Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Techstars Sets Former Rally, MapQuest Vets As Boulder Managing Directors

Boulder-based startup accelerator Techstars has appointed two local startup veterans as Managing Directors, saying it has named Zach Nies and Natty Zola to help lead the programm. Nies is the former Chief Technologist for Rally Software, and has been involved as a mentor at the program since 2008; Zola was the founder of Techstars' company Everlater, which was acquired in 2012 by AOL and merged into Denver's MapQuest. The two are replacing Nicole Glaros, who coonntinues on as a Partner in Techstars Ventures. The accelerator said Glaros is moving into a Chief Product Offier role across all of its programs.