The AlwaysOn Network is taking the Silicon Valley show on the road, and the first stop is Sydney, Australia! AlwaysOn Australia is bringing the brightest and most innovative technology minds together under one roof at the Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf, April 11th-12th, 2013. This two-day gathering is where top executives, entrepreneurs, and venture capital investors from Australia, the United States, and other key economic regions meet to exchange ideas and do business.

Michael Moe, one of the world’s preeminent authorities on growth investing, and Don Basile, CEO of Violin Memory and leader in eliminating hard drives, are joining the stellar line up of American and Australian executives in the 2013 AlwaysOn Australia program. Mr. Moe’s passion lies in elevating innovation in education, and he will be presenting a keynote on Thursday, April 11th on the trends and developments disrupting the current education space.

Storage system provider Violin Memory will be represented by CEO Don Basile, when he shares his views on big data, in-memory computing, fast data, and social commerce during a keynote on Thursday, April 11th. Mr. Basile is an entrepreneur to watch, as he has managed the growth and sales of companies valued at more than $2 billion. Violin Memory’s recent acquisition of appliance maker GridIron Systems has met the demand for the “bigger, faster, stronger” customers constantly in demand.

Here’s a Closer Look at the Speakers
Michael Moe is the Co-Founder of GSV Asset Management and Advisor to GSV Advisors. He has more than 25 years of investment experience; he co-founded and served as CEO of ThinkEquity Partners, which was sold to Panmure Gordon. Prior to ThinkEquity, Mr. Moe served as Head of Global Growth Research at Merrill Lynch and Head of Growth Research and Strategy at Montgomery Securities. He has testified before Congress on education technology, the new economy and IPOs, and appeared before the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee. Mr. Moe leads the GSV X Fund and GSV Capital, a publicly traded closed-end fund that invests in leading VC-backed companies. Mr. Moe is also on the Board of Directors of Sharespost, ePals, the National Football Foundation, the College Football Hall of Fame, and The Churchill Club.

Since joining Violin Memory in 2009, CEO Don Basile has aggressively secured hundreds of millions in funding through an unconventional capital route backed by strategic investors Juniper Networks, Toshiba, and others. Prior to his role at Violin Memory, Mr. Basile was Chairman and CEO of Fusion-io and pioneered the use of PCIe flash cards for servers and workstations. In his first year as Fusion-io’s CEO, the company achieved more than $10 million in sales and developed the infrastructure to support more than 300 global enterprise customers. Mr. Basile has also held executive positions at United Health Group, Lenfest (acquired by Comcast), Remarq, and Raza Foundries. He holds MS and PhD degrees from Stanford University.

AlwaysOn Australia 2013
Globalising Silicon Valley Innovation
April 11th-12th, 2013
Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf
48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont
Sydney, Australia

Register today to secure your ticket for AlwaysOn Australia at the lowest possible rate while tickets are still available!

Contact Shannon Calvin (shannon@aonetwork.com, 954.663.2086), Nikki Nemer (nikki@aonetwork.com, 858.220.9159), or Paul Hamadeh (paul@alwaysonventures.com, 415.269.3738) for details on how your company can participate.

For more information on group rates or to make reservations by phone, please contact the AlwaysOn Concierge, John Schwartz, at 310.721.9451 or by e-mail at john@aonetwork.com.

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