Human Resources

Everfi appoints Patterson as COO

Everfi Inc, an edtech company, has named Ellen Patterson as chief operating officer. Previously, she was the company's chief revenue and partnership officer. Everfi's backers include Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Twitter founder Evan Williams, TPG Growth, The Rise Fund and Advance Publications.

PE-backed Offensive Security appoints new CEO

Offensive Security, a provider of online penetration testing training and certification, has named Ning Wang as CEO. Wang is the former chief operating officer and chief financial officer of HackerOne and Lynda.com, respectively. Offensive Security's backers include Spectrum Equity and TenEleven Ventures.

Madrona appoints Cochran as MD

Madrona Venture Group has named Hope Cochran as managing director. Cochran joined the early-stage venture firm in 2017 as a venture partner. In addition to Cochran's appointment, the firm has promoted Troy Cichos to chief operating officer and partner and Jennifer Chambers to administrative partner.

Wing Venture Capital hires Chokshi as talent partner

Wing Venture Capital has named Sunil Chokshi as a talent partner. Previously, Chokshi worked at Andreessen Horowitz where he was a partner on the executive talent team since 2013.

Battery Ventures promotes three to principal and one to VP

Battery Ventures has made a number of promotions. Logan Bartlett, Sanjiv Kalevar and Shiran Shalev have become principals while Justin Rosner is now a vice president.

OMERS Ventures opens Silicon Valley office, hires Michael Yang

OMERS Ventures (OV) has expanded to the United States with the opening of an office in Silicon Valley. OV, the venture capital arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), also said it hired Michael Yang to lead U.S. operations. Yang joins OV from Comcast Ventures, where he served as a managing director. Before then, he was an executive at Yahoo and a principal at Atlas Venture. OV Principal Michelle Killoran will relocate from Toronto to Silicon Valley to provide Yang with additional support. Managing Partner and Head of Ventures Damien Steel, who replaced John Ruffolo last year, said the new office and resources will allow OV to "deploy additional capital to startups in the U.S."

NPH hires Hagey as CFO

National Partners in Healthcare, a joint venture between Archimedes Health Investors LLC, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, has appointed David Hagey as chief financial officer. Previously, Hagey was worked at Epic Health Services Inc.

Grotech promotes one to partner

Grotech Ventures has promoted Julia Taxin to partner. Taxin joined the firm in 2012.

Wing Venture Capital adds Chand as partner and research head

Wing Venture Capital, an early-stage venture firm focused on technology for business, has named Rajeev Chand as a partner and head of research. Previously, Chand worked at Rutberg & Company.

Cycle Capital Management hires Dan Pinault as principal

Cycle Capital Management, a Canadian clean technology venture capital firm, has hired Dan Pinault as a principal. Pinault previously served as director of mergers and acquisitions at Brookfield Asset Management-owned Enwave Energy Corp. Before then, he was a management consultant with A.T. Kearney and Navigant. Pinault also recently worked with the clean technology group at MaRS Discovery District, supporting early-stage companies. Based in Montréal, Cycle has assets under management of more than $350 million.