Hi TiE SV Meetup Members,

Wanted to quickly remind all Meetup members of our evening event tomorrow at the TiE Silicon Valley facilities on "My Story: How to create a successful company in Software-Defined Networking".

Dinner, drinks and networking begins at 6PM sharp.

Meetup link here: http://www.meetup.com/TiESVmeetup/events/132568062/

More details copied down below.

Looking forward to seeing all you there! Thanks.

Best,

Terry

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How do you find a market opportunity in the emerging software defined networking market and turn it into a successful tecnology startup company. This is what Arash and his team were able to do at Caridan after founding in 2001. The team quickly grew it to be a respected developer of the industry standard for IP/MPLS planning and traffic engineering software and adapted it to emerging software defined networking market. The company was acquired by Cisco for $141 million in cash and retention-based incentives in December 2012. Today, a large majority of the global tier-1 ISPs rely on Caridan’s software to ensure network visibility, reliability, efficiency and performance while improving service velocity, as do PTTs, MSOs, mobile operators, and many other operators of large networks in both the public and private sectors.

Arash’s story will be inspiring not just to founders, entrepreneurs but also, to professionals and executives in large companies who are trying to understand the opportunity and challenges in taking advantage of a new markets such as software defined networking etc... Join us to hear from this amazingly successful entrepreneur, ask all your questions, learn from his successful experiences and connect with other aspiring entrepreneurs at TiE office on Tuesday August 6, 2013.

About Arash Afrakhteh

Arash Afrakhteh is a co-founder of Cariden Technologies and was its CTO before Cariden's acquisition by Cisco in December of 2012. As Cariden's CTO, he helped define Cariden's technological vision. Specifically, he was the main architect and technical leader for NS-OS (Network Services OS), Cariden's approach to SDN (Software Defined Networking). Before taking on the CTO role, he lead Cariden's engineering team in development of its main software suite, MATE, from its inception to being the market leader in IP/MPLS network planning software.

TiE Host:
Naveen Bisht, Chair, My Story and Chair, Programs/Board Member, TiE Silicon Valley

Schedule:
6:00 PM - Registration, Dinner & Networking
7:00 PM - Program
8:15 PM - Q & A
9:00 PM- Adjourn

Pricing:
Online - Register here: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=brmzs
Member - Free
Non Members - $20

Onsite
Members - $15
Non Members - $25

For more information contact:
Terry Koh at [address removed]
Harini Sreepathi at [address removed]

Introducing My Story – another TiE SV Original Program
This talk is part of TiE SV’s recently introduced monthly program “My Story – Inspiring Journey of an Entrepreneur” to celebrate entrepreneurship and bring stories from successful entrepreneurs in their own words. The invited speaker(s) share their entrepreneurial journey and talk about lessons learnt, mistakes they wish they avoided and key decisions that helped make their venture successful