socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Most of the insiders and hiring executives in Los Angeles know how hard it is to find technical talent in Los Angeles�but not all realize it's not because of lack of talent, but because of very high demand. Why did you pick Los Angeles for the new job service? Definitely, basic software engineering is the most popular role.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2019

Los Angeles- and London-based Engineer.ai , a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at creating software for SMBs, said today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DigitalOcean, a provider of cloud services for the development community. recently raised $29.5M and DigitalOcean were not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout. Netflix Senior Software Engineer Terra Field, who is transgender, tweeted a viral thread about the Chappelle special. Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images).

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AUGUST 18, 2014

in a seed funding round, to go towards its online marketplace for computer software algorithms. The startup--which was co-founded by Kenny Daniel, who was recently pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence at USC--says that it has created an online platform to let software engineers find different algorithms for us. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2015

MakerSquare , which operates coding camps and classes to help students get software jobs, is setting up a new location in Los Angeles, according to the Hack Reactor collective. angeles camp code software education school hackreactor reactor hack makersquare' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Irvine-based online advertising firm Adaptive Medias is announcing this morning that it has acquired Ember , one of the companies incubated out of the StartEngine startup accelerator in Los Angeles. Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2013

Los Angeles-based business transactions and dealroom service CapLinked has rounded up some new investors today, saying that it has added additional investors in its Series A funding. FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, and Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), and others. The firm earlier had announced investments from. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , which helps small businesses place online advertising, said this morning it is in a big hiring push, and is immediately looking to hire over 75 employees across sales, IT, software engineering, and product design positions. The firm said it received more than 600 applications from that job fair.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

While Los Angeles city officials way back in 2003 asked its manufacturers and suppliers to stop using the terminology, they did not require it. Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911. So perhaps it’s no wonder why some tech companies struggle to retain Black employees.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2012

What do entrepreneurs, mathematicians, software engineers, physicists, physicians, biologists, anatomists, angels, venture capitalists and bankers have in common? Electrical engineers design and make the hardware. Software engineers write the programs for computers to process the data.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based online invitation site Evite , which i owned by Liberty Interactive, has hired on former Amgen IT director Perry Evoniuk. According to Evite, it has named Evoniuk as the company''s Chief Technology Officer, to oversee the company''s technology strategy, software engineering and enterprise architecture.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2012

How do you spur more people creating software, hardware, devices, and more in Los Angeles? The group says it has already hosted "hackathons" for kids learning to program, and is also seeking entrepreneurs, software engineers, hardware engineers, scientists, artists, filmmakers, and others to help it in its effort.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In good news for the LA jobs market, another Los Angeles company is reporting big hiring plans. Los Angeles-based Zynx Health , a developer of clincial decision support software for the healthcare market, said today that it has opened up over 40 positions for hiring, as part of a growth push at the company.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Software Engineer , West LA, Shopzilla. Accounting Manager / Assistant Controller , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Platform Senior Software Engineer , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. SVP /General Manager with Internet, P&L Experience , Los Angeles, Oversee.net.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2012

The startup--which is backed by Foundry Group, Highway 12 Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and others--lists software engineering, big data, customer support, online marketing, and other positions in Anaheim, a location it added in August of last year. SendGrid is based in Boulder, Colorado. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2015

Los Angeles-based Mojix , the developer of RFID-based wireless sensors, said it has acquired TierConnect , which develops connected enterprise applications. Mojix said that it will add over 100 software engineers to the company as part of the acquisition, including TierConnect's two founders, Gus Rivera and Terrence Crown.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Check out some of the recent positions posted to socalTECH's Job Board in recent days: Senior PHP Developer , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Senior Web Developer Software Engineer , Santa Monica, Cars.com. Tags: hiring jobs employment california southern angeles sponsor. Web Application Developer , Irvine, GrowMetrix.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Hulu , the online video streaming site, said today that it is planning to open up a new Seattle office by the end of the year. According to Hulu, the new development center will work with the firm's development teams in Los Angeles and Beijing. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Idealab did not say how many positions is is looking to fill, however, the firm joins such companies as ValueClick, Factual, and others who have run recruiting events in recent months to locate difficult-to-find software engineers and other techies in the area.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. For over 100 years entrepreneurs have come to Hollywood to try their luck in the dream factory and build an empire in the business of storytelling.

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Tech.Co

JULY 27, 2016

The key to creating software engineers that are capable and effective in their roles is to teach more than coding. However, we’re not interested in what your GPA was, only that you bring total dedication to developing as a software engineer now.”. Is coding education not the foolproof model we once thought?

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APRIL 6, 2015

Straight outta Austin, MakerSquare has teamed up with coding school collective, Hack Reactor , to open a new campus in LA to help fill the tech talent gap and to provide the area with the necessary talent pool to continue the Los Angeles tech expansion (as a call to action for President Obama’s TechHire initiative).

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 18, 2016

“Codesmith, the leading advanced software engineering school in the US is announcing a $1.1m round of investment to bring their unique coding education focused on technical excellence, communication and community to new students in Los Angeles,” read the funding announcement.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2018

La Jolla-based Connectiv , a developer of cloud-based, mobile software used by biomedical and clinical engineering groups to manage and control their medical devices and equipment, has been acquired by Austin, Texas-based Accruent. Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

The firm recently opened up a new office in Playa Del Rey, looking to tap into the market of Los Angeles area technical talent, and is also hiring in Irvine, on the heels of a venture funding round. Tags: angeles employment jobs technology california southern.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

In Los Angeles, I have easy access to a bunch of potential strategic technical advisors through the LA CTO Forum. I quite often get a call where a founder raised $150K of initial money and has spend $120K on in-house or outsourced development and the software is 90% done. Who's doing that for your CTO? The last 10% takes the other 90%.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Troy Miles , A designer and developer of software since 1979 writing games in assembly and C.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

There''s a gap between the robust, growing technology startups in Los Angeles and the many students graduating from local universities, according to Steven Dietz , who is a venture capitalist at LA''s Upfront Ventures. Steven Dietz: There is very little connection between the schools here and the technology community in the LA area.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

However, in the technical arena--as a programmer, developer, or software engineer--it's hard to tell from a resume how good you really are. That's where Los Angeles-based Rolebot (www.rolebot.net) comes in. Anyone who hires anyone, or has ever looked for a jobs knows how important a resume is.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Freebinar is backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science. What are your specific plans for the new funding from the angels? First, for folks who haven't used your service, what is Freebinar?

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2010

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based startup Worlize (www.worlize.com) announced it had received a seed round of funding, and launched a firm to focus on social gaming and chat. Brian McKelvey: For the last ten years, I've worked in software engineering, ranging from building social viral games for Paramount, Lionsgate, and GSN.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. CapLinked’s new investors include Conversion Capital , Inflection Ventures,The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA).

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Los Angeles-based XCast Labs (www.xcastlabs.com) announced earlier this month that it has raised a $2.7M round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2010

No questions being asked ( Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything ) Rest of team says - “I’m not sure where we stand.” “I’m And the #1 reason I get calls relates to an old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes half the time. Software development is challenging.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Combine recycled capital with second-time entrepreneurs with local venture capital and you have the ignition to spark something big as we’re seeing in Los Angeles.

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