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Date: December 18, 2006 Company: Peerless Systems Corporation Executive: Richard Roll Position: Chief Executive Officer		Peerless Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: PRLS), a leading provider of imaging and networking technologies and components to the digital document markets, has named Richard Roll as Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Richard served as Chief Executive Officer of FieldCentrix, an enterprise software company focused on field automation solutions. Prior to FieldCentrix, Richard was President and Chief Operating Officer at Epicor Software, a $220 million enterprise software business that he helped drive to profitability. Prior to Epicor, Richard was Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Koki Imaging Solutions, Inc. (HKIS). During his time with HKIS, he successfully transitioned an approximately $250 million divisional printer manufacturer into a worldwide imaging solutions company with an expansive network of distribution channels. Richard started his career with Unisys Corporation.
Date: December 4, 2006 Company: Metacafe, Inc. Executive: Mort Greenberg Position: Vice President, Sales		Metacafe, Inc., one of the world's largest online video broadcasters, has named Mort Greenberg as Vice President of Sales. Previously, Mort served as Vice President of Media Sales Strategy and Development for IAC Advertising Solutions, an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp. Prior to this role, Mort was Vice President of Client Services and Ad Operations for IAC Advertising Solutions. He previously served as Director of National Sales and Client Services at Ask Jeeves. Metacafe is privately held and has received venture funding from Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital.
Date: December 4, 2006 Company: Stylehive Executive: Stephanie Garcia Position: Vice President, Marketing		Stylehive, the premier collaborative shopping community, has named Stephanie Garcia as Vice President of Marketing. Stephanie joins Stylehive from Restoration Hardware, where she served as Vice President of E-Commerce and was responsible for running the online division, which grew from $17 million to $150 million during her two years of leadership. Prior to Restoration Hardware, Stephanie was Senior Director of Merchandising at BlueLight, Kmart's online arm, and oversaw all aspects of the Martha Stewart Everyday online business. She started her career with Eddie Bauer, Williams-Sonoma, and Gap. Privately held, Stylehive has received funding from Lightspeed Ventures.
Date: November 28, 2006 Company: iControl Networks, Inc. Executive: Gregory Roberts Position: Vice President, Marketing		iControl Networks, Inc., a leading provider of mass-market Web-based solutions to monitor and control homes and businesses, has named Gregory Roberts as Vice President of Marketing. Greg comes to iControl from Helio, where he was Vice President of Marketing Strategy, responsible for overall brand management and all member acquisition and retention marketing initiatives. Prior to joining Helio, Greg served as Vice President of Marketing for Disney Mobile, and was Director of National Marketing at Cingular Wireless, where he initially led all segment marketing and later directed mass consumer marketing strategy development and implementation. Before his arrival in the consumer wireless business, Greg spent over eight years in the advertising agency industry with The Richards Group, DDB Needham, and GSD&M, supporting various retail, service and wireless clients. Privately held, iControl has received venture funding from Charles River Ventures and Intel Capital.
Date: November 10, 2006 Company: GalleryPlayer, Inc. Executive: Kevin Akeroyd Position: Chief Executive Officer		GalleryPlayer, Inc., the leading platform for delivering the world's finest art and photography to high definition televisions and displays, has named Kevin Akeroyd as Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Kevin was General Manager of the Mortgage Division at HouseValues, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLD). Kevin came into HouseValues as Chief Executive Officer and President of The Loan Page, which was acquired by HouseValues at the end of 2005. As the Chief Executive Officer of The Loan Page, Kevin successfully grew revenue from $3 million to $18 million in two years. Prior to HouseValues, he was Senior Vice President & General Manager of Digital Impact, a division of Acxiom Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXM). Kevin helped grow Digital Impact’s revenue from $11 million to $50 million during his three-year tenure. He started his career with RR Donnelley & Sons, Inc., where he grew the Online Services Business from $60 million to over $180 million. GalleryPlayer is funded by Menlo Ventures.
Date: September 25, 2006 Company: Facebook Executive: Tom Arrix Position: Regional Vice President, Sales		Facebook, the online directory that connects people through social networks, has named Tom Arrix as Regional Vice President of Sales. Previously, Tom served as Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Client Services for Univision Digital Media, the number one Spanish language media company in the United States and the leading Spanish language portal worldwide. Prior to Univision, Tom was Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Services for CBS Sportsline.com, where he was responsible for all advertising and sponsorship revenues. He previously served as Vice President of Turner Sports at Turner Broadcasting Systems, where he was responsible for the sales efforts of the Turner portfolio of properties. Facebook has received funding from Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, and Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal.
Date: September 18, 2006 Company: PeakStream, Inc. Executive: Varun Mehta Position: Vice President, Engineering		PeakStream, Inc., a leading software application platform for the high performance computing (HPC) market, has named Varun Mehta as Vice President of Engineering. Prior to PeakStream, Varun was Vice President of Engineering at Data Domain, where he built the engineering team and delivered the company's first products to market. Previously, he spent more than six years at Network Appliance. As the 11th employee at Network Appliance, he was responsible for hiring a significant portion of the software engineering team as well as creating the processes to help scale the software production and release process from a handful of engineers to several hundred. He started his career with Sun Microsystems. Peakstream is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital.
Date: August 28, 2006 Company: BigFix, Inc. Executive: David Appelbaum Position: Vice President, Marketing		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 David Appelbaum as Vice President of Marketing. Previously, David served as Vice President of Marketing at Antenna Software, a leading on-demand mobility solutions company that extends data, processes, and applications in real-time to mobile devices. Prior to Antenna Software, David was General Manager of Autonomy’s North American business. David started his marketing career with Borland Software Corporation, Oracle Corporation, and Informix Software. BigFix has received funding from St. Paul Venture Capital, Levensohn Venture Partners, Selby Venture Partners, and Thomas Weisel Venture Partners.
Date: August 23, 2006 Company: BusinessWeek Executive: Roger Neal Position: Senior Vice President & General Manager, BusinessWeek.com		BusinessWeek, the leading global business media organization, named Roger Neal as Senior Vice President and General Manager of BusinessWeek.com. Roger joins from eBay, where he was Director of Business Development, responsible for revenue growth through key strategic partnerships. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Productopia, a leading Internet company that was named to Forbes’ “Best of the Web,” PC Magazine’s “Top 100 Web Sites” and Time’s “25 Best E-commerce Sites.” Prior to Productopia, Roger held general management and marketing roles with America Online and Time Warner. He began his career as a business journalist. BusinessWeek, which reaches 4.7 million readers in 140 countries every week, is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies.
Date: August 1, 2006 Company: LeftHand Networks, Inc. Executive: John Hillyard Position: Chief Financial Officer		LeftHand Networks, a provider of complete iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions built using patented storage clustering technology, has named John Hillyard as Chief Financial Officer. John brings more than twenty years of experience as Chief Financial Officer of public and private technology companies, including FrontRange Solutions, InteliData Technologies Corporation, and eFunds Corporation. John joins LeftHand from FrontRange Solutions, where as Chief Financial Officer, he raised $89 million in capital, brought the company to profitability, and helped position it for a successful acquisition by Francisco Partners. LeftHand Networks has received funding from Sprout Group, JPMorgan Ventures, Sequel Venture Partners, Valhalla Partners, Boulder Ventures, and several other venture capital firms.
Date: June 26, 2006 Company: West Marine Executive: Scott Bauhofer Position: Senior Vice President, Direct Sales		West Marine ( NASDAQ: WMAR), the country's leading retailer of boating supplies and accessories, with more than 400 stores, has named Scott Bauhofer as Senior Vice President of Direct Sales. He will be responsible for West Marine’s online business. Prior to joining West Marine, Scott served as Senior Vice President, Direct for the Consumer and Small Business segments at Gateway Inc., where he oversaw all aspects of this $450 million sales channel. Scott joined Gateway from Best Buy, one of the top e-commerce websites in the U.S., where he spent eight years in leadership roles. Most recently, he was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for BestBuy.com, where he successfully launched the initial site and had full responsibility for annual online sales of $400 million.
Date: June 5, 2006 Company: MontaVista Software, Inc. Executive: Tom Kelly Position: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President		MontaVista Software, Inc., the leading embedded Linux provider for the telecommunications, mobile, and embedded markets, has named Tom Kelly as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. Tom is a technology industry veteran with more than 26 years of experience in executive leadership roles with both software start-ups and billion-dollar technology companies. Tom was CEO of BlueStar Solutions, an IT outsourcing company which he led through a successful acquisition by Affiliated Computer Services, a $4.5 billion IT and business process services company. Prior to that, he led Blaze Software, a supplier of business automation software, to a successful IPO and a subsequent acquisition by Brokat AG. Previously, Tom was Chief Operating Officer of Cirrus Logic, a $1 billion dollar diversified semiconductor company. MontaVista Software has received funding from venture investors Alloy Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners.
Date: May 22, 2006 Company: YouSendIt Executive: Ivan Koon Position: Chief Executive Officer		YouSendIt, the pioneering provider of easy-to-use, online file delivery systems, has named Ivan Koon as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to YouSendIt, Ivan served as Senior Vice President of ePaper Solutions at Adobe Systems, Inc., where he grew this business to comprise almost $700 million of Adobe's $2 billion in revenue. Before Adobe, Ivan was a Division President at BEA Systems, Inc., where he managed the eCommerce, eBusiness Collaboration, and New Technology Divisions. Previously he was President of S2 Systems, a software subsidiary of Stratus Computer. Privately held, YouSendIt is funded by Alloy Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds.
Date: May 16, 2006 Company: Umbria, Inc. Executive: Janet Eden-Harris Position: Chief Executive Officer		Umbria, Inc., a market intelligence company which analyzes the opinions and perceptions of the online community through blogs, message boards, and other public online forums, has named Janet Eden-Harris as Chief Executive Officer. Janet joins Umbria from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), where she was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for global marketing, product management, alliances, and strategy. Prior IRI, Janet was Executive Vice President of Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at i2 Technologies as it grew from $175 million to $500 million in revenue. She previously held senior management roles with Aspect Development and Cadis Inc. Umbria has received venture capital from ArrowPath Venture Partners, Sequel Venture Partners, and Vista Ventures.
Date: May 3, 2006 Company: BigFix, Inc. Executive: Bernie Skomra Position: Senior Vice President, Global 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 Bernie Skomra as Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Prior to joining BigFix, Bernie served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations for Solidcore Systems, an endpoint security solution company, where he developed the first enterprise, government, and OEM customers. Before Solidcore, he was founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer of Apacheta Corporation. Previously, Bernie was Vice President of North American Field Operations for Portal Software and held senior management and individual contributor positions at Oracle Corporation, General Electric, and IBM. BigFix has received funding from Levensohn Venture Partners, Selby Venture Partners, St. Paul Venture Capital, and Thomas Weisel Venture Partners.
Date: April 24, 2006 Company: Avvenu, Inc. Executive: Richard French Position: Chief Executive Officer		Avvenu, Inc., a leading provider of remote access and sharing technology for the mobile lifestyle, has named Richard French as Chief Executive Officer. Richard joins Avvenu from VA Software Corporation where he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Open Source Development Network (OSDN). At OSDN, he brought together multiple disparate Internet properties, including such notables as Slashdot, Sourceforge.net and Thinkgeek, into a cohesive whole. Under his leadership, OSDN became one of the top ten Internet media sources for technology news, community collaboration and shopping with 220 million page views by 15 million unique visitors per month. Privately held, Avvenu is funded by Charles River Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, and Motorola Ventures.
Date: April 24, 2006 Company: Rhythm NewMedia, Inc. Executive: John Sabella Position: Vice President, Engineering		Rhythm NewMedia, an innovator in the mobile media advertising market, has named John Sabella as Vice President of Engineering. Prior to Rhythm NewMedia, John was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Conducive Corporation, where he managed all technology products and designed and delivered adMarketplace.net, a revolutionary Internet ad-buying technology. John also served as Vice President of Engineering at DoubleClick, where he built the team from 30 to 170 people in 18 months and successfully scaled the organization as it grew from delivering 50 million ads per day to 2.5 billion ads per day, with industry dominating performance and reliability. Rhythm NewMedia has received venture capital from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, and Rembrandt Venture Partners.
Date: April 6, 2006 Company: Cellfire, Inc. Executive: Dan Kihanya Position: Vice President, Marketing		Cellfire, Inc., the leading provider of mobile coupon solutions, has named Dan Kihanya as Vice President of Marketing. Dan comes to Cellfire from Loyalty Solutions Corporation (LSC) where he was a Vice President, responsible for product offerings, client development, and strategic initiatives. Prior to LSC, Dan was a Partner with Stockton Ventures where he focused on early and seed stage investments in database marketing, customer loyalty, and financial services. Prior to Stockton, Dan was co-founder and Vice President of Business Development for MyPoints.com, Inc. He was instrumental in growing MyPoints into a public company with a membership of 10 million consumers, over $60 million in annual revenue, and a top five most-visited online shopping destination. Cellfire has received funding from Storm Ventures.
Date: April 3, 2006 Company: Aesthera Corporation Executive: Mike Terner Position: Chief Operating Officer		Aesthera Corporation, a leading developer of photopneumatic-based aesthetics treatment systems, has named Mike Terner as Chief Operating Officer. Mike joins Aesthera from KnowNow, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and grew the customer base to over 50 customers, including ING, ABC, Office Depot, and Siemens. Mike joined KnowNow from Tyco International, where he held a number of executive positions in operations, field sales, and shared services. His last role was President of Tyco’s Puritan Bennett Division, a Tyco Healthcare company, where he drove market leadership and improved efficiencies in the company’s $200 million business of respiratory devices including CPAP, liquid oxygen systems, and critical care ventilators. Privately held, Aesthera has received funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and MedVentures.
Date: April 3, 2006 Company: DecisionView Software Executive: Steve Andrade Position: Chief Executive Officer		DecisionView Software, the leading provider of Performance Optimization Solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, has named Stephen Andrade as Chief Executive Officer. Stephen joins DecisionView from Siebel Systems, Inc., where he served as Group Vice President and General Manager of Life Sciences. He increased Siebel’s Life Sciences customer base from five to over 300 customers, including the top 25 pharmaceutical and 10 medical companies in the world, and built a business of over $150 million in revenue. Stephen has over 19 years of life sciences industry experience, including roles as Vice President of Sales and Service at IMS Health; Vice President of Product Marketing at Clinmark, a clinical technology start-up; and various sales, product marketing, and strategic planning positions at Eli Lilly & Company. DecisionView has received funding from Granite Ventures, Partech International, and Adobe Ventures.
Date: March 29, 2006 Company: Zoove, Inc. Executive: Rouben Haroutoonian Position: Vice President, Business Development & Marketing		Zoove, Inc., a leader in Mobile Direct Response Marketing (MDRM), has named Rouben Haroutoonian as Vice President of Business Development and Marketing. Rouben joins Zoove from DIJJI Corporation, formerly Dwango Wireless, where he served as Executive Vice President of Media Campaigns, Sales, and Product Delivery. Prior to DIJJI, Rouben was Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Services at Mobliss, where he closed the first text messaging deals for national television shows, including American Idol and Superbowl XXXVII. Zoove is privately held and has received funding from Worldview Technology Partners and Cardinal Venture Capital.
Date: March 20, 2006 Company: Teranode Corporation Executive: John Ohrn Position: Vice President, Sales		Teranode Corporation, the leading innovator of experiment design automation (XDA) software for the Life Sciences industry, has named John Ohrn as Vice President of Sales. John joins Teranode from Accelrys, Inc., where he was Director of North American Sales and Support. During his eight years with Accelrys, the company grew from $12 million to close to $100 million. Under John’s leadership, his team secured the largest deal in Accelrys’ history. John began his career in sales with Software Developer’s Corporation, which was successfully sold to Borland. Privately held, Teranode Corporation has received venture financing from Cargill Ventures, Ignition Partners, Trident Capital, and WRF Capital.
Date: March 15, 2006 Company: Peerflix, Inc. Executive: Jim Ambras Position: Vice President, Engineering		Peerflix, Inc., a legal peer-to-peer trading platform for goods or services whose first application allows members to trade DVDs, has named Jim Ambras as Vice President of Engineering. Jim joins Peerflix from OnStation Corporation, where he was Vice President of Products and Services. Prior to OnStation, Jim was a Vice President of Engineering for AltaVista Corporation. He came to AltaVista, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Compaq Computer Corporation, through the acquisition of Zip2 Corporation. Jim was the ninth employee at Zip2 and helped successfully build and sell the company to Compaq for over $300 million. He started his career with Hewlett-Packard and Silicon Graphics. Privately held, Peerflix has received funding from Battery Ventures, 3i, and BV Capital.
Date: March 9, 2006 Company: Tello Corporation Executive: Kevin Gavin Position: Chief Marketing Officer		Tello Corporation, a provider of instant communication and collaboration services, has named Kevin Gavin as Chief Marketing Officer. Previously, Kevin led marketing efforts for GoBeam Inc. and helped position the business as the leading innovator in hosted business VoIP before its successful acquisition by Covad Communications. Kevin has over 20 years’ experience in building early stage telecommunication companies. He was Vice President of Marketing at McCaw during the emergence of the cellular industry in the 1980s. After McCaw, Kevin was part of the original pre-revenue senior management team at Nextel as Corporate Vice President of Marketing and Product Development. During his six-year tenure, he helped manage the initial development and national rollout of Nextel’s products and services and was part of the company’s successful Initial Public Offering in 1993. Tello’s venture investors include Eagle River Holdings, Evercore Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Intel Capital.
Date: March 6, 2006 Company: SkyeTek, Inc. Executive: Chris Turner Position: Senior Vice President, Sales & Business Development		SkyeTek, Inc., the leading supplier of RFID reader software and reference designs that enable the pervasive application of RFID technology, has named Chris Turner as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Chris joins SkyeTek from Intelliden Corporation, where, as Vice President of Sales and Support, he helped grow Intelliden from $2 million to over $20 million in total sales. Prior to Intelliden, Chris was Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Akamai Technologies, responsible for a team of 250 employees in 14 regional sales offices with joint ventures in Japan and Australia. Chris started his career and spent 10 years at IBM. Privately held, SkyeTek has received funding from Sequel Venture Partners, Appian Ventures, and Palomar Ventures.
Date: March 1, 2006 Company: IdenTrust, Inc. Executive: Andrea Klein Position: Chief Marketing Officer		IdenTrust, Inc., the leader in trusted identity solutions for global financial institutions, government agencies, and commercial organizations, has named Andrea Klein as Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for strategy, marketing, and business development. Prior to IdenTrust, Andrea was Vice President for Financial Services Industry Strategy and Marketing at Oracle. Andrea has over 25 years of financial industry experience and has been a speaker at numerous financial institution and technology conferences. IdenTrust has received funding from Enterprise Partners, Rho Ventures, and Zions Bancorporation.
Date: March 1, 2006 Company: IdenTrust, Inc. Executive: Tom Ream Position: Chief Operating Officer		IdenTrust, Inc., the leader in trusted identity solutions for global financial institutions, government agencies, and commercial organizations, has named Tom Ream as Chief Operating Officer. Tom joins IdenTrust from Tacit Software, where he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Tacit he was Chief Financial Officer of Banter Systems, which was successfully acquired by iPhase in 2004. Earlier in his career, Tom spent eight years with VeriFone, Inc., where he gained extensive international and operational experience. His last role at VeriFone was Vice President and General Manager of the International Division. IdenTrust has received funding from Enterprise Partners, Rho Ventures, and Zions Bancorporation.
Date: January 30, 2006 Company: XAware, Inc. Executive: Tim Harvey Position: Chief Executive Officer		XAware, Inc., the leading provider of data integration, conversion, and exchange solutions, has named Tim Harvey as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining XAware, Tim was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at S1 Corporation, Inc. Prior to S1, Tim was the CEO of CES International Inc. Previously, Tim spent seven years with SynQuest, where he was President and COO, and was instrumental in building the company from less than $10 million in revenue to a successful IPO in 2000. Privately held, XAware has received venture financing from vSpring Capital, Sequel Venture Partners, ITU Ventures, and Gefinor Ventures.
Date: January 16, 2006 Company: SideStep Executive: Rob Solomon Position: Chief Executive Officer		SideStep, the most comprehensive traveler's search engine, has named Rob Solomon as Chief Executive Officer. Rob joins SideStep from Yahoo! where he was Vice President and General Manager of Shopping, Real Estate, and Listing. His previous role as Senior Vice President of Commerce included Shopping, Travel, and Auctions. Prior to joining Yahoo! six years ago, Rob was Vice President of Marketing and New Product Development at Cendant. SideStep, which is used by over 4.7 million customers for their air, car, and hotel travel needs, has raised $17 million in venture funding from Trident Capital and individual investors.
Date: January 2, 2006 Company: Good Technology, Inc. Executive: Peter Barker Position: Vice President, Business Process Engineering		Good Technology, Inc., the leader in industry standards-based wireless messaging and corporate data access, named Peter Barker as Vice President of Business Process Engineering. Peter joins Good from FedEx Kinko's, Inc., where he was Vice President of Corporate Systems & IT Governance. Previously, Peter held various roles at FedEx Kinko’s, including Vice President of Enterprise Services and Vice President of Corporate and Information Services. Good enables cradle-free, real-time, synchronized access to Microsoft Exchange and other critical enterprise information from a variety of devices. The Company has received venture capital funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark Capital, Broadview Capital Partners, Crosslink Capital, and Bank of America Venture Partners.
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