Marilson Campos, CTO of Whojini BayBrazil: What is Whojini? Marilson Campos: Whojini is a service that allows you to request, store and search information from people you know and trust. We leverage Social Networks (Facebook) and email groups (Yahoo groups, etc) to propagate requests to friends and friends of friends. Social Networks are good for…
Claudia Kajiyama, Research Scientist in the R&D group at Crystal Technology, Inc. BayBrazil: What is your role at Crystal Technology, Inc? Claudia Kajiyama: I am responsible for crystal growth of Magnesium doped Lithium Niobate and for process development of stoichiometric Lithium Tantalate through Vapor Transport Equilibration, another material used for light frequency conversion. CTI is a…
Economy & Fiscal Policies in Emerging Markets Date: June 10, 2010 Location: Plug and Play Tech Center A panel of experts discussed economy, finance and growth projection in the emerging markets. This event kicked-off our series Forum on Emerging Economies. Thanks to our stellar speakers, moderator, volunteers and co-sponsor PlugandPlay Tech Center. Thanks to our audience and to musicians Jennifer…
Francisco Imai, Principal Scientist e Project Chief at Canon BayBrazil: What are the trends in photography? Francisco Imai: Imaging sensors trends show that digital cameras are going to be more and more ubiquitous. This can be useful to create image editing and enhancement technologies based on crowd-sourcing digital images available in the cyberspace but it…
BayBrazil: What are the goals of the San Francisco Trade Promotion Bureau? Evaldo Freire: To foster business partnerships between Brazil and the U.S., especially in the region in our jurisdiction comprised by Northern California and the States of Oregon, Washington and Alaska. BayBrazil: How do you do that? Evaldo Freire: By supporting Brazilian companies that wish to…
Bard Williams, Director, Partner, Retail & Intl. Marketing at TiVo BayBrazil: How are you connected to Brazil? Bard Williams: As a leader in Consumer Electronics products, we’re always looking for exciting emerging markets. For the past few years, I’ve also hosted Brazilian students from West Valley College and San Jose State University for an on-site tour and…
Celso Aguiar, Senior Software Engineer at MySpace BayBrazil: What brought you to California? Celso Aguiar: I came to Stanford University to do a PHD in Music and Acoustics at CCRMA. I happen to be born in Stanford of Brazilian parents. BayBrazil: What challenges you the most as a Senior Software Engineer at MySpace? Celso…
Michael Conniff, Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences and Director, Silicon ValleyCenter for Global Innovation and Immigration BayBrazil: You’ve been teaching Brazil and Latin America history in various institutions in the U.S. and abroad, including Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. How was that experience? M. Conniff: I’ve enjoyed teaching Brazilian history immensely, especially in the last 15 years of…
Mauricio E. Cortes Costa, Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco BayBrazil: Brazil has been in the spotlight in recent years and is projected to be among the largest economies. Analysts forecast Brazil’s economy will grow about 3.5% in 2010. Is this realistic? Cortes Costa: It is realistic to expect that the Brazilian economy…