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Keynote Speaker
Harry Edelson
Managing Partner of Edelson Technology Partners and
One of the World’s Most Successful Venture Capital Investors
To Deliver an Address Entitled:
“Lessons from the Past / Insight on the Future”
(Stories from the Road to Billion Dollar Exits)
Mr. Edelson will discuss his proven concepts in the selection of early-stage companies. He
will also share his thoughts on the ongoing role that venture capitalists can play in ensuring
a successful return on investment and how to avoid many common pitfalls along the way.
Edelson Technology Partners, a series of five strategic venture capital funds, has managed corporate rather than pension money for ten of the largest multinational corporations in the world (AT&T, Viacom, 3M, Ford Motor, Cincinnati Bell, Colgate-Palmolive, Reed Elsevier, Imation, Asea Brown Boveri and UPS). ETP has invested in more than eighty companies in all major sectors of technology including information, specialty materials, marketing and medical. Their venture investments have included a multitude of successful companies such as Blackboard, Catalina Marketing, Neuromedical Systems, Republic Telcom and Celgene.
Biographical Profile
Harry has more than 30 years of experience in technology divided between industry and Wall Street. His former positions include senior systems computer engineer for Unisys, transmission engineer for AT&T, director of management information systems for Cities Service and director of marketing for a terminal manufacturer. Harry was a securities analyst on Wall Street covering computers, telecommunications, and office equipment for three leading investment banking firms: CS First Boston, Merrill Lynch, and Drexel Burnham Lambert. He formed Edelson Technology Inc., to serve the technology interests of corporations in venture capital, consulting, mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Edelson is one of the most quoted technology industry figures in the world, his views often appearing in national and international financial and trade publications. He has frequently addressed major industry forums, often as keynote speaker, and has been retained as a consultant by dozens of technology companies. He is former President of the Analysts Club, the oldest club on Wall Street, founded in 1925. Education: BS in Physics from Brooklyn College, MBA in Management from NYU, Graduate Program in Telecommunications Engineering at the Cornell Graduate School of Electrical Engineering.
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