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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 28, 2015
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o Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Improving Cybersecurity Information Sharing
o Menlo Park-Based Battery Ventures Leads $11M Round for Pendo
o Redwood City-Based Shutterfly Names as Mike Pope New CFO
o San Francisco's Spectrum Equity Names Brian Regan as CFO
o Briefly Noted: Pluribus Networks, Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards
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o Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Improving Cybersecurity Information Sharing
Washington, DC -- Despite the objections of privacy advocates, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that encourages the government and companies to share information on cybersecurity threats. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act passed by a 74-21 vote, and now will be reconciled with similar legislation passed in the House earlier this year. . "This landmark bill finally better secures Americans private information from foreign hackers," said Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). "This legislation gives the government and U.S. companies new voluntary collaborative tools so that they can work together against hackers that have been all too successful at stealing the personal information of millions of Americans for years." Participating companies would receive legal protections from antitrust and consumer privacy liabilities for taking part in the program. The bill also gives them the right to use "defensive measures" on their networks for cybersecurity purposes.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/754%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%8B
https://www.burr.senate.gov/press/releases/senate-passes-landmark-cybersecurity-bill
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o Menlo Park-Based Battery Ventures Leads $11M Round for Pendo
Menlo Park, Calif. -- Battery Ventures, the Menlo Park-based venture capital firm, said on Wednesday it has led an $11 million round of funding for Pendo, the North Carolina-based developer of a product management software platform. Salesforce Ventures and previous seed investors Contour Venture Partners, Core Capital Partners and IDEAFund Partners also took part in the company's first round. Neeraj Agrawal, a general partner at Battery, will join the company's board of directors. Founded in 2013, Pendo offers software designed to help product management teams better understand and improve product usage. The software gleans customer behavior in relation to products and dynamically inserts interactive messages to improve rates of adoption.
https://www.battery.com/
http://blog.pendo.io/2015/10/28/pendo-raises-11-million-in-series-a-financing-led-by-battery-ventures/
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o Redwood City-Based Shutterfly Names as Mike Pope New CFO
Redwood City, Calif. -- Shutterfly, the Redwood City-based provider of personalized photo products and services, has named Mike Pope as its senior vice president and CFO. He will succeed Brian Regan, who is leaving to become managing director and CFO of Spectrum Equity (see separate article). Pope, most recently the CFO of Clean Power Finance, will be responsible for managing all of the company's financial activities. He also has served as the CFO and COO at MarketTools, vice president at BearingPoint, president and COO at Network General, president and CEO at DigitalThink and CFO at Dionex. "Mike is a Silicon Valley veteran who has a successful track record of profitably growing public and private companies," said Jeffrey Housenbold, the president and CEO of Shutterfly.
http://www.shutterflyinc.com
http://ir.shutterfly.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=938730
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o San Francisco's Spectrum Equity Names Brian Regan as CFO
San Francisco -- Spectrum Equity, a Boston- and San Francisco-based growth equity firm focused on Internet, software and information services companies, has named Brian Regan as managing director and CFO. Regan, most recently the CFO of Shutterfly, will oversee the firm's financial operations, while also helping its portfolio companies. He earlier served as the CFO of Nextag and Ticketmaster Entertainment. Founded in 1994, Spectrum Equity has invested in companies including Ancestry.com, BATS, GrubHub, lynda.com, Passport Health, SurveyMonkey, Teachers Pay Teachers, Verafin and WeddingWire.
http://www.spectrumequity.com
http://www.spectrumequity.com/news/brian-regan-joins-spectrum-equity-as-managing-director-and-chief-financial-officer
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> Campaigns & Marketing Summit - Nov. 13 - National Press Club - DC
The Campaigns & Marketing Summit on Nov. 13 in Washington, D.C. will bring together 300 marketers and executives from the political, technology and brand communities to discuss their common tactics, strategies, tools and platforms. It is the first major conference to bring together both brand and political marketers. With over a dozen panel discussions on social, mobile, data, digital advertising, analytics and more, attendees will gain insights into the wave of change and innovation coming to marketing and social media in 2016.
http://www.camsummitdc.com
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o Briefly Noted:
(Palo Alto, Calif.) Palo Alto-based Pluribus Networks, a provider of virtualized networking for software defined data centers, on Wednesday named Ram Bhide as its vice president of engineering. Bhide previously spent 20 years with Cisco Systems, most recently as the vice president of engineering overseeing the company's enterprise routing products.
http://www.pluribusnetworks.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151028005460/en/Ram-Bhide-Appointed-Vice-President-Engineering-Pluribus
(Sacramento, Calif.) The Center for Digital Government has named the winners of its fifth-annual Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards. This awards, underwritten by Intel Security, honor state and local governments, healthcare organizations and leaders in cybersecurity technology services. Winners included: (State Government) State of Colorado; (County Government) Maricopa County, Ariz.; (City Government) City of Los Angeles; (Healthcare) Boston Medical Center; and (Leadership/Innovators) Ricardo Lafosse of Cook County, Ill., Susan Blanton of Dignity Health and Kirk Davis of Vidant Health. Complete details are at the link below.
http://www.govtech.com/cdg/cybersecurity/Cybersecurity-Leadership-and-Innovation-Awards-2015-Winners-Announced.html
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> Chief Information Officer - City of Huntington Beach, Calif.
This vibrant community, known as "Surf City," represents an ideal location for a visionary with exceptional collaborative leadership skills to contribute as a key member of the City’s management team as the new Chief Information Officer overseeing the Information Services Department (30 FTEs; $6.8M budget). Top candidates will have a team-oriented style with a commitment to results in promoting short- and long-term value of technological innovation. The CIO must possess a deep understanding of information technology services and emerging trends within the field related to public-sector service delivery. Ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor’s and 5 years of information technology experience at the department director or deputy director equivalent level. A Master's degree is preferred. Salary is up to $188,552 with an excellent benefit package2015. Interested candidates should submit a compelling cover letter, comprehensive resume, and current salary information via email to apply@ralphandersen.com Confidential inquiries are welcomed to Heather Renschler at (916) 630-4900. Detailed brochure available at http://www.ralphandersen.com/jobs/huntington_beach_cio.html. Candidates are encouraged to apply by October 26.
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> Campaigns & Marketing Summit - Nov. 13 - National Press Club - DC
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