FARMINGTON HILLS – The Detroit chapter of TiE (Talent, Ideas, Enterprise) announced Monday that Kanwal Rekhi, managing director at Inventus Capital Partners, will deliver a keynote speech at TiECon Midwest 2010 Oct. 28-29 at The Henry in Dearborn.
“Kanwal Rekhi is a celebrated entrepreneur, a well known angel investor in Silicon Valley and a founding father of TiE,” said TiE Detroit President Tel Ganesan. “He devotes his full energy and time successfully backing and mentoring nascent entrepreneurs. Kanwal is the ultimate TiE Guru and venture king of Silicon Valley. Having Rekhi at TiECon is a real treat.”
Kanwal Rekhi is an Indian-American engineer, businessman and millionaire philanthropist. Since 1994, Dr. Rekhi has been a mentor to and investor in early-stage technology companies, holding 23 board positions and actively guiding entrepreneurs to 19 exits including 6 initial public offerings. He has actively participated in the emergence and growth of Silicon Valley and India. Dr. Rekhi has more than 20 years of executive experience at successful Silicon Valley technology companies. He co-founded Excelan, a telecom software company in 1982, which later merged with Novell and subsequently grew to become the world’s second largest software company under his leadership.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear and learn from Rekhi, who will address at the event. Register for TiECon Midwest 2010 by clicking at TiEConMidwest.Org
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