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2 Alliance Member Companies Receive TiE50 Awards
TiE, the organizer of TiEcon 2012, the world's largest conference for entrepreneurs, announced the winners of the TiE50 Awards. The TiE50 awards will be presented at TiEcon 2012, May 18—19th, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The 50 winners selected from 131 world class finalists in…
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John Hamm
John Hamm is an advisor to leaders of all types of organizations worldwide – and has a diverse background as an operating executive, a start-up CEPO, a venture capital investor, a leadership coach and an advisory/board member to dozens of high-tech companies. His latest book, Unusually Excellent discusses the nine…
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Sutro Biopharma Closes Second Tranche of $36M C-round Financing
Sutro Biopharma Inc. is ready for war. The South San Francisco biotech company closed the second tranche of a $36 million Series C venture round, it said Tuesday, and is readying the infrastructure it needs to produce highly targeted, cancer-fighting antibody-drug conjugates. Sutro closed the first tranche of $20 million…
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Nuevora Raises $2.25M For Big Data Analytics
Nuevora Inc., which aims to help customers make sense of the massive amounts of data their companies are generating, raised $2.25 million in Series A funding from Fortisure Ventures, with another $1.75 million in commitments from the firm. Valuation is not disclosed. The four-year-old company is developing a set of…
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Summer 2012
Inside the Summer 2012 Issue: Deciphering Social Media ROI Aaron Leventhal’s company, Hero Arts, has been very active in social media for years. But it hasn’t always clearly understood the ROI of its efforts. “It’s difficult to measure if you don’t know what you’re trying to evaluate,” says Leventhal (Group…
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Melissa Lamson
Melissa Lamson is a pioneer in the fields of cultural transformation and global business development. As a cultural transformation expert, she has developed a proprietary methodology called Agility, Communication and Transformation, or ACT™. ACT helps organizations around the globe create the common values, businesses practices, and behaviors that are hallmarks…
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Why a Loyal CEO Can Be Deadly
Having participated in hundreds of Alliance meetings, I’ve come to the conclusion that most all the groups talk tough about replacing underperforming executives. But why do the groups have to dispense this advice over and over again? And why are they so vehement about making changes quickly? Chief executives who…
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Ted Elliott
Regarded as a pioneer of CRM-based recruiting, Ted Elliott has a vision to connect companies with great people through cloud-computing applications. He has broad experience in Human Capital Management managed via the internet and direct experience building native products and launching applications for the Salesforce AppExchange. Ted has been an…
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3 Alliance Members Named to the Silicon Valley 150: Top 10 Lists
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were included in this year's “Silicon Valley 150: The Top 10 lists.” iGate, led by President & CEO Phaneesh Murthy, was ranked #1 in “biggest gain in sales” with a 178% growth. Mattson Technology, led by President & CEO Dave Dutton, was…
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6 Alliance Members on the List of the Best Places to Work
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were named to this year's list of the “Best Places to Work in the Bay Area!” Akraya - Amar Panchal, CEO Coupa Software - Rob Bernshteyn, CEO Cupertino Electric - John Curcio, Chief Commercial Officer Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants - Michael Depatie,…
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Frank Barrett
For this Regional Alliance meeting, we were joined by Frank Barrett who discussed “Innovation as Collaborative Accomplishment: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz Improvisation.” It proved to be a very interesting discussion, and entertaining as well.
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Member Survey: DETERMINED to Build Enterprise Value
Many mid-market companies need to accelerate their financial value quickly.. For example: Closely held firms: Get big enough to buy competitors Family-owned firms: Maximize the approaching payday from selling out Private equity-owned firms: Make the exit date more lucrative Public companies: Get shareholders off their back But mid-market firms face…
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Mary Haak-Frendscho Named Executive Chairperson of Compugen
Tel Aviv, Israel—- Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN) announced the establishment of operations in South San Francisco, California for the development of oncology and immunology monoclonal antibody (mAb) drug candidates against Compugen-discovered targets. The mission for Compugen Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Compugen Ltd., is to translate the growing portfolio…
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Profile of Mike Dresen and Weiss Associates
What it does: We provide our government and commercial clients with professional hydrogeologic and engineering services to assess and clean up contaminants in the environment, largely at superfund sites. HQ: Emeryville. 2011 revenue: $8.3 million. Employees: 54. Founded: 1980. Education: Bachelor’s in geology and Master’s in environmental geology from Cal…
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Echo Technology Solutions Announces Its Formation and Launch
Echo Technology Solutions, LLC today announced its formation as a result of a restructuring agreement by the ownership of Iteon Consulting LLC. The creation of Echo Technology Solutions focuses former Iteon personnel and resources on specific information technology consulting and software development initiatives. Sejo Jahic, the original founder of Iteon…
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SGI Announces New President and CEO Jorge Luis Titinger
FREMONT, Calif. — SGI (NASDAQ: SGI - News), the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced the appointment of Jorge Luis Titinger as SGI's president and chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors effective on February 27, 2012. Mr. Titinger brings more than 25 years of…
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Jamba Juice buys Talbott Teas
Smoothie shop company Jamba Juice bought Talbott Teas, a Chicago-based business started in 2003. Emeryville-based Jamba Inc. didn’t say what it paid in this deal. It will add Talbott’s selection of 23 blends of teas to its stable of what it calls “lifestyle brands.” James White, Jamba’s chairman, president and…
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Member Survey: Building Top Teams
We asked our members a battery of questions about how their top teams function and how they were built. The results were presented at our February 15, 2012 Round Table. Attached are the slides that were presented, with some of the takeaways from the private table discussions that followed. See…
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Member Survey: Acquisitions Best Practices
This survey was sent to over 300 Alliance of Chief Executives members in the greater Bay Area between January 13th and January 22nd, 2012. It is part of a larger research effort being conducted by Robert Sher, principal of CEO to CEO, in cooperation with the Alliance of Chief Executives.…
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Craig Saxton
Alliance member Craig Saxton, Founder & CEO of Specialty's Café & Bakery, joined us at our East Bay Regional meeting to share his experiences in building Specialty's into a successful restaurant business with a unique business model.
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The FruitGuys Have a Big Heart
So many of the recent stories about the American food system are depressing, from the elected officials who think schools shouldn't offer free lunches to needy kids, to the Big Food companies laying off thousands of workers to plow more money into advertising junk food. That's why this article about…
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Fast Company Names Liquid Robotics One of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2012
SUNNYVALE, CA and KAMUELA, HI—Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data services provider and developer of the first wave-powered Wave Glider® marine robot, was named by Fast Company as one of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2012. Fast Company's annual list selects the top companies “...whose innovations are having an…
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Chip Conley
Chip Conley, Founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality and author of “Rebel Rules,” “Marketing Matters,” and “How Great Companies Get Their MOJO from Maslow” joined us for this Regional Alliance meeting. Chip is a CEO who possesses both a brilliant business mind and a very big heart.
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Spring 2012
Inside the Spring 2012 Issue: Hiring in a Troubled Economy John De Santis (Group 308) of HyTrust knows a bit about hiring heartbreak. “Given the past state of the economy, three or four out of five applicants would take themselves out of the mix because they didn’t want to risk…
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Alliance M&A Survey Reported in San Jose Business Journal
A new survey of Bay Area CEOs shows that they are shifting their focus towards mergers and acquisitions. More than half (56 percent) of the CEOs surveyed by the Alliance of Chief Executives Alliance of Chief Executives Latest from The Business Journals Signs point to more business for GNUCEOs band…
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Nagarro Achieves Highest Rating with CMMI Maturity Level 5 Appraisal
Nagarro, Inc., a high-end software development firm specializing in strategic technology projects, today announced that it has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) Level 5. By reaching CMMI Maturity Level 5, Nagarro has achieved the rating organization’s highest level of recognition and was recognized for its success in…
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Paul Witkay in Smart Business: “Start With Certainty”
Successful CEOs don’t simply accept the hands that they are dealt. They like to write their own futures. They are able to envision how they will achieve their objectives. But how are they able to predict how the world will change? Are they merely lucky? Peter Micciche, president and CEO…
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Weiss Associates Wins $15M Lawrence Livermore Lab Contract
Weiss Associates, an Emeryville environmental consulting firm, won a $15 million environmental remediation contract with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to provide hydrogeologic and environmental remediation at the lab site and 300 superfund sites. This is the fourth LLNL contract win for Weiss Associates since 1984. “We are very pleased to…
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Private Ocean Navigates Choppy Financial Market
No economic seas are too stormy for wealth management firm Private Ocean LLC. The San Rafael company combines a big firm’s research-based approach with a small firm’s personal touch to navigate Wall Street market trends. Its 27-person team works with economists and finance scholars to ground its investment strategies in…
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Jamba Juice Launches Next Phase of Growth
Pronouncing the turnaround complete, Jamba Juice officials outlined a second phase of the smoothie chain’s ongoing plan to accelerate its growth into a global health-and-wellness brand. James White, chief executive of Jamba Juice parent Jamba Inc., told Nation’s Restaurant News that the company has achieved all the goals its set…
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