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?
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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.
Oct
12
Faith in the Halls of Power
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Michael Lindsay, Professor of Sociology at Rice University shares about his research and book “Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite.”
Abstract:
Evangelicals, once at the periphery of American life, now wield power in the White House and on Wall Street, at Harvard and in Hollywood. How have they reached the pinnacles of power in such a short time? And what does this mean for evangelicals—and for America?
Drawing on personal interviews with an astonishing array of prominent Americans—including two former Presidents, dozens of political and government leaders, more than 100 top business executives, plus Hollywood moguls, intellectuals, athletes, and other powerful figures—D. Michael Lindsay shows first-hand how they are bringing their vision of moral leadership into the public square.
Profile:
D. Michael Lindsay is assistant professor of sociology at Rice University where he is also the faculty associate of Leadership Rice and assistant director of the Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life at Rice University. Dr. Lindsay earned his Ph.D. in sociology at Princeton University, where he was named a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow in 2002 and the Harold W. Dodds Fellow in 2004. He also received the 2003 Outstanding Teaching Award—the university’s highest award for graduate student teaching—from Princeton’s Graduate School and the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni.
Jul
18
Sanjay Poonen, SVP, GM of Analytics Business at SAP
Sanjay currently serves as SVP and GM of the Analytics Business at SAP, the world’s largest applications software company. Prior to SAP, Sanjay Poonen served as VP of Line of Business Operations, at Symantec, reporting to the President. Sanjay played a key role in the $13B merger integration of VERITAS and Symantec.
Prior to the merger, Sanjay was VP of Strategic Operations at VERITAS, where he had sales responsibility for over $400MM in revenue from strategic accounts. Prior to VERITAS, Sanjay served as an executive officer of Informatica, first as the VP and GM of the Applications Business Unit and then as the SVP and GM of worldwide marketing. Early in his career, Sanjay also worked Apple and Microsoft.
Sanjay has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He has a Master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University; and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Math/Engineering from Dartmouth College.
Sanjay lives in the bay area with his wife, Kathy, and their 11-month old daughter, Sofia.
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