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Ex-Digg CEO Finds a New Location

in News on November 15, 2010 at 12:52 pm PT

Jay Adelson, who bailed out as CEO of a foundering Digg in April, is getting a new gig, taking the helm of SimpleGeo, maker of geolocation tools for developers. Citing rapid growth and the need for an experienced CEO, SimpleGeo co-founder Matt Galligan said he was turning over the reins to Adelson and assuming the title of chief strategy officer. Also on Adelson’s résumé: Founding Equinix and Revision3 and co-founding Digital Equipment’s Palo Alto Internet Exchange (PAIX).

Pandora's Tim Westergren Speaks!

in News on October 11, 2010 at 6:17 am PT

Here’s an interesting video interview BoomTown did last week with Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer and founder of Pandora Media, where I interviewed him at “The Future of Music” forum in Washington, D.C. The former musician has ridden all the various bumps the Internet radio station has endured since its founding in 2000. Now, with a stable and growing revenue stream turbocharged by a popular mobile app and about 50 million users, Westergren talks about what’s next for Pandora.

Mr. Hooper: Cisco CEO’s Heir Apparent?

in News on July 8, 2009 at 11:35 am PT

If there was any doubt that Ned Hooper is Cisco CEO John Chambers’s likely heir apparent, it disappeared today when the company named him chief strategy officer. For Hooper, who was already waist-deep in corporate strategy at Cisco as senior vice president corporate development and head of its consumer division, this is quite a promotion.
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