12.06.11

Broadcom Breaks Into Top 5 Smartphone Chip Suppliers
An ONSP client, Broadcom is now one of the top five suppliers of chips for smartphones in Q3.

11.29.11

Aurora Algae Expands Team with new CFO and SVP of Sales
ON Partners places Connie Sandusky as the new Senior Vice President of Sales with premier client Aurora Algae.

11.23.11

GigaOM article on Companies leading the Battery Revolution highlights ONSP clients
ONSP clients Seeo, Pellion and Amprius are highlighted in GigaOM: Earth2tech article "25 Battery Breakthroughs for Gadgets, Electric Cars & the Grid."

11.21.11

CompassLearning Named to Top 100 Products
CompassLearning Odyssey was named one of the winners of the District Administrations' Choice Top 100 Products of 2011.

11.21.11

ONSP Client NRG Energy acquires Solar Power Partners, a Leader in Distributed Solar Generation
NRG Energy, Inc. [NYSE:NRG], an ONSP client, has acquired San-Francisco-based Solar Power Partners, a leading developer of commercial and industrial distributed solar projects.

11.17.11

ONSP Client Pellion Technologies Working on Magnesium Battery
Greentech Media explores the interest of Khosla Ventures and ARPA-E in the magnesium battery alternative being developed by Pellion Technologies.

11.16.11

ONSP Partner Shellie Williams to presented "How to successfully interview & select the Best Candidates" on November 16th for the series "QED@QB3: Monthly Discussions on Moving Bioscience Innovations to Market," reviewing how to select A+ players for your start-up companies by using Adaptable Excellence techniques.

11.10.11

Khosla Names Verayo Among "Cool Dozen" Tech Innovations
Celebrated venture capitalist Vinod Khosla names ONSP client Verayo a key example of one of the "Cool Dozen" tech innovations to watch in today's market during a keynote speech to the software industry.

11.03.11

Lighting Science Group Chairman & CEO Receives National Recognition by White House
Jim Haworth, CEO and Chairman of Lighting Science Group, was recognized as a National "Champion of Change" for catalyzing America's LED lighting revolution as part of President Obama's "Winning the Future" Initiative. Lighting Science Group has a strategic relationship with ONSP.

10.25.11

Daintree CEO Dishes on The Next Bright Idea
Danny Yu, CEO of ONSP client Daintree Networks, a provider of wireless lighting control systems, guest posts for Forbes' CIO Network on "The Next Bright Idea: Software for Lighting."

10.24.11

ON Search Partners Places Dr. Mark Nemec as President & CEO of Eduventures, Inc.
ONSP is pleased to have placed Mark R. Nemec, Ph.D., as the new President and Chief Executive Officer for Eduventures, Inc., a higher education research and consulting firm.

10.17.11

SolarBridge Collaborates with SunPower
ONSP Client SolarBridge announced strategic relationship with SunPower to provide panel-integrated microinverters for SunPower's AC Solar Panel series.

10.16.11

ONSP clients runners up in WSJ 2011 Technology Innovation Awards
The Wall Street Journal's Technology Innovation Awards cited Echogen as runner-up in the Energy category, Neato Robotics as runner up in Robotics and Verayo as runner up in Semiconductors. Congratulations!

10.06.11

ArrayPower Unstealths their Solar AC Module Enabler Technology
ONSP Client ArrayPower comes out of stealth mode and publicly explains its unique module panel electronics.

10.04.11

BioTime Announces Appointment of CFO
ONSP is pleased to announce the placement of Peter Garcia as Chief Financial Officer at BioTime, a leading biotechnology company.

10.03.11

Leviton Acquires Obvius Energy Information Solutions
ONSP client Leviton Manufacturing Company, a leader in electric devices, lighting energy management and commercial data networking systems, acquires Obvius Energy Information Solutions, known for their cost-effective energy data acquisition hardware.

09.30.11

ACCO Names Nguyen as VP of Engineering
ON Search Partners places Tuan Nguyen as Vice President of Engineering at ACCO Semiconductor.

09.29.11

ONSP Places World Class Talent in Top Positions at Veeco
ON Search Partners announces multiple placements with Veeco Instruments as part of an on-going strategic relationship, including SVP of Strategic Marketing, VP of Quality, VP of Marketing, Data Storage Division, and VP of Engineering, MOCVD Division.

09.29.11

ONSP Clients NeoPhotonics and Santur Agree to Acquisition
NeoPhotontics will acquire privately-held Santur Corporation for over $39M, combining their complementary technology/products to offer the marketplace a new and compelling value.

09.26.11

Mindspeed to Showcase New "Connected Home" Applications at 2011 Broadband World Forum

09.13.11

Sabre To Launch World's 1st B2B App Centre for Travel Industry
Sabre Travel Network is building a B2B application store for the travel industry, the world's first online marketplace to connect travel buyers and agencies, management companies and leisure operators with third party developers.

09.13.11

ON Search Acquires Williams Search Group
ON Search Partners expands its Life Sciences practices by acquiring San Francisco-based Williams Search Group, a noted Life Sciences executive recruiting firm. Shellie Williams joins the Silicon Valley offices of ON Search.

09.06.11

Two ON Search Clients Receive DOE Awards
SolarBridge Technologies Inc. and AstroWatt Inc. will receive, respectively, $2.3 million and $1.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy.

08.30.11

UC4 Collaborates with Red Hat on Open Source Virtual and Cloud Infrastructure Solutions
UC4, the world's largest independent IT automation software company, announced it will be collaborating with Red Hat to provide enhanced, enterprise-ready, open virtualization and cloud solutions.

08.18.11

AMD Technology Harnessed in Latest "Spy Kids" Film
Director Robert Rodriguez harnesses AMD Vision Technology to bring brilliant graphics and outstanding visual fidelity to latest "Spy Kids" film.

08.03.11

Pomeroy names Quish to VP role
As Vice President of Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Development, Chris Quish will be working to accelerate the growth of Pomeroy's managed services as a global leader in optimizing the IT infrastructure.

08.1.11

Vitesse Appoints Martin S. McDermut as Chief Financial Officer
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions, announced the appointment of Martin S. McDermut as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

07.25.11

DuPont Expands in Solar Energy with Acquisition of Innovalight
DuPont today announced that it has acquired Innovalight, Inc., a company specializing in advanced silicon inks and process technologies that increase the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells.

07.21.11

Conexant Appoints Steven Bakos as Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Conexant Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications, announced the appointment of Steven Bakos as Vice President of Worldwide Sales.

06.29.11

Boreal Genomics announces the appointment of Nitin Sood to CEO
Boreal Genomics, the developer of the SCODA nucleic acid purification and sequence specific target enrichment technology, announced today that Nitin Sood has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and member of the company's Board of Directors.

06.22.11

Largest Distributed Rooftop Solar Project in the World
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Prologis, and NRG Energy team up for the largest rooftop distributed solar project in the world.

06.21.11

Lighting Science Group Appoints New Chairman of the Board of Directors
Lighting Science Group announced the appointment of its Chief Executive Officer, James "Jim" Haworth, to its board of directors and to serve as chairman of the board.

06.13.11

Catacel Appoints Dr. Kieran Drain to Board of Directors
Reaction technology company Catacel announced the appointment of materials science veteran Dr. Kieran Drain to its Board of Directors.

06.05.11

Silicon Valley startups, investors target $100 billion lighting industry
Lighting has emerged as a robust and fast-growing cleantech sector.

06.02.11

Mitsui Backs Redwood Systems' Smart Lighting
Thursday morning, startup Redwood Systems announced it has raised $3.5 million from the investment arm of Mitsui, a Japanese conglomerate for its networked, smart LED technology.

05.06.11

ACCIONA Brings North American Wind Power Project Online
ACCIONA Energy's fourth wind farm in Canada is now commercially operational.

05.04.11

Luxim Named Best Emerging Cleantech Company by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Last night at its Energy Awards celebration, the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal named LUXIM "Best Emerging Cleantech Company."

04.19.11

Security startup appoints mobile.savvy CEO

04.19.11

Verayo Names Eric Duprat as Chief Executive Officer
As the new CEO, Duprat is positioned to take Verayo's unclonable authentication solutions to the next level for mobile security, NFC payments and marketing applications.

04.11.11

NRG Solar Lead Investor in Ivanpah Project
NRG Solar, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, announced its commitment as the lead investor along with Google and BrightSource Energy in the Ivanpah Project. Ivanpah is the world's largest solar project under construction, expected to double the amount of solar thermal energy produced in the U.S. today.
Fact-sheet on the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (SEGS)

03.30.11

Redwood Systems Appoints Energy Efficiency and Product Veteran to Lead Marketing Efforts
Sam Klepper, an energy efficiency and product veteran, has joined Redwood Systems as Chief Marketing Officer responsible for worldwide product strategy to deliver new solutions across the light and building controls area.

03.23.11

Broadcom to broaden chip lineup with Provigent acquisition
Irvine-based Broadcom will pay $313 million for Provigent, a privately held Israeli maker of smart phone data chips.

03.22.11

Achaogen Appoints Kenneth J. Hillan, M.B. Ch.B., to Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Hillan will fill a key role on the company's senior leadership team with responsibility for all clinical development and regulatory activities as well as pipeline strategy.

03.11.11

AstroWatt Appoints Curt Vass as CEO and Demonstrates 13% Cell Efficiency on Their SOM® Thin Silicon Solar Cells
AstroWatt, a developer of thin crystalline solar cell technology, today announced the appointment of Curt Vass as Chief Executive Officer and the achievement of a 13% efficient champion cell utilizing AstroWatt's patented technology.

03.03.11

Wallstreet Journal names The Top 10 Clean-Tech Companies
Companies that make everything from solar panels to renewable-crude oil continue to be big draws for funding from the venture-capital community.

02.04.11

NeoPhotonics, Epocrates: IPO Winners
California-based maker and designer of components for high-speed communications networks, NeoPhotonics (NPTN_) shares have skyrocketed since its debut on the New York Stock Exchange two days ago.

02.01.11

Glo Ab Appoints K. R. den Daas As Board Chairman
Swedish Nanowire LED Company selects former Executive V.P. & former Chairman of Philips Lighting North America as the independent non-executive Chairman of the Board.

01.18.11

NanoH2O Expands World-Class Operations Team
New VP of Operations joins experienced Directors of Engineering and Manufacturing to scale manufacturing operations in support of aggressive growth

01.18.11

Pegasus Solutions Names Tom Gallagher Executive Vice President of Revenue Generation
Gallagher brings more than 25 years of experience in sales and sales leadership to his role managing all global sales and account management activities for Pegasus Solutions across its distribution, reservations, representation and commission processing product lines.

11.15.10

Smooth.Stone Inc. changes name, adds HP, IBM execs

11.12.10

Inphi Raises $81.6 Million in U.S. Semiconductor IPO

10.01.10

LED developer names CEO, gains funding

09.29.10

Glo Ab Establishes New Engineering Center In Silicon Valley, Appoints New Ceo & Closes Sek 170m (Usd 25 Million) Investment Round

09.07.10

UC4 Software Fuels Momentum with Customer Wins in Energy, Consumer Products, Retail and Entertainment

09.06.10

GT Solar Announces Newest CVD Reactor for Polysilicon Production

08.30.10

Achaogen Awarded Contract Worth up to $64 Million by BARDA for the Development of ACHN-490

08.24.10

ON Search Partners places Jim Hunter as Vice President/ General Manager, Global Commercial Markets at Luminus Devices

Luminus Devices, Inc., developer and manufacturer of high light output, PhlatLight® LEDs, announced that Jim Hunter has joined the company as vice president and general manager, Global Commercial Markets. Mr. Hunter will be responsible for increasing Luminus’ presence in the general lighting, ultra-violet (UV) and display lighting markets.

08.23.10

Former Intel vet takes CTO post at AMD

08.23.10

Dow Corning Exhibits and Experts Present at 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference

08.06.10

NXP Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering

08.04.10

ON Search Partners places Steve M. Perna as Vice President, Product Marketing at Vitesse
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, today announced that Steve M. Perna has joined the Company as vice president, Product Marketing. Mr. Perna is responsible for global execution of Vitesse's market strategy for all product lines. In this role, Mr. Perna reports to Chris Gardner, Vitesse's chief executive officer.

07.19.10

Geron Initiates Randomized Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Imetelstat in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

07.14.10

IMAX to Form Strategic Partnership With Laser Light Engines Through Equity Investment

07.13.10

Cypress Envirosystems' Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat Wins Gold in ACHR News 2010 Dealer Design Awards

07.12.10

Veeco Introduces Precision Optical Profiler for Automated HB-LED Production QA.QC

06.19.10

ON Search Partners places Sheung Li as Vice President of Marketing at Discera
Discera, Inc., the acknowledged leader in CMOS MEMS technology, has appointed Sheung Li as Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Li has led the development and marketing of CMOS semiconductor solutions at companies ranging from 3Com to Atheros Communications to SiBEAM for the past 18 years, and has been recognized by the IEEE for his role in the creation of 802.11.

06.16.10

Inphi Files S-1 Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering

06.08.10

NanoH2O Selected by The Artemis Project as a Top 50 Water Company

05.26.10

Genentech Uses Complete Genomics' Human Genome Sequencing Service to Compare Tumor and Normal Genome in Patient with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer; Results Published in Nature

05.20.10

Jennerex Reports Positive Phase 1 Results for JX-594 Administered Intravenously

5.15.10

ON Search Partners places Mark Ignatowicz as Vice President of Operations at NexPlanar
NexPlanar, a privately-held supplier of the next generation of CMP pads, today announced that Mark Ignatowicz has joined the company as Vice President of Operations. Mark came to NexPlanar from JSR Mcroelectronics where he successfully ramped their Sunnyvale manufacturing facility and managed Operations at that site for the past 14 years. Mark has established a long and respected track record of support for top-tier customers. Mark earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University. He started his career with Sandoz Corporation as a Process Engineer and was promoted to Production Manager. He then moved to PQ Corporation in Berkeley, CA. as a plant manager and then to JSR in 1996.

05.07.10

Secretary Chu Announces up to $62 Million for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

04.19.10

ON Search Partners places Dallas Buchanan as Vice President, Sales and Business Development at Daintree Networks
Daintree Networks, Inc., a leading provider of innovative wireless control and energy management solutions, announced today that Dallas Buchanan has joined the company as Vice President, Sales and Business Development. 

04.15.10

Neophotonics Corp (NPTN) Files $115M IPO

03.24.10

MaxLinear shares soar following IPO

03.09.10

First Solar Signs Contract with PG&E for 300 MW Photovoltaic Solar Power Project

03.07.10

eSolar named #3 in Wall Street Journal's Top 10 Cleantech Companies

02.22.10:

ON Search Partners places Boris Mathiszik as Vice President of Worldwide Sales Of Innovalight
Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held firm selling silicon ink-based high efficiency solar cell materials and technology, has hired Boris Mathiszik as vice president of worldwide sales. Mr. Mathiszik was most recently Managing Director for Asia at BTU International.

02.10.10

Fortune: Why doing good is good for business

02.09.10

AMD Canada Slated to Receive $56 Million CAD Grant from Ontario Government

01.25.10:

ON Search Partners places Paul Rolls as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing Of IDT
IDT® (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.; NASDAQ: IDTI), a leading provider of essential mixed signal semiconductor solutions that enrich the digital media experience, has appointed Mr. Paul Rolls to be Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. Mr. Rolls brings extensive global experience in selling analog, mixed-signal and power management solutions, most recently as the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at International Rectifier.

12.16.09:

ON Search Partners places John Van Scoter as Chief Executive Officer of eSolar
eSolar, a leading producer of modular, scalable concentrating solar thermal power technology, today announced the appointment of John Van Scoter as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Van Scoter brings 25 years of experience in the development and implementation of global market strategies for emerging technologies.

11.16.09:

ON Search Partners places Chip Hambro on Board of eSolar
eSolar, a leading provider of modular, scalable solar thermal power technology, announced the addition of George (Chip) A. Hambro, retired Chief Operating Officer of First Solar Inc., to its Board of Directors.

11.02.09:

ON Search Partners places Bill Blackley as Vice President of Business Development of LEDnovation
LEDnovation, a pioneering product and technology company in the Solid State Lighting market, announced that Bill Blackley has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Blackley brings LEDnovation over 20 years of lighting and electrical industry experience, most recently with Nexxus Lighting, where he was Vice President of Nexxus Commercial Lighting.

10.26.09:

ON Search Partners consults with Laser Light Engines in placing Doug Darrow as Chief Executive Officer
Laser Light Engines, developer and manufacturer of ultra-high brightness, laser-driven light sources has hired Doug Darrow, former general manager of Texas Instruments’ DLP Cinema® Division to serve as chief executive officer.

10.26.09:

ON Search Partners places David Gudmundson as President and Chief Executive Officer of GreenVolts
GreenVolts, a leader in concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology, announced that it has appointed David Gudmundson as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gudmundson comes to GreenVolts with more than 20 years of experience in senior management positions at leading technology companies.

08.24.09:    

ON Search Partners Places Randy Reid as Vice President of Marketing at Luxim
Luxim Corp., the world leader in plasma lighting, appointmented Randy Reid as Vice President of Marketing.  As a member of LUXIM’S leadership team, Reid will develop the company’s marketing and alliance strategies, and implement program initiatives for its industry-leading LIFI® technology.  

07.06.09:

ON Search Partners places Jay Nunez as Mirics Semiconductor VP Americas & EMEA
Mirics Semiconductor appointed Jay Nunez as VP Americas and EMEA to spearhead the company's commercial growth in these two mature and lucrative regions of the world. Nunez was previously VP North American Sales and Marketing for processor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), having originally served graphics chip specialist ATI Technologies as VP World Wide OEM Sales prior to its merger with AMD.

06.23.09:

On Search Partners places Greg Winner as CEO of ZeroG Wireless
ZeroG Wireless, Inc., an innovator in low-power embedded Wi-Fi design, announced the appointment of Greg Winner as the company's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Winner has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and brings experience in product development, engineering and operations. He will be charged with leading ZeroG Wireless into the next phase of growth for Wi-Fi and the Internet of Things.

05.26.09:

ON Search Partners Places Keith T. S. Ward at Luminus Devices as President and Chief Executive Officer
Luminus Devices Inc., developer and manufacturer of PhlatLight LEDs, today announced the appointment of Keith T.S. Ward as its President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors.

05.07.09:

ON Search Partners Places Former Honeywell Executive Named CEO at Adura Technologies
Adura Technologies, which provides turnkey wireless lighting systems for existing buildings, today named former Honeywell International, Inc. (HON) executive Jack Bolick as its new Chief Executive Officer.

12.15.08:

ON Search Partners Joins Carbonfund.Org’s Partner Program To Offset Carbon Emissions
By joining Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree Partner program, ON Search Partners is helping mobilize a national movement of businesses and organizations dedicated to carbon reduction and climate change education and outreach.

09.18.09

Jennerex Completes Over-Subscribed Series C Financing for Aggregate Gross Proceeds of Over $5.5 Million

09.17.09

When Your Venture Guy Says Goodbye, BusinessWeek

09.09.08:

ON Search Partners Places Former Cree Global Sales Director Jeff Lagaly to Lead LED-Lighting Business Expansion for Intematix Corp.
Intematix Corp., a leading innovator in phosphors, LED components and solid state lighting modules has added more top talent with the announcement today that Jeff Lagaly has joined the company as Vice President of Sales, LED Lighting. Mr. Lagaly was formerly Global Sales Director for Cree Lighting, overseeing the sales effort that introduced and drove Cree's XLamp LED line to sales estimated in excess of $100M.

08.11.09

Relocation Not an Option for Many Execs Caught in Mortgage Crisis

06.29.09

Lighting Industry Needs Execs to Reduce Carbon Footprint

05.26.09

Executive Search Demand Up 30% January through April

05.08.09

Just 31% of Tech Executives Qualified For Positions in Renewable Energy

05.10.09

10 tips for doing layoffs the right way