Alliance Member News

Alliance Members don’t just read the news ... they make the news. To check out our “Members News” from prior years, click the list below:

First Patient Treated with CytomX Therapeutics‘ Investigational Probody Drug
July 07, 2017

The first patient has been treated with CytomX Therapeutics‘ investigational Probody drug conjugate CX-2009 in a new phase 1/2 clinical trial. The drug candidate is designed to target a surface molecule found in a number of solid tumors, including castration-resistant prostate cancer.  CytomX is led by Alliance member Sean McCarthy.

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USA Triathlon Announces Partnership with Health IQ
July 05, 2017

USA Triathlon recently announced a new corporate partnership with special-rate life insurance agency Health IQ.  Alliance member, Munjal Shah is the Founder and CEO of Health IQ.

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Stan Schneider Ranked Eighth on IoT ONE’s List of the 100 Top Influencers in IIoT
July 01, 2017

Congratulations to Alliance member Stan Schneider on being named to IoT ONE's list of the 100 individuals with the most influence in IIoT.  Stan is the CEO of Real-Time Innovations.

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6 Alliance Members Among the Top 50 East Bay Private Companies
June 30, 2017

Six companies, led by Alliance Members, were named to the list of the Top 50 East Bay Private Companies by the San Francisco Business Times.

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Robert Dykes Interviewed by Traders Magazine
June 29, 2017

In a conversation with Traders Magazine, Alliance member Robert Dykes discusses his strategy for building his business and how his firm lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO) for his order and execution management system (EMS) technology.

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Bailard Named to Financial Times 300 Top Registered Investment Advisers
June 22, 2017

Bailard, Inc., an independent wealth and asset management firm, announced that the firm has been named to the 2017 edition of the Financial Times 300 Top Registered  Investment Advisers. The list recognizes top independent RIA firms across the U.S.  Alliance member Peter Hill is the CEO & Chairman of Bailard.

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BOE Honors Kateeva
June 19, 2017

BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd., a leading IoT technologies, products and services supplier, honored Kateeva with an award for Collaborative Innovation.  Alliance member Alain Harrus is the CEO of Kateeva.

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Network Control Cited in Two Key Industry Guides
June 13, 2017

Network Control announced that the company has been selected for inclusion into two recent and influential industry reports -- first, from IT analyst firm Gartner and, second, from TEM industry strategic advisors, AOTMP.   Alliance member Mark Hearn is the President & CEO of Network Control.

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Cyber AdAPT Named Gartner Cool Vendor for 2017
June 12, 2017

Congratulations to Alliance member Kirsten Bay and Cyber AdAPT.  The company was named the "Gartner Cool Vendor" for 2017 at the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit on June 12, 2017.

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Evan Singer of SmartBiz On Sprouting More Loans
June 08, 2017

Alliance member Evan Singer, CEO of SmartBiz, was recently interviewed by Banking Exchange about the company's switch from the consumer loan business to the small business loan market.

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How Calithera Biosciences Won Big With Its Cancer Treatment
June 07, 2017

Calithera Biosciences, led by Alliance member Susan Molineaux, announced that it has been granted a "Fast Track Designation" by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The designation is for CB-839 in combination with everolimus, for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who have received two or more prior lines of therapy.

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Paul Lipman’s Smart Home Security Vision for BullGuard
June 02, 2017

Alliance member Paul Lipman, CEO of BullGuard, was recently interviewed by Internet of Business and discussed his smart home security vision for the company.

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Real-Time Innovations Seeks Internet of Things Revolution
May 29, 2017

Alliance member Stan Schneider, CEO of Real-Time Innovations, was interviewed by the Bay Area News Group to discuss the company's role in the internet of things.

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Mike Jellen of Velodyne LiDAR Featured in New York Times Article
May 25, 2017

Alliance member Mike Jellen, President of Velodyne LiDAR, was recently interviewed for a New York Times article about lidar (light detection and ranging), the sensor at the heart of many autonomous car designs.

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2 Alliance Member Companies on ENR List of Top 400 Contractors
May 24, 2017

Congratulations to Chris Rivielle, President & CEO of Plant Construction, and Jes Pedersen CEO; Tony Rango, COO; and Shelley Doran, SVP, of Webcor Builders, whose companies were among Engineering News-Record‘s "Top 400 Contractors of 2017."

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VeloCloud Earns 2017 Cloud Product of the Year Stevie Award
May 16, 2017

American Business Awards℠ recently honored  VeloCloud as Bronze Winner for "Innovative SD-WAN Supporting Network Agility, Scalability and Simplified Branch Implementations" while delivering superior access to services.   Alliance member Sanjay Uppal is the CEO of VeloCloud.

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Barrett Cohn Interviewed on Bay Area Ventures Radio Program
May 08, 2017

Alliance member Barrett Cohn, Managing Director of Scenic Advisement, was recently interviewed on the Bay Area Ventures radio program, on Sirius XM Channel 111, Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School. Alliance Director Doug Collom is a Bay Area Ventures co-host.

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Folio3 Awarded 2017 SuiteCommerce Partner Of The Year
May 04, 2017

Folio3 announced that it has been awarded the 2017 SuiteCommerce Partner of the Year Award by the Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit (GBU), the industry’s leading provider of cloud financials / ERP and omni-channel commerce software suites. Alliance member Adnan Lawai is the Chief Executive Officer of Folio3.

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The FruitGuys Built A $30M Business Selling Fresh Fruit To Offices—And Promoting Small Farms
May 04, 2017

Alliance member Chris Mittelstaedt and The FruitGuys, were profiled in a recent Forbes article.

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Caribou Biosciences Announces Grant of a Key CRISPR-Cas9 Patent
May 02, 2017

Caribou Biosciences, a leading company in CRISPR-Cas genome engineering, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Vilnius University a CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing patent.  Caribou has rights to this intellectual property in multiple fields of use, including exclusive access in the research tools field.  Caribou is led by Alliance member Rachel Haurwitz.

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