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The Global Social Benefit Incubator at Santa Clara University works with social entrepreneurs to help them overcome barriers to scale and impact. GSBI is guided by a theory of change that connects emerging and advanced social entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley support networks, adapting and applying Silicon Valley best practices in new-venture development to the base of the pyramid.  

Co-founders Jim Koch and Pat Guerra will describe how they created the Social Enterprise Innovation Network, a global, online platform to accelerate skill and knowledge sharing. Randi Ryterman, Director of Innovation and Change Management, at the World Bank Institute will moderate the session. Presentations will be followed by an open dialogue.

James L. Koch is the Director of the Global Social Benefit Incubator, the Bill and Jan Terry Professor of Management, and founding director of Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society.  He received his MBA and PhD. from UCLA. From 1990-96 he served as dean of the Leavey School of Business. He has published in a number of journals including: Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and California Management Review. His research and consulting focus on socio-technical systems and high performance organizations. His current work examines social capital, and the role of technology in improving quality of life at the base of the pyramid.  

Patrick Guerra is Founder and Principal of Lions Peak LLC and Co-Founder, Global Social Benefit Incubator, Santa Clara University. He has served in senior management, information technology, manufacturing, distribution, product management, and business development roles with Hewlett Packard, Advance Micro Devices, PSB, Ariba, and SpinCircuit, where he was President and CEO. Pat's experience includes early stage business planning and the rapid scaling of technology-based ventures. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and a MBA in Operations Management and Information Systems from Santa Clara University, where he is an adjunct member of the faculty in Entrepreneurship.

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Randi Ryterman is Director of Innovation and Change Management, at the World Bank Institute. She joined the World Bank in 1998 as a Senior Public Sector Management Specialist in the Bank's Europe and Central Asia region. Her most recent assignment before joining WBI was Sector Manager in the Public Sector Governance group of the Bank's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network.