| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- April 27, 2012 ============================================ Sponsored By: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire o Intuit to Acquire San Francisco-based Demandforce in $423.5M Deal o Agilent to Acquire Test and Measurement Business of Centellax o Jazz Pharmaceuticals to Acquire EUSA Pharma for $650 Million o Fremont-Based Corsair Reveals Details of Upcoming IPO o Mountain View-Based Google Ventures Co-Leads Funding for Wingu > The Four Most Common Costly Mistakes to Avoid by Stephen A. Laser o Briefly Noted: Twilio, SVB Financial Group _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Tales from the Unemployed: The Four Most Common Costly Mistakes to Avoid --Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo --Executive Briefing - Product Portfolio Briefing --Marketing Events Coordinator --Senior Manager, eCommerce – Redwood City, CA --Account Manager --Sr. Financial Analyst --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 Intuit to Acquire San Francisco-based Demandforce in $423.5M Deal Mountain View, Calif. -- Intuit, the Mountain View-based maker of business and financial management software, said on Friday it will acquire San Francisco-based Demandforce in a deal valued at $423.5 million. Demandforce is the developer of a web-based app used by small businesses to automate marketing and customer communications, build their online reputation and target local consumers. The company's email, mobile and social tools, such as online reviews, have gained strong traction with clients in fields such as dental, automotive, spas and salons, optometry and chiropractors. "Demandforce sits at the sweet spot of Intuit's SMB customer base and is consistent with our goal to help our customers save time and make money," said Kiran Patel, executive vice president and general manager of Intuit's Small Business Group. The deal is expected to close in May, when Demandforce will become a division in Intuit's Small Business Group. Rick Berry, the founder and president of Demandforce, will lead the division. http://www.intuit.com http://www.demandforce.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120427005308/en/Intuit-Acquire-Demandforce _____________________________________________ o Agilent to Acquire Test and Measurement Business of Centellax Santa Clara, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies, the Santa Clara-based measurement technology company, said on Friday it will acquire the test and measurement business of Santa Rosa-based Centellax,a supplier of test products for high-speed communications. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close in about two weeks, were not disclosed. Centellax's test portfolio includes bit-error ratio testers, pattern generators, clock synthesizers, signal-integrity studio software and test accessories. The company's component business is not part of the deal. Juergen Beck, the general manager of Agilent's Digital and Photonic Test Division, said the acquisition will allow his company to "address the complete life cycle needs of our customers." http://www.centellax.com http://www.agilent.com http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2012/27apr-em12060.html _____________________________________________ o Jazz Pharmaceuticals to Acquire EUSA Pharma for $650 Million Palo Alto, Calif. -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals, an Irish pharmaceutical firm with major operations in Palo Alto, said it will pay $650 million in cash to acquire Pennsylvania-based specialty pharmaceutical firm EUSA Pharma. The value of the deal, expected to close in June, could rise by as much as $50 million, based on the future sales of EUSA's lead product, Erwinaze, for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. "This transaction would expand our global footprint and marketed product portfolio to include Erwinaze… as well as other highly specialized products," said Bruce Cozadd, the chairman and CEO of Jazz. EUSA Pharma has approximately 180 employees. http://www.eusapharma.com http://www.jazzpharma.com/ http://investor.jazzpharma.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=210227&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1688148 _____________________________________________ o Fremont-Based Corsair Reveals Details of Upcoming IPO Fremont, Calif. -- Corsair Components, a Fremont-based supplier of high-performance hardware components for personal computers, with a focus on gaming hardware, has set some of the parameters of its upcoming initial public offering (IPO), which the company now expects to generate as much as $96.6 million. The offering will include as many as 6.9 million shares, which will sell for $12-$14 each. About 4.1 million shares will come from the company, with the remainder coming from current shareholders. Corsair plans to list its stock on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "CRSR." http://www.corsair.com http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486183/000119312512186 418/d52593ds1a.htm _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based Google Ventures Co-Leads Funding for Wingu Mountain View, Calif. – Wingu, a Massachusetts-based-based developer of software for the pharmaceutical industry, said it has landed its first round of funding, co-led by Mountain View-based Google Ventures and Borealis Ventures. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, Wingu offers software designed to enhance the operational efficiency of pharmaceutical research and discovery. The software is designed to track and coordinate complex distributed research projects that require tight integration between pharmaceutical companies and partners. http://www.googleventures.com/ http://www.wingu.com http://www.wingu.com/blog/2012/04/wingu-announces-funding-led-by-google-ventures/ _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Tales from the Unemployed: The Four Most Common Costly Mistakes to Avoid by Stephen A. Laser You've lost your job. Now what? The way people react to unemployment varies from angry and frustrated to sad and depressed. For many workers, there is also the desire to take immediate action and go on the offensive to get hired as quickly as possible. After all, it is better to be proactive than reactive, right? Not necessarily. Stephen A. Laser, a business psychologist and author of Out-of-Work and Over-40, suggests you need to take some time to regroup and make a plan. Dr. Laser gives four common reactions to unemployment that can prove to be very costly mistakes at http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Twilio, a creator of tools that allow web developers to integrate phone calls, text messages and IP voice communications into their apps, has named Lynda Smith as CMO and James Parton as director of marketing in the U.K. and Europe. Smith most recently was the senior vice president of marketing at Jive, while Parton was the head of developer marketing at Telefonica. http://www.twilio.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120427005173/en/Twilio-Announces-Key-Hires-Speakers-TwilioCon (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday named Roger Dunbar as chairman. Dunbar, a longtime board member and former global vice chairman of Ernst & Young, succeeds Alex "Pete" Hart, who has stepped down. http://www.svb.com/News/Company-News/Roger-Dunbar-Elected-Chairman-of-SVB-Financial-Group-Board-of-Directors/ =================================================== 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 > Tales from the Unemployed: The Four Most Common Costly Mistakes to Avoid by Stephen A. Laser You've lost your job. Now what? The way people react to unemployment varies from angry and frustrated to sad and depressed. For many workers, there is also the desire to take immediate action and go on the offensive to get hired as quickly as possible. After all, it is better to be proactive than reactive, right? Not necessarily. Stephen A. Laser, a business psychologist and author of Out-of-Work and Over-40, suggests you need to take some time to regroup and make a plan. Dr. Laser gives four common reactions to unemployment that can prove to be very costly mistakes at http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire ____________________________________________ > Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo The Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo features 72 breakout sessions and 16 tutorials from leading technology experts. Representatives from HP, Box, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, Clustrix, Eucalyptus Systems and more will give keynote presentations. Attendees can connect with other community members at two networking receptions which will feature the annual Community Awards and Lightning Talks. Birds of a Feather sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday will allow like-minded individuals to connect. Join us April 10-12 at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Santa Clara Convention Center. Post-conference events on April 13 allow further engagement. Full conference details are available at http://www.percona.com/live/mysql-conference-2012 Send inquiries to terry.erisman@percona.com ____________________________________________ > 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 ____________________________________________ > 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. 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