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Sotera Wireless Names COO

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Achkire was most recently Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Foxconn Health Technology Business Group, and also was co-founder, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Zap Surgical Systems. Sotera Wireless is aiming at early detection of life threatening conditions at patients in hospitals.

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Verimatrix Snags Motorola Vet As CTO

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San Diego-based Verimatrix has snagged a Motorola vet as its new Chief Technology Officer, the firm said today. The firm said it has named Petr Peterka, formerly a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the CTO's office at Motorola's Home and Networks Mobility Team to the position.

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Startup CTO or Developer

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I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. That’s why Roger Smith puts the focus of the CTO on programming for the earliest stage.

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Zynga Ramps Los Angeles Office

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The firm, which said last year that it had selected Los Angeles for an expanded recruiting effort, recently posted a position for a Chief Technology Officer, based in Los Angeles. Zynga said in the listing that the CTO will be instrumental in growing and scaling the organization.

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DivX Loses CTO

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San Diego-based DivX said late Wednesday that the firm's Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Markus Moenig, has resigned from the firm. DivX said that Jim Reesman, the firm's Vice President of Engineering, will now lead its global engineering organization.

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NationBuilder Raises $6.3M

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Los Angeles-based NationBuilder , a startup developing an online system to help political candidates and other organizations to create web sites, organize volunteers, coordinate campaigns, and more, said Thursday that it has raised $6.3M in a funding round. READ MORE>>.

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ISSA-LA 4th Annual Information Security Summit

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ISSA-LAs Information Security Summit provides business leaders, technology leaders and information systems security leaders with concentrated, thought-provoking, valuable information on the latest cyber threats, providing actionable insights on protecting their organizations.