Zia Chishti, Chairman and CEO of The Resource Group will be the guest speaker. We have asked Zia to share his personal success stories as an entrepreneur. Prior to co-founding TRG, Zia was the Chairman and CEO of Align Technology, a Silicon Valley based technology company which he founded in 1997. While at Align, Mr. Chishti raised over $250 million in capital including an initial public offering in January 2001 and led the company from a concept to a global business with annualized revenues of $70 million and 1,000 employees in fifteen countries. He also developed Align's strategy of offshoring manufacturing and business services, which resulted in the location of approximately 700 employees at offshore facilities in Pakistan, Dubai, Mexico and Costa Rica.

Enterprise Forum Mission:

The Enterprise Forum Committee is responsible for the growth, education and success of the entrepreneurial and business community. Our plan is to be a breeding ground for ideas, teach individuals on how to start a company, foster and encourage local start-ups and attract venture capital and angel investments. Through the Enterprise Forum we want to provide the opportunity for our members to network with highly successful and accomplished individuals from within our membership base and outside. The overall vision is to help ideas become highly successful enterprises. Some of the Enterprise Forum Activities will include the following:

* Provide a forum for entrepreneurs to use OPEN as a network to gain access to experienced executives
* Business Plan Competition
* Critique Business Plan
* Talk with Angel Investors and VCs
* Educational Workshops