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Date: August 12, 2008 Company: YuMe Executive: Michael Mathieu Position: Chief Executive Officer		YuMe, a leading video advertising network, has named Michael Mathieu as Chief Executive Officer. Michael joins YuMe from Freedom Communications, where he was President of the firm's Internet Division. Prior to Freedom, Michael served as Vice President and Senior Vice President at United Online, Inc. During his time at United, he was responsible for the online advertising, search, and commerce revenues for the company. Earlier in his career, Michael worked for AT&T, CompuServe, and Wang Laboratories holding various positions in sales and marketing. YuMe is venture backed by Accel Partners, BV Capital, DAG Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
Date: July 28, 2008 Company: Forbes.com Executive: Lisa Mogensen Position: Chief Financial Officer		Forbes.com, the No. 1 business news source in the world, has named Lisa Mogensen as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing financial operations for all Forbes Digital properties, including Forbes.com, Investopedia, RealClearPolitics.com, and Clipmarks.com. Previously, Lisa was Chairman and Founder of LAM Endeavors, where she launched the luxury fine dining Web site, TravelsinTaste.com. Prior to that, Lisa spent seven years as Chief Financial Officer at TheStreet.com, where she oversaw all financial operations for both TheStreet.com and its wholly owned broker dealer subsidiary, Independent Research Group, LLC. She has also held senior financial management positions at media and entertainment companies including NBC, American Sky Broadcasting (a division of News Corporation), and Alliance Entertainment Corporation. Forbes Digital is a division of Forbes Media LLC, a privately held company which has received an investment from Elevation Partners.
Date: July 21, 2008 Company: PBwiki, Inc. Executive: Jim Groff Position: Chief Executive Officer		PBwiki Inc., the world's largest provider of hosted business and educational wikis, has named Jim Groff as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining PBwiki, Jim was a Senior Vice President at Oracle, which he joined though the acquisition of TimesTen, where he was Chief Executive Officer. Prior to TimesTen, Jim held multiple executive positions at Apple Computer including head of its educational business unit. Jim joined Apple through the acquisition of Network Innovations Corporation, a company he founded. He is the author of several technical books, including Understanding Unix: a Conceptual Guide and Using SQL. The Company has received funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures.
Date: July 17, 2008 Company: OptiMedica Corporation Executive: Mark Murray Position: Chief Financial Officer		OptiMedica® Corporation, a leading developer of ophthalmic therapeutic devices, has named Mark Murray as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining OptiMedica, Mark was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration for Emphasys Medical Inc., an emerging interventional pulmonology company. Previously, Mark spent more than twenty years at Guidant Corporation and its predecessor, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems. While at Guidant, he held numerous officer-level financial positions; most recently, he served as Vice President of Finance for the company’s Vascular Intervention, Endovascular Solutions and Cardiac Surgery business units. OptiMedica® Corporation is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Alloy Ventures.
Date: July 16, 2008 Company: Predictive Biosciences, Inc. Executive: Ellen Sheets Position: Chief Medical Officer		Predictive Biosciences, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company developing non-invasive diagnostic products for informed cancer management™, has named Ellen Sheets, M.D. as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Sheets most recently served as Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President at Hologic Inc. From 1997 to 2002, Dr. Sheets served as an associate professor for Harvard Medical School and associate director for the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she built a successful gynecologic oncology practice and developed a cervical cancer research program. Dr. Sheets earned her MBA from the Stern School of New York University, and her B.S. and M.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. Predictive is privately funded by Highland Capital Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners (formerly IDG Ventures Atlantic).
Date: July 16, 2008 Company: DNAR Executive: Stella Quan Position: Senior Director, Product Development		DNAR, a leading biotechnology company creating innovative cancer diagnostics for personalized medicine, has named Stella Quan as Senior Director of Product Development. Most recently, Stella was Director of Immunodiagnostics Research and Development at BioMerieux, a worldwide company specialized in the field of in vitro diagnostics for medical and industrial applications. Prior, she was Senior Director of Research and Development Operations at Tripath, which develops cancer molecular diagnostic products. Stella started her career at Chiron Corporation, 3M Diagnostic Systems, and SmithKline Instruments. She has Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. The Company has received funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures.
Date: July 8, 2008 Company: SEPATON, Inc. Executive: Paul McDermott Position: Chief Financial Officer		SEPATON, Inc., the leader in enterprise-class data protection solutions, has named Paul McDermott as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Paul was Vice President of Finance, Corporate Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer of Sonus Networks, a publicly-traded provider of infrastructure solutions. Prior to Sonus, Paul was also the Chief Financial Officer of three technology companies: Network Intelligence, ServiceWare Technologies and Firepond. While at Firepond, he led the company though an initial public offering. Earlier in his career, he was the Controller of Legent Corporation. Privately held, SEPATON has received funding from HarbourVest Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Menlo Ventures and Valhalla Partners.
Date: June 30, 2008 Company: Cellfire, Inc. Executive: Tory Bourne Position: Vice President, Finance		Cellfire, Inc., the only nationwide mobile coupon and discount offer service, has named Tory Bourne as Vice President of Finance. Tory joins Cellfire from Yahoo! where she led the operations finance team for Yahoo! Mobile. During her four years at Yahoo!, she oversaw substantial growth and investment in new mobile products, multiple company acquisitions, and the development of mobile search and advertising businesses. Prior to Yahoo!, she was a director at Vodafone for eight years, where she developed product strategy for Vodafone Group, led product development for Vodafone’s Global Internet Platform in the US, and ran financial planning for Vodafone New Zealand. Tory began her career in strategy consulting, initially joining Andersen Consulting in London and then The Boston Consulting Group in Auckland, NZ. Privately held, Cellfire has received funding from Silver Creek Ventures, Storm Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
Date: June 12, 2008 Company: RGE Monitor Executive: Dean Daniels Position: Chief Executive Officer		RGE Monitor, a global economic and financial analysis firm, has named Dean Daniels as Chief Executive Officer. Dean joins from Seed Media Group, a science media company, where he was Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President of Gartner’s worldwide research business, where he managed a division of more than 1,300 employees. From 1998-2001, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of theglobe.com. Dean spent the first 20 years of his career in broadcast television, including 14 years at CBS Television in a variety of roles. Most notably, he was the founder and VP, General Manager of the CBS New Media division, helping the network to launch and establish its digital news and entertainment presence. RGE Monitor, which delivers ahead-of-the-curve economic insights for financial professionals, is backed by individuals including Bill Janeway.
Date: June 5, 2008 Company: Thought Equity Motion Executive: Sal Siino Position: Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales		Thought Equity Motion, the world’s largest supplier of online motion content licensing and management services, has named Sal Siino as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Previously with Westwood One, Sal served as Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Operations, where he oversaw more than $200 million in annual revenues. Before joining Westwood One, he practiced law with Kelley, Drye & Warren and worked as an investment banker in Merrill Lynch’s Mergers and Acquisitions group. Privately held, Thought Equity Motion has received funding from Access Venture Partners, Adams Street Partners and Vista Ventures.
Date: June 3, 2008 Company: RedSeal Systems, Inc. Executive: Tom Arthur Position: Chief Executive Officer		RedSeal Systems, Inc., a leading developer of innovative security risk management software, has named Tom Arthur as Chief Executive Officer. Most recently, Tom was Chief Executive Officer of PhoneSpots, which was successfully sold to Call Genie in January of 2008. Prior to PhoneSpots, Tom served three years as President and CEO of Arbor Networks. Prior to Arbor Networks, Arthur served five years as President of ActivCard Inc. While at ActivCard, Tom helped the company grow from $3 million in annual revenues to over $34 million, culminating in a successful IPO on NASDAQ, raising $300 million. RedSeal is privately funded by JAFCO Ventures, Leapfrog Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Venrock Associates.
Date: May 20, 2008 Company: Panther Express Executive: Steve Liddell Position: Chief Executive Officer		Panther Express, a global provider of high performance content delivery services, has named Steve Liddell as Chief Executive Officer. Steve was most recently an independent consultant advising two private equity firms, Columbia Capital and MC Venture Partners, on their recent acquisition of GTS CE, an eastern European telecommunications operator. Prior to this, he was Chief Operating Officer of Clearwire International LLC, where he was responsible for the international operations of the early-stage WiMAX operator. From 1999 to 2005, Steve worked at Level 3 Communications Inc., first as President of Asia and later as a Group Vice President. Earlier in his career, Steve served as President of MCI-WorldCom Asia-Pacific. Panther Express has received venture financing from Greylock Partners, Gold Hill Capital, and Index Ventures.
Date: May 20, 2008 Company: Inertia Beverage Group Executive: Ted Jansen Position: Chief Executive Officer		Inertia Beverage Group (IBG), the premier provider of web-based technology used by wineries to manage direct sales and marketing, has named Ted Jansen as Chief Executive Officer. Ted most recently was Senior Vice President of Product and Retail at Expedia, Inc. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for the Internet Group at Walt Disney. During his time at Walt Disney, Ted oversaw online product management and marketing and built Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Online from the ground up. IBG is backed by Allegis Capital and Sid R. Bass Associates.
Date: May 19, 2008 Company: Image Metrics Executive: Michael Starkenburg Position: Chief Operating Officer		Image Metrics, a leader of performance-driven facial animation, has named Michael Starkenburg as Chief Operating Officer and Director. Before joining Image Metrics, Mike was acting as an executive advisor for a number of private equity firms and technology companies. Prior, he was a Technology Partner at the Sprout Group, a venture capital fund. Prior to that, he was CTO of Gemstar-TVGuide, and held various senior management positions at Advantix, Inc., Outpost.com, and America Online. Image Metrics has received funding from Saffron Hill Ventures.
Date: May 19, 2008 Company: Topspin Media, Inc. Executive: Ian Rogers Position: Chief Executive Officer		Topspin Media, Inc., a leading media technology company, has named Ian Rogers as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Topspin, Ian was General Manager of Music at Yahoo! During his time at Yahoo, the company released the Yahoo Media Player, purchased FoxyTunes, and launched a new version of Yahoo Video. Previously, Ian co-founded personal music sharing software provider Mediacode which was successfully sold to Yahoo!. Prior Ian was President of New Media at Grand Royal where he partnered with the Beastie Boys. Earlier in his career, Ian worked for AOL’'s Nullsoft unit. Topspin Media is backed by Redpoint Ventures.
Date: May 15, 2008 Company: DNAR Executive: Brian Ward Position: Executive Vice President		DNAR, a leading biotechnology company creating innovative cancer diagnostics for personalized medicine, has named Brian Ward Ph.D., as Executive Vice President. Most recently, Brian was the Senior Vice President of Development at Genomic Health, Inc. He has served as Senior Vice President of Medical Genetic Services and Senior Vice President of Operations at Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. Additionally, Brian has held positions at Genzyme Genetics and The University of Colorado. He is a Founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics and is boarded in Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics. The Company has received funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures.
Date: May 15, 2008 Company: BigFix, Inc. Executive: Allan Peters Position: Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales		BigFix, Inc., the category leader in security configuration management software, services, and solutions for real-time visibility and control of computers across the distributed enterprise, has named Allan Peters as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Previously, Allan was the Chief Executive Officer of startup Gamma Enterprise Technologies. Before Gamma, Allan was the Vice President of Enterprise Sales for the Americas at Symantec. Prior to Symantec, Allan was the Vice President of Worldwide Sales for SecurityFocus. Allan's experience also includes senior executive positions with Computer Associates and Exabyte. BigFix has received funding from Levensohn Venture Partners, Selby Venture Partners, and Thomas Weisel Venture Partners.
Date: May 13, 2008 Company: PivotLink Corporation Executive: Quentin Gallivan Position: Chief Executive Officer		PivotLink Corporation, the leading provider of business analytics delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS), has named Quentin Gallivan as President and Chief Executive Officer. Before joining PivotLink, Quentin was Chief Executive Officer at Postini where he grew the company to over 35,000 customers and 10 million users in 25 countries. Quentin led the acquisition of Postini by Google for $625M in September 2007. Prior to Postini, Quentin served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services for VeriSign's security and services business. Quentin also held a number of key executive and leadership positions for Netscape and GE Information Services. Pivotlink has received funding from Emergence Capital Partners and Trident Capital.
Date: May 9, 2008 Company: Codon Devices, Inc. Executive: Kareem Saad Position: Vice President, Marketing & Business Development		Codon Devices, Inc., the Constructive Biology Company, has named Kareem Saad as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Prior to joining Codon Devices, Kareem was President and CEO of GulfStream Bioinformatics Corporation. Previously, he co-founded TransMed Partners, a specialized consulting company focused on helping clients commercialize innovations in the Healthcare and Life Sciences market. Prior to TransMed Partners, Kareem was head of Business Development for the InnovationXchange Network USA and formerly held multiple roles in IBM's Healthcare and Life Sciences business. Codon Devices has received funding from Alloy Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Date: April 14, 2008 Company: Pelago, Inc. Executive: Jeff Ayars Position: Vice President, Engineering		Pelago, Inc., a pioneer in location-based mobile social networking, has named Jeff Ayars as Vice President of Engineering. Prior to joining Pelago, Jeff was Chief Technology Officer at Konamoxt, an online fitness, diet, health and wellness community. Before Konamoxt, Jeff was with RealNetworks, Inc. for over 10 years in engineering roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently Jeff was Vice President of Engineering responsible for engineering, quality assurance, maintenance, and support for packaged software products in the technology products and services division. Jeff started his career with Asymetrix Corporation. Pelago is privately held and has received funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Trilogy Equity Partners and Bezos Expeditions.
Date: April 8, 2008 Company: TheLadders.com Executive: Rick Eaton Position: Chief Financial Officer		TheLadders.com, the world's leading online platform for $100k+ jobs, has named Rick Eaton as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to TheLadders.com, Rick was Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary for Quigo Technologies, Inc., a creator of auction-based advertising marketplaces, which was acquired by Time Warner's AOL unit (NYSE: TWX) in December 2007. Previously, Rick served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Juno Online Services, Inc., one of the nation's leading Internet Service Providers. He joined Juno in 1996, created its financial systems and managed its initial public offering. Juno merged with Netzero, Inc. in 2001 to form United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNTD). Rick also held financial roles with Metaserver, Inc., Datalogix International, Inc. and J.D. Edwards & Co., Inc. He began his career at Coopers & Lybrand. Privately held, TheLadders.com has received funding from Egis Capital Partners and Matrix Partners.
Date: April 7, 2008 Company: Roost, Inc. Executive: Drew Izzo Position: Chief Marketing Officer		Roost, Inc., a next-generation vertical search company focused on the consumer real estate market, has named Drew Izzo as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to Roost, Drew was the Vice President of Marketing for Ancestry.com, the world's leading family history website with over 5 million monthly unique visitors. While at Ancestry.com, he helped to grow the revenues from under $40 million to over $180 million. Before joining Ancestry.com, Drew managed global marketing for Novell and drove partner marketing at WebMiles.com. Roost is privately held and has received venture funding from General Catalyst Partners and Geolo Capital.
Date: April 3, 2008 Company: OptiMedica Corporation Executive: Robert Eno Position: Vice President, Marketing		OptiMedica Corporation, a global ophthalmic device company, has named Robert Eno as Vice President of Marketing. Rob joins OptiMedica from emerging medical device company NeoGuide Systems Inc., where he served as Vice President of Marketing. Prior to NeoGuide, he was Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Avantec Vascular Corporation. Prior to Avantec, he spent six years at Guidant Corporation’s Vascular Intervention Division, where he held various roles in marketing, product management and strategic planning. OptiMedica is funded by Alloy Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Date: March 24, 2008 Company: Centrify Corporation Executive: Steve Kennedy Position: Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations		Centrify Corporation, a leading provider of Microsoft Active Directory-centric identity management solutions for Linux, UNIX and Mac, has named Steve Kennedy as Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations. Most recently, Steve was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Zantaz. During his four year tenure, he grew the business from $13 million to over $130 million. Prior to joining Zantaz, he was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Wind River Systems. Steve also spent 10 years at Quantum Corporation, where he most recently served as the Executive Vice President Worldwide Sales and Marketing. Centrify is funded by Accel Partners, Invesco Private Capital, Mayfield Fund and Sigma Partners.
Date: March 19, 2008 Company: Predictive Biosciences, Inc. Executive: Peter Klemm Position: President & Chief Executive Officer		Predictive Biosciences, Inc., developer of intervention diagnostic products for informed cancer management™, has named Peter Klemm, Ph.D., as the first President and Chief Executive Officer. Peter was formerly Chief Executive Officer of molecular diagnostics company GeneOhm Sciences, which he built from its inception in 2002 and successfully sold to Becton Dickinson in 2006. Prior to GeneOhm Sciences, Peter was Chief Executive Officer of JOMED, Inc., a Swiss-based company that develops and manufactures products for interventional cardiology, radiology and minimally invasive vascular surgery. Prior to JOMED, Peter served as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Gruenenthal GmbH, a European pharmaceutical company. Predictive is privately funded by Highland Capital Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners (formerly IDG Ventures Atlantic).
Date: March 17, 2008 Company: Consorte Media, Inc. Executive: Craig Fanning Position: Regional Vice President, Advertising Sales		Consorte Media, Inc., the leading provider of online marketing solutions targeting the Hispanic market, has named Craig Fanning as Regional Vice President of Advertising Sales. Craig joins the company from Alloy Media & Marketing (NASDAQ: ALOY), a media and marketing services company primarily targeting the 10 - 24 year old population, where he was Vice President of Interactive Sales. Prior to joining Alloy, Craig was with Oxygen Media as Vice President of Interactive Sales. Consorte Media, Inc. is privately held and backed by the Mayfield Fund.
Date: February 4, 2008 Company: hi5 Networks, Inc. Executive: Jeff Stephens Position: Chief Financial Officer		hi5 Networks, Inc., a leading international social network, has named Jeff Stephens as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to hi5, Jeff was the Senior Vice President Finance, Administration and Corporate Controller at QuinStreet, Inc., a leading online marketing and media company. At QuinStreet, Jeff built the financial and control infrastructure that allowed the company to scale. During his tenure, QuinStreet experienced substantial growth in revenue, profits and headcount. Jeff also served as corporate controller at Sonnet Financial, and started a software company while in college. hi5 Networks is funded by Mohr Davidow Ventures.
Date: February 4, 2008 Company: Rhythm NewMedia, Inc. Executive: Dan Yoo Position: Senior Vice President, Finance & Corporate Development		Rhythm NewMedia, Inc., a global supplier of ad-supported mobile content, has named Dan Yoo as Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development. Most recently, Dan was Chief Financial Officer of Parature, an innovator of online customer support software. Prior to Parature, Dan co-founded ReliaQuote, a leading Internet insurance brokerage firm, which was acquired by Fiserv, Inc. in 2003. ReliaQuote was ranked as the #1 life insurance site on the Web by Forbes and SmartMoney. Dan also worked on numerous technology financings and acquisitions as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch's Technology Investment Banking Group and with Epoch Partners, a technology focused investment bank that was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2001. Rhythm has received funding from The Carlyle Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, and Rembrant Venture Partners.
Date: February 2, 2008 Company: Five9, Inc. Executive: Mike Burkland Position: Chief Executive Officer		Five9, Inc., the leader in on-demand virtual call center software, has named Mike Burkland as President and Chief Executive Officer. Burkland most recently ran the Strategic Advisory Practice at ICN, specializing in providing leadership and strategic advisory to high technology companies. In the 11 years prior to joining ICN, Burkland was CEO of a handful of enterprise software and SaaS companies in market segments ranging from systems management and content management to security and CRM, and has led three private companies through successful acquisitions by larger public companies. Privately held, Five9 has received funding from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Mosaic Venture Partners, and Partech International.
Date: January 31, 2008 Company: OpGen, Inc. Executive: Noel Doheny Position: Chief Executive Officer		OpGen, Inc., a leader in single molecule DNA analysis, has named Noel Doheny as Chief Executive Officer. Noel brings over 30 years of experience leading and growing both publicly traded and start-up health care and biotechnology businesses. Most recently he led the diagnostic efforts at Affymetrix, where he was Senior Vice President of Molecular Diagnostics. Prior to joining OpGen, Noel held leadership roles at Ciba-Corning (now Siemens), Biostar (now Inverness Medical) and Qiagen. OpGen’s investors include CHL Medical, Highland Capital Partners and Versant Ventures.
Date: January 21, 2008 Company: OptiMedica Corporation Executive: Robert Haddad Position: Vice President, Operations		OptiMedica Corporation, a leading developer of ophthalmic therapeutic devices, has named Robert Haddad as Vice President of Operations. Prior to joining OptiMedica, Robert was Vice President of International Operations and Business Development for Eklin Medical Systems, the world's leader in Digital Radiology (DR) and PACS products for the veterinary care market. Previously, Robert was the COO and co-founder of Translucent Photonics where he raised $9M in venture capital and built a world-class lab. Prior to founding Translucent Photonics, Robert was Vice President of Operations and Development at Sunrise Technologies International and Iridex Corporation. Prior Robert was with Coherent, Inc. a leading laser systems provider. OptiMedica is funded by Alloy Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Date: January 21, 2008 Company: ServiceSource Corporation Executive: Mark Sakaniwa Position: Vice President, Healthcare		ServiceSource Corporation, the leader in service performance management, has named Mark Sakaniwa as Vice President of Healthcare. Mark was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Radianse, a privately held, venture funded RFID company specializing in location and identification based productivity solutions. Prior to his time at Radianse, Mark served as President of McKesson Automated Prescription Systems. Prior to this role, Mark was National Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Implementation. ServiceSource is privately held and has received funding from Accretive, Benchmark Capital, General Atlantic, and Housatonic Partners.
Date: January 14, 2008 Company: InfoNow Corporation Executive: Keith Knowles Position: Vice President, Marketing		InfoNow Corporation, the leading provider of SaaS-based channel data services, has named Keith Knowles as Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining InfoNow, Keith was Vice President of Products and Strategy for OnDemand Solutions at TeleTech, Inc., a $1.2 billion global business process outsourcer and hosted SaaS software solution provider. Previously, Keith was General Manager of the Business Intelligence Solutions Unit at Amdocs, and Director of Product Management for Clarify. InfoNow collects, processes, and enriches channel sales and inventory data for companies that sell through channel partner networks. The Company recently received Series A funding from Sequel Venture Partners and Sevin Rosen Funds.
Date: January 14, 2008 Company: TrustedID Executive: Sam Shawki Position: Vice President, Engineering		TrustedID, a leading provider of proactive identity theft protection solutions, has appointed Sam Shawki as Vice President of Engineering. Most recently, Sam was Vice President of Engineering at Obopay where he was responsible for all aspects of software development, deployment, and hosted services operations for the leading mobile payments company in the U.S. At Obopay, Sam lead the technical teams through a rapid growth period and delivered scalable and secure financial systems in partnership with Citi, Verizon Wireless, and AOL. Previously, Sam served as Vice President of Engineering Operations at Venturi Wireless heading worldwide carrier engineering, technical support, and quality assurance. Prior to joining Venturi Wireless, Sam held software development and management roles at Shoretel Communications, Siebel Systems, and Netscape Communications. Privately held, TrustedID has received funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Opus Capital.
Date: January 14, 2008 Company: Infotrieve, Inc. Executive: Chris Henry Position: Vice President, Sales		Infotrieve, Inc., the leading global provider of content management technology and information services for the life sciences and other R&D-intensive industries, has named Chris Henry as Vice President of Sales. Chris joins Infotrieve from Electronic Data Systems, where he was Vice President for U.S. Healthcare Sales. His extensive career in selling outsourced services to the healthcare industry includes over 20 years with EDS, as well as two years with Perot Systems as Senior Vice President of Healthcare Sales. Infotrieve’s investors include Trident Capital, Signal Equity Partners, and Boston Millenia Partners.
Date: January 14, 2008 Company: TrustedID Executive: Lyn Chitow Oakes Position: Chief Marketing Officer		TrustedID, a leading provider of proactive identity theft protection solutions, has named Lyn Chitow Oakes as Chief Marketing Officer. Lyn previously served as head of marketing, product marketing and customer service for Jingle Networks where she grew the 1-800-FREE411 brand from several hundred thousand to over 200 million callers per month. Lyn also served as Chief Marketing Officer of eHealthinsurance where she played an important role in increasing brand awareness and establishing the company as the market leader through corporate communications, marketing, research and policy initiatives. Previously, Lyn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Respond Networks, a service that helps local businesses connect with purchase-ready buyers. Prior to Respond, Lyn was President of leading online marketer and interactive media company, Engage Media, a $100 million dollar division of Engage Technology. Lyn started her career with America Online. TrustedID has received funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Opus Capital.
Date: January 8, 2008 Company: InfoNow Corporation Executive: Joseph Zurawski Position: Vice President, Business Development		InfoNow Corporation, the leading provider of SaaS-based channel data services, has named Joseph Zurawski as Vice President of Business Development. Prior to InfoNow, Joe was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at SPSS, Inc. Previously, he was Vice President of Global Alliances and Product Management, and Vice President of Product Development at Firstlogic, where he was instrumental in the successful acquisition of the Company by Business Objects in April 2006. He started his career with Motorola and Ernst & Young Management Consulting. InfoNow collects, processes, and enriches channel sales and inventory data for companies that sell through channel partner networks. The Company has received Series A funding from Sequel Venture Partners and Sevin Rosen Funds.
Date: January 7, 2008 Company: Medio Systems, Inc. Executive: Eugene Kuerner Position: Vice President, Engineering		Medio Systems, Inc., the leading provider of mobile search and advertising solutions, has named Eugene Kuerner as Vice President of Engineering. Prior to joining Medio, Eugene was a General Manager at Microsoft. Eugene led technical teams for MSN.com and Live Labs. At MSN he was responsible for global development of the MSN.com portal, one of the most highly-trafficked sites on the Internet, and helped develop the agile processes and new portal concepts of Live.com. Prior to Microsoft, Eugene was Vice President of Platform Technology at The Walt Disney Company, where he helped integrate the company’s diverse technology entities including Starwave and InfoSeek. Previously he served in technology roles at Vulcan, Inc., and Sun Microsystems. Medio Systems is funded by Accel Partners, Dot Edu Ventures, Frazier Technology Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Trilogy Equity Partners.
Date: January 3, 2008 Company: Codon Devices, Inc. Executive: David Smith Position: Vice President, Operations		Codon Devices, Inc., the Constructive Biology Company, has named David Smith as Vice President of Operations. David was previously Vice President of Manufacturing at 454 Life Sciences which was acquired by Roche Holdings in May of 2007. Before joining 454 Life Sciences, David spent 10 years at Affymetrix, where he was most recently Vice President of Manufacturing Technology and led chip design operations, reagent operations, quality control and process development functions. Codon Devices has received funding from Alloy Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
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