Ann Winblad is co-founding partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Ann co-founded Open Systems, Inc., a top selling accounting software company, with a $500 investment. She operated Open Systems for six years before selling it for $15 million. Prior to co-founding Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Winblad served as a strategy consultant for clients such as IBM, Microsoft, and Price Waterhouse.

Following Ann's keynote, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.