Tom MacMitchell (pictured) is the new General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Backblaze, leading cloud storage company. MacMitchell brings extensive experience as General Counsel, including heading the legal department for both public and private companies. Most recently, he led legal matters at Quantenna Communications, a high performance Wi-Fi solutions provider. At Quantenna, he also […]
San Jose digital optical equipment maker NeoPhotonics Corp. has hired Barbara Rogan as its senior VP and general counsel, reporting to Tim Jenks Chairman and CEO. Rogan has 20 years of legal experience in technology in both public and private companies. Before her hire at NeoPhotonics, she was the GC at Velodyne Lidar Inc. Rogan […]
Satellite analytics company HawkEye 360 Inc. has hired Dennis Burnett to be executive VP and general counsel. The Herndon, Virginia-based company says that Burnett joins HawkEye 360 with several decades of experience advising high-growth domestic and international space and technology companies in transactional, regulatory and national security matters. Previously, Burnett served as consulting principal at LMI […]
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Swedish life sciences investor Karonlinska hires a new top lawyer
Karolinska Development AB has brought in Johan Dighed as general counsel; he will start on May 1. Dighed will replace Ulf Richenberg, who will retire after more than 10 years with the company. Dighed is an experienced financial legal counsel and banker, Karolinska said in a statement. He is winding up affairs at Skandinaviska Enskilda […]
Anika Therapeutics, Inc., a Bedford, Massachusetts-based joint preservation and regenerative therapies company, has hired David Colleran as its first general counsel. In this new role, Colleran will lead the company’s global legal organization, including corporate governance and compliance. Colleran has worked in-house in the healthcare sector for years. He has been general counsel and chief compliance […]
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Survey: Americans aren’t really sure about their control over personal
An nCipher Security survey says that 28% of American consumers think they have more control over their personal data than they did a year ago, while 26% feel that they have less control over personal data privacy and security—or no control at all. So basically, it’s a wash. Yes, we know that that is not a […]
Featurespace, a software company that uses machine learning to manage financial crime risk for fraud and money laundering, has hired Don Riddick as Chief Legal Officer. The company says that with over 20 years of experience in legal services for major technology companies, Riddick will provide counsel and corporate legal strategy to Featurespace as it continues […]
St. Paul-based Merrill Corp., which provides software for the M&A market, has hired Patricia Elias as its general counsel. In doing so, she joinsthe company’s leadership team, reporting to CFO Thomas Donnelly. In her new job, Elias will support the company’s commercial efforts as it continues to expand its business globally. T Most recently, Elias […]
PayScale, Inc., a provider of cloud-based compensation software and data, has hired Kristin Boraas to be its new general counsel. In this position, says the company, Boraas will manage the growth of the legal department as the company increases in scale and complexity. Boraas has nearly two decades of corporate legal experience. She worked at […]
Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania-based Trevena, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on central nervous system disorders, has hired Scott Applebaum as its chief legal and compliance officer. He also has the title of senior VP of regulatory affairs in his portfolio. The company in a release touts Applebaum’s more than 20 years of management experience in the biopharma sector. […]
