| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Nov. 13, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Sunnyvale-Based Akros Silicon Raises $11 Million in Funding o San Jose-Based Vormetric Names HP Veteran as New CEO o Sunnyvale-Based Simply Hired Names James Beriker as New CEO o Santa Clara-Based McAfee Names Key Sales and Marketing Executives o CEA Names Winners of Best of Innovations Awards o Briefly Noted: AOptix, Saama Technologies _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Chief Marketing Officer --GSA Schedule, Government Sales & Marketing Support --webMethods Consultants --Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! --Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference --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 Sunnyvale-Based Akros Silicon Raises $11 Million in Funding Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Akros Silicon, a Sunnyvale-based developer of intelligent energy management chips, said on Tuesday it has raised $11 million in a new round of funding, led by Technology Partners. Previous backers USVP, Levensohn Venture Partners and SPM Capital also took part. The company said some of the funding was raised earlier this year, complimented by a more recent tranche. Parviz Ghaffaripour, the president and CEO of Akros Silicon, said his company will now be "better positioned to expand our served markets and deliver our innovative next-generation ICs to our growing global customer base." Marc van den Berg of Technology Partners has joined the company's board of directors. http://www.akrossilicon.com http://finance.yahoo.com/news/akros-silicon-secures-additional-financing-160000988.html _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Vormetric Names HP Veteran as New CEO San Jose, Calif. -- Vormetric, a San Jose-based developer of encryption and key management technology, on Tuesday named Alan Kessler as its new president and CEO. Kessler most recently served as the vice president of worldwide sales and service for the Enterprise Security Products business of HP, and earlier was the president of intrusion prevention vendor TippingPoint (a division of 3Com) until it was folded into HP as part of the 3Com acquisition. "Our objective was to recruit a CEO who has leadership experience in the security, enterprise software and storage systems markets, as well as a person with a track record for building and managing global businesses," said Bob Spinnner, Vormetric board member and managing director of Sigma Partners. “Alan Kessler meets and exceeds all those criteria." http://www.vormetric.com http://www.vormetric.com/resources/press-releases/2012/pr-vormetric-appoints-alan-kessler-ceo.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ o Sunnyvale-Based Simply Hired Names James Beriker as New CEO Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Simply Hired, the Sunnyvale-based operator of a large job search engine, on Tuesday named James Beriker as its new president and CEO. He succeeds co-founder Gautam Godhwani, who will assume the role of chairman. Godhwani had served as CEO since 2004. Beriker most recently led targeting and performance businesses at Yahoo, and previously served as the president and CEO of Dapper, Efficient Frontier and Search123. Simply Hired said the new hire will help as it looks to bolster its technology platform, expand to international markets, scale operations and drive growth and monetization. The privately held company is backed by Foundation Capital and IDG Ventures. http://www.simplyhired.com http://www.simplyhired.com/press/archives/2012/11/simply_hired_ap.php _____________________________________________ o Santa Clara-Based McAfee Names Key Sales and Marketing Executives Santa Clara, Calif. -- Santa Clara-based Internet security giant McAfee on Tuesday named Steve Redman as its executive vice president of global sales and Penny Baldwin as its executive vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO). Redman, who previously served as the company's regional president for the Asia Pacific Region, succeeds Joe Sexton, who has left the company. Baldwin most recently served as the acting CMO and senior vice president of global brand strategy and marketing at Yahoo, and earlier served as the president and CEO of Young & Rubicam Advertising and Wunderman Direct Marketing. http://www.mcafee.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121113006831/en/McAfee-Announces-Leaders-Worldwide-Sales-Marketing _____________________________________________ o CEA Names Winners of Best of Innovations Awards Arlington, Va. -- The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has announced the International CES Best of Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Award honorees. The awards honor design and engineering advancements across 29 consumer electronics product categories. A complete list of the winners is available at the link below. http://www.cesweb.org/Awards/CES-Innovations-Awards/2013.aspx _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Campbell, Calif.) Campbell-based AOptix, a developer of identity verification and wireless communications technology, on Tuesday named Scott Clark as its vice president of operations. Clark most recently was the vice president of operations at Arecont Vision, and earlier run global operations for companies such as Opnext and Allied Telesis. http://www.aoptix.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121113005672/en/AOptix-Names-Scott-Clark-VP-Operations (Campbell, Calif.) Campbell-based Saama Technologies, a provider of business analytics services, on Tuesday named Anil Nair as its vice president of engineering and solutions. Nair most recently held senior roles at Persistent Systems, including head of the Technology Solutions Group and vice president of strategic accounts. http://www.saama.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121113005213/en/Saama-Strengthens-Leadership-Team-Appointment-Vice-President =================================================== 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 > Chief Marketing Officer Our $2b technology client is seeking a global Chief Marketing Officer to lead and accelerate the growth of its brand awareness and revenue generation programs, and to take responsibility for defining and implementing every component of the company’s marketing strategy, with special emphasis on creating and executing a comprehensive demand engine framework and constructing a powerful, agile and consistent global messaging capability. 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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. To apply, please send your resume to jobs@veracyte.com For additional information, see our website www.veracyte.com ____________________________________________ Bay Area Tech Wire has over 6,000 subscribers who rely on it for their daily briefing of local technology news. Bay Area Tech Wire has various advertising offerings ideal for jobs listings, events, service offerings, and office space for rent. 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