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Jackie Schneider, vice president of sales and customer service at Proto Labs, Inc., (NYSE: PRLB) received a Woman in Business Award from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Her leadership in expanding sales growth, and her position on the executive committee were key factors in her nomination ... read more

Dephasium Corp. (OTCBB: DPHS) announced today that it has appointed a new President and Director. Irma N. Colon-Alonso resigned her positions as President, Secretary and Director of the Company effective at the close of business on May 22, 2013. ... read more

Otelco Inc. announced that it has emerged from bankruptcy and completed its balance sheet restructuring process, including an extension of its senior credit facility. “Today, we completed the actions necessary to implement the final steps of our restructuring Plan,” ... read more

PFSweb, Inc. (Nasdaq: PFSW), an international provider of end-to-end eCommerce solutions, today announced the appointment of Shin Nagakura to the Company’s Board of Directors. In addition, the Company announced that Timothy W. Murray, a non-employee Director, is retiring from the Board. The changes are effective immediately. ... read more

Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, today announced that Robert T. Smith and Dennis L. Zeitler were elected to the Board of Directors at Fuel Tech’s ... read more

Bill Drummy, Founder and CEO of integrated marketing agencies Heartbeat Ideas and Heartbeat West, has been selected by Google to join its Healthcare Advisory Board. Established in 2007 to help Google users searching for health information make more empowered ... read more

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (OTCQB: ILIU) will host a conference call and Webcast today at 4:30 p.m. (EDT) to provide a corporate update and discuss the Company’s first quarter results. As reported previously this week, Interleukin has raised $12 million ... read more

Silicon Labs (Nasdaq: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that the company’s interim CFO and board member, Bill Bock, will be returning to the management team on a permanent basis as president, reporting to ... read more

The MEF has launched the Service Operations Committee (SOC), the organization’s first new committee in eight years, joining the existing technical, marketing and certification committees. The purpose of the Service Operations Committee, which has widespread support from MEF members, ... read more

Demand Media® (NYSE: DMD) announced today that Executive Vice President, Revenue, Jeff Dossett, has been promoted to Chief Revenue Officer, replacing Demand Media’s Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, Joanne Bradford, who is stepping down to pursue a new opportunity with one of ... read more

The Navy SEAL Foundation, a non-profit organization providing critical aid and ongoing support to the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community, announced today that the Board of Directors has appointed Robin King to the new position of Chief Executive Officer. The position was created as part of ... read more

Khosla Ventures, a venture assistance firm that focuses on sustainability and technology startups, announced today that Benjamin Ling, a former Google, Facebook and YouTube executive, will join the firm. Most recently Ben was chief operating officer at Badoo, where he oversaw product, engineering, marketing, operations, business ... read more

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA) ("Tessera" or the "Company") today announced it has entered into a settlement agreement with Starboard Value LP (“Starboard”) regarding the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Pursuant to the agreement, after the Company’s upcoming 2013 Annual Meeting (the “Annual ... read more

Just two months since the company’s launch out of stealth, Looker Data Sciences, Inc. announced two major additions to their team of veteran product engineers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs who are pioneering the next generation of data discovery. Frank Bien, former VP of Business Development for ... read more

SRA International, Inc., a leading provider of IT solutions and professional services to government organizations, today announced the appointments of Paul Nedzbala to senior vice president of the Civil Government Group, and Tom Nixon to senior vice president of the Health Group, reporting to Executive Vice ... read more

SST, Inc., today announced that Bill Bratton, chief executive officer of The Bratton Group, LLC and Bratton Technologies, has joined the company’s board of directors, effective April 12, 2013. Bratton was the former Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department and Police Commissioner of ... read more

Liquidity Services, Inc., the leader in the surplus goods marketplace, is pleased to announce that its CFO and Treasurer James Rallo, has been recognized as CFO of the Year by the Tech Council of Maryland (TCM). As Maryland’s largest technology trade association with more than 400 ... read more

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (“ACT”; OTCQB: ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, today announced the appointment of Edward “Ted” Myles, CPA, as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Myles joins the Company with nearly 20 years of progressive finance ... read more

Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) today announced that Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, Ph.D., has been named the company’s Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Dr. Artavanis-Tsakonas had served as interim CSO while on sabbatical from Harvard Medical School. He will now continue in this role in a permanent ... read more

SciQuest (NASDAQ: SQI), a leading provider of cloud-based business automation solutions for spend management, today announced that Stephen Wiehe has been elected chairman of the board of directors. Tim Buckley, the former COO of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), was also appointed as lead independent ... read more