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Sessions & Speakers

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10:00 am – 10:30 am

○ Welcome & Opening Remarks

Don Marek, President, Fremont Bank (Gold Sponsor)

Jerry McNerney, Senator, Senate District 05

Jackson Berg, Constituent Services Representative for Congressman Eric Swalwell

Jack Balch, Mayor, City of Pleasanton

Chris Horton, San Francisco District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration

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10:30 am – 11:20 am

○ Panel 1 – Financing for Start-up & Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

Jermaine Carter-Gibson (Moderator), Northern California Local Engagement Specialist, Greater Sacramento/Bay Area, California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA)

Mike Dang, Loan Officer, CDC Small Business Finance

Adrian Gomez Zavala, VP, Relationship Manager, Main Street Launch

Jaron Thexton, Credit Analyst, Pacific Community Ventures

Christian Magallon, Community Development Officer, TMC Community Capital

Anita Russell, Community Development Manager, Working Solutions

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11:30 am – 12:20 pm

○ Panel 2 – SBA and Bank Financing for Small Business

David Hincapie (Moderator), Lender Relations Specialist, SF District Office, US Small Business Administration

Eric Ng, Senior Manager, Commercial Relationship Management (SBA), Fremont Bank

Imran Karim, VP, Performance Manager, SF Bay Area Business Banking, Bank of America

Philip Wong, Regional Manager-US Zero Barriers to Business, BMO

Caylin Edwards, VP, Small Business Banking Group Manager, Comerica Bank

Kevin Conners, Bay Area Business Banking Relationship Manager, Mechanics Bank

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12:20 pm – 1:00 pm

○ Lunch and Visiting Sponsor Tables

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1:00 pm – 1:50 pm

○ Panel 3 – Equity Financing – Angel and Venture Capital Investments

Matt Cooper (Moderator), Commercial Relationships Manager, Fremont Bank

Shawn Flynn, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Highpoint Capital (SVH Capital) & Host, The Silicon Valley Podcast

George Parrish, Chief Evangelist – Bay Angels, Executive Director – Entrepreneur Lab LLC

Tord Donnum, Founder & CEO, FundVoyage

Hector Ramos, Director of Investments, ICA Fund

Sabrina Mutukisna, Founder, The EGI Fund

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2:00 pm – 2:50 pm

○ Panel 4 – PO/AR Financing, Real Estate Financing, Contract Finance, Government Grants (SBIR/STTR)

Lisa Adamos (Moderator), Economic Development Manager, City of Pleasanton

Andrew Krone, SVP of Sales, Marble Bridge Funding Group

Chris Baumann, Executive VP, Socotra Capital

Charles Eason, SBIR/STTR Advisor, Tech Futures Group and East Bay SBDC

Nina Lang, VP & Business Community Manager, Bay Area Northern California, City National Bank

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○ Closing Remarks

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

○ Networking and Visiting Sponsor Tables

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