Moderator:

Shobeir Shobeiri, Plug and Play
Shobeir Shobeiri was a founding member of Plug & Play Technology Center in 2006. He is the director of operations at the Palo Alto campus. Shobeir hosts monthly Web and Mobile Meetups with high level speakers and startup presentations. Shobeir is an Analyst for Amidzad. He is responsible for bringing deal flow for investment arm by analyzing startups team, industry, and technology. Shobeir is the host of PAPA (Plug and Play Angels). PAPA is a new angel group that meets twice a month helping startups with advice and raising money. Shobeir is also is involved in the local community by being an advisor for the Entrepreneurship Society at San Jose State. He also is an advisor for an international youth television show called Iranican. Shobeir received his BS in International Business at San Jose State University.

Panelists:

George Zachary, CRV
George Zachary joined Charles River Ventures in 2004. He brings more than 17 years of operating and investing experience in computing and consumer technology. George's focus is on building great services and software technology companies. George led CRV's investments in Areae, Geni.com, GoTV, Millennial Media, Skyrider, SocialMedia Networks and Twitter and is a board member at Twitter.