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Techstars Studio CTO, In Irvine, Aims To Help Entrepreneurs

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According to Techstars, it appointed Saldana Chief Technology Officer for Techstars Studio , which will help members of the the startup accelerator "rapidly envision, validate, and launch disruptive startups." Saldana is based in Irvine, where he co-founded SendGrid in 2009.

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Pitching access management on the fly, Los Angeles-based Britive raises $5.4 million

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For chief executive Artyom Poghosyan and chief technology officer Alex Gudanis, Britive is simply the latest initiative in a decades-long effort to reshape security technology. LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M.

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Solekai Systems Names Marco Thompson As CTO

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San Diego-based Solekai Systems , a software development firm focused on the smart grid industry, said today that it has named Marco Thompson as its Chief Technology Officer. Thompson was most recently CTO at Wind River Services, is Vice Chairman of CONNECT, and is Managing Partner at venture firm Express Ventures.

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eEye Shifts HQ To Phoenix

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eEye is now headed by Kevin Hickey, who assumed the role of CEo in December of 2009. The firm also recently named Marc Maiffrett, a co-founder of the firm, as Chief Technology Officer.

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Verizon Wireless Town Hall

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Monday, May 18, 2009 -- CommNexus presents: Verizon Wireless Town Hall. At the Verizon Wireless Town Hall you'll hear from Anthony Melone, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Verizon Wireless about what's just around the corner at Verizon. See [link] (more).

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. Matt Miller – Co-Founder and CTO of CareerBliss.com. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

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About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good! By Frank Addante [Startup 3.0]