Churchill Club to Honor Five Exemplary Individuals, Teams, and Companies: Peloton, Slack, Zoom, Carl Guardino, and John W. Thompson
Churchill Club, Silicon Valley's top independent thought leadership forum, will celebrate excellence in leadership, innovation, collaboration, and social good on Thur., Sept. 12.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Churchill Club, Silicon Valley's top independent thought leadership forum, will celebrate excellence in leadership, innovation, collaboration, and social good when it honors five exemplary individuals, teams, and companies at the 9th annual CHURCHILLS on Thur., Sept. 12.
The 2019 Honorees Are…
- Game Changer – Life Changer: Peloton
For indispensable technology and business innovation.
Spirit of the award: "You changed how things are done or viewed and there's no going back."
Appearing on behalf of Peloton will be Graham Stanton, co-founder. Mr. Stanton's conversation partner will be Ray Wang, Principal Analyst & Founder, Constellation Research.
- Game Changer – Work Changer: Slack
For indispensable technology and business innovation.
Spirit of the award: "You changed how things are done or viewed and there's no going back."
Appearing on behalf of Slack will be Allen Shim, chief financial officer. Mr. Shim's conversation partner will be Ilya Fushman, Partner, Kleiner Perkins.
- Magical Team: Zoom Team
For collaborative breakthroughs resulting in an irresistible product
Spirit of the award: "You guys nailed it."
Appearing on behalf of Zoom will be Oded Gal, chief product officer, and Priscilla Barolo, communications manager, in conversation with Santi Subotovsky, general partner of Emergence Capital.
- Local Benefactor: Carl Guardino, President & CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
For irrepressible vision and positive impact on society
Spirit of the award: "Thanks for thinking big."
Mr. Guardino will appear in conversation with Sam Liccardo, mayor, City of San José.
- Legendary Leader: John W. Thompson, Venture Partner, Lightspeed Ventures; Chairman, Microsoft
For inspirational leadership and contributions to others' innovation and success.
Spirit of the award: "Couldn't have done it without you."
Mr. Thompson will appear in conversation with Steve Luczo, chairman of Seagate Technology.
"The annual CHURCHILLS program is about leadership in action," said Karen Tucker, Churchill Club CEO. "It is important to celebrate and hear from the best leaders, companies, and teams among us. Their stories and insights can inspire higher aims and actions from the rest of us."
Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes and co-founder of Churchill Club, will preside as master of ceremonies at the evening event, as honorees share their perspectives.
When: Thursday, September 12, 2019
5:00 p.m. Registration and general reception
6:00 p.m. Banquet
7:00 p.m. Program
Where: Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
5101 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
More: To register for this program or for more information, please visit http://www.churchillclub.org.
Event Sponsors
Sponsors of the 9th Annual CHURCHILLS include Shell, Accenture, Alvarez & Marsal, Deloitte, Infogain, SAP, and Silicon Valley Bank.
About Churchill Club:
Churchill Club is Silicon Valley's top independent thought leadership forum, with the mission to encourage innovation, economic growth, and societal benefit. The 7,000-member, 33-year-old, 501(c)(3) non-profit has earned its international reputation for dynamic programs and speakers who debate, educate, forecast, and evaluate the most critical topics of the day. Churchill Club presents up to 30 public and private programs each year in support of its mission to encourage innovation, economic growth, and societal benefit.
Past speakers include founders and executives of major companies such as Google Co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, former Shell CEO Peter Voser, Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, Oracle Founder Larry Ellison, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg; prominent investors such as John Doerr, Vinod Khosla, Marc Andreessen, and Ron Conway; and government and other leaders such as former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, filmmaker James Cameron, and Hollywood talent über-agent Ari Emanuel.
SOURCE Churchill Club
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