Please SAVE THE DATE on August 16th, September 13th, and October 25th for Technology Networking with TeXchange Houston.
About the August 16th Event:
The focus of the dinner seminar will be: Capital & Financial Management with special emphasis on Financial & Expense Management including success factors for attracting “Useful Capital”.
We will address:
- What are the financing and funding options in today’s marketplace?
- What attributes do companies need to attract useful capital for growth and wealth creation?
Speaker’s for the upcoming August 16th event titled, “Capital & Financial Management” include: Bart Goodwin of Cypress Growth Capital, and Bill Ashbaugh of Capital Southwest.
Panelists bios:
Barton Goodwin, Co-Founder Cypress Growth Capital
Barton is a native Texan with over 30 years of success working at premier companies in the information technology sector, with a focus on growth initiatives, mergers and acquisitions and management consulting. Prior to Cypress Growth Capital, Barton co-founded Cypress Point Partners an advisory firm focused on providing funding and driving revenue growth for emerging technology companies. His experience also includes serving as an executive at nGenera, a venture backed company focused on the business application of social media and collaboration. Barton spent 16 years at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), where he served as a Managing Partner in the U.S. consulting practice. During his tenure, he led the company’s Southwest Region, growing the unit from $20M to $80M over a five-year period. He then went on to manage the firm’s national consulting practices, including the Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain and Customer Relationship Management organizations. Barton began his career in information technology at Accenture, where he spent nine years in their Houston office. He received a double major in Economics and Managerial Studies in 1978 from Rice University. As a member of the Rice golf team, Barton earned All Southwest Conference honors three years, All America honors in 1976, and was elected to the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.
William M. Ashbaugh, Senior Vice President Capital Southwest
Bill joined Capital Southwest in 2001. Previously, he served as Managing Director in the corporate finance departments of Hoak Breedlove Wesneski & Co, Principal Financial Securities, Inc. and Southwest Securities and as First Vice President, Corporate Finance, with Rauscher Pierce Refsnes (now RBC Dain Rauscher). His experience includes direction of public offerings, private placements and merger and acquisition transactions. He holds an MBA summa cum laude from The University of Texas at Austin and a BS summa cum laude from Texas A&M University.
To register for the Houston networking event:
- For Members: register online at TeXchange.org.
- For Guests: Email Charles Bedard (or call 713.401.9643), or any TeXchange board member (houston[at]texchange.org) or Ephor Group employee to be sent an personal invitation + overview Media Packet.
About the Houston TeXchange Events:
All TeXchange events are hosted at The Briar Club @ 2603 Timmons Lane, Houston, Texas 77027 (complimentary valet parking). The event fee, which includes dinner, is $25 for TeXchange members and $35 for non-members. Events are open to guests.
About TeXchange: TeXchange is critical to the economic growth, job creation and prosperity of the Houston technology oriented business community. As we head into 2012, the TeXchange Board of Directors of the Houston Chapter would like to formally invite you to join our community as we strive to make Houston known as a preeminent hub for technology business.