In SanFran this month! It may not feel like summer in SanFran, but it is!! Let's mix! And we'll find out what gets a woman founder Beth Rogozinski excited to start up her D2S mobile party social game. We are adding Tim Keenan, one of the top artist/designers at Dreamworks Anitmation's top hits such as Shrek 2, Madagascar, and How to Train Your Dragon). Tim recently left to found his own game company. He is a great story teller! Registration link (
http://ertsummermixer2011.eventbrite.com/) ERT(Entrepreneurs RoundTable) will chat with Beth Rogozinski, co-founder/CEO of D2S Games, a new and innovative way to use your smart phones to play multiplayer games on big screen TVs at a pub, or even at AT&T Park. ERT brings cool early startup founders to share with you their entrepreneurial experiences - the good, the bad, the luck and the ugly! And sometimes we get pretty dang technical too! We deliver one of the top tech events in Silicon Valley! It's Free and Always Will be! Often imitated, never duplicated! SmartPhone for Social Games&From Training Dragons to Game Passion Date/Time: Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, 6:00 - 9:30pm Place: Pillsbury Law Firm, 50 Fremont St, San Francisco, Ca Want to know who else are coming too? RSVP on Facebook too to see them:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=247229171965481 Speaker: :: Beth Rogozinski is co-founder and CEO of D2S Games. D2S combines casual, multi-player games that you play on the big screen at home or in your favorite hangout, with your mobile phone as the game controller Beth has over 19 years of experience in production and marketing in media technology industries, including game and film making, h/w and s/w development and most recently mobile technologies and application development. As a serial entrepreneur, published author, college instructor, and technology marketing leader, Beth has started and run internationally recognized programs, been published in 4 languages, spoken at international events and conferences, and launched award-winning products. Beth was on the founding team of Multimedia Studies Program at SFSU, founding Executive Director of the DigiQuest Learning Center. During her tenure at Silicon Graphics (SGI), Beth helped create and launch a new multimillion dollar consumer products division, which was credited with raising the value of SGI's stock by over 30%. After SGI, Beth founded Systrum Media Consultants, her clients included 3Ware and Macromedia. While working at Macromedia, Beth helped launch the digital video editing software, Final Cut, which has then sold to Apple. Beth also served as the VP of Client Services for West Coast Operations for Circle, a full service ad and brand agency that was acquired by Havas. In 2006, Beth joined Devicescape, a Kleiner-Perkins funded start-up focused on mobile technologies and applications. Beth was a co-founder of Cog and Sprockets, a games company, and is the founder of Signal 2 Productions, a mobile apps company. She has a BA in Filmmaking and an MBA in Marketing and Management. She been an active angel investor and advisor for start-ups such as Kleenslate Concepts and The Parlor, and non-profits like the Computers and You Program at Glide Memorial, Larkin Street Youth Services and the SF Asian Art Museum. ::Tim Keenan, founder of Misfits Attic, an independent game studio dedicated to making big small games with attitude, creating immersive worlds that you want to share with your friends, and bringing a dark sense of humor to your living room. Tim has loved making games ever since he made his brother a “space” version of RISK as a kid (for the record, they played it… once). He loves playing games, discussing games, and especially creating new ones. It’s borderline annoying.In a past life Tim worked on Console Games for PS2 and Xbox (such as Splashdown and ATV Offroad fury 2) at Rainbow Studios before becoming an FX Developer/Artist (IMDB)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1647933/ for Animated Movies (such as Shrek 2, Madagascar, and How to Train Your Dragon) at Dreamworks Animation. Tim also worked as a designer and architect for several future generation pipelines and applications, and has worked in clothing, character effects, and as a Technical Director. Share the evening: 6:00 - 7:00pm, refreshment, networking7:00 - 8:15 Beth Rogozinski, CEO/co-founder D2S GamesTim Keenan, founder, Misfits Atttic Game Studio8:15- 8:45, You are the star! What's your startup and idea?8:45 - 9:30 more shmoozing This event is generously sponsored by our friends at the Pillsbury Law Firm, talk to them if you need help of any legal issues. They are great people who provide top services and expertise to tech entrepreneurs among other specialties. Your ERT curator, Shirley Lin Founder, Chief Player, YoXi123 - creator of Huggy Hearts on Facebook Join ERT to receive notes of future events:
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