Bill Unger

Partner Emeritus

Mayfield Fund

Bill has been in the venture capital industry for over 20 years. His focus has been on enterprise software and companies related to the semiconductor industry. He is currently on the boards of Papilia,  Fortressware, and Bandspeed, and is on the advisory boards of several other privately held companies. Past investments include Sandisk (SNDK), Silicon Architects (acquired by Synopsys (SNPS),  Calico Commerce (acquired by Peoplesoft/Oracle(ORCL), Newport Communications (acquired by Broadcom (BRCM), Simplex Solutions (acquired by Cadence  (CDN),  Excess Bandwidth Corporation (acquired by Virata (VRTA),  and Verplex Design Systems (acquired by Cadence (CDN), Nextest (acquired by Teradyne (TER) and Sabio Labs (acquired by Magma (LAVA).

Bill is active in philanthropy. His current activities include; Board member of CARE USA, youthNoise and The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, and Advisory Boards of the Deans of Engineering of The University of California at Berkeley and The University of Illinois at Chicago,  Environmental Entrepreneurs, the Global Philanthropy Forum, and the Entrepreneurs Foundation.

Bill earned an A.B. in Education from the University of Illinois.

Bill also sits on the Anita Borg Institute Board of Trustees as Vice Chair.

DETAILS ABOUT THIS AUCTION

In this auction you are bidding on a 2-hour lunch meeting with Bill Unger. 

The winner can select a local restaurant in Boston, New York, Chicago, or the Bay Area (preferred) for this lunch meeting.

The winner has the option of inviting up to 2 additional colleagues to attend the lunch meeting.

The lunch meeting should be scheduled before December 1, 2008, and will be based around Bill’s availability. 

The winners’ eBay screen name (not first and last name) will be announced at the Women of Vision Awards banquet on May 8, 2008.  You do not need to be present at this event to win.

The winner must participate in a brief phone meeting with ABI staff before the lunch meeting can be scheduled.

Once payment has been received, the winners’ contact information will be sent to Bill for scheduling purposes.

All funds raised through this auction will be donated to the Anita Borg Institute.

ABOUT THE ANITA BORG INSTITUTE (ABI)

Through our work every day, the Anita Borg Institute seeks to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology, and increase the positive impact of technology on the world’s women.

Since 1995, ABI has developed tools and programs designed to help industry, academia and government recruit, retain and develop women technology leaders. By providing inclusive platforms designed to ensure women’s voices, ideas and spirits will result in higher levels of technical innovation, ABI delivers programs that are changing the world for women and for technology.

For more information about ABI, please visit www.anitaborg.org

ABOUT THE WOMEN OF VISION AWARDS BANQUET

This auction is taking place in conjunction with our 3^rd annual Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards Banquet. The Women of Vision Awards honor women making significant contributions to technology in three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact. Nominees are submitted by high-tech companies, universities, private industry, and the public, with one winner selected in each category. This year we are proud to honor:

• Innovation Award Winner: Helen Greiner, Co-founder and Chairman, iRobot
• Social Impact Award Winner: Susan Landau, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
• Leadership Award Winner: Justine Cassell, Professor, Northwestern University

For more information about the Women of Vision Awards, please visit www.anitaborg.org/wov.

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