article thumbnail

HG Insights Names New Sales Head

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based HG Insights, which offers up information on technology and IT adoption to technology vendors, said this week that it has named Mark Richards as its new Chief Revenue Officer. He also previously served as Vice President of Mid-Market, Inside Sales & Renewals at Symantec.

Sales 113
article thumbnail

Reflections On 2016: John Greathouse, Investor, Professor at UC Santa Barbara

socalTECH

This contribution is from John Greathouse , a longtime venture capitalist and also a professor at UC Santa Barbara, who was instrumental in Computer Motion's initial public offering and the sale of GoToMeeting to Citrix. I am very excited with the prospects of the San Diego market, as it reminds me of Santa Barbara circa 2005.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

HG Insights Powers New Forrester Market Research Offering

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based software developer HG Insights is powering a new market research offering from research and advisory giant Forrester, to power Forrester's new Business Technographics Service. READ MORE>>.

Research 133
article thumbnail

Success, Santa Barbara Style: Patagonian Sexwax With A Side Order of UGGS

InfoChachkie

Six outstanding entrepreneurs have created this sweet flavor of success in one of the most beautiful places on earth – Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara has become a high-tech startup mecca, rivaling cities many times its size. From Lynda.com ’s recent $1.5 In 1995, Deckers purchased the UGGS brand for $16 million.

article thumbnail

Invoca Launches Certification Program

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops artificial intelligence powered, sales conversation tools and call tracking products, says it is launching a certification program for its agency customers.

article thumbnail

Invoca Trumpets Sales Figures

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based call marketing automation software developer Invoca , which is led by Jason Spievak, said yesterday that its systems have converted $2.5 billion in sales for its customers since the company was founded. billion of those sales came in the last 12 months. Invoca said that $1.7 READ MORE>>.

Sales 124
article thumbnail

Invoca Gets $20 Million For Call Marketing Automation

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based Invoca -- better known here by its prior name, RingRevenue -- said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C financing round. Invoca provides call marketing software used for inbound sales call management and analytics. invoca call marketing automation ringrevenue venture capital accel'

Marketing 212