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TCC recruits Intel Capital's Cunningham as an MD

Trident Capital Cybersecurity has hired Sean Cunningham as a managing director. His appointment begins September 21. Cunningham will be joining TCC from Intel Capital where he's worked as a director of venture investments.

Trident heightens cyber security focus with dedicated fund, brings on managing director

Trident Capital is heightening its focus on cyber security with a new early-stage fund aimed exclusively at the sector.

Battery adds Schireson as EIR

Battery Ventures announced today that it has hired Max Schireson, the former CEO of open-source database company MongoDB, as an executive-in-residence. Battery said Schireson will advise the firm's cloud and big data portfolio companies and help identify promising big data and open source projects from industry and academia. Schireson is based out of Battery’s Menlo Park, Calif.-based office and started earlier this week.

Howie Xu joins Greylock as EIR

Greylock Partners announced this morning that cloud and virtualization professional Howie Xu has joined the firm as an executive-in-residence. Greylock said Xu will consult the firm's portfolio companies and work with the team to explore startup opportunities in the enterprise sector.

SGS International beefs up team with three hires

Louisille, Kentucky-based SGS International, a marketing services provider, has appointed Rob McCarthy as its new chief marketing officer and Mark Chaffin as its chief information officer. Also, SGS has hired Lorrie Owen-Turner as executive vice president of sales for North America. Previously, McCarthy worked at St. Louis-based venture capital and consulting firm Liquid Assets Consulting & Capital while Chaffin served as CIO for Acosta Sales & Marketing and Owen-Turner worked at New Balance USA.

VC-backed bitcoin exchange itBit expands team with two hires

Bitcoin exchange itBit has named Daniel Alter as general counsel and chief compliance officer and Kim Petry as chief financial officer. Previously, Alter worked at the New York State Department of Financial Services where he served as general counsel while Petry was CFO of global operations and technology at Broadridge Financial Services. ItBit's backers include RRE Ventures, Canaan Partners and Liberty City Ventures.

Battery promotes three to VP while another rejoins the firm

Battery Ventures has promoted Sanjiv Kalevar, Jeff Lu and Shiran Shalev to vice president. Kalevar and Shalev have been with the firm since 2013 while Lu has been with Battery for three years. Also, Ben Johnston has rejoined the firm as a vice president in the Menlo Park, California office after earning his MBA. Johnston started at Battery in 2011.

VC-backed SI-BONE adds two to board of directors

San Jose, California-based medical device company SI-BONE Inc has appointed Karen Licitra and Keith Valentine to its board of directors. Recently, Licitra worked at Johnson & Johnson where she was a corporate vice president while Valentine is president and CEO of SeaSpine Holdings Corp. SI-BONE's backers include Redline Capital Management, Orbimed, Novo A/S, Skyline Ventures and Montreux Equity Partners.

Allied Minds recruits former VC executive Pignato as CFO

Boston-based Allied Minds, which funds and builds products and businesses based on technologies developed at U.S. universities and federal research institutions, has named Joseph Pignato as chief financial officer. Pignato's work experience includes serving as the CFO of Charles River Ventures and acting as a general partner, chief operating officer and CFO of Prism Ventures.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says expecting twin girls: Reuters

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer announced she is pregnant with identical twin girls, likely due in December, Reuters News reported.