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B Panelists' Biographies
Pages 29-34

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... A veteran of financial news, Velshi recently hosted The Turnaround, a show to promote small business, and was an anchor at CNNfn. Before joining CNNfn in 2001, he hosted The Business News, Canada's only prime-time business news hour.
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From page 30...
... Heinlein Award; 2006 Lindbergh Award; 2006 Wired RAVE Award; 2006 Neil Armstrong Award for Aerospace Achievement and Leadership; the Konstantine Tsiolkovsky Award; the Aviation & Space Technology Laurel (twice) ; and the 2003 World Technology Award for Space.
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... A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Holliday is past chairman of the Business Roundtable Task Force for Environment, Technology and Economy; the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) ; The Business Council; and the Society of Chemical IndustryAmerican Section.
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From page 32...
... Before joining KPCB, Lane was president and chief operating officer of Oracle Corporation, the second-largest software company in the world and the leading enterprise software and services company. During his eight-year tenure, Oracle underwent phenomenal growth in revenue (from approximately $1 billion in 1992 to more than $10 billion in 2000)
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... Tan left the Cabinet to become deputy chairman and executive director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited, chairman of the National Research Foundation, deputy chairman of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council, and chairman of Singapore Press Holdings Limited.
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