August brought new C-levels, acquisitions and expansions in Tampa Bay startups and we've compiled the entire list to make sure you didn't miss a thing.
• B+E, the NYC-based brokerage and technology platform, hired a new VP of Technology and Marketing for its Tampa office. Erica Collins will be stepping into the position, coming from a position of a VP of cybersecurity technology controls at JP Morgan Chase.
“We are excited to welcome Erica to the B+E team,” Camille Renshaw, B+E CEO and cofounder, said in a press release. “Erica has a great depth of experience in both technology and marketing and is the ideal leader for this division.”
• Edtech startup eLogic Learning, a Tampa-based app that provides a Learner Management System, was acquired by Canada-based Absorb Software. eLogic Learning has over 5 million monthly customers. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
• Roper Technologies Inc. is in the process of acquiring a Pennsylvania cloud-based software solutions firm in an all-cash (yes, really) transaction totaling $1.6 billion.
The Sarasota-based company will be acquiring iPipeline by the end of Q3. iPipeline is a software solutions company focused on the life insurance and financial services industries and is expected to bring an additional $200 million of revenue to Roper.
• M2Gen, a Tampa-based health informatics solutions company, hired a new president and CEO. Helge Bastian stepped into the spot, taking over for Executive Chair William S. Dalton, who has been in the interim CEO position since October 2018. Bastian, who has worked in Germany, Switzerland and the U.S., will be focusing on helping the development of oncology drug development.
• Restaurant Magic, the Tampa-based restaurant back office software company, promoted Erynn Kirshner to its chief operating officer spot. Kirshner previously worked as the company’s VP of Operations and in the new role, will work with the CEO to advance the mission, vision and values of the organization.
Before joining the Restaurant Magic family, Kirshner was a technology senior manager for Protiviti, a global consulting firm.
• Spectrio, a Tampa-based provider of in-store marketing solutions, is merging with VS Networks, a Chicago-based digital company. According to Spectrio’s spokesperson Megan Colby, the merger is more of an acquisition. VS Networks will eventually move under the Spectrio name and no employees in Tampa will be leaving.
She told Tampa Bay Inno it is too soon to tell if any C-level executives from VS Networks will be joining any Spectrio boards. With the acquisition, Spectrio now has roughly 310 employees.
• The month rounded out with FairWarning appointing Ed Holmes as its new CEO. Holmes took over for Patrick Marschall, who was serving as the interim CEO. Holmes was formerly the CEO of Peoplenet, a software provider for the staffing industry. Peoplenet was acquired by Boston-based Bullhorn Inc. in 2017, where Holmes then became the senior vice president of the workforce and revenue cloud department.
