Events
SVCE Events - Spring 2024
Entrepreneurship for the Social Good
When: Monday, March 18, 2024
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: SJSU Student Union Theater
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Speakers:
Lata Krishnan, Founder, American India Foundation, Investor, & Entrepreneur, in conversation with
Anita Manwani, President, TiE Silicon Valley & Founder reLIMS.
Speakers' Bios:
Lata Krishnan is an experienced Board Director skilled in advising companies and founders in building
and scaling enterprises. She is a member of both public and private Boards, most notably
the Stanford Healthcare Board (SHC), the governing body for Stanford Hospital and
the School of Medicine. Lata is the Founder, former President, and current Co-Chair
of the American India Foundation, she also serves on the Board of the Accion Opportunity
Fund and is a Fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Lata is also a Senior Advisory
Board Member of the London School of Economics, South Asia Centre. Lata also started
her own Family Office, Shah Capital Partners and as Managing Partner takes an active
role in identifying and investing in high-growth opportunities and inspiring founders
from the technology, life sciences and social impact worlds. Her interest in story
telling through the arts resulted in taking on the role of the Executive Producer
of "Fremont" which was recently awarded the John Cassavetes Award at the Film Independent
Spirit Awards.
Anita Manwani is President of TiE Silicon Valley; Founder reLIMS, a laboratory automation software
company; and a former executive at HP/Agilent and NASA. She is committed to healthcare,
education and access. She is a founding trustee of Ashoka University, an MIT venture
The Graduate School for the Science of Teaching and Learning. Anita serves on several
for profit and non-profit boards and has been recognized among top 80 women nationally
as “Technology All Star”; YWCA TWIN award for executive leadership and impact; and
among the Top 100 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley. She is an avid golfer, open
terrain hiker and enjoys cooking.
10 Lessons Learned to Grow from $0 to $100M ARR
When: Monday, February 19, 2024
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: SJSU Student Union Theater
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Speaker: Alfonso de la Nuez, Cofounder & ex-CEO, UserZoom, Startup Advisor, Investor, & Author.
Speaker's Bio
Alfonso de la Nuez is the Co-Founder and ex-CEO of UserZoom, the UX (user experience) Insights company that helps businesses gather and manage the insights they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. Under his leadership, UserZoom grew from a bootstrapped firm out of Spain in 2007 into a $100m ARR, global organization with Fortune 100 customers across all industries. The company raised a total of $150m from multiple Silicon Valley investors. In 2022, UserZoom was acquired by top software investment firm, Thoma Bravo, for $810m, and in 2023 it was merged with UserTesting.
Alfonso began his career in Spain in the mid 1990s working in technology, where he gained his first experience in digital marketing, website design, usability testing and UX research.
He is currently an advisor, investor and Board member working with tech startups, and a featured speaker at industry events, where he helps inspire the next generation of Entrepreneurs, UX professionals and Product Managers. He’s written a book called ‘The Digital Experience Company’ (published in August 2022), and he’s been granted three technology patents by the USPTO.
Alfonso holds a BA in International Business from San Jose State University, where he also played Div I Varsity Basketball after getting an athletic scholarship. An avid basketball player and Motorsports fan, he lives in Los Gatos, CA, with his wife, son and daughter.
