Palo Alto, CA | Belmont, CA | San Francisco, CA
Also known as: markcoggins
Writer Mark Coggins. Blog at Riordan's Desk. My latest book is The Big Wake-Up.
Palo Alto, CA | Alto, CA | Atherton, CA
Also known as: vivek
Vivek Y. Ranadive has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since our inception. Mr. Ranadive founded Teknekron Software Systems, Inc., our predecessor company, in 1985. In addition, Mr. Ranadive served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of TIBCO Finance Technology Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters Group PLC, from its inception until December 1998. Mr. Ranadive holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science and an M.S. in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
San Francisco, CA | Valley, AL | Belmont, CA
Also known as: bfr3nch
For more than 20 years, I have advised companies on all aspects of analyst relations programs including design, analyst selection and ranking, engagement, best practices, performance metrics, and social media. Since 2003, I have been an outspoken advocate for evolving AR in light of the broadening scope of influencers involved in B2B technology purchase decisions. These influencers include analysts, consultants, bloggers, academics, partners, alliances, highly informed users, and standards advocates. I’m a co-founder of Think Influence, a professional discussion and events group hosted on LinkedIn, and have recently been appointed to Senior Director, Industry Analyst Relations at Juniper Networks. Most recently, I was president and managing editor of Tekrati, a leading source for news and directories on high tech industry analysts as well as a thriving analyst relations and influencer marketing consulting business. Prior to founding Tekrati in 2000, I served as VP of Strategic Alliances and Marketing Programs at Secure Computing Corp. and held senior leadership positions at UB Networks, Novell and Honeywell. Specialties Analyst relations, influencer marketing, influencer relations, industry analysts, influencer identification, influencer engagement, corporate communications, social media, marketing, alliances, online directories, demand generation, channel marketing
Belmont, CA | Burlingame, CA | Menlo Park, CA
Also known as: roberthu
Robert Hu is the president of Sight Inc, a consultancy based in Belmont, California. Robert Hu co-founded Collabria and served initially in product management and later as VP of Strategic Marketing. As VP of Strategic Marketing, he was successful in creating initial category awareness of a new web services and drove the product strategy to be the category leader and premier brand for Collabria’s mainstay product. His background in product development processes, supply-chain management, technology adoption, and marketing brings practical management experiences to bear on strategy marketing issues. During mid 1990’s, with the convergence of electronic publishing and the Internet, Robert Hu founded DigitalGraphics, anticipated the emerging need for companies to connect business processes via the Internet by developing a number of supply-chain applications for the graphic arts industry to streamline his business. Apple Computer mandated DigitalGraphics’ technologies to be licensed to other print vendors in order to leverage the cost savings in purchasing and procurement of their printed collaterals. Subsequent development and refinement of these web-based business tools for the graphic arts industry eventually resulted in venture capital funding for Collabria in 1997. Prior to DigitalGraphics, Robert Hu was CEO of A&a Printers in Menlo Park, California. Robert Hu is widely known for his evangelism and development of “Virtual Manufacturing†concepts while the graphic arts industry was adapting to the new electronic publishing paradigm. Robert Hu had served on customer advisory boards for Agfa Corporation, Adobe and others. He received a Semi-Finalist Award for the 1996 National Information Infrastructure Award as well as industry awards. A number of his accomplishments have been cited in books and publications; one notable is in “Customer.com†by Patricia Seybold of Patricia Seybold Group. Specialties strategic market analysis, product positioning and marketing, product development, business process management, printing and publishing supply processes, small and medium business markets, business strategy, product strategy, user experience and interaction development, usability, graphic design
