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Christopher Davis & Charles Follett, The Stratam Group
Two core team members of the Stratam Group, Christopher Davis and Charles Follett will join us for this Regional Alliance meeting. The Stratam Group's practice focuses on companies where the business requires coordinating the efforts of highly educated specialists to produce innovations and then bring them to market efficiently, such…
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Lisa Cooper Named “Woman of the Year” at Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Gala
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Man & Woman of the Year campaign is a fundraising competition among a select group of individuals in the community. While each candidate conducts their own campaign, all candidates are united by one goal: to use their leadership skills to raise funds to help…
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Paul Witkay in Smart Business: “Downtime Can Be the Path to Tremendous Creativity”
I doubt I’m the only one who misses the old days when smartphones were only a dream and life was simpler. We can now access nearly all of the information known to mankind on a 24/7 basis and can communicate with virtually anyone anywhere on the planet at any time.…
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Member Kevin Kujawski Speaks: Bring in the Bankers
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by an executive of a company whose managing partners had divergent strategic visions. He was looking for methods to push the managing partners to agree on a plan for the future. If you were in this situation, what would you do? You…
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Jeff Cleland Assumes Interim CEO Position with GrayBug
BALTIMORE, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—GrayBug, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company developing drug delivery therapies and sustained-release compounds for the treatment of eye diseases, announced that Jeffrey L. Cleland, Ph.D., will assume the role of interim Chief Executive Officer. Christy Shaffer, Ph.D., Managing Director of Hatteras Discovery at Hatteras Venture Partners, has…
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Summer 2015
Inside the Summer 2015 Issue: Building Deeper Benches Alliance members discuss their growing companies, and how they are placing more focus on developing tomorrow’s managers and leaders. With an improving business climate fueling the growth of many businesses, learn how Alliance members, Tim Maly, Manuel Terranova, Anthony Sperling, Charles Smith,…
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Liz Wiseman
Liz Wiseman is the President of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm. Some of her clients include: Apple, Dubai Bank, Genentech, Nike, PayPal, Salesforce.com and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world. A…
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Member Manuel Gonzalez Speaks: The Power of Questioning
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by the CFO of a company looking to boost employee morale. He came to the Alliance meeting searching for strategies. If you were in this situation, what would you do? If I were in your shoes, I’d ask your employees meaningful questions…
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McKinsey & Company Acquires LUNAR
LUNAR, a design firm that has spent 30 years creating everything from game controllers to genetic sequencers to ice cream scoops, has been acquired by McKinsey & Company, the mammoth business consultancy that did $8 billion in revenue in 2014. It's McKinsey's first acquisition of a design firm. “They’re hoping…
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SteriShoe Shines a Light on the Germs in Shoes
The SteriShoe consists of a one-size-fits-all insert with an ultraviolet light that’s designed to kill microorganisms inside shoes. The Wall Street Journal recently profiled findings about the SteriShoe. The Ache: Shoes are a fertile breeding ground for microorganisms that cause infections such as athlete’s foot. The Claim: Ultraviolet sanitizers can…
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AmyK Hutchens
AmyK Hutchens, CEO of AmyK International, is unparalleled in her ability to weave together substantive and fascinating facets of business with a splash of humor and great storytelling. Focusing on various aspects of leadership, she breaks down theories with real front-line stories and practical tools for immediate application. AmyK provides…
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Mihir Shukla Featured in Wall Street Article about Automation in Bookkeeping
Five years ago, 80 clerks and salespeople at Pilot Travel Centers LLC spent a combined 3,200 hours a week tracking and paying for orders for thousands of goods, ranging from candy bars to diesel fuel. They typed the orders into an accounts-payable database, and printed out thousands of checks to…
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3 Alliance Members on the List of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business
Congratulations to Susan, Erin and Claudia! Influential Women 2015: Susan M. Molineaux, Ph.D, Founder, President and CEO, Calithera Biosciences Education: B.S., Biology, Smith College; Ph.D, Molecular Biology, John Hopkins University; postdoctoral fellowship, Columbia University. Corporate Boards: Geron Corp. Proudest professional accomplishment: I was CEO of Proteolix, a biotech company that…
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Lisa Kay Solomon
Lisa Kay Solomon works with leaders to solve their high-stakes issues with new frameworks and practices. Her method helps leaders not only address today’s most vexing business challenges, but also accelerate progress on their greatest opportunities. In her work with such companies as ING, Andreesen Horowitz, Nestle, PBS, Toyota Financial…
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Ekso Bionics Targets Industrial Workers and Aging Consumers
Ekso Bionics Holdings has wowed the world with its wearable robots, or exoskeletons, which help paralyzed people to walk and soldiers to climb mountains with crushing loads on their backs. One thing the Richmond company hasn’t been able to do: turn a profit. Publicly traded since last year through a…
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LogiGear Featured in Bloomberg Article about Danang’s Transformation into Vietnam’s IT City
Chuck Palazzo was 18 when he took his first trip outside New York City. He went to Danang, Vietnam, courtesy of the U.S. Marines. “You had mortar rounds going off in the mountains and you were surfing off China Beach,” he said. “It was ‘Apocalypse Now!’” Forty-five years later, Palazzo…
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WildPackets Becomes Savvius, Inc.
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., – WildPackets, Inc., a leading provider of network performance management solutions, announced that it is changing its corporate name to Savvius, Inc., effective immediately. The new name reflects the company’s success in expanding its line of network performance management products and a new commitment to using its…
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HyTrust Secures $33 Million to Expand Cloud Security Business
HyTrust, a provider of policy management and access control solutions for virtual and cloud environments, announced that it has secured $33 million in new funding, including $8 million in venture debt and credit facilities. According to the company, the new cash will be used to boost marketing, sales and product…
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Member Jim Harrison Speaks: Rip the Band-Aid Off Now.
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by the CEO of a company whose longtime employee was gossiping and exuding negativity into the company culture. The CEO was torn between letting the person go or working through the difficulties in light of the loyalty the employee had shown over…
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Member Ittai Bareket Speaks: The CEO Should Be the Best Salesperson in the Company
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by the CEO of a company that had invested heavily to develop a new product. Though the company saw great potential in the product, no significant deals were being closed. The CEO wanted to know how to get through the roadblock. If…
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Matt May
EDIT founder Matt May joined us for this Regional Alliance meeting. Matt works with creative teams all over the world and is a close advisor to senior management of companies such as Toyota, ADP, Intuit, and Edmunds.com. He is the author of several books including: The Laws Of Subtraction: 6…
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CODA Energy Names Paul Detering as First CEO
CODA Energy announced the appointment of Paul Detering as the company’s first CEO following its transformation from electric vehicle manufacturer to a leading energy storage solutions provider in June 2013. With over 20 years of experience in the clean technology, networking and software industries, Detering joins CODA Energy to steer…
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Lattice Semiconductor Closes Acquisition of Silicon Image
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC), a leading provider of programmable connectivity solutions, announced the close of its acquisition of Silicon Image, Inc., a leading provider of wired and wireless connectivity solutions, and the results of the related tender offer. For the first time in the semiconductor industry, a single company now…
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Member Sudhir Aggarwal Speaks: Go for the Gold, But Fall Back on Silver and Bronze
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by the CEO of a company that was at the midpoint of an aspirational four year growth plan with an Olympic theme concluding during Rio 2016. In the first two years of the plan, the company doubled in size. However, looking at…
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Spring 2015
Inside the Spring 2015 Issue: Do Generation Gaps Create Leadership Gaps? Alliance members discuss the challenges of developing young leaders when values are often at odds. Learn how Alliance members, Matt DiMaria, Jason Chang, Rob Munro, Jordan Kivelstadt, Susie Quesada, Manuel Terranova and Mark Verheyden, are looking forward 5 to…
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Andrew Giacomini Named to the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) member Hanson Bridgett LLP is proud to announce that Partner Megan Oliver Thompson has been selected for the 2015 LCLD Fellows program, a national organization made up of the legal profession’s top general counsel and managing partners. Hanson Bridgett has…
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Want to Upgrade Your Business? Upgrade Your Leadership Team.
By Robert Sher Originally published in the National Mortgage Professional Magazine (p. 77) A maturing industry requires its leaders to act differently. As industry players grow larger to manage compliance burdens and to gain access to capital, leadership styles that worked in the past can become dysfunctional. For midsized mortgage…
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Member Paul Finkle Speaks: How to Get to a Recurring Revenue Model
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by the CEO of a software services company, whose revenue was almost entirely project-based and billed hourly. He was searching for ways to move from a project-oriented structure to a recurring revenue model. If you were in this situation, what would you…
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Member Ted Christianson Speaks: 3 Basics to Remember as You Grow a Startup
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by the CEO of a software startup who was seeking advice about how to most effectively spend a $100,000 budget on sales and marketing to go after enterprise customers. The company was on the outset of an ambitious growth phase, and the…
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