SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

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JUNE 27, 2011

San Diego-based Nirvanix , the developer of cloud storage services, has snagged Google's former Head of Global Data Center Infrastructure, the firm said today. Nirvanix said it has appointed Paul Froutan as its Chief Technology Officer, reporting to President and CEO Scott Genereux.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2015

Irvine-based >Oculus , the virtual reality google maker now owned by Facebook , has hired away high profile Google executive Mary Lou Jepsen , according to a report. Jepsen ran the Display Division of Google X, and also had been co-founder and CTO of the One Laptop Per Child. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward. Experience.

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

Just get your numbers into a Google sheet so you can work with them easily. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Quite often the goal is to get them into a spreadsheet in a form that allows people to easily play with them. Finally, review the numbers with your partners. Please write us at blog@techempower.com !

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2015

Irvine-based CrowdStrike , the developer of security software led by George Kurtz, said this morning that it has raised $100M in a Series C financing round, which was led by Google Capital, and also included Rackspace, Accel, and Warburg Pincus. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 23, 2021

These products don’t get at the full potential for cellular technology according to Daan Luining, Meatable’s chief technology officer. “We have seen the nugget and the chicken burger, but we’re working on whole muscle tissue,” Luining said.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2022

Shapiro previously founded the video sharing site Veoh, and also was the CTO of MySpace, in addition to serving at Google. The company says it has now raised a total of $36M. Koji was founded by startup veteran Dmitry Shapiro, along with Sean Thielen.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Registration Do you plan to support Google Sign-In, Facebook Connect, or similar 3rd-party authentication? Which devices will you test on specifically?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Google Code just release the API console. It better organizes Google’s APIs and I even discovered a couple new APIs. Right now (more are expected soon) it provides: Buzz API - Google Buzz provides developers with a powerful set of API endpoints for searching, reading, and updating post content and metadata.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. This too shall pass.”

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2017

The company is actually backed by Google Capital, Rackspace, Accel Partners, and Warburg Pincus. Axios reports that the incorrect White House assertion might be because CrowdStrike's co-founder and CTO, Dmitri Alperovitch (an American citizen) is of Russian heritage.

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Xconomy

MAY 16, 2018

After establishing a partnership with the Google Cloud Platform, Zesty.io Apuzzo shifted to his preferred role as CTO.) CEO Gerry Widmer said Wednesday the San Diego-based company is expanding its workforce and extending its Web content management system (WCMS) to international customers. founder Randy Apuzzo at the end of 2017.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

Google now shows me an option to push things in my search results to the top. Not sure I buy this approach from Google. Not sure I buy this approach from Google. It's an interesting choice. Doesn't it seem like it's inviting problems. The rest of us signal with lots of other things like links, bookmarking, etc.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Wrapping Up The era of simplistic keyword searches is rapidly changing over to the advanced capabilities of AI and LLM-driven search techniques - often starting with a parallel implementation of the two - see Google and Bing as prime examples. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

McQuillen was at StrongMail/L90 with Rubicon Project''s founder, Frank Addante; Yousry was at Bell Labs/AT&T; Peterson was former Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Nimble TV; Karatz was former Deputy Mayor for Economic and Business Policy in the City of Los Angeles; and Chelsvig was formerly VP of Human Resources at Green Dot.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 1, 2007

I just saw a Forbes article talking about Google Hell - getting placed in the secondary index. It doesn't prevent Google Hell, but it certainly reduces the chances. I've worked with several businesses that were essentially based on driving traffic via search engine optimization (SEO).

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

I guess just knowing we were doing the seminar was enough as she went home and checked her son’s Google search history. At first, she thought she was safe because she had found that he had Googled the word “poo.&# Anyhow, long story short, I responded with, “lol, he Googled poo…he was poogling?&#

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

In this post, I want to look at just the question of when it makes sense to use Facebook Connect, Twitter Oauth, OpenID, Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication, Google Friend Connect or basically any of the other authentication mechanisms. Interestingly, they are not including Google Authentication. Identity Wars: Google & Yahoo!

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

CrowdStrike is venture backed by Google Capital, Rackspace, Accel, and Warburg Pincus, among others, and is led by George Kurtz, the founder of Foundstone and former CTO of McAfee. CrowdStrike said Black will focus on infrastructure expansion of its platform. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

The firm, which provides virtual currency handling for Android game makers, is the startup of Ari Mir, who formerly co-founded GumGum, and Amos Elliston, who served as CTO at Geni and SVP of Engineering at Yammer. and Kamran Pourzanjani, who founded Pricegrabber.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2014

TAPP said that its investors include Discovery Communications, Demarest Films, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, as well as Ken Moelis, Peter Ezersky and Michael Huber. The company also said its co-founder and CTO is, Michael Greer, who was head of technology and product development for The Onion. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

Danna and his co-founder, CTO Sean Stavropoulos, previously worked together at Fullscreen as head of product and head of engineering, respectively. Individual clients have differing requirements, treatments may take more or less time, and specialists are not robots whose time management can be predicted.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Shapiro was the founder of Veoh and former CTO of MySpace Music. Anybeat is looking to differentiate itself from Facebook and Google Plus by supporting online pseudonyms, ways to connect with people you don't already know by interests, support of both private and public groups, among other features.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2017

A San Diego survey on professional women working in tech and life sciences offers some insights on the recurring debate over gender diversity in venture-backed startups and big companies, as well as a related incident that boiled over this week at Google. When asked, “What do you aspire to be, professionally?”

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Global Fitness Media is headed by Jake Steinfeld of Body By Jake Global, and is backed by Polar Capital Group, the private investment group of Tim Armstrong, Americas Operations & Senior VP at Google. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

TechZulu will be streaming SMCLA: Going Goo Goo Over Google Analytics, live from the Mahalo Office in Santa Monica. This month we are going to take a deeper dive into one of the easiest ways to measure online social media efforts – through Google analytics. 23rd from 7-9:30pm as we discuss the topic of Google Analytics!

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2010

Repost of SMCLA's Going Goo Goo Over Google Analytics. The Google Analytics panel was a big success with a great turnout of over 150 people at the Mahalo office in Santa Monica. It takes 5 minutes: Google Analytics is about as easy to setup as setting your alarm clock. Below is a highlight video of the evening.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 31, 2013

For those of you who haven’t heard, President Obama and US CTO Todd Park have established a National Day of Civic Hacking this weekend, in cities across the nation. Developer mentors and judges from AT&T, i.am.angel, Google, Scopely, CGI, Factual, and ESRI and the City and County of LA will support coders during the weekend.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2017

Xconomy has followed Jepsen’s work over the years —from her role as CTO of One Laptop Per Child, to senior executive positions at Google X and Facebook/Oculus. Of course, there are nearer-term goals as well, such as supplementing (and even replacing) bulky, expensive MRI machines. In this recent conversation, we focused.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2022

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire or better? CEO brought in to replace the founder, 5 - 10% CTO, CFO, VP of Marketing or Sales, 1.5 - 3% Chief Engineer or Architect, 1 - 1.5% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly 80% of all internet users worldwide. He has 20 years’ experience as CTO. in Computer Science.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google. I don’t think that Google would have become the success story we all know without the leadership of Eric Schmidt through the years he led the company. It seemed that Google was being out innovated by another Silicon Valley technical leader, Mark Zuckerberg.

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