Systemwide Events Calendar

15th Kipapa i ke Ala Lecture-Starting Something

January 17, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Manoa Campus, School of Architecture Auditorium

The Shidler College of Business presents the 15th Kipapa i ke Ala lecture on Wed., Jan. 17. The talk entitled, "Starting Something," will feature Wayne McVicker, co-founder, president and board member of Attainia, Inc., and the award-winning author of the book "Starting Something;" and Jeff Kleck, CEO and chairman of Attainia, Inc.

More about the speakers:

Wayne McVicker is a licensed architect and has 25 years of experience in the design, healthcare and information technology industries. McVicker was previously co-founder, president and board member of Neoforma, Inc.—the nation's first significant B2B online marketplace for medical supplies and equipment. At the height of the dotcom boom, Neoforma was one of the handful of wildly successful IPOs in the healthcare space, boasting a $3.3 billion market cap. Neoforma remained a successful, profitable publicly traded provider of healthcare supply chain management solutions for the healthcare industry until its acquisition by privately held Global Healthcare Exchange in early 2006. "Starting Something," the "roller coaster" story of Neoforma, won several awards, including the 2004 DIY Book Festival Book of the Year Award.

Prior to Attainia, Jeff Kleck co-founded Neoforma (NASDAQ: NEOF), where he served as CEO and chairman until July 1999, and is credited as one of the founders of business-to-business eCommerce. Neoforma's public debut became the 16th highest first day gainer in the history of IPOs on the NASDAQ. Kleck serves as Advisor and Board Member to Stanford University's Department of Management Sciences & Engineering and Department of Interdisciplinary BioSciences, and Texas A&M University's Department of Nuclear Engineering. Kleck received a BS and a MS from Texas A&M University in Nuclear Engineering;a MS from Stanford University in Engineering Management; and, a PhD in biomedical physics from UCLA. Kleck is a former member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine.

There will be a book signing and autograph session from 5:30 to 6 p.m., followed by the lecture from 6 to 7 p.m. Seating is limited. Please RSVP (acceptances only) to PACE at (808) 956-5083.

Event Sponsor
Shidler College of Business, Manoa

More Information
Tracy Taira, 956-5357, ttaira@hawaii.edu, http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/kipapa

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