MORGO

The MORGO 2008 programme features some serious talent from around the globe – US, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia and NZ. Hear some of the hottest entrepreneurs and executives from some of the coolest companies talk about their businesses and what they’ve learned. MORGO is both inspirational and educational – make sure you’re a part of MORGO 2008!

	Glenn Martin – Martin Jetpack Glenn has kept a low profile at previous MORGOs. Now, he is going to wow you with what he has been secretly working on for the last 27 years and No 8 Ventures has been funding for the last four years. On 29 July 2008, the Martin Jetpack was launched at the Oshkosh airshow in the US! In 1981 Glenn developed the concept of the Martin Jetpack. A research and development program spanning almost 30 years has successfully proven the original engineering concept with the achievement of successful personal flight. More on Glenn *including jetpack pics*
	Didier Elzinga – Rising Sun Pictures Didier Elzinga is an entrepeneur with a wide range of experience in building media and technology companies. Trained as a software engineer he is the 31 year old CEO of Hollywood visual effects company Rising Sun Pictures (Australian National Export Awards winner for 2006) and co-founder and chairman of visual software company RSR (Anthill’s “Coolest company in Australia 2007”). Didier is a Director of Punch Card Visual Technologies Pty Ltd, Slingsby Theatre Company Ltd, Brink Productions and also acts in an advisory capacity for Adelaide University and Carnegie Mellon University. More on Didier
	Richard Dellabarca – Artimi Richard is Chief Financial Officer and Co-Founder of Artimi Inc, a venture backed semiconductor company developing next generation wireless chips using Ultra-Wideband radio technology. The company has raised $50m in two rounds from tier 1 venture capital investors in the US, UK and Europe and is currently in the process of raising a further round. In parallel Richard is in the process of launching a second start-up to address a niche in the Wireless Infrastructure eco-system. Richard holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law degrees from Auckland University and an M.B.A. from Cambridge University. More on Richard
	Scott Farquhar – Atlassian With over 11,000 commercial customers in 100+ countries and turnover of $35m+, Atlassian is one of the world’s fastest growing companies. But in 2002, fresh out of university, Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes could not have obtained funding to start a company if they had wanted. No one would have funded two idealistic but untested 22 year olds to build a different kind of software company. So they started the company with a $1000 credit card loan. These days, ironically enough, they are approached by the best in the venture capital community on a regular basis; but their highly profitable company has no need for external funding. Scott Farquar and partner Mike Cannon-Brookes from Atlassian were the Overall Winners and 2006 Entrepreneurs Of The Year and winners in the Young Entrepreneur category. More on Scott
	Mary Quin Mary Quin is the President of NANA Management Services LLC, an Alaska-based company which provides hotel management, food service, security, staffing, and remote camp operations. Originally from New Zealand, Mary moved to the US in 1976 to obtain her PhD in materials engineering. Her career began in R&D and product development. After completing her MBA at Harvard she transitioned from technology to business, with roles at Kodak and Avid Technology and General Manager and Vice President positions at Xerox. After surviving a terrorist kidnapping incident in Yemen in 1998, Mary moved to Alaska. She published a best-selling book, Kidnapped in Yemen, then launched an organics retail company, Tuliqi LLC, before joining NMS. More on Mary
	Bill Day – Seaworks Bill is chief executive of Seaworks Ltd, a multimillion-dollar global marine technology company. His company has pioneered techniques for seismic surveying, underwater salvage and the repair and laying of underwater cables. Prior to founding Seaworks, he managed a dive school and a team of 20 diving professionals from 1981–1987.He has also led several treasure hunting expeditions to the sub-Antarctic. He was the 2000 Entrepreneur of the Year Winner. More on Bill
	Selwyn Pellett – Imarda Selwyn Pellett is the founder, CEO and Chairman of Imarda Ltd, Co founder and Chairman of Endace Ltd, Chairman of the Hi Tech Association, Director of Xsol Ltd, Trustee of the Hi Growth Trust, Founder and Director of Sway-Tech Ltd and Founder and Director of Storm Distribution Ltd. As the former CEO and co-founder of the Endace Ltd Selwyn lead Endace to be the first New Zealand registered company to list on the UK’s AIM stock market in June 2005. Selwyn has worked in the electronics industry in New Zealand, Australia and Asia for over 19 years with the last six years focused on the global Network Security and Telematics markets. More on Selwyn
	Mark Ahn – Chair Entrepreneurship, Victoria University Dr.Ahn’s research interests include technology-based entrepreneurship, management and innovation in biotechnology and life science industries, strategy-based transformation, leadership, and social responsibility and venture philanthropy. Prior to Victoria, Dr. Ahn was founder and CEO of Hana Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that acquires, develops, and commercializes innovative products to advance cancer care that he led from private to NASDAQ listed company. More on Mark
	Terrie Lloyd – LINC Media and Japan Inc 50-year old Terrie Lloyd runs two groups of six companies in Japan and has investment interests in a number of others. Terrie has spent the last 25 years in Japan, having established 15+ firms there in that time and taken 6 to successful earn-outs. He has notched up a number of firsts in the Information and Communications technology sector. Rather than IPOs, Terrie’s business model is arranged around trade sales. Terrie’s first earn-out came in 1995, when he sold LINC Computer to the EDS. His second earn-out came when he sold the web division of his LINC Media business to Chinadotcom Corporation for cash and stock a short time before that company went on to do US$450m of primary and secondary offerings on the NASDAQ. More on Terrie
	Helen Priest – Corporate Ventures Manager, Meridian Energy Helen is an expert in commercialisation of new technologies in clean tech (principally renewable energy), food and other natural resources. She is part of the Corporate Ventures group in Meridian Energy that focuses on investing in early stage and high growth companies in cleantech. Her strengths include identification of emerging technologies and business models, early-stage company strategy development. More on Helen
	Paul Dyson Paul Dyson is an entrepreneur and consultant with over 25 years experience in international technology companies. He has worked in Australia, France, the UK, India and NZ. His key strengths are in sales and marketing; strategic planning; general management and business development for technology companies. He has been CEO of two successful start-up technology companies (one, a technology company in the UK now US based, Puricore and the other an electric vehicle company in India and Russia, Ultra Motor and contributed at senior levels in more than a dozen others. More on Paul
	Andy Lark – No 8 Ventures Andy Lark: Blogger extraordinarie and Dell’s vice-president of global marketing and communications, is also a director of No.8 Ventures and Endace, on the advisory board of Right Hemisphere; and was the inaugural winner of the World Class New Zealander award in 2003, a member of the NZTE technology beachhead in the US. More on Andy
	Rod Drury – Xero Rod Drury is an experienced entrepreneur and early stage investor passionate about software development and building value. 2006 NZ Hi-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year, Rod’s latest venture is Xero, an online accounting solution for Small Businesses. More on Rod
	Alan Nunns Alan Nunns is an independent consultant in the Energy and IT sectors, with extensive industry experience. Alan received a B.Sc. with honours in geology from Auckland University, and after graduating from Durham University, where he was a Commonwealth Scholar, with a Ph.D. in geophysics, he spent two years as a NATO postdoctoral scholar at Columbia University. Alan spent 24-years at Chevron as a research geophysicist, served two years as CIO for Chevron’s international exploration and production operations and retired in 2006 as General Manager of Technology and Strategy for Chevron’s global IT function. More on Alan
	Brent Robinson – Rakon Brent was first appointed Managing Director at Rakon Industries Limited in 1986 and continues in that role at Rakon. Brent has over 25 years experience in the design and manufacture of Crystals and Oscillators. Since his appointment Brent has led and driven the development of Rakon’s core TCXO business, which is the basis of the Company’s success today, supplying over 50% of the world GPS market for TCXOs. More on Brent
	Ben Anderson Ben Anderson is a Partner with CTPartners in the US. A member of the firm’s Global Technology, Media & Telecom Practice, Ben serves clients across the industry. Ben’s corporate experience includes being president of Intellimark, an information technology company. He was responsible for operations in 18 nations spanning North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe. He successfully re-engineered 22 business units in 28 markets, creating a cohesive, competitive company. Ben is also a member of New Zealand Trade & Enterprise’s US Advisory Beachhead Board.
	Jonathan Ross – Bell Gully Jonathan is a highly experienced commercial lawyer, advising a diverse range of businesses across their lifecycle. His specialist expertise includes corporate, securities and banking and finance law. His practice has a significant cross-border focus. Jonathan acts for private equity investors and their banks as well as advising start-up companies on venture capital opportunities and broader commercialisation issues. Jonathan is a partner in Bell Gully’s Auckland office. Email Jonathan
	Colleen Cavanagh – Bell Gully Colleen is one of New Zealand’s most experienced intellectual property and trade mark lawyers. She advises businesses across a wide range of intellectual property matters including trade mark and brand protection, the Fair Trading Act and passing off, and copyright. She works with entrepreneurs and companies in their earliest stages through to major multi-nationals managing multiple established global brands. Colleen is a senior associate in Bell Gully’s Auckland office. Email Colleen
	Jenny Morel – No 8 Ventures & MORGO Founder Jenny Morel, Managing Partner, founded No 8 Ventures in 1999. For No 8 Ventures, Jenny has been a director of 13 early stage companies. She is currently Chairman of Martin Aircraft Company, Vertical Composting and Smart Orthotics, a director of Open Cloud and Surveylab, and has observer status on the board of Proacta. Jenny previously founded an investment bank specialising in technology companies, which led to her starting No 8 Ventures she saw the huge opportunity for investment in exciting young, under-funded technology companies. Jenny is the founder and organiser of MORGO – the annual conference for New Zealand high growth companies. Jenny was named as no 43 on the 2007 Listener Power List due to the impact she has made in the technology sector in New Zealand.

Speaker list updated 25 August 2008 �