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EXECUTIVE CHANGES FOR Friday, June 01, 2001
TOP MANAGEMENT
?Arexis Names New CEO from AstraZeneca
VC PERSONNEL
?Royal Bank Capital Partners Adds Director to IT Fund
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
?MySkyWeb Adds Michael Griffiths, John Sabella to Exec Team
MARKETING & SALES
?Centerpoint Broadband Adds Jay Bowker as Worldwide Sales VP
?Purple Solutions Adds Ex-bEvents Exec Keith Lashley as VP
?XACT Radio Network Names Scott Bonn as Sales VP
?Tharas Systems Adds Rahm Shastry as Senior VP 
OPERATIONS
?Akibia Opens Chicago Office, Roy Schuster Appointed VP
?AXS Technologies Names Michel Benard European Gen. Mgr.
?DivXNetworks Names Eotec Founder Shahi Ghanem as COO
FINANCE
?Semantix Names Ron Johnston Acting Chief Financial Officer
TECHNOLOGY
?Discovery Therapeutics Adds William Wheeler, Kenneth Rice
?Rare Medium Exec Michael Flickman Joins The FeedRoom as CTO
?Osprey Systems Promotes Bruce Wright and Ben Pureza



EXECUTIVE SEARCHES
 SR. DIRECTOR, QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS-NEW YORK
 VP MARKETING-CUPERTINO, CA
 VP MARKETING-SEATTLE
 DIRECTOR OF UK ADVERTISING SALES-LONDON
 VICE PRESIDENT-LOS ANGELES AREA
 DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT-ITHACA, NY





TOP MANAGEMENT
Arexis Names New CEO from AstraZeneca
mail? top

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (VENTUREWIRE) -- Arexis, a biotechnology firm discovering 
the genetic compounds of metabolic and inflammatory diseases, announced the 
appointment of Lennart Hansson as the company's new CEO. Dr. Hansson, who was 
previously the CEO at AstraZeneca's cardiovascular and gastrointestinal 
research division, is replacing Arexis's co-founder, Vidar Wendel-Hansen, who 
will now be the chief business officer. Bjorn Lowenadler, also formerly of 
AstraZeneca's cardiovascular and gastrointestinal research division, is 
joining Arexis as the chief scientific officer. Arexis recently announced 
closing a $4.5 million first round from 3i, SEB Foretagsinvest, 
InnovationsKapital, and individuals. 
http://www.arexis.com



VC PERSONNEL
Royal Bank Capital Partners Adds Director to IT Fund
mail? top

TORONTO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Royal Bank Capital Partners, the private equity arm 
of Royal Bank of Canada, said Greg Connor has joined the information 
technology fund as director. He had served as partner at MM Venture Partners, 
where he focused on early-stage IT and biotechnology companies. Prior to MM 
Venture Partners, Mr. Connor held positions at Tandem Computers and Credit 
Suisse First Boston. Mr. Connor joins Richard Black, private equity fund 
manager, and Doug Lucky, director, in forming a new management team for the 
IT fund. The new management, which formed over the last several months, will 
focus predominantly on early-stage investments. Of  prior investments, 
roughly one-third focused on early-stage deals. As director Mr. Connor will 
focus on the enterprise software, IP infrastructure, and fabless 
semiconductor sectors. The evergreen IT fund currently manages $100 million, 
$65 million of which has been committed. The fund makes institutional-round 
investments that total between $2 million and $10 million.
http://www.rbcap.com



BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MySkyWeb Adds Michael Griffiths, John Sabella to Exec Team
mail? top

SAN RAMON, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- MySkyWeb, a wireless application provider, 
said it added Michael P. Griffiths as vice president of business development 
and worldwide sales. Mr. Griffiths will manage, develop, and execute a 
business plan to promote sales of the company's technologies. Previously, Mr. 
Griffiths was vice president of sales at Mvion, a wireless infrastructure 
software company. Also added was John Sabella as vice president of 
engineering. Mr. Sabella formerly served as vice president of engineering at 
DoubleClick, an online advertising management firm. MySkyWeb is funded by 
Aslan Angel Investor Group.
http://www.myskyweb.com



MARKETING & SALES
Centerpoint Broadband Adds Jay Bowker as Worldwide Sales VP
mail? top

SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, an 
optical networking company, said it appointed Jay Bowker as vice president of 
optical worldwide sales. Mr. Bowker will be responsible for building and 
supporting worldwide sales activities for the company's Lightwave Efficient 
Networks Solutions family. Mr. Bowker formerly held positions with companies 
such as Alidian Networks, Vina Technologies, 3Com, and OnStream Networks. 
Centerpoint Broadband Technologies is backed by Amerindo Investment Advisors, 
BancBoston Capital, BancBoston Ventures, Cisco Systems, ComVentures, Essex 
Investment Management, Firsthand Capital Management, Menlo Ventures, MKG 
Group, MKG-SBC Investments, Octane Capital Management, Oppenheimer Funds, 
Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, Putnam Investments, The Kaufmann Fund, U.S. 
Venture Partners, USVP, and Viventures Partners.
http://www.centerpoint.com



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Purple Solutions Adds Ex-bEvents Exec Keith Lashley as VP
mail? top

SEATTLE  (VENTUREWIRE) -- Purple Solutions, a provider of CRM services for 
managing enterprise sales force automation functions, said it appointed Keith 
Lashley vice president of sales and marketing. Mr. Lashley will be 
responsible for the expansion of the company's strategic partner network, 
external sales force, and marketing initiatives. Prior to joining the company 
Mr. Lashley was vice president of marketing and business development at 
bEvents.com, an ASP software provider to the meeting and event industry. 
Purple Solutions is backed by individual investors. 
http://www.purpleinc.com


XACT Radio Network Names Scott Bonn as Sales VP
mail? top

DENVER (VENTUREWIRE) -- XACT Radio Network, a custom radio service for 
traditional radio stations, said it named Scott Bonn vice president of sales. 
Mr. Bonn formerly worked at SonicNet, MTVi's online music content site, where 
he was responsible for sales, marketing, product branding, advertising, 
research, and promotions. XACT Radio Network is backed by individuals.
http://www.xactradio.com


Tharas Systems Adds Rahm Shastry as Senior VP 
mail? top

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Tharas Systems, a developer of hardware 
accelerators for electronics design, said it named Rahm Shastry as senior 
vice president of marketing and sales, reporting to Prabhu Goel, chairman and 
CEO. Mr. Shastry formerly was group director for logic design and 
verification at Cadence Design Systems. Tharas Systems is backed by Alliance 
Venture Management.
http://www.tharas.com



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OPERATIONS
Akibia Opens Chicago Office, Roy Schuster Appointed VP
mail? top

BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Akibia Consulting, a provider of CRM services, said 
it named Roy Schuster as vice president of its new Chicago office, overseeing 
business development and client engagement delivery. Prior to joining the 
company, Mr. Schuster was a principal at Lante, an Internet consulting firm 
focused on building online markets. Akibia is backed by Ascent Venture 
Management, Citizens Capital, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, and HarbourVest 
Partners.
http://www.akibia.com


AXS Technologies Names Michel Benard European Gen. Mgr.
mail? top

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (VENTUREWIRE) -- AXS Technologies, a developer of digital 
imaging software, said it named Michel Benard European general manager. Mr. 
Benard will oversee European operations, research and design, and sales and 
administration out of the Lusanne, Switzerland office. Mr. Benard most 
recently served as technology transfer product manager at Hewlett-Packard. 
AXS Technologies is funded by FastTrack Capital, and Sonnenschein Nath & 
Rosenthal.
http://www.axstech.com


DivXNetworks Names Eotec Founder Shahi Ghanem as COO
mail? top

SAN DIEGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- DivXNetworks, which enables digital delivery of 
video-on-demand over Internet protocol networks, said it named Shahi Ghanem 
as chief operating officer. Mr. Ghanem was formerly co-founder and president 
of Eotec, a professional services firm for early-stage technology companies. 
Prior to founding Eotec, Mr. Ghanem served as vice president of technology 
and electronic business for Greens.com, a provider of online business 
services to the golf industry. DivXNetworks is backed by Beijing Technology 
Fund, Draper Atlantic, Draper International, WI Harper Group, and Zone 
Ventures.
http://www.divxnetworks.com



Enterprise Outlook 2001


FINANCE
Semantix Names Ron Johnston Acting Chief Financial Officer
mail? top

HERNDON, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Semantix, a knowledge management company, said 
it named Ron Johnston as acting chief financial officer. Mr. Johnston is also 
a director of the company's board of directors and formerly served as a 
founding member of Internet Enterprises, a technology incubator and financial 
services firm. Semantix is backed by Innovatech Grand Montr,al and Sofinov.
http://www.semantix.com



TECHNOLOGY
Discovery Therapeutics Adds William Wheeler, Kenneth Rice
mail? top

RICHMOND, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Discovery Therapeutics, which develops 
therapeutic products related to adenosine and dopamine, as well as skin 
barrier modulators that enhance skin permeability, said it appointed William 
S. Wheeler vice president and chief medical officer. Prior to joining the 
company, Dr. Wheeler was vice president of cardiovascular/critical care at 
Quintiles. The company also announced the addition of Kenneth L. Rice as vice 
president and chief commercial officer. Mr. Rice formerly served as vice 
president, CFO, secretary, treasurer, and in-house counsel at MacroChem. 
Discovery Therapeutics is backed by Alliance Technology Ventures and 
Sanderling Ventures.
http://www.discoverytherapeutics.com


Rare Medium Exec Michael Flickman Joins The FeedRoom as CTO
mail? top

NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- The FeedRoom, a broadband news network, said it 
named Michael Flickman chief technology officer. Prior to joining the 
company, Mr. Flickman was chief technology officer at Concrete. Prior to 
that, Mr. Flickman was vice president of technology at Rare Medium where he 
managed software development, systems integrations, reusable component 
strategy, and network consulting services. The FeedRoom is backed by Angel 
Investors, Arlington Capital Partners, Bear Sterns Constellation Ventures, 
Constellation Ventures, i-Hatch Ventures, Intel, NBC, New York City 
Investment Fund, Ridgewood Capital, Telesoft, Tribune Ventures, and Warburg 
Pincus Equity Partners.
http://www.feedroom.com


Osprey Systems Promotes Bruce Wright and Ben Pureza
mail? top

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Osprey Systems, a provider of online 
business consulting and technology services, said it promoted Bruce Wright to 
the post of vice president of application services. Mr. Wright joined the 
company in 1999 as practice director of e-business services. Prior to joining 
the company, he was Southeastern regional director of e-business services for 
Oracle. Also promoted was Ben Pureza to SAP Practice Manager. Prior to 
joining the company, Mr. Pureza was delivery manager of SAP Project Services 
at Deloitte & Touche. Osprey is backed by BA Venture Partners, Bank of 
America Capital Investors, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners.
http://www.ospreyus.com




EXECUTIVE SEARCHES

Sr. Director, Quantitative Analytics- New York - Marketing Infrastructure 
Services

Wheelhouse, which designs implements and manages strategic Internet marketing 
systems, seeks a leader with a unique combination of solid quantitative 
analytics, modeling, and business intelligence skills along with business 
development skills. This position involves significant pre-sales and sales 
involvement, billable client work, and participation in the ongoing 
definition and development of analytic service offerings. 
The candidate will be responsible for:
* Participating in the sales process to identify and articulate strategic 
analytic solutions 
* Determining appropriate statistical technique(s) to meet client needs 
* Managing and potentially designing and programming SAS macros to expedite 
modeling EDA process and accountable for ensuring quality on all projects 
* Collaborating with the Service Development team to identify, prioritize, 
develop and expand suite of analytic services and offerings 
* Representing Wheelhouse in marketing/analytic forums 
* Consulting on client and internal projects 

Qualifications: 
Education: Masters or MBA required; Masters or PhD in Statistics or 
Econometrics strongly desired 
Experience: 7-10 years of experience including extensive consulting 
experience in database marketing, marketing analytics, Internet marketing 
and/or e-commerce business issues. This individual should have significant 
experience working with the following statistical techniques as they apply to 
marketing: 
* Logistic regression 
* Factor analysis 
* Decision Tree Modeling (i.e., CHAID, CART, C4.5, etc.) 
* Cluster Analysis 
* Segmentation 

e-mail: HR@wheelhouse.com
company: Wheelhouse
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VP Marketing- Cupertino, CA - Edge Networking

entrisphere is a startup backed by two eminent venture-capital firms, Accel 
Partners and Benchmark Capital. We're building the first carrier-class, 
converged 'first mile' systems that are plug compatible with service-provider 
infrastructure, finally providing economic service delivery of new 
high-revenue broadband services. 

By integrating several network elements, the entrisphere solution 
revolutionizes service provisioning and management of edge networks, yet 
enables service providers to leverage their investment in operations, Class 5 
switching, and IP routing. Our system is based on a state-of-the-art hardware 
architecture involving high-density and high-speed design driven by 
innovative software. 

You are responsible for our inbound product marketing and management 
functions. You are articulate, have ties in the service provider community, 
and possess a basic knowledge of the technology - ideally with a data 
background and an understanding of the existing public switched telephone 
network. Must be comfortable giving presentations at all customer levels. 
Previous experience in a venture-backed start-up is desirable.

e-mail: careers@entrisphere.com
company: entrisphere
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VP Marketing- Seattle - Communications Lasers

nLight Photonics is seeking a seasoned executive with a successful record of 
marketing and creating business relationships in the telecom industry, who 
will drive the market penetration and sales success of nLight. He/she will be 
responsible for directing all aspects of nLight's marketing and business 
development activities, including product management, technical 
specifications and marketing communications. This senior management position 
reports to the CEO. 

Primary Job Functions 
Develop and implement the multiple-product marketing strategy for next 
generation optical components based on nLight technology 
Work closely with the VP of Engineering to refine the product marketing 
strategy and to develop detailed documentation of product specifications 
Perform competitive analysis, decide overall market positioning and influence 
company direction accordingly 
Identify strategic partners and business benefits, and propose and develop 
advantageous relationships 
Develop and maintain nLight's image and reputation in the marketplace, 
effectively communicating and evangelizing the the 'company story' and 
positioning to the industry, partners and customer groups 
Build and develop a highly qualified marketing team 
Negotiated pricing, NRE, and licensing deals with prospective partners 

Knowledge & Skills Required 
Engineering background with significant experience in marketing and product 
development 
Strong personal leadership skills and a proven track record of developing, 
building and bringing new, sophisticated optical networking products to 
market Experience and success in managing complex system engineering projects 
requiring intense industry qualification 
Thorough knowledge of fiber optic communication technology 
Familiarity with long-haul optical transport technologies including EDFA and 
Raman amplification technologies is desired 
Familiarity with Telcordia qualification requirements 
Thorough knowledge of potential partners and customers in the 
telecommunication space

e-mail: hr@nlightphotonics.com
company: nLight Photonics
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Director of UK Advertising Sales- London - Search Engine

Work for a pre-IPO organization that has consistently been regarded as the 
best search engine on the web! The award-winning Google search engine is 
rapidly growing in popularity around the globe. Google is available in 26 
languages and more than half our traffic comes from outside the United 
States. Now we want more than half of our revenue to come from outside the 
United States. We need to grow our presence in the UK and are looking for an 
exceptional leader to drive the establishment of our London office. 

Responsibilities: 
* Acquire UK clients as well as establish strong relationships with 
advertising agencies. Primary method of acquisition will be client 
visits/presentations. 
* Prospect, qualify, negotiate and close key accounts 
* Achieve revenue goals 
* Build a local sales force and drive the establishment of Google's UK 
presence 
* Increase Google brand awareness 
* Manage UK sales force and day-to-day operations 

Experience/Attributes: 
* A minimum of 7 years sales experience with 4 years of management background 
* 2-3 years of online advertising sales 
* Established network of contacts with advertisers and agencies (online and 
offline) 
* Strong understanding of the Internet advertising space 
* Outstanding presentation and communication skills 
* Entrepreneurial spirit and instinct for revenue-generating activities 
* Valid UK work permit required 
* Continental languages ideal 

e-mail: jobs@google.com
company: Google
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Vice President- Los Angeles Area - HW/SW Engineering, Microscale 
Manfufacturing

We seek a highly-experienced, creative, and dynamic senior manager to assume 
a key position as Vice President in charge of the hardware and software 
design and development of sophisticated, high precision capital equipment for 
microscale manufacturing. Candidates must have a track record in the 
successful commercialization of automated capital equipment. Experience in 
bringing to market equipment for semiconductor manufacturing or a related 
industry is preferred. An extensive background managing large and complex 
multidisciplinary projects is a strict requirement. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 
* Supervise and coordinate Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineering 
departments. 
* Assume responsibility for systems engineering and specification of new 
products. 
* Develop budgets and product plans. 
* Work closely with V.P., Process and Materials Engineering to develop new 
products and expand the capabilities of existing products. 
* Interface with Manufacturing, QA/QC, Marketing customers. 

Requirements: 
* B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Physics; M.Sc. 
desirable. 
* 3+ years of experience as a V.P. Engineering or 6+ years of experience as 
a, Project Manager, or Mechanical or Electrical Engineering department 
manager 
* Background in capital equipment. 
* Solid track record in bringing to market successful products. 
* Good working knowledge of mechanical and electrical engineering principles, 
methods, and tools. 
* Solid understanding of software development, including some software 
development experience. 
* Project management background. 
* Systems engineering background. 
* Demonstrated ability to manage others. 
* Excellent organizational skills. 
* Excellent interpersonal skills. 
* Excellent oral and written communications in English. 

Applicable Background: 
* Semiconductor process tools or other precision, automated capital 
equipment. 

e-mail: box1078@venturewire.com
company: n/a
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Director of Product Management- Ithaca, NY - Optical Components

BinOptics is a pioneer in next-generation optical devices based on 
leading-edge semiconductor innovations. The company's proprietary technology 
places it in a unique position to address the challenges facing the rapidly 
growing optical components industry. Founded in 2000, BinOptics is privately 
held and funded by renowned Silicon Valley venture firm Draper Fisher 
Jurvetson and Stanford University. The company is currently headquartered in 
scenic Ithaca, New York and is seeking a Director of Product Management who 
will report to the CEO. 

The Director will be responsible for working with potential customers to 
understand how the company's technology can meet their requirements; leading 
the evolution of the company's products by determining the product 
definitions and the planning process; being the main ambassador and 
evangelist of the company's technology; building and leading the team that 
will develop and deploy the company's next-generation products; and providing 
product direction and guidance for the engineering team. 

He/She should be a dynamic and high-energy individual with strong 
presentation skills; have a very strong knowledge and understanding of the 
telecommunication industry, DWDM, optical components, optoelectronics, and 
photonics; have 8+ years of telecommunication industry experience; have at 
least 5 years experience with product management or engineering management or 
product development specializing in optical networking products; have 
excellent written and verbal communication skills; be able to represent the 
company in business as well as technical forums; and have an MBA and an MS or 
BS in Electrical Engineering. A background from an optical component 
manufacturer is preferred but not required. 

The job requires a significant amount of travel.

e-mail: careers@binoptics.com
company: BinOptics
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	WHO'S HIRING
	Telelogue of Iselin, N.J.
	By Giselle Greenwood
	Telelogue, a provider of telecommunications services that make use of 
automated speech recognition, knows the importance of a strong management 
team. Amir Mane, Telelogue's chairman, CEO, and co-founder, believes it is 
the most important key to success. Using this principle, the company is 
looking for a vice president of business development and marketing as well as 
technical staff.more>> 
	
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