Oracle Accuses Ex-Manager and Procore of Trade Secret Theft

A former senior Oracle America Inc. employee absconded with thousands of documents containing protected trade secrets before he joined competitor Procore Technologies Inc. to develop construction management tools, according to a federal lawsuit.

Mark Mariano kept confidential source code and client information on his personal iCloud and Google Drive accounts, and transferred files to his Procore laptop to enable the company to compete with Oracle, the software powerhouse said in a lawsuit filed Oct. 25 in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Mariano worked at Textura Corp., a provider of construction invoice and payment management cloud ...