SAN DIEGO, July 5, 2018
/PRNewswire/ -- Six technology industry leaders were elected
on June 8th to the Board of Directors
of EvoNexus, further expanding the breadth of important corporate
partnerships with Southern
California's leading technology incubator, EvoNexus.
"Whether it's working with California's leading commercial real estate
developer, the pioneer in financial accounting and tax preparation
software business and financial software, a top 20 global financial
services & technology innovation bank, a global leader in
electronic components across hundreds of markets, the world's
largest telecom equipment manufacturer, or the leading
semiconductor company that invented programmable chips foundational
to 1,000s of new electronic products, you can find these companies
at EvoNexus as corporate partners. These companies give EvoNexus
startups unprecedented access to strategic partnerships, product
validation, funding and market access" said EvoNexus CEO and
Co-Founder, Rory Moore.
Lauren Kelly, Senior Vice
President and Chief Marketing Officer, The Irvine
Company, was elected to the EvoNexus Board of Directors.
Lauren Kelly joined Irvine Company
in 2014 as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the
Office division. In her position, Ms. Kelly is responsible for all
aspects of marketing and brand performance for Irvine Company
Office Properties. She also oversees New Development and Portfolio
Marketing; Customer and Marketplace Insights; Product Innovation;
Creative Services and Interactive Marketing.
Bridget Kimball, Chief
Architect & Fellow, Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), was also
elected the EvoNexus Board of Directors. Bridget is VP and Chief
Architect at Intuit's Consumer Group, focusing on products for
personal tax and finance management. Previous to Intuit, she was at
Comcast and served as President of a joint venture developing next
generation conditional access and security products for the cable
industry. She has also held senior engineering roles at Motorola,
Copper Mountain Networks, General Instrument and Hughes Space and
Communications Group.
Eddy Ortiz, Vice President of
Innovation & Solution Acceleration, Royal Bank of
Canada (NYSE: RY), was elected
to the EvoNexus Board of Directors. Eddy is the Vice President of
Solution Acceleration & Innovation responsible for driving
disruptive digital innovation. For almost 20 years, Eddy has been
key in leading RBC's digital strategy, including the launch of the
first mobile banking application, the invention & patent of
Secure Cloud technology, and maintains uniquely strong
relationships with Silicon Valley.
Go Maruyama, Vice President of
Strategic Planning, Murata (Tokyo Exchange: TYO),
was elected to the EvoNexus Board of Directors. Go Maruyama has worked at Murata companies for
the past 20 years. He is currently on assignment as a vice
president of corporate planning at pSemi, a Murata subsidiary based
in San Diego, California. Most
recently, he served as director of marketing and business
development for Murata Investment Co. in Shanghai where he was responsible for new
business development in emerging markets, especially focusing on
automotive, health care and energy markets.
Stephen Li, Vice President of
Technology Planning & Cooperation, Huawei, was
elected to the EvoNexus Board of Directors. Stephen Li currently is VP of U.S. Technical
Planning & Cooperation for Huawei Technologies. Previously he
was a VP at Central Software Institute, leading the EulerOS
department that provides the OS platforms for all the major product
lines within Huawei. Before joining Huawei Mr. Li held senior
technical management positions in the embedded software industry,
mostly at Wind River Systems, the provider of VxWorks OS.
Ivo Bolsens, PH.D., Senior Vice President & Chief
Technology Officer, Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX), was
elected to the EvoNexus Board of Directors. Ivo Bolsens is senior
vice president and chief technology officer (CTO), with
responsibility for advanced technology development, Xilinx research
laboratories (XRL) and Xilinx university program (XUP).
About EvoNexus
EvoNexus is Southern California's
leading startup technology incubator and hub for the startup
community with locations in San
Diego and Irvine. Our
results speak for themselves: EvoNexus portfolio companies have
raised over $1.4 billion in funding
and outcomes from over 160 venture capitalists, and 22 starts have
been acquired. EvoNexus is supported with Class A office space and
facilities by California's leading real estate
developer, Irvine Company and financially by global
technology and life science corporations.
For more information, visit
EvoNexus Board:https://evonexus.org/about/board/
Acquisitions: https://evonexus.org/startup-success-stories/
Partnering: https://evonexus.org/programs/our-partners/
Investing: https://evonexus.org/evonexus/companies/
Applying: https://evonexus.org/apply/
CONTACT: Rebecca Poizner,
rpoizner@evonexus.org
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