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:
Abbott to Enter Laser Cataract Surgery Market through Acquisition of OptiMedica
July 15, 2013
Abbott announced its intent to acquire OptiMedica Corporation. OptiMedica is led by Alliance member Mark Forchette.
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Skyera CEO Wins Gold in Tech Awards Circle
July 02, 2013
Alliance member Radoslav Danilak, CEO and co-founder of Skyera has been awarded Gold for the 2013 Tech Awards Circle in the Emerging Company Executive of the Year - Enterprise category.
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Patxi’s is Seeking a Wider Slice of Pizza Market
June 08, 2013
The fast-growing Bay Area pizza pie maker, Patxi's, has been on a massive growth spurt lately, with four new stores opening in the past six months and a couple dozen more in the works. Alliance member Bill Freeman is the CEO of Patxi's.
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Carnegie Hall? Just a Stop Along the Path for CEO
June 07, 2013
In a Silicon Valley culture full of super-achieving polymaths, Alliance member and Accellion CEO Yorgen Edholm stands apart in both his vocation and avocations. Beyond his business achievements, Edholm has played Carnegie Hall as part of a violin career that includes training with maestro Ivan Galamian, whose pupils include Itzhak Perlman.
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Second Genome Announced Agreement with Janssen
June 05, 2013
Second Genome announced an agreement with Janssen on microbiome drug discovery in ulcerative colitis. Additionally, the company has completed the third tranche of $11.5 Million Series A financing and expanded its board of directors and scientific advisors. Alliance member Peter DiLaura is the CEO of Second Genome.
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Marty Reed Wins Entrepreneur Award from JFK University
May 17, 2013
Alliance Director Marty Reed was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by JFK University.
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Doug Leeds Honored with Tech & Innovation Award
May 16, 2013
Congratulations to Alliance member Doug Leeds and Ask.com on being named a Tech & Innovation Award winner.
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Menko Deroos on The CEO Show
May 07, 2013
Alliance member Menko Deroos, CEO of Xicato, was the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's guest on The CEO Show.
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4 Alliance Members on the List of the Best Places to Work
April 03, 2013
Four companies, led by Alliance Members, were named to the list of the "Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2013."
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Entrepreneur of the Year Awarded to Rajesh Subramaniam
March 22, 2013
Congratulations to Alliance member Rajesh Subramaniam upon receiving the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Indo-American Federation of Fremont. The award was presented at the Federation's annual Unity Dinner on March 22, 2013 by Congressman Mike Honda.
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Sblend Sblendorio and Team Receive “New Retail” Award
March 21, 2013
Congratulations to Alliance member Sblend Sblendorio and his Hoge Fenton team for receiving the 2012 "New Retail" award at the San Francisco Business Times "Real Estate Deals of the Year Awards" for their work on the Paragon Outlets Livermore Valley project.
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Rodan + Fields Requires New Office Space to Handle Growth
March 01, 2013
Rodan + Fields, the dermatologist-created skincare products company, has grabbed 62,500 square feet at 60 Spear Street in San Francisco, to more than double its current footprint at 111 Maiden Lane. Alliance member Lori Bush is the President of Rodan + Fields.
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Profile of Tyson Lawrence and PacWest Distributing
February 22, 2013
San Francisco Business Times reporter Jeff Hughes profiled Alliance member, Tyson Lawrence and PacWest Distributing Inc.
Read More Skyera Closes Over $51 Million Series B Financing
February 21, 2013
Skyera announced that it has closed over $51 million in Series B financing to accelerate its next-generation enterprise solid-state storage solution. Dell Ventures leads the syndicate of investors to promote an award-winning enterprise solid-state storage systems provider. Alliance member Rado Danilak is the CEO of Skyera.
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First Solar Acquires Chilean Project Developer Solar Chile
January 09, 2013
First Solar and Fundación Chile announced that First Solar has acquired Solar Chile, a Santiago-based solar development company in which Fundación Chile was an early investor. This culminates a strategic working alliance the two companies formed in Oct. 2011. Alliance member Raffi Garabedian is the Chief Technology Officer for First Solar.
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Sutro Biopharma to Collaborate with Sanofi Pasteur
January 03, 2013
Kimpton Group, led by Alliance member Michael Depatie, is overhauling the restaurants at its three leading San Francisco hotels, joining the trend toward more aggressively managed hotel eateries.
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Ctuit Serves Restaurants Efficiency Tools
November 16, 2012
The restaurant software company, Ctuit, was profiled in the San Francisco Business Times. Alliance member Rob D'Ambrosia is the CEO of Ctuit.
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4 Alliance Members on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 List
November 14, 2012
Four companies led by Alliance Members were named to the 2012 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List.
Read More Ask.com Strategy Shift Starts to Pay Off
October 26, 2012
San Francisco Business Times reporter Patrick Hoge profiled the strategic changes at Ask.com which is led by Alliance member Doug Leeds.
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12 Alliance Members on the List of the Bay Area’s Fastest Growing Private Companies
October 24, 2012
Twelve companies led by Alliance Members, and the Alliance of Chief Executives, were named to the list of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
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