Innovation in the Greater Zurich Area: Big Data & Security

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1 Innovation in the Greater Zurich Area: Big Data & Security Speaker Bios, September 16, 2016 Innovation Seminar Menlo Park, CA

2 Simran Kaushal Partner, International Tax Services, PwC

3 Simran Kaushal, International Tax Partner, PwC Simran Kaushal is a Partner in the International Tax Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers San Jose. Simran has over 20 years of experience and expertise in all aspects of international tax planning, including structuring of overseas operations, planning to minimize foreign taxes, cross-border asset transfers and reorganizations, joint ventures, international acquisition structuring and integration as well as repatriation planning. Simran's specific focus is Integrated Global Structuring Projects that achieve significant cash tax savings and worldwide structural tax rate reductions. She offers expertise with the migration of intangible property rights in conjunction with global expansion, including design of alternative structures, developing the deferral strategy and hands on implementation assistance. She has planned and implemented a large number of global tax efficient supply chain strategies for U.S. based multinationals. Throughout her professional career, Simran has specialized in working on international tax issues for technology companies including software and internet, semiconductor, computers and networking and clean tech industries. Simran is a California CPA as well as a Chartered Accountant from India and graduated from the University of Delhi, India with a B.S. in Business. International Tax Partner (408) simran.b.kaushal@us.pwc.com PwC 3

4 Uwe Carl International Tax Director, PwC

5 Uwe Carl, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Uwe is a director with PwC s International Tax Services practice in San Jose, California. He has been with PwC for over 14 years working with a variety of clients in the technology industry to address their international tax consulting needs. As an international tax practitioner, Uwe has developed significant expertise in many aspects of international tax planning, including the development and implementation of a variety of global structures and intangible property planning, planning to minimize foreign taxes, cross-border transfers of technology, foreign tax credit planning, subpart F planning, international acquisitions, and cross-border transactional structuring. Uwe s specific focus includes global structuring projects that have achieved significant cash tax savings and worldwide structural tax rate reductions. He has significant experience with migration of intangible property rights in conjunction with global expansion, including design of alternative structures, modeling of anticipated benefits, and guidance in formulating operational policies and procedures. He has planned and implemented a number of such global tax efficient strategies for U.S. based high technology companies. The implementation of such tax efficient strategies included the setup of a variety of commissionaire and commission agent arrangements in Europe and Asia. International Tax Services (408) Uwe.M.Carl@us.pwc.com PwC 5

6 Frank Weidema Partner, Weidema van Tol

7 WEIDEMA VAN TOL Weidema van Tol is a law firm with offices in Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and the USA specializing in international corporate law and international corporate tax law. The firm s practice focuses on advising U.S.-based multinationals on the (corporate) legal, tax, treasury and accounting aspects of establishing and operating holding, finance, intellectual property and operating companies in Europe. The firm also has significant experience related to corporate governance, international tax planning, acquisitions, restructurings, tax rulings, legal entity reduction and tax controversy. Its clients range from companies expanding internationally for the first time to Fortune 500companies. Our corporate lawyers and tax advisors work together from the beginning of a project. Collaboration in this way means the different fields of expertise can achieve optimum synergy. The result of which is a coherent corporate client structure. Our client base is not limited to one or two industries. It covers a wide range, including banks, insurance companies, companies in the information and communication technology sector, pharmaceutical, medical device manufacturing, energy producers and distributors, technology, industrial, retail, etc. Frank Weidema O Weidema van Tol Kohlrainstrasse 8 E frank.weidema@wvant.comcom 8700 Küsnacht W Canton of Zürich Switzerland 7

8 Philipp Stauffer Founder and CEO, Onor

9 Philipp Stauffer Passion for innovation and winning through simplicity. Product Innovation & Go To Market Founder & CEO Onor Inc. (Digital Marketing Platform) Founder & Principal Dropimpact (Innovation & Commercialization Catalyst) Advisor & Venture AVP Venture Partners Advisor to Pubmatic, Brillio, Speakr Investor in: Philz Coffee, Angell List, Tango Card, Jawbone, Speakr, SourceDNA, Spredfast, others Interpublic Product Innovation & Advertising Accenture (Zurich, London & San Francisco) Founding Partner of Accenture Interactive (now >4,000 profs); quantitative & data driven marketing Philipp Stauffer

10 Oliver Haugen, Senior Project Leader, swissnex Outpost NY

11 Oliver Haugen, swissnex Boston New York Outpost Oliver Haugen manages the New York Outpost of swissnex Boston. He aims to accelerate the exchange of knowledge between Switzerland and New York s Silicon Alley the US s fastest growing tech ecosystem. He brings over a decade of experience helping organizations deliver strategic excellence to audiences in Europe and the US. A former program manager at the World Economic Forum, Oliver began his career in finance at Morgan Stanley, and was trained as a political scientist. He holds a Bachelor s degree from Harvard University and a Master s degree from the London School of Economics. oliver@swissnexboston.org ny.swissnexboston.org swissnexis M A Go ve rnan or initiative De val P aof trick Switzerland s d i scu sse s thstate e si msecretariat ilarities b e twe for en Education, S witzerlaresearch nd a nd M A and d ed ica Innovation to i nno (SERI va tion / SBFI a nd te ch WBF nolo) gy d evel op men t.

12 Greater Zurich Area Where else?