BusOps alum, Steve Cohn, has a launch – http://www.irrive.com/site/team.  Go Steve.  I’ve been pinging with him for  early beta access, I’m confident I’m on the short list!

Some birds have left the roost, from marketing: Campbell Foster and Jon Nevitt.   With CAB coming in a few weeks, feels timely that they are leaving.

In other news, I had lunch with Tom Shields yesterday, founder of Yieldex, which now employs a handful of Thornton ex-Clickers.  Tom and Yieldex are doing great!

James Weinberg and the Innovid folks hiring one.

http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=2915007

And does so in AdAge.. does it have to be viewed?  How do you know?  TV = faith-based advertising.  I just wanted to say that.

Well, there goes the only person I knew at Spotify.  I did help get one  bug fixed when Pav was there.  Now I’ll have to pass him new tips?

Huffington Post Names Former Spotify Engineer its CTO.

They just added Andrew Rutledge to their ranks.. and there’s more!  Andrew is currently looking to hire Account Execs (NYC and SF) and Solutions Consultants (NYC) – and they can email him at arutledge {at} yieldex(.)com for more details.

Jen Coy, who hailed from the Abacus side of the house, sadly, passed away recently.  Here is her obit.

No, not a hit song.. Crain’s top 40 under 40.  I’m 43, so not eligible.  Good photo Brad!

Surprised I was (using Yoda voice), when I opened my Google Spreadsheet and saw this submission.  Mok Choe, ex-Clicker, dropped me a submission for a job he was hiring for, in Perth, Australia!

Head of Solution Delivery – Bankwest

Role Details

1. Part of Bankwest ESLT reporting to Head of ES/CIO (Andy Weir)

2. Team of circa 240 FTE, compromising 3 core teams – Solutions Analysis (Business Analysts), Solutions Delivery (Software Development) and Solutions Testing (SIT, UAT, FCT)

Key Accountabilities

1. Delivery of the Bankwest projects portfolio in conjunction with the CTO, Customer Delivery (Project Management) and Infrastructure Services Teams

2. Drive the adoption of key technical capabilities across Bankwest and the broader Group – agile, open source, engineering capability

3. Maintain zero % cost growth within SD and contribute to the achievement of this objective across Bankwest

Key Skills Sought

1. Exceptional people leadership – take SD colleagues on transformational journey, through increased use of open source solutions, agile/continuous delivery methodologies, increased innovation and speed to market and business partnerships

2. Technical Vision/Strategy – experienced in IT transformation activity, including driving implementation of continuous delivery and agile strategies within similar sized organizations. Work with CTO and Group colleagues to establish overall technical direction for the business

3. ‘Engineering’ Mindset – experience in driving greater levels of engineering expertise across organizations to make full use of open source solutions and optimism technical investments.

ping him if needed: mok.choe *at* cba.com.au (trying to keep spammers away)

4. Change Agent – work in conjunction with ES peer group across Bankwest and the broader CBA Group to transform the IT business and maximize Group leverage opportunities to deliver the Bankwest strategy

Could have Microsoft.  Could have ben Yahoo.  When I read this AM that Yahoo may be shopping (unloading) their ad tech business, made me all the happier that DCLK didn’t go there.  MS has proven that they don’t want to be in the business, despite not actually selling it.

Not sure why, but I noticed Innovid had a few ex-Clickers.. James Weinberg, Sarah Masters, and advisor named Rosenblatt.  Frank Morgano too, but I didn’t work with him at DCLK.  Diddy used to be there, but he’s bolted.  Not sure how well Innovid is doing these days, I’ll listen out for tid-bits.