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:
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.
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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.
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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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Joy Chen of Yes To Inc. Among Most Admired CEOs in Bay Area
October 15, 2012
Congratulations to Joy Chen of Yes To Inc. who was named by the San Francisco Business Times as a 2012 Most Admired CEO.
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SciClone Pharmaceuticals on FORTUNE’s List of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies
September 24, 2012
FORTUNE magazine's Annual list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies includes SciClone Pharmaceuticals. Alliance member Friedhelm Blobel is the President & CEO of the company.
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Gyft Launches Mobile Gift Card Platform
September 11, 2012
Gyft launched their mobile gift card platform to give consumers on-the-go access. More than 100 retailers have integrated with Gyft, including Amazon.com, Sephora, Brookstone, and Lowe's, to improve their consumers' experience. Gyft is led by Alliance member Vinny Lingham.
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13 Alliance Members Make the INC Fastest Growing List
September 10, 2012
Thirteen companies, led by Alliance Members, were named to the INC 5000 list of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.
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Performant Financial Rises on First Day of Trading
August 10, 2012
Shares of Performant Financial Corporation. posted double-digit gains on their first day of trading. Performant is led by Alliance member Lisa Im.
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Vendini & Other Ticket Sellers Add to Service on the Web
August 03, 2012
San Francisco Business Times reporter Patrick Hoge researched online ticketing companies including Vendini which is led by Alliance member Mark Tacchi.
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How Gild Aims to Turn Tech Hiring on its Head
July 16, 2012
San Francisco-based Gild wants to change the way tech companies hire programmers and has ranked over a million developers based on the quality of their code. Gild is led by Alliance member Sheeroy Desai.
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Sblend Sblendorio Honored by Northern California Super Lawyers
July 11, 2012
Congratulations to Alliance member Sblend Sblendorio who was included on the 2012 list of Northern California Super Lawyers. Approximately 5% of the Northern California Bar receives this distinction, as determined by a poll of California lawyers and through independent research.
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Schlumberger and Liquid Robotics Launch Joint Venture
June 21, 2012
Schlumberger, the global oil and gas technology behemoth, and Liquid Robotics launched a joint venture Thursday to deploy the Silicon Valley startup's ocean-going robots to provide exploration and monitoring services for the offshore oil industry. Alliance member Gary Gysin is the CEO of Liquid Robotics.
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Lisa Im Named Entrepreneur of the Year
June 02, 2012
Alliance member Lisa Im, CEO of Performant Financial Corporation, has been named a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Northern California.
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