TechAmerica.org 53rd David Packard Medal of Achievement & Innovator Awards – Overview

53rd David Packard Medal of Achievement & Innovator Awards – Overview

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Congratulations to Ray Lane, the 53rd David Packard Medal of Achievement Recipient

TechAmerica is thrilled to announce that it honored Ray Lane as the 2011 recipient of the David Packard Medal of Achievement Award, the organization’s highest honor.  Currently, Mr. Lane is a Managing Partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Hewlett Packard. Ray Lane nurtures so many great ideas in our industry and dedicates his life to building both the business and academic environment to ensure that our industry continues to grow and lead well into the future.

About the David Packard Medal of Achievement

The  David Packard Medal of Achievement Award recognizes significant contributions to the advancement of the high-tech industry and for distinguished service to the community, the industry and humankind. For the past 50-plus years, we have recognized genuine leaders of the high tech industry.

Highlights of the Event

TechAmerica hosted 300 guests for the 53rd Annual Medal of Achievement and Innovator Awards reception and dinner on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at the Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club in Menlo Park, CA.

This premiere event, which included a very prominent guest list honored Ray Lane, Managing Partner of Kleiner Perkins and Executive Chairman of HP, as recipient of the 2011 David Packard Medal of Achievement Award.

The event began with a late afternoon special pre-reception, hosted by the TechAmerica Foundation and sponsored by SAP, on the large veranda overlooking the golf course and practice links at Sharon Heights.

The main cocktail reception officially began at 5:30pm to provide an opportunity for all guests to meet Ray and to mingle with the evening’s award recipients, speakers, and sponsors.

Dinner began at 7:00pm and Dan Varroney, Acting President and CEO of TechAmerica, served as Master of Ceremonies. Guests included many C- Level executives from TechAmerica member companies and partners and principals from the venture capital and financial communities.

Three head tables were needed for the many VIPs and special guests and were anchored by Peter Boni and Dennis Stolkey, Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, of TechAmerica. Among the VIP guests included:

  • Meg Whitman, CEO of HP
  • Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google
  • Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, salesforce.com
  • Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive
  • Tim Shriver, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Special Olympics
  • John Chambers, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Tom Anderson, Chairman of Public Sector for TechAmerica and Group President, Wyle Information Systems
  • Hank Steininger, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton LLP, Global Public Sector
  • Steve Westly, The Westly Group
  • Dr. Jared Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Peter Glynn, Stanford University
  • David Veneziano, CEO California Division, American Cancer Society

The formal program began at 8:00 PM with TechAmerica’s Innovator Awards.

  • Eleven Innovator Awards were presented to recipients including Entrepreneur of the Year, Corporate Wellness, and Community Service and for their contributions to the technology industry in eight separate industry segments.
  • Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, who as last years’ Medal of Achievement honoree continued the tradition of helping to present the 2011 David Packard Medal of Achievement Award to Ray Lane. Fittingly, Marc also acknowledged the many contributions of Ray’s wife, Stephanie Lane as the real key to his success.
  • Ray then presented personal remarks in acceptance of the Award and paid special tribute to the many valued lessons learned from his father, and reemphasized his core belief that the Silicon Valley will be the engine of American growth in the next 10 years.
  • Cisco CEO John Chambers, delivered a Champagne Toast to cap the evening’s celebration. He noted that Ray’s Fisker Karma, an electric automobile prototype (which was parked out front), was a fine example of how the venture capital industry helps America reinvent itself.

A dessert reception immediately followed dinner and gave guests a further opportunity to extend congratulations to the award winners and to continue the celebration.

Partial list of our sponsors includes HP, Cisco, KPCB, Accenture, FlexJet, Grant Thornton, InformationWeek, Quest Software, salesforce.com, Fenwick & West, Varian Medical Systems and The Capitol Bay Group of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Click here to view photos from the event.

Watch the 2011 Event

Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO, salesforce.com, introduces Ray Lane

Ray Lane Keynote

John Chambers, Chairman & CEO, Cisco, Provides the Champagne Toast

Michael J. Holston, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Hewlett-Packard, honors Ray Lane

Hank Steininger kicks off the 53rd Annual TechAmerica Medal of Achievement & Innovator Awards

Daniel A. Varroney presents the winners of the Innovator Awards

David Packard Medal of Achievement — Previous Winners

* Marc Benioff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Salesforce.com
* John W. Thompson, chairman of the board of directors of Symantec Corporation
* David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
* Robert N. Noyce, founder of Intel Corporation David Packard Medal of Achievement
* Thomas J. Watson, of IBM Corporation
* Robert W. Galvin, of Motorola
* Dr. Irwin Jacobs, founder of Qualcomm, Incorporated
* John Warnock and Chuck Geschke, co-founders of Adobe System

* Complete list and biographies of all David Packard Medal of Achievement Winners

Venue

TechAmerica’s David Packard Medal of Achievement and Innovator Awards 53rd Annual Dinner
Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club
Menlo Park, CA
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. David Packard Medal of Achievement and Innovator Awards 53rd Annual Dinner
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Dessert Reception

*Black tie optional

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Sharon Heights
Golf & Country Club

2900 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Telephone: (650) 854-6422
http://www.shgcc.com

Contact

Emily Silverman
Event Coordinator
For program, award, sponsorship questions
703.284.5350
emily.silverman@techamerica.org

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