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CAIA Seattle Reception and Presentation: Microsoft Accelerator
Date(s):
June 5, 2017
Note: All times listed are in local time
Venue:K&L Gates LLP
620 Hansen Way
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Fee(s):Free Event
Description:Startups as an Emerging Asset Class: Microsoft’s Engagement Across Stages and Life Cycle CAIA Seattle cordially invites you to join us for our first event as a new Chapter on Monday June 5th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the law firm of K&L Gates. The event will be held in their main conference facility. You will have the chance to mingle with CAIA members and others from the Seattle Alternative Investment Community as well as hear from Prashant Sharma, Global Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Accelerator, discuss Microsoft partnerships with and mentoring of early stage companies. This event is complimentary, however, due to the limited capacity and anticipated high level of interest, we ask that you please register in advance.
Agenda: 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM: Registration and Reception
6:15 PM: Presentation
Speaker: Prashant Sharma, Global Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Accelerator
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Prashant Sharma
Organization: Microsoft Accelerator
Prashant Sharma is the Global Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Accelerator, a global initiative built to empower entrepreneurs around the world on their journey to build great companies. Accelerator works with later-stage startups to provide the tools, resources, connections, knowledge and expertise they need to become successful companies. Prashant champions the technology charter of Startups , which leads to deeper technology relationship and interesting partnerships between growth-stage Startups and key Microsoft assets across Engineering, Research and Business Development. With a decade at Microsoft Corporation, Prashant has played diverse roles spanning enterprise services, consulting and strategic business development. Prior to Microsoft, he worked at Siebel Systems and Hewlett-Packard in functional roles focused on Healthcare, Financial Services and Automotive. Originally from India, Prashant now lives in Bellevue, Washington. He is married to Surabhi and has a daughter, Ashwika. Beyond startups and family time, he loves to read (non-fiction – World history, Biographies, Military history, Religion), drive and listen to music. He enjoys traveling and collecting unique souvenirs and looks forward to scaling base-camps of the 7 highest mountains in the world (he has covered Dhaulagiri so far).
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