Private Equity
ADTRAN has added Kathryn Walker to its board of directors. Walker is a managing director at venture firm OpenAir Equity Partners. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, ADTRAN is a provider of networking and communications equipment.
2 min read · 16 May 2014
Global expert services firm Navigant has appointed Lloyd H. Dean to its board of directors while Peter B. Pond will step down from it. The changes become effective June 1. Dean is the president and CEO of Dignity Health. And, Pond is a founder and general partner at venture firm Alta Equity Partners.
3 min read · 16 May 2014
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Canadian Business Youth Foundation have announced that Alberta's Ryan Jackson is the inaugural winner of the 2014 BDC Mentorship Award. Jackson is the principal and managing director of RAMECO Consulting Group and the former Entrepreneur in Residence at Medicine Hat College. The BDC Mentorship Award is one of four new awards launched by BDC this year to promote and recognize Canadian entrepreneurs in four key areas: mentorship, innovation, resiliency and entrepreneurship champion.
3 min read · 14 May 2014
New Enterprise Associates General Partner Scott Sandell assumed the chairmanship of the National Venture Capital Association, as six new board members are also announced at the organization's annual meeting, called VentureScape, in San Francisco.
4 min read · 14 May 2014
PasswordBox Inc, a password manager that allows users to securely store, retrieve, create and share passwords on any device, has appointed Richard Reiner as the company's president. Reiner formerly led cloud computing and cloud security provider Enomaly (acquired in 2011) and IT security services and products provider Assurent (acquired in 2006). Founded in 2012, the Montréal-based PasswordBox last year closed a US$6 million Series A financing round led by Canadian venture capital firm OMERS Ventures. The company also has an office in San Francisco.
4 min read · 14 May 2014
NewSchools Venture Fund has named Stacey Childress as CEO. She is joining NewSchools from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Headquartered in Oakland, Calif. and with offices in Boston and Washington, D.C., NewSchools is a nonprofit venture philanthropy firm focused on public education for underserved students.
3 min read · 14 May 2014
Mark Heesen, former president of the National Venture Capital Association, was honored at the group's annual meeting in San Francisco with its Lifetime Achievement Award. At the group's VentureScape conference, Heesen was praised for his commitment to transparency and for helping to establish the NVCA as the definitive source for data, commentary and insight about the venture community. Heesen was with the NVCA for more than 20 years, including 14 years as its president. He announced last year his retirement from the nation’s top lobbyist organization for the venture industry.
3 min read · 14 May 2014
Law firm Sidley Austin has hired Sam Zucker as a partner in both its life sciences and corporate emerging companies and venture capital practice groups. Zucker is based in the firm's Palo Alto office.
3 min read · 13 May 2014
Compliance Science, which is backed by Edison Ventures, said Tuesday that it has named Vivian Shpigler as chief marketing officer. Shpigler is a former senior vice president and CMO at Reval. Based in New York City, Compliance Science is a provider of governance, risk management and compliance solutions for the financial services sector.
3 min read · 13 May 2014
Zettics has hired Adam Guy as vice president of monetization. Previously, Guy worked at Millward Brown Digital where he served as senior vice president of business development and head of mobile. Based in Concord, Mass., Zettics is a provider of actionable subscriber analytics. Its backers include North Bridge Venture Partners, Voyager Capital, Steamboat Ventures, Emergence Capital, Excelestar Ventures, DRW Trading Group and Jump Capital.
3 min read · 12 May 2014
