San Francisco Business Times

Lucid Imagination loses one CEO, hires another

San Francisco Business Times by Steven E.F. Brown, Web Editor

Date: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 11:15am PST

Search technology software company Lucid Imagination Inc. hired a new CEO this week, but didn’t say what happened to the previous one.
The Redwood City company used to be led by Eric Gries, who was quoted as CEO in a late May press release from Lucid Imagination. But by July, company press releases started quoting the company’s president and chief operating officer, Frank Calderon, instead.
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“Doscher will lead Lucid Imagination to its next phase of growth,” said the company’s press release, which made no mention of Gries at all.
Lucid Imagination didn’t respond to phone and email requests for information about Gries’ departure, specifically when and why it occurred.