AZIGG Events
Monday, April 5th,
7:30 – 9:00am
“The World’s Data Is Coming
to Phoenix: Data Centers in
Arizona”
Rick Crutchley – COO of
CoreLink DataCenters
Brad Smidt – Vice President
of Greater Phoenix Economic
Council (GPEC)
Dave Rice – CEO of TrueCloud
Joe Ingram – Partner at
Tenzing Corporation
Sponsored by Phoenix-based
ServerLIFT Corporation
With
Arizona Technology Council
Critical Facilities Group
and SIM
Arizona
ASU SkySong Auditorium in
Scottsdale. Doors open at
7:00am for networking
Investment $15 includes
Dunkin Donut coffee and
pastries
On April 5th at
ASU-SkySong in Scottsdale
we’ll be discussing the data
center industry in Phoenix
and Arizona from the
perspective of GPEC and
leading data center and
technology executives in the
Valley. The event is
sponsored by Phoenix-based
ServerLIFT Corporation,
which supplies data center
lifting devices for Scotland
Yard, the Royal Mounted
Police and public and
private firms like Citibank,
IBM, Google, Cisco and many
others worldwide.
Previous AZIGG Events
March 1, 2010 – “O Canada. Arizona-Canada Trade Successes and Opportunities”
Glenn Williamson, CEO of NestVentures and Founder/CEO of Canada Arizona
Business Council; Rick Stephenson, Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner of
Consulate of Canada; and Chantal Ramsay, Consul at the Ontario International
Marketing Centre in the Canadian Consulate General
Click Here for Story and Pictures
February 1, 2010 – “Education in Arizona Can Compete Globally If…”
Don Burton, President of Dunlap-Stone and Int’l Import-Export Institute
Special Update on AZ Education by Suzanne Taylor, Sr VP Public Policy, AZ
Chamber
Special Update on Thunderbird School of Global Management by Erin Wilson
Click Here for Story and Pictures
January 11, 2010 – “Manufacturing in Arizona Can Compete Globally If…”
Phil Clouse, President and Stanton Knight, Director of Manufacturing
MTD Products and MTD Southwest, Chandler, Arizona
Click Here for Story and Pictures
December 7,
2009 – “Hola Arizona: Technology Business Accelerator (TechBA)”
Haru Yamasaki, CEO of TechBA,
Hector Correa of
Orinoco Systems. Leonardo Hernandez (Grupo Hergo), Arturo Freydig (ECN
Automation) and Maryanne Weiss (Gustare Ltd and Greater Phoenix SCORE)
Click
Here for Story and Pictures
November 2, 2009 – “Finding and Serving Clients from Arizona”
Jon Enwiller, Executive Director of The AIT Group, Shashi Jasthi, President
of Solugenix Corporation and Susan Cordts, CEO of Adaptive Technologies, Inc
(ATi)
Click Here for Story and Pictures
October 5, 2009 - "Raising Arizona: Growing Globally - A Status Report"
Rod Miller, CEO at The Jiao Group
Click Here for Story and Pictures
September 17-18, 2009 – US-Asia Expo Arizona. Presented at the Camelback
Inn in Scottsdale, Arizona.
August 3, 2009 – Nurturing Sustainability in Arizona: a Panel Discussion
with Bob Shatz, Ron Richman and Rich McKinney (ITDC), Dee Harris (Arizona
Angels) and Chet S. Ross (SCORE).
At Greekfest in Phoenix
Click Here for Story and Pictures
June 26, 2009 – Homerun Networking Event: w/ Phoenix CEO-CFO Group and ACG
Arizona; Featuring Cullen Maxey, SVP of the Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks versus Anaheim Angels
Click Here for Story and Pictures
June 1, 2009 - Panel Discussion: Omar Sayed, CEO of Succeed Corporation; Lon
Safko, Author of The Social Media Bible; Vijay Kapoor, CEO of TCC247; Robert
Wilkinson, CEO of Abacus 247
“Growing Globally on the Internet”
Click Here for Story and Pictures
May, 2009 - Panel Discussion: John Balfour, President of Perfect Power;
Patrick O’Grady, Technology Reporter for the Phoenix Business Journal; Chris
Camacho, VP of Business Development for Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)
“Global Solar in Arizona: The Future’s So Bright, If…”
Click Here for Story and Pictures
April, 2009 - Panel Discussion: Norman E. Clarke, Sr. Managing Partner of
Windstone Capital; Carlos Emmermann, International Banking at Sonoran Bank
NA; Chet S. Ross, Director of SCORE Arizona and Chair, Greater Phoenix
SCORE; and Sy Rotter, Founder and President of Washington Liason Office
“Funding Your Global Growth”
Click Here for Story and Pictures
March, 2009 - Jeff Morhet, Chairman and CEO of InNexus Biotechnology
“Building Biotech: The Science of Doing Business Internationally”
Click Here for Story and Pictures
February, 2009 - Colin Christie, CEO of MxSecure
”Doing Business in Asia: Crossing the Cultural Divide”
Click Here for Story and Pictures
January, 2009 - “AZIGG Global Business Fair”
A unique walking tour of local government and business resources that help
companies grow globally. Hosted by Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P.
Click Here for Story and Pictures
December, 2008 - Panel discussion featuring 5 top executives: Dave Rice, CEO
of TrueCloud, Abhay Jajoo, Managing Director of Eupath, Cliff Schertz,
President and CEO of Tiempo Development, Sharad Mankapure, Director of
BizLogic Technologies and Sarit Kommineni, CEO of SLK Holdings
”Scaling Your Business Internationally”
November, 2008 - Panel Discussion: Jon Hobgood (Honeywell) and faculty and
management from Thunderbird School of Global Management
“Education Supports International Growth”
Joint Program with the Phoenix Alumni Chapter of the Thunderbird
October, 2008 - Rod Miller, Vice President of International Economic
Development
Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)
“Annual State of the State – How Are We Doing Internationally"”
Click here for Rod’s Presentation.
August, 2008 - Panel Discussion: Gunnar Light (Melbourne IT), Oystein Konsmo
(The York Group) and Joe Gold, Global Sales Exec
“Growing
Sales Globally – The Ins, Outs and In-Betweens”
Location: Headquarters of Kahala Corporation, Scottsdale
July, 2008 - Derrick Hall, President of the Arizona Diamondbacks
Networking with the Diamondbacks at Chase Field
June, 2008 - Panel Discussion: Omar Sayed (Succeed), Steve Hill (Kyocera
Solar) and Niels Chris Jorgensen (Center for Modern Design)
“Going Global: Risks and Rewards”
Joint Program with the Scottsdale Chamber
May, 2008 - John Barry, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
“Here’s How Arizona Can Win Globally”
Click here for John Barry's Presentation
April, 2008 - Roger Philips, Concordia University
Author of Guide to Software Export: A Handbook for International Sales
“Growing Your Business Internationally: Where Do I Start"”
March, 2008 - Panel Discussion on Creating Cross-Cultural Success
Lisa Koss, International Advantage
Dr. Jean McFarland, Fifth Dimension Strategies
Cory Kahabka, Absotively
“Establishing a Great Company Culture for International Success”
February, 2008 - Susan Shultz, Global Practice Leader – Board of Directors
Practice, Partner,Oakbridge inc./SSA Executive Search International Ltd
Board Chair, Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations
CEO, The Board Institute
“Creating Global Connections for Success”
January, 2008 - Omar Sayed, Founder and CEO
Succeed Corporation (#50 fastest-growing US company in Inc.500)
”You Can Succeed in Arizona – A Global Story”
December, 2007 - Donna Kent, Senior Vice President of Global Services
Televerde
”Growing Beyond Our Borders”
Click here for Donna Kent’s Presentation
November, 2007 - Lee Knowlton, President of International
Kahala Corp
”The Why and How of Going International”
October, 2007 - Rod Miller, Vice President of International Economic
Development
Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)
”Prospects for Future Growth”
Click here for Rod Miller’s Presentation
Visit our blog: http://growglobally.blogspot.com/