Iker Marcaide, 28, is CEO of peerTransfer Corp./peerTransfer Education, a two-year-old Boston-based financial service that helps international students save on exchange rates and service fees when paying educational expenses at U.S. colleges. Education: MBA from MIT Sloan School, Masters degree in operations management from the MIT, masters degree in engineering... Read more
Category: Iker Marcaide, Mass High Tech, peerTransferRollins, 27, chief software architect at Localytics Inc. of Cambridge, which develops mobile analytics software as a service. Education: Bachelor of arts in computer science from Boston University. Age when he did first startup: 16, doing contract web development. You should have confidence in me because… “In terms of the analytics space, I spent three years in Microsoft working... Read more
Category: Andrew Rollins, Localytics, Mass High TechIn a report released at its spring meeting in Cambridge today, the Mass Technology Leadership Council said that the Greater Boston mobile technology sector now employs 30,000 people in 400 companies. The industry association’s Mobile Cluster conducted the study of employment at the various companies. MassTLC said in a press release that Massachusetts has “created... Read more
Category: Mass High Tech, MassTLC, Walt Doyle, WhereSkyhook Wireless Inc. has received good news in its suit against search giant Google Inc., with the Suffolk Superior Court Tuesday denying Google’s request for a motion to dismiss the case for a summary judgement in the case. According to a court document, Justice Judith Fabricant issued the order that states, “the Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative... Read more
Category: Google, Mass High Tech, Skyhook WirelessCambridge firm peerTransfer Corp. has added a new feature to its international funds transfer offerings – peerTransfer Education, which enables foreign students to pay for their college costs from their home country in their native currency. PeerTransfer was launched in 2009 by CEO Iker Marcaide, who wanted to come with a way to eliminate the high... Read more
Category: Iker Marcaide, Mass High Tech, peerTransferHighland Capital Partners co-founder Paul Maeder has established a track record as an investor in sectors such as information technology, cleantech and robotics, and as an inventor, having helped develop several medical devices. Named a Mass High Tech All-Star honoree in 2008, he was more recently elected chairman of the National Venture Capital Association... Read more
Category: Highland Capital Partners, Mass High Tech, Paul MaederWhere Inc. has been acquired by eBay, the company announced in a post to Twitter this morning. The acquisition is set to close at the end of the current quarter. An unnamed source generally close to the deal confirmed the acquisition amount at $135 million. Cathy Chui, a company spokesperson for eBay would not confirm the dollar figure in a phone interview... Read more
Category: eBay, Mass High Tech, Walt Doyle, WhereAs recently as last month, Sharma was representing Vivox on a panel at the third annual MIT Business in Gaming Conference held at the Seaport World Trade Center in South Boston. He was on a panel titled “Rhythm, Motion and Immersion: How Technology is Changing Gaming.” Last October, Sharma represented Vivox on a panel at Becker College during a day-long... Read more
Category: Mass High Tech, Monty Sharma, VivoxInternet-based voice chat technology company Vivox Inc. is going to be providing the back end for a new application in partnership with T-Mobile USA Inc. that will allow person-to-person calls through Facebook – first on a PC or Mac and soon on a mobile device. Natick-based Vivox will use its VoiceEverywhere Service to power the application called Bobsled... Read more
Category: Bobsled, Mass High Tech, VivoxCarbonite Inc. co-founder Jeff Flowers has stepped down as CTO of the Boston consumer data storage company and will be replaced from within by former architect and manager Eric Golin. Flowers will stay with the company as chief architect, said CEO and co-founder David Friend in an email. Flowers, who is on vacation this week... Read more
Category: Carbonite, Eric Golin, Jeff Flowers, Mass High Tech