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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.

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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 (..)

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Cast & Crew Names CTO

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Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services , which provides technology and payroll and production management services to the entertainment industry, said it has named Alex Godelman as its new Chief Technology Officer.

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Laudville Bolsters Advisory Board With Oversee.net's Chuang

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Los Angeles-based Laudville , a startup developing an online platform to help users share entertainment like movies, books, TV, and music with friends, has added Gene Chuang to its board of advisors, according to the firm. Chuang is currently Chief Technology Officer at Oversee.net,and also has served at such companies as Yahoo!

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Appetize Names New VPs

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According to Appetize, it has named Robbie Knutson-Ratto as Senior Vice President of Product, Alain Avakian as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and also named co-founder Jason Pratts as Chief Information Officer. Appetize said that Ms. Avakian joined Appetize earlier this year, according to the company.

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Miso Robotics Picks Up $10M More

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The funding was led by Acacia Research Corporation, and also included entertainment and sports hospitality firm Levy, Joseph Essas, the chief technology officer of OpenTable, as well as investors associated with CaliBurger.

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Hulu Names New CTO

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Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu said Tuesday that it has named Tian Lim as its new Chief Technology Officer.

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