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Jive Software CEO Elisa Steele

Jive Software, once a crown jewel of Portland tech, sells for half its peak value

Jive Software, one of the bigger enterprise-collaboration software providers of the pre-Slack era, has been sold to a private equity… Read More

Ex-Skype CMO Elisa Steele takes helm at Jive Software after CEO steps down

Elisa Steele, the former Chief Marketing officer of Skype, has been appointed president of Jive Software, the business software company that… Read More

Longtime Jive Software CEO Dave Hersh now heading up new data transfer startup RipFog

Dave Hersh spent six years in Portland helping lead Jive Software as its founding CEO. Now, the entrepreneur is working on another… Read More

Yammer rival Jive sees stock rise amid reports of potential sale

Following a report indicating a potential sale in the near future, shares of Jive Software were up more than eight… Read More

Tech Moves: VC Lucinda Stewart joins exec search firm; Exsilio names COO; WTIA hires Patti Brooke; etc.

—Seattle venture capitalist Lucinda Stewart is moving into a new profession, taking on a role as an executive recruiter at… Read More

Jive CEO declares that Yammer is ‘dead,’ says Microsoft is where ‘innovation goes to die’

Yammer may have received a $1.2 billion price tag from Microsoft last year. But, as far as Jive CEO Tony… Read More

Why this CFO thinks it’s easier to hire in Portland than Silicon Valley

Is Portland becoming the newest hotbed for tech talent? It very well could be, at least according to one CFO.… Read More

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