SiliconBeat

I wanted to post a short note to let folks know about a couple of changes here.

Elise Ackerman, one of the contributors to SiliconBeat, has left the Mercury News. Elise had been covering the Internet, among other thing.

Also, Jack Davis, our data manager, accepted a buyout. For those of you who have been following this blog for awhile know, Jack was the main force behind Docu-Drama. Jack and I started Docu-Drama as a stand-alone blog back in late summer 2007 to focus on securities filings of valley companies. Earlier this year, Docu-Drama was folded into the re-launch of Silicon Beat.

Jack’s departure will bring an end to official Docu-Drama posts.

I wanted to acknowledge Elise and Jack’s work here, and say thanks to those of you who have been reading their stuff.

Cannabis Science, the San Francisco company dedicated to developing medicines derived from marijuana, filled in a bit more detail on why it fired former Chief Executive Steve Kubby last week in a filing today with the SEC. The company has authorized an internal investigation and “review by counsel” of Kubby’s “apparently fraudulent Read the rest of this entry »

Electroglas, the beleaguered supplier of wafer testing systems to chip manufacturers, said Friday that Warren Kocmond, the chief executive it named on Feb. 9, announced  on Monday that he would be resigning as of Aug. 3, although he will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors. The company’s chairman and former CEO, Thomas Rohrs, will replace him as interim CEO.

The company cut its workforce by Read the rest of this entry »

The board of Cannabis Science, the San Francisco research and development firm aiming to develop medicines derived from marijuana, resolved today to “immediately remove and terminate all corporate contracts” with Chief Executive Steven Kubby. Without citing specific instances, the board resolution said Kubby (pictured) Read the rest of this entry »

Glu Mobile, the San Mateo developer of games for mobile devices, said today Chief Executive Greg Ballard has “indicated his intention to transition his role” with the company, beginning immediately.

During the transition period Ballard Read the rest of this entry »

Palm’s new chief executive, former Apple executive Jon Rubinstein, has decided to repolish both its products and corporate brands by creating two new executive marketing jobs both reporting directly to him, according to an SEC filing this afternoon.

Named as senior vice president in charge of product marketing was Read the rest of this entry »

The housing market in Seattle is proving to be a bigger concern than originally thought for Evan Kaplan, the new chief executive at iPass, the Redwood City developer of software designed to help mobile work forces.

When he signed on as CEO last November, among the benefits he was offered was up to $10,000 per month in temporary living expenses during the first six months of his employment. The arrangement was to end sooner if Kaplan Read the rest of this entry »

Craig Nordlund (pictured below), general counsel at Agilent Technologies since its spin-off from Hewlett-Packard in 1999, and before that the GC at HP since 1987, is retiring from the Palo Alto instruments maker sometime before the end of its current fiscal year in October, Read the rest of this entry »

Could it be that Yahoo is finding it harder to hire a new chief financial officer than it expected. Its current CFO, Blake Jorgensen (pictured) is still leaving, as the company announced Feb. 26 when he became one of the first casualties of the house cleaning done by the Internet company’s new chief executive Carol Bartz. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Shannahan, who joined Kana Software less than 14 months ago, retired from the Menlo Park developer of customer communication software Monday in order to “pursue other interests,” the company said in a regulatory filing Tuesday.

It would be the end of Shannahan’s sixth CFO gig in 10 years, having also served in that capacity at Read the rest of this entry »