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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Sept. 21, 2015
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Job of the Day: Information Technology Manager - City of San Carlos
o Palo Alto-Based Jaunt Raises $65 Million in Third Round of Funding
o Menlo Park-Based Mayfield Leads $8 Million Round for Alignable
o Milpitas-Based Heat Software to Acquire Assets from Absolute Software
o TechCrunch Names 25 Companies Selected for Startup Battlefield
o Walnut Creek-Based YapStone Names Bryan Murphy as President
o Briefly Noted: Symantec, Megaport, Rovi
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o Palo Alto-Based Jaunt Raises $65 Million in Third Round of Funding
Palo Alto, Calif. -- Jaunt, a Palo Alto-based developer of hardware, software and other tools to enable cinematic virtual reality, said on Monday it has raised $65 million in its third round of funding. The Walt Disney Company, Evolution Media Partners and China Media Capital (CMC) co-led the round, which the company will use to expand its global reach and take its technology mainstream. Jaunt said it plans to use the funding to significantly grow its teams in both Palo Alto and Los Angeles. "When Jaunt launched a little over two years ago, VR was the domain of a few enthusiasts like us," said David Anderman, the company's chief business officer. "Fast forward to today, with the ability to view VR content on any current smartphone, and a half dozen head mounted displays launching in the next 12 months, the addressable number of users will instantly be in the millions, and quickly grow from there. We look forward to supplying great content to all those users."
http://www.jauntvr.com
http://www.jauntvr.com/65m-funding-announcement
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o Menlo Park-Based Mayfield Leads $8 Million Round for Alignable
Menlo Park, Calif. -- Mayfield, the early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, has led a new $8 million round of funding for Massachusetts-based Alignable, developer of a social network for small business owners. It was the company's second round. Launched in early 2014, Alignable has grown to more than 7,000 communities across all 50 states and Canada. The company's free social network platform allows small business owners to connect with others nearby, within their industries, based on their interests. Other investors in the company include Saturn Partners, NextView Ventures, Boston Seed, CrunchFund, Kensington and Lead Edge Capital.
http://www.mayfield.com/
http://site.alignable.com/blog/alignable-raises-8m-to-help-small-business-connect-nationwide
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o Milpitas-Based Heat Software to Acquire Assets from Absolute Software
Milpitas, Calif. -- Heat Software, a Milpitas-based developer of service management and unified endpoint management software, said on Monday it will acquire the assets of Absolute Manage and Absolute Service from Absolute Software. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close in early October, were not disclosed. Absolute Manage lets users manage and secure their mobile and endpoint devices from a single console, while Absolute Service enables the automation of IT infrastructure library processes such as incident management, request management and service level management. "This acquisition expands Heat Software’s scale, breadth of capabilities and resources to extend its leadership position," said Behdad Eghbali and Prashant Mehrotra of Heat-owner Clearlake Capital Group. Peter Frankl of Absolute Software will become Heat's senior vice president of endpoint management sales.
http://www.heatsoftware.com
http://www.heatsoftware.com/news/press-releases/heat-software-acquire-absolute-manage-and-absolute-service-businesses-absolute
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o TechCrunch Names 25 Companies Selected for Startup Battlefield
San Francisco -- TechCrunch on Monday unveiled the 25 companies selected to take part in its Startup Battlefield at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco, which runs through Wednesday at Pier 70. All will pitch their products in front of a panel of venture capitalists, tech influencers and fellow innovators, for a shot at a $50,000 prize and the Disrupt Cup. Winners will be announced at the closing awards ceremony on Wednesday evening. The complete list of entrants is available at the link below.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/21/startup-battlefield-of-disrupt-sf-2015/
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o Walnut Creek-Based YapStone Names Bryan Murphy as President
Walnut Creek, Calif. -- YapStone, a Walnut Creek-based developer of web and mobile payment technology, on Monday named Bryan Murphy as its president. Murphy spent the past four years at eBay, where he most recently served as vice president of North American verticals and global IO. He sold his previous company WHI Solutions, to eBay in 2012. YapStone has raised more than $110 million from investors including Accel Partners, Meritech Capital and Bregal Sagemount. The company powers online and mobile payments for HomeAway, VRBO and thousands of apartment and vacation rental companies, homeowners' associations, self-storage companies, hospitality establishments and non-profits.
http://www.yapstone.com
http://www.yapstone.com/news/yapstone-names-bryan-murphy-president/
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> Information Technology Manager - City of San Carlos, CA
Reporting to the Administrative Services Director, this exempt position oversees a small staff of 3 employees. As the leader of the Division, the IT Manager provides day-to-day management and supervision for the City’s technology and telecommunications. In addition, the IT Manager may serve in a temporary appointment as the acting department head in the absence of the Administrative Services Director. San Carlos seeks an experienced IT manager with excellent communication and diplomacy, a strong belief in IT as a business enabler and experience with budgets and project management. Education equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of professional IT experience; 3 years of this experience must have been at the administrative, supervisory, or management level Salary range is $120,948 to $147,000 DOQ. Brochure available at http://www.ralphandersen.com/jobs/san_carlos_information_technology_manager.html Confidential inquiries to Greg Nelson at (916) 630-4900. To apply send cover letter, resume, and supporting materials to apply@ralphandersen.com prior to Friday, October 16, 2015.
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o Briefly Noted:
(Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based Internet security company Symantec on Monday named Dan Rogers as its chief marketing officer (CMO). Rogers, who since 2013 has been CMO of the EMEA-region at Salesforce, will oversee the company's marketing efforts, including brand awareness, digital marketing, demand generation and events.
http://investor.symantec.com/investor-relations/press-releases/press-release-details/2015/Symantec-Appoints-Dan-Rogers-as-Chief-Marketing-Officer/default.aspx
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based Megaport, a developer of SDN-based elastic interconnection technology, on Monday named Eric Troyer as its chief marketing officer (CMO). Troyer most recently served as the director of network edge and interconnection strategy at Microsoft, and earlier was the director of interconnection and mobile services at Equinix.
https://megaport.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150921005290/en/Megaport-Appoints-Industry-Veteran-Eric-Troyer-CMO#.VgBDoNJViko
(Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Rovi, developer of entertainment search and navigation technology, on Monday named Eddy Hartenstein to its board of directors. Hartenstein previously served as the publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times, and earlier was the president and CEO of Tribune. The company now has eight directors on its board.
http://pr.rovicorp.com/file/4206196/Index?KeyFile=31170541
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> Information Technology Manager - City of San Carlos, CA
Reporting to the Administrative Services Director, this exempt position oversees a small staff of 3 employees. As the leader of the Division, the IT Manager provides day-to-day management and supervision for the City’s technology and telecommunications. In addition, the IT Manager may serve in a temporary appointment as the acting department head in the absence of the Administrative Services Director. San Carlos seeks an experienced IT manager with excellent communication and diplomacy, a strong belief in IT as a business enabler and experience with budgets and project management. Education equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of professional IT experience; 3 years of this experience must have been at the administrative, supervisory, or management level Salary range is $120,948 to $147,000 DOQ. Brochure available at http://www.ralphandersen.com/jobs/san_carlos_information_technology_manager.html Confidential inquiries to Greg Nelson at (916) 630-4900. To apply send cover letter, resume, and supporting materials to apply@ralphandersen.com prior to Friday, October 16, 2015.
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> Chief Technology Officer - Douglas County, NV
The Chief Technology Officer is an exempt position that is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing all elements of the County's technology services functions that includes Information Technology, Geographic Information Systems, and Communications. A Bachelor's degree is desired, as is five years of IT management experience within the last eight years. Salary $79,830 - $119,766 DOQ, including excellent benefit package. Interested candidates should email a compelling cover letter and a comprehensive resume to apply@ralphandersen.com by Monday, October 12, 2015. Confidential inquiries welcomed to Greg Nelson at (916) 630-4900. Detailed brochure available at http://www.ralphandersen.com/jobs/douglas_county_chief_technology_officer.html
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> Associate - North Atlantic Capital - Portland, ME
Portland, Maine based North Atlantic Capital is seeking an Associate to play a crucial role in executing our investment strategy by researching promising technology market segments and proactively reaching out to the CEOs and CFOs of leading private companies within those market segments. He or she will also participate in all phases of investment process including: due diligence, meetings with management, focused company and industry research, financial modeling and writing investment recommendations. All candidates considered must have: 2-4 years work experience, investment banking or corporate development experience, experience working with or strong affinity for technology companies and an exceptional educational background. Send resumes to: haley@northatlanticcapital.com
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