| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- April 2, 2012 ============================================ Sponsored by: SkySQL & MariaDB Solutions Day for the MySQL Database http://www.skysql.com/mysql-solutions-day o San Francisco-Based Bizo Raises $10 Million in Second Round o Santa Clara-Based PureWave Networks Lands $5 Million in Third Round o San Jose-Based Power Integrations to Acquire Switzerland's Concept o General Catalyst Hires Facebook Veteran Kevin Colleran o Report: U.S. IPO Momentum Continues with Strong First Quarter > SkySQL & MariaDB Solutions Day for the MySQL Database - April 13th o Briefly Noted: Application Developers Alliance, Radiant Logic, Hortonworks _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Generational Competition: How to Navigate the Challenges of the New Workforce --Executive Briefing - Product Portfolio Briefing --SkySQL & MariaDB Solutions Day for the MySQL Database - April 13th --Marketing Events Coordinator --Senior Manager, eCommerce – Redwood City, CA --Account Manager --Sr. Financial Analyst --Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - April 20, 2012 --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Bizo Raises $10 Million in Second Round San Francisco -- Bizo, the San Francisco-based developer of a business audience marketing platform designed to help brand advertisers target more than 100 million professionals, said on Monday it has raised $10 million in its second round of funding. Crosslink Capital led the round, which also included participation by previous backers Bessemer Venture Partners and Venrock. The company said it will use the funding to further expand its sales and marketing efforts and continue to extend its platform. Bizo was founded in 2008 by Russell Glass and Yonatan Stern, and has raised $20 million of equity and debt financing to date. Crosslink Capital's David Silverman will join Bizo's board of directors. http://www.bizo.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/business-audience-marketing-leader-bizo-secures-10-million-series-b-funding-145778235.html _____________________________________________ o Santa Clara-Based PureWave Networks Lands $5 Million in Third Round Santa Clara, Calif. -- PureWave Networks, a Santa Clara-based developer of 4G wireless base stations, said on Monday it has raised $5 million in its third round of funding from a mixture of new and previous investors. Though the company did not disclose the identities of the investors, some of its previous backers have included Allegis Capital and Benhamou Global Ventures. One of the investors, the company said, it a strategic partner that will help extend its reach in Asia. PureWave, which last raised $12 million in 2008, said it will use the latest funding to continue the development and commercialization of its new line of small cell LTE base stations, as well as to grow its presence in key markets. http://www.pwnets.com http://www.pwnets.com/Company/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/24/Purewave-secures-5-million-in-Series-C-funding.aspx _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Power Integrations to Acquire Switzerland's Concept San Jose, Calif. -- Power Integrations, a San Jose-based developer of high-voltage integrated circuits for power conversion, said on Monday it will pay approximately $115 million in cash to acquire Switzerland's Concept Technologie, a developer of drivers for high-voltage IGBT modules. The deal is expected to close by mid-year. Concept's products are used in a range of high-voltage power-conversion applications, including industrial motor drives, renewable energy generation, electric trains and trams, high-voltage DC transmission, electric cars and medical equipment. The company has 65 employees and holds 14 patents, with additional patents pending. Concept's management team and employees will remain at the company's current headquarters, which will become Power Integrations' center of excellence for high-voltage driver design. Wolfgang Ademmer will continue as president of Concept and will also become a vice president of Power Integrations. http://www.powerint.com http://www.igbt-driver.com http://www.powerint.com/en/news/2012-04-02-pi-acquire-concept-technologies _____________________________________________ o General Catalyst Hires Facebook Veteran Kevin Colleran Palo Alto, Calif. -- Kevin Colleran, one of the first employees of Menlo Park-based Facebook and developer of the initial advertising programs for the social network, has joined General Catalyst, a venture capital firm with offices in Palo Alto and Massachusetts. He will serve as a venture partner, focused on mentoring young entrepreneurs in early stage investments. Colleran was Facebook's seventh employee at the time of his hiring in 2005, and leaves as the company's second-most tenured employee behind founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "Kevin's experience monetizing social networks and deep understanding of the consumer experience make him a tremendous addition to our team," said Joel Cutler, managing director at General Catalyst. Founded in 2000, General Catalyst currently has $2.2 billion of committed capital under management across six funds. http://www.generalcatalyst.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120402005422/en/Facebook-Alum-Kevin-Colleran-Joins-General-Catalyst _____________________________________________ o Report: U.S. IPO Momentum Continues with Strong First Quarter New York -- Building on momentum carried over from late last year, the U.S. IPO market generated its highest first-quarter volume since 2007, according to new figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Forty-four IPOs raised $5.8 billion in the quarter, up from 33 IPOs the year before, though average deal size dropped 67% to $131 million. Still, March saw three of the five highest first-day IPO returns since January 2011, which helped the IPO market produce day one returns in the quarter of 16%. "We saw strong first quarter IPO volume and filing activity, which coupled with the increased investor interest in IPOs, bodes well for the year ahead," said Henri Leveque, leader of PwC's U.S. Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services. "The IPO pipeline remains healthy with a diverse range of companies exploring public launches… Major IPO activity from some of the larger well-known technology players, including Facebook, will likely lend support to a host of smaller technology companies looking to enter the public markets." http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pwc-us-ipo-watch-q1-2012-a-buoyant-first-quarter-produces-strong-ipo-returns-says-pwc-145786935.html _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| SkySQL & MariaDB Solutions Day for the MySQL Database - April 13th, Santa Clara Receive FREE, hands-on training and consulting on MySQL database solutions from the experts at SkySQL, MariaDB, Calpont, Continuent, ScaleDB, Severalnines, Sphinx, and Webyog, among others. As well, join industry visionaries, including Monty Widenius and David Axmark, the original authors of the MySQL database, as they share their insights on current and future trends pertaining to the world's most popular database. A complimentary luncheon will be served, and a free Biergarten will follow the final keynote. Register now at http://www.skysql.com/mysql-solutions-day |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) The Application Developers Alliance, a newly formed industry association for application developers, on Monday named its founding board of directors. Members of the 18-member board, which will convene for the first time April 24 in San Francisco, are listed at the link below. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120402005800/en/Application-Developers-Alliance-Announces-Founding-Board-Directors (Novato, Calif.) Novato-based Radiant Logic, a developer of identity virtualization tools, said on Monday it has opened a new office in Washington, DC to focus on increasing sales to the federal government and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Don Graham, a senior account manager, will manage the new office. Radiant Logic counts members of the intelligence community, the U.S. Air Force, DISA, Department of Defense and Federal Reserve Bank among its clients. http://www.radiantlogic.com/about/news/news-archive/ (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Sunnyvale-based Hortonworks, a commercial vendor promoting the development and support of Apache Hadoop, on Monday named Greg Pavlik as its vice president of engineering. Pavlik previously spent nearly 10 years at Oracle, most recently as vice president of product development for the company's SOA and integration portfolio. http://hortonworks.com/about-us/news/greg-pavlik-named-vp-of-engineering-at-hortonworks =================================================== 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 > Generational Competition: How to Navigate the Challenges of the New Workforce As we move out of the Great Recession and the job market begins to return, we are faced with a new dynamic for job seekers: underemployment and the war of the generations. Millennials are trying to land their first job, GenXers are seeking to upgrade their positions, many Boomers are seeking to re-enter the workplace from retirement to supplement shrinking nest eggs, and seniors are seeking additional money and intellectual stimulation. In short, everyone is slugging it out for jobs that are still in limited supply. Jim Finkelstein, President and CEO of FutureSense, provides the information you need to help you successfully navigate the job market at any age at http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire ____________________________________________ > Executive Briefing -- Product Portfolio Management It's a fact! As your product portfolio grows, the market impact of your organization can quickly become diluted because traditional product management practices focus on improving the performance of each product. Executives and Senior Managers are invited to attend an Executive Briefing to learn how a Product Portfolio Management model improves your market value by uncovering and solving bigger problems beyond the limits of individual products. Business practices for evaluating markets, analyzing competitors, formulating strategies, developing requirements and executing product plans take aim at a completely different target - the performance of your company in key markets - and offers greater strategic value to your organization. Attend in 13 cities in April, May and June. $199 per person. http://www.proficientz.com/portfolio-mgmt-executive-briefing.html ____________________________________________ > SkySQL & MariaDB Solutions Day for the MySQL Database - April 13th, Santa Clara Receive FREE, hands-on training and consulting on MySQL database solutions from the experts at SkySQL, MariaDB, Calpont, Continuent, ScaleDB, Severalnines, Sphinx, and Webyog, among others. As well, join industry visionaries, including Monty Widenius and David Axmark, the original authors of the MySQL database, as they share their insights on current and future trends pertaining to the world's most popular database. A complimentary luncheon will be served, and a free Biergarten will follow the final keynote. Register now at http://www.skysql.com/mysql-solutions-day ____________________________________________ > Marketing Events Coordinator Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, a mid-size law firm is currently seeking a Marketing Events Coordinator with 3+ years of marketing events experience in a corporate environment to provide administrative support to the Marketing Department. This position reports directly to the Marketing Manager to plan, coordinate and manage all aspects of client seminars and receptions, sponsorship events, Firm events and retreats, and other special events. Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively in one-on-one and small group settings with business partners and outside vendors. Additionally, candidate must be a self-starter, detail oriented, have the ability to organize and prioritize a number of tasks and complete them under time constraints. Strong computer, backend web development, HTML and graphics skills are required. Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is preferred. Salary: DOE. Please include your salary requirement. Submit your resume and cover letter to the following link (or copy and paste the link to your web browser) https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=1185751 ____________________________________________ > Senior Manager, eCommerce -- Redwood City, CA The Sr. Manager of eCommerce will provide leadership on key eCommerce initiatives within Shutterfly.com to continuously improve our customer shopping experience. Reporting to the Sr Director of eCommerce, this seasoned eCommerce professional will use site analytics to drive informed business recommendations, develop site tests aimed at optimizing business goals and serve as the business lead for selected eCommerce projects. This role is focused on driving a compelling and frictionless eCommerce experience for our customers. It is perfect for someone who is interested in using his/her business acumen, eCommerce expertise, and analytic skills to drive exceptional short- and long-term business results. Apply online at: http://www.shutterfly.com/about/positions.jsp?jvi=oW3aWfwP ____________________________________________ > Account Manager Come join PaperG, just named one of the Forbes' 100 Most Promising Companies in America, as we reinvent modern advertising. A PaperG Account Manager works as a key member of the Accounts team, where they will support PaperG's media company partners and help them thrive using PaperG's technology. Qualifications: College degree. A friendly and engaging personality - a must!. Excellent computer and Internet knowledge. High energy level. Resourceful, well organized, highly dependable, efficient and detail oriented. Knowledge of online advertising industry a strong plus. Send your resume to careers@paperg.com In your email or cover letter, let us know why PaperG interests you. ____________________________________________ > Sr. Financial Analyst Veracyte is a molecular diagnostics company that is pioneering the emerging field of molecular cytology. Our Finance team seeks an individual who will report to the CFO, with the ability to develop and maintain long-range financial models for the company's strategic plan, produce product revenue projections and forecasts and prepare financial analyses. They will also be able to analyze trends, manage components of the operating plan process, participate in the valuation of potential business development opportunities, and collaborate with R&D, Commercial and Operations functions. The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging and highly diverse team environment is critical. To be a successful candidate you will have at least 4 years of finance/accounting experience, with a proven track record of incorporating applications of accounting principles, financial reporting, and cash management, and be an expert in Excel. It's important that you have experience in life sciences and knowledge/experience with Microsoft GP is a plus, as is an MBA. We would like you to share our commitment to teamwork and collaboration and be excited by the challenges of applying your expertise to an important, emerging area in diagnostics. To apply, please send your resume to jobs@veracyte.com For additional information, see our website www.veracyte.com ____________________________________________ > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - April 20, 2012 This year's Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit will include over 12 panel discussion, various research presentations, networking opportunities and keynotes. The event is a co-production between Potomac Tech Wire and the Capitol Communicator, two of the leading newsletters covering the technology, marketing and communications industries in the area. Panel topics include: Analytics and Metrics: Major Marketing Trends; CMO Roundtable: Current State of Marketing; Mobile Marketing: Beyond The Hype and much more. The event will be held from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm on April 20 at the state-of-the-art Gannett Headquarters in McLean, Va. 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