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Toolwire Wins Red Herring Global 100 Award
PLEASANTON, Calif., —Toolwire (www.toolwire.com), the world leader in experiential learning technologies, announced that it has been named to the Red Herring Global 100, a prestigious list recognizing the leading private technology companies in North America, Europe, and Asia. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such…
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Vine Solutions Serves Up Back Office for Restaurants
For one shaky period in 2005, bad things came in threes for Ed Levine. Levine’s Corte Madera-based restaurant consulting business Vine Solutions Inc. was struggling. The executive director, newly promoted to run the company while Levine focused on another business, left. Not long after, Vine Solutions’ accounting director departed, too,…
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Tregaron Announces Agreement to Sell Endurance International Group
Tregaron is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to sell a majority of its stake in portfolio company Endurance International Group (“Endurance” or the “Company”) to Warburg Pincus and GS Capital Partners. Tregaron will maintain a non-control interest in the Company. Endurance is one of world's leading…
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Winter 2012
Inside the Winter 2012 Issue: Do Business and Politics Mix? Andrew Giacomini of Hanson Bridgett is a firm believer in the politically-involved organization. “When your schools are not educating enough people to work for you, that’s a problem,” he says. But as another election season approaches, the decision whether to…
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George Halvorson
George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, joined us for this regional Alliance meeting. Kaiser Permanente is the nation’s largest nonprofit health plan and hospital system, serving about 8.7 million members and generating more than $42 billion in annual revenue.
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Ian Cohen
Ian Cohen is a leader in financial technology businesses. As CEO & Founder of LOKKER, Ian is dedicated to providing solutions that empower companies to take control of their privacy obligations. Prior to LOKKER, he was the General Manager and Chief Product Officer at Experian Consumer Services, as well as…
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Private Ocean CEO Receives Schwab IMPACT Leadership Award
San Rafael, CA — Private Ocean co-founder and CEO Richard Stone, CLU, CFP, was awarded the prestigious Schwab IMPACT® Leadership Award during a ceremony held yesterday at the 2011 Schwab IMPACT® conference. The Leadership Award, one of three IMPACT Awards®, recognizes Stone for his broad contributions to the industry over…
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Developing Dual Core Competencies
By Robert Sher Construction company, Webcor Builders, proved its competency in the building industry long before the computer became such a powerful force in business. But Alliance member and Webcor President Andy Ball always had the gut feeling that technology held great promise for his industry. For years he pushed…
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David Jeng
David Jeng currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board for Wintec. Prior to this role, David served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Wintec’s Manufacturing Business driving improved EBITDA performance and building out the team. David also served as Chief Strategy Officer prior…
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Paul Witkay in Smart Business: “Designing for Innovation”
Ever since I began bringing CEOs together in 1996, I’ve been on a quest to learn how CEOs could create more breakthrough ideas more frequently and reliably. I’ve read hundreds of books on strategy, management, leadership, creativity, innovation, group dynamics and even neuroscience to find the best ways to extract…
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7 Alliance Members on the List of the Bay Area’s Fastest Growing Private Companies
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were named to the Bay Area's list of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies for 2011 by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. Arborwell, led by President Peter Sortwell ClickMail Marketing, led by President & CEO Marco Marini…
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DotNetNuke Opens Door to Better Web Sites
Shaun Walker was just a software developer who wanted to tinker with Microsoft platform kits that were online in early 2000. A huge fan of open source communities, Walker wanted to create modified versions of the Microsoft ASP.NET kits that would help people build better websites. The open-source community remains…
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Edmundo Costa
With deep and broad experience as an entrepreneur and leader at a number of high tech enterprises, Edmundo leads Automation Anywhere's advisory relationships, guiding the delivery of RPA services into enterprises worldwide. Previously, Edmundo co-founded and led virtual security pioneer Catbird, successfully building its enterprise business and securing institutional funding.…
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SciClone Pharmaceuticals Announced Share Repurchase Program
FOSTER CITY, CA—(MARKET WIRE)—SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program that authorizes the company to repurchase up to $20 million of its outstanding common stock over the next 24 months. In addition, SciClone reaffirmed its previously announced 2011 financial guidance…
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EORM Offers One-Stop Shop
Safety, health and sustainability have become important issues for business, and a San Jose consultant firm is building its company on those issues. EORM Inc. founder and CEO Glenn Fishler said recent regulatory tightening means that many businesses need help keeping up with a rapidly changing environment. And EORM is…
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BamMagazine.com Is Now Live
It has been a decade since the original BAM Magazine closed it’s doors, but BAM’s founder and publisher Dennis Erokan is announcing the beginning of BamMagazine.com, a constantly updated website about everything Bay Area Music. “It’s BAM Magazine but without the paper,” said Erokan. BamMagazine.com will have exclusive BAM News,…
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Melinda Garcia Named Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
Pleasanton, CA — Melinda Garcia, managing shareholder of the Pleasanton business law firm Garcia & Gurney, has been named Woman Entrepreneur of the Year by the Bay Area nonprofit Women's Initiative for Self-Employment. The award recognizes women business owners who: •Have been successful despite the barriers that exist for woman…
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4 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 corporate wellness in the Bay Area and recognized companies that are demonstrating innovation and…
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Adnan Lawai
Adnan is a seasoned technologist and entrepreneur with extensive experience in product development, sales, business development and marketing. Prior to Folio3, Adnan was Chief Technology Officer at Clickmarks, a venture backed company focused on providing a rapid, cost effective solution for performing integration and wireless enablement of enterprise applications. At…
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Ed Levine to Open a Second LB Steak in Early 2012
Some experienced restaurateurs are already tasting the sweet side of a sour economy. The recession and weak recovery that so battered the restaurant industry, culling underperforming eateries that in flush times might limp along, is offering some spectacular deals to those with a strong stomach and hungry for growth. “There’s…
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10 Alliance Members Make the INC Fastest Growing List
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were named to the INC 5000 list of the fastest growing companies in America. BlueArc, led by CEO Mike Gustafson & CFO Rick Martig ClickMail Marketing, led by President & CEO Marco Marini DotNetNuke, led by President & CEO Navin Nagiah Give…
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John Hamm
We were pleased to welcome back John Hamm for our keynote discussion. John is an advisor to leaders of all types of organizations worldwide – and has a diverse background as an operating executive, a start-up CEO, a venture capital investor, a leadership coach and an advisor/board member to dozens…
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Fall 2011
Inside the Fall 2011 Issue: Making the CEO Judgment Call Daniel Dargham (Group 321) of Lohika often counts on the opinions of other stakeholders, but he does not set the expectation that he will follow their advice. “In the end,” he says, “the CEO is solely accountable for the results.”…
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Rob Majteles
Former Alliance member, Rob Majteles discussed the art of “Board of Director Brainstorming” and how Board Members should seek to add value. Rob often serves as an active board member for the companies in Treehouse's portfolio. Prior to Treehouse, Rob was the CEO who led his teams to turn around…
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Paul Witkay in Smart Business: “Super-CEO Vision”
Every good CEO must be able to deal with the standard issue CEO requirements such as: vision, leadership, strategic thinking, raising capital, team building and the ability to adapt to constant change while addressing a steady stream of fresh challenges. Yet as the founder of the Alliance of CEOs, I…
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Developing in the Developing World
By Robert Sher He dropped the cold, hard fact on the table between us. 90% of global urbanization—the building of new cities—is happening in developing countries. Not in the U.S., and not in Europe. David Gensler leads Gensler, a 3,000-person global architecture and design firm that was once primarily domestic.…
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AE Biofuels Announces Acquisition of Industrial Biotechnology Company Zymetis
CUPERTINO, Calif. - AE Biofuels, Inc. (OTCBB: AEBF) a global advanced biofuels company, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Zymetis, Inc., a Maryland-based industrial biotechnology company that develops products for the renewable chemicals and advanced fuels industries. Zymetis, Inc. will continue as a wholly-owned subsidiary of AE…
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Hanson Bridgett Named Official Law Firm of the 34th America’s Cup
San Francisco, Calif – Prestigious law firm, Hanson Bridgett LLP, has been named as the Official Law Firm of the 34th America’s Cup. A San-Francisco mainstay since 1958 employing more than 150 attorneys from 5 offices across California, Hanson Bridgett will be providing the America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) with…
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Gary Kovacs
Gary Kovacs, the CEO of Mozilla Corporation joined us for this Regional Alliance meeting. Gary is responsible for leading the overall direction of the organization and the Firefox Web browser.
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Nimbic Secures $6.9M Series B Financing
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Nimbic, a leading provider of SaaS-based, cloud-computing electronic design automation (EDA) solutions, today announced that new investor Austral Capital, and existing investors Madrona Venture Group and WRF Capital, have collectively invested $6.9 million in venture funding. This funding will enable Nimbic to accelerate the deployment of…
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