Annual ‘Global 250′ list recognizes emerging technologies most likely to have largest impact on the industry over next year

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 19 /PRNewswire/ — AlwaysOn, the leading producer of world-class conferences for venture investors and entrepreneurs of emerging private companies, today announced the winners of the AlwaysOn Global 250, the premier list of the top emerging private companies that are creating new business opportunities in the global technology industries. The overall winner is SecondMarket, the largest centralized marketplace and auction platform for illiquid assets.

The AlwaysOn Global 250 has a proven track record of predicting the companies that will represent the biggest business investment and deals over the next 12 months. The 2010 list categories winners are OpSource (Cloud and Infrastructure), GroupOn (Consumer Internet), FreeWheel (Digital Media), Bloom Energy (Greentech) and Appirio (SaaS and Enterprise.) SecondMarket is also winner in the category of Enabling Tools and Devices.

The companies selected for the AlwaysOn Global 250 represent the top private companies that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technology in Cloud and Infrastructure, Consumer Internet, Digital Education, Digital Media, Enabling Tools and Devices, Greentech, and SaaS and Enterprise. The list is selected by AlwaysOn editors in collaboration with partners at Manatt, Morgan Stanley, the Blackstone Group, KPMG, Silicon Valley Bank, Sonnenschein, and Bridge Bank, as well as industry experts across the globe. Judges recognize honorees based on market opportunity, nature of innovation, media buzz and awareness, commercialization and ability to create stakeholder value.

“After examining the companies that are on the AO Global 250 list, it’s obvious that innovation is not only alive and well in the Global Silicon Valley, it’s accelerating in economic power and scope,” says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “The companies certainly represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in the private company marketplace.”

All of the winners of the AlwaysOn Global 250 will be celebrated at annual “Summit at Stanford” conference, to be held July 27-29 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. This two-and-a-half-day executive gathering is designed to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry. AlwaysOn and Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) “Summit at Stanford” features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases.

The current program for “Summit at Stanford” 2010 can be found at: http://www.aonetwork.com/AOEvents/2010/Summit-Stanford-2010-0

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About “Summit at Stanford”

The 8th annual AlwaysOn and Stanford Technology Ventures Partners Summit at Stanford is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. The AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. The AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford’s goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.

About AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn’s preeminent executive event series includes the Summit at Stanford, OnMedia, OnHollywood, OnDC, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, “Summit at Stanford”, GoingGreen, GoingGreen East, and GoingGreen Europe. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.

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关于FreeWheel

FreeWheel创建于2007年，总部位于美国硅谷，是一家专门提供互联网视频广告投放、监测、预测、增值等关键解决方案的外商独资公司。创始人是Douglas Knopper, Jon Heller和Diane Yu。FreeWheel由硅谷著名的风险投资机构 Battery Ventures投资，在中国北京设立产品研发中心。

FreeWheel创始人在美国网络广告界拥有多年市场、产品、技术方面的经验和来自DoubleClick，Yahoo！等知名公司的资深管理经验。 作为一家快速发展的硅谷IT创业公司，凭借准确的商业模式和产品定位，高效的技术研发，经过近三年的发展，产品上线并已为包括CBS，WarnerBrothers，Turner，MLB、Vevo、Discovery等知名客户提供服务，日均广告投放已超过上亿次，并仍在快速增长。公司员工也已增加至近100人，其中北京研发中心60余人，并在不断发展壮大。

北京研发中心目前担负FreeWheel全线产品的研发工作，包括B2B Web开发，Open API平台，高性能互联网在线广告服务器，海量日志处理，广告预测，视频前端整合等核心技术。在这里，你有机会和一流的工程师团队一起工作，参与跨国协作，并分享公司快速成长带来的职业发展机会。

FreeWheel工作机遇

FreeWheel一直以能够拥有最出色、最卓越的业内团队而引以为豪。FreeWheel深知人才的宝贵，因此特别重视优秀人才对技术创新和企业持续发展的价值。FreeWheel北京研发团队由60多名朝气蓬勃，才华横溢的年轻人组成，绝大部分毕业于清华、北大等国内知名学府。

公司的人才理念是：We are building a team of the best and brightest!

2010年FreeWheel开放职位：

核心系统开发部门

1. 1. Title: Senior QA Engineer

Job Description:

Focus on FreeWheel Core System Backend/Reporting related software testing and QA works, including but not limited in Feature Test, Performance Test, Automation Test etc.

Requirement:

l  Mental thorough, meticulous and data oriented personality.

l  Computer Science related major background, master prefer.

l  +3 years experience in QA/Software Testing. Prefer area on Internet Application Service, Data Warehouse, e-Commercial, Cloud Computing. Pure localization or UI testing are not proper for us.

l  Strong test case design capability, Linux/DB skills are required, script ability are preferred..

l  Frequently work in English, good communication ability w others.

1. 2. Title: Software Engineer (Sr.)

Job Description:

Join FreeWheel Core System Team on Adserving/Backend ETL/Forecasting related online video ad management platform development.

Requirement:

l  Hands- on technique oriented person passionate on building and operating large scale/high performance distributed system.

l  Computer Science related major background, master prefer.

l  +3 years experience on C++ development under Linux. Prefer area on Internet Application Service, Data Warehouse, e-Commercial, Cloud Computing.

l  Strong coding skills, Database/OS/Distributed system knowledge are required. Python/Ruby/Perl scripts ability are preferred.

l  Frequently work in English, good communication ability w others.

网络应用软件系统开发部门

1. Title: (Sr.) Software Engineer – Application Development

Job Description

As a member of our UI team, you will work closely with product management and engineering teams to design, code, test, maintain and support our B2B systems, financial system, Open API Platform etc. You will collaborate with other team members to jointly design and deliver solutions to our customers.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for building large-scale B2B web application;
• Making day-to-day tech decision to grow our global business.

Required experience

• Strong hands-on large-scale web application or information system(web sites, ERP, Banking system, etc) development experiences;
• Solid knowledge on design patterns, OOD, OOP;
• Solid knowledge on Linux, network protocols, http servers;
• Strong hands-on web 2.0 user interface development experience, Ruby on Rails preferred
• Solid PL/SQL programming experience, MySQL or Oracle preferred
• Solid HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax knowledge
• Strong reading and writing skills in English
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Optional experience

• Experience in C++/Java programming development;
• Experience in Component-Based Development is preferred;
• Experience in testing tools/frameworks such as CruiseControl, NUnit;
• Agile software development processes, such as SCRUM;
• Test driven development;
• Management skills is preferred.

Job responsibility and compensation will be commensurate with experience.

1. 2. Title: (Sr.) Software Engineer (Quality Assurance)

Job Description

As a member of our quality assurance team, you will work closely with product management and engineering teams to design, code, test, maintain and support QA automation test suite for our dynamic video advertising and content serving systems. You will collaborate with other team members to jointly design and deliver solutions to ensure the quality of our software products.

Required experience

• Extreme good learning ability, smart, logical thinking and meticulous.
• Strong hands-on experience in testing tools/frameworks such as QTP, CruiseControl, LoadRunner, TestLink;
• Solid knowledge and experience in Perl, Python, Shell or any scripting language
• Solid PL/SQL programming experience, MySQL or Oracle preferred
• Good HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax knowledge
• Strong reading and writing skills in English
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 2-5 years web related development or quality assurance work experience

Optional experience

Experience in C++/Java programming development or quality assurance testing development

Agile software development processes, such as SCRUM

Knowledge of test driven development

1. 3. Title: Integration QA Engineer Job Description * end-to-end testing libraries and applications for multiple platforms and devices Requirement * Sense of quality and commitment, ability to fast adoption * Proficient communication in English * Knowledge of HTTP and JavaScript * Experience in QA automation and script language is highly preferable * Knowledge of Flash, Cocoa Touch or Android is a plus

公司网站：http://www.freewheel.tv

在FreeWheel我们能提供：

1. 业内有竞争力的薪资福利

l  富有竞争力的工资

我们根据员工的岗位性质以及所担负职责为员工提供业内富有竞争力的固定工资，并且我们会对表现持续优秀的员工提供每年至少一次的加薪机会。

l  股票期权

我们承诺FreeWheel每一位员工都享受公司的期权，旨在让所有员工能够分享公司业绩的增长以及发展，确保员工的个人利益与公司的长远利益紧密结合在一起。

l  完善的社保计划

全额为员工缴纳五险一金，提供完善的员工综合医疗保险以及员工子女的医疗保险

l  其他福利

我们为员工提供丰富的福利计划旨在为员工创造一个舒适和谐的工作环境，并实现工作生活的平衡。这些福利计划包括：丰富多彩的团队拓展活动、节日福利、带薪休假等等。

2. 专业、丰富的技术、管理等培训，为员工提供广阔发展、晋升空间

作为技术导向型公司，FreeWheel一直致力于为员工提供专业、前沿的业务和技术培训，使员工全面、深入的了解网络视频广告的尖端技术、系统的架构、研发以及应用。公司会创造多元化的学习环境，鼓励员工利用各种方式学习成长，通过不同的学习活动，提升个人职业能力，帮助员工在公司达成个人职业生涯的巅峰。

3. 高水平的技术研发团队，一流的工作环境

FreeWheel北京研发中心拥有专业技术工程师60多人，并在不断的发展壮大，他们绝大部分毕业于清华、北大等国内顶尖学府。我们的工程师是由具有多年从事网络开发、服务经验的高端人才组成。

4. 英文工作环境，参与国际多元化协作

FreeWheel总部位于美国硅谷，并在北京和纽约建立研发中心和数据运营中心，在这里能和世界一流的工程师一起工作，并有机会前往美国进行培训和工作，享受国际多元化的工作环境带给你无限的机遇和挑战。

Check the following links to know more about FreeWheel

Co founder/CTO Diane Yu’s blog

http://blog.dianeyu.com/

从Google收购DoubleClick谈起——我的追梦之旅

http://blog.csdn.net/programmer_editor/archive/2008/04/09/2270807.aspx

回首十年——从程序员到CTO

http://www.programmer.com.cn/351/