| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- June 11, 2012 ============================================ Sponsored By: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire o San Francisco-Based AliveCor Raises $10.5 Million in Second Round o General Dynamics Completes Deal for S.F.-Based IPWireless o San Francisco-Based MuseGlobal to Merge with Yippy o AOL's Patch Posts Record Traffic and Revenue in May o U.S. Information Technology Jobs Continue Record Growth in May > How to Determine What Success Means to You o Briefly Noted: LiveOps, GEO Semiconductor, Endace _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Five Ways to Define Success: How to Determine What Success Means to You --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 San Francisco-Based AliveCor Raises $10.5 Million in Second Round San Francisco -- AliveCor, the San Francisco-based developer of a mobile electrocardiogram (ECG) device, said on Monday it has raised $10.5 million in its second round of funding, co-led by previous backer Burrill & Company and new investor Khosla Ventures. Other previous backers Qualcomm and the Oklahoma Life Sciences Fund also participated in the round, which the company will use to launch and commercialize its mobile ECG device, pending clearance by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "This funding provides us with the resources to support the global launch of our highly anticipated iOS and Android ECG devices, and to utilize our transformative technology and data to strategically build future devices and services," said Judy Wade, the company's president and CEO. AliveCor's mobile ECG device is designed to work in conjunction with a variety of mobile platforms, including iPhone, iPad and Android devices. The company has now raised $13.5 million since its inception. http://www.alivecor.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120611005716/en/AliveCor-Raises-10.5M-Series-Financing _____________________________________________ o General Dynamics Completes Deal for S.F.-Based IPWireless Falls Church, Va. -- Defense technology giant General Dynamics said on Monday it has completed its acquisition of San Francisco-based IPWireless, a provider of 3G and 4G LTE network equipment for police and military customers. Financial terms of the all-cash deal, originally announced a month ago, were not disclosed. IPWireless has been renamed General Dynamics Broadband, and will operate as a unit of General Dynamics C4 Systems. "General Dynamics Broadband's technologies allow us to expand our commercial networking solutions to better serve the needs of our customers, including municipalities who are moving to broadband public safety networks such as the FirstNet nationwide interoperable broadband network," said Chris Marzilli, the president of General Dynamics C4 Systems. http://www.ipwireless.com http://www.generaldynamics.com http://www.generaldynamics.com/news/press-releases/detail.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1811=17775 _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based MuseGlobal to Merge with Yippy San Francisco -- MuseGlobal, a San Francisco-based provider of content integration and data virtualization services, said on Monday it will merge with Florida-based Yippy, a unified search company focused on clustering technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Yippy.com, formally www.clusty.com, is a deep research engine developed out of Carnegie Mellon University. The programs were acquired by Yippy in May 2010 from Vivisimo, which itself was acquired last month by IBM. IBM currently holds a 10% stake in Yippy. "Muse's data virtualization platform was built to simplify the daunting task of accessing, aggregating and filtering the staggering amounts of data from an ever increasing variety of external and internal data sources," said Kristina Bivins, the CEO of MuseGlobal. "With Yippy as a partner, we can feed complete, yet targeted information into a data cloud to deliver best-of-breed content to people in their personal and professional lives." http://www.museglobal.com http://www.yippy.com http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yippy-inc-yipi-and-museglobal-to-merge-offering-unified-access-to-a-data-cloud-of-curated-content-2012-06-11 _____________________________________________ o AOL's Patch Posts Record Traffic and Revenue in May New York -- Amid calls from some investors to shutter the business, AOL's Patch hyperlocal news platform on Monday reported its most successful month ever in terms of traffic and revenue. According to comScore, Patch served a record 11.7 million users in May -- a 14% increase over April and 11% increase over its previous traffic record, which had been 10.6 million users in Aug. 2011. The monthly revenue of the business also finished 14% higher than its previous record in Nov. 2011. "We are extremely gratified to see these measures of the traction we have gained in our communities and in our business since our launch just over 3 years ago," said Jon Brod, the co-founder and CEO of Patch. The news follows the recent announcement by Tim Armstrong, AOL's chairman and CEO, that Patch will generate between $40-$50 million in revenue this year. http://www.patch.com http://corp.aol.com/2012/06/11/patch-scores-highest-traffic-and-revenue-in-its-history/ _____________________________________________ o U.S. Information Technology Jobs Continue Record Growth in May Alexandria, Va. -- Despite overall sluggishness in the U.S. job market, IT employment once again reached a record high in May, according to new figures from the TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers. The number of IT jobs grew by 15,500 during the month, or .4 percent sequentially, to 4.18 million, marking the fifth straight month that IT employment reached record levels. All told, IT jobs have increased by more than 110,000 in the past 12 months. "While the overall May jobs report was interpreted by many as a signal of a stalling recovery, we are seeing no such slowdown in IT," said Mark Roberts, CEO of the TechServe Alliance. http://www.techservealliance.org http://www.techservealliance.org/pressroom/documents/IndexreleaseJune2012-MBR.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Five Ways to Define Success: How to Determine What Success Means to You Everyone wants to be successful in one way or another. Many often spend their entire lives striving to reach a certain level of success, but they do not take the time to personally define what true success means. In this article, Five Ways to Define Success, Dr. Linda Seger defines success in ways that relate to the overall quality of life for you, your family, work and community. In reading Dr. Seger’s definitions, you may even think about what success means to you and how it motivates you to make decisions both professionally and personally at http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based LiveOps, a developer of cloud contact center and customer service tools, on Monday named Vasili Triant as its senior vice president of cloud application sales. Triant most recently was the vice president of enterprise sales and advanced technology at ShoreTel. http://www.liveops.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120611006366/en/LiveOps-Names-Vasili-Triant-SVP-Worldwide-Cloud (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based GEO Semiconductor, a developer of programmable chips used in smartphones and surveillance, said on Monday it has landed $3 million in new debt financing, which will convert to equity once a certain threshold is achieved. The company said the financing will become part of its second round, which it hopes to eventually close at more than $7 million. http://www.geosemi.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120611005161/en/GEO-Semiconductor-Secures-3-Million-Debt-Financing (Sunnyvale, Calif.) New Zealand-based Endace, a developer of packet capture technology used in high-speed data networks, said on Monday it has opened a new 3,000-square-foot office on Murphy Square in Sunnyvale. The company said the office will become its global product and marketing hub. http://www.endace.com/endace-launches-silicon-valley-location.html =================================================== 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 > Five Ways to Define Success: How to Determine What Success Means to You Everyone wants to be successful in one way or another. Many often spend their entire lives striving to reach a certain level of success, but they do not take the time to personally define what true success means. In this article, Five Ways to Define Success, Dr. Linda Seger defines success in ways that relate to the overall quality of life for you, your family, work and community. In reading Dr. Seger’s definitions, you may even think about what success means to you and how it motivates you to make decisions both professionally and personally at 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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