Boulder-based TapInfluence opening Silicon Valley office, adds CTO

BOULDER – The rapid growth of Boulder marketing software company TapInfluence Inc. is spilling over into Silicon Valley.

Company officials are announcing this week plans to open an engineering office in Mountain View, Calif., and chief executive Promise Phelon said in a phone interview Wednesday morning that the company made the first hire for the new office on Tuesday.

Eli Gild, who recently was hired in the newly created role of chief technology officer, will run the office in California, which TapInfluence officials said will initially house seven to 10 employees and open officially in April. Phelon said that number could double next year…