic Systems, Raytheon Intelligence & Space
Karuna Annavajjala- Chief Information Officer, Silicon Labs
Dr. Bryce Meredig - Cofounder and Chief Science Officer, Citrine Informatics
Rashmi Char - VP, Engineering, QualComm
Shari Liss - Executive Director, SEMI
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- SVLS Speakers Fall 2020
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Bill Mazotti Former COO, SVP R&D, National Semiconductor, Altera and Isola
Eric Sivertson Founder and CEO, QuantumTrace
Russell Hancock President & CEO, Joint Venture Silicon Valley
Sonar Thekdi VP of Operations, Product and Cloud Services, VMware
Nora Crivello President & CEO, Westpak Inc.
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- SVLS Speakers Spring 2020
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Waguih Ishak, Chief Technologist, Corning R&D Corporation
Sumaya Shakir, Vice President IT, GlobalLogic
Elizabeth Kukka, Executive Director, Ethereum Foundation
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- SVLS Speakers Fall 2019
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Tatjana Rmus - Director of Business Operations, Power Generation; PG&E
Patricia Backer - Professor, SJSU Technology; GTI
Auston Davis - VP, Chief Information Security Officer; Heartflow
Mahesh Kamat - Chief Architect of DPD Appliance Engineering, Sr Distinguished Engineer; Dell
Eric Law - Senior Director of Technology and Innovation; Swinerton
Sylvia Flores - CEO; Manos Accelerator
Matthew Trowbridge - Vice President of Marketing; Omron
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- SVLS Speakers Spring 2019
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Dr. Hong-Yuan Lee - Chief Consultant; City of Kao Xiong
Partha Narasimhan - CTO; Aruba Networks
Maria Zhang - VP of Engineering; LinkedIn
Marci Harris - CEO and Co-Founder; PopVox
Bruce Dunham - Accelerator Director; SLAC National Accelerator Lab
Andrea Schwartz - Bay Area Executive Director; Braven
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- SVLS Speakers Fall 2018
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Global Technology Institute - Student Panel
Mark Roenigk - Head of Hardware, Engineering Infrastructure; Facebook
Myung-June Lee - Senior, Principal Hardware, Development Engineer; Oracle
Raghib Hussain - EVP of Networking and Processors Group, Chief Strategy Officer; Marvell
Prakash Janakiraman - Co-Founder and Chief Architect; Nextdoor
Jarie Bolander - Author, Co-Founder, COO; Lab Sensor Solutions
Veritas - Executive Panel
Partha Narasimhan - CTO; Aruba
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- SVLS Speakers Spring 2018
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Brienne Ghafourifar - Co-Founder; Entefy Inc.
Maha Ibrahim - Partner; Canaan Partners
Michael Sanie - Vice President of Marketing; Verification Group, Synopsys Inc.
Horst D. Simon, Ph.D. - Deputy Laboratory Director for Research and Chief Research Officer; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
John Cabeca - Director, West Coast Region; Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
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- SVLS Speakers Fall 2017
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Jiri Marek - Senior Vice President Research and Technology Center North America; Robert Bosch LLC
Willem P. Roelandts - Chairman; Applied Materials, Inc.
Greg Papadopoulos - Venture Partner; New Enterprise Associates
Martin Anstice - President and Chief Executive Officer; Lam Research Corporation
Regis McKenna - Marketing Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley; Regis McKenna, Inc.
Shari Van Cleave - Head of Digital Labs; Wells Fargo
Caroline Dowling - President of Communications & Enterprise Compute; Flex International Ltd.
Telle Whitney - President and CEO; Anita Borg Institute
Steven Zornetzer - Marketing Associate Center Director - Research & Technology; NASA Ames Research Center
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- SVLS Speakers Spring 2017
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Abhishek Chauhan - Vice President and Citrix Technical Fellow; Citrix
Christine Ho - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Imprint Energy, Inc.
Carl Guardino - President and Chief Executive Officer; Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Paul Humphries - Group President, High Reliability Solutions; Flex
Simon Euringer - Head of BMW Group Technology Office USA; BMW
Rick Ambrose - Executive Vice President, Space Systems; Lockheed Martin Corporation
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- SVLS Speakers Fall 2016
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Joe Pinto - Senior Vice President, Technical Services; Cisco Systems
Tayloe Stansbury - Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer; Intuit Inc.
Dan’l Lewin - Corporate Vice President, Technology and Civic Engagement; Microsoft
Global Technology Institute - Student Presentations
Lionel Chocron - Vice President of Industry & IoT Cloud Solutions; Oracle
Mike Palmer - Executive Vice President & Chief Product Officer; Veritas Technologies
Paul Markovich - President and Chief Executive Officer; Blue Shield of California
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- SVLS Speakers Spring 2016
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Rakesh Dubey - Senior Vice President, Security and Switching Products; Juniper Networks
Rod Diridon - Emeritus Executive Director; Mineta Transportation Institute
Jim Wunderman - President and CEO; Bay Area Council
David Hemker - Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer; Lam Research Corporation
Muhammed Chaudhry - CEO; Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Ken Washington - VP, Research and Advanced Engineering; Ford Motor Company
David Wahl - VP Operations and GM Blue Sky Center San Jose; Jabil
Prith Banerjee - EVP and Chief Technology Officer; Schneider Electric
Jeffrey J. Welser - Vice President and Lab Director; IBM Research - Almaden
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- SVLS Speakers Archive (prior to AY2016)
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Adam Smith Product Management Director; Google, Inc.
Ajit Manocha CEO; GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.
Alex Padilla Senator and Chair; Senate Energy Utilities and Communications Committee
Alfred Spector Executive Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives; Google, Inc.
Ali Golshan Co-Founder & Chief Technologist; Cyphort, Inc.
Alvin E. Roth Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2012, Professor; Harvard University and Stanford University
April Slayden Mitchell Principal Scientist; HP Laboratories
Atul Butte Division Chief; Stanford University School of Mediciney
Beverly Huss Chief Executive Officer; Qool Therapeutics Inc.
Brian Halla Chairman of the Board, Cheif Executive Officer; National Semiconductor Corp
Carl Bass President and CEO; Autodesk Inc.
Carl Guardino President and CEO; Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Carol Bartz Executive Chairman of the Board; AutoDesk
Caroline Atherton Executive Vice President, Human Resources; Hewlett-Packard
Cecelia Claudio Senior Vice President, Corporate Information Officer; Sandisk Corporation
Chandrakant Patel HP Senior Fellow and Chief Engineer; HP Laboratories
Cheryl Ainoa Senior Vice President, Chief of Product Development Operations; Intuit, Inc.
Chris A. Malachowsky Co-Founder & NVIDIA Fellow; NVIDIA Corp.
Chris Eidler Vice President, Solution Platforms, Converged Systems; Enterprise Group
Curt Cotner Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Database Servers; IBM
Dan Reicher Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives; Google, Inc.
Dan Warman Vice President, IM Mainframe Software, Site Exec, Silicon Valley Lab; IBM
Dan’l Lewin Corporate Vice President, Strategic and Emerging Business Development; Microsoft
Dave House Chairman; Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
David Crane Special Advisor to the Governor for Jobs and Economic Growth; State of California
David Evans Chief Futurist; Cisco Inc.
David Hemker Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer; Lam Research Corporation
David Wahl VP Operations and GM Blue Sky Center San Jose; Jabil
Devesh Garg Co-Founder, President & CEO; Tilera Corporation
Dong-man Han Consulate General; Republic of Korea
Douglas Osheroff 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics; Stanford University
Dr. Charles F. Gay President, Applied Solar; Applied Materials, Inc.
Dr. Christopher Fields Director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science; Professor, Departments of Biology and Environmental Earth System Science; Stanford University
Dr. Craig Barrett Chairman of the Board; Intel Inc.
Dr. Craig Papadopoulos Executive Vice President of Research and Development, Cheif Technology Officer; Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Dr. Craig Smith Chairman Emeritus; DMJMH & N, Inc.
Dr. David Yen Executive Vice President and General Manager; Juniper Networks, Inc
Dr. Henry Tirri Senior Vice President, Head of Nokia Research; Nokia
Dr. Jane Shaw Chairman of the Board of Directors; Intel Corporation
Dr. Jill Tarter Director, Center for SETI Research; SETI Institute
Dr. KR Sridhar Co-Founder and CEO; Bloom Energy
Dr. Laura Haas Distinguished Engineer and Director Computer Science; IBM
Dr. Martin L. Perl Physics Nobel Laureate; Professor, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Stanford University
Dr. Paul Jacobs CEO; Qualcomm, Inc.
Dr. Peter Norvig Director of Research; Google, Inc.
Dr. Qi Lu Executive Vice President of Engineering Search & Advertising Technology; Yahoo! Inc.
Dr. Richard N. Zare Chair, Department of Chemistry; Stanford University
Dr. Richard Swanson President and Cheif Technical Officer; Sunpower Corporation
Dr. Rick Rashid Executive Vice President; Microsoft
Dr. Sean Randolph President and CEO; Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Dr. Stephen Herrod CTO and SVP of Research and Development; VMWare
Dr. T. J. Rodgers Founder, President, & CEO; Cypress Semiconductor
Dr. Tom McCalmont President & CEO; REgrid Power Solar Electric Systems
Ellen Pao Partner; Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Emmanuel “Manny” Hernandez CFO; Sunpower Corporation
Erik Volkerink Chief Technology Officer; Flextronics
Gavin Newsom Lieutenant Governor; State of California
Haiyan Song Senior VP, Security Markets; Splunk Inc.
Hannah Kain CEO; ALOM
Ivo Bolsens Senior Vice President & CTO; Xilinx, Inc.
J. Christopher Moran VP, General Manager; Applied Materials, Inc.
Janice Chaffin Group President, Consumer Business Unit (Retired); Symantec Corporation
Jen-Hsun Huang Co-founder, President, & CEO; Nvidia Corporation
Jenny Ming President & CEO, Charlotte; Russe, Inc.
Jim Sweeney Professor, Management Science and Engineering Director; Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency
Jim Wunderman President and CEO; Bay Area Council
Joanne Maguire Executive Vice President, Space Systems Company; Lockheed Martin Corporation
Joel Reich Executive VP, Products; NetApp
John Donahoe President and CEO; eBay Inc.
John McCool SVP/GM, Data Center, Switching and Services Group; Cisco Systems, Inc.
Jon Iwata Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications; IBM
Josephine Cheng IBM Fellow and Vice President; IBM Almaden Research Center
Julian Nikolchev Venture Partner; Frazier Healthcare Ventures
Justin Rattner President; Intel Foundation
Kamran Elahian Co-founder & CEO; Global Catalyst Partners
Ken Washington VP, Research and Advanced Engineering; Ford Motor Company
Kerrie Holley CTO, IBM Fellow; IBM
Kevin Kennedy President and CEO; Avaya Inc.
Kim Polese Chairwoman; ClearStreet, Inc.
Kurt Doelling Vice President, Supply Chain Operations; Oracle Corporation
Laura Guio Vice President & Storage Systems, Business Line Executive; IBM
Laura Ipsen Senior Vice President Global Policy and Government Affairs; Cisco Inc.
Lisa Lambert VP, Intel Captial Managing Director Software and Services Sector; Intel
Marissa Mayer Vice President; Google, Inc.
Mark Bergman Executive Vice President, Corporate Technology Officer; Symantec Corporation
Mark Bernstein Former CEO; PARC, a Xerox Company
Mark Carges CTO & SVP, Product Development; eBay Inc.
Mark Huang Senior VP; General Electric
Mark Milani SVP, Service Engineering; Oracle Corporation
Michael Klayko CEO; Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Michael Schroepfer Chief Technology Officer; Facebook
Milan Shetti Vice President and Chief Technology Officer; HP Storage
Milton Chang Managing Director; Incubic, LLC
Moshe Gavrielov President and CEO; Xilinx, Inc.
Mr. Farhat Ali President and Chief Executive Officer; Fujitsu America, Inc.
Mr. James C. Davis President; Chevron Energy Solutions
Muhammed Chaudhry CEO; Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Nandini Ramani VP of Engineering; Twitter Inc.
Padmasree Warrior Chief Technology Officer; Cisco Systems, Inc.
Pankaj Patel Senior Vice President, Engineering and GM, Service Provider Business; Cisco Inc.
Pat Wadors Senior VP, Global Talent; LinkedIn Inc.
Patricia Hoffman Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability; US, Department of Energy
Patricia Lawicki Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer; Pacific Gas and Electric
Penny Herscher President and CEO; First Rain
Peter Darbee Chairman, President and CEO; PG&E Corporation
Peter Nelson President and CEO; California Water Service Company
Peter Norvig Director of Research; Google, Inc.
Prith Banerjee EVP and Chief Technology Officer; Schneider Electric
Raghib Hussain CTO and Corporate Vice President, Software Engineering; Cavium Networks
Rakesh Dubey Senior Vice President, Security and Switching Products; Juniper Networks
Rami Rahim Executive Vice President; Juniper Networks
Regis McKenna Marketing Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley; Regis McKenna, Inc.
Rick Wallace President & CEO; KLA-Tencor
Rod Diridon Emeritus Executive Director; Mineta Transportation Institute
Sara Kenkare-Mitra Senior VP, Research and Early Development; Genentech Inc.
Sebastian Thrun Co-Founder, CEO & Professor; Udacity, Inc.
Secretary Norman Y. Mineta Global Vice Chairman; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
Stephen DeWitt Senior Vice President and General Manager, Personal Systems Group Americas; Hewlett-Packard
Steve Newberry President and CEO; Lam Research
Sudhakar Ramakrishna SVP and GM of Unified Communications Products and Chief Development Officer; Polycom
Telle Whitney Chief Executive Officer and President; Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
Thomas Mendoza Vice Chairman; NetApp
Tim Kimmet VP-Platform & Systems; @WalmartLabs
Tim Sullivan President & CEO; Ancestry.com
Tom St. Dennis Senior Vice President and General Manager, Silicon Systems Group; Applied Materials, Inc.
Tom Werner CEO; Sunpower Corporation
Vijay Parikh Managing Principal; Global Catalyst Partners
Wendy Beecham Chief Executive Officer; Watermark
Willem Roelandts Chairman of the Board; Xilinx, Inc.
William Ruh Vice President, Global Software Center; GE Software
Wim A. Coekaerts Vice President of Linux Engineering; Oracle Corporation
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