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'''Kim Karin Polese''' (born November 13, 1961) is [[CEO]] of [[SpikeSource]], and was one of the most prominent [[Silicon Valley]] executives during the [[dot-com era]]. In 1997, she made [[Time Magazine]]'s list of "The 25 Most Influential Americans".<ref>{{cite news| title=Time's 25 Most Influential Americans | work=[[Time Magazine]] | publisher = Time Inc. | issue= url= |
'''Kim Karin Polese''' (born November 13, 1961) is [[CEO]] of [[SpikeSource]], and was one of the most prominent [[Silicon Valley]] executives during the [[dot-com era]]. In 1997, she made [[Time Magazine]]'s list of "The 25 Most Influential Americans".<ref>{{cite news| title=Time's 25 Most Influential Americans | work=[[Time Magazine]] | publisher = Time Inc. | issue= | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986206-2,00.html | accessdate=2010-05-24 | date=1997-04-21}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:41, 24 May 2010
Kim Karin Polese (born November 13, 1961) is CEO of SpikeSource, and was one of the most prominent Silicon Valley executives during the dot-com era. In 1997, she made Time Magazine's list of "The 25 Most Influential Americans".[1]
Education
She received a BA degree in biophysics in 1984 from the University of California, Berkeley and studied Computer Science at the University of Washington.
Polese is a fellow at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Engineered Innovation.
Work History
After a stint at Intellicorp, Ms. Polese spent more than seven years with Sun Microsystems, where she was the original Java product manager who influenced the transition of its internal name of "Oak" to "Java" [2].
After leaving Sun in 1996 she co-founded Marimba, a Java-based business, where she served as CEO until 2000, leading Marimba through its public offering in 1999 and bringing it to profitability before selling it to BMC Software for $239 million [3] in 2004.
Since September 2004[1], Polese has been CEO of SpikeSource[2], a provider of business-ready open source solutions. The company was incubated in 2003 at VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers by Ray Lane, and launched its first products in April 2005. Series A and B investors include Intel Capital, and Fidelity Ventures and the Omidyar Network among others.
Polese serves on the board of the Global Security Institute, the Long Now Foundation and the University of California President's Board on Science and Innovation. She also serves on the executive council of TechNet, a bipartisan network of executives that promotes the growth of the technology economy and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.
Polese served on the board of Technorati, Inc. from 2004 to 2006.
References
- ^ "Time's 25 Most Influential Americans". Time Magazine. Time Inc. 1997-04-21. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ a b Mike McMillan (2004-10-06). "Kim Polese returns as head of SpikeSource". InfoWorld.
- ^ Benjamin Pimentel (2004-04-30). "BMC to purchase Marimba for $239 million". San Francisco Chronicle.
External links
- SpikeSource Management Team
- Kim Polese speaks at Stanford University
- Kim Polese speaks at Berkeley University
- Kim Polese interview by InformIT
- Kim Polese interview by ZDNet
- Kim Polese presentation at O'Reilly Media's OSCON 2005
- Kim Polese interview by David Berlind from ZDNet as Spikesource came out of beta
- Kim Polese interview by David Berlind from ZDNet