| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- May 30, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Menlo Park-Based Badgeville Raises $25 Million in Third Round o Redwood City-Based Shutterfly Acquires Photoccino o Fremont-Based Redwood Systems Lands $11.75M in Third Round o Founder Trip Hawkins to Depart as CEO of Digital Chocolate o Danaher to Acquire San Mateo-Based VSS Monitoring o Briefly Noted: Zettaset, Kixeye, GlobalFoundries _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Face-to-Face PR: How to Increase Your Organization's Visibility --Executive Briefing - Product Portfolio Briefing --Marketing Events Coordinator --Senior Manager, eCommerce – Redwood City, CA --Account Manager --Sr. Financial Analyst --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based Badgeville Raises $25 Million in Third Round Menlo Park, Calif. -- Badgeville, the Menlo Park-based developer of a gamification platform designed to help businesses measure and influence user behavior, said on Wednesday it has raised $25 million in its third round of funding, led by InterWest Partners. Several previous backers, including Norwest Venture Partners, also participated in the round, which increases the company's founding to $40 million since its launch in Sept, 2010. Badgeville currently boasts more than 165 clients, such as Oracle, EMC, Deloitte, Dell, Samsung, NBC and The Walt Disney Company. "InterWest Partners brings a wealth of experience in high-growth software-as-a-service, and we look forward to their strategic assistance in our continued global expansion," said CEO Kris Duggan. The company has more than 70 employees in four offices. http://www.badgeville.com http://www.badgeville.com/news/announcements/badgeville-behavior-platform-raises-25m-series-c-round _____________________________________________ o Redwood City-Based Shutterfly Acquires Photoccino Redwood City, Calif. -- Shutterfly, the Redwood City-based online photo sharing service, said on Wednesday it has acquired Israel-based Photoccino, a developer of technologies for photo ranking, analysis and organization. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Photoccino's technologies will be integrated into products across the Shutterfly, Tiny Prints, Wedding Paper Divas and Treat brands, helping users more efficiently organize and select the best photos from their archives to create photo books, calendars, cards and photo gifts. The technology applies proprietary algorithms to analyze and evaluate the quality and content of photos, ranks them and automatically creates photo products using the customer's best images. "Photoccino's… technologies solve a common consumer pain point -- analyzing and organizing the increasing number of stored digital photos," said Jeffrey Housenbold, the president and CEO of Shutterfly. http://www.shutterfly.com http://ir.shutterfly.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=678111 _____________________________________________ o Fremont-Based Redwood Systems Lands $11.75M in Third Round Fremont, Calif. -- Redwood Systems, a Redwood City-based provider of building-performance lighting technology, said on Wednesday it has landed $11.75 million in its third round of funding. Participants included Battery Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Index Ventures and Mitsui & Co. "This investment will allow us to continue our rapid growth by accelerating the development of new technologies that complement the Redwood platform while expanding our leadership in the building-performance lighting industry globally," said CEO Dave Leonard. Redwood is the developer of a smart building platform that powers and controls lights, as well as a high-density sensor grid that it says provides energy savings averaging 75%. http://www.redwoodsystems.com/ http://www.redwoodsystems.com/news-events/press-releases/2012-may-30/redwood-systems-secures-1175-million-series-c-funding _____________________________________________ o Founder Trip Hawkins to Depart as CEO of Digital Chocolate San Mateo, Calif. -- Trip Hawkins, the well-known Silicon Valley gaming entrepreneur, said he is stepping down as the CEO of San Mateo-based social games developer Digital Chocolate, a company he founded eight years ago. Hawkins, also the founder of Electronic Arts (EA), said he plans to remain in a consulting and advisory role with the company. "For its next stage of growth, Digital Chocolate is narrowing its focus and it made sense to get more streamlined," Hawkins wrote in his blog. "I will remain involved in digital media and games and be available for opportunities including mentoring, consulting, teaching, speaking and writing." http://www.triphawkins.com http://blog.digitalchocolate.com/archives/931 _____________________________________________ o Danaher to Acquire San Mateo-Based VSS Monitoring San Mateo, Calif. -- Danaher, the large Washington, DC-based science and technology company, said it will acquire San Mateo-based VSS Monitoring, a developer of technology designed to optimize the way data is extracted from high speed communication networks. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close by mid-June, were not disclosed. VSS is expected to join the communications businesses in Danaher's Test and Measurement segment. "VSS will broaden our ability to provide leading technologies to our service provider and enterprise customers to optimize the way data is extracted from high-speed 40G/100G communications networks," said Jim Lico, executive vice president of Danaher. Danaher generated $16.1 billion in revenue last year, and is No. 158 in the newly released Fortune 500. http://www.danaher.com/ http://www.vssmonitoring.com http://www.vssmonitoring.com/corporate/news.asp?ID=225 _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based Zettaset, a developer of Hadoop management software, on Wednesday named Alan Truman as its new vice president of engineering. Truman is the former vice president of engineering for cloud services at Blue Coat Systems. http://www.zettaset.com/pages/zettaset-names-alan-truman-as-new-vice-president-of-engineering/ (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Kixeye, a developer of online combat strategy games, said on Wednesday it has opened a new game development studio in Australia. The studio, which the company said will bolster its international presence, will be built around the team from strategy games developer 3 Blokes Studios. George Fidler, former COO of Electronic Arts' Asia-Pacific studio and head of Sega's The Creative Assembly studio, will serve as general manager of the newly formed Kixeye Australia. http://www.kixeye.com/press-releases/ (Milpitas, Calif.) Milpitas-based GlobalFoundries, a provider of full-service semiconductor foundry services, has named Sander Hubbers as its senior vice president of human resources. Hubbers, who will be based in Singapore, previously served as the vice president of human resources with ST-Ericsson’s smartphone and tablets division. http://www.globalfoundries.com/newsroom/2012/20120529.aspx =================================================== Job/Event/Marketplace Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.bayareatechwire.com 6000 Readers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day ad: $300 > Face-to-Face PR: How to Increase Your Organization's Visibility Between regular meetings, phone calls and emails, you may often wonder how you can fit another task into your workday. However, you also often wonder if you are doing everything you can to maximize your organization’s potential and opportunity for growth. In this article, Robert Deigh shows that it may be easier than you think to increase your company’s exposure. By making “face-to-face networking” a habit, and doing so effectively and efficiently, you will have the opportunity to harness new ideas, build solid contacts and prospects, and ultimately grow your organization’s visibility and business. http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire ____________________________________________ > Executive Briefing -- Product Portfolio Management It's a fact! As your product portfolio grows, the market impact of your organization can quickly become diluted because traditional product management practices focus on improving the performance of each product. Executives and Senior Managers are invited to attend an Executive Briefing to learn how a Product Portfolio Management model improves your market value by uncovering and solving bigger problems beyond the limits of individual products. Business practices for evaluating markets, analyzing competitors, formulating strategies, developing requirements and executing product plans take aim at a completely different target - the performance of your company in key markets - and offers greater strategic value to your organization. Attend in 13 cities in April, May and June. $199 per person. http://www.proficientz.com/portfolio-mgmt-executive-briefing.html ____________________________________________ > Marketing Events Coordinator Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, a mid-size law firm is currently seeking a Marketing Events Coordinator with 3+ years of marketing events experience in a corporate environment to provide administrative support to the Marketing Department. This position reports directly to the Marketing Manager to plan, coordinate and manage all aspects of client seminars and receptions, sponsorship events, Firm events and retreats, and other special events. Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively in one-on-one and small group settings with business partners and outside vendors. Additionally, candidate must be a self-starter, detail oriented, have the ability to organize and prioritize a number of tasks and complete them under time constraints. Strong computer, backend web development, HTML and graphics skills are required. Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is preferred. Salary: DOE. Please include your salary requirement. Submit your resume and cover letter to the following link (or copy and paste the link to your web browser) https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=1185751 ____________________________________________ > Senior Manager, eCommerce -- Redwood City, CA The Sr. Manager of eCommerce will provide leadership on key eCommerce initiatives within Shutterfly.com to continuously improve our customer shopping experience. Reporting to the Sr Director of eCommerce, this seasoned eCommerce professional will use site analytics to drive informed business recommendations, develop site tests aimed at optimizing business goals and serve as the business lead for selected eCommerce projects. This role is focused on driving a compelling and frictionless eCommerce experience for our customers. It is perfect for someone who is interested in using his/her business acumen, eCommerce expertise, and analytic skills to drive exceptional short- and long-term business results. Apply online at: http://www.shutterfly.com/about/positions.jsp?jvi=oW3aWfwP ____________________________________________ > Account Manager Come join PaperG, just named one of the Forbes' 100 Most Promising Companies in America, as we reinvent modern advertising. A PaperG Account Manager works as a key member of the Accounts team, where they will support PaperG's media company partners and help them thrive using PaperG's technology. Qualifications: College degree. A friendly and engaging personality - a must!. Excellent computer and Internet knowledge. High energy level. Resourceful, well organized, highly dependable, efficient and detail oriented. Knowledge of online advertising industry a strong plus. Send your resume to careers@paperg.com In your email or cover letter, let us know why PaperG interests you. ____________________________________________ > Sr. Financial Analyst Veracyte is a molecular diagnostics company that is pioneering the emerging field of molecular cytology. Our Finance team seeks an individual who will report to the CFO, with the ability to develop and maintain long-range financial models for the company's strategic plan, produce product revenue projections and forecasts and prepare financial analyses. They will also be able to analyze trends, manage components of the operating plan process, participate in the valuation of potential business development opportunities, and collaborate with R&D, Commercial and Operations functions. The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging and highly diverse team environment is critical. To be a successful candidate you will have at least 4 years of finance/accounting experience, with a proven track record of incorporating applications of accounting principles, financial reporting, and cash management, and be an expert in Excel. It's important that you have experience in life sciences and knowledge/experience with Microsoft GP is a plus, as is an MBA. We would like you to share our commitment to teamwork and collaboration and be excited by the challenges of applying your expertise to an important, emerging area in diagnostics. 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