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DESCRIPTION:Tom Walker of Virtual Sphere LLC\n\nTopic:\n\nHow to Start your
  own Software Business\n\nBased on his own software startup business as we
 ll as many years in the field of consulting\, engineering and software dev
 elopment\, Tom Walker discusses the methods\, requirements\, needs and cau
 tions regarding starting and funding a software business\n\nBiography:\n\n
 Tom has extensive education and experience in the software business. He is
  currently CEO of Virtual Sphere LLC\, a technical software and photonics 
 consulting group. Prior to that he was Senior Director of Research and Dev
 elopment at Synopsys Corp\, Pasadena. He has also held the position of VP 
 and Software Chief Technical Officer at Optical Research Associates. Tom h
 as a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cal State Long Beach and is an ac
 tive member of several industry organizations: IEEE\, SPIE\, OSA and ACM\n
 \nSpeaker(s): Tom\, \n\nAgenda: \nAgenda\n\nClaude Tom Walker\, CEO of Vir
 tual Sphere LLC\, discusses based on his experience the methods and resour
 ces needed to start and fund a software business\n\nVirtual: https://event
 s.vtools.ieee.org/m/514145
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/514145
ORGANIZER:tom.walker@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:32
SUMMARY:How to Start your own Software Business
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/514145
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 trong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Topic:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal
 &quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Start your own Software Business&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;
 MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Based on his own software startup business as well as many year
 s in the field of consulting\, engineering and software development\, Tom 
 Walker discusses the methods\, requirements\, needs and cautions regarding
  starting and funding a software business&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Biogra
 phy:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Tom has extensive education and experience 
 in the software business.&amp;nbsp\; He is currently CEO of Virtual Sphere LLC
 \, a technical software and photonics consulting group.&amp;nbsp\; Prior to th
 at he was Senior Director of Research and Development at Synopsys Corp\, P
 asadena. He has also held the position of VP and Software Chief Technical 
 Officer at Optical Research Associates.&amp;nbsp\; Tom has a B.S. in Electrica
 l Engineering from Cal State Long Beach and is an active member of several
  industry organizations:&amp;nbsp\; IEEE\, SPIE\, OSA and ACM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A
 genda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;M
 soNormal&quot;&gt;Claude Tom Walker\, CEO of Virtual Sphere LLC\, discusses based 
 on his experience the methods and resources needed to start and fund a sof
 tware business&lt;/p&gt;
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