BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:TiE SoCal DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:TiE SoCal. Join TiE SoCal for the second monthly event of the year, featuring Harvard Law School Research Scholar Vivek Wadhwa and Managing Director of Revolution Partners, Michael Barker. Mr. Wadhwa is a technology entrepreneur and a columnist for BusinessWeek.com. Mr. Wadhwa will be speaking on the topic: "Facts and Myths in the Globalization Debate: How Our National Policies are often Misguided and How the United States Can Continue to Keep Its Global Edge." Also featuring Mr. Barker, who prior to joining Revolution Partners, was at IBM as a result of its $200 million acquisition of Trigo Technologies, the product information management company that he helped build to profitability, 150 employees and a $40+ million run-rate. See http://www.socal.tie.org DTSTART:20100217T190000 DTEND:20100217T200000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR