Top VCs and CEOs Discuss High Tech Enterprise Funding at Technology Town Meeting; Microsoft Advisory Board Member Delivers Keynote At UITA Luncheon

Business Wire, Nov 24, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MIDVALE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 24, 2000

Fairy tales and information technology will converge during Dr. H. Lynn Cundiff's presentation of "Goldie Locks and the Three Bears 1," at this month's Utah Information Technologies Association (UITA) luncheon.

The luncheon will be held Nov. 29 at 12:00 p.m. in the Salt Palace Convention Center. Cundiff's presentation will be held in conjunction with the annual Utah Information Technology Exposition and Conference (ITEC), the region's largest information technology show.

Following Cundiff's address on funding challenges, four top VC and dot-com CEO panelists will lead a discussion on "The New Reality of Funding High Tech Enterprises." The Technology Town Meeting discussion will include the following recognized professionals:

-- Paul Ahlstrom, managing director of vSpring -- Chair of the Angel/Seed
Investments Committee for the Utah-Silicon Valley Alliance

-- Nicole Toomey Davis, president/CEO of DoBox Inc., former senior manager of
market development at 3Com

-- Richard Hanks, president/CEO of MyAssociation.com -- author, speaker,
teacher, adjunct professor at Cornell University

-- Todd Stevens, managing director of Wasatch Venture Fund -- co-chair of the
Venture Capital Committee for the Utah-Silicon Valley Alliance

"We are proud to host the Utah ITEC and pleased to present Dr. Cundiff to our members as a proven technology leader, and accomplished author in the education sector," said Richard Nelson, president and chief executive officer of UITA.

"His IT insights are apparent nationally to those who have seen his impressive track record, including his membership on the Microsoft Advisory Board."

Cundiff was appointed Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) president in May after working as president of Floyd College in Rome, Ga. for eight years. At Floyd College, he supervised the issuing of laptop computers to each of its approximate 3,000 students.

The initiative earned the school a rating as one of the top electronically wired colleges in the nation, and the White House recognized Cundiff as one of the most high-tech college presidents in the country.

A Missouri native, Cundiff received an associate's degree from Hannibal-LaGrange Junior College in Missouri, a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physical education from William Jewell College in Missouri, a master's degree in educational administration from Northeast Missouri State University, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Southern Illinois University.

He is also a Microsoft Advisory Board Member.

The cost to attend the luncheon and Town Meeting is $30 for pre-registration, $40 for late registration and $40 for non-UITA-members. To pre-register online, visit www.uita.org or e-mail Jennifer at jenniferw@uita.org. Networking and exhibits will begin at 11:00 a.m. The Salt Palace Convention Center is located at 100 S. West Temple in Salt Lake City.

Utah Information Technologies Association is a non-profit organization comprised of Utah information technology professionals.

UITA is focused on growing Utah's dynamic IT industry, through networking, capital formation, skilled workforce development, positive media recognition, public policy advocacy and marketing opportunities, which enhance the growth of Utah's IT and Internet communities, consisting of over 2,500 IT enterprises and 1,000 viable eBusinesses.

For more information about UITA visit www.uita.org or call 801/568-3500.