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Gregory Miller is a recognized as a leader in innovation – in both technology and philanthropic fields. His track record as an entrepreneur and social entrepreneur; a venture and non-profit investor nurturing big ideas; a member of the launch team of Google.org who built of its grants, investments, legal and program teams; a strategic transactions and M&A lawyer, Greg is most comfortable around dynamic change. A professor of sustainable management, he teaches the Capstone course for social entrepreneurship and intrapraneurship at Presidio Graduate School. Gregory is also leading the launch of Presidio’s Sustainability Innovation Lab. An active TEDster, Gregory is the curator of TEDxAlcatraz and was a member of the launch team for TEDx Silicon Valley (Dec 2009 - Innovation in Social Change). Gregory has worked with start-up and public companies, principally with businesses competing in the emerging Internet, network security, communications and software markets, closing over 100 significant transactions, including venture financings, public equity offerings (>$3.8 billion), debt financings (>$13.5 billion) and mergers / acquisitions (>$2.5 billion). He was on the founding launch team of Cometa Networks, one of the earliest venture-funded 802.11b wi-fi deployment companies. Previously a partner with Silicon Valley's Gunderson, Dettmer venture law firm and Of Counsel with Latham & Watkins, he also served as Sonicwall's (SNWL) initial Senior Vice President and General Counsel. In early 2006 Gregory joined Google as Dr. Larry Brilliant's first key hire when launching Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org. Greg served as Managing Director for Google.org through late 2009, leading its philanthropic investments, grants and legal teams. He chaired Google's philanthropic investment and corporate giving committees, and was CFO, Secretary and General Counsel of the Google Foundation. As a part of the executive leadership team, Greg helped initiate and develop Google.org's programs and funding initiatives addressing global economic development, global public health and climate change. Google.org grew to 42 people, awarded approximately $100 million with 120 grants, led 11 philanthropic investments, and was recognized in widespread news articles, blogs and conferences recognizing its data-driven, outcome-based approaches. Greg led executive production of "The Final Inch", a Google.org film documenting current polio eradication efforts in India and Pakistan (2009 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary -- Short Subject, and winner 2009 Pare Lorentz Award from the Int'l Documentary Assn). In 2010, Gregory was Interim Dean for Presidio Graduate School, which offers MBA and MPA degrees in sustainable management, volunteering as a board member. He serves on various corporate and non-profit Boards, and is a Mentor for the Boulder-based Unreasonable Institute. Gregory lives in San Francisco, has a JD from University of Virginia Law School and has a BA in Economics and Philosophy from Colgate. On the personal side, Greg plays the mandolin, enjoys surfing, sea and whitewater kayaking, and is a marathoner and a mountaineer.

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