| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Feb. 4, 2014 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o San Mateo-Based Jivox Raises $5.8 Million in Third Round o White House Announces $750M in Commitments to ConnectED Program o Santa Clara-Based VisualOn Names Andy Lin as New CEO o Microsoft Promotes Satya Nadella to CEO; Gates Takes New Role o TechNet Names Linda Moore as President and CEO o Briefly Noted: GoPro, Cleave Biosciences, Range Networks, ScriptRock _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --There's No Such Thing as a Bad Idea When Brainstorming -True or False? --Digital Entertainment World --14 Ideas for Marketing Your Business Online --Siteworx Complimentary Report: Best Practices: Digital Asset Management --Enterprise Connect – March 17-20, 2014 --Corporate Food-Service - Catering to Cafe Management --Investment Adviser Executive --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 Mateo-Based Jivox Raises $5.8 Million in Third Round San Mateo, Calif. -- Jivox, a Santa Clara-based developer of interactive advertising technology, said on Tuesday it has raised $5.8 million in its third round of funding, led by San Francisco based Fortisure Ventures. Shah Capital and previous backers Diaz Nesamoney, Opus Capital and Helion Advisors also took part in the round, which the company will use to bolster sales and marketing activities further develop its technology. Jivox's core IQ platform is designed to help users create and serve interactive ads to multiple devices, including tablets and smartphones. Clients include College Humor, Federated Media, Weiden+Kennedy, Havas, Interactive One, A&E Networks, Sun Times Media, Universal McCann and Videology. http://www.jivox.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140204005652/en/Jivox-Secures-5.8-Million-Series-Funding#.UvFWaWJdXng _____________________________________________ o White House Announces $750M in Commitments to ConnectED Program Washington, DC -- The White House on Tuesday announced more than $750 million in commitments from tech and telecom companies as part of President Obama's ConnectED initiative, a program aimed at connecting 99% of K-12 students to broadband by 2017. Among the new commitments, Autodesk has pledged $250 million in software and services; Apple $100 million in iPads, MacBooks and other products; AT&T $100 million in mobile broadband services; and Verizon $100 million in cash and in-kind commitments. Other significant commitments have come from Microsoft, O'Reilly Media and Sprint. In addition, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is announcing a new plan to direct $2 billion over the next two years to expand its investment in high-speed connectivity for school and libraries. Those funds are expected to begin flowing to schools later this year, and will focus specifically on broadband connections and Wi-Fi in schools. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/02/04/fact-sheet-opportunity-all-answering-president-s-call-enrich-american-ed _____________________________________________ o Santa Clara-Based VisualOn Names Andy Lin as New CEO Santa Clara, Calif. -- VisualOn, a Santa Clara-based developer of streaming media software, on Tuesday named Andy Lin as its new CEO. Lin, a member of VisualOn's board of directors for seven years, most recently served as the vice president of research and development at Cadence Design Systems. He succeeds co-founder Yang Cai, who will take on the role of chief strategy officer in addition to chairman. http://www.visualon.com http://www.prnewswire.com/ news-releases/visualon-inc-names-andy-lin-chief-executive-officer-243508231.html _____________________________________________ o Microsoft Promotes Satya Nadella to CEO; Gates Takes New Role Redmond, Wash. -- Software giant Microsoft didn't have to look far to find its new leader, on Tuesday promoting Satya Nadella to the role of CEO -- just the third in company history after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Nadella has been with the company since 1992, most recently serving as the executive vice president of its cloud and enterprise group. "His vision for how technology will be used and experienced around the world is exactly what Microsoft needs as the company enters its next chapter of expanded product innovation and growth," said Gates, who also announced he is stepping down as chairman to take on a more hands-on role as technology advisor. John Thompson, the board's lead independent director, will assume the role of chairman. Ballmer announced in August that he would retire once a successor was named. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-04newspr.aspx _____________________________________________ o TechNet Names Linda Moore as President and CEO Washington, DC -- TechNet, a technology industry network focused on forging relationships between tech leaders and policymakers, on Tuesday named Linda Moore as its president and CEO. Moore most recently served as the founder and president of LMF Strategies, a public affairs consulting firm, and earlier spent eight years in the Clinton White House, serving in the second term as Deputy Political Director. John Doerr, partner at venture capital giant Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said that Moore "brings the political skills necessary to marshal the full weight of the technology community to bear with federal and state policymakers." In addition, TechNet announced the appointment of Andrea Deveau to serve as California executive director. http://www.technet.org http://www.technet.org/technet-names-experienced-leader-linda-moore-as-president-and-ceo/ _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Mateo, Calif.) San Mateo-based GoPro, the maker of wearable and gear-mountable cameras, on Tuesday named Jack Lazar as its CFO. Lazar most recently served as the senior vice president of corporate development and general manager of Qualcomm Atheros, a unit of Qualcomm, and earlier was the CFO of Atheros Communications. http://gopro.com/news/gopro-appoints-jack-lazar-as-chief-financial-officer (Burlingame, Calif.) Burlingame-based Cleave Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical firm developing novel protein degradation inhibitors for the treatment of cancer, on Tuesday named Alessandra Cesano as its chief medical officer. Cesano previously served as the COO and chief medical officer of Nodality. http://www.cleavebio.com http://www.cleavebio.com/pdf/cleave-cesano-shuster-release.pdf (PDF) (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Range Networks, a developer of commercial open source cellular systems, on Tuesday announced the hiring of four key executives. 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