Austin-based Silicon Labs said Thursday that it has named interim CFO and board member Bill Bock as President. The firm also said it has named John Hollister, currently Vice President of Business Development, as Senior Vice President and CF...

The funding round announced by Austin's ProspX earlier this week was worth $8.2M--with a target of $9.3M--according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. The company announced the funding round in conjunction with the appointment of Tod...

Austin-based ProspX, which develops software for managing the commercial insurance process, said today that it has closed additional funding, and named a new CEO. Details on the funding were not announced. ProspX said the new funds will go ...

Dallas-based IT outsourcing firm CompuCom announced late Monday that it has named Anthony (Tony) Doye as its new CEO. Doye has been at the company since November, and previously served at Fujitsu North America, where he was president and CE...

Austin-based Bigcommerce, the developer of e-commerce software for the small and medium sized business market, announced yesterday that it has added Jeremy Hermanns as its new Vice President of Marketing Demand Generation. Hermanns was most...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, the developer of ratings, review, and other related software for e-commerce companies, said Thursday that it has named Gene Austin as President of the firm, and Marc Cannon as Executive Vice President of Client Ser...

Dallas-based ZenCash, the startup which operates a service to help small businesses and freelancers manage their payments and invoicing, said today that it has just passed the $250M dollar mark in terms of invoices it is managing, and has a...

Fort Worth-based online financial products firm ThinkFinance said Thursday that it has snagged a former Google executive, as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. The venture-backed company--which has received funds from Sequoia Capital an...

Austin-based Macheen said this morning that it has named a new CEO and President, high tech veteran Greg Stock. Stock was most recently Chairman and CEO of Vovici, which was acquired last year by Verint Systems; he also served at Mirage Net...

Tyler, Texas-based online loan provider iPawn said Monday that it has named Kfir Biton as its Chief Marketing Officer. The firm--which recently raised $4M in a funding round--said Biton joins from Dragonfish, a division of 888Holdings, an o...

Austin-based database security software developer Gazzang is staffing up its sales ranks today, saying it has named Brian Brogan as Vice President of Global Sales. Brogan is joining the firm from Verint Systems, and also has served at Openw...

Dallas-based Compass Data Centers announced today that it has snagged an executive from Digital Realty, to become its new Senior Vice President of Data Center Product Delivery. Compass Datacenters said it hired Jay Forester, who was previou...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice disclosed today that its COO, Heather Brunner, has resigned as the company's Chief Operating Officer. Reason for the departure was not given. Bazaarvoice quietly disclosed the departure through an SEC filing. Accord...

Austin-based online advertising and social marketing software developer OneSpot said today that it has named Adam Weinroth, most recently Executive Director of Product Marketing for Spiceworks, as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Weinroth a...

Austin-based social marketing firm Dachis Group announced Wednesday that it has named Erin Mulligan Nelson as the firm's new President. Nelson was formerly at Dell, where she was SVP and Chief Marketing Officer. Dachis said that Nelson had...

Allen, Texas-based PFSweb has swapped out its CEO, and is cutting jobs, the firm said Tuesday, as it reported its quarterly results. The provider of e-commerce services said that it has appointed Michael C. Willoughby as its new CEO, replac...

Plano-based MEDHOST, which develops software used for tracking emergency room operations and patients, said today that it has named Barbara Bryan as its Vice President, Consulting. Bryan was most recently at Bryan Advisory Group, providing ...

Austin-based cloud connectivity provider Macheen has tapped Austin high technology veteran Tom Meredith--the former CFO of Motorola, former Managing Director of Dell Ventures, and CFO of Dell--to its board, the company said Monday. Meredith...

Austin-based Quarri Technologies, the security software developer backed by the Houston Angel Network, Daylight Partners, and Texas Halo Fund, has named a new group of advisors for the firm. The company said its new Technology Advisory Boar...

Plano-based telecommunications network design and engineering firm Goodman Networks announced a new EVp of Sales and Business Development today, Scott Willis. Goodman said that Willis joins from Ericsson, where he was EVP and General Manage...

San Antonio-based file transfer software developer Globalscape disclosed this morning that it has named its current President and Chief Operating Officer, Craig A. Robinson, to the position of CEO. The company said Robinson will remain Pres...

Austin-based Compass Learning, which develops personalized educational software to the K-12 market, announced today that it has named David Thomas as its Vice President of Product Development. Thomas previously was VP of Platform Developmen...

Austin-based analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Silicon Labs said today that it has named Bill Bock, a longtime Austin technology veteran, as its Interim CFO. The move comes after its current CFO, Paul Walsh, left the firm. Silicon...

VEX Robotics, which develops educational robotics products, said this week that it has named John V-Neun as its Vice President of Engineering. The Greenville, Texas-based company said V-Neun will manage the firm's product lines and engineer...

Austin-based OneSpot, which develops online advertising and social marketing software, said today that it has named Steve Sachs as its new CEO. Sachs is the former Executive Vice President, Consumer Marketing and Sales at the Time Inc. divi...

Austin-based coupon and deals website operator WhaleShark Media said Wednesday that it has named Douglas Jeffries as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Jeffries was most recently EVP and CFO at Taleo, the publicly traded software firm ...

Austin-based mobile payment developer Mozido said today that it has tapped the former prime minster of Pakistan for its board of directors. Mozido said it added Shaukat Aziz, who served as Pakistan's prime minister (2004-2007) and finance m...

Austin-based Lumesse, a provider of talent management services, has tapped a high tech veteran for its new CEO, the firm said today. Lumesse said it has named Thomas Volk as CEO. Volk was most recently at Dell, where the company said that h...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, the developer of social, ratings and reviews software for e-commerce sites, said earlier this week that it has named Ari Paparo as its Senior Vice President of Media Products. Paparo was previously at AppNexus, and...

Venture capital firm Austin Ventures is all about Austin today, after the venture capital firm (named after Austin), based in Austin, has tapped entrepreneur Gene Austin as its newest Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Gene Austin is the former CEO...

Austin-based Drilling Info, the developer of software-as-a-service for the oil and gas business, said over the holidays that it has named Dave Piazza as its Chief Financial Officer. Piazza was previously CFO of QuadraMed Corporation. The co...

ShopSavvy, the developer of barcode scanning and comparison shopping apps, said Monday that it has snagged a former Klout executive as its new VP of Product. ShopSavvy said that Chris Makarsky has been named Vice President of Product, and w...

Dallas-based authentication technology developer Authentix said today that Kevin McKenna has been named its new President of Currency and Secure Documents. McKenna was previously at HID Global, where he was VP of Sales. McKenna also has ser...

Round Rock-based Dell has named a new head of Dell Services, saying Thursday that Suresh Vaswani has been appointed President of Dell Services. Vaswani joins Dell from Wipro, where he spent 25 years. He was most recently co-CEO of Wipro's I...

Austin-based K-12 educational software developer Compass Learning said today that it has named Thomas Rizzi as its Vice President of Sales. Rizzi was most recently at WorkflowOne, and also has served at Boundless Network and Graphic Packagi...

Privately held video surveillance systems developer Pivot3 said today that it is on its way to doubling its prior year revenues, with 2012 third quarter year-to-date revenues "significantly exceeding" its full 2011 fiscal year. The company ...

Angleton-based electronic manufacturer Benchmark Electronics said late last week that it has amed Peter G. Dorflinger as Chairman of the firm's board. Dorflinger succeeds founder Carty T. Fu, who is planning to retire at the end of the year...

Dallas-based colocation provider CoreXchange said today that it has made a number of promotions, to help support the company's growth. The firm said it has named Julia Morgan as President, Trey Berndt as VP of Sales, and Thanh Tran as VP of...

Austin-based SubtleData said Tuesday that it has named Bryan Menell as its CEO, and launched its platform for connecting mobile applications to Point-of-Sale (POS) systems. Menell, who was most recently at Dachis Group, also served at Perfi...

Bazaarvoice's loss is Austin Ventures gain, as Austin Ventures said that Brett Hurt has joined the company as a Venture Partner. Hurt, who recently shifted from CEO to Vice Chairman at Bazaarvoice, will focus on early stage investing for Au...

Austin-based Asure Software announced today that it has named Jennifer Crow as its Chief Financial Officer. Crow was previously Director of Finance at Active Power, and also served as an independent consultant, as well as serving at Broadwi...

TECH Fort Worth, the nonprofit technology incubator, said today thta it has named Jorge Varela as Assistant Director at the group. The incubator, which has two offices in Fort Worth, said that Varela was previously at Global Now and Artes d...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice said Monday afternoon that it has named Stephen Collins as its CEO, and acquired a California company. Bazaarvoice said that former CEO Brett Hurt has become Vice Chairman of the company, and that Collins--who has b...

Fallbrook Technologies, a developer of continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmissions for the electric bicycle and automobile market, said today that it has moved its headquarters to Cedar Park, Texas. The company--which was based in S...

San Antonio-based mobile healthcare technology developer AirStrip Technologies announced this morning that it has named Todd C. Cozzens as its new Chairman of the board, and also added Keith B. Pitts as a member of the board of directors. C...

Austin-based electronic discovery provider RenewData said today that it has named Hemanth Salem as Chief Operating Officer. Salem was previously the firm's Vice President of Information Systems. Salem has also previously served at Encore Di...

Austin-based WP Engine, the venture backed provider of a hosted platform for WordPress, said today that it has named two executives to the firm. The company said it has named Chris Errett as head of its IT and Developer operations, and Laur...

Dallas-based Authentix, a developer of anti-counterfeiting technology, said today that it has named Bernard C. Bailey as its Chairman and CEO. Bailey has been on the firm's board since last year. Bailey replaces current CEO and Chairman Dav...

Plano-based Layered Technologies, the provider of data center hosting services, reported this moring that it has named John Saunders as its new Vice president of Client Services. Layered said that Saunders has previously served at such firm...

Austin-based Spredfast has snagged a high profile executive for its board of directors, saying today that it has added Satya Patel to the body. Patel was most recently Vice President of Product at Twitter, and also has served at Battery Ven...

Austin-based RenewData, a provider of e-discovery tools and services, said this morning that Tom Shambo has been named as Senior Vice President of Sales, and Rich Cohen has been named as Vice Chairman. Shambo was most recently at Autonomy/H...

Frisco-based GENBAND, which develops IP telecommunications equipment, said earlier this week that it has named David Hiscock as its Senior Vice President of Sales, heading up direct sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Hiscock jo...

Austin-based social marketing firm Spredfast said this morning that it has named Olivier Gachot as its new Chief Sales Officer. Gachot joins the company from Skire, where he was EVP of worldwide sales before its acquisition by Oracle, and h...

Austin-based social marketing firm Spredfast said this morning that it has named Olivier Gachot as its new Chief Sales Officer. Gachot joins the company from Skire, where he was EVP of worldwide sales before its acquisition by Oracle, and h...

Fort Worth-based technology retailer RadioShack said early this morning that James F. Gooch, the firm's CEO, has stepped down, as part of an agreement between Gooch and the board. Reasons for the CEO turnover were not announced by the compa...

Austin-based Virtual Bridges, the developer of desktop management, virtualization, and provisioning software, said today that it has added three new executives. The firm added Greg Barone as VP of Sales for Americas; Bill Gee as VP of Devel...

Austin-based Dachis Group, the social marketing software and services firm headed by Jeffrey Dachis, said today that it has promoted Dion Hinchcliffe to the position of Chief Strategy Officer. Hinchcliffe is co-author of the book Social Bus...

Austin-based electronic banking software and services firm Q2ebanking has hired on a new CFO, the company reported today, installing Mark E. JOhnson into the position. Johnson was previously CFO of SumTotal Systems, and also had served at B...

Houston-based business software maker BMC Software announced this morning that it has added Alex Pinchev to its board of directors. Pinchev is currently president and CEO of data backup and disaster recovery firm Acronis. Pinchev also has s...

Austin-based LifeSize, the developer of high definition videoconferencing equipment now owned by Logitech, said today that it has named Ray Villareal as its new Vice President, Americas, and General Manager of Global Services. Villareal has...

Austin-based Gazzang, the developer of IT security tools, said today that it has named Dustin Kirkland as the firm's Chief Technology Officer. Kirkland was previously Chief Architect at the company, and also has previously served at Canonic...

Austin-based Bigcommerce, the venture backed startup developing e-commerce software for SMBs, said this morning that it has named Asok Boopathy as its Vice President of Product. Boopathy was most recently at PayPal, where the firm said he l...

Austin big data technology and API developer Infochimps has installed a new CEO, the firm said this week. Infochimps said it has named Jim Kaskade to the CEO positions, replacing co-founder Joe Kelly, and also setting up a beachhead in Sili...

Frisco-based Tango Networks, a provider of unified communications technology, reported this morning that it has named Brenda Boehm as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Boehm was previously at Cisco Systems, directing that firm'...

San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies, the developer of mobile healthcare applications, reported today that it has bolstered its leadership team, naming three new executives. The firm said it has named Lori Jones as Chief Commercializatio...

Plano-based NetSocket, the developer of network monitoring products, said this morning that it has named new heads of its sales and marketing teams. The company said it has named Fletcher Hamilton as its Executive Vice President of Sales an...

Grapevine-based videogame retailer GameStop reported this morning that it has added the former COO of Nextel Communications to its board of directors. GameStop said that Thomas N. Kelly, who was Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Offi...

Houston-based Alert Logic, the provider of cloud-based security tools, said today that it has named Paul Marvin as its Chief Financial Officer. Marvin was previously CFO of CyrusOne, and was part of the team that sold CyrusONe to Cincinnati...

San Antonio-based GlobalSCAPE, the developer of file transfer and other related software products, said today that it has named James Albrecht as Chief Financial Officer. Albrecht replaces Desiree Smith, the firm's interim CFO, who returns ...

Dallas-based Mozido, the developer of white-label, mobile financial services software, said earlier this week that it has named Ellen Marram to its board of directors. Marran is the former President and CEO of Tropicana and the Nabisco Bisc...

Austin-based whaleShark Media continues to bolster its executive team, saying this morning that it has named Kelli Beougher as its Chief Operating Officer. Beougher has been at WhaleShark since 2009, and expands her role to handle responsib...

Austin-based Adlucent has named Angela Vasquez as its new Chief Financial Officer, the company said, to head up the firm's financial, legal, and human resources operations. The firm, which provides search marketing and analytics services to...

Dallas-based Mozido, a developer of digital loyalty, payment, coupon, and other products for mobile network operators, said today that it has named Mike Love as Executive vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Love joins the company f...

Austin-based Active Power, the manufacturer of flywheel-based, backup power systems, said Thursday afternoon that its CFO, John Penver, has resigned. The firm said Penver, who serves as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance,...

Two of the top executives of Austin-based LibreDigital have surfaced at another technology company, ten months after the firm was acquired by RR Donnelly. Russell P. Reeder, who was most recently President and CEO of LibreDigital, and Alber...

Webster-based IDEV Technologies, a developer of medical devices for treating peripheral vascular conditions, has named a new operations VP, the firm said Wednesday. IDEV said that it has hired Trent Reutiman as its new Vice President, Globa...

Austin-based CSID, which provides fraud detection and identity protection services, said this morning that it has acquired a UK-based firm, Dataspaces Corporation Limited. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. CSID said the move wi...

Austin-based semiconductor maker Freescale Semiconductor has recruited away a VP from Texas Instruments as its new CEO, saying this morning that it has named Gregg A. Lowe--formerly TI's SVP and Manager of its Analog business--to head up th...

Houston-based CyrusOne, the data center operator owned by Cincinnati Bell, reports that it has officially tripled its sales team, as it continues to expand the amount of data center space it manages. The firm said it added six new salespeop...

Austin-based NewComLink, the Austin Ventures-based provider of credit and financing products for retailers, announced this morning that it has named David Lutz as Vice President of Professional Services. Lutz was most recently Vice Presiden...

Austin-based Gazzang said this morning that it has named Michael J. Harper as its Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Alliances. Harper joins the firm from virtual server software giant VMware, where he was Senior Director of Cloud Foundr...

Houston-based startup biotechnology firm LaserGen, which is developing technology for the DNA sequencing market, said today that it has named Mimi Healy as Chief Executive Officer of the firm. Healy also joins the company's board. Healy was...

Austin-based network monitoring products firm Anue Systems said this morning that it has appointed Larry Hart as its new Vice President of Marketing and Strategy. Hart was most recently at Dell, where he spent 12 years working in product ma...

Dallas-based Authentix, the developer of authentication technology for the oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods industry, said today that it has named Angus Ward as its new Vice President, Business Development. Ward was previous...

Austin-based RF Code, which develops RFID-based environment, power, and asset monitoring products, reported today that it is expanding its efforts in Europe. The firm said that it has added sales and support coverage of Northern and Central...

Dallas- and Beijing-based NQ Mobile, a developer of mobile Internet security and privacy services, said yesterday that it has named Gavin Kim as its new Chief Product Officer. Kim joins the company from Microsoft, where he was General Manag...

Austin-based Cirrus Logic, which develops analog and mixed signal integrated circuits, said this morning that its Chairman and co-founder, Michael L. Hackworth, has passed away. Hackworth, who was 71, took Cirrus Logic public in 1989, and h...

Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor, the publicly held developer of microprocessors and other semiconductors, said late Thursday that the firm's CEO, Rich Beyer, is retiring. Freescale said that Beyer will continue as Chairman and CEO whil...

Austin-based UnboundID, a developer of identity management software, said today that it has hired two executives, and opened up a UK office. The firm said it has named Dave Malcolm as Vice President of Engineering, and Corey Blahuta as Vice...

Austin-based Appconomy, the developer of a cloud-based platform for mobile marketing, said this morning that it has named Joe Canterbury as head of its global market operations. Canterbury joins the company from Starbucks, where he was most...

Austin-based Illumitex, which develops LED lighting products, said this morning that it has raised a new, $9.3M in funding. The funding came from existing investors, including NEA, Morgan Creek Capital, Mousse Partners, Apex Venture Partner...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice has made a new board appointment, and added two new executives, the firm said this morning. Bazaarvoice said that it has added Sydney Carey, the EVP and CFO of TIBCO to its board, and appointed Kelly Connery as Gene...

Austin-based Q2ebanking, a technology firm which develops electronic banking software, announced today that it has named David Peterson as its Executive Vice President of Customer Experience and Innovation. Peterson joins the firm from his ...

Fort Worth-based Think Finance, the provider of banking products for the unbanked consumer market which is backed by Sequoia Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures, said today that it has named Stephen B. Galasso to its board of director...

Austin-based Mass Relevance, the startup headed by Sam Decker, said today that it has snagged Matt Corey, former CMO of Golfsmith, as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Corey has previously also served at The Bombay Company, and The Home Depo...

Austin-based Q2ebanking, which develops electronic banking software for community banking organizations, said today that it has added technology vets Mike Maples and Jim Schaper to its board of directors. Maples was most recently at Microso...

Plano-based NetSocket said this morning that it has named Richard Platt as its new Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering. The firm, which develops network performance management products, said that Platt joins the firm ...

Austin-based Adometry, the developer of advertising verification services for online advertisers, has snagged an executive from Bazaarvoice, the firm said today. Adometry said it has named Paul Dodd as its new Vice President of Sales, to ov...

Austin-based SolarBridge Technologies, which is developing microinverters for the solar power market, said this week that it has named Craig Lawrence as its new Vice President of Marketing. Lawrence joins the company from SunEdison, where h...

Austin-based SailPoint, the developer of identity management software for the enterprise market, reported today that it has bolstered its executive ranks. Sailpoint said that Jackie Gilbert, co-founder of the firm and formerly VP of Marketi...

Austin-based Ziften Technologies announced this morning that it has named Luca Loiodice to the position of Vice president of Research and Core Technology. Loiodice was most recently a Demand Media, working on a machine-learning recommendati...

San Antonio-based AirSTrip Technologies, the developer of mobile healthcare technology which is backed by Sequoia Capital, reported today that it has hired Connie McGee as a new Vice President of Strategic Accounts. AirStrip said that McGee...

Austin-based Silicon Laboratories said today that it has swapped its CEO, with President and CEO Necip Sayiner stepping down on April 18th, to be replaced by Tyson Tuttle, the firm's current Chief Operating Officer. Reason for the swap was ...

Dallas-based Authentix, which develops authentication products which helps battle counterfeiting, smuggling, and adulteration issues for consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, and other industries, said today that it has named Bernar...

Houston-based CyrusOne, the provider of data center services, appears to be on a hiring roll, hiring it fourth VP in as many weeks. The company--which provides data centers to enterprise customers--said it has hired Christopher Opat as its ...

Austin-based Black Sand Technologies, the developer of power amplifier semiconductors for the wireless application market, said today that it has named Richard Murphy as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Murphy has previously served at Zer...

Houston-based data center provider CyrusOne has hired on Bill Williams as Vice President of Network Services, the company said this morning. CyrusOne said that Williams joins from Terremark Worldwide, and also served at QoS Networks, Aduro...

Austin-based UnboundID, the developer of cloud-based, identity management software wich is backed by Silverton Partners, said today that it has named Bill Bock to its board. Bock was CFO of Silicon Laboratories, was General partners at Cent...

Austin-based Iconixx Software, which develops sales performance and incentive management software, said this week that it has named Bruce Jackson as its President and Chief Operating Officer. The firm said that Jackson rejoins the team, aft...

Austin-based ProspX, the developer of insurance sales and collaboration software for the commercial insurance industry, reported this morning that it has named Thomas M. Cornish as head of it Advisory Council. Cornish is President and CEO ...

San Antonio-based GlobalSCAPE, which develops file transfer software for the enterprise, said today that it has named Desiree Smith as Interim Principal Financial Officer and Interim Principal Accounting Officer. Smith has been at the firm ...

Dallas-based SoftLayer Technologies, the provider of data center and hosting services, announced this morning that it has named Walter Z. Berger as its Chief Financial Officer. Berger joins the company from Leap Wirelesss International, and...

Austin-based AdRevolution, which provides advertising optimization software, said Thursday evening that it has named Michael Perham as its new Vice President of Business Development. Perham joins the firm from CrossTech Ventures, and also s...

Austin Ventures said today that it has added Andrew Busey, the founder and former CEO of Challenge Games, as a Venture Partner at the venture capital firm. Busey--who was most recently serving as VP and GM at Zynga--will focus on finding ve...

Round Rock-based Dell said it is ramping up a new software group at the firm, with efforts to provide Dell-owned, intellectual property in the software space, and has appointed a new President of its Software Group today. The firm said that...

Kyle, Texas-based Xtreme Power, the developer of energy storage products, said today that it has named Alan J. Gotcher, Ph.D., to president and CEO of the firm. Gotcher also joins its board. Former CEO and co-founder Carlos Coe becomes Chai...

Houston-based CyrusOne, the data center operator which is owned by Cincinnati Bell, is continuing to grow its team, saying today that it has named Fred Holloway as VP of Chanel Sales. Holloway was previously serving the energy segment of He...

Dallas-based datacenter provider CyrusOne is planning to expand its interconnect business, the company said this morning, and has hired a new VP and GM as part of the effort. CyrusOne said that it has hired Josh Snowhorn to head up efforts ...

Austin-based Tabbedout, the developer of mobile payment and bar tab management software, said this morning that it has named Paul Fiore as its new Chief Executive Officer. Fiore has previously served at such firms as Green Dot, XP Systems, ...

Austin-based WhaleShark Media announced this morning that it has appointed a new General Manager of its German business. The company said that it has named Tobias Conrad to the position, to manage and grow its online coupon and deals busine...

Houston-based Object Reservoir, which develops software used for shale gas reservoir modeling and forecasting in the oil and gas business, said this week that it has named Mark A. Miller, Ph.D., PE, as its new Chief Technology Officer. Mill...

Austin-based Q2ebanking, a developer of electronic banking software for community financial institutions, said Wednesday that it has named Matt Flake as its new CEO. Flake was previously President at the firm. The company said that Flake wi...

Austin-based SolarBridge Technologies, the developer of photovoltaic microinverters, said Wednesday that it has named Judd Rabb as CFO as VP of Finance. Rabb was previously CFO and VP of Finance at Coldwatt, and also has served at Illumitex...

Dallas-based Fonality, which develops business PBX and VoIP software, said Tuesday that it has named David Scult as its new CEO. SCult was previously General Manager of Microsoft Office 365. Fonality said that Scult also has served at Groov...

Austin-based Whaleshark Media, the online coupon marketplace operator, said today that it has hired two executives to head up operations at the company. Whaleshark said it has appointed Kate Sperber as Vice President of Operations and Kimbe...

Austin-based ProspX, the developer of sales software for the commercial insurance industry, reported today that it has added Dr. William T. Hold to its board. Hold is the head of the The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research,...

Round Rock-based Dell said this morning that it has shuffled the organization of its consumer business segments, naming Steve Felice President and Chief Commercial Officer in charge of all of its Public, Large Enterprise, Small Medium Busin...

Austin-based HomeAway, the online vacation rental website operator, said late last week that it has named Jon Gray as its Vice President of North America. Gray was the third employee of HomeAway, joining only after co-founders Brian Sharple...

Dallas-based Inventus, a provider of software-as-a-service services to major law firms and corporate legal departments, said today that it has named Patrick Zeller as Chief Strategy Officer. Zeller was previously VP of e-Discovery and deput...

Austin-based Pivot3, which develop unified storage and computing appliances, said this morning that it has named Alan Higginson to its board. Higginson is Chairman of Hubspan and F5 Networks, and previously also has served at Sierra On-Line...

San Antonio-based Rackspace Hosting said Friday that it has promoted Lew Moorman to President of the firm. Moorman had previously been President, Coud and Chief Strategy Officer. Moorman reports to CEO Lanhan Napier, and has been at Rackspa...

Austin-based Gazzang, the Austin Ventures-backed startup developing data encryption for the open source stack, said today that it has named Dustin Kirkland as Chief Architect at the company. Kirkland was most recently at Canonical, and has ...

Austin-based ProspX, the developer of cloud based software for the commercial insurance industry, said today that it has named Jim Hackbarth to its board. Hackbarth is president and CEO of Assurex Global, the network of insurance, risk mana...

San Antonio-based Rackspace Hosting said Friday that it has hired a new Managing Director to lead the firm's international operations. The firm said it has appointed Taylor Rhodes to the position, to lead the firm's business in the Europe, ...

Dallas-based SoftLayer, the provider of managed and cloud hosting services, said today that it has added Greylock Partners' David Strohm to its board of directors. The privately held firm also said that its revenues hit $85M in the third qu...

San Antonio-based GlobalSCAPE, the developer of secure file transfer software, said this morning that it has promoted Chief Operating Officer Craig Robinson to President of the company. Robinson continues to report to Jim Morris, CEO of the...

Austin-based Pivot3, which develops storage and computing appliances, said today that it has named James Hajek as Chief Financial Officer. Hajek joins the company from GE Asset Intelligence, and also has served at Terion Inc. Pivot3 said th...

Houston-based CyrusOne, which is a provider of enterprise data centers and colocation services, reported today that it has hired Michael Duckett as its new Chief Operating Officer. Duckett was previously President and CO of CoreLink Data Ce...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, the provider of ratings and reviews software for e-commerce sites, announced today that it has hired Kumar Srinivasan as its Chief Technology Officer. Srinivasan has previously served at Amazon.com and Lockerz.com....

Austin-based data marketplace Infochimps said Wednesday that CEO Nick Ducoff is stepping aside from his CEO role, handing the reins over to co-founder Joe Kelly. Ducoff, in a blog post, said he will be "reducing my day-to-day responsibiliti...

Austin-based Active Power said today that it has named Noel Foley as its Vice President of Engineering. The developer of flywheel-based backup power systems said that Foley joins the company from SolarBridge Technologies. Foley also has ser...

Austin-based BigLever Software, which develops software used for product management and engineering, reported today that it has named Dr. Paul Clements as Vice President of Customer Success. BigLever said that Clements is "one of the foundi...

Austin-based Spredfast, the provider of software for monitoring social media efforts by companies, said Thursday afternoon that it has bolstered its exec team with two hires. Spredfast said it has named Randy Potts as Chief Sales Officer, a...

San Antonio-based Rackspace said late Thursday that it has installed Karl Pichler into the Chief Financial Officer and as its principal financial officer, transitioning him from his position as interim CFO. Pichler had been in the interim p...

Austin-based CompassLearning, a developer of K-12 education software, said Thursday that it has named Fred Waugh as the Vice President of Marketing and Alan Sexter as the Vice President of Sales. Waugh was most recently at Convio, and also ...

Austin- and Israel-based N-trig, which develops multi-touch user interface products, said today that it has named Eyal Leibovitz as Chief Financial Officer. Leibovitz joins the company from Kamada Ltd., and also has served at Harmonic and B...

Angleton, Texas-based Benchmark Electronics announced this morning that its co-founder and CEO, Cary Fu, has decided to retire. Benchmark said that Fu will be succeeded by Gayla Delly, current President of the company. Fu will retire on Dec...

Austin-based Adometry said today that it has named Dr. Shi Zhong as its Chief Scientist. Zhong was most recently Director of Research at the provider of ad verification technology, and also had served as an assistant professor at Florida At...

Austin-based Pivot3, the developer of virtual storage and computing hardware, said today that it has named Rich Bravman as its new CEO. Bravman was most recently vice president of corporate development and chief marketing officer at NCR Cor...

Austin-based Univa, which develops data center management software, said today that it has named Rob Secontine as its Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Secontine joins the company from Scali Inc., which was recently acquired by platfor...

Austin-based WhaleShark Media, the online publisher focused on coupon and deal sites, said this morning that it has named two new executives in the marketing and public relations area. The firm said it has named Jeff Smith as Senior Directo...

Austin-based Active Power, the developer of flywheel based, backup power systems, said this morning that Jim Clishem has resigned as President, CEO, and as a member of the company's board, and has been replaced by Jan Lindelow. According to...

Houston-based data center operator CyrusOne announced Monday that it has named Kevin Timmons as its new Chief Technology Officer. Timmons joins the company from Microsoft, where he was General Manager, Data Center Services. He also served a...

Plano-based Layered Technologies has bolstered its executive team, saying today that it has named Kevin Van Mondfrans as Vice President of Product Management, and Winter Frost as Vice President of Operatoins and SErvice Delivery. Van Mondfr...

Dallas-based INX, the developer of unified communications and data center equipment, reported this morning that it has named Steven Reese as Vice President of Collaboration and Sescured Architectures. According to INX, Reese has over 13 yea...

Round Rock-based Dell is bolstering its efforts in the healthcare market today, saying it has hired Andrew W. Litt, M.D. its Chief Medical Officer. Litt was most recently at Litt Healthcare Ventures, a consultant to private equity firms inv...

Austin-based KLD Energy Technologies, the developer of electric propulsion and generation systems aimed at the electric vehicle market, said Wednesday that it has snagged an automotive and motorcycle expert to help head up its business deve...

Austin-based Prospx, the developer of software for the commercial insurance industry, said this morning that William A. Chapdelaine has been named its new Vice President of National Accounts. Prospx said that Chapdelaine was previously Chie...

Austin-based Virutal Bridges, the developer of desktop virtualization software, reported today that it has named Edward (Ed) Hubbard as its Vice President of Products asnd Alliances. Hubbard joins the company from Citrix Systems. Hubbard wa...

The Austin Technology Council said Tuesday evening that it has bolstered its rank of advisors with two, seasoned Austin technology entrepreneurs. According to the ATC, which promotes the technology industry in Austin, it has added Rod Favar...

Austin-based Anue Systems, a developer of network monitoring switches, announced today that it has named Alex Pepe as its new President and Chief Operating Officer. Pepe joins the company from Freescale Semiconductor, where he was a Senior ...

Forth Worth-based Think Finance, which is developing new financial products aimed at underbanked consumers, said today that it has named a new CIO. The firm--which is venture backed by Sequoia Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures--said...

Houston-based CyrusOne, the data center operator owned by Cincinnati Bell, said today that it has named John Hatem as its Vice President of Data Center Design and Construction. Hatem joins the firm ConceptCSI Global Data Center Solutions, w...

Austin-based Ziften, the venture backed developer of enterprise systems management software, said today that it has named Roger Berry, a former CIO at Walt Disney, to its advisory board. Berry was previously CIO of Walt Disney Parks & Resor...

Plano-based Layered Technologies, the provider of managed hosting services, said today that it has named Jeff Reich as its new Chief Risk Officer. Layered said that Reich joins from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he was direc...

Austin-based WhaleShark Media announced today that it has named Jill Balis as its Senior Vice President, Marketing. The firm--which operates a network of coupons and deals sites, including RetailMeNot--said that Balis joins from SMG Search....

San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies, a developer of mobile medical software, said today that it has added Dr. Hon S. Pak as a senior advisor to the firm. Dr. Pak was most recently Chief Information Officer in the US Army Medical Departm...

Round Rock-based Dell said today that it has added three new members to its board of directors. The computer maker said it has added Janet Clark, of Marathon Oil Corporation, Laura Conigliaro, formerly of Goldman Sachs, and Ken Duberstein, ...

Dallas-based Encryptics, a developer of encrypted email technology, said Friday that it has named Dennis J. Cagan as its CEO. Cagan was most recently CEO of TWL Corporatoin in Dallas, an also has served at David Jamison Carlyle Corp, which ...

Dallas-based Mozido, the provider of financial transaction services for the mobile market which is backed by Tomorrow Ventures, Eric Schmidt's personal investment firm, said today that it has named a new CEO and EVP. Eric Schmidt is the Cha...

Austin-based AdRevolution, a provider of ad targeting technology, said today that it has named co-founder Seth Weisfield as Vice President of Products and Solutions. According to AdRevolution, Weisfield re-joins the company from Market Leve...

Kyle, Texas-based Xtreme Power the developer of utility scale energy storage and power management systems, said today that it has named Alan J. Gotcher, Ph.D., as its Chief technology Officer. Gotcher was formerly President, CEO, and Direct...

Frisco-based GENBAND, the provider of IP telecommunications products, said today that it has expanded in Africa, and has opened up a new regional sales headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa. The firm said the new office will serve the ...

Houston-based Wireless Seismic, the developer of seismic data acquisition systems for the oil and gas market, said Thursday that it has moved its headquarters to Sugar Land, and has bolstered its executive team. The firm said it has hired T...

Austin-based Convio, the developer of software-as-a-service for nonprofits, said today that it has named Patricia Hume as its new Vice President of Sales. Hume has previously served at such firms as SAP, GFI Software, IBM, and Avaya. Convio...

Dallas-based ShopSavvy has named a head of its engineering efforts, the firm said today. According to the company, Jason Alexander has been appointed VP of Engineering, joining the company from Match.com, where he was director of developmen...

Dallas-based Entrust, the developer of online identity and security software, said this morning that it has named Jon Callas as its Chief Technology Officer. Callas was most recently at Apple, and was co-founder of PGP Corporation, the prov...

Dallas-based Anthelio, a provider of healthcare information technology (IT) services, said this morning that it has named Laxman K. Badiga as Chief Operating Officer. Badiga was most recently CIO at Wipro Technologies, where he had been for...

Austin-based CSIdentity, the developer of identity protection and fraud detection technology, said today that it has named Scott Cruickshank as its CEO. Cruickshank was most recently at CyberSource Corporation (acquired by Visa in July of 2...

Austin-based SailPoint, which develops identity management software, has added Bill Bock to its board, the firm announced this morning. Bill Bock is the former CFO of Silicon Labs, and also has served at CenterPoint Ventures, Verity Venture...

Austin-based Digital Harmony Games, the newly launched social and casual games developer, said this morning that it has appointed Jeff Lujan as its CEO. Lujan was Founder and CEO Of True Games Interactive, has served as Senior Vice Presiden...

San Antonio-bsaed AirStrip Technologies, a provider of wireless patient monitoring products for hospitals, said this week that it has named Bruce Brandes as an Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. Brandes was previously Chie...

Austin-based Digital Harmony Games, a newly formed developer of social and casual games, announced Tuesday that it has named Hoan Vu as its Chief Technology Officer. Vu was previously founder of Intuvi, and has served at Vulocity and Dell C...

Austin-based Pivot3, the provider of data storage infrastructure, said yesterday that it has named Olivier Thierry as its Chief Marketing Officer. Thierry joins the firm from Zenoss, and also has served at Fiveruns--where he was CEO--and Ne...

Frisco-based GENBAND has named a new head of its Networking and Applications division, the firm announced today. The firm said it has appointed B.G. Kumar as President of Networking and Applications, reporting directly to CEO Charlie Vogt....

Houston-based data center and colocation operator CyrusOne said today that it has named Doug Jones as its Director of Channel Sales. Jones was most recently at Newgistics, where he served as Director of Sales. CyrusOne said Jones has over 2...

Triquint Semiconductor, a supplier of RF semiconductors, said Thursday that it has named James L. Klein as its Vice President and General Manager of its Richardson, Texas-based Defense and Aerospace business. Klein was most recently at Rayt...

Austin-based Malauzai Software, a maker of mobile banking software, said today that it has bolstered its board of directors. According to Malauzai, it has added MIke Young, former President of Banking and Thrift at Fiserve, and Steve Powles...

San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies, the developer of mobile software for the medical industry, said Thursday that it has named Angela Pierce as its Chief Financial Officer. Pierce was most recently at Trillion Partners, and has also se...

Sciencelogic, a developer of IT management appliances for data center and cloud management which has operations in Austin, said Tuesday that it has named Steve Harriman as its Senior Vice President of Marketing, and Scott Sherwood as Senior...

Austin-based Gazzang, which develops encryption and security software for online databases, continues to expand out its executive ranks, saying today that it has named Heidi Farris as Director of Online Marketing. Harris joins from Solarwin...

Austin-based Gazzang, the developer of cloud security tools for MySQL and other databases, said today that it has named Patti Soch as Vice President of Finance and Operations. Soch joins the firm after serving as a consultant offering CFO s...

San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies, the developer of mobile medical software, said today that it has named Dan Blake as Chief Development Officer. Blake has previously served at ArchiStrat Consulting, Nighrader Ltd, Aon Group, and Aon ...

Austin-based Virtual Bridges, the developer of desktop management and virtualization software, said today that it has tapped a recognized blogger for a role at the company. The firm said it has hired David Marshall, which runs virtualizatio...

Austin-based StoredIQ, the developer of electronic discovery software, has snagged for former Chief technology Officer at IBM Tivoli as its own CTO. The firm said it has named Tom Bishop to the position today. Bishop was most recently CTO a...

Angelton-based Benchmark Electronics, which provides electronics manufacturing, design, and engineering services, said today that it has added David W. Scheible to its board of directors. Scheible is CEo, President and Director of Graphic P...

Austin-based WhaleShark Media, the online coupon and deals site operator, has bolstered its executive team with two high visibility hires, saying today that it has named Paul Rogers as Chief Technology Officer, and Steven Pho as Senior Dire...

San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies, which develops mobile medical software applications, reported Wednesday afternoon that it has named Alan W. Portela as CEO of the company. Portela was already on the firm's board, and replaces compan...

Dallas-based Phytel, which develops software to help physicians track preventive and chronic care for their patients, said today that it has named Patrick Flynn as its Chief Technology Officer. Flynn has previously served at such firms as G...

Austin-based MapMyFITNESS, the developer of fitness websites and mobile applications, said today that it has named Richard Jalichandra as Chief Executive Officer. Current CEO Thurston remains on the firm's board of directors. Jalichandra jo...

Austin-based SailPoint, the developer of identity management software, said today that it has named J. Cameron McMartin as its Chief Financial Officer. McMartin joins the firm from Centerpoint Ventures, a $425M early stage venture capital g...

San Antonio-based GlobalSCAPE, the developer of file transfer software, said today that it has named Randall Hawkins as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Hawkins replaces Mendy Marsh, who the firm said has resigned to pursue other interes...

Austin-based Silicon Laboratories, the developer of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, said Thursday afternoon that it has named Tyson Tuttle as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Tuttle was previously serving as C...

Austin-based Valence Technology, which develops battery and energy storage products, reported today that its CFO, Ross Goolsby, is leaving the firm. According to the company, Goolsby is leaving to "pursue other business opportunities". Dona...

Austin-based NextIO, the developer virtualization and IO consolidation products, said today that it has named Jaime Edwards as its Vice President of Engineering and Operations. Edwards joins the company from Cisco, where he was a group mana...

Austin-based Dachis Group, the social media and business consultancy headed by Jeffrey Dachis, said today that it has promoted Peter Kim as Chief Strategy Officer, and Jen Van der Meer to Managing Director. Prior to Dachis, Kim was at Forre...

Austin-based ProspX, the developer of software-as-a-service for managing sales of commercial insurance, reported today that it has hired Bob Pojman as the firm's Vice President of Delivery. Pojman was previously at AT&T WiFi Services, which...

Austin-based Caringo, the developer of content addressable storage (CAS) software, said today that it has named Adrian J. Herrera as Senir Director, Marketing. Herrera was most recently at Nirvanix, the cloud storage provider, on the foundi...

Austin-based RenewData, the developer of electronic discovery and archiving software, said today that it has named Jim Blayney as its Chief Executive Officer, and added Dean Goodermote as a new board member at the firm. Blaney has been on R...

Houston-based venture capital firm DFJ Mercury said Tuesday that it has promoted Russ Lebovitz to Venture Partner, and hired Dan Janiak as an Associate. According to DFJ Mercury, both will help the firm in developing and originating science...

Austin-based WhaleShark Media, the owner of deal and coupon site RetailMeNot.com, announced today that it has named Jag Bath as its Senior Vice President of Product. The firm, which offers up coupon codes and deals through a number of web s...

Austin-based Mass Relevance, the social media startup headed by former Bazaarvoice exec Sam Decker, said this week that it has added two new advisors. Mass Relevance said it has added Don Loeb and Paul Yanover to its advisory baord. Loeb is...

Southlake-based Sabre Holdings, the travel and reservation systems provider, said today that it has named Hugh Jones, currently President and CEO of Travelocity, as President of Sabre Airline Solutions. It also said it has named Carl Sparks...

Austin-based UnboundID, which develops identity management software, announced today that it has promoted James Snyder to Vice President of Engineering. Snyder has been Director of Engineering for the firm since early 2009. Snyder has previ...

Austin-based Silicon Laboratories said last night that it will be appointing Paul Walsh, currently Chief Accounting Officer and VP of Finance, as CFO when current CFO Bill Bock steps down. Silicon Laboratories said that Bock will be steppin...

Austin-based Virtual Bridges, the developer of desktop management software backed by Austin Ventures, said today that it has named Peter Poulin as its Vice President of Sales. Poulin was most recently at Hoovers, serving as Executive Vice P...

San Antonio-based Rackspace Hosting said late Thursday that it has named Karl Pichler as its acting CFO and Principal Financial Officer. Pichler is replacing Bruce Knooihuizen, who announced his retirement in February. Rackspace said it is ...

Dallas-based RF Monolithics reported Thursday that it has named a new CEO. The firm said it has appointed Farlin A. Halsey as President, CEO, and a director of the firm. Halsey was previously SVP of Marketing and M2M business for RFM. He al...

Austin- and Los Angeles-based iPhone game development software firm GameSalad has named a new CEO. The firm has added Steve Felter, formerly at The Walt Disney Company, as CEO. Frank Coppersmith continues to run GameSalad's Austin operation...

Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor has named a new director to the firm's board, saying that it has named J. Daniel McCranie as a board member. McCranie is Chairman of ON Semiconductor, and serves on the board of Cypress Semiconductor. Mc...

Plano-based Layered Technologies reported this morning that it has named Brad Hokamp as President of the firm. Layered, which provides hosting, managed hosting, and cloud computing services, said Hokamp joins from Telx, where he was Chief M...

Kyle, Texas-based Xtreme Power, the developer of large-scale energy storage and power systems, said this morning that it has named Ken Hashman as its Chief Financial Officer, and added Foster Duncan to its board of directors. Hashman has pr...

Austin-based Gazzang, the Austin Ventures-backed startup developing cloud infrastructure software, said today that it has named Mike Frank as its Director of Products. The firm said that Frank will be responsible for product development str...

Austin-based Infochimps, which operates an online marketplace for large datasets, said last week that it has added three new investors to the firm. Amount of the investments were not disclosed. Infochimps said that it has added MFI Capital,...

Austin-based Caringo, the developer of object based storage products, said today that it has named Oliver Biewald as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Biewald joins the firm from Seven10 Storage Software, and has also served at Quantum/ADI...

Dallas-based Texas Instruments said Thursday that it has added Robert E. Sanchez, the president of Global Fleet Management for Ryder Systems, to its board of directors. Sanchez has been at Ryder since 1993, and also has served at Florida Po...

Austin-based social media management software developer Spredfast said late last night that it has named former Lombardi executive Rod Favaron as its CEO. Favaron also joins the board. Favaron was most recently Chairman and CEO of Lombardi ...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, which develops ratings and reviews software, said today that it has tapped Michael S. Bennett for its board of directors. Bennett is the former CEO, President, and Chairman of SolarWinds, and headed up the firm dur...

San Antonio-based Rackspace said late Thursday that its CFO, Bruce Knooihuizen, is planning to retire from the company. Knooihuizen is 55, and joined the firm in 2008. According to Rackspace, it will conduct an internal and external search ...

Austin-based Salient Systems, a developer of IP and analog video surveillance management systems, said today that it has named Dave Tynan as Vice President of Marketing. Tynan joins the firm from Avilgilon, and has previously served Loronix...

Venture capital and private equity firm Austin Ventures said this morning that it has added Vernon Bryant as a new Venture Partner at the firm. Bryant was most recently at TGF Management Corp, which has been a co-investment partner on four ...

Dallas-based Teladoc Medical Services said Tuesday that it has named Jeff Nadler as its Chief Technology Officer. Nadler joins the firm from Aetna, where he was CTO of its ActiveHealth Management unit. He also served at Enterprise Technolog...

Austin-based UnboundID, which develops identity management software, said Monday that it has named Andy Spillane as Chief Product Officer. Spillane was most recently President of Products and Technology for Friendster, and also has served a...

San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies, a developer of mobile software for the electronic health records business, said today that it has added Alan W. Portela to the firm's board of directors. AirStrip said that Portela is a "leading voic...

Dallas-based RF Monolithics, a developer of wireless modules for the machine-to-machine (M2M) market, said Thursday that it has named William L. Eversole as its Chairman of the board. Eversole is President and CEO of Austin-based Bandspeed....

Austin-based Capitol Scientific, a distributor of reagent chemicals, lab equipment, safety and environment supplies to the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biotech, and other industries, said last week that it has named Brad Williams as CEO o...

Digital entertainment firm RealNetworks said today that it has snagged a veteran Austin executive to head up the firm's marketing efforts. According to RealNetworks, it has hired on Judith Bitterli as its new Chief Marketing Officer, and wi...

Round Rock-based Dell said Wednesday afternoon that it has added Gerard Kleisterlee, the President and CEO of Royal Philips Electronics, to the company's board of directors. Kleisterlee has been head of Royal Philips Electronics since April...

ViaWest, an provider of colocation and managed services with major operations in both Dallas and Austin, said Wednesday that it has named John Greenwood as its new Vice President and General Manager in the state. The firm--which is based in...

Houston-based PROS Holdings, a developer of pricing and margin optimization software, said Monday that it has named Andres Reiner as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Reiner replaces Bert Winemiller, who the firm says is retiring f...

Austin-based Smooth-Stone, a firm which is looking to apply ultra low power mobile processors to the data center and server market, is changing its name to Calxeda, the firm is announcing tomorrow. According to the company, the new name is ...

Austin-based Active Power, the manufacturer of flywheel-based uninterruptible power supplies, announced this morning that it has appointed Martin Olsen as the firm's Vice President of Sales, and General Manager for the Americas region. Olse...

Irving-based EF Johnson Technologies, a provider of communications products for the public safety market, said Thursday that it has named Andrew L. Adamas as the firm's new CEO. Adams replaces Norman Stout, who was serving as interim CEO si...

Rockwall, Texas-based Aptys Solutions, a provider of payment and wire network services for financial institutions, said today that it has named Debbie Smart as its Senior Vice President of Product Management. Smart was most recently at ACI ...

Austin-based Hyper9, the developer of virtualization management software, said today that it has named Bob Quillan as the firm's Chief Marketing Officer, and Greg Barone as the firm's Vice President of Worldwide Sales. In conjunction with t...

Austin-based GameSalad, which develops iPhone game creation software, said last week that it has named Frank Coppersmith as its Chief Operations Officer. Coppersmith will oversee the firm's Austin studio operations, and also lead developmen...

Houston-based INX, a provider of IP communications and data center serviecs, said Thursday that it has named Mark T. Hilz as its President and CEO. Current CEO and founder James Long becomes Executive Chairman. Hilz has been on the firm's P...

Dallas-based Airband Communications, a provider of fixed wireless broadband services for businesses, said today that it has named Jim Akerhielm to the firm's board of directors. Akerhielm has previously served as CEO of NuVox Communications...

Wipro Limited, the Indian outsourcing giant and IT provider, said Friday that it has appointed a new Chief Sales and Operations Officer for USA and Canada. The firm said it has named Sid Nair to the positions. Nair will be based in Dallas. ...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, the developer of ratings and review software for e-commerce sites, announced today that it has appointed Stephen Collins, the former CFO and CIO of DoubleClick, as its Chief Financial Officer. Collins was most rece...

Sam Decker, the outgoing Chief Marketing Officer of Bazaarvoice, said today he's lending his expertise to venture funded Monetate, a provider of A/B and other testing and personalization services or web sites. According to Decker, he has jo...

A game of local tech-executive musical chairs played out yesterday, as Austin-based Bazaarvoice said that it has hired Erin Mulligan Nelson as Chief Marketing Officer for the company. Nelson is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Dell, whi...

Round Rock-based Dell said this week that it has named Karen Quintos as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Quintos has been at Dell for more than 10 years, and reports directly to Michael Dell. Quintos was most recen...

Austin-based RenewData, a provider of electronic discovery and archiving software, said today that it has named Scott Schaefer as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Schaefer joins from CariSal Investment Holdings (BVI) Ltd., and has also s...

Dallas-based Worksoft, a developer of testing and management tools for SAP, said Friday that it has named Scott Chamberlain as its new Chief Financial Officer. Chamberlain was most recently at Broadpoint, and also has served at SolArc, Fueg...

San Antonio-based Rackspace Hosting, a provider of web hosting and cloud computing services, reported yesterday that it has named David Kelly as the firm's Senior Vice President, International. Rackspace said Kelly will lead the firm's effo...

Austin-based Invodo, the developer of a library of online product videos for online retailers, announced Wednesday that it has added Jim Keeler as Vice President of Engineering and Operations, and also added University of Texas professor Ji...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, the developer of ecommerce ratings and reviews software-as-a-service, said Wednesday that it has added well known investor Tom Meredith to its board of directors. Meredith is currently co-founder and general partne...

Austin-based Starmount, a developer of digital signage products, said today that it has named Jerry Rightmer to President of the firm. The company said that Rightmer was most recently at Oracle, where he was Vice President of Retail Applica...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, which provides software-as-a-service for ecommerce ratings and reviews, said this morning that it has added Alan Feld and Ted Strauss to its board of advisors. Feld is one of the senior executive partners at Akin G...

The director of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Alan Kirchoff, has resigned, according to reports. The Texas Emerging Technology Fund is the state's effort to fund technology startups. No reason for the departure was given. Kirchoff had...

A Dallas woman is at the heart of the sudden resignation of HP CEO Mark Hurd late Friday. According to HP Friday, CEO Hurd resigned due to sexual harrassment accusations and an internal probe by the company. Over the weekend, Jodie Fisher, ...

San Antonio-based GlobalSCAPE, a provider of secure file transfer software, announced this morning that it has named Mark Perry as the firm's Vice President of Managed Solutions. Perry joins the firm from Fujitsu, where he was Senior Vice P...

Richardson-based Damaka, a provider of unified communications and collaboration products, said today that it has named Paul Pandian to its Executive Board. Pandian is currently advisor and former president of Tech Mahindra (Americas), and a...

Richardson-based AirWalk Communications, a manufacturer of CDMA cellular radio network equipment, said Thursday that it has named former Cisco Systems VP Roger Dorf to its board. AirWalk said that Dorf will serve as Executive Chairman for t...

The Austin Technology Incubator, the nonprofit effort at UT Austin to help spur technology firms in the area, said this week that it has named Cindy R. WalkerPeach as the director of its ATI-Bioscience Incubator. WalkerPeach has served at A...

Austin-based HomeAway said today that it has hired on Jeff Mosler, most recently General Manager of Customer Advocacy and Global Outsourcing at Amazon.com, as its new Vice President of Customer Experience. Mosler was formerly in charge of s...

Grapevine-based videogame retailer GameStop said today that it has named Bruce Kulp as Senior Vice President Supply Chain & Refurbishment. Kulp was most recently at Gigalife, and had previously served at Tech Data, where he was VP, Worldwid...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, which provides ratings and reviews software to e-commerce sites, announced this morning that it has appointed Mark Riggs as Chief Client Officer at the firm. Riggs joins the firm from Endeca Technologies, where he ...

Austin-based Digby, a developer of mobile e-commerce products for retailers, said Monday that it has added four executives to the firm. The company said it hired Ron Jennings as Chief Financial Officer, Eric Newman as VP of Client Services,...

Austin-based HomeAway reported Thursday that the firm's Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Harris, has passed away. The firm said that Harris died at home after a long battle with cancer. Harris was COO of HomeAway since October of 2005, and h...

Southlake-based GetThere, the travel management unit of Sabre, said Thursday that it has named Suzanne Neufang as General Manager of the business. Neufang was most recently Chief Marketing Officer at the firm. Neufang also served as Vice Pr...

Grapevine, Texas-based videogame retailer GameStop, said Wednesday that it has named a new CEO. According to the firm, it has named J. Paul Raines as CEO, replacing Daniel A. DeMatteo, who becomes Executive Chairman. Raines was most recentl...

Houston-based The Planet, a provider of IT hosting services, said today that it has named Matthew R. Benner as its Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. Benner joins the firm from Reliant Energy, where he was SVP for the firm'...

Dallas-based Diodes Incorporated, a manufacturer of discrete and analog semiconductors, announced today that it has elected Michael K.C. Tsai to its board of directors. Tsai replaces Dr. Shing Mao, who is retiring from the board. Tsai was t...

Houston-based The Planet, a provider of IT hosting services, said Monday that it has named two to its board of directors. The firm said it has added Charles E. Hoffman, previously president and CEO of Covad Communications, and Charles A. Pi...

Austin-based LibreDigital is expanding its executive team, the firm said today, as part of the firm's recent venture funding round. According to LibreDigital, it has added Frank Lyman as Chief Marketing Officer, and promoted Albert Lopez to...

Dallas-based Horizon Data Center Solutions, a provider of colocation and data center services, announced today that it has promoted Jeff Crawford to National Vice President of Sales. Crawford has been at the firm since 2009. Horizon said th...

Austin-based ALI Solutions, a developer of software for the financial and risk management area, said this morning that it has promoted Thomas J. Miller to President and CEO of the firm, and also added him to its board. Miller was most recen...

Houston-based BMC Software has added two new members to its board, the firm said this morning. According to BMC, it has appointed Mark Hawkins and Stephan James to its board. Hawkins is EVP and CFO at Autodesk, and has also served at Logite...

Austin-based ProspX, a developer of software-as-a-service for the commercial insurance industry, said today that it has named Sara Scott as its Vice President of National Accounts. Scott joins the firm from UnitedHealthCare Speciality Benef...

Austin-based Qcue, a firm developing dynamic pricing software for the live entertainment event market, said today that it has named Eric Freeland as the firm's Vice President of Business Development. Freeland joins Qcue from Stubhub, where ...

Dallas-based Worksoft, which develops testing products for SAP, said yesterday that it has named Jim Kent as its new CEO and member of its Board of Directors. Kent was most recently on the board of directors of Exact Holding N.V., and CEO o...

San Antonio-based GlobalSCAPE said today that it has named William Buie as its Executive Vice President of Sales. The firm, which develops wide area file services (WAFS) and FTP file transfer software, said Buie joins the firm from Fujitsu,...

Plano-based Interphase Corporation, a developer of networking cards and other products for the communications industry, said yesterday that it has named H. Keith Seawright as its Vice President of Business Development for Aerospace-Defense....

Round Rock-based Dell said yesterday that it has hired on Ron Rose, the former Chief Information Officer of Priceline.com, as Senior Vice President of Dell.com. Rose will oversee Dell's global online platforms, reporting to Michael Dell. Ro...

Austin-based UnboundID, a developer of identity management software, said yesterday that it has added Gregg Burt to the firm's board of directors. Burt is the President and CEO of Hart InterCivic, a provider of election voting systems. Burt...

Austin-based Invodo, a developer of e-commerce product video products, said today that it has named Justin Crandall as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Crandall joins from Bazaarvoice, where he was VP of Channel Products. Crandall also h...

Dallas-based DRI Corporation, a developer of communications products for the transportation and transit security markets, said today that it has named Veronica B. Marks as the firm's Vice President, Corporate Communications and Administrati...

Austin-based LibreDigital, a developer of products for creating and marketing electronic books, announced today that it has named Tom Lavey as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Levy was most recently at Sales Scale Partners, and ...

Dallas-based PEG Bandwidth, a provider of fiber-based backhaul networks for the telecom industry, said today that it has raised $15M in an equity fundraising. The funding came from Associated Partners LP. According to the firm, the transact...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, a developer of ratings and review software for e-commerce sites, said Wednesday that it has named Gillian Felix as its Chief People Officer. Felix will head up the firm's human resources team. Felix was most recent...

Austin-based nGenera Corporation, a developer of employee collaboration software, reported today that it has named both a new President and CEO, as well as a new CFO. The firm said it has named Thomas F. Kelly as its President and CEO, and ...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, a developer of hosted ratings and review software for ecommerce sites, said Thursday that it has added Dev Ittycheria to its board of directors. Ittycheria was the co-founder of BladeLogic, heading up the firm thro...

Irving-based OnAsset Intelligence, a developer of wireless asset tracking and M2M wireless systems, announced yesterday that it has named Fred Barrett as its Vice President of Information Systems. Barrett joins the firm from RFTRax, Inc., a...

Richardson-based Taqua, a supplier of switching systems for wireless, wired, and cable carriers, said today that it has named John Hoadley as its Wireless Chief Technology Officer. Hoadley is the former CTO of Nortel Wireless. Taqua said th...

San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies, a developer of mobile remote patient monitoring software, said today that it has named Nancy Hudecek as its Vice President of Clinical Excellence and Risk management. Hudcek, who is an RN, was at the...

San Antonio-based RackSpace Hosting said this afternoon that it has named Steve Mills as its new Chief Information Officer, and hired Pat Cathey as its new Vice President of Enterprise Sales. The provider of colocation and hosting services ...

Austin-based Reddwerks, a developer of software for managing warehouses and order processing, said today that it has named Rathan Levins as the Manager of its Controls Software Group. Levins was most recently VP of Sales at Electro-Mechanic...

Grapevine-based video game retailer GameStop reported Wednesday afternoon that its Executive Vice President and CFO, Catherine R. Smith, is resigning from the firm to join Walmart. According to the firm, Smith is being replaced on an interi...

Dallas-based Phytel, a developer of web-based, health software, said this morning that it has named Dr. Richard Hodach as Chief Medical Officer for the firm. Hodach was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Matria...

Plano-based Lineage Power said today that it has named Ed West as Director of Distribution Sales. Wiest joins from Ocular LCD, and has also previously served at NetPower Technologies, Texas instruments, and Wyle Electrnoics. Lineage Power d...

Dallas-based Texas Instruments said late Thursday that it has added Ralph W. Babb, Chairman and CEO of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank, to the firm's board of directors. Babb has been President and CEO of Comerica since 2002, having...

Houston-based SolArc, a developer of commodity and trading software, said Wednesday that it has named Aramis Alvarez as Vice President of Global Services. Aramis has previously served at Motive, Jacada, Allegro Development, Dun & Bradstreet...

Austin-based Valence Technology, a developer of energy storage products, reported Wednesday that it has named Randall J. Adleman as the firm's new Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Adleman was most recently principal at Fords Barron Ad...

Fort Worth-based ZT Solar, a developer of anti-reflective coatings being applied to improve the efficiency of polysilicon and thin-film solar cells, said today that it has named Thomas E. Dickerson II as its new President and CEO. The firm ...

Austin-based RenewData, a provider of electronic discovery and archiving services, said today that it has named Vance McMurry as the firm's Senior Vice President of Professional Services. McMurry has been at the firm since 2005, as Director...

Dallas-based Broadlane, a provider of supply chain and cost management services for healthcare providers, said Tuesday that it has named Kathleen (Kathy) Ayres as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the firm. Ayres joins the firm f...

Fort Worth-basd Entech Solar, a developer of concentrating solar modules, said Monday that it has named David Gelbaum, a venture capitalist at The Quercus Trust, as the firm's CEO. Gelbaum was previously the firm's Chairman, and is a Truste...

Austin-based NextIO, a developer of I/O virtualization products for the data center market, said this week that Mike Heumann has joined the firm as its Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Heumann has served at such companies as Astute Ne...

Austin-based UnboundID, a developer of identity management software, said earlier this week that it has named Emeka Obianwu as the firm's new Vice President of Business Development. The firm said that Obianwu joins the firm from Troux Tech...

Austin-based RenewData, a provider of electronic discovery, archiving, and other related software, said Wednesday that it has promoted Ed McCracken to the position of Chief Operations Officer. McCracken was most recently the firm's Senior V...

Austin-based ReachForce, a developer of sales management and lead generation software, announced yesterday that the firm has raised additional financing. Amount of the financing was not disclosed. The firm said the funding came from Greenhi...

Southlake-based Sabre Holdings, the parent firm of Travelocity and operator of a number of travel reservations services and companies, said Thursday that it named Tom Klein as President of the firm. Klein was previously an EVP at the firm, ...

Houston-based Rignet, a developer of communications products for the oil and gas industry, said today that it has named Molly McGuirk as Director Product Management. According to the firm, McGuirk was most recently at United Technologies UT...

Austin-based SensorTran, a developer of temperature sensing systems for the oil and gas industry, said today that it has named Sandy Esslemont as President and CEO. Esslemont has previously served as President and CEO of Expro PLC, before i...

Austin-based Silicon Laboratories, a developer of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, announced today that it has shuffled its organization, creating a new Embedded Mixed-Signal product group. According to the firm, it expects the ...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, a developer of ratings and reviews software for e-commerce sites, said today that it has added Kirk Dando and Eric Schrier to its advisory board. Dando is founder and CEO of Dando Advisors, a management consulting ...

Austin-based National Instruments, the developer of LabVIEW software package used by engineers and scientist for measurement and automation, said Thursday that it has named Phil Hester as Senior Vice President of R&D. Hester was most recent...

Plano-based GENBAND, a developer of telecom infrastructure products, said Thursday that it has named Patrick Dolan as the firm's Senior Vice President of Sales, over its Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific area. Dolan joins the fir...

San Antonio-based Rackspace, a provider of web hosting and cloud computing services, said today that it has named Mark Roenigk as its Chief Operating Officer. Roenigk was most recently at eBay, where he was Chief Procurement officer and VP ...

Plano-based GENBAND, a developer of infrastructure for the telecom market, said today that it has named Jeffrey Kupp, most recently the CFO of Microtune, as its own Chief Financial Officer. According to the firm, Kupp will report to CEO Cha...

Multi-player, online games firm True Games Interactive is moving its headquarters in Austin, the firm said this morning, on the heels of the hiring of Mick Giles as its Chief Technology Officer. According to firm, it has appointed Giles, th...

Round Rock-based Dell said today that Ross Perot, Jr., has joined the firm's board of directors. Perot, most recently chairman of Perot Systems, joins the firm on the heels of the acquisition of Perot by Dell on November 3rd....

Austin-based TAKE Supply Chain, a developer of supply chain management software, said Thursday that it has named Tom Hernandez as the firm's new Vice President of Worldwide Sales. According to TAKE, Hernandez has previously held roles at In...

Austin-based RenewData said Tuesday that it has named Joe Garber as the firm's Assistant Vice President of Product Marketing. Garber has been at the firm since 2008, serving as Director of Product Marketing, and has also served at Zantaz an...

Plano-based Microtune said Wednesday that its CFO, Jeffrey A. Kupp, has resigned from the firm, after accepting a position at GENBAND. Microtune said Kupp will service as CFO through December 4th, before moving to GENBAND as CFO. Justin M. ...

Austin-based RenewData, a provider of electronic discovery and archiving software, said Tuesday that it has named Richard Cohen as President. Cohen has been at the firm since early 2008, serving as Executive Vice President of Legal Services...

Houston-based SolArc, which develops software for commodity supply, trading, and risk management, said Thursday it has named Mike Snow as Vice President of Product Development. Snow joins the firm from Sunquest Information Systems, where he...

Fort Worth-based TECH Fort Worth, a nonprofit business incubator focused on technology commercialization, said Friday that it has added Travis Baugh and Greta Calvery to its board of directors. Baugh is President and Chief Operating Officer...

Irving-based Optimal Solutions Integration, a provider of SAP consulting services, said earlier this week that Greg Tomb, the former CEO of SAP North America, has joined the company's board. Tomb is currently CEO of Vivido Labs. He was at S...

Grapevine-based GameStop said Tuesday evening that it has named Shawn D. Freeman as Senior Vice President and GM of Digital Business, who will oversee the firm's digital business strategy. According to GameStop, Freeman joins from Tickstnow...

Austin-based Active Power, a manufacturer of backup power systems, announced today that it has hired on a new international sales VP. The firm said that it has appointed Dietmar Papenfort as Vice President of Sales for Europe, Middle East a...

Austin-based Buffalo Technology USA, a developer of storage, networking, and other products, announced yesterday that it has appointed Taiji Watanabe as its Chief Executive Officer. Watanabe takes over for Takayuki Nishioka. According to th...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, a provider of ratings and review applications for ecommerce sites, said Monday that it has added Bernie Feiwus and Joe Shults to the company's advisory board. Feiwus had served as SVP and COO of JCPenney Direct, wa...

Houston-based LenSec, a provider of IP-based video surveillance products, said this week that it has named Neel Adhikari as its Chief Operating Officer. Adhikari has been at the firm since 2003, and was most recently overseeing the firm's s...

Houston-based Alert Logic, a developer of security and IT compliance software, announced Monday that it has hired on two new executives. The firm said that Greg Davis has joined the firm as Vice President of Sales, and Marty McGuffin has jo...

Austin-based LifeSize, a developer of high definition videoconferencing systems, said Thursday that it has named Joe Vitalone as Vice President of Sales for the Americas. Vitalone joins the firm from ShoreTel, and also has previously served...

Houston-based MicroMed Cardiovascular, which manufactures left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), said today that it has named Ash Attia as its Vice President of Asia Pacific. Attia will be responsible for the firm's efforts in China, Japa...

Round Rock-based Dell said late Tuesday that it has named Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO of Adobe, to the firm's board. Narayen replaces Sallie L. Krawcheck, who resigned from the firm's board. According to Dell, Krawcheck resigned to ...

Houston-based MicroMed Cardiovascular, which is developing ventricular assistance devices for aiding in heart function, said yesterday that it has added Danny Bluestein, Professor of Bioengineering at SUNY-Stony Brook, to its Science Adviso...

Dallas-based OnAsset Intelligence, which provides machine-to-machine wireless asset tracking products, said yesterday that Nikki Cuban has joined the firm as vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Cuban joins the firm from Se...

Austin-based Click Forensics, a provider of pay-per-click auditing services for the online advertising industry, said Wednesday that the firm has tapped an expert in search advertising and fraud prevention, Dr. Alexander Tuzhilin, to its bo...

Austin-based LibreDigital, which provides services to digitize books, magazines, and other content, said Wednesday morning that it has hired on three new executives. The firm said it has hired Robert Alvarez as Chief Financial Officer, Tim ...

Austin's Univa HD, a provider of software for IT monitoring said this morning that it has appointed Robert Maynard as VP Sales for North America and Asia Pacific. Maynard has previously served at Tivoli, Marimba, and Sun. He was previously ...

Austin-based Crossroads Systems, a developer of data backup and storage products, said Wednesday that it has appointed Don Pearce as the firm's new Chairman. The firm also said that Elliott Brackett has been named Chairman of its Compensati...

Grapevine-based video game retailer GameStop said today that it has named Catherine R. (Cathy) Smith as the firm's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing founding EVP and CFO David W. Carlson. GameStop said that Car...

Austin-based ProspX, a developer of software-as-a-service for sales collaboration and automation for the commercial insurance industry, said today that it has hired on Darin S. Vick as the firm's Vice President of National Accounts. ProspX ...

Dallas-based DeepNines Technologies isn't wasting any time snagging talent from BorderWare Technologies, the web security firm with operations in Irvine, which was acquired by WatchGuard yesterday. The firm said it has hired Shawn Eldrige, ...

Grapevine-based GameStop, the video game and entertainment software retailer, said today that it has named Chris Petrovic as the firm's General Manager, Digital Media. PEtrovic joins the firm from Playboy Enterprises, where he was Vice Pres...

Houston-based FMC Technologies reported earlier this week that it has appointed Jay A. Nutt as a VP, in addition to his current responsibilities as Controller. The firm--which develops technology solutions for the energy industry--said that...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, which develops ratings and review software for ecommerce sites, announced Wednesday that it has hired on Chris Lynch as the firm's Corporate Controller. Lynch comes to Bazaarvoice from Vignette. He also has served ...

Austin-based Reddwerks, which develops warehouse management software, said today that it has named Michael O'Brien as the firm's Senior Vice President of Sales. O'Brien joins the firm from Infor, where he was Senior Vice President. O'Brien ...

Houston-based Alert Logic, a provider of IT compliance and security software, reported today that it has appointed Gray Hall, one of the firm's board members, as President and CEO of the firm. Hall also becomes Chairman of the board. Hall r...

Austin-based KLD Energy Technologies, a developer of high performance electric motors for the electric vehicle market, said today that it has snagged Rob Ferber, the former Science Director at high profile Silicon Valley electric car startu...

Dallas-based SpeedFC, which provides e-commerce services for retail and manufacturing companies, disclosed today that it has added Vanessa J. Castagna to its baord of directors. Castagna is the former Chairwoman of Mervyn's Department Store...

Richardson-based GlobeRanger, a developer of products focused on RFID-based supply chain management, announced today that it has appointed Joshua S. Abelson as Vice President of Aerospace and Commercial Sales. Abelson joins the firm from HE...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, a developer of software as a service for ratings and reviews on ecommerce web sites, said today that it has tapped a former Kraft Foods VP to its advisory board. The firm said that Carole Irgang is currently at Red...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice is expanding its international sales efforts today, saying that it has hired on an International Vice President, Andy Leaver. Bazaarvoice--which provides ratings and reviews software for ecommerce sites--said that L...

The Planet reported Monday that it has hired Thomas S. Blair as vice president of global sales. The Houston-based IT hosting firm described Blair as a sales veteran with more than 25 years of experience. Most recently, The Planet noted, he ...

Houston-based IDEV Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of medical devices, reported today that Rick Anderson will succeed Thomas M. Tully as chairman of its board. Tully, IDEV said, has retired after serving a four-year stint as the ...

Dallas-based Allegro, a developer of energy trading and risk management software, said late Wednesday that it has appointed Patrich Simpkins to the firm's board of directors. Allegro, which is venture backed by North Bridge Venture Partners...

Austin-based HomeAway, which operates a network of vacation rental websites, said today that it has named Petra Friedmann as President of HomeAway Europe. The firm said that Friedmann replaces Alexis de Belloy, who will transfer to a simila...

Austin-based Potomac Fusion, a developer of data visualization and fusion tools for the Department of Defense and other U.S. Government agencies, said this week that it has hired on two new vice presidents. The firm said that it has named E...

Austin-based contract research organization ResearchPoint reported this morning that Becky Causey has come aboard as the firm's vice president of clinical operations. ResearchPoint noted that she will oversee its clinical operations, projec...

Dallas-based document management software publisher eGistics reported this morning that it has hired long-time EDS executive Timothy J. Kick as chief financial officer. eGistics said Kick will oversee financial planning and numerous account...

Houston-based FSV Payment Systems, a provider of processing services for prepaid gift cards, said Monday that it has appointed Richard "Rick" Savard to its board of directors. Savard was most recently CEO of Netspend, and currently advises ...

Austin-based HelioVolt reported this morning that the firm has added Jim Flanary, the former COO of First Solar, as its Chief Executive OFficer. HelioVolt, which develops thin film solar products, said that Flanary joins the company from He...

Lineage Power, a Dallas-based manufacturer of power conversion products, reported Tuesday that it has hired Vito Savino as director of product management. Lineage said Savino will work out of its Dallas headquarters and report to Greg Fasul...

Plano-based Microtune, a developer of RF semiconductors, said Wednesday that the firm's Chief Operating Officer, Albert (Bud) Taddiken, has resigned, and is planning to retire. Microtune said that Taddiken will be replaced by Barry F. Koch,...

Austin-based Crossroads Systems, a developer of products for the data storage industry, reported this week that it has named Don Pearce to its board of directors. Pearce is currently at Alliance Technology Group, and has previously served a...

Carrollton-based Universal Power Group, a distributor of batteries and power accessories and provider of third party logistics, said this week that it has named Ian Edmonds as the firm's President and CEo. Edmonds was most recently the firm...

Lieberman Software, a developer of identity management and security management software, reported today that it has expanded its staff in Austin, and added Paul Del Piero as Director of Marketing. Del Piero joins the company from NetQoS; he...

Woodlands-based Lexicon Pharmaceuticals reported this morning that it has hired Ajay Bansal as executive vice president of corporate development and chief financial officer. The company credited Bansal with more than 20 years of experience ...

Dallas-based business process outsourcing firm Affiliated Computer Services Inc. reported Monday that it has promoted two executives to C-level roles. ACS said it has named Tom Blodgett chief operating officer of all commercial operations a...

Houston-based IT infrastructure hosting firm The Planet reported today that it has hired Duke S. Skarda as vice president of information technology and software development. The Planet said Skarda will report to Douglas J. Erwin, the compan...

San Antonio-based IT hosting firm Rackspace reported Thursday that the Mark P. Mellin has been elected to its board. Mellin is a CPA, and was previously a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP's San Antonio office. Mellin has also previously serve...

Austin-based Convio, which develops software-as-a-service for nonprofits, said Wednesday that it has promoted Bethany Little to Vice President, Design and Implementation Services. Little was most rencelty Director, Interactive Services at t...

Austin-based Buffalo Technology, a maker of wired and wireless networking, storage and memory devices, reported today that it has hired Ralph Spagnola as vice president of sales. The firm said Spagnola previously spent six years as senior v...

Benchmark Electronics reported Thursday that it appointed Cary T. Fu chairman of the board, effective Wednesday. The Angleton-based firm said Fu, who is also the company's chief executive officer and a co-founder, succeeds Donald E. Nigbor,...

Dallas-based SensorLogic said today that it has named Michael Campbell as the firm's President and CEO. According to the firm, Campbell has previously served at PanGO Networks, and also at InnerWireless, the firm which acquired PanGO Networ...

Cloud-based IT compliance and security solutions provider Alert Logic reported Tuesday that it has appointed Gray Hall to its board of directors. The Houston-based firm said Hall is the founder and former chief executive officer of VeriCent...

BuyDRM, a provider of digital media management software and related services, reported Thursday that it has appointed Rob Green to its board of advisors. The Austin-based firm identified Green as the former senior vice president of business...

Austin-based mixed-signal integrated circuit manufacturer Silicon Laboratories reported today that it has hired James Stansberry as general manager for broadcast audio products. Stansberry, the Austin-based firm said, replaces Mark Thompson...

Austin-based Nuventix announced this morning that the firm has added Brian R. Dundon to the firm's board of directors. Dundon is currently Chair of the Lighting CEO Board for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), and was...

Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor said Friday that the firm has named Dr. Reza Kazerounian as Senior Vice President and General Manager of its Microcontroller Solutions Group. Freescale said that Kazerounian joins the firm from STMicroel...

Fort Worth-based DFB Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday that the firm has promoted Maxwell A. Lea, II to Vice President Business Development and Corporate Finance. Lea has been at DFB since 2002. According to the firm, Lea will manage the f...

DG FastChannel, a provider of digital media services to the advertising, entertainment and broadcast industries, reported Monday that it has hired Gregory M. Smith as chief technology officer. The Dallas-based company said Smith possesses m...

Austin-based RenewData reported Wednesday that it has hired Doyal Alexander as chief technology officer. The provider of digital documentation services said Alexander brings more than 15 years of leadership and management experience, which ...

Austin-based StoredIQ, a developer of e-discovery and information management software, announced Tuesday that the firm has raised $8M in funding. The new funds came from S3 Ventures and Techxas Ventures, existing investors in the firm. As p...

Austin-based Convio, a publisher of customer relationship management software for non-profit organizations, reported Tuesday that it has hired Marc Cannon as vice president of services. The firm described Cannon as a 20 year veteran of the ...

Round Rock-based Dell announced Monday that Jim Breyer, a partner at venture capital firm Accel Partners, has joined the firm's board of directors. According to Dell, Breyer joins the board immediately and will stand for election on July 17...

Austin-based Volusion, a provider of ecommerce tools and shopping cart software, said this morning that it has hired on David Mitzenmacher as the firm's Chief Customer Officer. According to Volusion, Mitzenmacher joins the firm from Rackspa...

San Antonio-based Rackspace reported Wednesday that it has promoted Lew Moorman to president of its cloud computing business. The colocation and hosting hosting firm said Moorman came aboard in 2000 and, most recently, was chief strategy of...

Dallas-based eCarList, a developer of software for the automotive industry, announced Wednesday that the firm has tapped Dave Hanson for a new VP of Interactive and Creatives Services. According to the firm, Hanson joins the firm from Yahoo...

Texas-based NEC Corp. of America, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Japan's NEC Corp., reported Wednesday that it has promoted Takayuki Okada to the role of president and chief executive officer, effective April 1. The firm, which has its U.S. h...

Austin-based RF Code, a provider of asset tracking products, announced Wednesday that it has named Chad Riseling as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. RF Code said Riseling joins the firm from Schneider Electric, where he was VP Sales, West...

Austin-based Adlucent, a provider of search marketing services and technology, announced this morning that it has promoted Jon Armstrong to the position of CEO, and hired Ashwani Dhar as Senior Vice President. Armstrong has previously serve...

Austin-based Boundless Network, a venture-backed promotional products firm, is reporting today that the firm is expanding internationally, and has hired more than 30 sales professionals at the firm in Q1. The firm claimed that it saw more t...

Irving-based Logile, a publisher of workforce performance management software, reported this morning that it has hired Jeff Peretin as vice president of sales and national accounts. The company said Peretin hails from workforce management c...

Austin-based Perficient, a provider of information technology consulting, said this morning that it has appointed two new independent board members. According to the firm, John S. Hamlin and David D. May have joined its board. Hamlin is pre...

Portfolio management software publisher Planview reported Tuesday that it has appointed Brad Rable as its newest executive in residence. The Austin-based firm described Rable as the former vice president of program management for USAA whose...

Houston-based Quantapoint, a provider of laser scanning services for the architectural industry, said Monday that it has named Tad Balinger as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Balinger joins the company from Stratos Global, and has also ...

Austin-based Borland Software, a developer of software development tools, said Friday afternoon that it has appointed Thomas Wilkas as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. The firm said that Wilkas takes over the role from Erik Prusch, t...

ProspX, a publisher of hosted collaboration and automation software for the commercial insurance industry, reported today that it has appointed Dennis Chookaszian chairman of its board of directors. The Austin, Texas-based company said Choo...

Austin-based LibreDigital has made a significant number of new hires to its executive team, the firm said this morning. LibreDigital, which develops software used to help publishers distribute their books in electronic form, said that it ha...

Worksoft Inc., a publisher of application lifecycle management utilities, reported Monday that it has hired Dan Gannon as vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. Worksoft explained that, in this role, Gannon will develop and carry ...

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. reported this morning that it has hired Dave Amoriell as executive vice president and group president of its Transportation Solutions group. The Dallas-based business process outsourcing firm described Amor...

Houston-based, cloud storage application publisher Mezeo Software Corp. reported Tuesday that it has appointed Gray Hall to its board of directors and named him chairman. The company described Hall as a hosting industry veteran who co-found...

Trion World Network, a Silicon Valley publisher of online and other video games, said today that it is expanding in Austin, with three new hires. Trion said that it has hired on Thor Biafore as Customer Support Manager, Jack Wood as In-Game...

Houston-based MedTouch, a provider of content management software for hospitals, and related hospital web site design services, said Wednesday that it has hired on a new Director of Interactive in its Houston offices. The firm said that Chr...

Airband Communications Inc., a provider of fixed-wireless broadband services, reported Monday that it has hired Timothy W. Kinnear as chief financial officer and promoted Layne L. Levine to chief operating officer. Kinnear, the Dallas-based...

Austin-based e-commerce software developer 7 Billion People Inc. reported Wednesday that it has appointed former Neiman Marcus top executive Richard Marcus to its board of directors. According to 7 Billion People, Marcus spent 27 years with...

Dallas-based video transcoding product maker RipCode Inc. reported Tuesday that it has hired Greg Lowitz as executive vice president of sales and business development. Working from its Bay Area office near San Francisco, the firm said, Lowi...

Austin-based UnboundID said Friday that the firm has hired on Steve Almquist as the firm's new Director of Global Sales. The developer of identity management software, said that Almquist joins the company from Sun Microsystems. Almquist has...

North Richland Hills-based Cypress Software Systems, a developer of automated credit application decision support technology, said Wednesday that it has hired on Steven E. Croft as the firm's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Cy...

Global IT consulting firm Atos Origin reported Tuesday that it has promoted Sabrina Shumsky to vice president of human resources for its North American operations, which are headquartered in Houston. Shumsky, Atos said, will report directly...

Hosted IT compliance and security software publisher Alert Logic reported today that it has appointed Vince Rossi to its board of directors. The Houston-based firm described Rossi as a security industry veteran with more than 15 years of pr...

Performix Inc., a Houston-based publisher of manufacturing execution system software, reported Thursday that Brian Ghannam has joined the company as director of sales. Ghannam hails from computer software firm SAP, where he served as direct...

Austin-based HelioVolt announced Wednesday that the firm has made a number of executive changes, saying that it has named board member Ron Bernal as interim CEO. The company also said that it has hired on Sanjeev Kumar as Chief Financial Of...

Austin-based Multimedia Games Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of electronic gaming units for casinos, charities and bingo halls, reported Monday that Adam D. Chibib will serve as its next chief financial officer, effective Feb. 10. The...

Dallas-based i2 Technolgoies said today that it has hired on a new Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Nancy J. Litzler. According to i2, Litzler has been heading the firm's human resources in an interim capacity since September of 20...

Dallas-based software firm i2 said this morning that two of the company's current directors, David L. Pope and Sanjiv Sidhu, have informed the company that they intend to leave the board. According to i2, the two will leave immediately prio...

Risk management applications publisher Cypress Software Systems LP reported Monday that it has hired Jack Norris as vice president of business development. Cypress described Norris as a 30-year management veteran of the financial and electr...

Las Colinas-based Handango, a provider of smart phone applications for the mobile phone market, said Thursday that it has promoted Alex Bloom from Vice President of Content and International, to CEO and President. Bloom replaces current CEO...

Austin-based Bigfoot Networks, which makes networking hardware for computer gamers, is moving its headquarters to Silicon Valley, after hiring a new President and CEO. Bigfoot said that Michael Howse has joined the firm, replacing founder H...

Uplogix Inc., a manufacturer of remotely managed network appliances, reported Wednesday that Ken Kieley has come aboard as chief financial officer. Kieley, Uplogix said, hails from Wayport Inc., which telecommunications giant AT&T acquired ...

Uplogix Inc., a manufacturer of remotely managed network appliances, reported Wednesday that Ken Kieley has come aboard as chief financial officer. Kieley, Uplogix said, hails from Wayport Inc., which telecommunications giant AT&T acquired ...

Austin-based nGenera announced Wednesday afternoon that it has added Ken Goldman to the firm's board of directors. Goldman is currently SVP and CFO of Fortinet, and has also served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Ch...

Outsourced software development firm Synerzip Inc. reported Monday that former i2 and TI executive Dr. Pallab Chatterjee has joined Synerzip's board of advisors. Prior to his appointment, Synerzip said, Chatterjee worked for several years a...

CompuCom Systems Inc. reported Monday that it has hired John Douglas as chief information officer. The Dallas-based information technology consulting firm said Douglas will lead its day-to-day IT operations and define its IT strategy. Compu...

Online travel agency Travelocity.com LP revealed Monday that it has promoted Tracey Weber to president of its North American operations. Weber, the Southlake, Texas-based firm said, first joined the company in 2002 when Travelocity acquired...

Austin-based Active Power, which develops uninterruptible power supplies, said Thursday that it has appointed Uwe Schrader-Hausmann as the firm's Chief Technical Officer. Schrader-Hausmann has been at the firm since 2005, and was most recen...

Perot Systems Corp. reported Tuesday that it has hired Eric Wieman as executive vice president of a division of the company's Fairfax, Va.-based Government Services business unit. The Plano-based information technology outsourcing provider ...

Houston-based Dynamic Engineering, which supplies chemical processing technology to the polysilicon industry, said Wednesday that it has named Joe Ausikaitis as president and CEO. Ausikaitis has previously served at UPO and Union Carbide. A...

Eltek Valere reported Tuesday that it has promoted Morten Schoyen as chief marketing officer. The Richardson, Texas-based firm said Schoyen has been with the company since 2000 and previously served as vice president for industrial power. I...

Integrated circuit manufacturer Silicon Laboratories Inc. reported Monday that it has promoted Mark Thompson to vice president and general manager of its microcontroller products division. Thompson, the Austin-based company said, replaces C...

Cancer treatment research firm Ensysce Biosciences Inc. reported Monday that Dr. D. Lynn Kirkpatrick has come aboard as president and chief executive officer. Houston-based Ensysce, which is studying the use of fullerene carbon nanotubes fo...

Round Rock-based Dell said Wednesday that it has made a major restructuring of the firm, which will result in the departure of its Global Operations president, Mike Cannon, and its Chief Marketing Officer, Mark Jarvis. According to Dell, th...

Austin Ventures said this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Asset International, a publisher of financial information, and appointed a new CEO for the firm. According to Austin Ventures, it has named Jim Casella a...

Heatwave Interactive Inc. reported Monday that it has added several new faces to its executive staff. The Austin, Texas-based firm said Dave Prout has come aboard as director of development. Prout previously co-founded Spark Unlimited and w...

Dallas-based business software firm i2 Technologies said today that Dr. Pallab K. Chatterjee, the firm's CEO, is leaving the company. According to i2, Chatterjee is leaving the company to "pursue other opportunities" and will be replaced by...

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. reported Thursday that David Bywater has returned to the company as managing director of its Healthcare Solutions business line. Most recently, the Dallas-based business process outsourcing firm said, Bywat...

Plano, Texas-based information technology consulting firm Perot Systems Corp. reported Wednesday that it has appointed Caroline S. "Caz" Matthews to its board of directors. Matthews, Perot Systems said, is currently president of WellPoint F...

MetroSplash Systems Group Inc., a provider of consumer reward and loyalty programs for merchants and fuel retailers, reported Wednesday that Patrick M. Cummiskey joined its board of directors last month. MetroSplash described Cummiskey as a...

RipCode Inc., a developer of video transcoding hardware, reported Tuesday that Neal Hartsell has joined the company as vice president of marketing. In this role, RipCode explained, Hartsell will supervise the strategic product roadmap for i...

Chicago-based venture capital firm ARCH Venture Partners has promoted Paul Thurk, in the firm's Austin offices, the firm said Monday. ARCH, which invests in early-stage companies in the life, physical, and information sciences areas, said t...

Austin-based Phurnace Software, which develops Java application deployment tools, said this week that it has added John Balena as Vice President of Sales and Services at the firm. Balena joins the company from Prime Paradigms International,...

Convio Inc., a provider of hosted CRM applications for non-profit organizations, reported Tuesday that it has made two changes to its senior management team. The Austin-based company said it has hired Sara Spivey as chief marketing officer....

San Antonio-based hosting provider Rackspace said Thursday that it has added a new director to its board, Fred Reichheld, from Bain & Company. The provider of Internet hosting and colocation services said that Reicheld is a Bain & Company F...

Austin-based Powered, which provides social marketing services to brands, said yesterday that it has named Aaron Strout as its VP of marketing. Strout joins the firm from Mzinga, where he was Vice President of Social Media. Strout has also ...

IT outsourcing firm Rackspace Hosting reported Monday that it has promoted Emil Sayegh to general manager of its cloud-computing business unit, Mosso. The San Antonio-based company said Sayegh previously was vice president of its product gr...

Game publisher NCSoft, which has operations in Austin, said Thursday that it has appointed Dirk Metzger as Vice President of Marketing at NCSoft West. Metzger has served at Brash Entertainment, was marketing director for NCsoft Europe, and ...

LibreDigital Inc. reported Wednesday that it has made three changes to its executive staff. The Austin, Texas-based developer of new media tools for publishers said it has hired Steven Schatz as vice president of global sales. Schatz, Libre...

ADRevolution LLC, a publisher of advertising media-buying software, reported Tuesday that it has hired Tobias Schremmer as senior director of client services. The Austin, Texas-based company described Schremmer as a veteran of the direct an...

Rackspace Hosting, a provider of managed IT services, reported Wednesday that it has appointed Jim Lewandowski as its next senior vice president of worldwide sales. The San Antonio, Texas-based firm said Lewandowski succeeds Glenn Reinus, w...

Austin-based Llesiant, which develops search technology for businesses, said Thursday that it has hired on three executives. According to the firm, it has hired Lou Celi as President and COO, Kim Larsen as General Counsel and Director of Co...

Houston-based FuelQuest, which develops software and services for the energy industry, said Thursday that it has promoted Matt Tormollen to President and CEO of the firm. Tormollen replaces founder Rich Cilento, who becomes Chairman of the ...

Austin-based VDIworks, a developer of virtual desktop software, said Tuesday that the firm has named CTO Amir Husain as its President and CEO. According to VDIworks, Husain will now also lead the firm's marketing and sales, in addition to t...

Quanta Services Inc. reported today that it has promoted James F. O'Neil to president and chief operating officer. A Houston-based provider of infrastructure networking for the power, natural gas, telecommunications and cable television ind...

Plano, Texas-based IT consulting firm Perot Systems Corp. reported Thursday that it has hired Ferenc Szelenyi as managing director of its EMEA operations. In this role, Perot Systems said, he will oversee the company's business development ...

Austin-based SemiSouth Laboratories, a developer of silicon carbide (SiC) based chips for the power semiconductor market, said it has hired two VPs today. The firm said it has hired Chris Thompson as VP of Marketing, and Dan Schwob as VP Sa...

Media General, operators of the Plano, Texas-based social shopping and coupon Web site DealTaker.com, reported Tuesday that Kevin Strawbridge has joined the company as DealTaker's president. Media General said Strawbridge most recently serv...

MySimBook, a provider of streaming radio software for computers and portable Apple devices, reported Monday that Doug Raines has joined the company as vice president of business development. The Austin, Texas-based firm described Raines as ...

RF Monolithics Inc. reported Tuesday that it has appointed Jonathan W. Ladd to its board of directors, effective Monday. The Dallas-based manufacturer of RF components and related products, said Ladd joins the board as an independent direct...

Dallas-based Telligent, a provider of software for creating online communities, said Monday that it has named Lawrence Liu as Director of Platform Strategy at the firm. Liu joins the firm from Microsoft, where he was Worldwide Community Lea...

Angleton-based Benchmark Electronics announced today that it has appointed Clay C. Williams to the firm's board of directors. The firm, a provider of electronics manufacturing, design, and engineering services, said that Williams is current...

CSIdentity, a provider of identity theft protection services to businesses and consumers, reported Thursday that it has added two vice presidents to its executive staff. The Austin, Texas-based company said Michael Bruemmer has joined the f...

Austin-based Nuventix, which develops thermal cooling technology for electronics, announced today that it has hired Gary Gay as Vice President of Worldwide Sales at the firm. Gay joins the firm from Silicon Laboratories, and has also served...

Dallas-based RF Monollithics, a developer of wireless components and modules, said Thursday afternoon that it has received a deficiency letter from the NASDAQ stating that the company is not in compliance with NASDAQ rules. According to the...

Dallas-based Lineage Power, a developer of AC/DC and DC/DC power supplies, said Monday that it has hired Craig A. Witsoe as the firm's new CEO. According to Lineage Power, Witsoe joins the firm from General Electric, where he was most recen...

Austin-based testing software and hardware firm National Instruments said Friday that it has promoted six employees to the position of VP. According to the firm, John Roiko has been appointed VP Finance, Robert Canik, VP of R&D, Instrument ...

Embedded chip manufacturer Freescale Semiconductor reported Tuesday that it has promoted Dr. Lisa Su to senior vice president and general manager of networking and multimedia. Freescale said Su joined the Austin, Texas-based company in 2007...

Austin-based Click Forensics, which provides click fraud auditing to the online advertising industry, said Friday that it has named Dr. Vincent Granville as Chief Scientist at the firm. Granville joins as part of a broader expansion of its ...

Austin-based NewsStand said Friday that it has renamed itself LibreDigital, and also hired a new President and CEO. NewsStand said that it has changed its name to LibreDigital to reflect its "expanding set of product solutions to a broader ...

Online dating Web site Match.com reported Tuesday that it has promoted Mandy Ginsberg to senior vice president and general manager of Match.com. In this role, the Dallas-based company said, Ginsberg will oversee Match.com's North American o...

Bazaarvoice, a publisher of hosted social commerce and customer feedback applications, reported Monday that it has hired Mike Svatek as vice president of product strategy. In this newly created role, Bazaarvoice said, Svatek will supervise ...

Venture capital firm Austin Ventures said today that it has hired on Mike Dodd as a venture partner at the firm. According to Austin Ventures, Dodd joins the company from Omniture, where he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development...

SEMATECH Inc. reported Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Bryan J. Rice as director of its lithography division and Dr. Stefan Wurm as associate director of the same unit. The Austin, Texas-based consortium said Rice, who most recently serve...

Cypress Software Systems LP reported Monday that Scott Tomlinson has joined the company as vice president of quality assurance. The North Richland Hills, Texas-based firm said Tomlinson's chief duties will be to develop and manage quality a...

Venture capital firm Austin Ventures said today that it has promoted Craig Milius to General Partner at the firm. Milius has been at Austin Ventures since 2000, when he joined as a Senior Associate; he was promoted to Partner in 2006. Accor...

Dallas-based BizNet Software reported Tuesday that it has hired former Microsoft executive Demetrius Austin as director of software engineering. The Dallas-based publisher of Excel business reporting and analysis applications said Austin's ...

Bazaarvoice reported yesterday that Heather Brunner has joined the company as senior vice president of worldwide client services. The Austin, Texas-based publisher of hosted social commerce software said Brunner boasts nearly two decades of...

GlobalSCAPE Inc. has named former General Dynamics executive James R. Morris as its chief executive officer, the software publisher reported this morning. GlobalSCAPE described Morris as a 35-year information technology, business developmen...

Syngence Corp., a publisher of document analytics software for the legal industry, reported Monday that it has hired Steven S. McNew as president. The Dallas-based company described McNew as a 20-year operations and business development vet...

Loan automation applications developer Cypress Software Systems LP reported Monday that it has hired Karen Lord as director of training. Cypress said Lord's chief duties will include organizing, supervising and conducting client training se...

Dallas-based Lineage Power Corp., a developer of AC/DC and DC/DC switching power supplies, said Monday that it has named Chris Meaney as the firm's Global Vice President of OEM Sales. Meaney joins the firm from IntraLinks, and has also serv...

Houston, Texas-based venture capital firm DFJ Mercury's Jay Gardner, a venture advisor at the investment firm, has joined the management team of one of the firm's portfolio companies, Fluensee. According to Fluensee, which is based in Denve...

Dallas-based Phytel, a publisher of patient management software, reported Monday that it has appointed Steve Schelhammer chief executive officer. Phytel said Schelhammer currently chairs its board but will resign in order become its CEO. Th...

Austin-based SemiSouth said Monday that it has named Kenney Roberts as the firm's President and CEO. Roberts was previously the firm's COO. SemiSouth did not give a reason for the departure of the firm's prior President and CEO, Vess Johnso...

Sheeraz Haji, former President of Austin-based Convio, and CEO and co-founder of GetActive, which Convio acquired in 2007, has joined a venture capital firm. According to Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm El Dorado Ventures, Haji wi...

Hosted business applications publisher nGenera Corp. reported Wednesday that it has hired Sheila Plunkett as vice president of sales for the company's nGen Compensation product. The Austin, Texas-based company said Plunkett boasts 25 years ...

Teres Solutions, an Austin, Texas-based publisher of lending automation software for financial institutions, has appointed Larry Howell as board chairman, Teres' parent company announced Tuesday. CRIF, an international provider of consultin...

Austin-based StoredIQ, a developer of electronic discovery and related tools, said Tuesday that it has appointed John Kelley, former CEO of McData, to its board of directors. Kelley headed up McData from 2001 until 2006, when it was acquire...

Powered Inc., an Austin, Texas-based publisher of social marketing applications, reported Monday that it has promoted Kathy Warren to vice president of account planning and management. Powered said Warren boasts 10-plus years of experience ...

Embedded computer chip manufacturer Freescale Semiconductor reported Monday that Paul Grimme, senior vice president and general manager of the company’'s Microcontroller Solutions group, will resign in September. Freescale said Grimme has s...

Borland Software Corp., a publisher of application lifecycle management software, reported Thursday that it has hired Rich Novak to replace Dave Packer as senior vice president of worldwide field operations, effective immediately. The Austi...

Market research and consulting firm DisplaySearch reported Monday that it has hired Paul Semenza as senior vice president. In this role, DisplaySearch noted, he will manage its North American and European analyst teams. The Austin, Texas-ba...

San Antonio-based GlobalSCAPE, a publicly held provider of wide area file service technology and other products, said Thursday that the firm's CFO and Interim President, Kelly E. Simmons, has resigned from the firm. Reasons for the resignat...

Austin-based Powered said today that it has appointed Ken Nicholson as the firm's President and CEO. Nicholson was most recently Chief Marketing Officer at Pluck, and has also served at Veridiem, Alphablox, Kiva Software, Red Brick Systems,...

Austin, Texas-based Entorian Technologies Inc., a provider of semiconductor-packaging and chip-stacking products, reported Tuesday that it has appointed Krishna Srinivasan to its board of directors, effective immediately. Srinivasan's appoi...

San Antonio-based SecureLogix, which develops security products focused on the enterprise telephony space, said this morning that it has hired Matt Reedy as the firm's Director of Research and Development. Reedy was most recently co-founder...

Austin-based Entorian Technologies, a developer of systems-level and module products for the electronics industry, said Thursday that Martin J. Garvin has joined the company's board of directors. Garvin is the retired Chief Procurement Offi...

Austin-based Valence Technology said today that its CFO, Galen Fischer, is resigning effective July 23, 2008. No reason for the departure was given, however the firm said that Fischer is resigning to pursue other interests. Valence said it ...

Dallas-based communication software publisher Intervoice Inc. reported Wednesday that Robert Ritchey, the company's chief executive officer, will retire. Intervoice said Ritchey, whose retirement will take effect on Aug. 31, will remain on ...

Austin, Texas-based Bazaarvoice, a publisher of hosted social commerce software, reported Tuesday that Rob Schmults has joined its advisory board. Bazaarvoice described Schmults as a 15-year veteran of the eCommerce industry. Most recently,...

Austin-based Alereon has hired on a new Vice President of Worldwide Sales, the firm disclosed this morning. Alereon said it has hired Scott Deutsch to the new position, to manage the firm's sales relationships with strategic customers world...

Dallas-based business process outsourcing firm Affiliated Computer Services Inc. reported Monday that it has hired Joseph P. Doherty Jr. as executive vice president and group president of its Government Solutions Group. The division, ACS sa...

Molecular Imprints Inc., a developer of nano-patterning systems and solutions for the hard disk drive and semiconductor industries, reported today that it has added two industry veterans to its executive staff. The Austin, Texas-based compa...

Content delivery software publisher Ignite Technologies Inc. reported Monday that it has hired Jeff Toney as senior vice president of sales. Toney, whom Ignite described as a 24-year veteran of the software industry, will supervise the comp...

Houston-based BMC Software, a publisher of IT automation applications, reported Tuesday that it has promoted Luca Lazzaron as vice president and general manager of its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. BMC said Lazzaron will...

Austin, Texas-based Bazaarvoice, a publisher of hosted social commerce software, reported Monday that it has opened an office in Paris that will serve as its headquarters for operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Bazaarvoice sai...

RenewData, a publisher of e-discovery and digital data risk management software, reported Monday that it has promoted Robert Little to chief marketing officer and Matthew Davis to chief enterprise architect. RenewData said Little joined the...

RenewData, a provider of e-discovery and digital information risk management services, reported Friday that it has hired Richard Cohen as executive vice president of legal services. In this role, Cohen will supervise RenewData's legal team ...

Austin-based SolarWinds, a developer of network management software, said Friday that it has appointed Ellen F. Siminoff to the company's board of directors. Siminoff is President and CEO of online educational website Shmoop University. She...

Houston-based Pivot3, a provider of storage products for the video market, said earlier this week that the firm has expanded its sales team, both in the U.S. and internationally. The firm said that it has hired on Kirk Brown as Director of ...

Fort Worth-based Internet job board firm onTargetjobs said Monday that it has appointed a new CEO. The firm said that Michael J. "Mike" Tansey has been appointed to the position, replacing Allen Paschal, who the company said will continue t...

Promotional products distributor Boundless Network reported Wednesday that it has hired Tom Rizzi as executive vice president of sales. Boundless said Rizzi, who boasts some 20 years of sales experience, will be charged with acquiring new, ...

Middle school curriculum provider Ignite! Learning Inc. reported Tuesday that it has promoted Alan Davis to president and chief executive officer. Davis was previously the Austin, Texas-based company's executive vice president of technology...

Site Controls, a publisher of on-demand energy and asset management software applications, reported earlier this week that it has hired Dale Erker as executive vice president of sales. In this role, Erker will direct Site Controls' sales an...

Online computer game publisher NCsoft Corp. reported yesterday that it has promoted Lisa Bell-Cabrera to vice president of sales for its North American operations. NCsoft said Bell-Cabrera has been the compan'’s national sales manager since...

On-demand mobile applications provider 2GO Software Solutions Inc. reported Wednesday that it has appointed Bruce Ballengee to its board of directors. 2GO said Ballengee boasts a wealth of management and technology experience and has held s...

Austin-based network management software firm SolarWinds has expanded its executive team, saying that it has hired Karen White as the company's Vice President of Corporate and Business Development. White was formerly a managing director at ...

Austin-based Active Power said today that it has named Martin Olsen as the firm's Vice President of Business Development. Olsen was previously the firm's Director of Product Management and Development for the firm. Active Power is a manufac...

Houston, Texas-based telecommunications engineering and services firm Broadpoint said today that it has appointed Errol Olivier as its President and CEO. Olivier joins from CapRock Communications, where he recently retired as President and ...

Houston-based IT management applications publisher BMC Software reported today that it has added two names to its executive roster. Both individuals, the company said, were formerly C-level executives at BladeLogic, the data center automati...

ADRevolution, a publisher of digital advertising optimization software, reported Friday that it has completed the formation of its eight-member advisory board. The company said the panel consists of: Bob Perkins, a former president of New Y...

Online advertising software publisher ADRevolution reported yesterday that it has appointed local entrepreneur Brian Magierski to its board of directors. The Austin, Texas-based business said Magierski is currently the chief development off...

Custom enterprise software developer Ayoka Systems reported Wednesday that former EDS executive Mark Blaskovich has joined Ayoka as executive vice president of sales and marketing. The Arlington, Texas-based business said Blaskovich's prima...

Surgient, a publisher of virtual lab management software, reported Monday that it has hired Craig Parks as vice president of marketing. The Austin, Texas-based company said Parks will be responsible for expanding its footprint in the virtua...

Round Rock-based computer manufacturer Dell said today that it has appointed Brian Gladden as the firm's CFO. Don Carty, the firm's SVP and CFO, has resigned, effective June 13th. Gladden joins the company from SABIC Innovative Plastic Hold...

Worksoft Inc., a Dallas-based publisher of SAP-testing software, reported Monday that it has hired Shoeb Javed as vice president of engineering. Worksoft said Javed will lead development of the company’s testing solutions software while sup...

Smartphone applications distributor Handango reported Thursday that it has hired Alex Bloom as vice president of content and international. In that role, Handango explained, Bloom will manage domestic and international content acquisitions ...

i2 Technologies Inc. reported Tuesday that its board of directors has promoted Dr. Pallab K. Chatterjee to chief executive officer. The Dallas-based supply chain consultant said Chatterjee has served as interim CEO since July 31, 2007. Chat...

Dallas-based data protection software publisher CREDANT Technologies reported Tuesday that it has hired Michael Callahan as vice president and chief marketing officer. CREDANT said Callahan boasts more than 18 years of enterprise sales and ...

i2 Technologies Inc., a Dallas-based provider of supply chain management services, reported Wednesday that founder Sanjiv Sidhu will step down as chairman of the company's board of directors. Jackson L. Wilson Jr., who has served on i2's bo...

Houston-based software firm BMC Software said today that it has named Dev Ittycheria, former President and CEO of BladeLogic, as Senior Vice President for Strategy and Corporate Development of the firm. Ittycheria joins the firm as part of ...

BroadRamp Inc., a publisher of Internet-based multimedia-viewing software, reported Tuesday that it has hired Bob Kilduff as chief financial officer. Kilduff, the San Antonio, Texas-based company said, will be responsible for developing Bro...

HelioVolt Corp., a manufacturer of thin-film solar energy products, reported Monday that it has hired Louay Eldada as chief technical officer. HelioVolt said Eldada spent the previous five years at DuPont, where he served as CTO, vice presi...

Austin, Texas-based Internet advertising firm ADRevolution said Thursday that it has appointed James Adams, former CEO of United Press International, as the firm's chairman. ADRevolution said that Adams will advise the company on strategic ...

Dallas-based network access exchange provider CoreXchange reported Tuesday that it has hired Chris Turbeville as senior vice president of information technology and networking. CoreXchange said Turbeville will focus on refining the company'...

Dallas-based document management software publisher eGistics reported Monday that it has hired Robert C. Stangl as vice president of strategic accounts. Stangl will report to Ed Pearce, the company's executive vice president of sales and co...

Frisco, Texas-based Skywire Software, which develops software for the insurance industry, said Friday that it has promoted Ken Shapiro to Vice President of Strategic Accounts for the firm. Shapiro has been at the firm since 2007, when he jo...

GTESS Corp., a publisher of Web-based transaction-processing software for the health care industry, reported Wednesday that it has named James P. Bradley chairman and chief executive officer, effectively immediately. Bradley first joined th...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, a provider of technology for ecommerce ratings and reviews, said Monday that it has added Jeffrey Dachis, co-founder and former President, Chairman, and CEO of Razorfish to its advisory board. Bazaarvoice credited ...

Dallas-based business process outsourcing specialist Affiliated Computer Services Inc. reported Wednesday that it has appointed Robert Druskin to its board of directors. In addition to serving as an independent director, ACS said Druskin wi...

Information technology consulting firm Perot Systems Corp. reported Tuesday that it has hired John Hummel as chief technology officer of the company's global Healthcare unit. The Plano, Texas-based business described Hummel as a 30-year vet...

N-trig, a manufacturer of touch-screen interfaces for notebook PCs and mobile devices, reported Monday that it has hired Yaki Luzon as vice president of research, development and engineering. N-trig said Luzon most recently served as a dire...

Austin-based StoredIQ, which develops e-discovery and other information management software, said Monday that Susan Sheskey has joined the company's board of directors. Sheskey was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Information O...

San Antonio-based Rackspace said this morning that it has named Bruce Knooihuizen as its Chief Financial Officer. The firm, which provides colocation and IT hosting services, said that Knooihuizen joins from Dobson Communications Corporatio...

Austin-based HBMG, a provider of information technology services and consulting, said Friday that it has named David Smith as the firm's new Chief Executive Officer. Smith was most recently the Vice President of Consulting, Alliances and E...

Frisco, Texas-based SKywire Software said today that it has named Ken Leibow as its Senior Vice President of Product Development. Leibow was most recently Skywire's VP of Development. Skywire Software develops software for the insurance an...

Hosted IT services provider Rackspace reported Monday that it has hired two executives to its management team. Specifically, Rackspace said David Belle-Isle joins the San Antonio, Texas-based company as senior vice president of human resour...

Dallas-based BellTower Technologies LLC, a provider of emergency notification services for food and product recalls and for government agencies and businesses, reported Monday that it has appointed Claymon A. Cipione to its board of advisor...

River Logic Inc., a Dallas-based publisher of integrated business planning and advanced business modeling software, reported Monday that it has hired Cyndi Nistico as vice president of finance. River Logic said Nistico will rely on her 20 y...

DataInfoCom, a publisher of decision support and optimization software for Fortune 500 businesses, reported Wednesday that it has appointed Austin, Texas, resident Dick Hunter to its board of directors. Hunter, the Ontario, Canada-based com...

Houston-based DiCentral, a publisher of on-demand supply chain optimization software, reported earlier tis week that it has hired Huyen Bui as chief technology officer. DiCentral said Bui will use his 15 years of high-tech experience to sup...

Safety Vision LP, a Houston-based manufacturer of mobile digital video equipment, reported Monday that it has hired Michael Ondruch as chief financial officer. Safety Vision said one of Ondruch's primary responsibilities will be to work alo...

GlobeRanger Corp., a publisher of radio frequency identification- and sensor-related software, reported Monday that it has hired Barb Heitzner-Clarke as vice president of finance and administration. GlobeRanger described Heitzner-Clarke as ...

Dallas-based Worksoft said earlier this week that it has appointed Jim Siegel as the firm's Vice President of Professional Services. The firm, which develops software used for automating the deployment of SAP applications, said that Siegel ...

Cistera Networks Inc., a developer of enterprise application platforms for the IP communications industry, reported Wednesday that it has hired Richard P. McDowell as chief financial officer. The 50-year-old McDowell succeeds company co-fou...

CipherLab, a manufacturer of automated identification and data capture devices for retail and distribution markets, reported Wednesday that it has elevated Leslie Mesh to senior vice president of its Americas business unit. Mesh, who joined...

Thru, a publisher of secure messaging and file transfer software-as-a-service applications, reported Monday that it has appointed James Sims to its board of directors. In addition to joining Thru's board as a director, Thru noted, Sims chai...

Pyxis Technology Inc., a developer of electronic design automation software, reported Tuesday that it has added two strategic advisors to its board of directors. Specifically, Pyxis said Vista Venture Partners' Jim Hogan and KLA-Tencor’s Ed...

Dallas-based communications software developer Intervoice Inc. reported Monday that it has promoted Jim Milton to president and chief operating officer. Intervoice said Milton, who had served as executive vice president and COO since joinin...

Austin-based Bazaarvoice said Friday afternoon that it has named Andy Maag as the firm's Vice President of Engineering. The firm, which provides product reviews and other information to e-commerce sites, said that Maag joins the firm from T...

Dallas-based business-process outsourcing firm Affiliated Computer Services Inc. reported Wednesday that Paul E. Sullivan has been elected to its board of directors. ACS said the 63-year-old Sullivan will serve as an independent director an...

Convio Inc., a publisher of on-demand fund-raising software for non-profit organizations, reported Wednesday that it has promoted David Hart to chief technology officer. Convio said Hart succeeds co-founder David Crooke, who is leaving the ...

SemiSouth Laboratories Inc., a manufacturer of silicon carbide-based semiconductors, reported Tuesday that it has hired Kenney Roberts as chief operating officer. SemiSouth described Roberts as an executive management veteran with 34 years ...

San Antonio-based BroadRamp, a provider of multimedia services and products, said Thursday that it has hired Jack Hall as the firm's Vice President of marketing. Hall joins the company from Peer Wisdom, a content delivery startup, where he ...

Dallas-based Usability Sciences, which provides usability testing and research, said Thursday that it has named Tom Cherry as its Executive Vice President of Sales, and Hub Bares as Vice President of Finance and Administration. Cherry has b...

Xpressdocs, a publisher of on-demand marketing software for print- and Web-based campaigns, reported Thursday that it has hired Eric Chandler as chief executive officer. Chandler, Xpressdocs said, succeeds founder and former CEO Colin Baile...

FiveRuns Corp., a provider of application monitoring and management services for Ruby on Rails applications, reported Tuesday that it has hired Todd Barr as vice president of business development. FiveRuns said Barr, who spent the previous ...

GlobeRanger, a publisher of an end-to-end enterprise edge platform for radio frequency identification and sensor technologies, reported Tuesday that it has hired Guy G. Mikel as vice president of commercial sales. GlobeRanger described Mike...

Dallas-based MPower Systems, a publisher of fund-raising and customer relationship management software, reported Wednesday that it has hired Leo D'Angelo as chief technology officer. MPower said D'Angelo will head software development, serv...

Business application developer Skywire Software reported earlier this week that it has hired Carrie Kirby as chief people officer and vice president of human resources. Kirby, Skywire explained, will direct the company’s recruitment, retent...

Object Reservoir Inc., a Houston-based provider of software and services for the global oil and gas industry, reported Tuesday that it has made two changes to its executive staff. Specifically, Object Reservoir said it has hired Russ Krauss...

Richardson-based Sipera Systems, which develops voice over IP and other communications security products, said today that it has appointed John Lochow as the firm's President and CEO. Lochow joins the firm from Syndesis Limited, which was r...

Austin-based semiconductor firm Freescale Semiconductor said Friday morning that Michel Mayer, the firm's Chairman and CEO, has decided to step down. No reason for the departure was given. Freescale said that the company and its board of di...

SolarWinds, an Austin, Texas-based publisher of network management software, reported Thursday that it has appointed salesforce.com executive Steven Cakebread to its board of directors. Cakebread, SolarWinds added, will join the board as ch...

The Houston Technology Center said Wednesday that it has named Gregory S. Price as Chairman of the group's advisory board. The group, which helps to promote entrepreneurship in the greater Houston area, said that Price will help steer the s...

Austin-based Convio, a provider of online services for managing nonprofits, said Tuesday that the firm has added two new members to its board. The firm has added William (Bill) Bock and Kristen L. Magnuson to its board. Bock is Senior Vice ...

Austin-based HomeAway, an operator of vacation rental websites, said Thursday it has named Michael (Mike) Butler as the firm's new Chief Marketing Officer. Butler joins the firm from T-Mobile USA, where he was an executive vice president an...

SailPoint Technologies Inc., a publisher of identity risk management software, reported Monday that it has hired Darran Rolls as chief technology officer. SailPoint described Rolls as a 20-year veteran of the identity and security software ...

Lombardi, a publisher of business process management software, reported Monday that it has created a new business group and made several key changes to its executive lineup. Lombardi said its new Global Business Solutions group combines its...

Intellectual property licensing firm Saxon Innovations LLC reported Thursday that it has hired Anthony Grillo as senior vice president of licensing. Saxon said Grillo hails from IPVALUE Management Inc., where he served as vice president of ...

Dallas-based network access exchange provider CoreXchange reported Thursday that it has hired Julia Morgan to lead its sales efforts. Morgan, the company said, will manage its sales force and grow its channel and reseller partner sales netw...

Dallas-based CREDANT Technologies, a publisher of data protection software, reported Tuesday that it has hired Greg M. Clock as vice president of strategic alliances and worldwide channels. CREDANT said Clock will oversee the growth of the ...

Austin-based SemiSouth, a developer of silicon carbide semiconductors, said Friday that it has appointed Vess Johnson as the firm's President and CEO. Johnson joins the firm from Nascentric, where he was President and CEO. Johnson has also ...

Houston-based CyrusOne, a provider of colocation and data center services, said Thursday that it has named Paul Marvin as Chief Financial Officer. Marvin joins the firm from VeriCenter (SunGard), and has also served at Royal Caribbean Cruis...

Dallas-based Texas Instruments has shifted its board composition, saying Thursday that Chairman Thomas J. Engibous is retiring following the firm's 2008 stockholders meeting April 17th. Richard K. Templeton, the firm's President and CEO, wi...

Austin, Texas-based Neverfail, a provider of high availability and disaster recovery software, said Wednesday that it has appointed a new European sales VP. Neverfail has appointed Mark Lewis to the position. Lewis joins the company from Pi...

Vignette, a publisher of Web content management software, reported Wednesday that it has hired Dick Cahill as general manager for its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Vignette said Cahill, whose hiring is effective immediat...

Houston-based satellite communications provider CapRock Communications reported Tuesday that it has promoted Ron Long to the role of vice president of global engineering. CapRock said Long, who had been the company's director of engineering...

Austin-based Opus Healthcare Solutions, a provider of clinical information systems, said Tuesday that it has named Brad Karagin as the firm's VP of Sales. Opus said that Karagin has served at T-System, Dallas and Cerner Corporation, along w...

Dallas-based SoftLayer said Tuesday that it has added three new executives to the web hosting firm. SoftLayer said that it has hired George Karidis as Chief Strategy Officer, DJ Harris as Director of Business Systems, and Chris Menard as Di...

Houston-based Encomia, a publisher of Web-based mortgage loan-processing software, reported Monday that it has hired Phil Boyer as chief information officer. Encomia described Boyer as a 20-year veteran of the financial services industry, i...

Cedar Park, Texas-based EEStor, which is developing energy storage units based on solid-state technology, said Wednesday that it has added Morton L. Topfer to its board of directors. Topfer is a Managing Director at Castletop Capital L.P. T...

StoredIQ, a publisher of compliance and regulatory software, reported Tuesday that it has hired Dave Ferretti as senior vice president of worldwide sales. StoredIQ described Ferretti as a 20-year veteran of the sales, business development a...

Houston-based BMC Software, a publisher of enterprise management applications, reported Monday that it has hired former senior Oracle executive David Lavanty as vice president of consulting services. BMC described Lavanty as a 22-year veter...

SecureLogix Corp., a developer of voice network management and telecommunications security software, announced Monday that it has added Symantec executive Charlie Rice to its board of directors. The appointment is effective immediately, Sec...

Houston-based BMC Software, a publisher of IT automation applications, revealed Thursday that Louis J. "Lou" Lavigne Jr. has rejoined its board of directors. Lavigne resigned from the board earlier this year due to health reasons, BMC said,...

Pivot3, a developer of software-based high-definition storage systems, reported Tuesday that it has hired Marc Tanguay as vice president of sales. The Spring, Texas-based company described Tanguay as a sales and digital storage industry vet...

Dallas-based Syngence Corp., a publisher of electronic discovery software for the legal industry, revealed Wednesday that it has appointed Steven Ringelberg to its board of directors. Syngence said Ringelberg is currently the vice president...

North Richland Hills, Texas-based Cypress Software Systems LP said Thursday that it has named Amy Johnson as VP of Product Support for the company. Johnson joins the firm from The LoanLink Center, a joint venture of CUNA Mutual Group and Eq...

Syngence Corp., a provider of e-discovery and content analytics services, reported Wednesday that it has hired Chris Johnson as its chief financial officer. The Dallas-based company said Johnson, who is a certified public accountant, hails ...

Business process outsourcing firm EDS announced Tuesday that its board of directors has voted Ron Rittenmeyer, the company's president and chief executive officer, as chairman. EDS said Rittenmeyer will succeed Mike Jordan, who will resign ...

Dallas IT outsourcing firm CompuCom Systems said today that it has named Laurie Simon as Chief Information Officer for the firm. According to CompuCom, Simon will lead the firm's day-to-day IT operations, and set IT strategy and execute key...

Austin-based NetQoS has expanded its executive team, saying Tuesday that it has added Russell Wilson as the firm's Vice President of Product Design. Wilson has been at the firm since May of 2005, and has previously been at HyPerformix, ALVE...

Austin-based NewsStand said today that it has promoted Craig A. Miller to VP of LibreDigital, the firm's division which provides services to academic publishers. The new title comes in addition to Miller's current role as General Manager of...

Austin-based Active Power said today that it has appointed Uwe Schrader-Hausmann as Vice President of Technical Services. The firm said that Schrader-Hausman was previously managing director of the firm's operations in Germany. Scrader-Haus...

AutoRevo, a publisher of on-demand software for selling cars online, reported Thursday that it has hired a pair of high-level executives. The Dallas-based company said Sean Scally has come aboard as its chief software architect, while Bill ...

Object Reservoir Inc., a Houston-based publisher of software for the upstream oil and gas industry, reported Wednesday that it has hired Jeff Johnson to fill the newly created position of vice president of integrated reservoir services. Obj...

Corporate Internet service and hosting provider The Planet reported Tuesday that it has hired Stan O. Barber as vice president of network operations. The Planet said Barber will supervise the Houston-based company's Global Network Operation...

SensorTran Inc., a supplier of fiber optic-based distributed temperature-sensing systems, reported Tuesday that it has named Phil Longorio to its board of directors. SensorTran said the appointment took effect Oct. 1. The Austin, Texas-base...

Austin, Texas-based Bazaarvoice said today that it has appointed Andrea Wenholz as Chief Financial Officer. The firm, which develops applications used by e-commerce providers and online stores to manage user ratings and reviews of products,...

Information technology outsourcing firm EDS announced Friday that it has hired Michael Coomer as executive vice president for the Asia Pacific Region and as leader of the company's Global Financial Services Industry organization. EDS said C...

Semiconductor manufacturer Cirrus Logic Inc. reported Tuesday that it has hired Scott Anderson as senior vice president and general manager of its Mixed-Signal Audio division. Anderson, Cirrus said, succeeds Jason Rhode, who became the Aust...

Airband Communications Inc., a fixed wireless broadband provider for U.S. businesses, reported Thursday that it has hired Jennifer Mao as vice president of marketing. Airband said Mao oversee all of its marketing efforts, including product ...

Austin Logistics, a provider of predictive analytics software, said today that it has named David Diehl as Chief Operating Officer of the company. Diehl joins Austin Logistics from Fair Isaac, where he was VP Global Fraud Solutions. Austin ...

BMC Software, a publisher of enterprise management applications, reported Tuesday that it has hired Ken Mellett to fill the newly created role of vice president of North American sales. BMC said Mellett's primary duties will be revenue fore...

TechTurn, a company that specializes in recovering, refurbishing and reselling technology equipment, announced Wednesday that it has hired David Wright as its vice president of product sales and e-commerce. TechTurn described Wright as a 23...

COADE Inc., a publisher of plant engineering and design software, reported Tuesday that it has hired Douglas W. Hanson as controller. The company said Hanson possesses an extensive amount of experience in corporate financial management. Mos...

Affiliated Computer Services Inc., a provider of business-process outsourcing and information technology consulting, reported Tuesday that it has promoted Kevin Kyser to chief financial officer. Formerly executive vice president of finance ...

Silicon Laboratories Inc., a manufacturer of analog-intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits, reported Monday that it has made two changes to its management staff. The Austin, Texas-based company said it has hired Carlos Garcia as genera...

Dallas, Texas-based MedSynergies, a provider of analytics and reporting for the healthcare industry, said today that it has named John Payne as Chief Information Officer for the firm. Payne joins from Perot Systems, and has also served at E...

Austin, Texas-based Powered said today that it has named David Settle as Chief Financial Officer of the firm. Settle was most recently co-founder and CFO of Mirage Networks. Settle has also served at Exterprise, Dazel Corporation, and Conve...

Austin, Texas-based Teres Solutions Inc., a developer of direct- and indirect-lending software to financial institutions, announced Monday that it has promoted Tim Kelly to the role of chief executive officer. Teres said Kelly, who was the ...

Fort Worth, Texas-based private equity firm TPG said Friday morning that it has named the former CFO of Lenovo as a Partner and Managing Director at the firm. TPG said that Mary Ma will join the firm, focused on the company's China business...

Austin, Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor, a manufacturer of embedded integrated circuits for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets, reported Wednesday that it has hired Henri Richard as its next senior vic...

Plano, Texas-based networking products company Interphase announced Wednesday afternoon that it has hired Marc E. DeVinney as Vice President of Engineering. The company, which develops I/O subsystems and add-in cards, said that DeVinney joi...

Austin, Texas-based Cirrus Logic said Wednesday that it has named Tim Turk as its Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Turk has previously served at Cypress Semiconductor, Harris Corporation, and was most recently VP Sales for Avnera Corporat...

Austin, Texas-based NetQoS, a provider of network performance management software and services, reported yesterday that it has shuffled three positions on its executive staff. Gene Trammel, the company's former vice president of customer ca...

Richardson, Texas-based AirWalk Communications said Thursday that it has hired three new vice presidents for its sales efforts. The firm, which provides hardware for the 3G wireless market, said that it has named Neal Smith as VP of Strateg...

Pharmaceutical manufacturer ULURU Inc. reported Tuesday that it has appointed Tony Vernon to its board of directors. The Addison, Texas-based company described Vernon as an experienced healthcare executive who is also a director of several ...

AgiLight Inc., a developer of low-energy lighting equipment for commercial signage and architectural applications, announced Monday that it has hired Ron Wallace as its vice president of sales and marketing. AgiLight said Wallace will manag...

Round Rock, Texas-based Dell disclosed today in an 8-K filing with the SEC, that it is paying former President and CEO Kevin Rollins $48,462,495 in cash, in a significant increase from a previously severance of $5M. Rollins, who resigned fr...

Supply chain consulting firm i2 Technologies Inc. revealed Monday that its executive vice president and chief customer officer, Barbara D. Stinnett, has resigned. Reasons for her departure, which took effect July 31, were not revealed. Howe...

Information technology services provider Perot Systems Corp. revealed Monday that it has promoted two key executives and expanded the role of its president and CEO. Russell Freeman, Perot Systems' chief financial officer, has been elevated ...

Semiconductor manufacturer Quickfilter Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday that it has appointed Dr. Ed Staiano as its co-chief executive officer and chairman of the board. Staiano, who was already serving on the company's board of direct...

SensorLogic, a developer of asset management software, announced Wednesday that it has hired Larry Pereira as vice president of marketing. In addition to his customary duties, Pereira will help develop various wireless standards for the ind...

Silicon Laboratories Inc., a manufacturer of mixed-signal integrated circuits, announced Monday that it has hired Mark Downing to fill the newly established role of vice president of strategy and business development. Silicon Laboratories s...

San Antonio-based hosting provide Rackspace said Monday that it has added two new executives to the firm's team. Rackspace said it has hired Kiprian Miles as Vice President of Information Technology, and Thomas Hatton as Vice President of T...

Plano, Texas-based outsourcing giant EDS said Thursday that it has named Ronald A. Rittenmeyer as the firm's President and CEO. Rittenmeyer, who is currently President and COO of the firm, will also join the firm's board of directors. Ritte...

Medical technology company Kinetic Concepts Inc. revealed Wednesday that it has hired David H. Ramsey as its senior vice president and chief information officer. KCI said Ramsey will report directly to the CEO and will also be a member of t...

Affiliated Computer Services Inc., a provider of business-process outsourcing and IT consulting, revealed Wednesday that it has hired Christopher Leach as its senior vice president and chief information security officer. The Dallas-based co...

iTKO, a developer of service-oriented architecture testing products, reported Wednesday that it has hired Howard Sewell as its senior vice president of global sales. In this role, iTKO said Sewell will lead the company's worldwide LISA sale...

San Antonio, Texas-based Rackspace has named two new vice presidents, saying today that it has named Frederick Mendler as Vice President of Fanatical Support; and Klee Kleber as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Kleber was most recentl...

Voyence, a developer of automated network change and configuration management software, reported Wednesday that it has hired Gregory S. Donohue as its vice president of global enterprise and channel sales. In this position, Donohue will wor...

Surgient, a developer of "virtual lab" applications for software testing, training and evaluation, reported Tuesday that it has promoted Tim Lucas to president and chief executive officer. Formerly Surgient's chief financial officer, Lucas ...

Communications software developer Intervoice Inc. reported yesterday that it has appointed Michael J. Willner as a director. Intervoice said Willner, who was also named as the board's vice chairman, fills the seat vacated by Daniel D. Hammo...

Wireless communications service provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. reported Wednesday that it has promoted Thomas Keys to chief operating officer and the newly created position of president. MetroPCS explained that the move resulted from...

Dallas, Texas-based CREDANT Technologies, a developer of security software for mobile devices, revealed Monday that it has hired Darryll E. Dewan as its executive vice president of worldwide sales and field operations. CREDANT said Dewan wi...

Lombardi, a developer of business process management software, reported Tuesday that it has promoted two employees to vice presidential positions. The company said Damion Heredia is now vice president of product management and Matt Howitt i...

Austin, Texas-based Wayport said Tuesday that it has named a new Vice President of Engineering. The firm said that Peter Feldman has joined the firm from Nomadix, where he was VP of Engineering. Feldman replaces Jim Keeler, who will focus o...

Austin, Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor, a designer and manufacturer of embedded computer chips for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets, revealed Monday that it has hired Dr. Lisa Su as its new senior v...

Worksoft Inc., a developer of lifecycle automation software, announced Tuesday that it has hired Mark Harrow as vice president of services. Worksoft said Harrow boasts more than 23 years of relevant experience and will be responsible for de...

Houston, Texas-based The Planet, a information systems provider that operates a dedicated Internet hosting business, said Monday that it has appointed Steve Reichert as Vice President, Information Technology. Reichert will be responsible fo...

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has promoted two of its top executives, the business-process outsourcing firm announced Tuesday. Tom Burlin, formerly in charge of ACS's Government Group, is now chief operating officer. As a member of the ...

HelioVolt Corp., a manufacturer of solar power components, revealed Wednesday that it has hired two executives to oversee manufacturing and operations. Larry Peruffo, formerly of Applied Materials, will serve as HelioVolt’\'s vice president...

Austin, Texas-based SailPoint Technologies, which develops software for the enterprise security and compliance market, said today that it has formed an industry-wide advisory board for the firm. The company said that it has added Rhonda Mac...

Austin, Texas-based Cirrus Logic has named a new President and CEO, the firm said today. Cirrus Logic said that Jason Rhode, Ph.D., the firm's former vice president and general manager of its Mixed Signal Audio product line, was named to th...

Convio Inc., a software developer that specializes in helping non-profit corporations make use of the Internet, reported Wednesday that it has hired Gary Allison as its engineering vice president. He will report to Dave Hart, Convio's opera...

Sipera Systems, a developer of security software for voice-over-Internet-protocol and mobile applications, has hired Eric Winsborrow as its chief marketing officer, the company revealed Monday. Winsborrow will report directly to CEO Seshu M...

Austin, Texas-based LifeSize said Tuesday that it has named two new executives to the firm. LifeSize said that it has appointed John Doyle as Chief Marketing Officer, and Adam Taylor as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Custom...

AirWalk Communications Inc., a manufacturer of wireless IP networking components, has appointed Bo Hedfors and Dr. Yossi Zilberfarb to its board of advisors, the company said Wednesday. A 39-year industry veteran, Hedfors is the founder of ...

Hurst, Texas-based Handango said today that it has named Monica Hamilton as Vice President of Content. The firm, which provides content for smart phones, said that Hamilton will oversee all aspects of the firm's global smartphone content pr...

Richardson, Texas firm Tango Networks has named Alastair Westgarth Chief Operating Officer of the firm, the company said today. Westgarth joins the company from Airspan, where he was senior vice president and CTO. Westgarth has served on Ta...

Houston, Texas-based WhiteFence has named Jeff Wagoner as Chief Operations Officer, the firm said Thursday. Wagoner most recently was at ZipRealty, and has also served in management roles at Starwood Hotels and Marriott Hotels and Resorts. ...

NetQoS Inc. has hired Gordon Daugherty to fill its newly created position of vice president of corporate development and strategy, the company announced Tuesday. Daugherty’s role will be to oversee strategic planning and corporate developme...

Austin, Texas-based Neverfail Group, a provider of high availability and disaster recovery software, announced today that it has appointed Andrew Barnes as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Barnes joins the firm from a Europea...

San Antonio-based Rackspace has named a new VP of customer care. The firm said that Troy Toman has been named to the position. Toman was most recently at Kazeon Systems, and has also served at Veritas Software, Inktomi, Sun Microsystems, an...

Austin, Texas-based powered, which provides online consumer education programs, said this week that it has named Ron Green as Chief Technology Officer. Green joins the firm after serving at Question Technologies, Living.com, Orillion, and V...

Dallas, Texas-based Affiliated Computer Services a provider of business process outsourcing, said Wednesday that it has named Christopher Dellsnyder as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of ACS Government Healthcare Solutions. Dell...

Dallas, Texas-based Goodman Networks has appointed Danny Wade to President and COO, the firm said Tuesday. Goodman is a current member of the company's board of directors, and has served at Alcatel's North American Business and DSC Communic...

Austin, Texas-based Lombardi, a provider of business process management software, said last week that it has appointed Jim Luttenbacher as Chief Financial Officer. Luttenbacher joins from RealVue, where he was President and Chief Financial ...

Dallas- and Austin, Texas-based RipCode said today that it has added a new member to its board of directors. RipCode has added Mark Floyd, currently CEO of Entrisphere, as a new independent member of its board. Floyd is also on the boards o...

Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker Dell said today that it has named a new CFO. Donald J. Carty, a current member of the company's board of directors, has been named to the position of Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. Carty ha...

Richardson, Texas-based Sipera Systems, a firm developing security technology for VoIP and mobile communications, announced earlier this week that it has appointed two new executives to the firm. The company has named Ravi Varanasi as VP of...