February 2, 2012
Conspiracy Theories
Ed Techie Buzz by Dr. Mark Winegar
The “ed tech” discussion boards are buzzing with the usual suspects and conspiracy theorists hinting at a takeover attempt of education by Apple Inc.. Their fears are based on Apple’s new e-Book authoring system and iTunes University.
While iTunes University is an attractive LMS (Learning Management System) so are COURSEsites by Blackboard, and Moodle. All three are free! All three essentially offer the same capabilities. However, iTunes University is open only to institutions.
Apple’s word processor Pages has been churning out e-Books for some time now so e-Book authoring is not a new area of endeavor for the leader in computer technology. Apple iBooks Author simply specializes in e-Books. It has improved features which one would only expect. And this product is also free. The only requirement is upgrading to OS X Lion ($29.99 US).
Then there are those pseudo-developers whining about the demise of Flash. Once again there is an attempt to blame the late Steve Jobs for this diabolical plot. They forget HTML5 is an industry standard agreed upon by all of the major players involved with the World Wide Web. Even Adobe has plans for a HTML5 compliant world. I guess it’s tough for some people to learn new skills.
Speaking of skills! The most important piece of news to adult & higher education this week was The State of the Union Address. President Obama is rallying the troops around providing high tech job skills to unemployed and underemployed workers and lowering tuition rates. It’s about time!
Teaching the right high tech job skills requires attention to the specific needs of local and regional employers. This means schools are going to have to do needs assessment studies. They can look to community colleges for guidance there because such studies have long been required of them. I also suggest program advisory boards comprised of current professionals in the field. Hiring faculty with “real-world” experience is another essential ingredient for success.
Is college tuition too high? U.S. News & World Report (9/28/2011) reported findings from Moody Analytics, “The rate of growth in tuition far exceeded real estate appreciation even during the housing bubble.“ These costs cannot be sustained. However, our colleges and universities are weighed down by tons of fixed overhead expense. Look for innovative training opportunities from startups who have few expenses and can make decisions quickly. Perhaps we will see some innovative collaborations between brick-and-mortar institutions and web-savvy startups?
There is still the problem of getting learners and high-tech teachers together in the same place and time. Or is there? Much of the training can be done online using Learning Management Systems such as iTunes University and COURSEsites by Blackboard. It’s nice when you can improve service and productivity while lowering overhead cost.
About the author:
Dr. Mark Winegar is dedicated to advancing the quality of teaching by means of innovative technology. He is an independent IT Consultant, Educator, and Author; his specialties include software engineering, teaching, podcasting, speaking, and writing. You can learn more on Dr. Winegar’s YouTube channel CompSci Open Learning Initiative or follow him on Twitter: @MarkWinegar
January 31, 2012
Priority IT Jobs from Redfish Technology
Our top IT jobs this week are in: Software Sales Director, SaaS Account Executives, e-Learning Sales Manager, Cloud Product Marketing, Digital Advertising Product Management, LAMP Engineer, UI / Javascript Engineer, Ruby on Rails Backend, Mobile Software Developer, and more. (more…)
Priority Clean Tech Jobs from Redfish Technology
Our top cleantech and renewable energy opportunities this week are: CFD Analysts, EV Engineers, ESCO Engineers, Renewable & Clean Tech Scientists, Solar Application and Hardware Engineers, Wind Sales VP, Energy Efficiency Business Development, and more. (more…)
January 26, 2012
“Top 10 Clean Tech Trends To Watch in 2012”
 developed by The Antenna Group in collaboration with numerous cleantech clients.
Drawn from dialogue with companies in renewable energy, energy efficiency, alternative fuels, energy storage, finance, waste management and water, here are the top 10 clean tech trends to watch in 2012. “2012 is shaping up to be a critical year in the transition to a cleaner, more energy-efficient world.” The list is developed by The Antenna Group, the largest and most experienced clean technology public relations firm in the U.S., providing strategic communications for more than 40 clients in clean technology, renewable energy and sustainability. (more…)
January 24, 2012
Priority IT Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top IT career opportunities are for Business Development in e-Learning, Curriculum Coordinator e-Learning, Senior Technical Support Engineer in Converged IP Solutions, Director of Channel Sales in Healthcare Software, Senior Account Executive in Software as a Service, Product Marketing Manager in Cloud Services, CTO in Financial Software, Ruby, Java, UI Software Engineers, Front End and Web Software Developers, and more. Read this week’s priorities. (more…)
Priority Clean Tech Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top green career opportunities are Electrical Engineer Power Electronics in Clean Power, Multiple Scientist roles in Renewables/CleanTech, VP of Sales Wind Energy, Director Hardware Engineering and Applications Engineers in Solar, ESCO Engineers, Energy Efficiency Business Development, EV Engineer, Energy Storage Analyst. This week’s top priority clean tech jobs: (more…)
January 19, 2012
Featured Placement
 Nora Zwillick Nora Zwillick,
Sales Account Executive – SaaS/ELearning
This rapidly growing online curriculum company has expanded over the last several years, and now has more than 3 million enrollments in over 70 countries. The strategic plan calls for further development of both existing and new lines of online curriculum, in the U.S. and abroad. The VP of Sales wants successful, experienced talent with both direct-to-consumer and for-profit post/secondary online institutional experience. Redfish has been an integral partner in procuring qualified, dynamic sales talent in this sector. Backed by Paul Allen, this privately-held company is profitable, enjoying growth of over 75% consecutively over the last three years.
Nora Zwillick was hand-picked by Redfish for her background and personality. She has been in education for twenty years and sales for thirteen. Her sales record is highly lauded; she was a member of the President’s Club in her last position as Regional Sales Director, and was the first Regional Account Executive to make a million dollar deal in the position she held previous to that. Nora is intimate with the educational milieu, and herself holds an ABD in Applied Linguistics, an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, and an MBA in Management Information Systems.
“Working with Rob/Redfish has been a very pleasurable and fulfilling experience. Rob was always there to answer my questions and concerns. He provided me with all the detailed information about the new career direction that I was contemplating. As such, I was able to make an informed SWOT analysis of my career options and I am very happy with the results. I am highly appreciative and grateful for the services and the sensitivity that Rob/Redfish afforded me in my search for a better career and will positively recommend their services because of the assurance of optimum results.”
– Nora Zwillick
For more Featured Placements, see the Employer pages on the Redfish Website.
January 17, 2012
Priority IT Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top IT career opportunities are for CTO/VP in Financial SaaS, Cloud Product Marketing Manager, Product Manager in Digital Advertising, SaaS Senior Account Executives, Sales Development Rep in Performance Management, Director of Channel Sales Healthcare Software, M2M Lead Generation Specialist, UI/Java Engineer, Ruby on Rails Engineer in eCommerce, Mobile Communications Developer, and more. Read this weeks priorities. (more…)
Priority Clean Tech Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top green career opportunities are VP of Sales Wind, Director Hardware Engineer in Solar, Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Electrical Engineer, CFD Analyst in Energy Storage, Utility-scale Solar multiple roles: Project Engineer, Project Manager, Financial Analyst, ESCO Engineers and Business Development, Fuel Cell Program Manager, Multiple Scientist roles in Renewables/CleanTech. Read on to explore the top priority clean tech jobs for this week: (more…)
January 12, 2012
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Nationwide Recruiters in IT and Clean Tech
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FEATURED PLACEMENT
Zachary Gustafson, Senior Value Consultant – Tech Industry
Redfish Technology Places Senior Value Consultant at One of the 2011 “25 Best Tech Companies”
A leading provider of core software solutions for property/casualty insurance carriers commissioned Redfish to recruit top business consultants. This company is growing rapidly, earning a reputation as the industry’s benchmark, and was just listed as one of the 25 Best Tech Companies To Work For in 2011. The company offers short, intensive observation- and workshop-based consulting engagements designed to help insurance carriers evaluate their processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop business cases for core system replacement. The ideal value consultant has experience in the insurance industry as well as with enterprise software implementation. He or she must be an expert at quickly understanding process issues and problems, active listening, and ultimately presenting analysis and solutions in a form that is both visually appealing and intellectually satisfying.
Zachary Gustafson spent over 9 years in Accenture’s Technology Consulting practice. His experience centered on driving business results through the implementation of technology solutions for clients in multiple industries, including two property/casualty insurance carriers. Through multiple promotions from Analyst to Senior Manager, Zach showed himself to be a successful and versatile leader, capable of navigating complex environments and organizations to identify and deliver business value. Zach earned a BS in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. Redfish zeroed in on Zach’s experience and qualifications, identifying his incredible fit for the position and enrolling him in this exciting opportunity.
“Joanna’s initial inquiry via LinkedIn was the first “cold call” job opportunity that ever piqued my interest enough to respond and engage. She made the process as easy as I could have hoped – from presenting a compelling and relevant opportunity, to coordinating the entire interview process, to following up after my start date to make sure things were going well. We have already asked Joanna to help us with another hire as our team continues to grow.”
- Zachary Gustafson
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Social Media ConferenceJan 23 – 30, 2012
Miami, FL
Macworld | iWorld
Jan 26 – 28, 2012
San Francisco, CA
Solar Power Generation USA
Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2012
Las Vegas, NV
Clean-tech Investor Summit
Feb 1 – 2, 2012
Palm Springs, CA
Cloud Intelligence
Feb 2, 2012
Portland, OR
Technology Convergence Conference
Feb 2, 2012
Santa Clara, CA
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REDFISH MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
January 2012
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| Greetings! Happy New Year! from the Redfish Team |
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STAFFING & EMPLOYMENT NEWS
Growth Stronger than Expected
December’s employment report showed progress in job creation with a stronger showing than expects. The unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent, December payroll jobs hit a fairly healthy 200,000, private payrolls hitting 212,000.
The job gains were broad-based but the highlight is in manufacturing. Manufacturing companies were expected to add jobs for the second year in a row. Until last year manufacturing jobs have not increased in the US since 1997. Goods-producing jobs in the private sector added 48,000. Even construction jobs increased 17,000 in December.
The National Federation of Independent Business’s chief economist, William Dunkelberg, stated that “The good news is that the number of owners cutting jobs has ‘normalized,’ in the past several months, reports of those cutting workers have been at the lowest levels since the recession started in December 2007. … Given this trend, reports of new job creation should see a slight uptick in the coming months.”
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TECH TRENDS
The Top Ten Technologies for Twenty Twelve
I always love this time of year when yearend industry data is collected and sliced and diced and trends are forecast for the future. The technology trends from Gartner this year are exciting; some are a continuation this year’s thick of things and some are more sublime.
The “Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012″ report names the top technologies that will be strategic for most organizations in 2012. “These top 10 technologies will be strategic for most organizations, and IT leaders should use this list in their strategic planning process by reviewing the technologies and how they fit into their expected needs,” said David Cearley, vice president and Gartner fellow.
1. Media Tablets and Beyond; 2. Mobile-Centric Applications and Interfaces;
3. Contextual and Social User Experience; 4. Internet of Things; 5. App Stores and Marketplaces; 6. Next-Generation Analytics; 7. Big Data; 8. In-Memory Computing; 9. Extreme Low-Energy Servers; and 10. Cloud Computing
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TECH PREDICTIONS
Three Social Thunderstorms
George Colony, Chairman and CEO of Forrester Research, gave a speech on Social Media Trends at the LeWeb 2011 event. As technology doesn’t evolve in a constant manner, but rather “unexpectedly like a thunderstorm”, here are Mr. Colony’s “Three Social Thunderstorms” predictions:
- Web R.I.P.
- POSO
- Enterprise Social
Get out your umbrella and enjoy!
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CLEAN TECH TRENDS
Mixed Bag for Global Cleantech in 2012
Predicts Consulting & Analysis Firm Kachan & Co.
Venture investment expected to decline while corporate investment to increase; industries to watch to include agriculture, water, nuclear, renewable gas and marine power, company predicts.
The amount of venture capital entering cleantech will decline in 2012 for the first time since the global economic downturn in 2008.
For example:
Cleantech venture investment to decline – Kachan expects cleantech venture in 2012 to show its first decline in 2012 after three successive years of growth from the financial crash of 2008. Among the factors the company expects will continue to contribute to the health of the cleantech sector are China managing its economic turbulence, a forecasted rise in oil prices, global corporations’ even stronger role in cleantech, continued solar innovation and persistence of the fundamental drivers of cleantech. But these factors are overridden, the company believes, by other factors it feels will undermine the sector.
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DO IT YOURSELF RECRUITING
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By Ryan Thomson, Executive Recruiter, Clean Tech Division
When helping new clients on their hiring priorities, I encounter a common thread that some think recruiting fees are costly and somehow easy to earn. Recruiting fees are typically a percentage of the first year’s salary, and yes, that can amount to a large figure when hiring executives and top performers. During a recent webinar on Closing Candidates in a Hot Market, an attendee asked “Why should I use a recruiter, they seem expensive for a job I can do on my own.”
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WHY WE NEED TO HIRE FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE.
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Dr. Ira S Wolfe
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With an election year approaching and unemployment still high, lots of lip service and media ink are being wasted on ways to fix the jobless recovery. What a crock of $#!%.
While it is unquestionably heart-breaking to see good, hard-working, well-intentioned people become victims of corporate greed and negligent governance, much of the responsibility for getting a job (and keeping it) should fall on the shoulders of the individual and that includes individual executives and business owners.
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THE TOP 10 REASONS WHY GREEN JOBS ARE VITAL TO OUR ECONOMY:
Millions of Competitive Jobs Created and Sustained
Green jobs are integral to any effort to jumpstart our economy and reduce as rapidly as possible our 9.1 percent unemployment rate. The rapid growth of green jobs will boost demand in our economy by reducing unemployment, make America more competitive in the global economy, and protect our public health-all of which will result in greater economic productivity and long-term economic prosperity.
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HOT OPPORTUNITIES
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Priority Clean Tech Job Opportunities from Redfish Technology
This week’s top green career opportunities are in ESCO, Energy Efficiency, CleanTech, Renewables, Solar, Wind, Electric Vehicles. We are recruiting for VP of Sales, Director of Sales, Business Development Manager, Scientists, Electrical Engineers, hardware Engineer, etc.
View/Subscribe to our Priority Green Jobs 
(Updated every Tuesday).
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Priority IT Job Opportunities from Redfish Technology
This week’s top IT career opportunities are for Sales Account Executives, Channel Sales Director, Outbound Lead Generation Specialist, Product Marketing Manager, Chief Technology Officer, Project Managers, Software Engineers, Quality Assurance, Senior Linux Administrator, and many more. Industries include: Social Media, Networking, VOIP, Telecom, E-Learning, Customer Retention, Healthcare Software, …
(Updated every Tuesday).
Join our LinkedIn Group for priority job postings weekly: 
Do you know someone who would be a good fit?
Redfish also pays a referral fee, contact us today.
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Redfish Technology
Nationwide Recruiters in IT and Clean Tech
416 S. Main Street, PO Box 700, Hailey, ID 83333 – Tel. 208-788-8260
360 Thames Street, Newport, RI 02840 – Tel. 401-398-2929
142 N. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035 – Tel. 408-475-8260
www.redfishtech.com
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January 10, 2012
Priority Clean Tech Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top green career opportunities are in ESCO, Energy Efficiency, CleanTech, Renewables, Solar, Wind, Electric Vehicles. We are recruiting for VP of Sales, Director of Sales, Business Development Manager, Scientists, Electrical Engineers, hardware Engineer, etc. These are the top priority clean tech jobs for the week:
(more…)
Priority IT Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top IT career opportunities are for Sales Account Executives, Channel Sales Director, Outbound Lead Generation Specialist, Product Marketing Manager, Chief Technology Officer, Project Managers, Software Engineers, Quality Assurance, Senior Linux Administrator, and many more. Industries include: Social Media, Networking, VOIP, Telecom, E-Learning, Customer Retention, Healthcare Software, … (more…)
January 5, 2012
Social Thunderstorms – Technology Predictions from Forrester Research
George Colony, Chairman and CEO of Forrester Research, gave a speech on Social Media Trends at the LeWeb 2011 event. As technology doesn’t evolve in a constant manner, but rather “unexpectedly like a thunderstorm”, here are Mr. Colony’s “Three Social Thunderstorms” predictions: Web R.I.P., POSO, & Enterprise Social.
Get out your umbrella and enjoy!
Thunderstorm One -
Death of the web (The approach of App Internet)
Moore’s law is that processing power will double every 18 months. Storage doubles every 12 months (Hitachi’s law according to George Colony). The network curve falls below these however.
IEEE benchmarked the iPad 2, and reported that it is equivalent to a 1986 Cray 2 6-processor super computer – the preeminent computer in the world at the time. (Forrester CEO George Colony).
Forrester predicts that the emerging ‘App Internet’ will take over the out-moded server-located web executable. This means very powerful cloud services, connected to and interpolating with very powerful applications on local devices, and a migration away from web to apps. This is a $2.2 b market that is currently growing at 85%.
“The App Internet architecture looks like gaming, you can’t play Call of Duty over the web; you need a powerful X-Box PS3 sharing power with the cloud” stated George Colony.
Companies emerging in the app internet ecosystem: Apple (challenge is that Apple is over-charging by about 30%), Google (Android), Amazon (look at Silk), and Microsoft.
Thunderstorm Two -
Social Penetration/Saturation (The post Social Era “POSO”)
Social is running out of hours and people.
Data from the U.S. Department of Labor indicted that US consumers use social more than they volunteer, more than they prey, more than phone + email + snail mail, more than they exercise, and only a little less than shop.
At end of 2011 social adoption is almost complete: 86% of US consumers are social, 79% in Europe, and urban areas in China and India are penetrated in the high 90s.
This means that we are in a social bubble. As developers build more social platforms that require more time of users, be careful there are far less people or hours to penetrate. Forrester believes that we are entering the post-social era, “POSO”. The POSO wave will be of new players who are more efficient, faster to use, higher value per time equation.
Thunderstorm Three –
Customer-oriented Enterprise Opportunities (Enterprise Social is the next big opportunity)
Nearly three quarters (72%) of large corporations are implementing social internally or very interested. The reasons companies are interested are customer-centric:
• Better customer interaction (31%)
• Customer self-service (19%)
• Fosters internal and external collaboration (18%)
Enterprise Social means going beyond Sharepoint to address the rich and growing professional service market. It will require a new collaboration between marketing and IT.
Some of the emerging leaders might be Sales Force with Chatter, IBM, or a drastically improved Sharepoint.
George Colony lobbies for a semantic shift in terminology. He finds that IT is dead, and now is the time for BT (business technology). Enterprise social opportunities require the collaboration of the IT (BT) and Marketing functions.
To read George Colony’s blog article on the speech he gave at LeWeb 2011, visit his blog.
http://blogs.forrester.com/george_colony/11-12-08-le_web_2011
You will be able to link to slides from his presentation and watch the video.
January 3, 2012
Priority Clean Tech Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top green career opportunities are in Solar, Wind, Renewables, Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, and ESCO. We are recruiting for a Principal Hardware Engineer, Manager Energy Engineering, Business Development, Director of Sales, VP of Sales. These are the top priority clean tech jobs for the week: (more…)
Priority IT Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top IT career opportunities are for CTO / VP of Engineering in Financial SaaS, Director of Software Development – Healthcare Software, Principal Software Engineer in Backup and Recovery, Social Media and Enterprise Developers and Architects, Senior Account Executives in the SaaS arena, Channel Sales Director in Healthcare Software, Security Solutions Product Marketing Manager, many more. (more…)
December 29, 2011
Clean Tech Trends
 Dallas Kachan
Venture investment expected to decline while corporate investment to increase; industries to watch to include agriculture, water, nuclear, renewable gas and marine power, company predicts.
The amount of venture capital entering cleantech will decline in 2012 for the first time since the global economic downturn in 2008, according to cleantech analysis and consulting company Kachan & Co.
The firm, with offices in San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver, has published a set of predictions for the cleantech sector in 2012.
In brief, the predictions include:
Cleantech venture investment to decline – Kachan expects cleantech venture in 2012 to show its first decline in 2012 after three successive years of growth from the financial crash of 2008. Among the factors the company expects will continue to contribute to the health of the cleantech sector are China managing its economic turbulence, a forecasted rise in oil prices, global corporations’ even stronger role in cleantech, continued solar innovation and persistence of the fundamental drivers of cleantech. But these factors are overridden, the company believes, by other factors it feels will undermine the sector.
“Investors’ own fundraising is getting harder. There’s waning policy support in the developed world. Negative sentiment from the last few quarters hasn’t been reflected in deals, which have a long lead time. Cleantech VCs are, on average, still protecting existing investments over making new ones. And macro-economic turbulence, even collapse, is the elephant in the room,” said Dallas Kachan, Managing Partner, Kachan & Co. “Negative clean and green rhetoric in America, which is still smarting from the Solyndra bankruptcy, could foster a self-fulfilling prophesy in 2012.”
Venture dip made up for by rise in corporate involvement – The world’s largest corporations woke up to opportunities in cleantech in 2011, making for record levels of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate venturing and strategic investments. Kachan & Co. predicts even more cash-laden companies to continue to buy their way into clean technology in 2012, supplementing the role of traditional private equity and showing a maturation of the cleantech sector.
Storage investment to retreat – Significant capital has gone into energy storage in recent quarters. In the third quarter of 2011, the last quarter for which numbers are currently available, storage received $514 million in 19 venture deals worldwide, more than any other cleantech category. Kachan does not expect storage to remain a leading cleantech investment theme in 2012, however.
An analysis of the numbers shows the 3Q11 storage figure artificially inflated by large investments into stationary fuel cell makers Bloom Energy ($150 million) and ClearEdge Power ($75 million.) Kachan does not expect many similar-sized investments into the 60 or so competing companies in that market.
Grid level renewable power storage, also a popular investment theme, was cited by Kachan as a technology with potentially a limited market window.
“Smoothing the intermittency of renewable solar and wind could be less important if utilities embrace other ways to generate clean baseload power in the future, such as new, safer nuclear options emerging that don’t create nuclear waste, power derived from renewable natural gas, geothermal, marine or other methods,” said Kachan. “All of these promise to be less expensive when the cost of storage systems required to make solar and wind dispatchable is factored in.”
Marine energy to begin coming of age – 2012 will not be the year wave, tidal and ocean thermal energy conversion-based power becomes cost-competitive with coal, or even nearly. But expect to hear more about marine power in 2012, Kachan & Co. predicts, and expect to see increased private and corporate funding. The firm points to increased numbers of marine power trials around the world and recent strategic investments by large companies like Siemens.
Increased water and agricultural sector activity – Kachan & Co. predicts increased venture investment, M&A and public exits in water and agriculture in 2012. Industrial wastewater is driving growth in today’s water investment, with two of the top three VC deals of the last quarter focused on solutions for produced water from the oil and gas industry, and the largest M&A deal also focused on solutions for oil and gas.
“Expect to hear more about agricultural investment opportunities in 2012 because of growing awareness of the complex interrelationship between water, energy and food, increased awareness of the planet’s population growth rate and how it’s going to impact our ability to feed the world, and our reliance on inexpensive oil and gas, petroleum-based fertilizers and hybrid seeds for today’s crop yields,” said Kachan.
Read the firm’s predictions for cleantech / greentech in 2012 in their entirety.
About Kachan & Co.
Kachan & Co. is a cleantech research and advisory firm with offices in San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver. The company publishes research on clean technology companies and future trends, offers consulting services to large corporations, governments and cleantech vendors, and connects cleantech companies with investors through its Hello Cleantech™ and Northern Cleantech Showcase™ programs. Kachan staff have been covering, publishing about and helping propel clean technology since 2006.
For more information, or to schedule an interview with Kachan, contact:
Coralie Claffey, Kachan & Co.
+1-415-390-2080 x6 office
+1-604-764-7180 mobile
coralie(at)kachan(dot)com
December 22, 2011
The Top Ten for Twenty Twelve
By Anna Mathieu, Redfish Technology Marketing Communications
I always love this time of year when yearend industry data is collected and sliced and diced and trends are forecast for the future. The technology trends from Gartner this year are exciting; some are a continuation this year’s thick of things and some are more sublime.
The “Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012” report names the top technologies that will be strategic for most organizations in 2012. “These top 10 technologies will be strategic for most organizations, and IT leaders should use this list in their strategic planning process by reviewing the technologies and how they fit into their expected needs,” said David Cearley, vice president and Gartner fellow.
- Media Tablets and Beyond
- Mobile-Centric Applications and Interfaces
- Contextual and Social User Experience
- Internet of Things
- App Stores and Marketplaces
- Next-Generation Analytics
- Big Data
- In-Memory Computing
- Extreme Low-Energy Servers
- Cloud Computing
Shall we take a peek? (more…)
December 20, 2011
Priority IT Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top IT career opportunities are for SaaS Account Executives, Director Inside Sales Cloud, Healthcare Software Channel Director, Enterprise Software Business Consultant, Product Marketing Enterprise and Infrastructure Solutions, Director of Software Development, Django/Python Developer, IT Sys Admin, Linux Software Engineer, and many more. (more…)
Priority Clean Tech Jobs from Redfish Technology
This week’s top green career opportunities are for a Director of Sales in Solar, Business Development Manager Renewables, EMEA Regional Sales Director Wind, Thermal/Mechanical Engineer in Energy Storage, Electric Vehicle Engineers, Demand Response Manager in Energy Efficiency, Energy Engineering Manager in ESCO, and more. Check ‘em out: (more…)
December 15, 2011
Featured Placement
 Merle Garrison Merle Garrison,
Director of Channel Sales – Healthcare Software
The CEO of this profitable, privately-held healthcare-focused software company enlisted Redfish Technology to find exceptional sales professionals for the critical position of Director of Channel Sales. An industry leader in enterprise mobile alert solutions, this company is growing aggressively, and needed the right sales talent quickly. The company’s unique technology on appliance-based software requires sales people with clinical sales experience who are also familiar with selling software into VARS in healthcare marketing. Focused on growth, the ideal candidate would be a natural hunter, who can built new channels from the ground up. This fast-paced company offers an exciting opportunity with tremendous upside potential including equity and an uncapped commission structure.
Merle Garrison was recruited for his fantastic energy and obvious passion for the notification space. Merle is a seasoned consultative and strategic account executive, who consistently hits between 100 and 150% of quota. Merle has excellent sales methodology, and leadership and sales certifications. He has experience building channels, has demonstrated exceptional team leadership and reliability, is an expert in complex sales solutions, and is skilled in new product marketing, development, and sales. Merle is a veteran of the health industry, with significant wins at Cedars Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, Texas Children’s Hospital, and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
“Working with Joanna was fantastic. She called me out of the blue at a time when I felt like I had run out of hope. Joanna was courteous and professional. After explaining the job that she was looking to fill, I knew right away that this was the job for me. The great thing was that as I got more and more excited about the possibility, so did Joanna. I really felt like I was working with a partner rather than someone who just wanted a commission check. Not only that, but after I started working for the company, Joanna followed up with me to make sure I was happy. It meant so much to me that she cared about my happiness. That is a rare quality to find in this fast paced environment in which we work. I would certainly go to Joanna first should the need ever present itself. Since that time, I have been so pleased with my new position. I feel that I have finally found a place where my skills and experience can be utilized to the fullest. Not only that but I feel an appreciation from my employer that I have not encountered in over 20 years of career experience.” – Merle Garrison
For more Featured Placements, see the Employer pages on the Redfish Website.
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