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Dev Ittycheria Joins OpenView Venture Partners

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) November 13, 2013

OpenView Venture Partners, an expansion-stage venture capital firm focused on providing technology companies with deep operational support, today welcomes enterprise software expert Dev Ittycheria as the firm’s third Managing Director. Ittycheria joins the firm after a successful track record of building and scaling world-class software companies as a founder, CEO, senior executive, investor, and board member. He will concentrate on helping identify and invest in the best expansion-stage technology companies.

“We are thrilled to welcome Dev to the OpenView team,” said Scott Maxwell, OpenView’s Founder and Senior Managing Director. “His strong background in entrepreneurship, combined with his deep operational experience and his knowledge of cloud, SaaS, and enabling IT infrastructure, will make Dev a very valuable addition to the firm.”

Prior to joining OpenView, Ittycheria was a venture partner at Greylock Partners, where he spent time learning the venture business at the leading early stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Earlier, Ittycheria was the president of BMC Software, where he and his team radically transformed a maturing business to outperform the competition on all meaningful financial metrics. Before that, as the co-founder, president, and CEO, Ittycheria built BladeLogic, a next-generation systems management company, into one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies of the last decade. The company went public in 2007 and was acquired by BMC in 2008. Ittycheria was also previously a co-founder and CEO of one of the first venture-backed cloud computing companies.

In addition to identifying new investments at OpenView, Ittycheria will also leverage his operational and leadership skills to help the firm scale for the next level of growth.

“I’m very excited to join OpenView,” said Ittycheria. “It’s a dynamic firm that has done a terrific job of differentiating itself in the industry because of its sharp focus on expansion-stage technology companies and unique team of full-time, value-add consultants. I believe OpenView is extremely well positioned to dominate an important investment category over the coming years.”

Ittycheria’s arrival continues the ongoing expansion of OpenView’s investment team. In August, the firm also welcomed Mackey Craven as an Associate from Bessemer Venture Partners, followed by Blake Bartlett, who joined as a Vice President from Battery Venture Partners in November. The team’s growth underscores the firm’s strong belief in the future of enterprise SaaS businesses.

Founded in 2006, OpenView raised its third fund in March 2012 and has since invested in five new SaaS companies. This week, the firm also launched a completely redesigned version of its website, available at http://www.openviewpartners.com.

About OpenView Venture Partners

OpenView Venture Partners is an expansion-stage venture capital fund based in Boston that is focused on high-growth software, Internet, and technology-enabled companies. Through its staff of seasoned operating executives, who collectively bring several decades of technology and management experience to the firm, OpenView is able to help portfolio companies quickly optimize their product, go-to-market, and organizational and operational functions. Founded in 2006, the firm invests globally and has approximately $ 445 million in total capital under management.







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Patrick Dempsey Joins The Peloton Project as Executive Producer; Actor to Executive Produce Documentary that Chronicles Cancer Journeys Through 2,500-Mile Bike Ride

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Lewiston, Maine (PRWEB) March 22, 2012

Actor Patrick Dempsey has signed on as Executive Producer of The Peloton Project, a documentary film that will follow the lives of nearly 40 cyclists as they prepare to take on this years Cancervive Peloton Project. The Cancervive Peloton Project, aimed at

ambassadorship of cancer survivors and awareness of their issues, is a 10-day bike ride that features a group of nearly 40 cyclists in pelotons of six, cycling relay style 24 hours a day. On October 2nd, the Peloton team will embark on a 2,500-mile journey from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Lewiston, Maine, where they will participate in the Dempsey Challenge, an annual

fundraising event for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing.

Woven throughout the teams journey across North America will be stories of cancer survivors, caregivers, and a young woman who has just been diagnosed. The Peloton Project Film will look closely at the people behind the cancer diagnoses to see what life is like for them before and after cancer and how they find strength to face the challenge ahead. The film will demonstrate the similarities in the journey of the cyclists and the journey of a cancer patient, all demonstrating a commitment to move forwardsometimes charging, sometimes crawling, but finding the strength to advance on the journey.

“I am very excited to be part of something that is so near to my heart: cancer support and cycling, said Dempsey. The Peloton Project will share a very important story with the world.”

Dempsey joins Director Ramsey Tripp, Owner of Trade-mark R Productions in Lewiston, Maine, and Producer, Laura Davis, Partner at Rinck Advertising in Auburn, Maine, as the team leading the charge for the film. Davis is a four-time cancer survivor and won the 2011 Amgen Breakaway from Cancer Survivor award for her involvement in community outreach and for demonstrating a passion for helping others with cancer.

For more information about the Peloton Project, and to get involved and contribute, please visit the following link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trademarkr/the-peloton-project-film. To schedule an interview with the films Director and/or Producer, please contact Ramsey Tripp by phone at 207-756-4515 or email to rt@trademarkr.tv or contact Laura Davis by phone at 207-755-9470 or email to laura@rinckadvertising.com.

About The Peloton Project Film

The Cancervive Peloton Project is an annual 9-day bike excursion from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which features a group of 30 riders in pelotons of six, cycling relay style 24 hours a day. The event is aimed at ambassadorship of cancer survivors and awareness of their issues. In 2012, the riders are leaving from Wellspring Calgary and will cycle to Lewiston, Maine to participate in The Dempsey Challenge weekend October 13-14, 2012. The Peloton Project Film is a documentary that will follow the lives of the participating cyclists. Woven throughout the teams journey across North America will be stories of cancer survivors, caregivers, and a young woman who has just been diagnosed. The Peloton Project Film will look closely at the people behind the cancer diagnoses to see what life is like for them before and after cancer and how they find strength to face the challenge ahead. For more information, please visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trademarkr/the-peloton-project-film.

About The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing

Founded in March, 2008, The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing strives to improve the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities impacted by cancer by providing free support, education, integrative medicine, outreach and prevention. The Dempsey Center is an integral part of Central Maine Medical Center’s Comprehensive Cancer Center as well as affiliated clinics in Rumford, Bridgton and Brunswick, Maine. Philanthropic sources and The Dempsey Challenge fundraising event allow the Dempsey Center to provide vital cancer support services at no charge. For more information, please visit http://www.dempseycenter.org.

About The Dempsey Challenge

The Dempsey Challenge presented by Amgen is an annual run, walk and cycling fundraising event in Lewiston, Maine, which benefits The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing. The two-day experience integrates the passion and support of those impacted by cancer with the hospitality of the community. The Dempsey Challenge provides a rewarding experience and unprecedented value to participants and partners. For more information, please visit http://www.dempseychallenge.org.

About The Cancervive Foundation of Alberta

The Cancervive Foundation of Alberta (Cancervive) is a non-profit organization established to raise awareness and support for Canadian Cancer Survivors and their families. Completely volunteer based, one hundred percent of all donated funds are directed to their benefactor and partner – the Wellspring network of cancer support centers. For more information, please visit http://www.cancervive.ca.

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Go Daddy President and COO Warren Adelman Joins Parallels Summit Speaker Line-up

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Renton, WA (Vocus) September 1, 2009 –

Virtualization and automation leader, Parallels, today announced Warren Adelman, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Go Daddy Group, Inc., will be a keynote speaker at Parallels Summit 2010. Parallels fifth annual users’ conference will be held February 22-24, 2010, at the Fontainebleau in Miami, Florida. Registration for the event is free for Parallels partners, customers, invited guests and other industry professionals. This global conference will provide a blueprint to help Parallels users transform their IT infrastructure into the cloud and increase the ROI of existing IT investments.

Right now, GoDaddy.com serves more than seven million customers worldwide and is known for helping people and businesses get online quickly and affordably. The domain name registrar, Web hosting provider offers 52 Web related products and has grown its revenue, customer base and employee count exponentially in the last year, in spite of a difficult economy.

“Go Daddy and Parallels are equally committed to delivering compelling new solutions to customers,” said Adelman. “We both continually work to improve how new applications and services are deployed, especially to SMBs. Leveraging the ‘cloud’ and making things easy for our customers has really driven our business.”

Adelman sees the Parallels 2010 Summit as a tremendous opportunity for IT companies to come together and discuss the industry’s evolution “in the cloud.” As Adelman pointed out, “Go Daddy was using cloud-based solutions before the term ‘cloud’ was even coined.”

Parallels Summit will offer in-depth sessions on a variety of topics for ISV/SaaS players, hosting/cloud services providers and a business audience. The 2010 event will feature an exciting mix of hands-on training sessions, best practice discussions, customer success stories and IT optimization opportunities led by Parallels professionals, customers and other industry experts. Additionally, attendees will have the unique opportunity to network with their peers, exchange ideas with Parallels executives and work side-by-side with engineers to gain insight into development techniques and get expert advice on how to optimize Parallels products.

“We are thrilled that a leader of such an enterprising and energetic company as GoDaddy.com will be our keynote speaker at Parallels Summit 2010,” said Serguei Beloussov, CEO and founder of Parallels. “Mr. Adelman’s first-hand knowledge, experience and insight into the development of this industry and what it takes to satisfy customers and cultivate customer loyalty will be an invaluable benefit to the customers, partners, employees and other industry experts who will attend this preeminent event.”

Visit the Parallels Summit conference website for registration and more details at: http://www.parallels.com/summit.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the fifth annual Parallels Summit, please contact sponsors(at)parallels.com. For all other questions, please contact: summit(at)parallels.com.

About Parallels — Optimized Computing

Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and cloud services providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 700 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit http://www.parallels.com.

About The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and Web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce Web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 36 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. During 2008, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all new domain names created in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

Press Contacts:

Kate Lannan

PR Coordinator, Parallels

klannan (at) parallels (dot) com

(425) 282-6416

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