The Legends that Contributed to Silicon Valley's Eminence Assemble for Frost & Sullivan's Growth, Innovation and Leadership 2012 Congress

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The Legends that Contributed to Silicon

Valley's Eminence Assemble for Frost &

Sullivan's Growth, Innovation and Leadership

2012 Congress

PR Newswire

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Aug. 9, 2012

- The industry's visionaries, innovators and leaders discuss the outlook and

future of Silicon Valley

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California

,

Aug. 9, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- The Frost & Sullivan

Institute (a registered 501-(c) 3 non-profit), in cooperation with Enabling

Thought Leadership, brings together a panel of Silicon Valley pioneers for "The

Legends of Silicon Valley Forum" at GIL 2012: Silicon Valley, taking place Sept. 9

to 12, 2012 at the Fairmont San Jose in San Jose, Calif.

The forum promises a provocative and interactive discussion focused around

the forthcoming outlook of Silicon Valley that will unquestionably evolve into a

constructive debate. Candid dialogue exploring key insights and best practices

driving today's stakeholders will include social media, green technologies, cloud

computing as well as transcendent management issues, such as innovation and

retention of talent.

"The insights provided by the Frost & Sullivan Institute, its support partners that

comprise our Strategic Partnership Consortium, and that of various visionaries,

innovators and leaders—such as our 'Legends' panelists—provide senior

executives with the vital tools, strategies and resources," said Frost & Sullivan

Chairman David Frigstad. "This enables organizations to effectively leverage

innovation as a resource to address global challenges."

Mike Malone

, author, entrepreneur and journalist with

ABC News Online

, will

be moderating the panel, which presently includes the following Silicon Valley

thought leaders (with more to be announced soon):

Bill Davidow

– Silicon Valley engineer, former Intel marketing executive,

author and venture capitalist, including his position as a founding partner and

Partner Emeritus at Mohr Davidow Ventures.

Judith L. Estrin

– The chief executive officer of JLABS, LLC and author of

"Closing the Innovation Gap." Estrin has held leadership positions in companies

such Cisco, FedEx and the Walt Disney Company and has been listed on three

occasions as one of

Fortune's

"50 Most Powerful Women in American

Business."

Richard 'Dick' Kramlich

– The co-founder of NEA Management Company, in

which he drove the growth of nine companies ranging from start-up to near

start-up businesses to market values in excess of

$1 billion

.

Kim Polese

– The chairwoman of ClearStreet, co-founder of Marimba and the

original Cisco product manager who coined "Java." Polese was named one of

Time

magazine's "Top 25 Most Influential People in America" and one of

Red

Herring's

"Top 20 Entrepreneurs."

Dr. T.J. Rodgers

– The founder of Cypress Semiconductor, which has been

called a "quintessential entrepreneurial company" by

The Wall Street Journal,