My Story: Inspiring Journey of an Entrepreneur Leader ...Featuring Atul Bhatnagar

How to achieve market capitalization in excess of $1B?

Many companies get stuck at a low market cap even after they go public. Revenues don’t accelerate, failing Wall Street expectations & team doesn’t scale with changing times and evolving technologies.

Have you seen any of these scenarios in the companies you have started or worked at? If so, come and hear our My Story speaker Atul Bhatnagar talk of his experience as he took IXIA market cap to exceed $1B, revenues to double in a short span of time and build a team that can continue to scale the company.

Atul’s story will be inspiring not just to entrepreneurs but to many intrapreneurs and executives in large companies. He will discuss various ways in which he created growth both organic and inorganic along with pros and cons of different choices. Atul will share key proven techniques which help accelerate business while also continuously developing yourself through the tough economic and competitive challenges. He will share many insightful stories to illustrate these techniques.

Join us to hear from this amazingly successful entrepreneurial leader, ask all your questions, learn from his successfulexperiences and connect with other aspiring entrepreneurs at TiE Silicon Valley on Tuesday August 7, 2012.

About Atul Bhatnagar

Until recently, Atul was the CEO of Ixia (Nasdaq: IXIA). Under his leadership Ixia more than doubled its revenue with 20% operating margins along with three transformative acquisitions. Atul is a passionate coach for emerging leaders and encourages innovation, global approach to accelerating business and people leadership.

He started his career at HP and held various senior management positions leading as GM of OpenView Telecom Network Management & Internet Appliance group. After acquiring resilient foundation for progressive people and business management at HP, he became the VP of Advanced Products at AlteonWebSystems in May 2000. Prior to Ixia, he served as General Manager for the Enterprise Data Network division of Nortel bringing in about $1B revenue to the company.

Atul holds a BSEE from BITS, Pilani, India and MSEE from University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. He serves on the Advisory Board of School of Business, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga. He also serves on President's Advisory Council for Olin College of Engineering, Boston, MA.

So you want to know how he did it. What are his secrets and learning that you can apply in your business? Then come and join us for this inspiring talk on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at the TiE Conference Center.

TiE Host:
Naveen Bisht, Chair, My Story and Chair, Programs/Board Member, TiE Silicon Valley

Schedule:
6:00 PM - Registration, Dinner & Networking
7:00 PM - Program
8:15 PM - Q & A
9:00 PM- Adjourn

Introducing My Story – another TiE SV Original Program
This talk is part of TiE SV’s recently introduced monthly program “My Story – Inspiring Journey of an Entrepreneur” to celebrate entrepreneurship and bring stories from successful entrepreneurs in their own words. The invited speaker(s) share their entrepreneurial journey and talk about lessons learnt, mistakes they wish they avoided and key decisions that helped make their venture successful.

Registration:

Pricing:
Online:
Member $20.00 - Member's Spouse $30.00 - Non-Member $35.00
Onsite:
Member $30.00 - Member's Spouse $40.00 - Non-Member $45.00

Registration and Cancellation Policy:
Registration: Online Registration closes at 12:00 Noon of the day of the event.
Cancellation: All Registration Fees are Non-Refundable and No Credit is offered for cancellations