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Duncan Channon Rebrands and Reorganizes Leadership to Fuel Growth
San Francisco integrated advertising agency Duncan/Channon, a 2016 Ad Age Small Agency of the Year, has rebranded with a new identity and website, as well as a retooled leadership team to mark a new chapter in the agency’s future. Sure to prompt discussion, the agency’s new identity even comes with…
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Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg Lifts the Curtain on Sansar Virtual Reality World
Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg gave the audience at the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ.D Live conference in Laguna Beach, California a first demo of his company’s upcoming Sansar virtual world. The demo showed participants meet in a virtual version of the actual conference, and then beam themselves to other places…
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3 Alliance Members on 2016 List of the 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Silicon Valley
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were named to the Silicon Valley Business Journal's annual list of the 50 fastest-growing private companies in Silicon Valley. SA Photonics, led by CEO Jim Coward ClickAway, led by Founder & CEO Rick Sutherland Jade Global, led by CEO Karan Yaramada &…
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3 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 2016 by the San Francisco Business Times. Corefact Corporation, led by Founder & CEO Chris Burnley Mommy's Bliss, led by CEO Yasmin Kaderali-Birch Oaklandish, led by CEO & Creative…
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Dr. Raul Camposano Joins Silvaco’s Technical Advisory Board
Santa Clara, California - Silvaco, Inc., a leading provider of electronic design automation software and semiconductor IP, announced that Dr. Raul Camposano has joined Silvaco’s Technical Advisory Board (TAB). Dr. Camposano brings an accomplished record in industry and academia to the TAB, where he will contribute his expertise in semiconductor…
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Member Craig Sardella Speaks: You’ve Been Promoted to Chief Dreaming Officer
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by a CEO in the process of developing a 20-year plan. He was challenging his fellow Alliance CEOs with how to best propel his business into the future and enhance prospects of long-term value creation. If you were in this situation, what…
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NuMedii Announces Third Pharmaceutical Discovery Collaboration
PALO ALTO, Calif. – NuMedii, Inc. announced the formation of a discovery collaboration with one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies to identify new indications for a number of the undisclosed company’s compounds/candidates. The companies will use NuMedii’s predictive Big Data intelligence technology, which enables the discovery of new uses…
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Rachel Haurwitz Included in Fortune’s 2016 40 Under 40 List
Rachel Haurwitz, 31, thought she was going to be a biotech patent IP lawyer, but Haurwitz’s love of science propelled her in another direction: partnering with famed biochemistry researcher Jennifer Doudna to cofound Caribou, one of the leading startups pursuing commercial applications of the genome-editing tool Crispr. So far Crispr-based…
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Stop (Frequently) and Think About the Big Picture
Lack of any meaningful time to stop and think is a common refrain among busy CEOs who keep the pulse on myriad business aspects from sales and marketing to product development and human resources. Indeed, the demands of running a company often mean a CEO must vigorously defend requests on…
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Susan Molineaux of Calithera Biosciences Among Most Admired CEOs in Bay Area
The Alliance is very proud of Susan Molineaux of Calithera Biosciences, who was named by the San Francisco Business Times as one of 2016's Most Admired CEOs. Susan will be honored at a gala dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco on November 10th.
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Dave Wetzel
As MLSListings’ President and Chief Executive Officer, Dave is responsible for overseeing the functional, service, and technology groups to ensure they are working cohesively to execute the company’s aggressive strategic plan. David is a veteran Silicon Valley software and technology executive. Prior to joining the MLSListings leadership team, David made…
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Antoine Villata
With several years of experience as a Planisware consultant in Paris under his belt, Antoine Villata moved to the US in 2001 to establish Planisware Services in North America, starting operations in both California and New Jersey. Antoine has over 16 years of hands-on experience in the field of project…
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VeloCloud Earns 2016 IoT Evolution Product of the Year Award
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—VeloCloud™ Networks, Inc., the Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN™ company, announced that its Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN solution has received a 2016 IoT Evolution Product of the Year Award from IoT Evolution magazine and IoT Evolution World, the leading magazine and Web site covering IoT technologies. VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN enables enterprises to securely…
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John Chambers
There was a buzz of excitement going into the Alliance Regional meeting in Santa Clara on September 8th. John Chambers, the Executive Chairman and recently retired CEO of Cisco Systems, was on the scene to share some key insights and wisdom from his brilliant career and vision for the exciting…
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Paul Witkay in Smart Business: “The World is Changing and You Need to be Ready”
Like most leaders, I am fascinated with the future. So when I had the opportunity to experience Kevin Kelly discussing his new book, “The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces that Will Shape Our Future,” I was particularly excited. A visionary thinker who helped launch Wired magazine 25 years ago,…
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Fall 2016
Inside the Fall 2016 Issue: How I Became a CEO While public perception of CEOs is that they have “cushy” jobs and get paid handsomely for telling everyone else what to do, Alliance members know the truth. The CEO accepts the responsibility for an organization’s success or failure, and is…
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Alliance Voices
At this Alliance Regional Meeting at the San Ramon Valley Conference Center, we continued our “Alliance Voices” presentation series featuring a range of engaging topics from four of our members. These talks, packed full of great information, insights and business expertise, also shared some of the keys to success –…
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11 Alliance Member Companies Named to the INC 5000 Fastest Growing List
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were named to the 2016 INC 5000 list of the fastest growing companies in America. Clever Girls Collective, led by Founder & CEO Cat Lincoln ClickAway, led by Founder & CEO Rick Sutherland Corefact, led by Founder & CEO Chris Burnley Free…
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BullGuard Acquires “Security of Things” Pioneer Dojo Labs
BullGuard, Europe’s #1 rated consumer security company, today announced it has acquired Dojo Labs, the pioneering innovator in consumer internet of things security. Together, the companies will redefine how security is delivered for consumers and small businesses. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Named a cool vendor in the…
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Why Security Company Cypress Security Focuses on Customer Service
The idea for Cypress Security came to CEO and founder Kes Narbutas when he was working in real estate development and was hired to manage Yerba Buena Gardens for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. After failing to find a security company that met his needs, he decided to start his…
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Patti Sanchez
Patti Sanchez is the Chief Strategy Officer for Duarte. Patti has led transformative communications initiatives for brands including Cisco, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, LexisNexis, Nike, Symantec, VMware, and Compassion International, and taught hundreds of leaders to become more empathetic and effective communicators. Her work has been honored by IABC, BMA, and Vital…
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Prothena CEO Faces Ultimate Drug Trial
After spending a life and career in research and biotech, one diagnosis changed Dale Schenk’s outlook on life. No stranger to challenges, he’s taken it in stride. Getting a cancer diagnosis will put life in perspective. In late 2014, Dale Schenk got the news that he had pancreatic cancer. Following…
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Acquire SGI
SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), a global leader in high-performance solutions for compute, data analytics, and data management, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for $7.75 per share in cash, a transaction valued at approximately $275 million, net of cash and…
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How I Became a CEO
By Warren Lutz Being a CEO was not exactly what Rachel Haurwitz had envisioned for herself—at least not as her very first job. Haurwitz was still a UC Berkeley grad student when she and three colleagues began working with a unique genome editing tool, CRISPR, and created a startup to…
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Anomali Secures Strategic Investment by In-Q-Tel
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Anomali, the provider of the market-leading ThreatStream threat intelligence and Anomali Enterprise platforms, announced today its technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent, non-profit strategic investor that identifies, adapts and delivers innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). In-Q-Tel…
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Fluidigm appoints Chris Linthwaite New President & COO
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., - Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ: FLDM) today announced the appointment of Chris Linthwaite as President and Chief Operating Officer. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer Gajus Worthington, Linthwaite will oversee all worldwide business operations including sales, marketing, research and development, manufacturing and quality. Linthwaite is a…
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Oakland-based HFS Consultants Joins Wipfli LLP
Wipfli LLP, one of the top 20 accounting and consulting firms in the United States, announced that leading health care consulting firm HFS Consultants, along with their marketing division The Placemaking Group, have joined the firm effective August 1. The combined firm will provide a broad range of audit, tax,…
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Member Xiaodong Yang Speaks: Build Vertical and Horizontal Channels
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by the CEO of a company that was flush with financing and experiencing explosive growth. He was looking for strategies to maintain efficiency and productivity, as well as positive company culture. If you were in this situation, what would you do? If…
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Innovator: Free Flow Wines
In 2009, Dan Donahoe and Jordan Kivelstadt had the idea to launch the first premium wine brand available exclusively in kegs and distributed nationally. Though successful, the brand gave way to an even bigger idea as other wineries started asking for help filling and managing the logistics for putting their…
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SteadyMed Raises Up to $32 Million in Private Placement
SAN RAMON, Calif, – SteadyMed Ltd. (Nasdaq: STDY), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of drug product candidates to treat orphan and high-value diseases with unmet parenteral delivery needs, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell shares of its common stock and warrants to…
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