Time:
6:30PM
- 9:00PM
Location:
Network Meeting Center at the TechMart [Map]
5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, California 95054
www.networkmeetingcenter.com/location
Agenda
6:30 pm - Registration, Networking and Refreshments
7:30 pm - Presentation
9:00 pm - Wrap-up/networking
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Session
Overview:
It has often been said that being a product manager is like running
your own little business. So how does working as a product manager
prepare you for being the CXO of company? This presentation and
discussion will explore the ways that working as a product manager
can and cannot prepare you for a role as a CXO. Brent Lang worked
as a product manager for several years before rising to his current
role of President and COO of Vocera. He will compare his role
as COO with being a product manager and discuss some of the lessons
he learned along the way, providing insights into how your current
work can pay off for you in the future. Join us for this interactive
session that may help prepare you to meet your future goals.
About the speaker:
Brent Lang is President
and Chief Operating Officer of Vocera Communications, a wireless
voice communications company. Vocera Communications provides an
innovative wireless communications system that enables instant
voice communication between mobile workers for enhanced customer
service, productivity, and teamwork. His responsibilities currently
include engineering, marketing, business development, and manufacturing
operations. He joined Vocera with the goal of taking a big idea
and turning it into an operating enterprise, strategically positioning
Vocera Communications as the leader in wireless instant voice
communication.
The company serves
its global customer base – including more than 500 hospitals
– from its headquarters in San Jose, CA and sales offices
in the United Kingdom and Australia. The company has secured more
than $53 million in capital funding from Motorola Ventures, Thomas
Weisel Venture Partners, Granite Global Ventures, Venrock Associates,
Vanguard Venture Partners, RPE Ventures, Cisco, and the Intel
Communication Fund.
Previously at Vocera,
Brent was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
for more than five years. He was an early member of the Vocera
team and has led the development of the company’s marketing
and product strategies. He also served as acting CEO during the
company’s transition to current CEO, Robert J. Zollars.
Brent has been directly
involved in venture capital fund raising, company strategy and
branding, and go-to-market channel strategy. Brent joined Vocera
from 3Com Corporation, where he was the Senior Director of Marketing
for 3Com's Digital Home Products. He managed marketing, business
development, and product management for the broadband cable and
DSL modems and the home networking products.
During his six years
at 3Com, Brent was involved with a variety of product management
and marketing roles, including co-founding the home networking
division and managing the rapid growth of the Fast Ethernet network
interface card business. Prior to 3Com, Brent worked as a Strategy
Consultant for Monitor Company, advising Fortune 500 companies.
Brent earned his BS
degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University
of Michigan, and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of
Business. He was a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team
and won a Gold Medal in the 4X100 Freestyle Relay.
