Gaia Interactive is an online hangout where over 7 million visitors come every month to chat, meet new people, play games, and watch movies in Gaia’s virtual theater. Members can create customized online avatars and transform themselves into any kind of persona they want to be – classy, innocent, sexy, or scary, among others. An
Verticals onDemand is a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Founded in 2007 by software industry veterans, Verticals onDemand is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA with sales offices in New Jersey and Philadelphia.
SM: What is the story of Sabrix before you entered the picture? SA: There were three founders who were IT professionals at Techtronix. The CFO there, Carl Neun, was one of the early guys who recognized the need to take disparate systems and centralize on a central instance of Oracle. While there are a lot
Founded in 2005 by Aviad Maizels, Alexander Shpunt, Ophir Sharon, Tamir Berliner, and Dima Rais, PrimeSense specializes in 3D machine vision. The company has its headquarters and R&D in Israel and offices in California and Japan.
SM: You arrived at Novell to take charge of a project that was far behind schedule. What was your strategy at that point? SA: We spent a lot of time thinking about what we could do with the technology, specifically how to get it to the market. We made the decision, relatively quickly, to deliver
SM: I find it fascinating that you started as a tech writer and moved all the way to a VP of marketing. Can you tell us more about that experience? SA: The first company I worked for folded into Unisys. They had an advanced R&D group and I worked for them as a technical writer.
Here’s a new piece from Forbes, Building A Smarter Corporation, which discusses the use of sophisticated AI to enhance enterprise collaboration.
We continue our coverage of gaming companies with Trion World Network, which publishes and develops games that exploit the potential of ubiquitous broadband. By using the latest cloud computing technology and architecture, the company is transforming the way connected games are designed and made available to the public.