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:

Dr. Raul Camposano Joins Silvaco’s Technical Advisory Board
October 12, 2016

Alliance member Dr. Raul Camposano has joined Silvaco’s Technical Advisory Board (TAB). Dr. Camposano brings an accomplished record in industry and academia to the TAB, where he will contribute his expertise in semiconductor design to Silvaco’s leadership team to advance the company’s technology roadmap.

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NuMedii Announces Third Pharmaceutical Discovery Collaboration
October 04, 2016

NuMedii announced the formation of a discovery collaboration with one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies to identify new indications for a number of the undisclosed company’s compounds/candidates.  Alliance member Gini Deshpande is the CEO of NuMedii.

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Rachel Haurwitz Included in Fortune’s 2016 40 Under 40 List
October 03, 2016

Congratulations to Rachel Haurwitz of Caribou Biosciences who is among Fortune's 2016 list of "40 Under 40."

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Susan Molineaux of Calithera Biosciences Among Most Admired CEOs in Bay Area
September 26, 2016

Congratulations to Susan Molineaux of Calithera Biosciences who was named by the San Francisco Business Times as a 2016 Most Admired CEO.

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VeloCloud Earns 2016 IoT Evolution Product of the Year Award
September 08, 2016

VeloCloud Networks announced that its Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN solution has received a 2016 IoT Evolution Product of the Year Award from IoT Evolution magazine and IoT Evolution World.  Alliance member Sanjay Uppal is the CEO of VeloCloud.

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11 Alliance Member Companies Named to the INC 5000 Fastest Growing List
August 17, 2016

Eleven companies, led by Alliance Members, were named to the 2016 INC 5000 list of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.

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BullGuard Acquires “Security of Things” Pioneer Dojo Labs
August 16, 2016

BullGuard announced it has acquired Dojo Labs, the pioneering innovator in consumer internet of things security. Together, the companies will redefine how security is delivered for consumers and small businesses.   BullGuard is led by Alliance member Paul Lipman.

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Why Security Company Cypress Security Focuses on Customer Service
August 12, 2016

Alliance member Kes Narbutas and Cypress Security were profiled in a recent article of the San Francisco Business Times.

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Prothena CEO Faces Ultimate Drug Trial
August 11, 2016

After spending a life and career in research and biotech, one diagnosis changed Alliance member Dale Schenk’s outlook on life.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Acquire SGI
August 11, 2016

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced that it will acquire SGI to extend its leadership in high growth big data analytics and high performance computing.  Alliance member Jorge Titinger is the CEO and president of SGI.

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Anomali Secures Strategic Investment by In-Q-Tel
August 09, 2016

Anomali, the provider of the market-leading ThreatStream threat intelligence and Anomali Enterprise platforms, announced a technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT) to support the mission of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC).  Anomali is led by Alliance members Hugh Njemanze, CEO, and Wei Huang, VP of Engineering.

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Fluidigm appoints Chris Linthwaite New President & COO
August 04, 2016

Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ: FLDM) announced the appointment of Alliance member Chris Linthwaite as President and Chief Operating Officer. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer Gajus Worthington, Linthwaite will oversee all worldwide business operations including sales, marketing, research and development, manufacturing and quality.

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Oakland-based HFS Consultants Joins Wipfli LLP
August 04, 2016

Wipfli LLP, one of the top 20 accounting and consulting firms in the United States, announced that leading health care consulting firm HFS Consultants, led by Alliance member Rich Gianello, along with their marketing division The Placemaking Group led by Alliance director Dennis Erokan, have joined the firm effective August 1, 2016.

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Innovator:  Free Flow Wines
August 01, 2016

Alliance member Jordan Kivelstadt and Free Flow Wines were profiled in a recent issue of North Bay Biz.

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SteadyMed Raises Up to $32 Million in Private Placement
July 29, 2016

SteadyMed, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of drug product candidates to treat orphan and high-value diseases with unmet parenteral delivery needs, announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of up to approximately $32 million in a two-tranche private placement.  Alliance member Jonathan Rigby is the President & CEO of SteadyMed.

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EverFi Expands Higher Education and Enterprise Focus with Acquisition of LawRoom
July 21, 2016

Alliance member Ralph Yanello is pleased to announce the acquisition of LawRoom by EverFi.

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Profile of Albert Yanez and Asteelflash
July 15, 2016

Alliance member Albert Yanez and Asteelflash were profiled in a recent article of Manufacturing Today.

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Cyber adAPT: Balancing the BYOD-Security Equation
July 11, 2016

Alliance member Kirsten Bay and Cyber adAPT were recently featured in a CIO Review article.

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2 Alliance Members Among the 2016 Entrepreneurs of the Year for Northern California
July 01, 2016

Congratulations to Alliance members Jonathan Corr, CEO & President of Ellie Mae and Jes Pedersen, CEO & President of Webcor Builders who are among the "EY Entrepreneurs Of The Year" 2016 for Northern California.

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Spirometrix Raises $17.4 Million Series C Financing
June 30, 2016

Spirometrix, an emerging technology healthcare company focused on research, development and commercialization of novel breath analysis devices for applications in disease diagnosis and management, announced the closing of $17.4 million in the first round of a Series C financing. Alliance member Dean Zikria is the CEO of Spirometrix.

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