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Objective:
Zonar Systems is a leading telematics company that has developed a ground-breaking electronic inspection, tracking, and management solution for fleet operations worldwide. They are experiencing 100% year over year growth and very profitable.

Zonar retained the Laurel Group to find new VP of Customer Care to drive and scale their customer care organization worldwide. Zonar set out to find a candidate who has both domestic and international experience, has lead care organizations through massive scale, and has been involved in sophisticated supply chain and logistic challenges with off-shore manufacturing.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a regional search with focus on the Puget Sound market. We identified and recruited Lance Pilkington out of Precor, a $450M manufacturer of fitness equipment. Lance was with Precor for 15 years having worked in a variety of key roles, including customer care, operations, and project management. He was most recently leading a global project to overhaul and improve Precor’s care organization. Lance started with Precor running their EMEA operations and customer care focusing on direct clients as well as their channel partners.

Investor Facts:
Zonar Systems is privately held.

Objective:
Mercent is a leading provider of online channel marketing technology and services for retailers. Through its award-winning Mercent Retail™ SAAS technology and Mercent Performance™ professional services, Mercent helps the world’s most successful online merchants including 1-800-Flowers, Bass Pro Shops, Brookstone, GUESS?, L'Occitane USA, Redcats Group, and REI optimize online shopping channel marketing campaigns to drive customer acquisition, revenues, profits, and inventory velocity.

Mercent retained the Laurel Group to find new VP of Agency Solutions to own and drive Mercent’s client services strategy and all day-to-day services operations. This person is responsible for the direction and management of all client service functions including client management best practices, team and talent management, team and customer training, and services process automation.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a regional search with focus on the Pacific Northwest region. We identified and recruited Frank Kochenash. Frank joins Mercent from Razorfish where he created and built their Strategy and Analytics group. There he led a team of 21 strategists and analysts that was responsible from growing annual product revenue by 46%. Previous to Razorfish, Frank was at Amazon where he led the world wide text and digital ingestion operations. In this role, he managed the Kindle content operations and all of the content processing for Amazon’s Unbox and MP3 downloads. Before going to Amazon, Frank was at McKinsey as an Engagement Manager and Associate after serving 6 years in the Navy as both a Submarine Division Officer and Deputy Director of Operations.

Frank has a BS from the Naval Academy and a Master of Philosophy from the Imperial College of London.

Investor Facts:
Madrona Venture Group
The Hillman Company
TVC Capital

Objective:
Edifecs is the industry leader in providing real-time 'edge-of-the-enterprise' transaction interoperability solutions for improving business performance. Edifecs' solutions ensure compliance to improve data quality, enable governance through end-to-end proactive visibility and provide real-time business intelligence by leveraging and deriving business value from transactional data.

The Laurel Group was hired to find a Director of Product Marketing to create and manage all outbound messaging for Edifecs’ product portfolio. This person will be responsible for defining the strategic positioning and the value proposition of all their current and future products.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a regional search focusing on the Pacific Northwest. We identified and recruited Lance Hood to the role. He comes to Edifecs from Epok, Inc. where he was the VP of Market Development. There he was responsible for all Product Marketing and Business Development efforts for this document management company. Previous to managing the business side of the organization, he was the COO following their acquisition of OneName. Lance’s experience in the document management business combined with his previous work at Health Systems Technology and Philips Medical Systems made him a very appropriate profile for Edifecs’ business.

Lance has a BA from the University of Puget Sound and a MBA from the University of Washington.

Investor Facts:
Edifecs is a private company and has been recognized as one of the 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies and 100 best places to work for in the state of Washington.

Objective:
Printronix, a leading developer, manufacturer and provider of industrial and back-office enterprise printing solutions for office/industrial marketplace and distribution supply chain. Its flagship products and services, including its full selection of thermal, laser and network solutions technologies, integrate seamlessly into networks by delivering unequaled control, unsurpassed diagnostic capabilities and marked cost efficiencies.

Printonix was acquired and taken private by Vector Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm in 2008

Printronix retained the Laurel Group to find them a new VP of Marketing & Product Management who has extensive experience building and running a complex marketing and product management group with focus on domestic and international channels. They were looking for someone with a nice combination of big company and small company experience that is strategic yet can roll up their sleeves and execute programs globally while running a full P&L.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a national search with focus on the Southern California region. We identified and recruited Pendy Pendyala. Pendy joins the company from Hewlett-Packard where for the past 8 years he spent time at the VP level running business units, consumer support, and wireless & internet solutions. Most recently he was VP & GM of their Monochrome LaserJet Business based out of Shanghai, China. He led this $8B worldwide business with double-digit operating profit while transitioning the business from Boise, Idaho to Shanghai. Prior to HP, Pendy was EVP & COO of Mobility Electronics, a $35M start-up company that designs, develops, manufactures and distributes power products for the mobile electronics industry. He also spent time as GM of the Portable Products Group at Adaptec. Prior to Adaptec he spent 10 years at Seiko Instruments USA, where in his last role was VP & GM of their Compact Convenience Products which included an innovative product portfolio of computer products and solutions.

Pendy has his BS in Mechanical Engineering from IIT in Madras, India, an MBA from IIT in Calcutta, India, and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Investor Facts:
Printronix is owned by Vector Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm.

Objective:
F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), retained the Laurel Group to find a world class VP of Sales to help them increase their Data Solutions revenue. The company has gone through tremendous growth over the last few years and with the acquisition of Acopia, they needed a proven sales executive from the data solutions space to drive this offering.

Solution:
The Laurel Group focused their efforts on direct competitors in the space with a geographic emphasis on the Northeast. We recruited and landed John Dionne as VP of Worldwide Data Solutions Sales.

In his new role, Dionne will be responsible for developing, executing, and overseeing a strategic sales focus on the F5®ARX® file virtualization solution portfolio. This appointment correspond to the company's view that market conditions are ideal for the value proposition that file virtualization solutions offer. The burgeoning growth of file-based data intensifies the need for organizations to better manage their data. Today's news follows the recent expansion of F5's ARX solution portfolio and further underscores the company's commitment to deliver market-leading file virtualization solutions.

Dionne comes to F5 from Polycom, Inc. where as VP, Worldwide Channels and Strategic Alliances he developed, implemented, and managed a global partner strategy that drove sales revenue growth by more than $1 billion. He has also held executive leadership positions at CA (formerly Computer Associates), Inc. and during his 11-year tenure at EMC. In each role, Dionne exhibited the ability to generate significant revenue growth and effectively lead sales and partnership teams.

Objective:
Splunk, the leading provider of large-scale, high-speed indexing and search technology for IT infrastructures, hired the Laurel Group to find a new Director of Product Marketing for their IT Infrastructure and Operations business. Their business is growing rapidly and they needed a product marketing candidate to assume this position and immediately help them monetize revenue through direct and indirect channels. This role reports into Steve Sommer their VP of Marketing, whom we placed in the company in 2008.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a search with a focus on Silicon Valley. We identified and recruited Leena Joshi to the role. Leena comes from VMWare, where she had a strong track record of success and was most recently a Group Product Manager responsible for the GTM strategy for their vSphere product line. Prior to VMWare, she worked at Intel as an analyst and product manager. She started her professional career at Anderson Consulting after getting a MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta. She has a BS in Computer Science from Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute.

Investor Facts:
August Capital
Sevin Rosen Funds
JK&B Capital
Ignition Partners

Objective:
Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and cloud services providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 700 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. Parallels hired the Laurel Group to find a new Senior Director of Product Marketing for their Automation product line.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a search with focus on the North West region. We identified and recruited Stelio D’Alo. Stelio brings nearly fifteen years of leadership experience in product and marketing roles for notable companies like, Rational, which was acquired by IBM, Fortify Software, and Opsware, which was acquired by HP. In his last role at HP, Stelio was responsible for the outbound product marketing of the their network management software business. Stelio graduated with honors in Computer Science from York University.

Investor Facts:
Intel Capital
Bessemer Venture Partners
Almaz Capital Partners

Objective:
Vertafore, a leading privately held provider of specialized software and information products & services for the U.S. Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance markets located in Seattle. The company has gone through massive growth over the last four years with numerous acquisitions across the country. They have decided to build the company around the Seattle Headquarters and centralize the marketing organization in order to penetrate the market and channel in a more consistent manner. Vertafore retained the Laurel Group to find them a Vice President of Marketing with extensive corporate marketing, direct and on-line marketing, and overall product marketing experience.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a national search and identified and recruited Christy Marble who will relocate to Seattle from Virginia. Christy joins Vertafore from SalleMae where she was Vice President of Brand & Consumer Marketing. She joined Sallie Mae in 2003 and oversaw all aspects of brand and consumer marketing for Sallie Mae’s loan products.
Prior to SalleMae, Christy was Vice President of Client Services & Production at E-centives, a provider of online marketing programs featuring secure interactive and printable coupons, consumer operated content, email, sweepstakes and reward programs. Before E-Centives, she was Vice President, Financial Industry Practice Management for Claritas, a provider of target marketing solutions that include market research, demographic data, marketing software and market segmentation services. Ms. Marble earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Pepperdine University and a Master of Business Administration degree from The Anderson School at University of California, Los Angeles.
“We’re extremely pleased to welcome Leo to the Airbiquity leadership team,” said Kamyar Moinzadeh, Airbiquity president and CEO. “Leo’s extensive global experience, coupled with his proven track-record for talented ingenuity, is a great complement to our organization.”

Investor Facts:
Vertafore is owned by Hellman & Friedman, LLC, a private equity firm based in San Francisco.

Objective:
Airbiquity a developer of cutting-edge over-the-air data transport technologies located in Seattle. The company has been a leader in the space for almost a decade and the only company actively deploying technology that can transmit data in the digital voice channel. They needed a new executive to spearhead the product management and marketing function especially as their penetration into foreign markets is becoming more complex. Airbiquity retained the Laurel Group to find them a new Vice President of Marketing & Product Management with extensive experience marketing complex software products and solutions with an emphasis on new international market penetration.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a regional search and identified and recruited Leo McCloskey as its new vice president of marketing and product management. As an integral member of Airbiquity’s executive management team, McCloskey will lead Airbiquity marketing and product management duties for its product and services portfolio in the automotive telematics, portable navigation device (PND) and fleet management business. McCloskey brings to Airbiquity nearly two decades of experience in product management and marketing for services delivered from networks. His expertise in services and networks has been honed in North America and Europe, where he led product teams and customer engagements in establishing global network infrastructures and service lines. McCloskey was most recently vice president of marketing for IntelliTax, a provider of software and services for tax professionals, and has held senior leadership positions at Nexagent, Ebone and Terabeam. Leo holds a B.A. in Russian studies and language from Dickinson College.

“We’re extremely pleased to welcome Leo to the Airbiquity leadership team,” said Kamyar Moinzadeh, Airbiquity president and CEO. “Leo’s extensive global experience, coupled with his proven track-record for talented ingenuity, is a great complement to our organization.”

Investor Facts:
Acorn Ventures
Kirnaf Ltd.
Shell Internet Ventures
Ignition Partners

Objective:
SpringCM, is the recognized market leader in enterprise-class, on-demand content management. Led by enterprise content management (ECM) industry veterans, SpringCM delivers affordable, easy-to-deploy document management and workflow solutions in a completely Web-based environment. SpringCM retained the Laurel Group to find them a Vice President of Marketing to play a key role in developing, detailing and executing the company’s go-to-market strategy that will position them as the clear market leader in the on-demand ECM market.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a national search and identified and recruited Roger Bottum who will be working out of their Chicago office. Prior to SpringCM, Roger was SVP of Marketing at Acresso Software. He lead Acresso’s global marketing team, with responsibilities for overseeing product management and the strategy, tactics, and programs used to create interest, demand, and recognition for Acresso’s products and solutions. Mr. Bottum brings a wealth of experience in product strategy and marketing in the enterprise software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) segments. He has held top marketing and product management roles at System Software Associates, Inc. and served as an associate partner at Accenture. Prior to Acresso held lead marketing and product strategy roles at Endeavor Information Systems, a Reed Elsevier company, where he marketed and transitioned key products to a Software-as-a-Service model, and at two early stage SaaS application companies. Earlier, he was vice president of marketing at ShowCase Corporation, a business intelligence software company, where he helped launch a successful initial public offering. Mr. Bottum holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colorado College.

Investor Facts:
North Bridge Venture Partners
Foundation Capital

Objective:
Boomi is the market-leading provider of on-demand integration technology and the creator of AtomSphere, the industry's first integration platform-as-a-service. AtomSphere connects providers and consumers of SaaS and on-premise applications via a pure SaaS integration platform that does not require software or appliances. Boomi retained the Laurel Group to find them a Silicon Valley based Vice President of Sales with extensive SaaS software sales experience with a deep understanding of the integration software industry.

Solution:
The Laurel Group executed a national search with focus on the Silicon Valley market. We identified and recruited Scott Crawford who will be responsible for Boomi’s direct and indirect sales channels worldwide. Scott brings 25 years of experience in the information technology industry, including 16 years of sales and sales management in both early stage and large corporate environments. Prior to Boomi, Scott held senior sales leadership positions at IBM and Ascential Software. He also drove significant revenue growth in various sales management roles for i2 Technologies, Inforte and Cambridge Technology Partners. He brings significant international experience having led IBM's integration software sales teams throughout Asia and in southwest Europe, based in Shanghai and Paris respectively.
Scott earned his degree in Information Systems from James Madison University and his MBA from the Darden School of Business Administration, University of Virginia.

Investor Facts:
FirstMark Capital

Objective:
Accero is a leading provider of flexible, cost-effective human resources, payroll, self service and benefits management software solutions that streamline and improve internal processes, human capital management and business intelligence. The company has been providing business software to clients for more than 35 years, including Fortune 500 companies, local governments, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and service providers with complex financial and personnel needs. Accero retained the Laurel Group to find them a world class Vice President of Sales who would bring experience directly out of the HRIS/Payroll space and who would be located in Chicago where many of their key clients are located.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a national search with focus on the Chicago area. We identified and recruited Phil Cunningham, a veteran sales leader with more than 20 years of experience working for Fortune 500 companies who brings extensive industry experience to his position with Accero. At Accero, he will have responsibility for developing and executing sales strategies that will enable the company to aggressively pursue growth plans in 2010 and beyond. Before joining Accero, Cunningham served as the Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Fidelity HR services, where he created a sales and distribution strategy for the company that led to double digit, year-after-year growth. Prior to that role, Cunningham held multiple senior leadership positions for ADP including Area Vice President of Sales in Chicago, Illinois, and Vice President of Sales Operations where he was responsible for strategic planning, sales goal development and incentives for a thousand member U.S. sales force. “I am most impressed with the investment, vision and innovation the Accero management has brought to the Cyborg software platform in such a short time,” said Cunningham. “Accero’s new and enhanced offerings show extraordinary promise and I am excited to be a part of this new chapter for the company.”

Investor Facts:
Accero is owned by Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in San Francisco.

Objective:
Education Dynamics, higher education's leading marketing company, built from eLearners, Educational Directories Unlimited, WorldClass Strategy and GoalQuest -- provides marketing and student affairs professionals the tools they need to meet their critical objectives in attracting students and retaining them through graduation. Once the company acquired WorldClass Strategy in Seattle, they needed a new technology executive to assume and improve upon the technology development roadmap for the future. Education Dynamics retained the Laurel Group to find them a new SVP of Technology who has extensive experience running a progressive technology organization and who has greatly contributed to developing a technology road-map.

Solution:
The Laurel Group did a national search with focus on the North West region. We identified and recruited Gunawan Herri. Gunawan joins the company from Microsoft, where for the past 6 years he was in various technical program management positions. His most recent position at Microsoft was as Group Manager in MSN Search where he was responsible for defining the functional, strategy roadmap, and architecture of the SEO, SEM, Site Search, and Open MSN solutions. Prior to Microsoft, Gunawan was Senior Engineering Manager at CommerceOne where he was responsible for the J2EE-based design, architecture and implementation of Conductor 6.0, BDM 6.0 and SOM, a too used by suppliers to conduct electronic commerce in a B2B portal environment. Gunawan’s early career was spent as a Senior Computer Scientist at Adobe and a Technical Lead at Silicon Graphics, where he co-designed the architecture of SGI Electronic Services product family, which utilized the internet for customer support purposes including call logging, patch tools, and customer database management. Gunawan has a BA in Computer Science with distinction and a MBA from University of California, Berkeley.

Investor Facts:
Education Dynamics is owned by Halyard Capital, a New York-based private equity firm.

Estorian, a leading software company offering dynamic categorization and classification for unstructured electronically stored information for search ability announces Kevin Riegelsberger as Chief Executive Officer. Kevin joins Estorian from Capitalstream where he was President and Chief Executive Officer up until the acquisition by HCL. He was CEO.of CapitalStream since October 2002. Mr. Riegelsberger has 25-year track record leading technology organizations to significant growth and profitability has provided him with the skills, experience and vision to lead CapitalStream to success in the burgeoning financial front office automation market. Prior to that, Mr. Riegelsberger founded one of the industry's leading financial and ERP software ... application providers, Platinum Software Corp. (now known as Epicor). In his 15 years at Platinum grew from a 7-person startup to a publicly traded company with nearly $300 million in revenue. At Platinum Mr. Riegelsberger held various senior-level executive positions in operations, sales, channel development and technology development, and was responsible for all international operations with approximately $100 million in revenue and 350 employees located in all major international markets. He has served as board director for both public (Platinum Software) and private companies. Mr. Riegelsberger serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Tableau Software Inc., and Portellus Inc. He studied computer science at the University of Dayton and University of California, Irvine.

POP, a leading independent interactive marketing agency, has hired Matt Joe as their VP of Technology. This critical role will be responsible for all client engagements. POP has an impressive list of clients including, Nintendo, Target, Amazon, Microsoft, Real among others. Matt comes to POP from Avanade, a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft. There, as the Director, Global Technologies & Solutions, Enterprise Business Solutions, Matt provided business, technical, and functional leadership and ensured that go-to-market Solutions, Offerings, and Assets addressed the broad needs of enterprise customers. Along with this, he provided company-wide technology leadership, managed key strategic Avanade initiatives, kept Avanade abreast of technology trends and competitive platform activity, spoke at events worldwide, and worked with customer facing teams to provide guidance, help close deals, and harvest IP to be shared globally. Matt has a BS degree from Boston College.

Vertafore, a leading privately held provider of specialized software and information products & services for the U.S. Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance markets announces the appointment of Melisah Wojtacha as the new Director of Talent Acquisition. Melisah joins Vertafore from Entellium where she was Global Vice President of Human Resources. While at Entellium she developed and deployed their global HR strategy, operations and systems supporting over 70 employees and an office in Malaysia. Prior to Entellium, she spent some time at Concur Technologies as an HR Business Partner in the Client Services division focused on Implementation, Travel Management, EMEA & APAC Operations. She went to Concur after several years in management and leadership positions at Parker Services and Hall Kinion, where she was one of the top performing managers in the region. Melisah is a graduate from Western Washington University.

Vertafore, a leading privately held provider of specialized software and information products & services for the U.S. Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance markets announces the appointment of Chris Baker as the Director of Segment Marketing. There, he is responsible for driving all product, marketing and sales efforts focusing on the agency market segment. He will also be responsible for driving many acquisition and retention initiatives across the company. Chris was most recently at Serena Software, a leading application development company. There, Chris was responsible for the Go To Market (GTM) strategy for the Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) and Development Process Management product lines. Prior to Serena, he was hired by Brightwork Corp to lead their product management and marketing functions. This Sharepoint application development company hired Chris out of Microsoft because he was one of the original Sharepoint product managers. Chris has a BS out of Columbia and an MBA out of Wharton.

Rob Osler was hired by the CMG group at Microsoft to lead their brand strategy within the mobile segment. The CMG group drives integrated marketing communications through the company’s branding, advertising, PR, research, events, packaging, relationship marketing and internal communications functions. Rob comes to Microsoft from WongDoody, where he was their Senior Director of Brand Strategy. He has an impressive background of brand work on both the agency and client side of the business. He has worked on distinguished brands such as: Xbox, Kellogg’s, Subway, Ringling Bros., Tropicana, P&G, Nextlink and was leading the brand initiatives at companies like Western Wireless and Intermec. Rob is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound.

Vertafore, a leading privately held provider of specialized software and information products & services for the U.S. Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance markets announces the appointment of Allison Armstrong as Director of Segment Marketing. There she is responsible for driving all product, marketing and sales efforts focusing on the mid market agency segment. Allison comes to Vertafore after a successful run at AdmitOne where she most recently was the Director of Market Development after leading the company’s product and marketing efforts as the Director of Product Management and Marketing. Earlier in her career she had successful roles at Watchguard and Symantec in developing new products. Allison is a graduate of Santa Clara University.

The Internet Marketing Center has hired Karen Dorst as their CMO. IMC established in 1996, develops practical, cost-effective software, training, and education that entrepreneurs and small- and home-based business owners can immediately apply to establish and grow their online businesses. Karen comes to IMC from Mansueto Ventures, where she was the Associate Publisher of Fast Company.com and Inc.TV. Previously, she was a Senior Partner and Group Account Director at OgilvyOne. Karen started her career at Prodigy as one of the pioneers of the online services industry. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley with an MA and BA in English Literature.

POP, a leading independent interactive marketing agency, has hired Lance Williams to head their Client Development Organization. This critical role will be responsible for all client engagements. POP has an impressive list of clients including, Nintendo, Target, Amazon, Microsoft, Real among others. Lance has had a distinguished business development and client service career in the digital marketing space with renowned companies like iCrossing and Agency.com. Previously, he was Group Account Director and Business Development Executive with J Walter Thompson. Lance has a BA degree out of Framingham State College.

Helpstream, one of the first companies to deliver a truly social customer service and relationship management system, announces Bill Odell as the new Vice President of Marketing. He is responsible for the company’s overall marketing and go-to-market strategies and oversees all product marketing, partner marketing and corporate marketing activities. Bill has 20 years of experience leading marketing for several innovative, category creating technology companies. Prior to joining Helpstream, he was a strategic marketing advisor to emerging SaaS companies Right90 and JobVite. Previously, Bill was Vice President of Marketing at Interlace Systems where he helped launch the company and secure its initial set of strategic partnerships and customers prior to the company’s acquisition by Oracle. Bill has also held marketing leadership roles at Latitude Communications and Sun Microsystems.

Bennett Homes has been a respected award winning home residential home builder in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years. Bennett is renowned for its ability to integrate high tech features with classic architecture and design. Bennett is engaged with Sumitomo Forestry Seattle as a joint venture partner. Sumitomo, founded in 1691, is one of the largest home builders in Japan and publicly listed on the Japanese exchange (OSA:1911). Bill Dougherty joins Bennett as CFO and brings many years of experience as a finance executive with strategic and operation roles. Bill was the CFO of MILA, a software development and wholesale mortgage lending firm. MILA grew eightfold in 3 years to $126M in revenue with 660 employees. Previously Bill was CFO of Emerald Solutions, a venture capital backed technology consulting/integration firm. Prior to Emerald, Bill was the SVP and GM of the Mortgage Business for Homespace Services. Bill is a CPA who came up through public accounting (Andersen), then a stint at McKinsey, and then joined US Bank and worked his way up to SVP and the #2 executive in US Bank’s residential mortgage lending business. Bill has an MBA from Harvard and a BBA from UC Berkeley.

Hubspan, a leader in delivering global integration on demand to rapidly connect trading partners creating a frictionless business environment, announces the appointment of Margaret Dawson as Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining Hubspan, Margaret was VP of Makrting at Napera Networks, a provider of network access control solutions. Before Napera, Dawson led a product management team for two network security products at Microsoft Corporation, where she managed all aspects of the business, including product planning, pricing and licensing, marketing communications and budgeting. Prior to Microsoft, she held senior level international communication roles at Amazon.com, Aventail Corporation, and The Weber Group/McCann Erickson. She founded and served as managing director of The Weber Group Taiwan based in Taipei, a branch office of the worldwide public relations agency. While based in the Greater China region, Margaret spent several years as a foreign correspondent for BusinessWeek Magazine, reporting on key technology, business, political and economic news.
In addition to numerous career highlights, Dawson has worked with many non profits and educational organizations, including serving as a marketing advisor to the Bellevue Schools Foundation and Cornish College of the Arts. She received a bachelor of arts in Communication from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma and completed general studies coursework at the University of London.

Prior to joining Accero, Bob was Chief Marketing Officer at Centive, the leading provider of on-demand sales compensation management software. At Centive, Conlin was responsible for developing and implementing Centive's product and marketing strategies that ensured a strong corporate brand backed by solutions that met current and future market requirements. Centive was acquired by Xactly Corp. in February of 2009. Prior to joining Centive, Conlin served as Director of Product Planning and Management at Infinium Software. In this capacity, Conlin led the product management and marketing teams in the development, launch and ongoing marketing of Infinium's software solutions. Prior to Infinium, Conlin held senior level sales and marketing positions at Cort Directions and Myriad/OrCom Systems. Conlin is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been published in numerous business journals including: Benefits and Compensation Solutions, Workspan, National Underwriter, HR.com, Compensation and Benefits Review and Technology for Finance. Conlin received a bachelor's degree in resource management from Oregon State University. He is accredited as a Professional in Human Resources by the Society for Human Resource Management.

Derrick Mar is responsible for all technology, engineering, operations & customer management functions at Varolii. He has held leadership roles with increasing responsibility in the technology industry for over 20 years, focusing on software-as-a-service, computer/information security, mission critical enterprise software, financial/trading software, and distributed real-time software. Mar's extensive experience includes leading technical and product strategies for organizations such as Microsoft, FrontBridge Technologies, Entercept Security Technologies, IBM, TIBCO and Reuters. While at FrontBridge, Mar grew the Engineering team by nearly 300% and supported an increase from 15 million to 300 million emails processed through the company's data centers per day in less than 12 months. During this time, FrontBridge was also recognized by Gartner as the most visionary leader in its industry. Mar graduated with the President's Achievement Award in Computer Science from University of Washington, Seattle, and earned his MBA from the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley

Before joining Accero, Paul was the VP of Engineering at Earth Class Mail (ECM), a start-up that is based in Seattle, Washington. While at ECM, Paul built a staff of 20 developers in one year and managed the creation of a software-as-a service (SaaS) offering based on ASP.net. He also managed product management and data center operations.
Prior to ECM, Paul was Vice President of Engineering at Via Training, a company that became a leading web-based sales force training provider that counted companies like Microsoft, HP, Nike, Avon, and Intel as its clients. In 2004, Via Training was the 9th fastest growing firm in Oregon with over 200% growth. At Via, he built offerings in both Java/J2EE and ASP.Net while managing product management, data center operations and the corporate I.T. infrastructure. Before Via Training, Paul acquired and honed his skills in various leadership and consulting roles in the U.S. and U.K. with companies that include Oracle, British Airways, Arthur Andersen, British Nuclear Corp, Marsh McLennan, and other leading UK insurance firms.

Banner Retail Marketing Group is based in Liberty Lake, Washington and is a growing marketing services firm that provides turn-key marketing solutions to a variety of verticals in the retail space. Banner is a portfolio company of the Sienna Group, a Seattle based private equity firm. John Dresel joined Banner as Chief Executive Officer in November of 2008. Previously John was the CEO of Nailgun Content Solutions in Seattle. He brings more than twenty years of experience in marketing and senior management experience to Banner. Previously John was the COO of Tullys Coffee and had an 18 year career with the Ackerley Group. At Ackerley John served in a senior capacity with a number of different operations, including as the President of Ackerley Entertainment leading all business, marketing, sales, broadcast and financial operations of the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics and WNBA’s Storm. John holds a BA in Communications and Journalism from the University of Washington and an MBA from the University of Puget Sound, and is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO).

Infospace, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSP), a leading online search engine announces the appointment of Stuart West as vice president of corporate development and chief strategy officer. Stuart joined InfoSpace as Chief Strategy Officer and VP of Corporate Development in October of 2008. He brings 17 years of experience in finance, business and Wall Street roles. He oversees corporate strategy and M&A activities and is responsible for expanding InfoSpace's business through acquisition, strategic commercial transactions, and entry into new markets. West reports directly to Jim Voelker, Chairman, President and CEO.Prior to InfoSpace, West served as Vice President of Operations Finance at Yahoo! Inc., where he was part of the leadership team for Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Flickr, Yahoo.com and My Yahoo! Previously, West served in several executive roles at publicly-traded TiVo Inc., most recently as acting Chief Financial Officer. He has also served in business development and other roles with Silicon Valley venture-backed startups. Mr. West began his business career at J.P. Morgan & Co. in its New York and San Francisco investment banking groups. His other experience includes the U.S. State Department and the White House. Stuart's educational background includes a B.A. in History from Yale University, where he focused on 20th century diplomacy, and the Executive Program for Growing Companies at the Stanford Business School. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the global educational non-profit behind Wikipedia.

Jobster, a leading career talent network software developer, has appointed Kimberley Bohr as Vice President of Sales. In this role, Bohr will oversee the company's go to market strategy as well as lead the sales organization in its national enterprise, and fortune 2000 efforts. Mrs. Bohr will report directly to Jeff Seely, chief executive officer of Jobster. Kimberley brings direct domain experience from her tenure with CareerBuilder where she was most recently their Sr. Director of Sales for the Pacific Northwest region. Kimberley brings 13 years of Enterprise solution selling experience and demonstrated sales success to Jobster. Her background includes client facing positions with such enterprise corporations as UPS and MCI in addition to CareerBuilder. Kimberley has an International Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Denver. One of her passions is in new market development in the global marketplace.

T-Mobile, one of the world’s leading mobile communications companies with more than 30 million customers in the US, has hired Mike Durand as the Director of Communications responsible for leading much of the company’s communication efforts. Mike comes to T-Mobile from Microsoft where he was the Global Director of PR and AR. Prior to Microsoft, Mike was the VP of Corporate Communications at Charles Schwab and a Sr. Manager of Communications at Levi Strauss & Co. Mike has a BS degree from Cornell.

Pacific Coast Feather, the #1 bedding manufacturer in North America, is pleased to announce the hiring of Jessica Friedman as their Director of Marketing responsible for their direct to consumer marketing efforts. Jessica comes to PCF from AT&T where she created the eCommerce marketing team for their B2B sales efforts. Prior to AT&T, she worked at Microsoft in their Partner Solutions organization where she managed their sales support team for the MSN Advertising Sales organization. Jessica has a MBA and received a BA degree from the University of Puget Sound.

QL2 Software, Inc. (http://www.ql2.com) a leading provider of Market Intelligence on Demand, supplying companies with instant access to critical information from the outside world, announces the appointment of Russ Aldrich as CEO. Russ brings more than 35 years of experience, both as an executive in the software industry and as a managing director in venture capital firms. Prior to joining QL2, Russ was engaged on a project with the Office of Technology Transfer at the University of Washington and Executive Director of Guide Ventures LLC, a Seattle-based venture capital firm. As a venture capitalist, Russ has helped multiple companies grow from ideas to multi-million dollar ventures. His portfolio included successful Pacific Northwest companies such as AdRelevance (acquired by Media Metrix), Virtual Relocation (acquired by TMP Worldwide) and ShareBuilder (acquired by ING). Over the past three years as a CxO-level consultant, he has assisted early stage start-ups to achieve their goals. Aldrich has a keen understanding of database technology and connectivity and he was a co-founder of Simba Technologies, Microsoft's partner in the development of open database connectivity (ODBC). Earlier in his career he served in executive roles at a number of innovative companies including Silicon Graphics, Unisys, Altos Computer Systems, Apple Computer and Xerox.

Wishpot, a free social shopping service that makes it easy to save and share interesting things you find in stores and online, is pleased to announce the appointment of Todd Humphrey as Chief Executive Officer. Todd joins Wishpot from CleverSet, where he was CEO and successfully orchestrated an acquisition by ATG in February 2008. Prior to CleverSet, he was a partner at a Seattle-based venture capital firm where he managed an investment portfolio and evaluated early-stage companies. Prior to moving to Seattle in 2000, Todd was a founding member of a venture capital fund in Toronto, Canada. Todd graduated from the University of Western Ontario.

All Star Directories, the fastest growing publisher of school directories on the Internet announces the appointment of Pam Knox as their VP of Marketing. Pam has a successful track record of growing marketing organizations for strong consumer brand companies. Before All Star Directories, Pam was the SVP of Marketing for Red Envelope where she was responsible for leading the company to profitability through implementation of all Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations initiatives, and enhancement of the customer experience through online and offline channels. Prior to Red Envelope, she was the SVP of Marketing at 1800 Flowers. She started her career at American Express and held multiple marketing management roles in her 7 year career there. Pam has an MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and received her MA and BA from Wheaton College.

Splunk, the leading provider of large-scale, high-speed indexing and search technology for IT infrastructures, announces the appointment of Steve Sommer as Vice President of Marketing. Steve is a well-known industry veteran with over 30 years of successful marketing in the technology industry. Prior to Splunk, Steve was Senior Vice President of Marketing at WideOrbit, a next generation provider of software solutions to the media industry. Before joining WideOrbit, Steve had executive operating, marketing and business development roles with Successfactors, Arcsight, Airprism, Portal Software, Informix, and Cognos. Early in his career, Steve was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Co., and a Technical Brand Manager with Proctor and Gamble. Steve has dual B.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering and Management from MIT, and an MBA from Harvard.

The AMS User’s Group represents more than 15,000 independent insurance agencies across the country that use AMS Services agency management sytems. We arei pleased to announce the appointment of Brady Polansky as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Polansky brings 19 years of industry experience to the Users’ Group. He was most recently the Director of Agency Operations for Westfield Insurance, responsible for industry relations, agency education and automation for this $1.6 billion insurance carrier, serving 1,200 independent agents in 28 states. Polansky also has experience on the agency side of the business, serving as Chief Technology Officer for Dawson Companies in Ohio, and prior to that, as an agency owner himself. He has a BA from Walsh University and holds a number of industry certifications including CPCU, CPIA, APS – M&A.

Tiburon, provider of fully integrated command and control, information management and analysis solutions to public safety and justice organizations, announces the appointment of Ian Archbell as Vice President, Product Management. Ian is a highly energetic executive with a successful track record of building well regarded product management and marketing organizations. Prior to joining Tiburon, Ian was VP, Product Management for Micro Focus International and led product road mapping and strategy of enterprise application management solutions. After a 14-yr career with Micro Focus, he helped take the organization to a successful public offering on the London Stock Exchange. Ian began his career with IBM in the UK and held various roles over 14 years including Systems Engineer, Systems Programmer, and Product Manager. Before joining Micro Focus, Ian was the Managing Director for MMI, an online marketing consulting firm. Ian holds an MBA from Cranfield University and an undergraduate degree in Mining Engineering from Imperial College, England.

Scott Thompson has joined F5 as a Director. He is also Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at PayPal, where he oversees information technology, product development, systems architecture, and risk. Prior to joining PayPal in 2005, Thompson was Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer for Inovant/VISA International, and has also served as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Systems Group at VISA USA. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Stonehill College.

Hipcricket, provider of measurable and comprehensive mobile marketing solutions for broadcasters and brands, announces the appointment of Greg York as Vice President, Engineering. Greg is an experienced senior technology leader and recognized for his business awareness, technical leadership and solution delivery. Prior to Hipcricket, Greg was VP, Engineering for Active Voice and led development of mobile voice solutions for the automotive and telecommunications industries. He also contributes executive leadership experience from Giftcertificates.com as VP, Technology where he oversaw and managed complex multi-partner programs and engineering efforts.

Trupanion, a pet insurance company comprised of passionate pet enthusiasts, is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Altman as VP/Director, Technology. Greg contributes over 25 years of hands-on experience building and delivering systems ranging from end-user applications to services deployed on tens of thousands of servers. Before joining Trupanion, Greg was Lead Architect for Microsoft's Windows Live team, building highly distributed and available environments such as search.live.com and other live.com services. He also brings considerable experience as Director, Product Architecture at Captaris and CTO/Founder of ETIN Technologies, a high-performance USENET browsing and search service. Greg is an avid technologist and loves building and implementing quality software.

Verdiem, a leading developer of power management software for PC networks, announces the appointment of Jerry Barber as Chief Technology Officer. As CTO for Verdiem Corporation, Jerry Barber is an expert in web services architecture who builds world-class solutions at the cutting edge of technology. He is responsible for Verdiem's strategic product direction and leads the development organization, providing guidance and direction to product development plans, evolving product offerings, and initiatives to better serve Verdiem's customers and fulfill the product vision.

Jerry began his technology career at the University of Idaho, earning BSEE, BA Math, MSEE. Following graduation, he wrote one of the first Basic interpreters for the Intel 8008 chip while working at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Jerry has also earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed the Stanford Executive Program. After completing his post-doctoral work at INRIA (France's national institute for research in Computer Sciences) he returned to MIT as a research scientist where he co-founded Gold Hill Computers, which adapted artificial intelligence applications to the then-new IBM PC. He was also a co-founder of the Object Management Group that defined the CORBA specification for interoperable enterprise applications. Jerry later became a founding member of a second standards-setting consortium, the Digital Imaging Group. Following his work at MIT, Jerry joined Aldus Corporation as director of advanced products and then became CTO. When Aldus merged with Abobe, Jerry became director of technology integration and later became Adobe's senior director of core technologies. He also co-founded PhotoAccess Technologies, which evolved into an Internet-based digital image processing firm which was then acquired by PhotoWorks. There he served as vice president of engineering and IT. Most recently Jerry worked with DocuSign, developing the company's technology, infrastructure and engineering capabilities to efficiently manage growth - with a particular focus on evolving DocuSign's service oriented architecture and data centers to stay ahead of demand.

Sesame Communications, a leading provider of communications tools for the dental industry, solving high-cost old-economy communications problems with online solutions tailored to dental providers’ specific needs announces the appointment of Jon Engman as CFO/COO. Jon comes to Sesame with over 20 yeas of experience in the high-tech arena. He has raised over $100M of venture funding and led two IPOs. Prior to Sesame Jon was CFO at Saflink Corporation, a security software company providing solutions to government and commercial enterprises. Jon led a turnaround effort increasing market cap from $20M to over $200M and re-listing the company back on to the NASDAQ from OTC. Prior to Saflink, Jon spent 5 years at various Paul Allen funded companies such as Mercata.com, SuperCede, and SumTotal Systems. Jon also spent 5 years at Captaris, a leading software developer of voice mail and message management software. He was instrumental in growing the company from 60 to 200 people and increasing revenue from $10M to over $50M culminating in a successful IPO. Early career experience includes 4 years as an Auditor at Arthur Anderen specializing in telecommunications and high-technology.

Entellium, a leading provider of business software, helping its customers balance the everyday needs of sales and service professionals with the reporting and forecasting needs of management, announces the appointment of Jane Schachtel as VP of Marketing. Jane comes to Entellium from Intuit in Mountain View, where she spent the last 5 years responsible for the marketing of their Digital Insight business group. She executed new marketing communications strategy that propelled company to highest level of sales leads, client satisfaction levels and top industry rankings amongst influencers. Prior to Intuit, Jane was Product Manager at Avery.com responsible for increasing online sales through multi-faceted marketing strategies aimed at small home businesses and administrative assistants. Jane came to Avery.com from BizBuyer.com where she was Product Marketing Manager where she was responsible for targeting the SMB market. Jane has been a frequent speaker and subject matter expert on online banking marketing.

AMS Services, a leading privately held provider of specialized software and information products & services for the U.S. Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance markets announces the appointment of Gytis Barzdukas as Vice President, Product Management & Marketing. Gytis is a 17-year product management and marketing executive who has successfully lead and launched various software products throughout his career. Prior to joining AMS Services, Gytis was the VP of Marketing at Artilium, a company focused on mobile and unified communications. Previously, Gytis spent 12 years at Microsoft in various product management and product planning roles. Various groups included Windows Live, Windows Security, Office, Sharepoint, and Exchange Server. Gytis was instrumental in leading and driving Microsoft’s Sharepoint offering, the fastest growing server business in the company’s history. Sharepoint grew from zero to over $210M in two years. Early career experience includes 4 years as Director of Business Development at SABRE Healthcare Information Services. Gytis received his Bachelors and MBA degrees from University of Michigan.

Hubspan, a leading provider of global integration on demand that rapidly connects trading partners announces the appointment of Tom St. Onge as Vice President of Business Development. Tom joins Hubspan from IBM where he was most recently Territory Leader for IBM Global Services responsible for defining overall business strategy for territory, primary target accounts and spend on accounts, overall pipeline development, health and manager of all service transaction sales. Prior to IBM, Tom was VP of Business Development at Safeharbor Technology Corporation where he joined under sponsorship from the board and VC investment firms to rebuild the business in the areas of marketing, business development and sales strategy from direct sales to channels. His involvement resulted in $7.4M in contracted services and product revenue. Early experience includes various product marketing and business development roles at Safeharbor, Honeywell, and Allied Signal.

WhitePages.com, the leading online provider of contact information services to consumers, is pleased to announce the appointment of Young Lee as Vice President, Business Development. Mr. Lee is a 10-year consumer internet executive and has successfully negotiated and closed numerous multi-million dollar deals with top-tier Internet companies. Prior to joining Whitepages.com, Lee was the EVP, Sales and Business Development for iParadigms, where he helped turn the organization into a highly profitable and growing company in the digital assessment market space. Previously, Lee has fulfilled senior and executive business development roles with Amazon.com, Expedia, and AskJeeves, with hands-on responsibility for approximately $850 million in revenue at these organizations. Lee has demonstrated success in negotiating and closing critical partnership and licensing deals with companies such as Microsoft, AOL, Sony, Musicmatch, HP, McDonalds, AskJeeves, Excite, Comast, Earthlink, MainstreamAD, Grouper, and Classmates.com. He is a former attorney turned Internet executive and entrepreneur with extraordinary passion for consumer Internet technologies and businesses.

Airbiquity, a developer of cutting-edge over-the-air data transport technologies, announces the appointment of John Atherly as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Airbiquity in January 2008, John served as CFO for both eMagin Corporation and Click2learn, Inc. Throughout his career, John has raised over $200 million in various financings for his companies. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, having completed transactions with a cumulative value of over $100 million. In 2004, he completed the merger between Click2learn and their primary competitor Docent, Inc. to form SumTotal Systems, Inc. During his 14 years with Click2learn, John managed the firm's finance and administration organizations, planning, budgeting, investor relations and financial reporting processes. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington.

Likewise® enterprise solutions improve management and interoperability of Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac systems with easy-to-use software for administration and centralized cross-platform authentication announces the appointment of Rosie Hausler as Vice President of Marketing. Rosie comes to Likewise from Nsite in Silicon Valley, the first completely browser-based declarative application development platform that heavily leverages AJAX technology. Rosie brings over 20 years of marketing management experience to Likewise. In her role as Vice President of Marketing, she is responsible for strategic positioning, product marketing, lead generation, customer growth and retention, and branding. Prior to Nsite, Hausler held senior marketing management positions at leading public companies and start-ups including -, Cisco Systems, Junglee, Amazon.com, Tandem Computers, Liller Neal Advertising and PR, and The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Newspapers. Most recently Hausler was VP Marketing for ViewCentral, a hosted service providing Collaboration Management Solutions.

Jobster, the online career network for the digital generation announces the appointment of Jeff Seely as CEO and Director. Jeff comes to Jobster from Sharebuilder where he served as Founder and CEO since 1999. Jeff founded ShareBuilder Securities to serve the personal finance needs of all investors. Jeff introduced the ShareBuilder investing service with the express purpose of encouraging people to start investing and save regularly. Under his leadership, Jeff grew ShareBuilder to over $70M in revenue and successfully sold the company to ING in November 2007. As CEO, Jeff amassed more than one million brokerage accounts and built the company to the seventh largest online brokerage in the country.Jeff has more than 20 years of experience in the securities industry in New York and San Francisco. Before joining ShareBuilder in 1998, Jeff served as a senior investment banker at Robertson Stephens & Co., a global securities and investment banking firm.

Prior to Robert Stephens & Co., he held senior banking positions at Dean Witter Reynolds and Smith Barney. Jeff is a trustee on the Washington State Investment Board, which oversees more than $60 billion of pension assets for state employees. He serves as president of the board of the University of Washington World Series of Performing Arts and is a Director of the National Association of Corporate Directors NW. Jeff holds a bachelor of arts degree from St. Lawrence University and a master's degree in business administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is a frequent speaker at executive forums and financial services conferences.

I4CP, the premier institute to improve workforce productivity and bottom-line results within corporations announces the appointment of Pete Noble as Vice President of Sales. Pete comes to i4CP from Onvia where he was most recently SVP of Sales. Pete helped set the national sales strategy and helped the company grow revenue significantly. Pete went to Onvia from Gartner, where he served nine years as a key member of the company’s sales team. As regional vice president of Executive Programs North America, he developed and executed a North America market plan that delivered 21% year-over-year growth for Gartner.

Noble’s leadership in his previous position as regional vice president of Gartner’s inside sales organization resulted in significant increases in client retention. Prior to Gartner, Noble spent eight years at Xerox Corporation, where he held several sales positions; as a senior account executive, he produced an average of 15% growth in annual revenue and was responsible for two of the largest regional outsource agreements in two consecutive years. At both Gartner and Xerox, Noble was consistently recognized for top sales performance. Noble has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration-Marketing from the University of Puget Sound.

Corbis offers a preeminent collection of more than 100 million creative, entertainment and historic images, a comprehensive footage library, the world's deepest rights and clearances expertise and an award-winning media management solution. Based in Seattle, Corbis serves more than 50 countries worldwide. The company is pleased to announce the appointment of Colleen McCann-Lillie as American Controller at Corbis. Prior to taking the post at Corbis, McCann-Lillie was the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary at Ambassadors Group, Inc. where she managed an investment portfolio of $165 million and helped the organization deliver gross margins exceeding 35%. Earlier in her career, she was a Controller with Spokane Mental Health and a financial consultant with Coopers & Lybrand and Ernst & Young.

BioPassword, the leader in delivering enterprise security software solutions for multifactor authentication using the biometric science of keystroke dynamics, announces the appointment of Avishai Ziv as Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances. BioPassword was seeking a world-class business development executive with expertise in enterprise security which led the Laurel Group to Israel where Avishai was the CEO and co-founder of Intaglio Systems, an early stage company developing anti-counterfeiting solutions for systems. Prior to Intaglio, Avishai was VP of Business Development for Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Ltd., the worldwide leader in Software Digital Rights Management (DRM) and USB based authentication solutions, and a leading innovator in enterprise secure content management. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Ziv served as Chief Executive Officer of C.D.I. Systems Ltd., a developer of electronic publishing technology. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Ziv served as a management consultant to major industrial and hi-tech corporations on strategy and business development and to the Israeli Ministry of ForeignAffairs. Mr. Ziv holds a B.A. in political science and labor studies from Tel Aviv University. Avishai recently relocated to the United States for his new role.

Hubspan a leader in delivering global integration on demand to rapidly connect trading partners creating a frictionless business environment announces the appointment of Robert Pease as Vice President of Marketing. Before joining Hubspan, he was Vice President of Marketing at MessageGate, a messaging security and control software company. Prior to MessageGate, he was Director of Product Marketing for compliance software provider Orchestria as it entered the US market and focused on addressing broker/dealer messaging compliance requirements. Previously, he was part of the founding team and held various product management and marketing roles at ebusiness managed service provider nuBridges during its formation and early operations. Prior to that, he was part of the founding team at Idapta, a supply-chain software company. He also worked for Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting division (now Bearingpoint) in Washington, DC as a management consultant advising clients on business and operational strategies. Pease received a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia and an MBA from the University of Tennessee.

Twistedpair Solutions, a designer and builder of enterprise software solutions that empower interoperable group communications, announces the appointment of John Max Kellum as Senior Vice President of Engineering. Prior to taking the post at Twistedpair, Kellum Kellum has held a variety of senior level engineering and technology development positions at companies like Melodeo, Digeo, Click2Learn, Sun Microsytems, and Texas Instruments. Kellum is also the founder of PNI Product Strategy Team where he led the development of over 20 technology inventions. Earlier in his career he was a researcher at Fairchild Research and Honeywell.

Expedia, Inc. is the world's leading online travel company, announces the appointment of Jim Ferron as Senior Director of Operations Management Director. Ferron will be responsible for all customer care operations across each line of Expedia's business. Prior to taking the post at Expedia, Ferron held operations positions at various technology driven companies, including Sony. He served as Global General Manager for Stream, overseeing 2500 employees, across 12 companies, and serving over 11 million consumers. Earlier in his career he General Manager, Customer Experience Management at Sony Electronics, responsible for all customer service elements at soneystyle.com.

Formotus, a leading software and services company leveraging the ubiquitous Microsoft Office platform, enabling non-technical workers to create, deploy and manage applications for their wireless mobile devices announces Dave Stiles as Vice President of Business Development. He is a seasoned business development veteran who has spent his career building sales teams within information technology companies. Most recently Dave finished up an 8 year career at Microsoft where he held a number of positions including the management of a Microsoft Partner Program. He was also involved with the roll out of one of the first wireless workforce automation product roll-outs while managing Fujitsu's consulting business with AT&T Wireless and Flour Global Services.

Vertafore, a leading privately held provider of specialized software and information products & services for the U.S. Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance markets announces the appointment of Mark Hatlen as Vice President and Controller. Prior to taking the post at Vertafore, Hatlen held the position of Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer for privately held Bothell-based Aculight Corporation. At Aculight, Mark grew revenue from $8.1 million to approximately $17 million for 2007 and worked with major customers including all branches of the US Department of Defense and other US Agencies. Earlier in his career, Mark held corporate administrative and treasurer positions at Avocent and AT&T Wireless.

Greg Weaver is a seasoned veteran with demonstrated success in start-up, emerging and public companies. He directs Talyst’s financial management, administration and information technology functions. Over the past 10 years, Weaver has been involved in a series of strategic financings and acquisitions, and has raised more than $500 million in capital market transactions.Prior to joining Talyst, Weaver held the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer of Sirna Therapeutics (NASDAQ: RNAI), a San Francisco biotechnology company. Sirna, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing RNAi based therapies for serious diseases and conditions, was acquired by Merck in 2006. He was formerly chief financial officer of Nastech Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: NSTK), a Bothell, Wash. drug delivery company. In that role, Weaver successfully completed four rounds of equity financing, while building the finance, accounting, investor relations and human resource functions through rapid growth of the company from 40 to more than 150 employees.Previously, Weaver served as chief financial officer of Ilex Oncology (NASDAQ: ILXO), a biopharmaceutical company. Among his many accomplishments at Ilex, he lead equity financings, grew the company’s market capitalization from $200 million to $1 billion, and managed several key acquisitions, while gaining valuable international experience. Earlier in his career, Weaver held several senior financial management positions, including chief financial officer of Prism Technologies, a medical device company, and chief financial officer of a division of Fidelity Capital. Weaver began his career with Arthur Andersen.Weaver received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, a Masters of Business Administration from Boston College, and received his CPA license in 1985. He also serves on the board of directors of Celsion (AMEX: CLN). He is a member of the American Institute for Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

HouseValues, a leading provider of marketing and technology services to the real estate industry announces the appointment of Rich Goebel as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to taking the post at HouseValues, Goebel held executive positions at Answer Financial, where he diversified and optimized marketing and customer acquisition for the nation's largest independent insurance agency. Answer Financial is the nation's largest independent insurance agency offering Auto, Home, Life and Health products from hundreds of carriers. Robert was responsible for marketing strategy, positioning, forecasting and management and oversaw lead generation for web site and 400 licensed sales agents in two call centers. The company achieved 45% reduction in customer acquisition costs while increasing volume by 30% under Robert’s leadership. Earlier in his career, Goebel worked with Countrywide Home Loans where he launched the lender's entry into the consumer direct segment for prime loans, generating billions of dollars of home loans over two years through direct response television, direct mail, internet advertising and call center sales. Goebel has also led strategic planning, new business development, marketing and sales efforts at E*TRADE, NextCard Visa, KeyCorp and IBM.

Clearwire, a leading provider of broadband fixed wireless services (WIMAX) and non-line-of-sight (“NLOS”) wireless network equipment founded by Craig McCaw announces the appointment of Wibe Wagemans as Vice President of Marketing. Prior to taking the post at Clearwire, Wagemans held a wide spectrum of marketing postions at some of the world’s most innovative mobile technology providers. Wagemans served in international marketing posts for Nokia as well serving as Chief Marketing Officer for Motorola backed started Mobile Complete. While at Nokia, Wagemans in one year built Multimedia sales from $0 to $140M.

Revenue Science offers the most widely adopted, powerful, and flexible targeting platform for digital media, worldwide. The company is pleased to announce the appointment of Bill Kong as Director of Product Management. Prior to taking the post at Revenue Science, Kong held various product development positions at Amazon.com. While at Amazon, Kong oversaw the Advantage Extranet, the service-on-demand application used by 40,000+ Amazon.com consignment vendors with $200 million in revenue and high margin. Before arriving in the Pacific Northwest, Kong worked with Escalate and Metreo in Silicon Valley as well as PeopleSoft Corporation (acquired by Oracle.) Kong is the founder of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association.

OpenMarket Exchange is the only complete on-demand business and financial system for mobile commerce, and the choice for companies looking to reliably sell premium digital content directly to consumers. OpenMarket exchange is pleased to announce the appointment of John Mascavage as Vice President Technology and Development at OpenMarket. Prior to taking the post at OpenMarkets, Mascavage held the position of Vice President of Global Payment Systems at Amazon.com. While at Amazon, Mascavage developed and implemented several new offerings, including e-Checks, Cash-in Convenient Stores; and Party Private 3rd Party Label Payment Services Integrations. Earlier in his career he held an executive position with First Data and was the founder and Chief Technology Officer at Achex, an Internet payment company.

Formed in 2004, HipCricket Inc, is a leading provider of full-service mobile marketing services for media, entertainment, and brand marketers through its proprietary platform for the planning, execution and evaluation of mobile marketing campaign. HipCricket is pleased to announce the appointment of Eric Harber as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to taking the post at HipCricket, Harber held various positions at QPass/Amdocs, including Vice President of Business Development and Vice Predient of Corporate and Business Development. While at QPass he helped scale the company from100 to 300 employees, from $7M to $70 M revenues and from solely U.S. focused to global. Earlier in his career, Eric led strategic and business development for North Carolina based ChannelAdvisor Corporation and was Chief Marketing Officer for Motricity (formerly Pinpoint Networks, Inc.)

ShareBuilder.com, a leading online brokerage and part of Sharebuilder Corporation, announces the appointment of Adrienne Voermans as Director of Customer Relationship Management. Prior to taking the post at Sharebuilder, Voermans held various marketing and client facing positions at some of the Pacific Northwest’s most known companies. She served as Director of Marketing at Blue Nile; a client strategist at Avenue A and; managed merchant relationships at MSN/Microsoft. While at Blue Nile, Voermans increased revenue from $44 million to $250 million. A longtime Pacific Northwest resident, Voermans is a graduate of the University of Washington.

A leading provider of marketing and technology services to the real estate industry announces the appointment of Barry Allen as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations. Allen has more than 20 years of senior executive experience in the real estate and technology industry, with a proven track record for successfully managing the rapid expansion of high growth companies. Allen was CFO for Move.com, Cendant Corporation’s online real estate business, from 1999 to 2001. Under Allen’s tenure, the organization grew revenues from $12 million to in excess of $100 million in less than two years. Allen rapidly led the company to brand recognition and secured the #2 online position in the real estate sector before orchestrating the business’s $750 million sale to Homestore.com. Previous positions include CFO and other executive roles at various technology and software companies, where he accumulated significant business development, international and M&A experience. Allen spent the first six years of his career at Coopers and Lybrand, an international CPA firm. He is a graduate of University of Washington with a BA in Finance and Accounting.

A pharmacy solutions provider focused on developing simple, affordable and reliable products to assist in the medication management process announces the appointment of Michael O’Brien as Vice President of Home Care. Michael joins Talyst from WiMetrics Corporation , where he served as co-founder, President & CEO. Michael developed and delivered a unique patent-pending software to address a continuing gap in corporate network security landscape. Prior to WiMetrics, Michael was CEO of Adisoft, a German solutions provider of Financial Services Applications and Mobile Connectivity Software. Michael joined Adisoft after he sold his previous company, Translink, to Active Software for $75M. Early career experience includes various sales, marketing and business development roles at Attachmate, GEC-Marconi, Sundstrand, and McDonnell Douglas.

A global provider of on-line visual products for advertisers, editors, publishers, filmmakers, and marketers announces the appointment of Matt Duncan as Vice President of Interactive. Matt joins Corbis from Spoken Communications, a speech-IVR software company he founded in 2005. Prior to this Matt was Chief Business Officer at Resolute Solutions Corporation, a national business and technology consulting firm delivering .NET solutions for mid-sized enterprises and divisions of the Fortune 1000. Matt joined Resolute after launching and building a west-coast Customer Relationship Management consulting firm. Prior to this Matt was VP of Corporate & Solutions Marketing at Pivotal Corporation where he helped guide the company to a successful IPO in 1999. Matt was responsible for CRM and eBusiness solutions, specifically drove product innovation and market acceptance across multiple offerings including CRM web services, business analytics, interactive selling, partner relationship management, eMarketplaces and mobile CRM. Early career experience includes various marketing roles at Aurum Software, Blanc+Otus, and Oracle Corporation. Matt has his BA and BS from University of California, Davis.

A leading provider of broadband fixed wireless services (WIMAX) and non-line-of-sight (“NLOS”) wireless network equipment founded by Craig McCaw announces the appointment of Leila Kirske as Vice President & Controller. Leila joins Clearwire after spending three years as divisional CFO at Washington Mutual in their Corporate Service Organization managing an annual spend of over $2B dollars. Prior to WAMU, Leila was CFO at MedData, a premier billing, coding and data management company. She joined MedData after spending four years at Bsquare Corporation, a systems integrator for smart devices. She joined Bsquare as Vice President of Finance and ultimately became CFO. Leila was instrumental in taking the company public in 1999 with revenues north of $60M. Other career experience includes Director of Corporate Accounting at Midcom, Director of Accounting at Mosaix, and Manager of Financial Reporting at Spacelabs Medical. Leila started out her career spending seven years as General Practice Manager at Price Waterhouse Coopers. She has her undergrad and graduate degrees from the University of Washington and is a certified CPA.

A pharmacy solutions provider focused on developing simple, affordable and reliable products to assist in the medication management process announces the appointment of Carla Corkern as VP of Operations. Carla joins Talyst from Vykor where she was most recently COO. Carla moved into that role from VP of Engineering, where she managed all aspects of back office business to include Professional Services, Presales support, Product Engineering, QA, Technical Support, Customer and Partner Training, IT and Finance. Prior to Vykor, Carla was VP & GM of Netegrity in Bellevue where she led their portal business line as well as the integration of Datachannel, which they acquired in 2001. While at Datachannel, Carla was instrumental in growing their professional services and training organization. Early career experience includes various general management roles at Isogen International, Highland Digital, and Ericsson. Carla has her BS from Louisiana Tech University.

A pharmacy solutions provider focused on developing simple, affordable and reliable products to assist in the medication management process announces the appointment David Rosenberg as Vice President of Sales. David joins Talyst from Print, Inc., a Pitney Bowes company, focused on delivering optimized Document Management Infrastructure solutions built around the unique needs and requirements of each individual customer. David was Director of Sales at Print, Inc., responsible building and leading a team of consultants selling managed services in the document management, digital filing and imaging industry. Prior to Print, Inc., David was Director of Western Region for Cogent Communications, an all-optical, multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP and the largest provider of Ethernet services in the United States. David joined Cogent from Level 3, where he was VP of Sales focused on service providers (Broadband, ISP, ASP, MSP, and SSP), media and content distribution networks and high bandwidth enterprise customers. Early career experience includes 7 years at MCI in various sales and marketing roles. David has his BA from University of New York, Albany.

The industry's standard-setting, full-service electronic discovery leader announces the appointment of Tom Haug as SVP of Engineering. Tom Haug has over 20 years of engineering and product development experience working in technology fields ranging from enterprise software to artificial intelligence to data communications. Tom joins EED from Azaleos where he was VP of Engieering. Prior to Azaleos, Tom was the vice president of engineering for Pacific Edge Software, where he was responsible for all technical operations of the company, including software and quality engineering, professional services, and technical support. In thisposition, Tom drove the architecture, design, and development of the next generation product and technology platform for the business as well as built a world-class professional software engineering team.Before Pacific Edge, Tom was vice president of engineering and operations at FizzyLab Corporation, an Internet infrastructure company, where he built and ran R&D, software and quality engineering, data center operations (server and network infrastructure management), and customer technical support. Before FizzyLab Tom served as vice president of engineering for DigitalXpress, a broadband satellite services provider spun off from Boeing Commercial Space Company in a joint venture with Ceridian and Hubbard Broadcasting. Earlier in his career Tom held various positions in research and engineering development with a specialization in networking and communications technologies. Tom earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Southern Illinois University

The world’s leader in search and information announces the appointment of Nishad Pai as Director of Channel Sales in their Entertainment Group. Nishad joins Google from Amazon.com where he was Director of Digital Product Development on the team responsible for launching their digital music service. Prior to Amazon, Nishad was Director of Business Development at Yahoo Music (Musicmatch.com) where he managed distribution partnerships, which accounted for 20% of overall business development revenues, in the hardware peripherals, ISP/broadband and portable device channels. Nishad joined Yahoo from Palm, Inc. where he was Sr. Manager of Service Marketing responsible for leading and implementing the business plan and strategy for institutional services, including professional services, leasing and asset management services and technical support. Early career experience includes various finance, marketing and general management positions at Napster, Masterkey and JP Morgan.

A leading provider of broadband fixed wireless services (WIMAX) and non-line-of-sight (“NLOS”) wireless network equipment founded by Craig McCaw announces the appointment of Casey Stenzel as Assistant Controller responsible for Acquisitions and Spectrum accounting. Casey joins Clearwire from Microsoft where he was Worldwide Marketing Controller responsible for all Microsoft accounting policies related to marketing, business investment funds, barter, samples, and fiscal planning guidelines. Casey joined Microsoft after spending nine years with Andersen Consulting and KPMG, leaving as Director of Financial Advisory Services in the Assurance Division. He was responsible for the overall operations of the Financial Advisory Services practice of twenty professionals and the performance management of five direct reports. Early career experience includes Financial Project Manager at Nordstrom and Staff Accountant at Chevron. He has an undergrad degree in finance from the University of Washington.

Leading developer of power management software for PC networks announces the appointment of Mike Andrews as Vice President of Sales. As Vice President of Sales for Verdiem Corporation, Mike Andrews brings 17 years of business leadership in sales and marketing with both large and startup technology organizations. He is responsible for planning and executing high impact sales strategies and leading and developing the sales organization to build customer relationships and drive Verdiem's revenue growth. Prior to joining Verdiem, Mike served as Vice President of the Corporate Business Unit for GiftCertificates.com. In this role he led the $67 million business-to-business unit selling incentive solutions to corporations. Additionally, Mike has held executive roles at HouseValues, Inc. and Holistix Inc., a WRQ spin-off, as well as leadership positions at WRQ Inc. and IBM - where he earned several honors for outstanding sales and leadership performance. Mike has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Economics and a Minor in French from the University of Puget Sound. He is also a graduate of the University of Puget Sound's Business Leadership Program and serves on their Board of Visitors for the School of Business. Mike has studied and lived in France and speaks French fluently.

The leader in delivering enterprise security software solutions for multifactor authentication using the biometric science of keystroke dynamics announces Peter Horadan as Vice President of Engineering. Peter joins BioPassword with 15 years of expertise in software product development and management. Most recently, he served as Senior Director of R&D for Concur Technologies, where he led the team that built Concur Expense Service, which has become the world's leading on-demand corporate expense management solution, and was recognized by Fortune Magazine by being named to its Global Outsourcing 100 list. Peter also worked as the Vice President of Product Development for Corillian Corporation and held several positions at Microsoft including Product Unit Manager for Microsoft Internet Finance Server Toolkit and Lead Program Manager for the company’s online banking and bill-payment strategy. In addition, he serves on the Washington Board of First Technology Credit Union and has three US software patents. Peter holds of Bachelor of Science of Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

The industry's first online real estate brokerage announces the appointment of David Wilner as Vice President of Real Estate Operations. Dave joins Redfin from Nervana, a search technology company where he was Vice President of Sales & Business Development. Dave joined Nervana from LexisNexis Applied Discovery where he spent five years building and growing their revenue. As the first sales professional, Dave was instrumental in taking Applied Discovery from $5M in revenue to over $65M, building a sales team to over 50 people, and ultimately selling the company to LexisNexis. Prior to this Dave was a Partner at Cozen & O’Connor, an International law firm serving Fortune 500 companies. Dave has his BA and JD with honors from the University of Washington.

One of the leading subscription based hand bag and other women’s accessory internet companies on the web announces the appointment of Norin Crawford as Vice President of Interactive. Prior to Corbis, Norin was Vice President of Memberships at Classmates Online. He led the company's focus on delivering personalized content to its members via email and is responsible for membership conversion and retention efforts. Prior to Classmates, Crawford was at Network Commerce in several roles including director of site operations and product manager. He also spent almost seven years at The Domain Group as an account director helping non-profits develop and increase the long-term value of their donor bases.

One of the largest credit union in Washington and one of the top five financial cooperatives in the United States announces the appointment of Stephen Black as Director of Marketing. Stephen comes to BECU from Safeco where was Manager of Marketing & Advertising working on brand positioning and marketing activities through brand development and strategic management of consumer advertising campaigns and promotions, media, product launches and initiatives with annual budget responsibility of over $10 million. Prior to Safeco, Stephen was Senior Account Manager at Phinney/Bischoff Design House where he Managed brand and creative work on client accounts through advertising, marketing, communications and promotional projects representing a range of industries including consumer retail (Torrefazione Italia, Columbia Winery), travel and tourism (Alaska Airlines, Holland America), financial services (Safeco, Russell), technology (Microsoft), international non-profits (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF), education (UW) and professional firms (Preston Gates Ellis LLP., Callison Architects). Early career experience includes various communications and marketing roles at Publicis in the West, Intiman Theater, and the Seattle Opera.

A pharmacy solutions provider focused on developing simple, affordable and reliable products to assist in the medication management process announces the appointment of Ron Strandin as Executive Vice President of Sales. Mr. Strandin brings more than 20 years of sales experience to Talyst, with a proven track record in building world-class direct and channel sales organizations. Most recently he was vice president of sales at Klir Technologies, a provider of IT analytics on demand. Prior to Klir, Ron was vice president of worldwide sales at Rendition Networks, a network configuration control company. During his tenure there, he was responsible for the company's global direct sales efforts, reseller relationships, strategic OEM partnerships as well as customer service and support, growing revenue 900% over a 14-month period. Previously, Strandin was vice president of sales & marketing at Envision Telephony, a CRM provider. Under his sales leadership revenue grew from $1M to $12M in 4 years and Envision was named to Inc. Magazine's "Inc. 500" list of fastest growing small companies in the U.S., three years in row. Prior to Envision, Mr. Strandin was vice president of worldwide sales at Mosaix where he managed over 100 sales professionals and was responsible for generating $120M in global sales.

A fast growing start-up delivering cutting-edge calendar communications tools and services announces the appointment of Bruce Allenbaugh as Vice President of Marketing. Bruce joins Trumba from Safeco where he was SVP of Marketing & Communications under Mike McGavick from 2001 to 2004. While at Safeco, Bruce assumed overall accountability for marketing research, sales analysis, field marketing, agent and marketing communications, brand management, advertising and sales promotions, distributor (agency) compensation, online insurance sales tools and customer web experience, and advertising. Bruce joined Safeco from AvenueA, where he was VP of Marketing prior to them going public. He helped reposition Avenue A from an online advertising agency to a digital marketing services and technology company providing media buying and planning, advertising program management, electronic direct marketing, search engine optimization, and data warehousing/analysis that optimized client online marketing ROI. Prior to AvenueA, Bruce was VP of Marketing at Nextlink Communications. Bruce was one of the first 10 employees and helped grow the company to $1.3B in revenue with over 4800 employees. Early career experience includes almost 10 years at Pepsi-Cola in a variety of marketing and product development roles.

A leading privately held provider of specialized software and information products & services for the U.S. Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance markets announces the appointment of John Morrow as SVP & General Counsel. John joins Vertafore from Heller-Ehrman where he was most recently a Shareholder acting as general counsel to a wide array of public and private technology companies, including software, wireless, hardware, medical device and biotech companies, focusing on providing creative, practical and strategic legal and business advice. Prior to Heller, John was a Senior Attorney at Venture Law Group advising senior management and boards of directors of clients both late stage private companies and public companies on significant transactions and day to day matters, including securities offerings, public disclosure issues, acquisitions, licensing transactions, venture capital and other financings, capitalization issues, option plans and employment issues. After attending Notre Dame Law School, John started his legal career spending 4 years as an Associate at Baker & Hostetler in Cleveland, Ohio.

A leading search engine company focused on delivering a step-function change in the search experience announces the appointment of Michael Agostino as Chief Technology Officer. Michael comes to SNAP from Veritas, where he was most recently Group Program Manager for their Volume Manager storage software product line. Prior to Veritas, Michael spent 6 years at Vulcan Capital as General Manager for Paul Allen’s groundbreaking FlipStartPC (aka Mini-PC) project (http://www.flipstartpc.com). The FlipStartPC is the world's smallest laptop that runs Windows XP. * Transformed a technology "skunk works" project into a business initiative. Prior to Vulcan, Michael was one of the early Managers of Search Engine & Content Products at InfoSeek where he spent 3 years developing their new award-winning Internet search engine and spider. He was responsible for launching more than 10 new product offerings, helping to shape how search is conducted today. Early career experience includes software development roles at Kaleida Labs, GO Corporation, and Xerox Park.

A global provider of on-line visual products for advertisers, editors, publishers, filmmakers, and marketers announces the appointment of Stephen Gillett as Vice President of Application Development. Stephen comes for Yahoo, where he was the Senior Director of Engineering Operations. He was responsible for utility computing and virtualization as it applies to the operational computing architecture of the Yahoo! and subsidiary companies IT infrastructure. Yahoo! Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries is a global Internet brand. Prior to Yahoo!, Stephen was the Vice President of Information Systems for CNET Networks in San Francisco. CNET Networks, Inc. is a worldwide media company and creator of content environments for the interactive age. CNET Networks operates Websites, each with its own distinct brand that delivers authentic content experiences for both users and marketers.

The personal technology category is anchored by brands, such as CNET.com, Download.com and Webshots. The games and entertainment category primarily consists of the GameSpot and MP3.com brands. Stephen has held management positions at several companies, including CenterRun Software (acquired by Sun Microsystems) and two technology start-ups focused on online retailing and operating holdings management. Stephen earned his BS from the University of Oregon and his MBA from San Francisco State University in 2005. Stephen currently lives in San Francisco with his wife, two young children, and black Labrador. He spends much of his free time in the world of Azeroth as a Founder/Officer in the World of Warcraft Guild The Azure Blades.

CarDomain operates the web's largest community for auto enthusiasts and an industry-leading online store, visited by over 1.8 million unique users per month announces the appointment of Rajan Krishnamurty as Chief Technology Officer. Rajan comes to CarDomain from the Cobalt Group where he was EVP & CTO since 2000. Rajan Krishnamurty joined The Cobalt Group in December 1998, overseeing Cobalt's software and systems development, product development, creative services, and information systems. Krishnamurty spent more than two decades with IBM, holds three patents for software and hardware design and has received several awards for technical and business achievement. He was also selected to attend IBM's Advanced Management School. Krishnamurty was previously employed by Perot Systems Europe in the United Kingdom. Krishnamurty graduated from the University of Texas with a master's degree in electrical engineering and a minor in computer science. He has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Houston

A global leader in reconciliation and change management for Global 5000 companies, providing a Business Semantics Management (BSM) solution to manage the ever-changing language of the enterprise announces Lowell Anderson as Vice President of Marketing. Anderson brings more than 20 years of technology product development and marketing experience to SchemaLogic, most recently serving as the vice president of strategic marketing for Vallent Corporation, the global leader in Service Assurance management solutions. While at Vallent, Anderson was responsible for building, communicating and implementing a company vision that integrated corporate product, marketing and investment activities. He was also responsible for product management of Vallent’s entire suite of wireless software products, which generated more than $70 million in sales annually.

Prior to Vallent, Anderson served as vice president of product management and business development for Metawave Communications Corporation, where he managed all product development activities for the company’s CDMA and GSM product lines, including direct responsibility for an 80 person organization with an annual budget of $12 million. Prior to 1989, Anderson spent 5 years in design engineering and development positions in the Aerospace industry. Anderson earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., and an MBA from Seattle University.

A leading provider of data analytic software providing business intelligence and integration across the enterprise announces the appointment of David Weld as Chief Executive Officer. Weld brought 20 years of operational, M&A, financial, and business leadership experience to Messagegate. David was the founder of Messagegate and remains on the board as Vice Chairman Prior to founding Messagegate, Weld served as President & COO of Loudeye Corp., a Seattle-based digital media company that acquired Alive.com where he was a Founder and CEO Previously Weld founded Cognisoft Corp., an intranet applications company that was acquired by Verity, Inc., where he went on to serve as President of the Information Applications Division. Weld also held several senior management positions during a five-year tenure at Microsoft, including Group PM on Windows NT and Director on the Microsoft Network (MSN) where, in addition to other responsibilities, he named and help launch Slate magazine. Weld received a Masters Degree in business administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, and a BA in computer science and Russian from Dartmouth College. He sits on the board of Entrepreneurship Center at Seattle University and on the advisory boards of Inrix, Inc., and IOActive, Inc.

The leading provider of electronic discovery services to the country’s top law firms and corporations announces the appointment of Rhonda Neben as Director of Procurement Services. Rhonda joins Lexis-Nexis from Bernston Porter & Company in Bellevue where she was Director of Business Development. She successfully directed, planned and launched their business development program, helping grow the firm’s client base 25% per year. Prior to Bernston, Rhonda spent almost a decade at Ernst & Young where she held a variety of knowledge management roles in their CIO Group. Early career experience includes tax and audit roles at KPMG and Arthur Anderson. Rhonda is a Tax Attorney and a CPA and has her JD from NYU and her BBA from Texas A&M.

A leading provider of software making it easier for companies using Microsoft® Windows® networks to configure and manage Linux® servers announces the appointment of Chris Dishman as Vice President of Finance. Chris has 21 years of experience in financial and operational management. This includes 5 years in two “Big 4” public accounting firms, 7 years as CFO of a venture capital firm, and 8 years as a Controller or CFO of 3 early-stage venture capital-backed companies. Chris earned his CPA certificate in 1985 and graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington in 1983.

A leading developer of power management software for PC networks announces the appointment of Kevin Klustner as Chief Executive Officer. Kevin’s previous roles include serving as Managing Director of Coastal Environmental and President and CEO of Sightward Inc., provider of predictive analytics software and services. He was also Chief Operating Officer at software developer WRQ Inc. as well as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. He has also held various management positions at Hewlett-Packard Co. Kevin has his BA and MS from Stanford University.

A market leader in online compensation information, providing access to accurate compensation data for both employees and employers announces the appointment of Mike Hayes as GM, Payscale Professional. Mr. Hayes comes to PayScale from Ascentis where he was responsible for all aspects of the company's sales and marketing strategy and execution. While at Ascentis, he established HROffice as a top three player in the mid-market and led the company transition from selling via inside sales to a channel model. Ascentis has been a consistent top 25 growth company in Washington for the last three years. Prior to Ascentis, Mr. Hayes was a sales manager at Vitria Technology and CEO of uRreal. He also served as VP of Marketing at Sequel Technology where he helped lead the company to a leadership position in the emerging space of Business Oriented Network Management products. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hayes held numerous positions with Superbase, a New York based company that transitioned from a product division of SPC to a newly founded company. Prior to Superbase, Mr. Hayes held a product marketing position in Oracle UK. He holds a Bachelor's Degree with Honors in Mathematics from University College, United Kingdom, Wales-Cardiff.

A scientifically advanced search technology company that uses a patent-pending semantic search engine announces the appointment of Dave Wilner as Vice President of Sales & Business Development. Dave joins Nervana from LexisNexis Applied Discovery where he spent the past five years building and growing their revenue. As the first sales professional, Dave was instrumental in taking Applied Discovery from $5M in revenue to over $65M, building a sales team to over 50 people, and ultimately selling the company to LexisNexis. Prior to this Dave was a Partner at Cozen & O’Connor, an International law firm serving Fortune 500 companies. Dave has his BA and JD with honors from the University of Washington.

The leading provider of electronic discovery services to the country’s top law firms and corporations announces the appointment of Wayne Wong as IT Consultant. Wayne joins Lexis Nexis from Morse Best innovation in Seattle where he was Chief Technology Officer in charge of custom software development and systems integration for the enterprise market. Prior to this he was CTO at Gear.com, an e-commerce start-up in Seattle. Wayne joined Gear.com from PhotoDisc (Getty Images) where he spent three years as Director of Online Systems responsible for the entire data center as well as online architecture. Wayne’s early career included stints at ACME Media, Tekna Design Group, and the US Navy.

A nationally recognized company who has brought a fresh perspective to the senior living industry announces the appointment of Brian Poggi as Chief Marketing Officer. Brian comes to Aegis from GE Security where he was most recently President of the Commercial Solutions Group, a $300M 500 employee business unit of General Electric Corp. Prior to GE, Brian was President & CEO of LifeClips, a venture-backed company providing analog-to-digital home-video services. Previous to GE, he spent 20 years at Polaroid Corporation in a variety of roles, most recently as SVP/GM of North America where he directed $1.1B in revenue with over 1,200 employees. He was responsible for all of the product lines including consumer, commercial, medical, professional, insurance and government Early career experience includes marketing and sales roles at Proctor & Gamble. Brian has a BS from the University of Oregon and an MBA from Boston University.

A global provider of on-line visual products for advertisers, editors, publishers, filmmakers, and marketers announces the appointment of Michelle Harmon as Director of Human Resources. Michelle comes to Corbis from Harmon HR Consulting where she assisted companies with HR systems startup, HR project work, M & A work for due diligence or integration, or interim HR management for businesses seeking strategic leadership in human capital management on a contractual basis. Prior to Harmon, Michelle was Sr. Director of HR at Click2Learn, a learning and collaboration/training enterprise software company. Michelle was instrumental in recruiting and growing the organization up until the merger with Docent. Before this, Michelle was Vice President of HR at LexisNexis/Applied Discovery in Bellevue where she led all HR functions through two acquisitions and one merger. Early career experience includes Director of HR at iCopywrite, Westower Corporation, and Chemithon Enterprises.

A provider to businesses the ability to access, manage and optimize government opportunities and helps government agencies find suppliers online announces the appointment of Pete Noble as Senior Vice President of Sales. Pete comes to Onvia from Gartner, where he served nine years as a key member of the company’s sales team. As regional vice president of Executive Programs North America, he developed and executed a North America market plan that delivered 21% year-over-year growth for Gartner. Noble’s leadership in his previous position as regional vice president of Gartner’s inside sales organization resulted in significant increases in client retention. Prior to Gartner, Noble spent eight years at Xerox Corporation, where he held several sales positions; as a senior account executive, he produced an average of 15% growth in annual revenue and was responsible for two of the largest regional outsource agreements in two consecutive years. At both Gartner and Xerox, Noble was consistently recognized for top sales performance. Noble has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration-Marketing from the University of Puget Sound.

A leading provider of broadband fixed wireless services (WIMAX) and non-line-of-sight (“NLOS”) wireless network equipment founded by Craig McCaw announces the appointment of David Allred as Vice President of Marketing. David will be responsible for world wide marketing including new market launches, branding, product marketing, strategy and positioning. David joins Clearwire from Hewlett-Packard where he was most recently Sr. Director of Worldwide SMB & Consumer Direct responsible for their Direct Business covering the Small and Medium Sized Business (SMB) segment and Consumer segment. Prior to HP, David was Vice President of Consumer Marketing & Sales for DirecTV, where he was responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive go-to-market strategy resulting in a differentiated broadband services provider with approximately $100mm in revenue and 175,000 subscribers. David came to DirecTV from their acquisition of Teleocity where he was Sr. Director of Corporate Strategy and Development. While at Telocity, David drove market and operational strategy including forecasting the direction of the broadband services market. Early career experience includes Senior Manager, Strategic Advisory Services at Ernst & Young. David received his MBA from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School and his B.A. from BYU. David has relocated to the Seattle area from Silicon Valley and will be joined by his wife and two children

A privately held search technology company focused on connecting prospective students with quality schools through the Internet announces the appointment of Doug Brown as President. Doug has day-to-day operational responsibility for the business. Doug brings to All Star Directories a broad range of experience including general management, corporate finance, strategic planning, and organizational development. With expertise in helping entrepreneurs develop good management and corporate governance practices, Doug has served as a director of 18 companies and non-profit enterprises, including Sensaria, GoAhead Software, Smashing Ideas, and the MIT Enterprise Forum. He holds a BS in Business from the University of Idaho.

A provider to businesses the ability to access, manage and optimize government opportunities and helps government agencies find suppliers online announces the appointment of Larisa Sheckler as Director of Content Operations. Larisa joins Onvia from Washington Mutual where she was most recently VP of Operations in charge of supply chain. Before WAMU, Larisa spent ten years at Eddie Bauer in a variety of senior roles within operations, supply chain, content management and business systems. For the last three years at Eddie Bauer, she was Director of Operations responsible for project management. Larisa started her career at IBM as an Information Developer.

A leader in the development of file transfer and synchronization technology, announces the appointment of Juan Carosso as Vice President of Sales & Business Development. Juan was previously VP of Sales at Entomo, a hosted Supplier Relationship Management software solution start-up. Juan was a member of the executive turnaround team brought in by Board of Directors to restructure the company, revamp the go-to-market strategy and work to secure the next round of venture funding for ongoing operations, while driving direct and indirect sales strategies. Juan was previously Director, Affiliate Network at PureEdge Solutions, where he successfully led their indirect channel activities in NA. Prior experience included Senior Director at 2Way Corporation, Marketing Director at Wall Data, and VP, International at FourGen Software.