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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- June 23, 2017
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o Aera Technology Rebrands from FusionOps, Lands $50 Million
o Menlo Park-Based Bessemer Venture Partners Promotes Three to Partner
o Facebook, Alphabet Dominate Mobile App Audience Rankings
o Survey: Tech Hiring Expected to Increase in for Rest of '17
> 13 Workplace Communication Tips Today's Young People Need to Know
o Briefly Noted: Veeva Systems, HouseCanary
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o Aera Technology Rebrands from FusionOps, Lands $50 Million
Mountain View, Calif. -- Aera Technology, a Mountain View-based developer of machine intelligence technology for businesses, said it has changed its name from FusionOps and raised $50 million in a new round of funding, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The company said its platform is designed to continuously crawl through a client's enterprise systems, uncovering opportunities to improve financial and business performance in real-time. It then proactively engages with relevant users to make changes, when warranted. Frederic Laluyaux, Aera's president and CEO, called the technology "a cognitive operating system that connects you with your business and autonomously orchestrates your operations." Laluyaux previously served as the CEO of Anaplan.
https://www.aeratechnology.com/
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/aera-launches-to-enable-the-self-driving-enterprise-2222793.htm
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o Menlo Park-Based Bessemer Venture Partners Promotes Three to Partner
Menlo Park, Calif. -- Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm investing in consumer, enterprise and healthcare technology companies, said it has promoted Charles Birnbaum, Amit Karp and Kristina Shen to partner. Birnbaum. who joined the firm's New York office in 2013, and currently serves on the board of Zopa, United Capital, Fabric, Spruce and Eave. Karp has been with the firm since 2012, working out of Israel for the past three years. He currently serves on the board of otonomo and ScyllaDB. Shen joined BVP in 2013, and is the firm's lead on the boards of Glint, DoubleDutch and Retail Solutions. "Each of them has demonstrated deep sector knowledge and a keen ability to spot standout companies early," said Ed Colloton, Bessemer's chief operating officer (COO). Bessemer is a $4 billion VC that funded the early stages of Blue Apron, Pinterest, Skype and Twitch.
https://www.bvp.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bessemer-venture-partners-promotes-charles-birnbaum-amit-karp-and-kristina-shen-to-partner-300477220.html
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o Facebook, Alphabet Dominate Mobile App Audience Rankings
Reston, Va. -- Mobile apps developed by Facebook and Google-parent Alphabet hold the top six spots in comScore's newly released list of the top smartphone apps in the U.S., based on audience reach. Facebook tops the rankings, appearing on 75.7% of all smartphones used by adults, with Facebook Messenger, the social media giant's instant messaging tool, right behind it at 67.5%. YouTube (66.5%), Google Search (59.3%), Google Maps (56.1%) and Google Play (49.4%) round out the top six. The complete top 15 rankings for May are available at the link below.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-ranks-the-top-us-smartphone-apps-for-may-2017-300478054.html
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o Survey: Tech Hiring Expected to Increase in for Rest of '17
Menlo Park, Calif. -- Technology hiring in the U.S. is expected to increase for the remainder of this year, according to a new IT hiring forecast from Robert Half Technology. All told, 21% of chief information officers (CIOs) surveyed say they plan to add full-time technology professionals to their teams during the second half of 2017 -- up 5% from a survey conducted in December. An additional 64% expect to maintain staff levels by filling vacant roles, and 63% say it's somewhat or very challenging to find skilled IT professionals in today's market. "It's a good time to be a job seeker in the tech industry," said John Reed, senior executive director of Robert Half Technology. "For employers, however, hiring remains a challenge in today's competitive market. Tech leaders must make recruiting and retention a priority to attract and secure top talent." Respondents said that skills greatest in demand include: database management (53%), Windows administration (53%), desktop support (52%) network administration (51%) and wireless network management (51%). The complete report is available at the link below.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-cios-reveal-hiring-plans-for-second-half-of-2017-300478051.html
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> 13 Workplace Communication Tips Today's Young People Need to Know
Texting- and social media-obsessed Millennials aren't always prepared to navigate the business world, which primarily "runs" on email and face-to-face communication. Here, we share 13 dos and don'ts to help them communicate productively in the big leagues.
http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire
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o Briefly Noted:
(Pleasanton, Calif.) Pleasanton-based Veeva Systems, a developer of cloud-based software for the life sciences industry, has named Mark Carges to its board of directors. Carges previously served as the chief technology officer (CTO) of eBay and BEA Systems, and currently serves on the boards of Splunk and Magnet Systems.
https://www.veeva.com/resources/mark-carges-joins-veeva-board-of-directors/
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based HouseCanary, a developer of data analytics tools for real estate professionals, has named Alex Villacorta as its executive vice president of analytics. Villacorta previously created and led the research and housing analytics team at Clear Capital.
http://www.housecanary.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/housecanary-hires-alex-villacorta-as-executive-vice-president-of-analytics-300477265.html
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> Sr. Ruby Platform Engineer, Mountain View, CA - $170k
We're looking for a top caliber engineer with experience in building a data platform at internet scale. Our client's platform interacts with multitude of health/fitness devices and apps real time data streams. The ideal candidate will have top-notch skills, and preferably has experience working on early stage consumer service platforms. This is an opportunity to be part of a promising early stage startup in the exciting digital health/fitness space and to drive a new generation health/fitness platform architecture. If you've got the right skills and passion, we want you! What you'll be doing: Architecting, building, testing and refining new products and services throughout the backend platform stack, including cache, workflow, controller, and data. Evolving various stack components to scale and address new service requirements. Designing and developing REST API and integration points for various platform services. Brainstorming and prototyping new concepts and approaches fast. Turning prototypes into real things Qualifications: Worked on large scale SOA consumer systems. Fluency in Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Experience with designing REST based API's for consumer based services. At least 5 years of experience designing and building backend software platforms. Expert knowledge in optimization and scalability using various technologies. Experience with MySQL and MongoDB. Able to design and write well-structured, easily maintainable, well-documented code that balances beauty and pragmatism. Demonstrable track record building distributed, clustered, high-throughput applications. Talent and drive to build a winning product and platform. A team player in a flat-structured, highly collaborative agile environment is a must. Strong academic background, preferably in Computer Science If interested, please email resume to greg@chiefpeople.com.
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> 13 Workplace Communication Tips Today's Young People Need to Know
Texting- and social media-obsessed Millennials aren't always prepared to navigate the business world, which primarily "runs" on email and face-to-face communication. Here, we share 13 dos and don'ts to help them communicate productively in the big leagues.
http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire
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> Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - Baltimore - Sept. 15 (Flash Sale)
The Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit: Baltimore will be held on Sept. 15 at Pier 5 Hotel in Baltimore. Now in its sixth year, the annual summit has become the "must-attend" marketing event for the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. The summit brings together 300+ CMOs, Senior Marketers, Agency Professionals and Technology Executives from throughout the Mid-Atlantic area. The event features dozens of case studies, keynotes, and presentations on the most important issues facing marketers in 2018.
http://mamsummit.com/
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