GUV news editor Gregg Bayes-Brown moves up into the role of GUV editor.

Mike Chuisano is now vice president of venture investments and chief operating officer at Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC), according to a LinkedIn update.

The University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio scouts for new executive director at its Office of Technology Transfer after Arjun Sanga departs for Wisconsin.

Spider venom insecticide company Vestaron Corporation appoints Pangaea Ventures' general partner Keith Gillard as chairman.

Jon Brod, former president of AOL Ventures, has surfaced as co-founder and president of Snapchat-like business messaging service Confide.

Mister Spex, a Germany-based online optician which is backed by investors including multi-corporate fund Xange Capital, has appointed former Selfridges CEO Peter Williams as chairman.

Silicon Valley Bank has hired Claire Lee, who previously ran strategic partnerships for Microsoft Ventures, to lead its Corporate Venture Relationship Group.

Violin Memory, a flash memory company backed by Toshiba, SAP and Juniper Networks, has lost both its CEO and its COO, as its shares trade at below half its IPO price.

University of California Los Angeles tops list of the most driven students on university campuses worldwide.