Jill Rubin, a Seasoned Marketing and Business Development Executive, Joins the Human 1.0 Team

Andover, MA (PRWEB) October 18, 2011

Human 1.0, a strategic consulting firm that helps companies understand, adopt and execute social business strategies, is pleased to announce the addition of Jill Rubin to the Human 1.0 team. Rubin, will focus on client development and strategic services for the West Coast and Asia/Pacific office.

Ms. Rubin has been a member of the management team of several successful technology companies, where she created award-winning products, devised marketing campaigns which yielded industry-leading results, and developed multi-million dollar channels to spur companies to rapid growth.

Earlier in her career, Jill worked on Wall Street for Goldman Sachs where she created investment strategies for some of the firms top clients. Ms. Rubin was later recruited to join the management team of a financial technology startup funded by Goldman and six of the leading investment and commercial banks where she created and launched the first integrated financial asset platform used by leading financial companies, including JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Fidelity, and Citibank.

During her career at Sun Microsystems, Jill led a team which helped establish Financial Services as the leading vertical at Sun and the leading provider of desktop and server technology for the Global Capital Markets. She recruited and executed partnership agreements with the leading software and integration companies, led the initiative for the rapid adoption of Java technology and worked with strategic and global accounts to accelerate the widespread use of Java-based solutions.

Most recently, Jill created Menlo Corporate Strategies, a consulting firm that focuses on high growth strategies for private companies, primarily in the areas of Internet, enterprise and financial technologies.

Ms. Rubin received her MBA from Harvard University and serves on the Board of Directors for College Track, a non-profit that helps under-resourced students graduate from high school and finish college. The organization has centers in East Palo Alto, Oakland, San Francisco, Denver and New Orleans. Jill is Treasurer and serves on the Development and Strategic Committee. She is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives and is now Chairman of the Board of Advisors.

About Human 1

Human 1.0 helps companies navigate through the fundamental shifts in business created by the social movement. We understand the people aspect of the social - the Human 1.0 - and understanding human behavior is critical to creating a successful social and Web 2.0 business strategy. Human 1.0 enables clients to harness the power of social innovation in the context of business policies, processes and objectives. The firm (http://www.human1.com) was founded in 2006 by Francois Gossieaux, who co-authored the best-selling book The Hyper Social Organization. with Ed Moran. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA with offices in New York and San Francisco.

Contact: Kelly Morrissey, Communications Director, Human 1.0

Email: Kelly(at)human1(dot)com T: (617) 871-0784

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Former Freddie Mac Executive Vice President & Chief Credit Officer Joins the Collingwood Group as Senior Advisor

Washington, DC (PRWEB) October 18, 2011

The Collingwood Group announced today that it has retained Ray Romano as Senior Advisor, working with the Collingwood Group to bring his unique expertise and executive leadership in the areas of risk management for consumer and multi-family mortgage products. Romano is a mortgage finance industry veteran with more than 26 years of wide-ranging experience in the areas of credit risk, operations risk, mortgage servicing, financial management, strategic planning, and capital markets. In his new role, Romano will work with The Collingwood Group to further help clients navigate the business opportunities that exist in Washington as a result of the housing crisis.

Romano has a lengthy and distinguished background in Financial Services. Most recently he served as executive vice president and chief credit officer at Freddie Mac. Prior to joining Freddie Mac, where he began as senior vice president of Credit Risk Oversight, Romano held executive level positions with Washington Mutual (SVP chief credit and risk management officer Home Loans Group), North American Mortgage Company (SVP chief credit & compliance officer, Mortgage Banking), and Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB (VP director of Underwriting Operations). Early in his career, he was assistant manager of CitiCorps North American Investment Bank in New York and Assistant Supervisor, Residential Lending Operations with The Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB.

Ray brings strong leadership and valued expertise in an area that is highly needed in todays mortgage market, said Brian Montgomery, vice chairman of The Collingwood Group. His involvement with our firm will supplement our already wide range of proficiencies in assisting our financial services clientele.

Tim Rood, a partner with The Collingwood Group, agrees. We are delighted to welcome Ray to The Collingwood Group team. His vast experience in risk and credit management will help us to even further enhance the benefits that The Collingwood Group brings to our clients.

Romano received his Bachelors Degree in finance and economics from Long Island University.

About The Collingwood Group

The Collingwood Group (http://www.collingwoodllc.com) is a Washington, DC-based business advisory firm focused on growing clients businesses, promoting revenue growth and increasing investment returns. The firm is led by Joe Murin, former President and CEO of Ginnie Mae, and Brian Montgomery, former Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner. Both played major roles in the federal governments efforts to address the nations financial crisis and restore stability and liquidity to financial markets. The firms expertise spans all aspects of Agency, non-Agency and FHA/VA housing financing programs; Ginnie Mae securitization activities; domestic and international secondary market activities and issues; primary and special servicing; full asset lifecycle vendor and talent management; and all elements of portfolio due diligence, acquisition, property management and asset disposition.

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Kurt Revis Joins Fellow Apple Alumni at Avatron Software

Portland, OR (PRWEB) October 11, 2011

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Agiliance Secures $10 Million in Series B Funding : Castile Ventures Leads New Round; Nina Saberi, Castile Managing General Partner, Joins Agiliance Board of Directors

SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB) July 1, 2008

"IT GRC is fast becoming a strategic imperative as enterprises seek to manage the risks inherent in their IT infrastructure and to fully leverage their existing security and compliance infrastructure," said Nina Saberi, managing general partner of Castile Ventures. "As investors in successive generations of information security businesses, we recognize in Agiliance the vision, management experience and differentiated technology to be a pivotal player, and to fully capitalize on the potential of this rapidly growing market."

"Agiliance has strong momentum in the IT-GRC market," said Patrick Conte, Agiliance CEO. "This funding will allow us to expand marketing and sales while also keeping a strong focus on product development."

Agiliance continues to extend its leadership position in the IT GRC space, one of the fastest growing information security markets. Gartner predicts this industry will continue to grow aggressively with a 70% increase in market size in 2008 alone. Agiliance is driving the industry in delivering innovative IT GRC products that align security investments and compliance controls directly with business objectives.

About Agiliance

Agiliance offers the most comprehensive and scalable solution for managing the interdependent disciplines of IT governance, risk, and compliance. Its flagship product, Agiliance IT GRC, enables businesses to develop a holistic view of their IT risk and compliance posture in order to make better business decisions. The Agiliance IT GRC platform is the first solution that combines a robust common control framework with sophisticated policy management, workflow, and automation, providing internal and external stakeholders with a highly effective, transparent methodology for reducing IT-related risk while increasing operational efficiencies and decreasing time-to-compliance. Founded in 2005, Agiliance is headquartered in San Jose, California and is backed by Walden International, Intel Capital, SVIC, Red Rock Ventures and Castile Ventures. For more information, please visit Agiliance at http://www.agiliance.com.

About Castile Ventures

Castile Ventures is a top-performing early-stage venture capital firm that provides financial backing and strategic guidance to help exceptional entrepreneurs build successful businesses. Distinguished by the deep business and technology experience of its partners, Castile brings a unique blend of sector expertise, investment know-how, operational insights, and connections to IT decision makers. Since our founding in 1998, the companies we have invested in have brought to market a broad range of products and services to serve the technology needs for enterprises, service providers and the mass market. These have ranged from disruptive enabling technologies through next-generation service infrastructure and delivery platforms to leading edge security solutions and innovation-enabled Internet services. More information is available at http://www.castileventures.com.