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Member John Maydonovitch Speaks: Inspire with Breakthrough Objectives and Stretch Goals
The Challenge: The case at hand concerns a CEO who had prepared a very detailed business plan to guide his management team through the next fiscal year. The plan, which the CEO presented to his fellow ACE group members, set forth scores of objectives and actions with related criteria for…
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Boeing & Liquid Robotics Sign Agreement to Develop Solutions for Maritime Surveillance
ST. LOUIS and SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Boeing [NYSE:BA] and Liquid Robotics, the market leader in unmanned ocean vehicles, today signed a global, multi-year teaming agreement for collaboration on product development, maritime services and operational deployments. The initial focus of the collaboration will be to develop total integrated solutions for anti-submarine…
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Clare Computer Solutions Named to CRN Fast Growth 150 List
Clare Computer Solutions (CCS), announced that it has been named to the CRN Fast Growth 150 list. The Fast Growth 150 list recognizes those solution providers that have been the fastest growing over a two-year period based on gross revenue from calendar year 2011 to calendar year 2013. These solution…
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Sutro Biopharma & Merck KGaA to Partner on Development of Antibody Drug Conjugates
SAN FRANCISCO - Sutro Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing antibody drug conjugates and bispecific antibodies, and the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, which operates as EMD Serono in the United States and Canada, today announced a collaboration and license agreement to develop antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). ADCs are…
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Accellion Introduces Kiteworks Cloud Content Connectors for Box and Dropbox
PALO ALTO, CA—Accellion, Inc., an industry leader in providing secure, enterprise mobile file sharing and collaboration solutions to enable increased business productivity, announced the launch of kiteworks™ content connectors for Box and Dropbox to extend IT management and oversight to content stored by employees in cloud accounts. With the addition…
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Transera Turns Contact Center Data Into Strategies for Business Optimization
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Transera, the Customer Engagement Analytics in the cloud company, announced that it is opening up its Customer Engagement Analytics, allowing customers to analyze data from two data sources for 90 days using its cloud-based software. As part of the program, Transera will map three months of historical data from…
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Cathy Witkay
Cathy Witkay is responsible for all administrative operations for the Alliance including: accounting, IT, HR and marketing. Prior to joining the Alliance, Cathy was a Vice President for fundraising and fund distribution with the United Way of the Bay Area. She served as the Manager, Corporate Advertising for Pacific Telesis…
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Queenie Ng
Before joining the Alliance of Chief Executives, Queenie worked in the field of administrative support in the IT and financial capacity. She was an Administrative Assistant for First American Title Company, Northern California Region, and was responsible for budgeting, purchasing and database support. She also gained technical support experience while…
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Laurel Madal
Laurel Madal joined the Alliance of Chief Executives in May, 2003. Prior to joining the Alliance, Laurel was the Presentations Manager at Age Wave Impact, where she booked and coordinated speakers for conferences and seminars. She served as the Corporate Services Manager for AlphaSoft Services Corporation where she was responsible…
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Liz Mallon
Liz Mallon brings more than 30 years of office management, customer service and administrative experience in the claims and legal professions to the Alliance of Chief Executives. Prior to joining the Alliance, Liz worked as a Special Education Assistant for the Mt. Diablo Unified School District, providing special education instruction…
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Leslie Irving
Leslie Irving brings to the Alliance of Chief Executives more than 15 years of customer service management and operations experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Prior to the Alliance, she managed a customer service team at Stryker Orthopaedics where she oversaw the daily activities of manufacturing and shipped…
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Alicia Davidson
Alicia Davidson brings more than 18 years of customer service and retail management experience to the Alliance of Chief Executives. Prior to joining the Alliance, Alicia was a department manager at the luxury department store chain, Nordstrom. In this role, she was responsible for planning, directing and coordinating the operations…
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Karen Zaitz
Karen has 15 years of experience in retail buying and management for Neiman Marcus, Fashion Bar and He-Ro Group. In addition, she was Founder & CEO of Chrysolyte Business Services, a medical transcription company for healthcare professionals. Karen has a Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University. She enjoys…
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Amy Sanchez
Before joining the Alliance of Chief Executives, Amy held numerous administrative positions in the fields of higher education, financial services, real estate and construction. Additionally, she has kept busy volunteering her time with school and youth organizations and serving in multiple Board of Director positions. Amy received a BA in…
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Sharon Ruiz
Sharon’s background is in media production and management. She previously served as VP of Operations for ITN Satellite Services and ITN SignalStream, service providers to video content producers and aggregators, including major broadcast and cable networks. At ITN, Sharon was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company’s San Francisco…
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Jeanne Wallenstein
Jeanne Wallenstein brings more than 10 years of publishing, sales, support and operations experience to the Alliance of Chief Executives. Prior to the Alliance, Jeanne was the Information Services Manager for Active Interest Media, managing databases and providing sales, accounting and production support for Yoga Journal magazine. She was responsible…
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Jim Neal
Jim Neal has more than thirty years of experience in the biotechnology industry encompassing roles in R&D, business development, financing and general management. Most recently Jim was the Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of XOMA (NASDAQ: XOMA)and led the company through a dramatic strategic pivot taking the…
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CEO Collaborative Forum
CEO Collaborative Forum is an independent, professional network offering confidential experience sharing across disciplines, industries and geographic areas to C-level executives and entrepreneurs since 2005. With a mission to empower CEOs and leaders to make a difference, CEO CF fosters collaboration and knowledge-sharing among top executives. CEO CF's commitment to…
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Vendini Acquires In Ticketing
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Vendini, the company that makes the business of live events simple, today announced the acquisition of In Ticketing, one of the early pioneers in concert and festival ticketing software. This acquisition allows Vendini to expand its market reach even further into the live music space and, along with…
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Member Doug Dooley Speaks: Speak to Your Audience’s Language and Viewpoint
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by the top leader of a software subsidiary of a global technology giant. He was preparing for a meeting with the CFO of the multi billion-dollar parent company. His meeting objective was to garner more outreach budget to promote his unit’s very…
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Member Shane Buckley Speaks: Reaffirming Executive and Non-Executive Function
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by a CEO of a company that had recently run through several CEOs. During board meetings, the chairman routinely micromanaged the CEO in front of his executives and dispatched marching orders. The chairman had been on the board for several years and…
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3 Alliance Members on the List of the Bay Area’s Healthiest Employers
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were named to this year's list of the “Bay Area's Healthiest Employers!” The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times joined together to celebrate companies that have made a healthy workplace and the wellbeing of their employees a…
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Corefact Crunches the Numbers
Christopher Burnley has used people’s curiosity about their home’s value to drive growth at his direct mail marketing company and in the process propel a 571 percent increase in revenue over four years. Burnley is the CEO of Corefact, which produces and mails materials for real estate brokers and mortgage…
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Hugh Njemanze
Hugh has an illustrious 30-year career in the enterprise software industry. Prior to joining Anomali, Hugh co-founded ArcSight in May 2000 and served as CTO as well as Executive Vice President of Research and Development. He led product development, information technology deployment, and product research at ArcSight, and expanded these…
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Vine Connections Nominated for 2014 Wine Star Award
Each year, the editors of Wine Enthusiast Magazine honor the individuals and companies that have made outstanding achievements in the wine and beverage world. The winners will be announced in the special December 31, 2014 Wine Star Awards issue, and the honorees will be presented their Wine Star Award trophies…
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14 Alliance Members Make the INC 5000 Fastest Growing List
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were named to the 2014 INC 5000 list of the fastest growing companies in America. Alta Vista Solutions, led by President & Co-Founder Patrick Lowry Arborwell, led by President Peter Sortwell Celigo, led by CEO & Founder Jan Arendtsz ClickAway, led by…
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Alan Fine
Alan Fine is an author, international performance expert, keynote speaker, and the co-creator of the widely recognized GROW Model. Alan has spent more than 35 years freeing people up to do their best stuff and achieve their highest performance. Considered the pioneer of the modern day coaching movement, Alan has…
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Fall 2014
Inside the Fall 2014 Issue: Finding the Reasons Behind Your Results While improving market conditions help all businesses, they are also cause for reflection. Most leaders want to know—is the success they are seeing the result of their decisions, or just lucky timing? Read the ideas shared by Alliance members…
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Summer 2014
Inside the Summer 2014 Issue: The Lessons of Scaling When confronted with a very large market opportunity, Mihir Shukla (Group 333) of Automation Anywhere learned quickly there were many aspects to scaling. The first lesson was mindset. “What got you ‘here’ won’t get you where you need to go, which…
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Mike Robbins
Mike Robbins is an expert in teamwork, communication, and the power of appreciation. He empowers people and organizations to work together effectively and be more successful. Mike has inspired thousands of people to reach new levels of awareness and success, both personally and professionally. Prior to his speaking and coaching…
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