Bay Area Tech Wire -- Aug. 18

============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 18, 2014 ============================================ Mid Atlantic Marketing Summit - Sept. 19, 2014 www.mamsummit.com o Samsung Acquires SmartThings; Will Move it to Palo Alto o Redwood City-Based Comprehend Systems Raises $21 Million o Mike Smerklo Steps Down as CEO of San Francisco-Based ServiceSource o Fremont-Based WaferGen Bio-systems Names New COO and CFO o Raytheon Wins $309 Million Arbitration Award in U.K. > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 o Briefly Noted: Novasentis, Riverbed Technology, CTIA - Awards _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Lease SoMa. Live Mosso. --Senior Analyst - Consumer Services US --Intel's IDF14 San Francisco. September 9–11 --Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 --Human Services Agency IT Director - City and County of San Francisco --5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Conference - $150 off Use Code "Techwire" --EnMasse Design - Bay Area Product Design Studio --Don't Miss Summer Rates On All Bay Area Tech Wire Advertising Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Samsung Acquires SmartThings; Will Move it to Palo Alto Palo Alto, Calif. -- A month following initial reports about the deal, consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics confirmed it has acquired Washington, DC-based SmartThings, developer of an open platform for the "Internet of things," in a deal reportedly worth $200 million. SmartThings will continue to operate independently under founder and CEO Alex Hawkinson, but will move its headquarters to Palo Alto, becoming part of the Samsung Open Innovation Center (OIC), responsible for the company's software and services. Founded in 2012, SmartThings is the developer of a platform designed to let users monitor, control and automate their homes through a mobile app. The platform currently supports more than 1,000 devices and 8,000 apps. "Connected devices have long been strategically important to Samsung," said David Eun, the head of Samsung's OIC. "We are committed to maintaining SmartThings’ open platform, fostering more explosive growth, and becoming its newest strategic partner." Samsung Electronics is based in South Korea, but maintains research and development operations in Mountain View. http://www.smartthings.com/  http://www.samsung.com/us/news/23607  _____________________________________________ o Redwood City-Based Comprehend Systems Raises $21 Million Redwood City, Calif. -- Comprehend Systems, a Redwood City-based developer of cloud-based tools designed to help clinical researchers access and analyze data, said on Monday it has raised $21 million in its second round of funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, which also included participation from previous backer Sequoia Capital. Peter Nieh, a partner at Lightspeed, has joined the company's board of directors. The company said it will use the new round to expand its product development and customer solutions teams. Comprehend said its technology provides universal access to clinical trial data and analytics. The company said it has doubled its client base in the past year, adding customers such as Boston Scientific, Karyopharm, MERGE, Atlantic Research Group and Versartis. http://www.comprehend.com  http://www.comprehend.com/comprehend-raises-21-million-series-b-funding/ _____________________________________________ o Mike Smerklo Steps Down as CEO of San Francisco-Based ServiceSource San Francisco -- ServiceSource, a San Francisco-based developer of recurring revenue management tools, said on Monday that Mike Smerklo has resigned as its CEO following 11 years at the helm. He will retain the role of chairman. The company's board has named CFO Ashley Fieglein Johnson as acting CEO, while it searches for a permanent replacement. ServiceSource also on Monday named Rick Genovese as the president of the new Managed Services Business Unit. Genovese most recently served as the executive vice president and COO of Ciber. "My transition to chairman and the appointment of a new Managed Services president are key milestones as we execute against our strategic plan," said Smerklo. http://www.servicesource.com  http://ir.servicesource.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=866642  _____________________________________________ o Fremont-Based WaferGen Bio-systems Names New COO and CFO Fremont, Calif. -- WaferGen Bio-systems, a Fremont-based developer of genomic tools for clinical testing and research, on Monday named Keith Warner as its COO and Michael Henighan as its CFO. Warner most recently served as a consultant to several life science investment firms, and earlier served as the vice president of worldwide marketing at Novartis/Chiron and CEO of Biodesix. Henighan previously was the founder and CFO of Aplegen. The news comes a month after the company named Ivan Trifunovich, its president and CEO, to the additional role of chairman. WaferGen is the maker of a genetic analysis platform for profiling and validating molecular biomarkers. http://www.wafergen.com  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wafergen-announces-appointment-of-chief-operating-officer-and-chief-financial-officer-271666971.html  _____________________________________________ o Raytheon Wins $309 Million Arbitration Award in U.K. Waltham, Mass. -- Defense technology giant Raytheon said Monday that a U.K. arbitration panel has awarded it $309 million after finding that the U.K. government unlawfully terminated its eBorders contract in that country. The company lost its contract in 2010 for what the U.K. government called "default." The tribunal also found that the U.K. had wrongfully retained the $83 million it had drawn on Raytheon's letters of credit in 2011. The eBorders program is designed to collect and store information on all passengers entering and leaving the U.K. "Raytheon remains committed to partnering with the U.K. Government on key defense, national security and commercial pursuits," the company said in a statement. http://www.raytheon.com  http://investor.raytheon.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=84193&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1959065&highlight=  _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 Leading marketers, technologists and agency professionals from throughout the region come together at this annual event to discuss major marketing, social, digital and advertising trends, along with dozens of case studies, presentations and keynotes. Now in its third year and co-produced by Potomac Tech Wire, this summit is becoming a "must attend" event for the region's marketing community. For more information: www.mamsummit.com |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Burlingame, Calif.) Burlingame-based Novasentis, a developer of haptics and sensory feedback technology, on Monday named Francois Jeanneau as its senior vice president of business development, sales and marketing. Jeanneau most recently served as the senior director of sales for North America and Europe at Cambrios Technologies, and previously held senior positions at UPEK. http://www.novasentis.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140818005194/en/Francois-Jeanneau-Joins-Novasentis-Expand-OEM-Sales#.U_IzJ8VdXng  (San Francisco) San Francisco-based application performance infrastructure company Riverbed Technology on Monday named Paul Mountford as its senior vice president and chief sales officer. Mountford most recently was CEO of Sentillian, a New York-based web intelligence startup, and previously spent 16 years at Cisco. http://www.riverbed.com/about/news-articles/press-releases/Riverbed-Announces-Industry-Veteran-Paul-Mountford-Joins-Company-as-Senior-Vice-President-and-Chief-Sales-Officer.html (Las Vegas) Wireless association CTIA has named the finalists for its three award programs taking place at Super Mobility Week, scheduled for Sept. 9-11 in Las Vegas. Finalists for the organization's Emerging Technology (E-Tech), Hot for the Holidays and MobITs Awards are available at the link below. http://www.ctia.org/resource-library/press-releases/archive/ctia-awards-finalists =================================================== 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 > Lease SoMa. Live Mosso. 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