Title
Churchill Club | The Churchills 2019Catalog Number
102792652Type
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Churchill Club proudly presented the 9th annual CHURCHILLS — a magical event that inspires us to aim higher and do more to advance innovation, leadership, collaboration, and social benefit.Our esteemed speakers are nominated for their contributions to four areas of excellence by the Churchill Club Academy, more than 700 innovation-community members comprised of industry leaders and other professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, students, faculty, and journalists.
Honorable speakers for each distinction appear in the spirit of “giving back” — by sharing their perspectives and insights about what is needed to innovate, lead, collaborate, and contribute to the greater good.
Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes and co-founder of Churchill Club, acted as master of ceremonies for this extraordinary evening.
The distinctions are:
GAME CHANGER: LIFE CHANGER – PELOTON
For indispensable technology and business innovation.
Spirit: “You changed how things are done or viewed and there’s no going back.”
Appearing on behalf of Peloton was Graham Stanton, Co-founder & SVP, Business Intelligence, in conversation with Ray Wang, Principal Analyst and Founder, Constellation Research.
GAME CHANGER: WORK CHANGER – SLACK
For indispensable technology and business innovation.
Spirit: “You changed how things are done or viewed and there’s no going back.”
Appearing on behalf of Slack was Allen Shim, Chief Financial Officer, in conversation with Ilya Fushman, Partner at Kleiner Perkins.
MAGICAL TEAM: ZOOM
For collaborative breakthroughs that resulted in an irresistible product or service.
Spirit: “Your team nailed it.”
Appearing on behalf of Zoom was Oded Gal, Chief Product Officer, and Priscilla Barolo, Communications Manager, in conversation with Santi Subotovsky, General Partner of Emergence Capital.
LOCAL BENEFACTOR: CARL GUARDINO, PRESIDENT & CEO, SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP
For irrepressible vision and positive impact on society.
Spirit: “Thanks for thinking big.”
Mr. Guardino appeared in conversation with Sam Liccardo, Mayor, City of San José.
LEGENDARY LEADER: JOHN W. THOMPSON, VENTURE PARTNER, LIGHTSPEED VENTURE PARTNERS; CHAIRMAN, MICROSOFT
For inspirational leadership and contributions to others’ innovation and success.
Spirit: “Couldn’t have done it without you.”
Mr. Thompson appeared in conversation with Steve Luczo, Chairman of Seagate Technology.
Date
2019-09-12Participants
| Barolo, Priscilla, Speaker |
| Fushman, Ilya, Interviewer |
| Gal, Oded, Speaker |
| Guardino, Carl, Speaker |
| Karlgaard, Rich, Moderator |
| Liccardo, Sam, Interviewer |
| Luczo, Steve, Interviewer |
| Shim, Allen, Speaker |
| Stanton, Graham, Speaker |
| Subotovsky, Santi, Interviewer |
| Thompson, John W., Speaker |
| Wang, Ray, Interviewer |