Here's your look at the latest hires and promotions across the Boston tech community at EDB, Privitar, and Progress.

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EDB

Atik Desai

 

Systems Engineer - RDBA at EDB

Previously, Infra Engineer, Database Administration at CLSA Technology and Services LLP

EDB is hiring!

Privitar

Pat Walsh

 

Chief Marketing Officer at Privitar

Previously, Chief Marketing Officer at Tufin

Progress

Ian Pitt

 

Chief Information Officer at Progress Software

Previously, Chief Information Officer, SVP at LogMeIn

Here's your look at the latest hires and promotions across the Boston tech community at Aqua Security, Machinery Partner, SplitSpot, Lightforce Orthodontics, VUI, and Cybereason.

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Aqua Security

Matthew Richards

 

Chief Marketing Officer at Aqua Security

Previously, Chief Marketing Officer at Datto, Inc.

Aqua Security is hiring!

Cybereason

Sara Hanley

 

Talent Acquisition Coordinator at Cybereason

Previously, Administrative Coordinator at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Cybereason is hiring!

Machinery Partner

Nick Leone

 

Sales Development Representative at Machinery Partner

Previously, Inbound Business Development Representative at Klaviyo

SplitSpot

Joe McCormick

 

VP of Engineering at SplitSpot

Previously, Software Engineering Manager at ezCater

Lightforce Orthodontics

Kelly Cunning Riedel

 

COO at Lightforce Orthodontics

Previously, Director of Global Operations at Amazon Robotics

VUI

Jim Dreher

 

Chief Product Officer at VUI

Previously, EVP Strategic Market Development at Interactions LLC

Episode #227 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Joe Kinsella, Entrepreneur, CTO, & Founder, CloudHealth Technologies.

This is a long overdue episode, as I’ve been wanting to interview Joe for our podcast for quite some time. Joe has been a long time supporter of VentureFizz and was one of our earliest contributors. If you look into the archives of VentureFizz, you’ll find lots of blog posts where he shares advice on tech trends and building companies.

What’s great about Joe is the level of transparency that he shares in his stories and when giving advice, which translates into not only a great and inspirational interview, but so much useful information. 

Joe founded CloudHealth Technologies in 2012 to focus on creating a new product category and after multiple rounds of venture capital funding and years of hypergrowth, the company was acquired by VMware in 2018.

Here’s a fun fact about Joe, he was actually part of the first Scrum team back in the early 1990’s when Waterfall was the go-to methodology for developing software.

In this episode of our podcast, we cover:

• Advice for founders on letting go and delegating responsibilities.
• A journey through Joe’s professional career as a Software Engineer and the evolution to a leadership role in terms of heading up the engineering function at startups.
• The full background story of CloudHealth… from its MVP and first sale… to figuring out product market fit… to raising capital… and of course, scaling the company to the point of the acquisition.
• Advice for founders on building a world class engineering team.
• And so much more.

Keith Cline is the Founder of VentureFizz. Follow him on Twitter: @kcline6.

Episode #226 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Todd Dagres, Co-Founder & GP of Spark Capital & Co-Founder & Chairman of Liteboxer.

Technology Analyst, Venture Capitalist, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Movie Producer… these are just some of the roles that Todd has held throughout his career.

His track record as a VC is very impressive, but could his latest initiative be his most successful yet? Todd and his Co-Founder, Jeff Morin, are jumping into the home connected fitness ring with Liteboxer.

The company recently announced a $20M Series A round of funding for its full body boxing experience which includes breakthrough technology to give you a challenging and engaging workout.

In this episode of our podcast, we cover:

• Todd’s thoughts on the market for tech investing and skyrocketing valuations.
• His background growing up, plus the early foundational years for his career and how he got into the VC industry.
• His time at Battery Ventures, including the story of his early investment in Akamai.
• What led him down the path to start Spark Capital and what he looks for when making investments.
• All the details on Liteboxer - from the initial inspiration, to building the product, plus some of the details on how they are planning on competing in the home fitness category.
• Advice for founders on hiring and recruiting for their management team.
• And so much more.

Keith Cline is the Founder of VentureFizz. Follow him on Twitter: @kcline6.

Here's your look at the latest hires and promotions across the Boston tech community at Yesware, Brightcove, Percona, Examity, VIA, and MineralTree.

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Yesware

Will Fawcett

 

Customer Experience Specialist at Yesware

Previously, Director of Business Development at Ciprun Global

Kayla Reeves

 

Customer Experience Specialist at Yesware

Previously, Customer Service Specialist at Circle Graphics

Iracema Supreme

 

Customer Experience Specialist at Yesware

Previously, Advisory Sales Specialist at Kaplan International

Klaudia Stewart

 

Software Engineer at Yesware

Previously, Manufacturing Chemist at Waters Corporations

Kiera Lindgren

 

Software Engineer at Yesware

Previously, Software Engineer at Trihydro Corporations

Yesware is hiring!

Brightcove

Kathleen Nelson

 

Customer Success Director at Brightcove

Previously, Director of Customer Success at MobileMonkey

Maura Williams

 

Global Campaign Manager at Brightcove

Previously, Marketing Manager at LANSA

Katherine Rogers

 

Engineer at Brightcove

Previously, Android Engineer at C Squared Systems, LLC

Jessie Zionts

 

Customer Success Manager at Brightcove

Previously, Account Executive - Growth at 3Play Media

Relida Yorkell

 

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition at Brightcove

Previously, Field Training Manager at Global Partners LP

Brightcove is hiring!

Percona

Umair Shahid

 

Head of PostgreSQL at Percona

Previously, Head of Product at 2ndQuadrant

Percona is hiring!

Examity

Clarissa Beltran

 

Account Manager at Examity

Previously, Customer Success Manager at Prometric

Examity is hiring!

MineralTree

Jim Bork

 

Chief Sales Officer at MineralTree

Previously, Vice President of Sales at STORD

MineralTree is hiring!

VIA

Kevin McSweeney

 

VP Sales at VIA

Previously, Vice President of Sales at Cotiviti

Episode #225 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Daniel Theobald, Founder & Chief Innovation Officer of Vecna Robotics & Trevor Zimmerman, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Blackhorn Ventures. 

This is a first!  It’s the first time I’ve had the opportunity to interview both a founder and an investor in the same episode. I wasn’t sure how it would go, but after conducting the interview, I think this might be an interesting format to consider moving forward.

We obviously discussed all the details about Vecna Robotics, the autonomous mobile robot and workflow orchestration company, but it was really interesting to learn the story behind the investment.  It was like a live version of those common “why we invested” blog posts the VC often write to detail their thought process behind their investment.

As you’ll hear, the background story of each person and how they got to where they are today really sets the stage for why I love doing this podcast.  It would be hard to find other individuals who have more expertise in their respective fields and why this is a perfect match to hopefully build a massive company.

In this episode of our podcast, we also cover:

• What the future holds for mobile robots and autonomous vehicles.
• The founding story of Vecna and why they spun out Vecna Robotics.
• Use cases and why the market is ready for the solutions provided by Vecna Robotics, plus the company’s growth plans ahead.
• The details on Blackhorn Ventures and what Trevor is targeting for investments.
• Common pitch mistakes entrepreneurs make while raising funding for robotics companies.
• And so much more.

Keith Cline is the Founder of VentureFizz. Follow him on Twitter: @kcline6.