Apr
9
Join us for a dinner with Dave Evans,
Adjunct Lecturer, Product Design Program at Stanford
Management Consultant and formerly co-founder of Electronic Arts.
Is work really a ministry? No. It’s three ministries - but most Christians never get beyond a partial engagement of only one of them. Come find out about which ministries of work you might be missing and what promises God has made to be with you in them, right where you are today.
About Dave
From saving the seals to solving the energy crisis, from imagining mice to redefining software - Dave’s been on a mission, including helping others to find theirs. Starting at Stanford with dreams of following Jacques Cousteau as a marine biologist, Dave realized (a bit late) that he was lousy at it and shifted to mechanical engineering with an eye on the energy problem. After four years in alternative energy in the late 70’s, it was clear that the idea’s time hadn’t come yet. So while en route to biomedical engineering, Dave accepted an invitation to work for Apple, where he led the mouse team and introduced laser printing to the masses. When Dave’s boss at Apple left to start Electronic Arts, Dave joined him and became EA’s first VP of Talent, dedicated to making “software worthy of the minds that use it.”
After 15 years as a tech exec, including two more “real jobs” in telecommunications, Dave decided his real mission was to help others find and pursue theirs.. So he went out on his own working with start-up executive teams, some large corporate clients, but also with countless young adults. They were all asking the same question. “What should I do with my life and why?” Helping people get traction on that question continues to be Dave’s real work, which he finds is most enjoyable and effectively done in the university setting.
Dave taught a course for seven years at UC Berkeley entitled How to Find Your Vocation and is presently a Lecturer in the Stanford Program in Design, where he co-conceived and teaches The Designer’s Voice and is developing more courses for undergraduate and graduate students.
Dave holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and a graduate diploma in Contemplative Spirituality from San Francisco Theological Seminary. He and his wife Claudia live on the water in Santa Cruz and have 5 adult children, including 3 Stanford grads.
Agenda
7:00-7:30pm - Fellowship
7:30-8:35pm - Dave’s talk, dinner, and Q&A
8:50-9:45pm - Fellowship
Registration
Space is limited. Registration will close when we reach our capacity limit or at 7pm on 4/25 (whichever comes first).
Cost: $32
Dinner includes a three course buffet dinner with a vegetarian option.
Oct
6
Join us for a dinner with Ken Churchill, SVP of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
Longing for Significance
Ken’s desire to make an impact led him to Africa and then to Menlo Park. Along the way Ken learned that much of his passion camouflaged his fear of insignificance. Ken will share how diverse experiences have taught him about living fully as God’s child and offer his advice to young professionals who long to make the most of their gifts and opportunities.
About Ken:
From 1975 until 1987, Ken worked in Asia, the U.S., and Europe on refugee resettlement and public health administration with Food for the Hungry, World Relief, and World Vision. He came to Silicon Valley in 1987 from Africa with his wife of three years, Shirley, and the oldest of their eight start-ups (four boys and four girls). Today Ken helps many of the tech industry’s most successful CEOs and entrepreneurs manage their money. His focus is to become like Jesus and thus bring God glory in all he does.
Ken graduated from Wheaton College in in 1981 with a Bachelor’s in Biblical Studies. Ken also studied Mandarin Chinese at Harvard and Philosophy of Religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and the University of Rhode Island.
Jul
24
Grasping God’s Power
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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.
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