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Hydra Hires CIO

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Los Angeles-based cost-per-action advertising network Hydra is staffing up, saying Thursday that it has named Mitchell Dimler as its Chief Information Officer. Tags: hydra media advertising executive. The ad network said that Dimler has served at companies such as DirecTV, Transamerica, and Mail.com Media Corporation.

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Adconion Taps Sullivan As CTO

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Online advertising network Adconion is tapping a Los Angeles technology vet as its Global Chief Technology Officer, the company said Monday. Adconion said that it has appointed Scott Sullivan to the CTO position, recruiting him away from Everbridge Communications, where he was also CTO. READ MORE>>.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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Los Angeles. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles. Many of the Valley tech firms saw advertising as “beneath them&# and many VCs in the first boom encouraged people to focus on eyeballs rather than dollars. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA.