Jul
24
Grasping God’s Power
Filed Under Events, Featured | 3 Comments
Learning to hear God better has enabled Steve to set higher goals. Steve will describe lessons from his journey and how God is enabling Water Of Life to impact thousands of people in developing countries.
Steve Yencho, Founder / CEO Water of Life
Water of Life, LLC is the third company founded by Steve Yencho. Water Of Life develops and markets low cost safe drinking water purification systems for the poorest of the poor using breakthrough technology. Water Of Life systems are currently providing safe water for thousands of people in villages worldwide. Prior to Water of Life Steve was the Founder and CEO of Cardica, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRDC), the world leader of implanted surgical connectors for coronary artery bypass graft surgeries. Steve was the Assistant Director at the Stanford University Rapid Prototyping Laboratory and co-founder of Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ:OMER). He has held a variety of technical and management positions with Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Caterpillar Tractor Company, and the Institute of Defense Analyses.
Steve holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University. In addition, he was sponsored by a Hewlett Packard Fellowship in the Ph.D program in Precision Machinery Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He earned his Doctorate in Material Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He is the inventor of over 50 issued United States patents.
He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Pacific Justice Institute. He co-led the Science and Faith Seminar Series at Stanford University from 1997-2001. He resides in Menlo Park, CA and attends Calvary Church in Los Gatos
Jun
18
Less than 50% of M&A business deals meet their original objectives; less than 50% of marriages finish the way that God intended. Tom Steipp will share from scriptures and a lifetime of personal experience God’s principles for improving your odds of being successful in business, and more importantly, in marriage.
We live in Silicon Valley, business can be demanding, marriage can be frustrating. Many young Christians think that if they simply go to church regularly and follow the mores of American culture, they will have a God-glorifying career, marriage and family. The belief that we can have it all drives many careers and marriages to the ragged edge – and beyond. We cannot put our lives and behaviors on auto-pilot, losing sight of the Bible’s teachings, and expect to find real success in either arena.
God designed marriage for our benefit and enjoyment. Tom and his wife, Deb, have been married for 35 years; he readily acknowledges the challenges of trying to balance career, marriage, family, and ministry. He will share some of his bigger mistakes along with his greatest joys in navigating those turbulent waters. Along the way he has become convinced that the best principles for business and marriage come straight out of Bible.
Join us as Tom, accompanied by the love of his life, shares some of the Biblical principles that have molded his own life.
Tom’s Bio
Tom Steipp is the President and CEO of Symmetricom, Inc.
Tom joined Symmetricom, Inc. in March 1998, as President and Chief Operating Officer of Telecom Solutions, a Division of Symmetricom, Inc. Since December 1998, he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Symmetricom, Inc.
From 1996 to 1998, Tom was Vice President and General Manager of Broadband Data Networks at Scientific-Atlanta, where he led the development and deployment of one of the industry’s first Cable Modem solutions. Prior to that he spent seventeen years at Hewlett-Packard, where he held a number of Marketing and General Management positions in their Disk Storage, Networking and Federal Government Divisions.
Tom spent eight years in the United States Air Force as an Instructor Pilot in T-38 aircraft and an Electrical Engineer.
Tom has 2 children and 3 grandchildren, and resides in Los Gatos, California, with his wife, Debra. He attends church at Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos. He has served on the Boards of Living on the Edge; Walk Thru the Bible, and Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center.
Tom holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and an MBA from Purdue University.
Apr
3
It’s all about: Me… Us… You.
Living and working in the Silicon Valley comes with many distractions. Tom Gutshall will share with us some of his experiences and insights as to how God continually guides us on His path through business and ministry.
Profile
Mr. Gutshall is Co-Founder and Chairman of Cepheid and former President and COO of CV Therapeutics. He is a senior executive with over forty years of multi-national experience in specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. His P&L responsibilities span three decades with professional expertise in manufacturing operations, restructuring, productivity improvement, acquisitions & divestitures and integration.
Mr. Gutshall serves on the board of MAP International, Pacific Medical Research Foundation, and CityTeam Ministries. In addition, he is active with Silicon Valley Prayer Breakfast, and is a member of Union Presbyterian Church in Los Altos.
Oct
18
Can You Hear Him?
Filed Under Events | 3 Comments
God works in wonderful ways. Dr. Scifres will share the ways God has communicated with him and guided him to achieve business success.
Dr. Donald Scifres, with God’s help, has achieved a number of professional accomplishments. These include founding a company, taking it public, growing it into one of the top 25 NASDAQ companies by market capitalization, and selling it in 2000 for $41 billion. This was the largest technology company merger ever announced up to that point in time. Along the way, Dr. Scifres also found time to author or co-author over 300 technical publications and over 100 patents.
Dr. Scifres is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has been honored with a number of awards for technical innovation.
keep looking »