| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Sept. 16, 2013 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Bill Gates Again Leads Forbes 400 List of America's Richest People o San Francisco-Based Splunk to Acquire BugSense o Half Moon Bay-Based Project Partners Acquires serVelocity o San Francisco-Based Mocana Promotes James Isaacs to CEO o Survey: 8% of Bay Area CFOs Expect to Add New Jobs in Q4 o Briefly Noted: Shifamed - Apama Medical, Wowza Media Systems - Camfoo, Flurry _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Chief Information Officer/IT Director - City of Mountain View --IDF13 San Francisco --The Debate on Public and Private Data Now Available Online --Mobile Commerce World --Patent Applications Drafted --Research Leader – Collaboration and Communications --Director of Business Development --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 Bill Gates Again Leads Forbes 400 List of America's Richest People For the 20th straight year, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the richest person in America, according to the newly released Forbes 400, an annual compilation of the country's richest people, based on their estimated net worth. Gates tops the list at $72 billion, followed by financier Warren Buffett ($58.5 billion) and Oracle founder Larry Ellison ($41 billion). Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rank Nos. 13 and 14, respectively, while Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg ranks No. 20. The complete list is at the top link below. http://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/list/ (Complete list) http://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2013/09/16/inside-the-2013-forbes-400-facts-and-figures-on-americas-richest/ (Article) _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Splunk to Acquire BugSense San Francisco -- Splunk, the San Francisco-based developer of a software platform for real-time operational intelligence, said on Monday it will acquire San Francisco-based BugSense, developer of an analytics tool for machine data generated by mobile devices. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close by the end of October, were not disclosed. Founded in 2011, BugSense provides users with analytics such as mobile app performance, app quality, troubleshooting and usage, based on data from mobile devices. Splunk said the acquisition will allow its customers to analyze machine data directly from mobile devices, then correlate it with other machine-generated data. http://www.splunk.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130916006432/en/Splunk-Announces-Agreement-Acquire-BugSense _____________________________________________ o Half Moon Bay-Based Project Partners Acquires serVelocity Half, Moon, Bay, Calif. -- Project Partners, a Half Moon Bay-based provider of services designed to optimize business processes and information technology investments, said on Monday it has acquired Massachusetts-based serVelocity, a provider of operations strategy consulting services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Robert Armour and Steven Sexton, the former co-managing partners of serVelocity, will join Project Partners in unspecified roles. "With this acquisition we now provide our clients with a broader set of capabilities necessary to achieve their business goals," said David McNeil, vice president of Project Partners. http://www.projectp.com/ http://www.servelocity.us.com/ http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/project-partners-llc-acquires-servelocity-143500716.html _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Mocana Promotes James Isaacs to CEO San Francisco -- Mocana, a San Francisco-based developer of mobile app protection technology, on Monday promoted COO James Isaacs to the role of CEO. He succeeds co-founder Adrian Turner, who will continue as a board member. Isaacs previously held executive and senior management roles in marketing, sales and field operations at Apple, Microsoft, 41st Parameter, Concentric Networks and Danger. https://www.mocana.com/ https://www.mocana.com/news/press/press2013-09-16 _____________________________________________ o Survey: 8% of Bay Area CFOs Expect to Add New Jobs in Q4 San Francisco -- Eight percent of CFOs in the DC area expect to add new professional-level positions by year's end, according to a new forecast from Robert Half. Another 71% said they plan to hire for role that open during the next three months. Fifteen percent say they will not be hiring, while 5% plan to reduce staff levels. "Recruiting challenges persist throughout the Bay Area, particularly within fields such as tax, financial services, hospitality and healthcare," said Sharon Black, senior district president for Robert Half in the Bay Area. "As companies prepare for year-end and the upcoming tax season, senior accountants, financial analysts, auditors and customer service representatives will continue to be in demand locally." The results are based on interviews with 200 CFOs from Bay Area companies with at least 20 employees. http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/san-francisco-bay-area-cfos-160000082.html _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Campbell, Calif.) Shifamed, a Campbell-based medical technology incubator, said on Monday that portfolio company Apama Medical has raised $3.2 million in its first round of funding. Broadview Ventures led the round. Apama is a developer of catheter-based products for the electrophysiology market. http://www.apamamedical.com http://shifamed.com/?news=apama-medical-a-shifamed-portfolio-company-closes-3-2m-series-a-1-financing-round (Mountain View, Calif.) Wowza Media Systems, a Colorado-based developer of media server software, with offices in Mountain View, said on Monday it has acquired Camfoo, developer of a tool for managing cloud-based media streaming. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Camfoo is the first company that Wowza has acquired since its founding in 2005. http://www.wowza.com https://camfoo.tv/ http://www.wowza.com/news/wowza-media-systems-acquires-camfoo (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Flurry, developer of an app measurement and advertising platform, on Monday named Bob Komin as its CFO. Komin most recently served as the CFO of Ticketfly, and previously was the COO and CFO of Linden Labs, CFO at Solexel and CFO at Tellme Networks. http://www.flurry.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130916005518/en/Flurry-Appoints-Bob-Komin-Chief-Financial-Officer =================================================== 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 Information Officer/IT Director - City of Mountain View The newly created CIO position will join a leadership team committed to innovation, creativity, and transforming local government through leading ideas and practices. As the Department Director, the CIO will oversee a staff of 14 employees in planning, maintaining, and managing the City's information systems and communications networks. Bachelor’s degree is required; MBA or MCS is highly desired. This position requires five years responsible experience in information technology, three years of which must have been at a supervisory or management level. Salary range is $132,816 to $193,834 DOQ. Brochure available at www.ralphandersen.com Inquiries encouraged to (916) 630-4900. Email resume and cover letter to apply@ralphandersen.com prior September 27, 2013. ____________________________________________ > IDF13 San Francisco Intel Developers Forum 2013: 40 billion connected devices by 2020. Which ones will run your software? Take a fresh look at attending IDF13 San Francisco, Sept. 10-12. Software developers can expect to see more software, a focus on mobile and a preview of cross-platform technologies. With more than 45 software sessions, hands-on labs and poster chats planned across multiple OS development, open innovation, big data, services, security and more. 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