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UserVoice Family Grows, Adds New Chief Community Officer

Doug Coleman — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:16:24 +0000

Santa Cruz, California based UserVoice is a customer support service for websites that ReadWriteWeb called "one of the most exciting things we've seen on the web for some time - the User Experience is fabulous". The company announced that it has hired Thomas Knoll to be its new Chief Community Officer.

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Knoll is also currently a Guild Member at We Know and a Web Developer and Community Developer at EmergingLeadersNetwork.org. Previously he was a Community Advocate at Seesmic. Be sure to check out his personal blog and his website for more information about him. You can follow him on Twitter @thomasknoll.

Read Marshall Kirkpatrick's post, Why We Love UserVoice for more information about this exciting startup.

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New President at The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Doug Coleman — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:28:29 +0000

Non-profit artificial intelligence research firm The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI) announced today that it has appointed Michael Vassar to be its new President.

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Prior to joining SIAI, Vassar was Chief Strategist at Sir Groovy.com. Before that he was Chief Economist at Radical Funds.

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UMG-YouTube Online Music Joint Vevo Hires New Head

Doug Coleman — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:17:15 +0000

Later this year, Universal Music Group and YouTube are expected to launch an online music joint venture called Vevo. Today paidContent reports that UMG executive Rio Caraeff will be Vevo's new head.

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Caraeff is currently Executive Vice President of eLabs at Universal Music Group. previously he was Vice President, General Manager and Founder of Universal Music Mobile. For more information, read Peter Kafka's post on AllThingsD.

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Genesis Networks Names President and CEO

Doug Coleman — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:55:15 +0000

Global video transmission company Genesis Networks announced that it has appointed Mike Antonovich as its new President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Previously Antonovich was President and CEO at programming-related satellite transmission services company The Spaceconnection. Before that he was Executive Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing at PanAmSat.

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Inform Technologies Names New CEO

Doug Coleman — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:37:22 +0000

Semantic Web company Inform Technologies announced that it has named Rob Balazy as its new Chief Executive Officer.

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Previously Balazy was Vice President of Business Development at NameMedia, Inc.. Before that he was Director of Business Development at Lycos. You can follow him on Twitter @rbalazy.

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Open-Silicon Expands, Hires COO

Doug Coleman — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:23:48 +0000

Semiconductor manufacturer Open-Silicon announced that it has appointed Shrikrishna Gokhale to be its new Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director for its expanding India operations.

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Previously Gokhale was Senior Vice President at Sasken Communication Technology Ltd.. Before that he was Senior Manager of R&D for Industrial Electronics at Philips (India) Ltd..

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XMOS Appoints North American Sales Director

Doug Coleman — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:02:58 +0000

Fabless semiconductor company XMOS announced that it has appointed Kevin Yoder to be its new Director of North America Sales. He will be based at the company's Sunnyvale, California headquarters.

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Prior to joining XMOS, Yoder was the Western Sales Director at Analog Devices. Before that he was Regional Sales Manager at Texas Instruments (Silicon Valley).

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Omniture Hires Former Yahoo! Search Exec as VP of Worldwide Agency Sales

Doug Coleman — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:24:20 +0000

Online business software company Omniture announced today that it has appointed Ron Belanger to be its new Vice President of Worldwide Agency Sales.

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Previously, Belanger was Senior Director of Channel Strategy and Development at Yahoo! Search Marketing. Before that he was Vice President of Search and Affiliate Marketing at interactive ad agency Carat Interactive.

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Zen Internet Hires Head of Product Management

Doug Coleman — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:10:47 +0000

UK internet service provider Zen Internet announced today that it has appointed Andrew Saunders as its new Head of Product Management and Marketing.

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Previously Saunders "worked for a WiMAX Fixed Wireless Access provider, other previous experience also includes time with Avaya, Mitel, Samsung and SDX Business Systems".

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Coupa Software Appoints VP of Sales

Doug Coleman — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:51:03 +0000

San Mateo, California based e-procurement software company Coupa Software announced today that it has appointed Gary Hanna as its new Executive Vice President of Sales.

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Previously, Hanna was Executive Vice President of Enterprise Sales at salesforce.com. Before that he was Senior Vice President at Siebel Systems.

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iPay Technologies Names Senior VP of Internet Marketing

Doug Coleman — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:24:53 +0000

Electronic funds transfer company iPay Technologies announced today that it has appointed Tracey Weinberg to be its new Senior Vice President of Internet Marketing.

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Prior to joining iPay, Weinberg was Senior Director of Relationship Marketing at Orbitz. Before that she was a Manager at ZS Associates.

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Absolute Radio Hires its First Digital Marketing Manager

Doug Coleman — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:03:48 +0000

UK internet radio station Absolute Radio announced today that it has appointed Dan Thornton to be its new Digital Marketing Manager. This is a new position for the company.

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Previously Thornton was a Community Marketing Manager at Bauer Media. Before that he was Editor-in-Chief at Disposable Media. Be sure to check out his blog, TheWayoftheWeb and you can follow him on Twitter @badgergravling.

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Initiative Names Executive VP and MD

Doug Coleman — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:50:33 +0000

Media, marketing and digital company Initiative announced today that it has appointed Shane Ankeney to be its new Executive Vice President and Managing Director for the US.

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Prior to joining Initiative Ankeny was an Executive Director at ad agency TBWA\Chiat\Day. Before that he was Executive Vice President and Chief Media Officer at Doner Advertising.

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Telstra Appoints CEO

Doug Coleman — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:19:41 +0000

Australian communications company Telstra announced today that it has promoted David Thodey from Group Managing Director of Enterprise and Government to be its new Chief Executive Officer.

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Thodey joined Telstra in 2001 as its Group Managing Director of Telstra Mobile. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer of IBM Australia/New Zealand.

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Google Executive Jeff Huber Joins EA Board

Doug Coleman — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:30:25 +0000

Independent video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts announced today that it has appointed Google Executive Jeff Huber to be the newest member of its Board of Directors.

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Huber is currently Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google. Previously he was Vice President of Architecture & Systems at eBay. Before that he was Senior Vice President of Engineering & Product Development at Excite@Home.

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