It’s a conspiracy. At least it seems like it. Another speaker change for our January event. Ah, well. But you roll with it and everything turns out great in the end. Our Innovation Breakfast series is still pretty new but we’ve already had two great conversations and networking get-togethers. And, January looks to be another good one, even if we have had to change our speaker a couple of times. So, third time’s the charm.
Our topic is ” Going Global Early: 10 Reasons for Thinking Internationally while in Start-Up Mode – What US founders should consider when they launch their companies in order to facilitate subsequent international growth.”
Our speaker is venture capitalist Lucian Wagner, General Partner, EUROUS VENTURES.
Lucian has a truly global outlook with an extensive set of contacts in North America, Europe, and Asia. Lucian is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur with several successful start-ups to his credit. Before that, he has had 20 years of experience in various sales & marketing positions in the semiconductor industry. Lucian was born in Germany, educated in the French school system, and went on to earn a B.Sc. in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (with a minor in Russian) and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
Lucian has a truly global outlook with an extensive set of contacts in North America, Europe, and Asia. Most recently he co-founded the Launch in US Alliance, an organization focused on helping European companies successfully expand into the US market. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Oxxius SA and is a Managing Director of MentoNet, responsible for the Eastern portion of the US.
Before joining EuroUS Ventures he was a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of Prodgeny, Inc., a start-up in the area of supply chain traceability for electronics and automotive manufacturing. He also launched US operations for itemic AG, a German semiconductor software company and was responsible for their worldwide sales and marketing.
In 1999, he co-founded and became CEO of FabCentric, a Yield Management software company, where he raised several million dollars in VC funding and which he grew to more than 25 employees before it was sold to another publicly traded software company in late 2001.
Lucian spent almost 20 years in the semiconductor industry, holding a series of positions with increasing responsibilities. Initially he was assistant to the VP of European Sales & Marketing of GCA Corp, the largest lithography tool manufacturer at the time. At ADE Corporation, a metrology tool manufacturer, he started out as General Manager of European Distribution & Service and later moved to Boston in the position of Worldwide Marketing Manager.
Lucian was born in Germany, educated in the French school system, and went on to earn a B.Sc. in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (with a minor in Russian) and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He lives in Wellesley, MA and Herrliberg, Switzerland.
