MMM: How to Conduct a Successful Board Meeting

TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVES ROUNDTABLE September 20, 2011 How to Conduct a Successful Board Meeting

PLAN AHEAD ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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KNOW AND LISTEN TO YOUR BOARD ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Presenter ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],David M. Calhoun is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Financial Technologies practices. Mr. Calhoun practices in the areas of corporate finance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He has significant experience in public and private securities and corporate finance, including representation of issuers, underwriters, and investors. Representative transactions include debt and equity offerings (public and private), going private transactions, venture capital financings, IPOs, secondary offerings of common and preferred securities, PIPEs (private investments in public equity), and tender offers. Mr. Calhoun has been active in mergers and acquisitions for public and private companies, including acting as counsel in transactions ranging in size from less than $100,000 to over $1 billion. Representative M&A transactions include representation of both buyers and sellers in mergers, asset sales, stock sales, international and cross-border transactions, and leveraged buy-outs. He has represented companies in numerous industries, including technology, biotechnology, green tech, medical devices, business process outsourcing, manufacturing, real estate and financial institutions. Mr. Calhoun’s practice also includes general corporate counseling, corporate governance, audit and special committee representation, and securities law compliance matters. Education University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.A., 1985 Mercer University, J.D., cum laude , 1988 Brainerd Currie Honor Society Phi Alpha Delta Book Editor, Mercer University Law Review

Presenter ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],John C. Yates is the partner-in-charge of the Technology Practice. Mr. Yates is one of the pioneers of the technology law field and has been practicing exclusively in this area for over 27 years. The firm’s technology practice has represented hundreds of technology companies and provided legal services in such areas as IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, patent prosecution, Internet law, biotech and medical devices, corporate finance and venture capital, international law and dispute resolution. Mr. Yates is internationally recognized in the technology law field. He has founded and been a member of the Board of Directors of leading technology organizations for over two decades. Mr. Yates helped to found the Southeastern Medical Device Association (SEMDA) in 2004, a non-profit trade organization that supports and promotes medical device companies in the Southeast. He serves on the editorial board of leading technology publications, and his articles have been cited in the computer law area, including citation by the U.S. Supreme Court in Kodak vs. Image Technical Services . He is a co-author of articles published in The Law and Business of Computer Software and The Handbook of Business Management. Mr. Yates is frequently quoted in business publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Mr. Yates has also been recognized in a Harvard Business School case study (“Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor’s Edge”) as a leading lawyer representing fast growth companies. Education Duke University, B.A., magna cum laude , 1978 Duke University, J.D., 1981 - Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholar

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