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Sling's Krikorian Joins DCM
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm DCM said Wednesday that it has added Jason Krikorian, the co-founder of Sling Media and creator of the Slingbox, as a new General Partner at the firm. DCM announced the addition of Kirkori... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010
Allegis Capital Names Kendall Cooper CFO
Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Allegis Capital said today that it has named Kendall Cooper as its Chief Financial Officer. Cooper was most recently CFO of The Mayfield Fund, and also was a managing member of Sequoia Capital VII... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, July 1, 2010
Zenprise Raises $9M
Fremont-based Zenprise announced this morning that it has raised $9M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners, and also includes prior investors Ignition Partne... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Linden Lab Loses CEO
In further turmoil at the maker of the Second Life virtual world, San Francisco-based Linden Lab said yesterday that CEO Mark Kingdon has stepped down. Kingdon is being replaced on an interim basis by founder Philip Rosedale, and cur... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, June 25, 2010
Yahoo Adds Board Members
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo said today that it has added Brad Smith, the President and CEO of Intuit, and Patti Hart, CEO of International Game Technology (IGT) to its board. The two were elected as part of its annual shareholder meeting. ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, June 24, 2010
Yodlee Names CFO
Redwood City-based Yodlee, which develops personal finance management software, said today that it has appointed Jim Frankola as Chief Financial Officer. Frankola was most recently at Ariba, where he was Executive Vice President and ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010
StumbleUpon Taps Two Googlers For Positions
San Francisco-based StumbleUpon, which operates a site which allows users to share web sites and other information with each other, said yesterday that it has named Anthony Napolitano Director... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Khosla's Ford Tamer Becomes CEO Of Telegent
Venture capitalist Ford Tamer, who was most recently a partner at Khosla Ventures, has departed the firm and has become CEO of Telegent Systems, a developer of mobile TV receivers. Telegent said Thursday that Tamer takes up th... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, June 18, 2010
eASIC Names COO
Santa Clara-based eASIC, the developer of new ASIC technology which is backed by Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), Crescendo Ventures, Advanced Equities Incorporated and Evergreen Partners, said yesterday th... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Practice Fusion Adds Goines To Board
San Francisco-based Practice Fusion, a developer of electronic medical records software, said today that it has added angel investor and former Intuit exec Mark Goines to is baord of directors. Goines was most recently Senior Vice Pr... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Highland Capital Expands In Silicon Valley
Venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners said this week that it has relocated Peter Bell from its Boston offices to Menlo Park. Bell, who is a General Partner at the firm, is focused on technology investments, including investm... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, June 4, 2010
Accel Partners Hires RealNetworks' Glaser
Palo Alto-based Accel Partners said this morning that it has added Rob Glaser, Chairman and founder of RealNetworks, to the firm. Accel said it has named Glaser to the position of Venture Partner, where he will focus on digita... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Obopay Names President
Redwood City-based Obopay, a developer of mobile banking and payment technology, said today that it has named Deepak Chandnani as President. Chandnani has been at Obopay since November of 2008, and previously also served at Wire and ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Quantcast Taps Google, Fenwick For Execs
San Francisco-based Quantcast, a provider of Internet traffic measurement services, said today that it has snagged a Google VP, Juli Pekarovic, as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. The company also said it has hired Michael Blu... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
BookRenter Adds Netflix Co-Founder Randolph To Board
San Mateo-based BookRenter, an online provider of textbook rentals, said today that it has added Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix, to its board of directors. Randolph co-founded Netflix with Reed Hastings, and was CEO of the firm... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, May 7, 2010
Demandforce Names VP
San Francisco-based Demandforce said Thursday that it has named Patrick Barry as the firm's Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. Barry was most recently VP of Product Management at Yahoo, focused on desktop, television... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, May 7, 2010
ImageSpan Gets Funding, New CEO
Sausalito-based ImageSpan, a developer of content licensing and royalty software, announced today that it has received a new round of growth financing, and named a new CEO. The firm said that the new round of financing came from Bert... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Allvoices Taps Ask Jeeves's Warthen As CTO
San Francisco-based Allvoices.com, an online site focused on sharing and ranking news and opinions on the web, said today that it has named David Warthen, co-founder of Ask Jeeves, as its Chief Technology Officer. Warthen was CTO of ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Yahoo Names Chief Product Officer
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo said yesterday that it has named Blake Irving as Chief Product Officer, and has shifted Prabhakar Raghavan as Chief Scientist at Yahoo! Labs. According to Yahoo, Irving replaces Ari Balogh, who is leaving the fi... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Playdom Names CTO
Mountain View-based social gaming firm Playdom said Monday that it has named David Sobeski, former a SVP at Yahoo!, as its Chief Technology Officer. Sobeski most recently headed Yahoo's Open Strategy and Data platform efforts, and al... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, April 19, 2010
Virgin Green Fund Adds Yahoo's Coppel As Partner
San Francisco-based Virgin Green Fund, the clean technology investment fund backed by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, said today that it has added Toby Coppel, formerly Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Director, Yahoo! Europe,... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, April 8, 2010
Nexenta Names VP
Mountain View-based Nexenta Systems, a developer of storage products, said today that it has named Rick Hayes as its Vice President of Technical Operations. Hayes joins the firm from GlassHouse Technologies, where he was principal Co... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 29, 2010
DebtGoal Adds Experian Execs
San Francisco-based DebtGoal, an online site focused on helping people manage their debt, said Thursday that it has added Ed Ojdana, founder of FreeCreditReport.com and CEO of Experian Interactive, to its board, and also appoi... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010
Chegg.com Taps Stanger For CFO Position
Santa Clara-based Chegg.com, which operates an online textbook rental service, announced today that it has named Gregory S. Stanger as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Stanger joins the company f... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 22, 2010
Clarus Ventures Names Venture Partner
San Francisco- and Cambridge-based life science venture capital firm Clarus Ventures announced this morning that it has named William D. Young as a Venture Partner at its San Francisco Offi... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 22, 2010
Chegg Adds Netflix CFO To Board
Santa Clara-based online textbook rental site Chegg.com said Tuesday that it has aded Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy to its board of directors. McCarthy has been the CFO of Netflix since 1999. McCarthy ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Playdom Invests In MetroGames
San Francisco-based social gaming firm Playdom said late Tuesday evening that it has invested $5M in Buenos Aires, Argentina-based MetroGames. According to Playdom, MetroGames will will use the funding to expand its pipeline o... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Aggregate Knowledge Names Sales VP
San Mateo-based Aggregate Knowledge, a developer of advertising personalization and display ad optimization technology, said Wednesday that it has named Perry Nusbaum as its new Senior Vice President of National Sales. Nusbaum was mo... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Trimble Adds VMware's Peek To Board
Sunnyvale-based Trimble, a maker of GPS-enabled equipment for surveying, construction, agriculture, and other industries, said Tuesday that it has added Mark S. Peek to its board. Peek is Chief Financial Officer at VMware, and also p... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
eXo Snags $6M More
San Francisco-based eXo, a developer of Java middleware for cloud computing, announced today that it has raised $6M in funding. The round came from Auriga Partners and XAnge Capital. The firm said that as part of the acquisition, it ... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 8, 2010
ShareThis Taps Tim Draper For Board
Mountain View-based ShareThis, an online service which allows people to share videos, pictures, articles, and other information, said earlier this week that it has named Tim Draper, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, to its board of ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010
Agilent Loses CFO To Skype
Santa Clara-based Agilent Technologies said Wednesday afternoon that the firm's EVP and CFO, Adrian T. Dillon, is resigning from his position, as of April 1st, to join Skype. According to Agilent, Dillon is becoming Chief Financial a... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010
Lumenergi Names Sales VP
Newark, California-based Lumenergi, a developer of network lighting and control systems, said today that it has hired ona VP of Sales. The firm said that it has hired Peter Weller, previously at Luminus Devices, to the position. Well... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 1, 2010
NexTag Taps Orbitz Founder Katz As CEO
San Mateo-based comparison shopping site NexTag announced today that it has named Jeffrey G. Katz as the firm's new CEO. Katz was most recently Chairman, President, and CEO of LeapFrog Enterprises,... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 1, 2010
Innovalight Names Sales VP
Sunnyvale-based Innovalight, a developer of solar cell technology based on silicon ink, said Monday that it has hired Boris Mathiszik as the firm's Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Mathiszik joins from BTU International in Shanghai... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010
SenSage Names CFO
San Francisco-based SenSage announced this morning that it has appointed Charlie Ryan as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. The developer of cyber-security and monitoring tools said that Ryan joins from HP, where he was Vice Preside... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, February 18, 2010
Vindicia Names COO, CFO
Redwood City-based Vindicia, a developer of software used to manage subscription billing, said today that it has named Mark Resnick as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the firm. Resnick joins the firm from Tran... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010
LensVector Raises $30M
Mountain View-based LensVector, a developer of chips which provide autofocus capability to mobile devices, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the firm said today. The round was led by Insti... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010
Yelp Gets $25M From Elevation
San Francisco-based Yelp reported Wednesday afternoon that Elevation Partners has agreed to make a $25M investment in the firm, in a Series E investment round. In addition to the investment, Y... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Quantance Names Engineering VP
San Mateo-based Quantance, a developer of RF and wireless semiconductors, said that it has named Lon Christensen as the firm's Vice President of Engineering. Christensen joins the firm from Spreadtrum Communications, where he was CTo... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Linden Lab Names CFO
San Francisco-based virtual worlds firm Linden Lab said yesterday that it has appointed Bob Komin as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Komin was previously at solar energy firm Solexel, and also served at Tellme Networks, Cincinnat... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Yahoo Names New Board Member
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo announced Thursday that it has named Sue James to the firm's board of directors. James previously served at Ernst & Young, where she was for 35 years, and also sits on the boards of Applied Materials and Coheren... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Bridgelux Raises $50M More, Hires Seagate's Watkins As CEO
Sunnyvale-based Bridgelux, a developer of solid state lighting technology, announced this morning that it has raised $50M in a Series D financing, and named a new CEO. According to the firm, the $50M round was led by VantagePoint Ven... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, January 13, 2010
ReputationDefender Gets $8.65M
Redwood City-based ReputationDefender, a provider of serviecs for managing online reputation and privacy, said Tuesday that it raised $8.65M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perk... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Elevation Partners Taps Apple's Tevanian For Post
Menlo Park-based private equity firm Elevation Partners reported this morning that it has tapped Avadis "Avie" Tevanian, most recently Chief Software Technology Officer at Apple, as a Managing Director. According to Elevation partner... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Zscaler Names Engineering VP
Sunnyvale-based Zscaler, a developer of software-as-a-service security tools, said today that it has named Gururaj Singh as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Data Center Operations. Singh was most recently VP and co-General Ma... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, December 21, 2009
Quova Hires Former Yahoo GM Webster As Exec
Mountain View-based Quova, which operates a service which provides the location of IP addresses from web visitors to companies, said today that former GM of Yahoo's Lead Generation business, Jay Webster, has been named its Chief Prod... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
AlikeList Finds $5M For Local Business Guide
Sunnyvale-based AlikeList, a new startup focused on helping people find and review local businesses, said this morning that it has landed $5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Syn... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Offerpal Media Hires RockYou's Mihir Shah
Fremont-based virtual currency firm Offerpal Media said today that it has hired Mihir Shah, former VP Ad Network for RockYou, as its Chief Revenue Officer. Offerpal said that Shah will overs... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Adaptec Names Worldwide Sales VP
Milpitas-based Adaptec, a developer of network and storage adapters, said today that it has named Jared Peters as Vice President of Worldwide sales at the firm. Peters has been at Adaptec for 16 years, and was most recently VP Intern... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, December 14, 2009
Playdom Names New CFO
Mountain View-based social gaming firm Playdom said Thursday that it has named Christa Quarles as its Chief Financial Officer. Quarles was formerly managing director of Thomas Weisel Partners Grou... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, December 11, 2009
Zuora Names Shawn Price As President, GM
San Francisco-based Zuora, a software-as-a-service provider of online subscription billing and payments, announced today that it has added Shawn Price as its President and General Manager. Price is ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, December 10, 2009
DisplayLink Lands $8M
Palo Alto-base dDisplayLink, a developer of semiconductors and software for transmitting graphics over USB, Wireless USB, and Ethernet connections, said today that it has landed $8M in venture capital and named a new CEO. The Series ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Metacafe Names Former Fox Interactive Media COO To Board
Palo Alto-based online video sharing site Metacafe announced this morning that it has added Mark Jung, former Chief Operating Officer of Fox Interactive Media, to its board of directors. Jung was also CEO of IGN Entertainment, which ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, December 3, 2009
Bessemer Taps Mint.com Designer
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has snagged the lead designer at Mint.com, Jason Putorti, as a "Designer-in-Residence", the firm said today. According to Bessemer, Putorti will help Bessemer's portfoli... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Kilopass Names Sales VP
Santa Clara-based Kilopass Technology., a developer of non-voltaic memory intellectual property for the semiconductor industry, announced this morning that it has named Juan Chapa as its Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Chapa joins... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, November 30, 2009
Elevation Taps eBay's Dutta As Managing Director
Menlo Park-based Elevation Partners, the private equity firm whose founders include Roger McNamee and U2's Bono, said today that it has added former eBay EVP Rajiv Dutta as a Managing Director. Dutta was most recently EVP of eBay and... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Elevation Taps eBay's Dutta As Managing Director
Menlo Park-based Elevation Partners, the private equity firm whose founders include Roger McNamee and U2's Bono, said today that it has added former eBay EVP Rajiv Dutta as a Managing Director. Dutta was most recently EVP of eBay and... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Greylock Closes $575M Fund, Hires Reid Hoffman
Venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday that it has closed Greylock XIII, a $575M, venture capital fund, and also hired on LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman as an investing partners. According to Greylock, the new fund will go to in... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, November 2, 2009
Bling Nation Grabs $20M
Palo Alto-based Bling Nation, which operates a mobile payments service, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Balderton Capital, and also included prior investor Lightspeed Venture Partn... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, November 2, 2009
McAfee Names VP, GM
Santa Clara-based McAfee said this morning that it has named Stuart McClure as its Senior Vice President and General Manager of its Risk and Compliance business unit. McClure was previously VP of Operations and Strategy for the McAfe... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, October 30, 2009
Zecco Promotes CIO to CEO
Burlingame-based Zecco Holdings, and online Web 2.0 discount brokerage whose hook is free trading to users, reported this week that it has named Michael Raneri as CEO of the firm. Ranieri was most recently the firm's Chief Informatio... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009
Benchmark Adds Wolfe As EIR
Menlo Park-based Benchmark Capital said Wednesday that Michael Wolfe has rejoined the firm as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Wolfe, who has previously served as an EIR at the firm, was most recently Chief Technology Officer at Symantec's... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009
JiWire Snags Venrock's Courtney
San Francisco-based JiWire, a provider of mobile audience measurement services, announced this morning that it has appointed David Courtney as its CEO. Courtney joins the company from Venrock, where he was serving as Executive-In-Res... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Accel Expands In India
Accel Partners said late Monday that it has hired Neeraj Bharadwaj as a Managing Director at the firm's Indian operations. Bharadwaj joins the company from Apax Partners India, where he was Managing Director and Country Head. Accel s... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, October 19, 2009
NEA Names Viswanathan General Partner, Torti As Principal
Menlo Park-based New Enterprise Associates announced Wednesday that it has named Ravi Viswanathan, Ph.D., as a General Partner. Viswanathan has been at the company since 2004, and cover energy and information technology investments f... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Ooyala Raises $10M More
Mountain View-based Ooyala, a developer of a video hosting application and platform, said last night that it raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Atmel Names Euro VP
San Jose-based Atmel, a developer of microcontroller and other semiconductors, said today that it has named Joerg Strughold as its Vice President of European Sales. Strughold joins the firm from Qimonda, and has also served at Infine... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, October 12, 2009
Right90 Names New CEO
Foster City-based Right90, a developer of sales forecasting software, announced today that it has appointed Arthur Wong as its new CEO. Wong has served at Symantec, where he was Senior Vice President of a number of business units, wa... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Splunk Names Ops VP
San Francisco-based Splunk, a developer of software used to search and monitor IT infrastructure, reports today that it has hired on Tom Schodorf, former VP and General Manager of BMC Software, has been named Senior Vice President of... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2009
WideOrbit Installs CFO
San Francisco-based WideOrbit announced Thursday that it has appointed Margaret McCarthy as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. McCarthy joins the firm from Red Condor, where she also served as CFO. McCarthy has also served at At... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, October 2, 2009
Kai-Fu Lee Boosts WI Harper Involvement
San Francisco-based venture capital firm WI Harper Group said this morning that Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, most recently president of Google China, has become Chairman of the firm's advisory board, and will help the firm with trends, strategy a... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, October 1, 2009
Sonoa Snags Exec From Microsoft
Santa Clara-based Sonoa Systems said today that it has hired away Sam Ramji,senior director of platform strategy at Microsoft, to direct product strategy and business development at the firm. Sonoa, which is venture backed by Norwest... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
NEOEDGE Raises $4.0M
Mountain View-based NEOEDGE, which is developing advertising services to the casual games market, said today that it has raised $4.0M in a Series A funding round. According to the firm, the financ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009
LogLogic Expands Board
San Jose-based LogLogic, a provider of log and security management software, said today that it has added three members to its board of directors. The firm has added Peter Goettner, Marc Verstaen and Deborah Rieman to the board. Goet... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Polaris Wireless Taps Schoenfield As Sales VP
Santa Clara-based Polaris Wireless, which develops software-based wireless location technology, said this morning that it has hired Robert Schoenfield as its Vice President of Sales for North America. Polaris, which is venture backed... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Zuberance Names VP
San Carlos-based Zuberance, a venture backed provider of word-of-mouth marketing services, said today that it has named Dave Goulden as its Vice President of Product. Zuberance--which is funded by Emergence Capital Partners--said tha... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, September 21, 2009
TradeBeam Names CEO
San Mateo-based TradeBeam said late last week that it has named Edward R. Flaherty as the firm's CEO and member of its board of directors. Flaherty was most recently CEO and President of TrenStar, and also has served at The Feld Grou... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, September 21, 2009
Ausra Names President, COO
Mountain View-based Ausra, a developer of concentrating solar power systems, announced today that it has named Dr. Thomas Caufield as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Caufield was most recently at Novellus Systems, where he... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, September 21, 2009
Andreessen Joins HP Board
Palo Alto-based HP said Thursday that Marc Andreessen has joined the firm's board. Andreessen was co-founder of Netscape Communications, and is now co-founder and general partner of venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. He's also chairma... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, September 18, 2009
Apple Taps Intel For Legal Head
Cupertino-based Apple has hired away Intel's general counsel, the firm reported this morning. According to Apple, it has hired Bruce Sewell, formerly Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Intel, as its General Counsel and Sen... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Ikanos Snags CTO From Tallwood
Fremont-based Ikanos Communications, a publicly held provider of semiconductors, including VSDL2/ADSL and network processing chips, said Monday that it has hired on Debajyoti "Debu" Pal as its Senior Vice President and Chief Technolo... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, September 14, 2009
Sanmina-SCI Names CFO
San Jose-based Sanmina-SCI said today that it has hired on Bob Eulau as the firm's EVP and Chief Financial officer. Ealau joins from Alien Technology, where he was EVP, COO, and CFO. He has also served at Rambus and Hewlett Packard. ... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, September 14, 2009
Cisco Systems Names Sarin To Board
San Jose-based Cisco Systems said yesterday that it has named Arun Sarin, the former CEO of Vodafone Group plc., to its board of directors. Sarin had previously been on Cisco's board between 1998 to 2003. Sarin has also served at Acc... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009
Outspark Names CEO
San Francisco-based Outspark, a publisher of massively multiplayer online games, reported Monday that it has appointed Owen Mahoney as the firm's CEO. Mahoney has previously served at Electronic Arts, where he was SVP of Corporate an... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Mayfield Hires Away DFJ's Melton
Menlo Park-based venture capital fund Mayfield reported this morning that it has added Emily Melton as a Partner at the firm. According to Mayfield, Melton will focus on investing in the consumer Internet sector, working with Raj Kap... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Jigsaw Hires CFO
San Francisco-based Jigsaw, which operates a business information service, said Thursday that it has hired on Steven Klei as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Klei joins from Xactly, where he was itnerim CFO. He also had served at... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, September 4, 2009
Khosla Raises $1B In New Funds
Khosla Ventures, the venture capital firm headed by Vinod Khosla, said this morning that it has raised more than $1 billion in new capital in two new funds. According to Khosla, its new fun... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009
SourceForge Loses Sobel
Mountain View-based SourceForge reported Monday that Jon Sobel, Group President of the firm's Media Group, will depart the firm at the end of September. No reason for the departure was given. Sobel had joined SourceForge in October o... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, August 31, 2009
Shasta Names StumbleUpon's Michael Buhr As EIR
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Shasta Ventures reports today that it has added Michael Buhr as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the firm. According to Shasta, Buhr will evaluate prospective investments in the area of online dis... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Ooyala Appoints Fred Warren As Chairman
Mountain View-based Ooyala announced this morning that it has appointed Fred Warren as Chairman of the firm's board of directors. Warren was co-founder of Brentwood Associates, and also founded Sage Venture Partners. Warren was one o... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Genius Names Sales VP
San Mateo-based Genius.com, a provider of B2B email marketing software and services, said today that it has named David Satterwhite as EVP of Sales, Service, and Business Development. Satterwhite joins the firm from newScale, and has... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, August 17, 2009
Ooyala Names New CEO
Mountain View-based Ooyala, which provides video hosting services and software, reported today that it has named Jay Fulcher as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Former CEO and founder Bismarck Lepe becomes President of ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Turn Names Business Ops VP
Redwood City-based Turn, a digital advertising network, said Thursday that it has named Masroor Malik as Vice President of Business Operations for the firm. Malik joins the firm from Efficient Frontier, and has also served at Yahoo, ... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, August 7, 2009
SenSage Names Marketing Head
San Francisco-based SenSage announced Wednesday that the firm has hired on Joe Gottlieb as the firm's Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Gottlieb joins the company from McAfee, where he was VP of Corporate Strategy... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009
Google's Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board
Cupertino-based Apple Computer announced today that Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt is resigning from its board of directors, as Google and Apple are increasingly going head to head in the software market. According, to Apple's Steve Job... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, August 3, 2009
Zuora Taps eBay Vet For VP
San Francisco-based Zuora, which is developing software-as-a-service for handling subscription billing and payments, reported this week that it has hired Elizabeth Tse as its Vice President of Customer Operations. Zuora, which is bac... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009
MontaVista Promotes Marketing VP
Santa Clara-based MontaVista Software, a developer of embedded Linux operating systems, reported Tuesday that it has promoted Dan Cauchy to VP Marketing. Cauchy will report to CEO Rusty Harris. Cauchy was most recently the firm's Sen... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Schooner Information Technology Raises $20M
Menlo Park-based Schooner Information Technology, which develops appliances focused on Web 2.0 and cloud computing data centers, said Monday that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, an... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, July 27, 2009
Extreme Networks Taps Nortel For CTO
Santa Clara-based Extreme Networks reported today that it has hired on former Nortel CTO Vish Nandlall as its Chief Technology Officer. Nandlall was CTO for Notel's Carrier Networks division, and was also chief architect of Nortel's ... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, July 24, 2009
Tesla Motors Loses Science Director
Tesla Motors has lost the firm's Science Director, Rob Ferber, who was in charge of the firm's development of lithium battery packs, according to Texas firm KLD Energy Technologies. KLD, which develops high performance electric motor... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009
InMage Grabs Marketing VP From Analyst Firm
Santa Clara-based InMage, a developer of disk-based disaster recovery products, said this morning that it has hired on Eric Burgener as its Senior Vice President of marketing. Burgenor joins the firm from storage analyst firm the Tan... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Auditude Hires Exec
Palo Alto-based Auditude, which is developing technology to index and monetize online video, said Tuesday that it has added Mike Gaffney as Chief Revenue Officer of the firm. Gaffney joins from Yahoo, where he was Vice President of B... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Danoo Names New CEO
San Francisco-based Danoo, which delivers out-of-home content and advertising to coffee shops, cafes, and airports, said today that it has named Garry McGuire, Jr. as its CEO. McGuire also joins the board. McGuire was most recently c... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Rembrandt Venture Partners Adds General Partner
Menlo Park-based Rembrandt Venture Partners has snagged a venture partner from Accel Partners, the firm said Tuesday, and appointed him General Partner at the firm. The early stage venture firm said that Rhee was most recently a Vent... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
SlideRocket Gets $5M
San Francisco-based SlideRocket reports this morning that it has received $5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Azure Capital Partners, and also included Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. As part of the funding, the fi... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
PivotLink Hires Sales VP
San Francisco-based PivotLink, a developer of software-as-a-service applications for the business intelligence market, said today that it has named David Vonk as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development. PivotLink, whi... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Truviso Nabs $3M, Hires Executive Team
Foster City-based Truviso, which develops software for business analytics, said this morning that the firm has raised an additional $3M in funding from the company's existing investors, which include ONSET Ventures, Diamondhead Ventu... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009
Aloqa Raises $1.5M
Palo Alto-based Aloqa, a developer of context-aware mobile applications for Android, said this morning it has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding round. Aloqua said the funding came from Wellington P... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009
Nexage Finds $4M, But Leaves For Boston
Fremont-based Nexage, which develops mobile advertising technology, disclosed this morning that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding round, but also said it would be relocating its headquarters to Boston as part of the funding. Ac... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Zetta Names Sales Head
Sunnyvale-based Zetta, a provider of enterprise cloud storage products, said this week that it has added Tom Govan as Head of Worldwide Sales for the firm. Zetta, which is backed by $11M in funding from Sigma Partners, Foundation Cap... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, July 10, 2009
Cisco Taps Hooper As Chief Strategy Officer
San Jose-based Cisco said today that it has named Ned Hooper, the firm's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Consumer, to the additional position of Chief Strategy Officer. Cisco said that Hooper's expanded role will g... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2009
IDT Hires VP
San Jose-based Integrated Device Technology, a provider of mixed signal semiconductors, reported this morning that it has hired on Mansour Izadinia as the firm's Vice President of Analog Technology and Strategy. Izadinia joins the fi... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, July 6, 2009
Opus Capital Snags iPhone VP As General Partner
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Opus Capital reports today that it has snagged Bob Borchers, the former Senior Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for Apple's iPhone, as a general partner. Opus said that Borchers will focus... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Yahoo Names Branding Head
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo said Tuesday that it has hired on a new executive to boost the firm's branding efforts. According to Yahoo, it has hired on Penny Baldwin as Senior Vice President, Global Integrated Marketing and Brand Managemen... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Zynga Hires Chief Designer
San Francisco-based social games developer Zynga reported today that industry veteran Brian Reynolds has joined the firm as chief designer. In this newly created role, Zynga noted, Reynolds will head its East Coast operations while d... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Facebook Names CFO
Palo Alto-based Facebook reported Monday that it has named the former EVP and CFO of Genentech, David Ebersman, as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Ebersman was at Genentech for nearly 15 years, and had served as EVP and CFO at th... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, June 29, 2009
Qualys Names Retired Four-star General to Board
Qualys reported this morning that it has appointed former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace to its board of directors. The Redwood City-based provider of hosted IT security risk and compliance management software and... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, June 29, 2009
Cypress Hires India Head
Mixed-signal integrated circuit manufacturer Cypress Semiconductor announced Monday that it has hired Rajeev Mehtani as senior vice president of India operations. The San Jose-based company said Mehtani will supervise its Cypress In... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, June 29, 2009
iSkoot Snags VP From eBay
San Francisco-based iSkoot, a developer of web services for mobile handsets, said Thursday that the firm has snagged talent from eBay for its newest executive. According to iSkoot, it has named Wayne Fenton as Vice President of Globa... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, June 26, 2009
LinkedIn Installs Weiner As CEO
Mountain View-based LinkedIn reported Wednesday that it has named Jeff Weiner as CEO of the firm, replacing current CEO Reid Hoffman. Hoffman remains as executive Chairman of the firm. Weiner has been interim President of LinkedIn si... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Exar Names New CFO
Exar Corp., a manufacturer of communications and power ICs, reported Tuesday that it has promoted Kevin S. Bauer to vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately. Bauer, the Fremont-based firm explained, succeeds J. Scot... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
ZeroG Wireless Installs Winner as CEO
ZeroG Wireless, a manufacturer of low-power Wi-Fi semiconductors, reported yesterday that it has hired Greg Winner as chief executive officer. The Sunnyvale-based company said Winner previously served as general manager of Atheros Co... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Playdom Names EA's Pleasants CEO
Mountain View-based social gaming developer Playdom reported Thursday that it has hired on John Pleasants as its CEO. Pleasants joins Playdom from Electronic Arts, where he was PResident, Global Publishing and Chief Operating Officer... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, June 19, 2009
InQuira Names VP
San Bruno-based InQuira, a developer of software for web help and contact center support, said Tuesday that it has appointed Stephen Raye as the firm's Vice President of Customer Experience Strategies. Raye was the founder of eVergan... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2009
ngmoco Hires Former SEGA Chief
San Francisco-based mobile games developer and publisher ngmoco reported Monday that it has hired former SEGA executive Simon Jeffery as chief publishing officer. ngmoco described Jeffery as a 22-year veteran of the gaming industry w... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009
SourceForge Wrestles Sileck Onto Board
Moutain View-based SourceForge, which operates a network of open source focused web sites, including Slashdot and SourceForge.net, said Monday that it has named Michael Sileck to the firm's board of directors. Sileck was most recentl... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, June 15, 2009
Neterion Names VP
Cupertino-based Neterion, a developer of 10 gigabit Ethernet adapters, announced this morning that it has hired on John Hagerman as its Vice President of Business Development. Hagerman was most recently at Chelsio Communications, and... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, June 15, 2009
Yahoo Names New CFO
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo disclosed Thursday afternoon that the firm has appointed Tim Morse as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Morse joins the firm from Altera Corporation, and has also served at General Electric Plastics. The c... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sequans Hires VP
Cupertino-based WiMAX chipmaker Sequans Communications reported Tuesday that it has hired Craig Miller as vice president of marketing and business development. Sequans was vice president of product management and marketing at NextWav... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Quova Names Sales Head
Mountain View-based Quova, which provides geolocation data based on the Internet addresses of web visitors, said this week that it has hired on Tim Krozek as its Chief Revenue Officer. Krozek joins the company from Efficent Frontier,... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, June 4, 2009
Ocarina Taps Former VERITAS Exec For Board
San Jose-based Ocarina Networks, a provider of storage management software, reported Wednesday that it has tapped Paul Sallaberry for the firm's board of directors. Sallaberry was EVP of Worldwide Field Operationss for VERITAS Softwa... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Yahoo Snags Another VP From NetApp
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo! disclosed today that the firm has appointed Eric Channing Brown as the firm's Senior Vice President of Global Communications, overseeing the firm's public relations, product promotion, and other communications ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Endoscopic Technologies Raises $8M
San Ramon-based Endoscopic Technologies, a developer of cardiac surgery devices, announced today that the firm has raised $8M in a n equity financing raise. According to the firm, the funding was led by NBGI Ventures, and also inclu... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Chegg Snags Ask.com's Safka
Santa Clara-based Chegg, an online textbook rental firm backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Foundation Capital, Gabriel Venture Partners and Primera Capital, said today that it has named Jim Safka as its new CEO. Safka... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, June 1, 2009
Ruckus Wireless Names CFO
Sunnyvale-based Ruckus Wireless said earlier this week that it has named Seamus Hennessy as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Hennessy joins the firm from Aerohive Networks, where he also served as CFO. According to Ruckus, Sea... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009
Bunchball Snags Googler For VP
San Jose-based Bunchball, which is backed by Granite Ventures and Adobe Systems Incorporated, said Wednesday that it has snagged a former Google employee as its new Senior Vice President of Product Marketing. Bunchball has hired Amy ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Axcient Adds $2M More To Series A
Mountain View-based Axcient, a developer of data protection software and services, said Wednesday that it has added $2M to its previously announced Series A round of funding. The firm said the new funding came from Thomvest Ventures,... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sportgenic Names VP
San Francisco-based sports media firm Sportgenic reported this morning that it has hired Peter Bassett as senior vice president of operations. In this role, Sportgenic noted, Bassett will supervise all facets of business operations, content... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Vobile Finds President
Vobile, a Santa Clara-based provider of video content identification and management services, reported today that it has hired Lawrence R. Meli as president and chief revenue officer. Vobile described Meli as a cable television industry vet... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, May 11, 2009
Rosum Names New CEO
Rosum reported this morning that it has hired Brad Anderson as chief executive officer. The Mountain View-based firm said Anderson succeeds Skip Speaks, who held the CEO post for the past five years. Speaks will remain on the company... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, May 11, 2009
Adura Names CTO
Adura Systems a manufacturer of electric powertrains for medium to large vehicles, reported today that it has hired David Dewis as chief technical officer. Dewis, whom Adura described as a "renowned microturbine expert," will oversee... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, May 7, 2009
Mashery Names Sales VP
Mashery, a publisher of hosted application programming interface management software, reported Wednesday that it has hired Roque Versace as vice president of sales. The San Francisco-based firm described Versace as a seasoned sales e... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tumri Names Peralta Revenue Chief
Display advertising software maker Tumri reported Tuesday that it has hired Michael Peralta as chief revenue officer. The Mountain View-based firm, which brought on former Yahoo! executive Jeff McCombs as finance chief about a month ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Zynga Hires Two
Social games developer Zynga reported Thursday that it has added two new hires to its executive staff. The San Francisco-based firm said Steven Lurie comes aboard as general manager of its Mobile business unit and Roy Sehgal joins up... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009
Charles River Ventures Taps Stanford Prof As Advisor
A New England venture capital firm, Charles River Ventures, is looking to the west coast for the firm's latest advisor, saying Monday that it has tapped Computer Science and Electrical Engineer--and Principal Engineer at Google--Sebastian T... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, April 27, 2009
3PAR Names Engineering VP
Fremont-based storage provider 3PAR said Thursday that the firm has appointed Peter Slocum as Vice President of Engineering for the firm. Slocum joins the company from ViVOtech, where he was SVP of Engineering. Slocum has also served... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009
USVP Hires EIR
U.S. Venture Partners reported Tuesday that former Tessera Technologies CEO Bruce McWilliams has come aboard as an executive in residence. The Menlo Park-based venture capital firm described McWilliams as a semiconductor indus... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Morgenthaler Hires Partner
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Morgenthaler said Tuesday that it has hired on Bridget Rauvola as Investor Relations Partner. According to Morgenthaler, Rauvola joins from Frazier Healthcare Ventures, and will replace current I... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Yahoo Hires SVP From Symantec
Online search portal Yahoo! reported Tuesday that it has hired Jeff Russakow as senior vice president of customer advocacy. The Sunnyvale-based company said Russakow will officially come aboard Friday and will report to Carol Bartz, ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Former Yahoo Goldberg Heads Up SurveyMonkey
Former Yahoo Music head David Goldberg is taking the helm of a Portland, Oregon-based firm, SurveyMonkey, according to the firm, after it was acquired by private equity firms Spectrum Equity Investors and Bain Capital. Goldber... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, April 20, 2009
SuccessFactors Hires Former Yahoo Exec
SuccessFactors reported Wednesday that former Yahoo! executive Dmitri Krakovsky has come aboard as vice president of product management. At Yahoo!, SuccessFactors noted, Krakovsky was most recently vice president of sponsored search ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Accel's Breyer Joins Dell's Board
Dell said Monday that Accel Partners' Jim Breyer has joined the firm's board of directors. According to Accel, Breyer will join the firm immediately. Breyer is a Partner at Accel, and also sits on the board of Facebook, Wal-Mart, and... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, April 13, 2009
MobiTV Names Marketing Head
Emeryville-based MobiTV said Thursday that the firm has named Ray DeRenzo as the company's Chief Marketing Officer. DeRenzo has been at the firm for four years, serving as Senior Vice President of Product, Programming, and Marketing.... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, April 10, 2009
Tumri Taps Yahoo For CFO
Mountain View-based Tumri, a developer of display advertising products, said this morning that it has hired on Jeff McCombs as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. McCombs was most recently Senior Vice President of Business Operat... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, April 9, 2009
YouSendIt Adds VP
Campbell-based YouSendIt, a provider of file delivery services, said today that the firm has hired Gary Chevsky as Vice President of Product Development and Operations. Chevsky was most recently VP of Engineering for Nortan at Symant... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Autodesk Hires New CFO
San Rafael-based computer-aided design software maker Autodesk revealed this morning that it has hired Mark J. Hawkins as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Hawkins, the firm said, will report to Carl Bass, the com... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, April 2, 2009
JDSU Names Division President
Milpitas-based JDS Uniphase Corp. reported Wednesday that it has removed the interim tag from Dave Holly's title as president of JDSU's Communications Test & Measurement business unit. The Milpitas-based communications testing equipm... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, April 2, 2009
M/C Venture Partners Elevates Kim, Ingraham to VP
Venture capital firm M/C Venture Partners reported Tuesday that it has promoted David Ingraham and Edmund Kim to vice presidents. Both individuals had previously served as senior associates, M/C Venture noted. In their new roles, M/C... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2009
VantagePoint Adds Green Experts
San Bruno-based venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners said Tuesday that the firm has added two new partners focused on clean technology. The firm said that it has added Brad Mattson and Mark Platshon to the firm. Mattson... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
DeepDyve Adds Woz
Sunnyvale-based DeepDyve, a search engine technology firm, said Tuesday that it has added Steve Wozniak to the firm's advisory board. According to DeepDyve, Wozniak will advise the firm on techno... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Redpoint Snags Cleantech Expert, Zimbra Founder
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures announced Tuesday that the firm has hired on Zimbra founder Satish Dharmaraj, and energy expert Dr. Nety Krishna to the firm. According to Redpoint, Dharmaraj--who was CEO and f... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Yahoo Grabs Marketing Exec From NetApp
Sunnyvale-based search portal Yahoo! said Monday afternoon that the firm has named a new Chief Marketing Officer, Elisa Steele. According to Yahoo, Steele joins the firm from NetApp, where she was Senior Vice President of Corporate M... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 23, 2009
Virtuoz Hires Trio Of VPs
San Francisco-based VirtuOz reported today that it has filled three VP-level openings. The provider of virtual support and sales agent solutions said it has hired Cyndie Beckwith as vice president of marketing, George Wright as vice ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
VMware Names Asia Pacific GM
Virtualization software publisher VMware reported Tuesday that it has hired Andrew Dutton as general manager of its Asia-Pacific region. In this role, the Palo Alto-based firm explained, Dutton will oversee strategic planning, busine... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Seagate Rehires Terry Cunningham
Digital storage device manufacturer Seagate Technology LLC reported Monday that Terry Cunningham has rejoined the Scotts Valley-based firm as senior vice president of its Consumer Solutions and i365 Services divisions. Seagate said Cunningh... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 16, 2009
Mayfield Fund Hires CFO
Menlo Park-based venture firm Mayfield Fund announced today that the firm has appointed Kendall Cooper as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Mayfield said that Cooper joins Mayfield from Dominion Ventures, where he was also CFO and ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009
Zynga Snags VP From EA
Zynga, a developer of games for mobile phones and social networking Web sites, reported Wednesday that it has hired Brandon Barber to fill the newly created role of vice president of marketing. The San Francisco-based firm said Barb... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
AMD Names Claflin Chairman, Adds Mubadala COO To Board
Sunnyvale-based AMD said late Monday that it has added Bruce Claflin to the firm's board of directors, and appointed Waleed Al Mokarrab, COO of Mubadala Development Company, to its board of directors. Mubadala is the investment firm ... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 2, 2009
Aquantia Names New President, CEO
Aquantia Corp., a manufacturer of 10GBASE-T networking semioonductors, reported Monday that it has hired Faraj Aalaei as president and chief executive officer. The Milpitas, Calif.-based company said Aalaei was appointed by its board of dir... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 2, 2009
ooma Hires CFO
Palo Alto-based ooma said today that the firm has named Andrew Galligan as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Galligan joins the company from Reliant Technologies, where he was VP of Finance and CFO. ooma said that Galligan has had ... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 2, 2009
Yahoo Loses CFO
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo is continuing its executive shakeup, saying Thursday in a filing with the SEC that its Chief Financial Officer, Blake Jorgensen, is leaving the company. Reason for the departure was not given, however, Yahoo sai... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, February 27, 2009
Cisco Shuffles Staff
San Jose-based Cisco announced this morning that the firm has appointed Robert Lloyd as the firm's new Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations, as current VP Richard Justice steps down due to health concerns. According to Ci... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, February 26, 2009
MuleSource Hires SpringSource's Schott As CEO
San Francisco-based MuleSource, a publisher of open-source, service-oriented architecture infrastructure software, reported Monday that it has hired Greg Schott as chief executive officer. Schott, the firm noted, hails from open-sour... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, February 23, 2009
Tivo Expands Board
Alivo-based Tivo said late Thursday that the firm has added William Cella to the firm's board of directors. Cella is Chairman and CEO of The Cella Group, and has also previously been Chairman and CEo of MAGNA Global Worldwide, which ... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, February 20, 2009
SGN Hires CTO
Palo Alto-based SGN, a developer of games for social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, reported Wednesday that it has hired Eric Huynh as chief technology officer and vice president of engineering. The firm said Huynh hails from... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009
MuleSource Taps MySQL For Board Member
MuleSource Inc. reported this morning that it has appointed MySQL executive Mark Burton to its board of directors. According to MuleSource, Burton has served since 2005 as executive vice president for MySQL, where he was responsible for gro... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2009
VirtuOz Adds Board Members
Redwood City-based hosted sales support software maker VirtuOz reported today that it has appointed Eric Hahn and Karen Richardson to its board of directors. Hahn, VirtuOz said, is founding partner of the Inventures Group, a Palo Alto-based... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009
Coupa Software Names New CEO
San Mateo-based Coupa Software, which develops software-as-a-service for managing business spending and costs, announced today that it has named Rob Bernshteyn as its CEO. Bernshteyn was most recently at SuccessFactors, and has also ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009
MarkMonitor Hires CTO
San Francisco-based MarkMonitor, a provider of a service for monitoring online brands, said today that it has hired on Paul Dagum as Chief Technology Officer at the firm. Dagum joins the firm from Business.com, where he was Chief Sci... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Pricelock Hires Agarwal, Moves To East Palo Alto
Pricelock, a venture backed startup focused on helping businesses lock in their fuel costs, said Monday that it is moving its headquarters from Houston to East Palo Alto. The firm is venture backed by Goldman Sachs and Artiman Ventur... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, February 9, 2009
Logitech Hires Marketing VP
Computer accessory manufacturer Logitech International reported Sunday that Werner Heid has joined the company as senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. Logitech said the 49-year-old will direct its retail sales in the Amer... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, February 9, 2009
Packet Design Adds To Board
Santa Clara-based Packet Design Inc. reported Monday that it has appointed AT&T veteran Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi to its board of directors. According to Packet Design, Eslambolchi served as AT&T’s chief technology officer from 2000-2005. In ... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, February 9, 2009
White House Taps Doerr, Phillips For Economic Advisory Board
President Barack Obama said Friday that he is appointing two Silicon Valley executives as part of an Economic Recovery Advisory Board, which will ... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, February 6, 2009
Zend Loses Goldberg, Taps Gutmans As CEO
Cupertino-based Zend Technologies, which develops the popular PHP language for web site development, announced this week that it has named co-founder Andi Gutmans as the firm's CEO. Gutman has been serving as the firm's Senior Vice Presiden... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, February 5, 2009
Matrix Partners Adds General Partner
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Matrix Partners has added on a new General Partner at the firm, Josh Hannah, the firm said Tuesday. Hannah, who was co-founder and CEO of Flutter.com, will focus on companies in the Internet, software,... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, February 3, 2009
AMCC CEO Sets Departure Plans
Sunnyvale-based AMCC, a developer of mixed signal processors, said Thursday afternoon that its CEO and President, Kambiz Hooshmand, is planning to step down in June. According to the firm, Hooshmand will be replaced by Dr. Paramesh Gopi, th... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, January 30, 2009
Linden Lab Hires VPs, Snags Intuit Engineering VP
San Francisco-based Linden Lab, which operates the Second Life virtual world, said today that it has hired on two new executives. Linden Lab said that Brian Michon has been named Vice President of Core Devleopment, and Judy Wade has been na... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Intel's Barrett Looks To Retirement
Santa Clara-based Intel said Friday afternoon that the firm's Chairman, Craig Barrett, intends to retire in May. Barrett, who has been at Intel for 35 years, was CEO of Intel from 1998 through 2005. According to Intel, Barrett will retire f... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, January 23, 2009
Bigfoot Networks Opens Silicon Valley HQ, Hires Howse
Bigfoot Networks, a developer of networking cards aimed at computer gamers, said Wednesday that it has moved its headquarters to Silicon Valley from Austin, Texas. The firm said the move came as a result of hiring Michael Howse as President... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Coupons.com Snags CTO From Android Effort
Mountain View-based Coupons, Inc., which develops interactive coupon marketing and technology products, said Tuesday that it has snagged Steve Horowitz as the firm's CTO. Horowitz joins the firm from Google, where he led the firm's engineer... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Maveron Hires San Francisco EIR
Maveron LLC, the venture capital firm based in Seattle headed by Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz, said it has tapped Will Hunsiger as an EIR. Hunsiger--who is based in San Francisco--will focus on consumer digital media, gaming, Internet ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009
Yahoo Confirms Bartz Appointment
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo has confirmed the appointment of Carol Bartz as the firm's CEO. Yahoo said late Tuesday evening that Bartz, most recently Executive Chairman of Autodesk, has been named CEO and a member of the firm's board of directors... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Maxim Founder Dies
Sunnyvale-based Maxim Integrated Products said Monday that the firm's founder and former CEO, Jack Gifford, passed away Sunday evening. Gifford founded Maxim in 1983, and had previously worked at Intersil, Advanced Micro Devices, and Fairch... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Report: Yahoo To Tap Bartz As CEO
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Yahoo is expected to name Carol Bartz, former CEO of Autodesk, as a replacement for founder and CEO Jerry Yang. The paper attributed the information to people familiar with the situation. Yaho... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Simply Hired Swaps Directors
Mountain View-based Simply Hired, an online job search engine, said this morning that it has appointed Kevin Datoo to its board of directors. Datoo is VP of Corporate Development at Fox Interactive Media. Datoo replaces fellow FIM EVP Micha... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Cadence Grabs Lip-Bu Tan As CEO
San Jose-based Cadence Design Systems said last week that it has named Lip-Bu Tan as the firm's President and CEO. Tan is chairman of venture capital firm Walden International, and has been on Cadence's board since 2004. According to Cadenc... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, January 12, 2009
Seagate Names Luczo President, CEO
Scotts Valley-based disk drive maker Seagate Technology said today that it has appointed Stephen J. Luczo, the firm's Chairman, as President and CEO. Luczo replaces current CEO William Watkins. Seagate said that Luczo and Watkins will be di... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, January 12, 2009
Clarus Ventures Names Partners
South San Francisco- and Cambridge-based venture capital firm Clarus Ventures, LLC, said this morning that it has named two new partners. The firm said that it has promoted Emmett Cunningham to Partner and Scott Requadt as Transactional Par... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, January 5, 2009
Turn Names New President, COO
Redwood City-based online advertising firm Turn disclosed today that it has named Bill Demas as its new President and Chief Operating Officer. Demas joins the firm from MokaFive, where he was CEO. Demas was also previously at Yahoo, where h... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, December 22, 2008
VMware Snags European GM From Google
Palo Alto-based virtualization software firm VMware said today that it has named Maurizio Carli as General Manager of the firm's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Carli joins the company from Google, where he was EMEA Managing D... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008
ZeroG Wireless Bolsters Exec Team
Sunnyvale-based ZeroG Wireless, which develops low-power, Wi-Fi chips, said Monday that it has hired on a number of executives. ZeroG said that it has added Goran Andersson as VP of Sales, North America and Europe; Tim Colleran as VP of Mar... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
ARCH Promotes Two
ARCH Venture Partners announced Monday that it has promoted Kristina Burow and Paul Thurk to Partners at the firm. The venture capital firm invests in early-stage technology companies in the life, physical, and information sciences areas. B... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, December 15, 2008
Facebook Adds Washington Post's Graham To Board
Palo Alto-based social networking site Facebook said Thursday that it has tapped Donald E. Graham, the Chairman and CEO of the Washington Post Company, for its board of directors. According to the firm, Graham will join Facebook's CEO, Mark... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, December 11, 2008
SV Life Sciences Hires Three
San Francisco- and Boston-based venture capital firm SV Life Sciences said Monday that it has hired three new Venture Partners at the firm. According to the firm, it has hired Sarah Bodary, Ph.D., and Gary Velasquez to its San Francisco off... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, December 8, 2008
SourceForge Hires New CEO
Mountain View-based open source development firm SourceForge said Thursday that it has named Scott L. Kauffman as President, CEO, and member of the firm's board of directors. Kauffman was most recently President and CEO of PopTok, and has a... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, December 4, 2008
Techmeme Shifts Into Manual
Technology news aggregation site Techmeme has decided to add a human element to the firm's site, saying Wednesday that the site has hired on Megan McCarthy to help edit the site's list of stories. In explaining the move, the site READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2008
SV Life Sciences Promotes Guyer
San Francisco- and Boston-based SV Life Sciences, a venture capital firm focused on the biotechnology and healthcare market, said Tuesday that it has promoted David R. Guyer, M.D., to Partner. Guyer has been at the firm since 2006 as a Vent... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Habbo's Thind Joins Outspark
San Francisco-based online multiplayer game service Outspark said today that it has hired on Paul Thind, formerly of Habbo, as the firm's Chief Business Officer. Thind was most recently General Manager of Sulake Inc. and the Habbo online te... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Kearny Ventures Hires CFO
San Francisco-based Kearny Venture Partners said Monday that it has hired Andrew Jensen as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Kearny said that Jensen will oversee investor relations, legal, finance, information technology and human resourc... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Agito Names New CEO
Santa Clara-based Agito Network said today that it has named Amit Chawla as the firm's President and CEO. Agito Network is a provider of technology to allow for roaming between Wi-Fi and cell phone networks. According to Agito, Chawla joins... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, November 24, 2008
MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures Expands Healthcare Team
Menlo Park-based MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures said Thursday that it has hired on two new executives to its team, focused on start-up opportunities in the health area. According to MDV, it has added Phyllis Whiteley as Executive-in-Residence, a... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008
Symantec's Thompson To Retire
Cupertino-based Symantec said Monday night that John W. Thompson, the firm's Chairman and CEO, will retire as CEO at the end of the fiscal year. Enrique T. Salem will be appointed Chief Operating Officer, President, and CEO to replace Thomp... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Yang Steps Aside At Yahoo
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo said Monday that CEO Jerry Yang has stepped down as CEO. According to Yahoo, Yang will continue to serve on the board, as the firm initiates a search for a new CEO. Yang returned as CEO in June of 2007, but since has b... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Mochi Media Names CEO
San Francisco-based online game advertising firm Mochi Media announced todya that George Garrick has been named CEO and Chairman of the firm's board of directors. The firm, which is venture backed by Accel Partners and Shasta Ventures, said... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Kickfire Snags Armstrong As Chairman, CEO
Santa Clara-based Kickfire, a developer of MySQL database appliances, said today that it has appointed Bruce Armstrong as the firm's Chairman and CEO. Armstrong was most recently CEO and President of KNOVA Software, and has also served at S... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008
BitTorrent CTO Takes Helm
San Francisco-based peer to peer sharing firm BitTorrent said Friday that the firm's Chief Technology Officer, Eric Klinker, has been appointed as CEO of the company. Klinker also has been appointed to the firm's board. Klinker has been CTO... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, November 7, 2008
SonicWall Opens Indian Facility
SonicWALL Inc., a provider of networking products and firewalls, revealed Tuesday that it has officially opened an Engineering and TAC Facility in Bangalore, India. In a related move, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based has designated Abhay Solapur... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Silicon Graphics Names CFO
Silicon Graphics Inc. reported Tuesday that Greg Wood has joined the company as chief financial officer. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based manufacturer of high-performance networking and storage equipment said Wood succeeds Kathy Lanterman, who h... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Cobalt Biofuels Names CEO
Mountain View-based Cobalt Biofuels reported Wednesday that it has named Dr. Rick Wilson as CEO of the company. The firm, which just scored $25M in a funding from Pinnacle Ventures, Vantage Pont Venture Partners, the Malaysian Life Sciences... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
PubMatic Adds Advisors
Palo Alto-based PubMatic, which provides advertising services to online publishers, said that the firm has added two new advisory board members. The firm, which is venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Nexus India Capital, and Helion V... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
RockPort Capital Partners Names General Partner
Boston-based RockPort Capital Partners, a venture capital firm focused on the cleantech industry, said Tuesday that it has added Victor Westerlind as a General Partner in the firm's Menlo Park office. RockPort said that Westerlind joins the... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Emergence Capital Partners Names Venture Partner
San Mateobased Emergence Capital Partners announced Thursday that it has named Richard Yanowitch as a venture partner at the firm. Yanowitch is founder of The Entrepreneurs Group, and recently was venture partner at Accel Partners. Yanowitc... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, October 23, 2008
Technology Crossover Ventures Adds Partner
Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Technology Crossover Ventures said Tuesday that it has added Rob Solomon as a Venture Partner. Solomn is the former CEO of travel search engine firm SideStep. According to TCV, he will focus on investmen... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Highland Capital Promotes Salehizadeh, Adds Advisor
Menlo Park- and Lexington, Mass.-based Highland Capital Partners said Tuesday that it has promoted Dr. Bijan Salehizadeh to General Partner, and hired on an advisor, Dr. Elazer Edelman. According to Highland Capital Partners, Salehizadeh is... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
KPG Ventures Names General Partner
San Francisco-based venture capital firm KPG Ventures said Tuesday that it has appointed Dave Hills as a general partner at the firm. Hills joins the firm from LookSmart, where he was President, CEO, and Director. Hills has also served at 2... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Aggregate Knowledge Hires Product, Marketing VP
San Mateo-based Aggregate Knowledge Inc. reported Monday that it has hired Pascal Bensoussan as vice president of product management and marketing. The company, which publishes real-time consumer analytics software, said Bensoussan will ove... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, October 13, 2008
NEA Promotes Four
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates said Tuesday that it has made a number of promotions. According to the firm, it has named Harry Weller as General Partner at the firm, Rohini Chakravarthy and Jon Sakoda as Par... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Flurry Names New CEO
San Francisco-based Flurry, a provider of mobile analytics software, said Monday that it has named a new President and CEO, Simon Khalaf. The firm, which is venture backed by Borealis Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Draper Richards, ... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, September 29, 2008
Darwin Ventures Staffs Up
San Francisco-based private equity firm Darwin Ventures said Thursday that it has appointed two new partners and a principal to the firm. According to Drawin, it has added Robert A. Young and Ken Hausman as Partners, and Sunil Kurkure as Pr... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008
NVP Expands In Israel
Palo Alto-based venture firm Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) said today that the firm has hired on a new partner in Israel. According to the firm, Dror Nahumi has joined the company as part of a expansion of its global strategy. Nahumi has p... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sofinnova Ventures Names EIR
San Francisco-based Sofinnova Ventures, an early stage venture firm investing in both life sciences and information technology, said late Thursday that it has named Dr. Lars Ekman as a Executive-in-Residence at the firm. According to firm, ... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, September 19, 2008
Kleiner Hires COO
Menlo Park-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) has hired a new Chief Operating Officer, Eric J. Keller, the firm said earlier this week. KPCB said that Keller joins from Movaris, where he was CEO; he has also served at Ventritex, ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008
Redpoint Ventures Hires EIR
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures said last week that it has hired David Karnstedt as an Executive-in-Residence at the firm. Karnstedt joins the firm from Yahoo!, where he was most recently Senior Vice President of U.S... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, September 15, 2008
Battery Ventures Promotes Four
Venture capital and private equity firm Battery Ventures said Tuesday that it has promoted four of the people on its investment team. The firm, which has offices in both Menlo Park and Waltham, Mass., said that it has promoted Jesse Feldman... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 9, 2008
True Ventures Taps Blogger Malik As Venture Partner
Palo Alto-based venture capital firm True Venture has added a new venture partner, blogger Om Malik, according to Malik in a blog post Thursday evening. Malik, who runs GigaOm, Earth2Tech, and other technology vertical blogs, said the move ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, September 4, 2008
Blurb Names WSJ's Crovitz To Board
Venture-backed, San Francisco-based online book publishing service Blurb said today that the firm has added Gordon Crovitz, former publisher of the Wall Street Journal, to its board of directors. Blurb is venture backed by Canaan Partners a... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Zuora Names PayPal's Thompson To Board
San Francisco-based software-as-a-service firm Zuora said today that the firm has added Scott Thompson, president of PayPal, to the firm's board of directors. Zuora is developing software-as-a-service for managing subscription billings. Tho... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2008
KLA-Tencor Loses COO, Gains CFO
Milipitas-based KLA-Tencor, which develops process control equipment for the semiconductor industry, said Thursday that its President and COO, John Kispert, is leaving the company at the end of the year, and that it has hired on Mark P. De... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, August 29, 2008
Glam Media Names Japan Head
Online publisher Glam Media Inc. reported Tuesday that it has hired Yukihiro Yamamura as chief executive officer of its newly formed subsidiary, Glam Media Japan KK, the company's third international debut of the summer. Yamamura, who will ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Teneros Bumps Skov to Chief Marketing Officer
Teneros, publisher of a software platform that helps ensure continuity between Microsoft business applications, reported today that it has promoted Andrea Skov to chief marketing officer. Skov, who had served as vice president of marketing ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Zuora Establishes Advisory Board
Redwood City-based Zuora Inc. reported this morning that it has formed a board of advisors. The firm, which is developing a service to manage online subscriptions for software-as-a-service companies, said that the advisors include Elizabeth... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
El Dorado Ventures Names EIR
Menlo Park-based El Dorado Ventures announced Thursday that it has added Sheeraz Haji as the firm's Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Haji is the former president of Convio, a portfolio firm of the venture capital company. According to El Dorado V... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, August 15, 2008
Maveron Hires In San Francisco
Venture capital firm Maveron LLC, the venture firm founded by Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz, of Starbucks, said today that it has expanded its team and hired on a partner based in San Francisco. Maveron said that it has added Amy J. Errett... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008
YuMe Names CEO
Redwood City-based YuMe, which operates a video advertising network, said today that it has hired Michael Mathieu as the firm's CEO. Former CEO and co-founder Jayant Kadambi becomes President, and remains on the firm's board of directors. M... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Tensilica Names Sales VP
Santa Clara-based Tensilica, which develops application processors, DSP, and other IP semiconductor cores, said Monday that Jerry Ardizzone has been appointed VP of Worldwide Sales at the firm. Ardizzone has previously served at Motorola Se... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, August 11, 2008
SliceX Raises $15M
San Jose-based SliceX said Thursday that it has raised $15M in a funding round for the firm's high performance, analog mixed signal products. The firm said the round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included Global Catalyst Partners a... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tesla Hires CFO
High profile electric car startup Tesla Motors said Monday that it has named a new CFO at the firm, Deepak Ahuja. Ahuja joins the firm from Ford, where he was controller for its small cars product development program. Ahuja has also served ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Granite Ventures Names Exec
San Francisco-based venture capital firm Granite Ventures said Monday that it has added Savinay Berry as a Vice President at the firm. The venture firm said that Berry joins the company from JK&B Capital and MK Capital, serving as an associ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Friendster Gets $20M, New CEO
San Francisco-based Friendster said today that it has raised $20M in new funding, and also appointed a new CEO. The new funding was led by IDG Ventures, along with existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark Capital, DAG ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
TZero Names VP
Sunnyvale-based TZero Technologies, a venture-backed firm in the ultra wideband and wireless video space, said Monday that it has named Raghu Rao as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Rao was most recently VP of EMEA Sales and Marketing for... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, August 4, 2008
Alien Technology Names VP, CFO
Morgan Hill-based Alien Technology Corporation, a developer of RFID technology, said Monday that it has named Charles G. Alvarez as its VP of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Alvarez joins the firm from 2wire, where he was EVP and CFO. ... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, July 28, 2008
Juniper Taps Microsoft For CEO
Juniper Networks said Thursday that it has appointed Kevin Johnson, most recently President of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division, as CEO. According to Juniper, Johnson will begin serving at the firm in September, and will also joi... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, July 24, 2008
Mayfield Adds 3 EIRs
Menlo Park-based Mayfield said Wednesday that it has added three new entrepreneurs in residence to the firm. Mayfield said that Martin Eberhard, co-founder of NCD, NuvoMedia, and Tesla Motors; Marc Tarpenning, of NuvoMedia and Tesla Motors;... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Glam Snags Google Exec
San Francisco- and New York-based, women's web site publisher Glam Media said today that it has appointed former Google executive Michael Adair as the firm's Vice President of Corporate Development and Finance. Glam said that Adair, who hea... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Yahoo Settles With Icahn
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo! Inc. said today that it has reached an agreement with Carl Icahn to settle a pending proxy content. According to Yahoo, eight members of its board of directors will stand for re-election in its 2008 annual meeting, wi... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, July 21, 2008
RingCentral Hires VP
Redwood City-based RingCentral, which operates a hosted business phone service, said Tuesday that it has hired on David D. Sipes as the firm's VP of Worldwide Marketing. Sipes has previously served at Branders.com, Booz Allen Hamilton, Peps... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
VMware Loses Founder
Palo Alto-based VMware said today that Diane Greene, the firm's President and CEO, has left the company. According to VMware, Paul Maritz has been named President and CEO of the firm, and joined the board of directors. Greene was a founder ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Efficient Frontier Expands In Asia
Mountain View-based Efficient Frontier announced this morning that the firm has expanded into Asia, and appointed a new General Manager of its Asia-Pacific business. Efficient Frontier, which is venture backed by Redpoint Ventures and Cambr... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
MuleSource Names VPs
San Francisco-based MuleSource, a venture-backed developer of service oriented architecture (SOA) software, said today that it has named two new VPs at the firm. MuleSource, which is venture backed by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Lights... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, July 7, 2008
Accel's Golden Becomes CEO Of ConSentry
Milpitas-based ConSentry Networks said this morning that Joe Golden, most recently General Partner and co-founder of Accel Partners London, has joined the firm as CEO and member of its board of directors. Consentry has also previously serve... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, July 7, 2008
Andreessen Joins Facebook Board
Marc Andreessen has joined the board of directors of Facebook, the firm said late Monday. Andressen is currently co-founder and chairman at Ning, and was the co-founder of Netscape Communications, CTO of AOL, and chairman and co-founder of ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Teneros Replaces Executive Team
Mountain View-based Teneros said today that it has undergone what it calls a "full restructuring" of its executive team, and launched a new software-as-a-service product. According to the firm, it has appointed Ben Petro as the firm's new P... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008
RGB Networks Hires Engineering VP
Sunnyvale-based RGB Networks said today that it has hired on Charles Corbalis as the firm's new Vice President of Engineering. Corbalis joins the firm from Calient Networks, where he was co-founder, President, and CEO. Corbalis was previous... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Facebook's Cohler Joins Benchmark Capital
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Benchmark Capital said late Thursday that Matt Cohler, a senior executive at Facebook, has joined the firm as General Partner. Cohler is currently Vice President of Product Management at Facebook, and w... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, June 20, 2008
Blurb Opens Euro HQ
San Francisco-based Blurb, a venture-backed provider of custom book publishing services, said Tuesday that the firm has opened up a European headquarters. The firm said that it has hired on Jonathan Wisler as the firm's VP and General Manag... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Accel, Greylock Appoint Yahoo's Weiner As EIR
Venture capital firms Accel Partners and Greylock Partners said late Monday that they have appointed Jeff Weiner, as Executive in Residence at both of the firms. Weiner was most recently Executive Vice President of Yahoo's Network Division.... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Kleiner Perkins Adds Partner
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said Monday that it has added Sun Microsystems' John Gage as a Partner at the firm. Gage was most recently Chief Researcher and VP of Sun's Science Office. According to ... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, June 9, 2008
Glam Snags Meyers From Sheknows.com, Adds Family Vertical
Brisbane, California and New York-based Glam Media, an operator of a network of web sites focused on women, said today that it has hired on former Sheknows.com President and CEO Mike Meyers as head of a new family oriented vertical. Glam Me... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
GGV Expands Investment Team
Menlo Park-based GGV Capital (formerly Granite Global Ventures) said Tuesday that the firm has added two new executives to its investment team. The venture firm said that it has added Jeff Richrds as a Partner, and Jia Fen Wang as Venture P... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Battery Ventures Boosts India Team
Venture capital firm Battery Ventures said this week that it has hired on a new partner to support its investments in India. The firm said that it has added Gautam Patel to its Indian investment team, although Patel will initially be based ... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, May 23, 2008
Socialtext Names Farris To Board
Palo Alto-based wiki software firm Socialtext said this morning that it has named Julie Hanna Farris to the company's board of directors. Farris was the founder and CEO of Scalix, and formerly an EIR at Mayfield. Farris also founded onebox.... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008
Emergence Capital Adds Stiefler As Venture Partner
San Mateo-based Emergence Capital Partners said Tuesday that it has named Jeffrey Stiefler as a venture partner at the firm. Stiefler was most recently chairman and CEO of Digital Insight, which he sold to Intuit for $1.4B. Stiefler has als... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Metacafe Hires CFO
Palo Alto-based Metacafe said this morning that it has hired on Michael Strambi as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Strambi joins the firm from MobiTV, where he was VP of Finance. Strambi has also served at Macromedia, Blue Martini Softw... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
El Dorado Ventures Adds Hinck
Menlo Park-based El Dorado Ventures said Thursday that it has added Jeff Hinck as a General Partner at the firm. According to El Dorado, Hinck will seek new investment opportunities for the company in early-stage information technology comp... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, May 9, 2008
Sequoia’s Gandhi to Join Accel Partners
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners reported Wednesday that it has named Sameer Gandhi as a partner in its Palo Alto, Calif., office. For Accel, Gandhi will help develop companies in the consumer Internet and software sectors... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008
Scale Venture Partners Adds Managing Director
Foster City-based venture firm Scale Venture Partners said today that it has added Rob Theis as a Managing Director. Theis joins the firm from DCM - Doll Capital Management, where he has served as General Partner for the last eight years. A... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Oodle Taps Microsoft For SVP
Internet classifieds service Oodle.com reported Thursday that it has hired former Microsoft executive Kevin Doerr as senior vice president. Most recently, Doerr supervised Microsoft's Windows Live Web Communications group, which includes Wi... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, May 1, 2008
Kleiner Adds EA Exec As Partner
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said Monday that it has added William "Bing" Gordon as a Partner at the firm. Gordon served as Chief Creative Officer at Electronic Arts, and currently is Chief Creative... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Bridgelux Adds Pair of VPs to Executive Staff
LED manufacturer Bridgelux Inc. reported Wednesday that it has hired two vice presidents. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company said Keith Scott will step in as vice president of business development, while David Barnby will join ranks as vic... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008
YuMe Adds Yanowitch To Board
Redwood City-based online video advertising firm YuMe said today that it has added Richard Yanowitch to the firm's board of directors. Yanowitch is currently CEO of The Entrepreneurs Group, and previously served at VeriSign, as a venture pa... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
SiRF Loses CEO, Names Tallwood's Banatao As Interim CEO
San Jose-based SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. said late Thursday that its President and CEO, Michael Canning, has resigned. No reason for the departure was given. As a result, SiRF said that it has appointed Diosdado P. Banatao, a founder o... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, April 18, 2008
LinkedIn Hires Levy as Corporate Development VP
Professional networking service LinkedIn Corp. reported Wednesday that it has hired Ellen Levy as vice president of corporate development and strategy. The Mountain View, Calif.-based business said Levy has been with the company since its f... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
mig33 Names Yanowitch to Board
Burlingame, Calif.-based mig33, a social-networking service for mobile customers, reported Monday that it has appointed Richard Yanowitch to its board of directors. Yanowitch, who joins the board as an independent director, is currently the... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, April 7, 2008
PMC-Sierra Names CEO
Santa Clara-based PMC-Sierra said today that it has named Greg Lang as its President and CEO. Lang joins the firm from Integrated Device Technology (IDT), where he was CEO. Lang also has been serving as PMC-Sierra's chairman of the board. L... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Sun Veteran Yen Joins Juniper Networks
Networking equipment manufacturer Juniper Networks Inc. reported Wednesday that it has hired Dr. David Yen as executive vice president of emerging technologies. Yen joins Juniper after nearly 20 years with Sun Microsystems Inc., where he mo... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Zend Adds To Board
Cupertino-based Zend, which develops the popular PHP open source application development language, said today that it has added Steven Springsteel to the firm's board of directors. Springsteel is Chairman, President, and CEO of Chordiant So... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Zvents Hires Marketing VP
San Mateo-based Zvents, an online search engine for local events, said today that it has named Paul O'Brien as the firm's VP of Marketing. O'Brien has been at the firm since June of last year as its Marketing Director. O'Brien has previousl... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, March 20, 2008
FTVentures Names Byunn Head Of Software
San Francisco-based venture capital firm FTVentures said Thursday evening that it has Partner Eric Byunn to Head of Software at the firm. Byunn has been at FTVentures since 2002. Byunn currently serves on the boards of Coremetrics, SourceC... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, March 14, 2008
LiveOps Taps Yahoo For VP
Palo Alto-based LiveOps said today that it has hired Eckart Walther as the firm's Senior Vice President of LiveOps Marketplace. Walther joins the firm from Yahoo! Search, where he was head of products. According to LiveOps, Walther led the ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Riverbed Names CIO
San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology said Thursday that it has appointed Thomas Bakewell as the firm's Chief Information Officer. Bakewell joins the firm from Coherent, where he was Vice President of Information Technology. Bakewell has ... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, March 7, 2008
Shutterfly Hires HR VP
Redwood City-based Shutterfly announced yesterday that it has hired on a new VP of Human Resources. The firm said that Peter Navin has joined the firm from Electronic Arts, where he was VP of Human Resources. Navin has also served at ChemCo... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, March 6, 2008
SenSage Bolsters Exec Staff
San Francisco-based SenSage, a developer of data warehousing products, said today that it has made two new executive appointments at the company. The firm, which is venture backed by Battery Ventures, Canaan Partners, Mitsui & Co, and Sierr... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
AdBrite Taps PayPal For Engineering VP
San Francisco-based Internet advertising firm AdBrite said Thursday that it has named Daniel Issen as the firm's Vice President of Engineering. Issen joins the firm from eBay, where he was the architect for the firm's catalog systems, blogs... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, February 29, 2008
Sony Names New GM For Crackle
Sony's online video site Crackle said earlier this week that it has named Jonathan Shambroom as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the video site. Shambroom has been at Crackle -- which was previously known as Grouper -- since Sep... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, February 29, 2008
MontaVista Names New President, CEO
Santa Clara-based MontaVista Software said Tuesday that it has appointed Russell "Rusty" Harris as President and CEO of the firm. Harris replaces Tom Kelly, who has left the firm to serve as President and CEO of Epicor Software. Harris was ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008
5AM Ventures Expands Team
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm 5AM Ventures said today that it has added a new venture partner and promoted two of its senior associates. 5AM, which invests in early stage life science companies, said Richard Ulevitch, PhD, has been ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Khosla Ventures Boosts Team
Menlo Park-based Khosla Ventures said Monday that it has added Ford Tamer as an operating partner at the firm. According to Khosla, Tamer will expand the firm's support of scientific work in the clean technology area. Tamer was most recentl... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, February 11, 2008
Sofinnova Names EIR
Menlo Park-based Sofinnova Ventures said Thursday afternoon that it has added David Hytha as an executive-in-residence at the firm. Hytha has served at T-Mobile, Silicon Wave, LGC Wireless, Motorola, and AT&T in a number of executive positi... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, February 8, 2008
CNET Replaces CFO
San Francisco-based technology publisher CNET Networks said Tuesday that it has replaced its CFO, George E. Mazzotta, who is resigning from his role in March. CNET Said that Zander Lurie, the firm's Senior Vice President of Strategy and Dev... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Adobe Names Lynch CTO
San Jose-based Adobe said Tuesday afternoon that Kevin Lynch has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer. Lynch was previously SVP and Chief Software Architect of the firm, and joined the company in 2005 as part of Adobe's acquisition of ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
M/C Venture Partners Promotes Partners
Boston and San Francisco-based venture capital firm M/C Venture Partners said today that it has promoted Gillis S. Cashman and Brian M. clark to General Partner, and Robert Savignol to Partner. The firm focuses on investments in the communi... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, January 14, 2008
USVP Adds Venture Partner
Menlo Park-based U.S. Venture Partners announced Thursday that it has added a new Venture Partner to the venture firm. USVP said that Laurence Lasky, Ph.D. has joined the firm and will be responsible for investing in healthcare technologies... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, January 3, 2008
MIPS Names Executive
Mountain View-based MIPS Technologies said today that it has appointed John Derrick as President and General Manager of the firm's Processor Business Group. Derrick has served at Intel Corp., which he joined after the firm acquired Conforma... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Soonr Appoints VP
SoonR, provider of a service that allows people to backup their computer files online and then retrieve them from any Internet-connected device, reported Wednesday that it has hired Jonathan Wood as senior vice president of worldwide sales ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007
CMEA Adds Pasternack As Venture Partner
San Francisco-based CMEA Ventures said today that it has added Bruce Pasternack as a venture partner. Pasternack has served at Booz Allen Hamilton, and was most recently president and CEO of Special Olympics Inc. Pasternack has also served ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, December 6, 2007
Krugle Adds Fuller To Board
Menlo Park-based code search engine firm Krugle said this morning that it has added Dale Fuller, ex-CEO of McAfee and Borland, to its board of directors. Fuller was interim president and CEO of McAfee, and also served as CEO of Borland. Kru... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Scale Venture Partners Adds Associate
Foster City-based Scale Venture Partners said Thursday that it has hired Karam Mehandru as an Associate at the firm, focused on technology. Mehadru joins from Synopsys, where he was a Sales Account Manager. According to Scale, Mehandru will... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, November 16, 2007
BlueRun Ventures Adds To China Operations
Menlo Park-based BlueRun Ventures said today that it has added William Qu and Mike Ding to the firm as Investment Directors. Qu and Ding will make investments in China for the firm, with a focus on new media, wireless, and consumer services... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, November 12, 2007
DCM Names Bonner General Counsel
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm DCM said Wednesday that it has named Matthew C. Bonner as the firm's general counsel. DCM said that Bonner will be responsible for the firm's legal matters in the newly created position. Bonner joins th... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Evergrid Names Van Den Bosch CEO
Fremont, California-based Evergrid, a company developing data center automation software, said Tuesday that it has named Fred van den Bosch as the firm's CEO. Van den Bosch was EVP, and CTO of VERITAS Software. Van den Bosch was most recent... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Zazzle Names Heckman As Chief Strategy Officer
Redwood City-based Zazzle, the venture-backed online site which allows people to create their own customized products, said today that it has added James Heckman as Chief Strategy Officer and board advisor. Heckman was most recently Chief S... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, October 29, 2007
BitTorrent Appoints CEO and CTO
San Francisco-based peer-to-peer delivery network BitTorrent said this morning that it has named Douglas Walker as the firm's CEO, and Eric Klinker as CTO, as current CEO and co-founder, Bram Cohen becomes Chief Scientist at the firm. Walke... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Tivo Adds Wolzien To Board
Alviso-based DVR firm Tivo said Thursday afternoon that it has added Thomas Wolzien to the firm's board of directors. Wolzein is President of Wolzien LLC, a consultancy for the media and communication industry; has has also previously serve... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, October 12, 2007
SideStep Snags VP From Yahoo
Santa Clara-based SideStep said Thursday that it has hired Matthew Heist as the firm's Senior Vice President of Global Search. Heist joins the firm from Yahoo, where he was VP of Business Operations. Heist most recently headed strategy and ... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, October 12, 2007
Silicon Image Appoints New CFO
Sunnyvale-based Silicon Image said Thursday afternoon that it has hired Hal Covert as Chief Financial Officer. Covert joins the firm from Openwave Systems, where he was CFO; Covert replaces Robert R. Freeman, who announced in April that he ... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, October 5, 2007
MobiTV Appoints CEO
Emeryville-based MobiTV said earlier this week that it has appointed Charlie Nooney as CEO of the firm. Nooney joins from Technical Network Services, a division of The Thomson Corporation. Nooney has also served as CEO of Premier Retail Net... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, October 5, 2007
TiVo Names Danovitz International GM
Alviso-based TiVo said earlier this week that Joshua Danovitz has been promoted to Vice President and GM of its International efforts. Danovitz has been at TiVo since 2004, and has been managing its overseas strategy and cross-border partne... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, October 5, 2007
Garage Technology Ventures Expands
Palo Alto-based Garage Technology Ventures said today that it has added Joyce Chung and Henry Wong to the seed stage venture capital fund. Chung has joined as Managing Director, and Wong as Venture Partner at the fund. Chung has served at C... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Zvents Installs Krohn as Engineering Vice President
Zvents, a local search engine for activities and events, announced Tuesday that it has hired Robert Krohn as its vice president of engineering. Krohn, the company explained, boasts more than 15 years of systems engineering and management ex... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Morgenthaler Ventures Adds Partner
Menlo Park-based Morgenthaler Ventures said earlier this week that it has added Hank Plain as a new Partner at the firm. Plain joins the firm from The Foundry, and has also served as President and CEO of Perclose, and held board and chair s... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, September 7, 2007
Podbrige Names CEO, VP
Mountain View-based Podbridge said earlier this week that it has named Brian Steel as CEO of the firm, and appointed Jeff Karnes as VP of Marketing and Products. The venture-backed provider of advertising and measurement for the podcast ind... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, September 7, 2007
Danger Expands Board
Palo Alto-based Danger, Inc., which is developing mobile messaging software, said today that it has appointed two new members to its board of directors. The firm said that Rick gilbert and Rocky Pimentel have joined the firm's board. Gilber... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Benchmark Names Tolia, Leary As EIRs
Menlo Park-based Benchmark Capital announced today that it has added Nirav Tolia and Sarah Leary as Entrepreneurs in Residence at the venture capital firm. Tolia was co-foudner and CEO of Epinions, and also served as COO of Shopping.com; ... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007
Google CFO To Retire
Mountain View-based Google said Tuesday afternoon that George Reyes, the firm's CFO, is retiring. Reyes will remain with the firm while it seeks a new CFO, and is expected to retire by the end of the year. Reyes has served at Google for the... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2007
AMD Sales, Marketing Head Resigns
Sunnyvale-based AMD said late yesterday that its Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Henri Richard, is leaving the company. The firm said that Richard is departing of his own accord and on "completely amicable" terms with the firm. No reason... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007
Intuit CEO Steps Down
Mountain View-based Intuit said last night that its current President and CEO, Steve Bennett, is stepping down from the company at the end of the year. Intuit said that Bennett will remain a board member of the firm, and will serve as a con... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007
SoonR Names McVeigh CEO
Campbell-based SoonR, the startup that allows mobile phone users to access their desktop PCs from their cell phones, said today that it has named Patrick McVeigh as CEO of the firm. McVeigh was most recently CEO of PalmSource, and has also ... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Transmeta Names CFO
Santa Clara-based Transmeta said today that it has appointed Sujan Jain as CFO of the firm. Jain replaces Ralph J. Harms, who the firm said is leaving the company to pursue other interests. Jain joins the firm from NanoAmp Solutions, and ha... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, August 20, 2007
Pay By Touch Appoints CFO
San Francisco-based Pay By Touch announced Monday that it has added Robert M. Sigler as CFO. Sigler is co-founder and President of the Global Trust Ventures private equity fund, a major investor in the firm. Pay By Touch said that Sigler ha... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, July 30, 2007
Yahoo Names Wilderotter To Board
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo! said today that it has appointed Maggie Wilderotter to the company's board. Wilderotter is Chairman and CEO of Citizens Communications Company. Wilderotter has also served as SVP at Microsoft, President and CEO of Win... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, July 27, 2007
LinkedIn Continues Exec Hiring Spree, Taps Yahoo for Engineering VP
Mountain View-based LinkedIn is continuing its efforts to expand its executive team, saying this morning that it has hired Anil Khatri, formerly Yahoo!'s VP of Advertising Systems, as Vice President of Engineering. Current VP Engineering an... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, July 2, 2007
ZeroG Names CEO, VP
Sunnyvale-based ZeroG Wireless, a developer of lower power RF integrated circuits, said Thursday that it has named a new CEO and added a VP of Engineering. ZeroG said that John D. Cummins has been named Chief Executive Officer, and Andrew N... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, June 28, 2007
LinkedIn Taps Yahoo For Marketing VP
Mountain View-based LinkedIn has tapped another new executive for its team, saying today that it has hired Patrick Crane as the company's Vice President of Marketing. Crane was most recently VP of Marketing for Yahoo!'s Network Division. Cr... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, June 28, 2007
Topix Names New CEO
Palo Alto-based Topix said Tuesday afternoon that the firm has named a new CEO. The firm said that Chris Tolles has been appointed as CEO, succeeding founder Rich Skrenta. Tolles has been at Topix since 2004. The firm said that Skrenta will... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Greenplum Names CFO
San Mateo-based open source database software startup Greenplum said today that it has appointed Michael Asher as CFO. Asher joins the firm from Newscale, where he served as CFO. Asher has also served at Octane Software, Gigalabs, and Cisco... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Scale Venture Partners Taps Denten As CFO
Foster City-based Scale Venture Partners said today that it has hired Mary Denten as Chief Financial Officer for the firm. The venture capital firm said that Denten joins the company from Global Catalyst Partners, and will be responsible fo... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Yahoo Names Jerry Yang CEO
Sunnyvale-based online search engine Yahoo! said Monday evening that it has appointed Yahoo! Co-founder Jerry Yang as CEO of the firm, replacing current CEO Terry Semel. The firm said that Semel will become non-executive Chairman of the fir... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Venrock Adds Beisel, Levtov To Firm
Menlo Park-based Venrock said Thursday that it has added David Beisel and Ilya Levtov to the firm. The two will join the company as Vice Presidents, focused on the company's media initiative. Beisel will be based in Cambridge, and Levtov wi... READ MORE...
posted on Friday, May 18, 2007
Stolle Joins MDV-Mohr Davidow
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures has added Bryan Stolle to the firm, the company said Thursday. Stolle was a co-founder of Agile Software, and also served on its board and CEO through April of 2006. Stolle wil... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, April 26, 2007
New Leaf Names Venture Partner
Menlo Park-based New Leaf Venture Partners has named Milton B. McColl, M.D. as a Venture Partner, the firm said today. McColl joins the firm from Boston Scientific, where he was President of the company's Neurovascular division. McColl will... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Granite Global Ventures Adds Partners
Menlo Park-based Granite Global Ventures reported today that the firm has appointed two new partners. Granite Global said that it has promoted Helen Wong and added JC Huang as partners. Wong is based in Shanghai, and Huang is based in Menlo... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, April 16, 2007
CMEA Ventures Adds Partner
San Francisco-based CMEA Ventures has added Saad Khan as new partner, the firm said Monday. Khan joins the firm from Garage Technology Ventures, where he led the firm's advisory services group. Khan will focus on CMEA's software investments... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, April 16, 2007
Tzero Adds CFO
Sunnyvale-based TZero Technologies, which is developing ultra wideband (UWB) semiconductors for video distribution, has named a C. Stephen Cordial as CFO of the firm. Cordial has served as CFO of PMC Sierra, Voysys, Xylans, Nexi, and Somera... READ MORE...
posted on Monday, March 26, 2007
Doppelganger Appoints CEO
San Francisco-based Doppelganger, which is developing avatar-based virtual worlds, said today that it has appointed Tim Stevens as President, CEO, and board member. Current CEO Andrew Littlefield will become Chief Creative Officer and retai... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Pageflakes Hires Silicon Valley CEO
Pageflakes, a German firm developing personalized homepages based on home page widgets, said today that it has appointed My Yahoo!'s Dan Cohen as CEO of the firm and as its U.S. founding partner. The firm said it will establish a U.S. headq... READ MORE...
posted on Thursday, February 8, 2007
FTVenture Names Partners
San Francisco-based FTVentures said today that it has promoted Eric Byunn and Chris Winship to the position of partner at the private equity firm. Byunn is focused on software investing, and Winship on business services. Byunn sits on the b... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Trident Capital Promotes Simoudis To Managing Director
Palo Alto-based Trident Capital said today that it has named Evangelos Simoudis to the position of Managing Director. Simoudis was previously a venture partner at the firm. Simoudis focuses on software and Internet investments, and sits on ... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, February 7, 2007
CMP Buys Software 2007 Conference
San Francisco-based CMP Technology, the conference organizer behind the Web 2.0 Summit, said today it has acquired the Software 2007 conference. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. M. R. Rangaswami, executive conference d... READ MORE...
posted on Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Vector Capital Expands Team
San Francisco-based private equity firm Vector Capital said today that it has hired two new members of its team. The firm, which specializes in spinouts, buyouts, and recapitalizations, said it has added David Fishman as Principal and Eliza... READ MORE...
posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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