At this luncheon, Matt Carbonara, well-respected entrepreneur and venture capitalist, will offer his insights about digital media.  Media is shifting from offline to online at an ever increasing rate.  This transition creates both challenges and opportunities.  We can learn valuable lessons by looking at companies that have been successful during this transition.  And by following venture capital dollars, we get an indication of where the industry is headed.

Discussion will center around these questions:

• What are the latest trends in digital media?
• What have successful companies done right?
• What are venture capitalists funding?
• What are investors currently looking for?
• What challenges are digital media companies facing and how are they reacting in this economic environment?

Speaker Details:

Matt Carbonara has over 15 years of experience working with technology companies, in venture capital, product marketing and design engineering roles.

Matt is both a General Partner at Reservoir Venture Partners and a Managing Director at TeleSoft Partners, a Silicon Valley based Venture Capital firm.  As a venture capitalist Matt has invested in Jungo Software (NDS), Matrix Semiconductor (SanDisk), Ikanos Communications (IPO: IKAN) and SigmaTel (IPO: SGTL).  Matt is also an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at TechColumbus.

Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Matt was with Terayon Communication Systems (IPO: TERN), where he initially architected and designed ASICs for Terayon's cable modem systems before moving into product marketing and product management. He also performed design roles at LSI Logic and Amdahl Corporation. Matt received his B.S., Summa Cum Laude, and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University.

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