Aurora Enterprises Hosts Southern California CEO Summit

Aurora recently organized a highly successful CEO roundtable, in partnership with Secure Computing on September 19th, 2007. The event was an intimate gathering of 9 C-level attendees at the prestigious Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. After some time to network, Aurora CEO Philip de Souza, welcomed guests with opening remarks and introductions, followed by a highly informative and thought provoking presentation by Tim Steinkopf, CFO of Secure Computing.The presentation covered changes in legislation/compliance that have made security a concern at the C-level of corporations. Following the presentation, over lunch, the attendees discussed a wide range of security and compliance related issues and concerns. The event was designed to allow CEOs to discuss issues of concern to them, and to receive information of importance to their businesses. The discussion revolved mostly on PCI compliance and it opened up to other topics of discussion such as – how do you know that your business partners and vendors are also taking security seriously, best practices, brand protection and ID Theft prevention.After lunch and a short break attendees were invited to attend a 1 hour private clinic with two Trump National Golf pros on the practice area of this august golf course.

Press Release

Top CEOs join together to discuss executive topics at the Trump National

LOS ANGELES, Calif., September 28, 2007 – Philip de Souza, CEO of Aurora Enterprises, a leading IT company specializing in state-of-the-art security and compliance solutions for business critical applications, hosted its first in a series of CEO Summits, bringing together top CEOs to discuss issues of interest to C-level executives. The attendees of the inaugural Summit included CEOs and CFOs from the legal, financial, software, medical and business services industries. The invitation-only event featured a keynote presentation about legislative and security issues affecting corporations and the executives who are responsible for making those key decisions. The keynote was presented by Tim Steinkopf, CFO of SecureComputing, Inc.

“We created the CEO Summit as a forum for local CEOs to discuss issues of interests to C-level executives,” said de Souza. “As a former chamber president, and long-time CEO, I know the pressures of being an executive, and how hard it is to find venues where you can discuss topics freely among your peers.”

Participating guests included: Bill Reid, CFO and Business Manager of the Parker Milliken lawfirm, Richard Lunde, CEO of software firm PrintShift, Raj Diaz, Vice President of Phoenix International, Randy Bowers, CEO of Malaga Bank, Robert Patrick, CEO of PhD Computing, Arnold Leto, CEO of Integrated Aircraft Services, Jay Schoenau, CFO of LA Bio Med, and Sam Vidaurreta, CEO of medical services firm, The Prospice Group.

The keynote presentation sparked discussion on how the CEO sets the tone for a company’s security policies, the implications of which have costs corporations millions in fines and lost revenue. After the presentation, the CEOs discussed other topics of interest to them in a free-style roundtable discussion over a plated lunch. Aurora and SecureComputing then treated the CEOs to a private golf clinic with two Trump National golf pros.

“This meeting brought me a great deal of value,” said PrintShift CEO Lunde. “It is so easy to become isolated as a CEO, and assembling a group of peers for insightful discussion is a way for CEOs to stay strategically sound.”

The next CEO Summit is scheduled for early February and will include a revolving panel of CEOs and keynote speakers on topics of interest to California CEOs. To be considered for participation in a future please contact Aurora Enterprises at (310) 530-8260.