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Thursday, November 19, 2020 --.

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Cast & Crew Taps PayPal Exec As Chief Technology Officer

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Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services , which provides technology-enabled payroll and production-management services to the entertainment industry, has snagged a PayPal executive to serve as its new Chief Technology Officer. The company said today that Andrew Patterson, who was previously Senior Director, Transaction Engineering at PayPal Holdings, has joined as Chief Technology Officer.

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Tillster Names Betfair, Shopzilla Vet As Chief Technology Officer

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Los Angeles-based Tillster , the provider of restaurant and casual dining ordering systems which is the combination of EMN8 and Snapfinger, said today that it has named Phil Dixon as its new Chief Technology Officer. Dixon was most recently the Chief Technology Officer of European Internet company Betfair, and had previously been Vice President of Engineering at Shopzilla.com.

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One Kings Lane Snags Chief Technology Officer From Zappos

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One Kings Lane , the online, home furnishings flash sales site which splits its operations between San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, said today that it has snagged former Zappos.com CTO Arun Rajan as its new Chief Technology Officer. Rajan will be at the company''s San Francisco offices. kings lane onekingslane ecommerce venture capital home furnishing house executive zappos technology officer

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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. It seems Los Angeles is becoming an enterprise software hotspot.

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Compex Legal Services Names CTO

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Torrance-based Compex Legal Services, a provider of record retrieval services, said it has named Kevin Harbauer as Chief Technology Officer. Harbauer was most recently CTO and Head of Product and Technology at Ephesoft, and also has served at Healthwise and Trizetto. compex legal services executive record retrieval software kevin harbauer chief technology officer

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Bill Gates wants Western countries to eat “synthetic meat”; Meatable has raised $47 million to make it

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Meatable has a long road ahead of it, because, as Gates acknowledged in his interview with MIT Technology Review (ed. These products don’t get at the full potential for cellular technology according to Daan Luining, Meatable’s chief technology officer. “The technology that we are using allows us to go into different species.

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Canoo takes the covers off of its debut electric vehicle

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Kranz, who initially came on board as the company’s chief technology officer, took over the day-to-day operations of Canoo after Stefan Krause, Canoo’s co-founder and chief executive, stepped away from the company in August for personal reasons, as The Verge previously reported. . The Los Angeles-based startup Canoo has finally unveiled its first model, the eponymously named canoo.

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The brains behind one of marketing’s biggest hits are out to reshape the industry again… with direct mail

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Founded by some of the men responsible for the biggest hits in online marketing (like the Dollar Shave Club commercial that launched what became a billion dollar acquisition ) think that its time to take technology where it’s never gone before — into targeted, direct mail campaigns using the best ad-targeting that money can buy. Neddenriep, served as the chief technology officer for Science — a role he’s continuing at Postie.

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Green Dot Sets New CTO

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Pasadena-based Green Dot Corporation, the operator of prepaid Mastercard, online and mobile banking, and other related businesses, has named Gyorgy Tomso as the company's Chief Technology Officer. Tomso was most recently Chief Operations Officer for fintech payments technology provider PayU. He also served at Euronet Worldwide, where he was for 14 years, serving as Chief Information Officer.

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Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams

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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. Despite billions of dollars in investment, and a sustained marketing push from some of the biggest names in the technology industry, virtual reality still doesn’t register with most regular consumers.

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Avidity Biosciences Names Chief Technical Officer

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as its Chief Technical Officer. avidity biosciences lifesciences pharamceutials chief technology officerLa Jolla-based Avidity Biosciences, a biopharmaceuticals company which is developing oligonucleotide-based therapies, said this week that it as named W. Michael Flanagan, Ph.D.,

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AirMap Sets CTO

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Santa Monica-based AirMap , which is developing drone mapping and airspace management services for the unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) market, has named Daniel Rubio as the company's Chief Technology Officer. He also served at NEC Technologies, among other positions. airmap drone mapping airspace daniel rubio chief technology officer executive

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Inseego Names CTO

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San Diego-based Inseego , which develops wireless hotspots, asset tracking, fleet management, and other related wireless products, has named a new Chief Technology Officer, the company said on Tuesday. inseego miwi hotspot wireless picker executive chief technology officer

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Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets

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Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. Relativity Space chief technology officer Jordan Noone next to one of the company’s 3-D printers. It also doesn’t hurt that the company has developed sophisticated manufacturing technologies that have terrestrial applications, if the rocket business fails to take off.

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Putting the band back together, ExactTarget execs reunite to launch MetaCX

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The former President of ExactTarget and later chief executive of Salesforce Marketing Cloud has made billions of dollars building products to help support customer service and now he’s back at it again with his latest venture MetaCX. The Indianapolis -based company is one of the latest spinouts from High Alpha Studio, an accelerator and venture capital studio formed by Scott Dorsey, the former chief executive officer of ExactTarget.

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FastSpring Names New CTO

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Santa Barbara-based e-commerce software developer FastSpring announced late Tuesday that it has named Michael Smith as the company's new Chief Technology Officer. fastspring chief technology officer executive ecommerceSmith was most recently CTO of Verisk Analytics, and also had served at Interthinx and Strategic Analytics. FastSpring develops cloud-based e-commerce software used by software, cloud, and other online service companies. READ MORE>>.

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GoodRx Names CTO

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Santa Monica-based GoodRx , a venture-backed startup which runs a prescription drug pricing marketplace, has named Jody Mulkey as the company's Chief Technology Officer. Mulkey is a veteran of Southern California's technology world, and was most recently Chief Product Officer at Aspiration, was CTO of Ticketmaster for five years, and also was at Shopzilla (now Connexity) for 14 years.

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Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech

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Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising the presidential hopeful to move slowly and not break anything. “Decades ago, at the peak of Japanese growth as a technology competitor on the global stage, the US government sought to break up IBM.

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Live streaming studio, Culture Genesis, launches its first show, the quiz-based Trivia Mob

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Backed initially by Los Angeles-based accelerator MuckerLab and betaworks latest livecamp program, the two founders see Culture Genesis as tapping into the twin trends of gaming and mobile technology adoption in young African American and Latinx communities. ” Newsum, the company’s chief technology officer, goes even further. ” TC Apple chief technology officer executive Gaming HQ Trivia Jeopardy Los Angeles mlb Netflix player qi United States

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OpenX Names New CTO

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Los Angeles-base programmatic advertising marketplace operator OpenX has named a new Chief Technology Officer, according to the company. OpenX said it has named Michael Radovancevich as its new CTO, as well as shifting former Chief Legal Officer Douglas McPherson to become Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. OPenX is a developer of online adverting technology, which it uses to run its own programmatic advertising exchange.

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uSamp Hires CTO

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Encino-based uSamp , the online survey and paneling firm run by Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin, reported today that it has hired Steven Sobolevsky as the firm's Chief Technology Officer. Sobolevsky was most recently VP at Technology at RazorGator Intractive. Tags: usamp chief technology officer executive survey panel

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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. Sullivan also was previously CTO of Tribune Company's Innovations/Interactive Technologies group, CIO at Edmunds.com, and a VP at Yahoo/Oerture Services, in addition to serving in executive roles at HomeStore.com and QAD. adconion sullivan executive chief technology officer engineering everbridge

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Evite Names New CTO, VP Marketing

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Los Angeles-based online invitations service Evite said this morning that it has appointed two new executives, adding Thanh Khuu as Chief Technology Officer and Karen Graham as Vice President of Marketing and Brand. Khuu had previously served as Chief Technology Officer at ShoeDazzle, in addition to other roles; Graham most recently was Vice President of Marketing at Nordstrom for the off-price online and brick-and-mortar division.

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The Trade Desk Names Product VP

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Ventura-based advertising technology developer The Trade Desk has named Dr. Bill Simmons as the company's new Vice President of Product. According to the company, Simmons was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Dataxu, an ad-tech pioneer, which was acquired by Roku in 2019; he then became Vice President of Product Management of Roku's ad platform.

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Hyperloop One Settles Employee Lawsuit

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Hyperloop One has settled a breach of fiduciary lawsuit brought by its former chief technology officer and co-founder Brogan BamBrogan as well as three other employees

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Dave Names CTO

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Los Angeles-based banking app developer Dave announced this morning that it ahs appointed Chien-Liang Chou as the company's Chief Technology Officer. Prior to Dave, Chou was Vice President of Engineering with Flexport, and he also served at VP, Technology at LendingClub, in addition to serving at such companies as Stockpile, LOYAL3, Salesforce.com, and FirstRain.

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NXCR Sets CTO

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Santa Monica-based subscription vehicle startup NXCR has named a new Chief Technology Officer this morning, saying it has added Martin Prescher to oversee its engineering and data teams. Prescher previously was at PwC, and also had served as Chief Technology Officer at AutoGravity.

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Vivera Pharmaceuticals Names Interim CTO

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as its Senior Technology Advisor and Interim Chief Technology Officer. Jouret has served as Chief Development Officer of Plume, Chief Digital Officer at Swiss automation firm ABB, in addition to serving at Cisco Systems, Envision Energy, and Nokia Technologies. NewportBeach-based Vivera Pharmaceuticals said this morning that it has named Guido Jouret, Ph.D.,

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Performio Names CRO, CTO

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Irvine-based sales commission software developer Performio has named Neil Graham as its new Chief Revenue Officer, and Dmitri Korablev as its new Chief Technology Officer, the company said this week. Graham previously served at Salesforce.com, Tealium, PayIt, and Jive, and also has served at Oracle. Korablev was most recently VP of Engineering at Datometry, and also served at GE Digital, Deem, and Informatica.

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Chipotle Launches $50M Venture Fund, Cultivate Next

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The fast casual restaurant chain said the new "Cultivate Next" venture fund will be funded entirely by the restaurant chain, and initially focus on startups who are developing technology and innovation for its restaurants. The new venture unit was announced by Chipotle Chief Technology Officer Curt Garner. chipotle venture capital investment restaurant food technology

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CarParts.com Names New CTO

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Torrance-based online auto parts e-commerce company CarParts.com says this morning that it has named Kals Subramanian as its Chief Technology Officer. Sabramanian was most recently Vice President of eCommerce Technology at Lowe's, and previously served at Best Buy and Target. The company's prior CTO shifts to the role of Chief Information Officer.

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Top CTO Challenges for 2019

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The LA CTO Forum recently conducted a survey to find out what our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) members saw as their biggest challenges heading into 2019. We received over 250 responses that provides a pretty good insight into the top CTO challenges.

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Headspace Names New CTO

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Santa Monica-based mindfulness and meditation app developer Headspace said on Wednesday thati thas named Krithika Swaminathan as its new Chief Technology Officer. Swaminathan was most recently Vice President for Artificial Intelligence at Intuit. She also previously served as Vice President of Platform Engineering for the Consumer Group (TurboTax, Turbo, Mint), and Vice President for Site Reliability, Security and Quality Engineering for Intuit Platform.

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Video Interview: Brand Caso, Meshcandy

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Our interview todays is with Brand Caso , the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Meshcandy (meshcandy.com) developing mesh devices specifically for the health care industry, used for automate the measuring information at health care sites.

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Stamps.com Snags CTO From Mattel

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El Segundo-based online postage and shipping software developer Stamps.com said late Tuesday afternoon that it has named Jonathan Bourgoine as its new Chief Technology Officer. Bourgoine was most recently the VP and Chief Technology Officer of Mattel and, before that, was SVP of Operations at Youbet.com.

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Phonexa Names CTO

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Glendale-based marketing automation software developer Phonexa announced this morning that it has promoted Alexey Sidora to the position of Chief Technology Officer. The company also has offices in the United Kingdom and Ukraine. Phonexa said Sidora has been "instrumental" in the development of all of its products, and has been at the company since 2015, when he started as a PHP developer. He was most recently Director of Engineering at the company.

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Econolite Names CTO

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Anaheim-based Econolite , a developer of connected vehicle and traffic management technology, says it has named a new Chief Technology Officer. According to Econolite, it has named Eric Raamot as Chief Technology Officer of the company, replacing retiring Senior VP and CTO Gary Duncan. Raamot was most recently VP of Engineering at the company.

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MANDT VR Names CTO

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Los Angeles-based MANDT VR , an augmented reality and virtual reality production company, said on Thursday that it has named Mike Dunn as the company's Chief Technology Officer. Mandt was most recently CIO at VER, and also had previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Time Warner, Hearst Interactive Media and TrueCar.

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Omnidya Names CTO

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Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence software developer Omnidya announced this morning that it has named Akshay "Ed" Vachhani as its Chief Technology Officer. Vachhani previously had served as Executive Director of Data and Analytics at Morgan Stanley. Vachhani also previously served at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. Omnidya says it is using artificial intelligence to develop an IoT product used for home and auto insurance. READ MORE>>.

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Midnight Lights Up With $7.5M

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The company said its game designers include Chris Heatherly (most recently EVP Games for NBCUniversal and GM of Disney Mobile Games); Geoffrey Hunt (Star Trek: Fleet Command and Game of War: Fire Age); and Bill Roper (Disney Interactive Central Creative, Improbable), and that it was founded by gaming investment banker, CEO Steve Wade, and CTO Steven Spagnolo, former Chief Technology Officer at SoundCloud, Senior Director of Technology for King and founder of Blue Tongue Entertainment and Twiitch.

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Papaya Picks Up $50M For Mobile Payments

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The company's co-founder and Chief technology Officer is Jason Meltzer, who previously was at iRobot. Los Angeles-based Papaya, a fintech startup developing a mobile bill payment application, says it has raised $50M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Sequoia Capital, Acrew Capital, 01 Advisors, Mucker Capital, Fika Ventures, F-Prime, and Sound Ventures.

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ServiceTitan Names CTO

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Los Angeles-based software developer ServiceTitan, which develops software to manage the businesses of plumbers, electricians, and other home-based services, said this morning that it has appointed Anmol Bhasin as the company's Chief Technology Officer.

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