Pereira to headline inaugural Edmonton Alumni & Friends Dinner

trevor.kenney — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:48:34 +0000

Silicon Valley entrepreneur and ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge alumnus Anil Pereira (BMgt ’87) will serve as the guest speaker for the inaugural 2014 ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Edmonton Alumni & Friends Dinner on Wednesday, March 19 at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.

Anil Pereira is an entrepreneur and marketing executive with more than 20 years of hands-on experience at both start-up companies and global corporations.

Pereira is an entrepreneur and marketing executive with more than 20 years of hands-on experience at both start-up companies and global corporations. The founder and executive chairman of Verious, the world’s first code recommendation engine for software developers, Pereira is also the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Faculty of Management’s first Executive in Residence.

“We’ve established this dinner as a means to bring alumni together in fellowship and to offer attendees compelling and engaging speakers who reflect the values and goals of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge,” says President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Mike Mahon. “Anil epitomizes those attributes. Our 2000 U of L Alumnus of the Year, he is a dynamic, successful and influential entrepreneur who has made the most of his U of L education. That he aspires to serve as a role model for future generations of students is exemplary.”

Pereira is known as a tireless worker, serving as an advisor to numerous start-up and established businesses in Silicon Valley and around the world, among them a startup that teaches children how to code, a company that provides retailers with “intelligent CRM” and a cloud computing security company.

Pereira’s presentation at the Faculty of Management-sponsored Edmonton Alumni & Friends Dinner is the highlight of an extremely busy week. Pereira will spend time at each of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ’s three campuses, giving a number of presentations to students and alumni and even participating in a student vs. staff/faculty ball hockey game.

“We occupy a unique place among Western Canadian business schools in that we ensure our students get a significant amount of in-class and beyond-the-classroom learning experiences,” Faculty of Management Dean, Dr. Bob Ellis, says. “We know that learning from successful leaders like Anil – who have also had the U of L experience – will help to motivate students as they navigate the complex and dynamic environment in which business operates.”

Individual tickets for the 2014 Edmonton Alumni & Friends Dinner are priced at $50 each, with a table of 10 for $500. Tickets are available online at ulethadvancement.universitytickets.com/dinner.

For more information on the Faculty of Management and its programs, visit www.ulethbridge.ca/management.

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Pereira to headline inaugural Edmonton Alumni & Friends Dinner

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