Up in the Cloud: Engineering the Internet

Presented by BizSkule

What is cloud computing, and why does it matter? How has it changed business on the web? From design, security and privacy to access and reliability, cloud computing is transforming business models and accelerating technology. On February 12, three Silicon Valley executives and U of T alumni will discuss the future of cloud computing. We hope you can join your fellow Skule graduates for this open discussion and networking event.

Alumni Panelists:

alex_grbic150Alex Grbic
(CompE 9T4, MASc 9T6, PhD 0T3)
Director of Product Marketing, Altera
[expand title=”View bio”]Alex is responsible for software and IP products at Altera. He has also held management positions in Altera’s software and IP research and development organization, where he headed up external memory interfaces IP development, performance analysis of Altera’s products and work on visualization and debugging tools.  More recently, he served as Director of Applications Engineering, where he lead escalated customer issue support, initiatives for early adoption of new products and technical collateral.[/expand]
R_Rahim150Rami Rahim (ElecE 9T4)
Executive Vice President, Platform Systems Division, Juniper Networks, Inc. 
[expand title=”View bio”]Rami is responsible for driving strategy, development and business growth for Juniper’s routing, switching, branch and wireless LAN products, as well as for the ongoing evolution of its silicon technology and the Junos operating system. He spent the majority of his 16 years at Juniper developing the architecture, design and implementation of Ethernet products and later held several leadership roles in the company’s Edge and Aggregation Business Unit. In addition to his U of T degree, he holds a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.[/expand]
yuri-sagalov150Yuri Sagalov (EngSci 0T8+PEY)
Co-founder and CEO, AeroFS
[expand title=”View bio”]After completing his U of T Engineering Science degree in computer engineering, in 2010 Yuri took a leave of absence from his Master’s degree studies in distributed systems to co-found AeroFS, an enterprise file syncing and collaboration startup. Follow him on Twitter at @yuris.[/expand]

Moderator:

Arshia-Tabrizi150Arshia Tabrizi (CompE 9T5, Law 9T8)
Founder, Tabrizi Law Office PC and Vidoyen
[expand title=”View bio”]Arshia runs Tabrizi Law Office PC, a boutique technology law practice. He has been active in the start-up and venture capital industry for over 15 years, including time in Silicon Valley at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He recently launched his own start-up called Vidoyen, a social video platform for experts.[/expand]

Event details

When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 6 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Altera Headquarters, San Jose, CA
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  • Enter the Altera campus from Innovation Drive
  • Follow signs to the “University of Toronto Alumni Event”
  • Park in the Altera parking garage located to east side of campus (on the right if entering from Innovation Drive)
  • Follow signs to the Building 3 Lobby

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Sponsored by:
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