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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Feb. 20, 2015
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o Redwood City-Based Synack Raises $25 Million in Second Round
o San Francisco-Based 6sense Raises $20 Million in Second Round
o Santa Clara-Based eASIC Files to Raise Up to $75 Million in IPO
o San Francisco-Based Fabric Lands $1.5 Million in Seed Funding
> 10 Difficult Coworkers and How to Cope With Them
o Briefly Noted: comScore - Yahoo Flurry
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--Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - San Francisco Airport (SFO)
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--Manager, Marketing Websites -- Bloomberg BNA - Washington, DC
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o Redwood City-Based Synack Raises $25 Million in Second Round
Redwood City, Calif. -- Synack, the Redwood City-based developer of a system to safely crowdsource and manage security testing, said it has raised $25 million in its second round of funding, co-led by GGV Capital and Icon Ventures. Previous backers Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Google Ventures, Greylock Partners and Allegis Capital, as well as Shape Security CEO Derek Smith, Redseal Networks CEO Ray Rothrock and vArmour CEO Timothy Eades also participated. The company now has raised more than $34 million in less than two years. The company plans to use the proceeds to expand its internal security engineering team, as well as to recruit and certify additional researchers. It also will bolster its R&D efforts and further develop its core platform. Glenn Solomon, managing partner at GGV, and Tom Mawhinney, general partner at Icon Ventures, will join the company's board of directors.
http://www.synack.com
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.synack.com/Synack+Series+B
+Press+Release+.pdf (PDF)
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o San Francisco-Based 6sense Raises $20 Million in Second Round
San Francisco -- 6sense, the San Francisco-based developer of a predictive intelligence platform designed to predict who will buy what products when and where, said it has raised $20 million in its second round of funding, led by new investor Bain Capital Ventures. Previous backers Battery Ventures and Venrock also contributed to the round, which increased the company's total funding to $36 million. BCV partner Indy Guha will join the company's board of directors. 6sense said it will use the proceeds to grow its development and data science team, accelerate marketing and sales activities and expand customer engagement in new vertical markets. Founded in 2013 by CEO Amanda Kahlow, the company now counts Cisco, Dell, NetApp, VMware, NetSuite, CSC, Lenovo and CBS Interactive among its clients.
https://6sense.com
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/-1993295.htm
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o Santa Clara-Based eASIC Files to Raise Up to $75 Million in IPO
Santa Clara, Calif. -- eASIC, a Santa Clara-based developer of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $75 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The company has yet to reveal specific details of the offering, such as the number of shares to be sold or their expected price range. eASIC plans to list its shares on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "EASI." Through the end of 2014, the company had designed more than 200 custom integrated circuits and shipped over 19 million units.
http://www.easic.com/
http://www.easic.com/easic-files-registration-statement-for-proposed-initial-public-offering/
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109898/000119312515054402/d811104ds1.htm (IPO filing)
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o San Francisco-Based Fabric Lands $1.5 Million in Seed Funding
San Francisco -- Fabric, the San Francisco-based developer of a mobile app that allows users to build want-to lists for entertainment and lifestyle activities, said it has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. Investors included WME, Great Oaks, Manatt and Structure VC, as well as Allen Debevoise of Machinima and angels from RDIO, Wanda, Facebook, Conde Nast, Hulu, Starcom, Motorola, UMG, Disney, King.com and Viacom. The company also has released its inaugural app on the Apple App Store. "We are making doing what you love easier and more fun by inspiring our users to build all their lists in one place and making them social and actionable," said founder and CEO Jon Vlassopulos. The current product covers movies, TV, music and travel, with plans to expand into additional categories.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150219006517/en/Fabric-Closing-1.5M-Seed-Top-Investors-Launches#.VOdJM3zF_ng
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10 Difficult Coworkers and How to Cope With Them
Getting along with coworkers mostly means minding your own business. However, there are some coworkers who need a little handling. It’s not difficult once you’ve spotted the behaviors. Here we describe 10 of the most difficult coworkers. http://fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire
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o Briefly Noted:
(Sunnyvale, Calif.) comScore, a Virginia-based provider of digital audience measurement services, said it plans to integrate its services with Sunnyvale-based Yahoo's Flurry mobile analytics service. The move will allow mobile app publishers using Flurry Pulse to implement audience measurement across their mobile assets in an effort to better monetize their mobile apps and grow ad revenue through comScore's independent metrics.
http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press-Releases/2015/2/comScore-Announces-Global-Integration-with-Flurry-from-Yahoo-to-Bring-Independent-Audience-Measurement-to-Mobile-App-Publishers
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> 10 Difficult Coworkers and How to Cope With Them
Getting along with coworkers mostly means minding your own business. However, there are some coworkers who need a little handling. It’s not difficult once you’ve spotted the behaviors. Here we describe 10 of the most difficult coworkers. http://fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire
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> Chief Information Security Officer (CISCO) - San Francisco Airport (SFO)
Applicants must have federal security clearance at the SECRET level or higher within the last ten years to apply. Requires background working with business stakeholder groups to develop and deliver an organization-wide cyber security agenda with a track record of assessing threats and vulnerabilities at an organizational level and delivering specific remediation actions and initiatives. Requires a unique blend of people skills and an uncanny ability to move swiftly to resolution in a fast-paced and complex environment. Bachelor’s degree required. Annual salary range is $132,626 to $169,260 plus outstanding benefits including retirement plan. Send resume and cover letter by February 27, 2015 to apply@ralphandersen.com. Details on requirements in full brochure at http://www.ralphandersen.com/jobs/sfo_chief_information_security_officer.html or contact Ms Heather Renschler or Mr. Greg Nelson at 916-630-4900.
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> Senior Level DOT.NET Developer - Washington DC - Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center Information Technology department provides and supports a variety of applications, systems and tools to staff, performers, patrons and other constituents to enable this mission to be accomplished. The senior .Net/Sharepoint developer will develop, maintain, enhance and support this set of solutions. Responsibilities Include: Provide software development, enhancement and support for complex .NET (primarily C#) based software used by the Kennedy Center, including Visual Studio 2010 and MVC applications both Windows and ASP.NET based. SQL Server 2008 R2 T-SQL database development ability is also a requirement. Responsibilities include providing business process analysis, custom software development and production system support. Experience: Five or more years of total IT lifecycle experience with three or more years mid-level, hands-on full lifecycle C#, or Java development in a business environment. Full requirements at link below. Experienced in multi-tiered application development. The position holder must be able to independently complete assignments on schedule as well as function as part of a larger team of developers, systems analysts, and business units. For more information and to submit resumes online, click here
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ROARK IP (www.roarkip.com) provides a wide range of services relating to intellectual property including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and licensing. We charge $3600.00 (excluding government filing and drafting fees) to prepare a utility patent application for filing with the US Patent & Trademark Office in the mechanical and electrical technology areas. Sample patents drafted include: 6,134,944; 6,158,244; 6,225,635; 6,226,346; 6,417,754; 6,490,469; 6,515,737; and 6,850,920. Flat fee, no surprise billing offered. We are located in San Jose. If you are interested, please contact us at roarkintellectualproperty@gmail.com.
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> Manager, Marketing Websites -- Bloomberg BNA - Washington, DC
Bloomberg BNA, a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals, seeks a Manager of Marketing Websites to direct and manage the design, development, optimization, administration, and maintenance of the Bloomberg BNA corporate and internal websites. RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead the strategy, design, and development of marketing and internal websites. Proactively present new and innovative ways to optimize the performance. Ensure that all external sites are optimized for SEO. Manage the development and maintenance process for CMS and e-commerce platforms. REQUIREMENTS: 7 years' experience in developing and maintaining corporate and e-commerce web sites. Management level HTML, and CSS code aptitude; preferred experience with other scripting languages. Apply online by clicking here.
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> Senior Software Developers - Falls Church, Va.
THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc. is seeking talented Senior Software Developers with extensive full lifecycle software development experience to support application development efforts in Washington, D.C. and our corporate office in Falls Church, VA. Candidates will be responsible for developing software and portal applications, interact with stakeholders and developers to perform business requirements, execute the development of approved designs and work packages, perform complex system builds and deployments, perform unit testing and provide post deployment management. Required skills: C#, ASP. NET, .NET Framework, Web Forms/Services, SQL Server, JavaScript, JQuery, TFS, Source Safe, Stored Procedures, Ajax, SOAP, JQuery. Some SP experience and knowledge of federal security guidelines. Must be U.S. government cleared/clearable. Present qualifications to developers@centechgroup.com and reference this PTW posting. EOE/M/F/Disabled/Vets
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