Click Forensics, the Austin-based company which creates software to help people battle click fraud which recently raised $10m from Sierra Ventures, Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures, has announced that Paul Pellman has been named to the position of CEO.  In his new role, Pellman will oversee strategic company initiatives, operations, and key growth and business development activities. Tom Cuthbert, Click Forensics founder and current president and CEO, will continue in his role as president, focusing [...]

In case you missed it in the Statesman today, here is a great article about Bijoy Goswami, and his thoughts on Bootstrapping.

Austin Ventures announced that Thomas Ball and David Lack were promoted to partner.  Tom Ball has emerged as the go-to guy for investments that are more oriented towards Web 2.0. He sits on the boards of Bazaarvoice, Pluck, Spiceworks, Jigsaw, and Boundless Network. “In a heavily competitive Series A, Tom made the difference. His blend of entrepreneurial skills, intelligence, and relationship focus impressed our entire executive team. He is extraordinarily quick to respond when I [...]

TechTurn, an Austin-based technology recovery, refurbishing and resale company, today announced that Vito Fabiano has joined the executive team as Chief Operating Officer. Fabiano brings to TechTurn global leadership experience from key executive rolls at Dell and Pitney Bowes. Fabiano will be responsible for helping TechTurn fully realize its unprecedented potential within the exploding corporate green movement. Fabiano comes to TechTurn after nine years at Dell, where he was the founder of Dell Managed Services, VP/GM [...]

FiveRuns, a company that provides enterprise class management services for Ruby on Rails, announced that Todd Barr has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development. Todd previously held various positions at Red Hat including Senior Manager of Partner Development, and Senior Director of Customer Marketing. Barr will help to expand the Rails Application Management Partner (RAMP) program.

SemiSouth Laboratories, a Mississippi semiconductor company, has moved its headquarters to Austin. The move follows on the heals of the appointment of Vess Johnson as President. Johnson, who was previously President of Nascentric, Inc., an Austin Ventures backed company, will now be leading a company that develops silicon carbide electronics and power semiconductors. “We are very excited about establishing a presence in Austin, a vibrant high-tech community”, said Johnson, “We believe this will enhance our [...]

Austin-based Sailpoint Technologies announced the appointment of Darran Rolls to the position of Chief Technology Officer. Sailpoint is a technology company that is creating leading edge enterprise solutions in identity management and compliance. Sailpoint recently raised $10M in a Series B funding, and we featured them in a Q&A Wednesday segment back in November. “Darran is a vital addition to our team at this stage in SailPoint’s growth, bringing a remarkable breadth of experience and [...]