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NASSCOM and IIT Bombay cordially invite you to a talk

'OPPORTUNITIES on OPEN SOURCE' by Ralph Linsalata Sr. Vice President - Corporate planning & Development NOVELL Ventures on Friday, 25th June 2004, 5.00 - 6.30 pm Venue : F.C.Kohli Auditorium, KReSIT, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai Entry : FREE rsvp : mumbai@nasscom.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ralph Linsalata

Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning & Development Formerly Executive Vice President responsible for Cambridge Technology Capital Fund I L. P. and NEWCO Investments. Ralph is a senior Member of Novell ventures and is responsible for identifying strategic Investment opportunities for Novell across the globe

Prior experience includes roles as General Partner of Weiss, Peck and Greer Venture Partners, L.P.; VP of General Electric's venture capital subsidiary; investment banker with Laird, Inc.; Sr. VP of Hill, Holliday; Managing Director of Hill, Holliday Interactive Group; CEO of Lexidata Corporation, Silc Technologies, and Envoy Systems Corporation; CFO of Applicon Incorporated, and sales and finance positions with IBM.

Ralph has a BSEE from Case Institute of Technology, an MBA from Harvard University, and did post-graduate work toward a Ph.D. at New York University.

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Agenda

5:00 pm: Registration and Coffee 5:15 pm: Welcome remarks by Prof D.B.Phatak, IITB 5:30 pm: Keynote by

Mr. Ralph Linsalata - Sr. Vice President - Corp. Planning -Novell Ventures

6:15 pm : Q & A

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