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Date: November 17, 2008 Company: TrustedID Executive: Vince Beese Position: Vice President, Sales & Business Development		TrustedID, the leading provider of identity theft prevention solutions, has named Vince Beese as Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Previously, Vince was Senior Vice President of Sales for Experian's market-leading email marketing platform, CheetahMail. In over six years with Experian, Vince grew revenues from 10 to over 100 million dollars. Prior, Vince headed sales for Acxiom Digital's eastern region, selling online direct marketing solutions with clients such as MasterCard, HP, and Gap. Earlier, Vince was Vice President of National Sales for LivePerson and helped the company go public in 2001. TrustedID has received funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Opus Capital.
Date: November 7, 2008 Company: InQuira, Inc. Executive: Tom Aitchison Position: Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales		InQuira, Inc., a provider of integrated software applications for Web self-help, agent-assisted support and enterprise knowledge management, has named Tom Aitchison as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Most recently Tom was Senior Vice President of Field Operations at Sterling Commerce, an AT&T company, where he was responsible for North American sales of enterprise solutions to Fortune 1000 customers. Previously, Tom was Senior Vice President of Sales at Comergent Technologies where he increased revenue over a three year period leading to a successful acquisition by Sterling commerce. Prior to Comergent, Tom was Senior Vice President of Sales and General Manager of North America at webMethods. Tom also held sales management roles at McAfee, Legent Corporation and Computer Associates. InQuira is funded by Investor Growth Capital, Partech International, and Sutter Hill Ventures.
Date: November 4, 2008 Company: OpGen, Inc. Executive: Richard Moore Position: Vice President, Diagnostic Systems		OpGen, Inc., a leader in single molecule DNA analysis, has named Richard Moore as Vice President of Diagnostic Systems. Richard joins OpGen from Becton Dickinson and Company where he was the Director of Research and Development for Systems Integration and Advanced Technology. Richard oversaw the life science and engineering integration for product development projects and successfully drove new technology development across all diagnostic platforms over his 10 year career with Becton. Prior he was with IGEN International as a Senior Scientist. OpGen's investors include CHL Medical, Highland Capital Partners and Versant Ventures.
Date: November 4, 2008 Company: OpGen, Inc. Executive: Jill Ray Position: Director, Diagnostic Systems		OpGen, Inc., a leader in single molecule DNA analysis, has named Jill Ray, Ph.D., as Director of Diagnostic Systems. Jill has 24 years of experience in the fields of molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry and 18 years experience with analysis of gene expression. Prior to OpGen, Jill was with Qiagen as the Director of Technology Development and Research and Development. Jill joined Qiagen through the merger of her previous company, Digene. Prior to Qiagen, Jill was the Vice President of Research and Development at Capital Genomix. Jill started her career with Kirkegaard and Perry Laboratories (KPL) where she spent over 5 years in various roles from senior scientist to Director of Research and Development and was responsible for the development of KPL's non-isotopic molecular biology product line. OpGen's investors include CHL Medical, Highland Capital Partners and Versant Ventures.
Date: November 3, 2008 Company: Become, Inc. Executive: Brandon Huff Position: President		Become.com, the Web’s fastest-growing site for comparison shopping, has named Brandon Huff as President. Brandon joins Become.com with over 15 years of experience in online sales and product development. Prior to Become.com, Brandon was Senior Vice President of Business Development at FusionOne. Prior to FusionOne, Brandon was with Nextag where he was the General Manger of International. Prior to running international, Brandon had full revenue responsibility for the US Product Shopping division. Become.com has received funding from European Founders Fund, Texas Pacific Group and Transcosmos.
Date: October 22, 2008 Company: Turn, Inc. Executive: Maureen Little Position: Vice President, Publisher Development		Turn Inc., the smart market for online advertising, has named Maureen Little as Vice President of Publisher Development. Maureen joins Turn from Vibrant Media where she was Vice President of Business Development. At Vibrant Media, Maureen was responsible for overseeing Vibrant's US distribution strategy for both branded publishers and a network of over 3,000 partners. Prior to her 5 year tenure at Vibrant Media, Maureen was a senior sales executive at Register.com working with Fortune 500 companies to build Register.com's presence in the domain category. Maureen also spent over 3 years at RealNames where, as a channel development director, she led indirect sales in Europe and the US. Turn is venture backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, and Trident Capital.
Date: October 21, 2008 Company: CardioDx, Inc. Executive: Eric Sandberg Position: Vice President, Sales		CardioDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company that serves cardiologists and their patients by offering clinically validated genomic tests to enhance patient care, has named Eric Sandberg as Vice President of Sales. Prior to joining CardioDx, Eric spent 14 years in the medical device industry with Guidant in a variety of sales, marketing, and business development leadership roles. Most recently, he held Sales Director positions in the Cardiac Rhythm Management and Vascular Intervention businesses at Guidant. Eric’s early career was spent with Eli Lilly and Company in various engineering roles. CardioDx is venture backed by Intel Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Texas Pacific Group.
Date: October 15, 2008 Company: Folica.com Executive: Carl Gish Position: Chief Executive Officer		Folica.com, a leading online beauty retailer, has named Carl Gish as the company's Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Carl was Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Dyson, Inc. where he led all marketing and product development. Before leading Dyson's North American Marketing efforts, Carl worked for 10 years at Unilever PLC, where he held increasingly senior marketing and management positions. Most recently he was Vice President, Marketing and Brand Development for the Personal Care Division. Carl also spent 4 years at Amazon.com where he was Vice President & General Manager of the Electronics Group which was Amazon's fastest growing business and held positions as General Manager, Books and Director of Customer Marketing. Folica has received funding from Stripes Group.
Date: October 10, 2008 Company: The HealthCentral Network, Inc. Executive: Peter Horn Position: Vice President, Sales		The HealthCentral Network, Inc., a leading online health resource, with more than 35 condition-specific and wellness sites, has named Peter Horn is the Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to joining HealthCentral, Peter served as one of the top performing regional sales leads at Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft, Peter co-founded and served as Executive Vice President of HoopsTV, a multimedia basketball entertainment company. Previously Peter was with CBS Sportsline and The Weather Channel. During his early career, Peter worked at JP Morgan. HealthCentral has received funding from Allen & Company, IAC/InteractiveCorp, Polaris Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and The Carlyle Group.
Date: September 23, 2008 Company: Metacafe, Inc. Executive: Jack Rotherham Position: Senior Vice President, Strategic Sales & Partnerships		Metacafe, Inc. the world's leading short-form video entertainment site, has named Jack Rotherham as Senior Vice President of Strategic Sales and Partnerships. Jack joins Metacafe from AOL's Platform A, where he oversaw strategic planning and monetization initiatives for Video, Social Media and High-Reach properties. Previously, Jack spent nearly 20 years in the magazine publishing industry. He was Founding Partner and Publisher of C, a regional luxury lifestyle magazine and web site. During his time at Time Inc., he served as publisher of Teen People and was also responsible for its online, broadcast and mobile extensions. Prior to Time, he spent 14 years at Wenner Media Inc., where his roles included serving as Vice President and Publisher of Rolling Stone. Privately held, Metacafe has received funding from Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital.
Date: September 23, 2008 Company: PivotLink Corporation Executive: Dyke Hensen Position: Chief Marketing Officer		PivotLink Corporation, the leading provider of business intelligence solutions delivered via Software as a Service (SaaS), has named Dyke Hensen as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to joining PivotLink, Dyke held several high-level positions at business intelligence companies including SPSS, Hyperion Solutions and Arbor Software. Most recently, during his tenure as Senior Vice President of Marketing at SPSS, Dyke and his team created the predictive analytics category. Dyke held several management positions at Arbor Software which merged with Hyperion Software and was eventually sold to Oracle Corporation for over three billion dollars. As Chief Product Officer at Hyperion Solutions, Dyke helped grow the company to over $650 million in annual revenues. Pivotlink has received funding from Emergence Capital Partners and Trident Capital.
Date: September 23, 2008 Company: REVShare Executive: Sid Gregory Position: Chief Technology Officer		REVShare, the leading cost-per-Action television advertising network, has named Sid Gregory as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining REVShare, Sid was Senior Vice President of Special Projects/Worldwide Engineering for OpenTV’s Advanced Advertising line of business which supplies traffic and billing systems to US Cable. Prior to OpenTV, he owned his own consulting company providing service to satellite and cable organizations in broadband technology and vendor management. Earlier in his career, Sid was Senior Vice President of Advanced Technology at both ATT Broadband and TCI, where he led the development and technology teams that introduced the first generation of Motorola and Scientific Atlanta digital set top boxes. REVShare has received funding from The Carlye Group and H.I.G. Ventures.
Date: September 18, 2008 Company: The Generations Network Executive: Eric Shoup Position: Vice President, Product		The Generations Network (TGN), parent company of Ancestry.com, today announced the hiring of Eric Shoup as Vice President of Product for the Ancestry.com business unit. Prior to joining TGN, Eric was at eBay for five years. Most recently, he was the General Manager for the eBay Stores and ProStores business units. In a previous position, Eric assembled and led eBay's first global mobile product team. Prior to eBay, Eric drove key product marketing and management initiatives at Commerce One, a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions for businesses. Prior to Commerce One, Eric was with U.S. Interactive where he designed and managed consumer ecommerce and marketing Web sites for companies including, Lexus and Wellcome Supermarkets (Hong Kong). TGN is backed by Spectrum Equity Investors.
Date: September 17, 2008 Company: QlikTech International AB Executive: Bill Sorenson Position: Chief Financial Officer		QlikTech, the world’s fastest-growing Business Intelligence software company, has named Bill Sorenson as Chief Financial Officer. Bill was most recently Chief Operating Officer of Firebrand, a national programming service backed by Microsoft, NBCUniversal, and GE. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Savaje Technologies. Bill previously had been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EMI Music Publishing, the world’s largest music publisher; Chief Financial Officer of Bertelsmann E Commerce Group; Chief Financial Officer of Acclaim Entertainment; and Senior Vice President of Finance at News Corporation. QlikTech has received venture funding from Accel Partners and Jerusalem Venture Partners.
Date: September 15, 2008 Company: Mercantila, Inc. Executive: Steve Gillan Position: Chief Financial Officer		Mercantila, Inc., a leading online specialty retailer, has named Steve Gillan as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Mercantila, Steve was Chief Financial Officer of Fathom Online, a next-generation search engine marketing and technology services firm that was successfully acquired by Geary Interactive. Previously, Steve was the Chief Financial Officer of Alibris for five years, from its early days as a seller of books to both consumers and booksellers. Prior to Alibris, he spent nine years with Raychem in various financial roles, including Vice President of Finance of the Chemelex Division. Steve started his career with Inland Steel Industries. Mercantila has received funding from Lightspeed Ventures.
Date: September 1, 2008 Company: Quantcast Executive: Todd Teresi Position: Chief Revenue Officer		Quantcast, the pioneering provider of the world's only census-based audience measurement platform, has named Todd Teresi as Chief Revenue Officer. Todd joins Quantcast from Yahoo!, where was most recently the Senior Vice President of Yahoo!’s Publisher Network. During his nearly 10 years at Yahoo!, he contributed to the development of many of the company's highly innovative advertising, publisher networks, and targeting capabilities, and helped drive strategic acquisitions, global operations and new business models during his tenure. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Todd was a founding member of the high-technology mergers and acquisitions practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Privately held, Quantcast has received funding from Allen & Company, Founders Fund and Revolution Ventures.
Date: August 26, 2008 Company: Proofpoint, Inc. Executive: Ramon Peypoch Position: Executive Vice President, Business Development		Proofpoint, Inc., the leading provider of unified email security, archiving, encryption and data loss prevention solutions, has named Ramon Peypoch as Executive Vice President of Business Development. Ramon joins Proofpoint from Websense where he was Vice President of Business Development. Previously, Ramon led business development activities for Symantec Corporation’s endpoint security business. Prior to Symantec, Ramon ran business development and strategic alliance efforts for Sygate Technologies, culminating in the October 2005 acquisition of the company by Symantec. Proofpoint has received venture financing from Benchmark Capital, Bridgescale Partners, Inventures Group, JAFCO Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mohr-Davidow Ventures and RRE Ventures.
Date: August 26, 2008 Company: Proofpoint, Inc. Executive: Dean Hickman-Smith Position: Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales		Proofpoint, Inc., the leading provider of unified email security, archiving, encryption and data loss prevention solutions, has named Dean Hickman-Smith as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Dean joins Proofpoint from ConSentry Networks where he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Support. Prior to ConSentry, Dean was the Vice President of Emerging Technologies at Juniper Networks, where he spearheaded global sales of NetScreen’s products. He held the same title at NetScreen prior to Juniper’s acquisition of the company. Dean was co-founder and CEO of Congress Communications, a European sales accelerator firm for technology start-ups. Proofpoint has received venture financing from Benchmark Capital, Bridgescale Partners, Inventures Group, JAFCO Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mohr-Davidow Ventures and RRE Ventures.
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: 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 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 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: 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 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 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 Cap