San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Silicon Valley People Column.

Jul. 5--REDLINE NETWORKS: Craig Stouffer Craig Stouffer joined Redline Networks of Campbell, a provider of Web acceleration appliances, as vice president, marketing. Stouffer is responsible for business strategy, product management, product marketing and corporate communications. Stouffer has years of senior management experience, most recently from Extreme Networks and Optranet, where he was a co-founder.

EXELIXIS: Steven P. James Exelixis of South San Francisco named Steven P. James senior vice president, commercial operations. In this new position, James will be responsible for managing and expanding the company's business development and corporate development …