Keynote: Peter Buckland

Peter is a Partner, Managing Director and COO at Khosla Ventures, with more than 20 years of experience in Silicon Valley advising founders, entrepreneurs and technology companies. Peter works closely with the investment team and spearheads the firm’s fundraising efforts. He also manages the firm’s operations, including talent, finance, IR, and legal.

Prior to joining KV, he was a partner at WilmerHale LLP, a leading international law firm, where he led the firm’s emerging growth technology practice and built its West Coast corporate practice. During that time he guided the firm’s technology clients through hundreds of financings (public and private), sales, acquisitions and other strategic transactions.

Peter started his career with positions at law firms including Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Weil Gotshal & Manges.

Peter holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California-Santa Barbara and a J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of San Francisco.

Keynote: Carl Riccadonna

Carl Riccadonna is the State of Oregon Chief Economist and Head of the Office of Economic Analysis. He has served various Chief Economist capacities on a global scale for over two decades, including at Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg L.P. and BNP Paribas. Carl received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) from Princeton University, where he studied Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, finance and economics.

The teams Carl has led have been highly ranked among economic forecasters in a broad array of categories including monetary policy, labor market dynamics and inflation. Carl takes pride in distilling complex economic analysis into an engaging message for non-economists.

An avid gardener, soccer fan and father of three, Carl is thrilled to have transitioned to the public sector and to have relocated to the Pacific Northwest from the New York City area.

The state chief economist oversees the Office of Economic Analysis within the Department of Administrative Services and provides objective forecasts of the state’s economy, revenue, populations, corrections population and Youth Authority population. These forecasts are used across state government, and by the public for a variety of reasons, notably to inform the state budgeting process.

For more information about the Office of Economic Analysis and recent forecasts visit https://www.oregon.gov/das/oea/pages/index.aspx.