SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2011

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 -- AWT Quarterly Technology Forum. Inspired by panelist Ashwin Rangan's book "Tomorrow's CIO: Strategic Conversations That Align IT with the Boardroom," this forum brings together a panel of distinguished CIOs for a discussion about tomorrow's IT leadership. Come join the discussion! See [link] (more)

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AWT CIO Technology Product 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2020

Santa Monica-based TigerConnect , which develops communications tools for the healthcare and other industries, said on Wednesday that it has named Tim Goodwin as the company's new Chief Technology Officer. Goodwin also served as CIO and Senior Vice President at Fiserv Digital Channels. READ MORE>>.

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Chief Technology Officer CIO Santa Monica Tool 157

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based Cedars Sinai is one of the major backers of a new startup, Censinet , in the company's Series A funding. Cedars-Sinai's participation in the funding was led by Darren Dworkin, the healthcare system's Senior Vice President and CIO. According to Censinet, it raised $7.8M READ MORE>>.

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CIO Los Angeles Funding Startup 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2017

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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Chief Technology Officer CIO Truecar Commerce 124

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 29, 2020

The company first announced the Vegas expansion in July 2019. “Cloud technologies enable two important outcomes for us,” said James Alvarez, CIO of Aristocrat. Both of these capabilities allow us to flex our technology to fully support the demands of our customers and our business.

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Google CIO Outsource Development Demand 155

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2009

The ad network said that Dimler has served at companies such as DirecTV, Transamerica, and Mail.com Media Corporation. Hydra said that Dilmer will lead the firm's technology strategy and development. READ MORE>>.

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CIO Advertising Media Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2012

Online advertising network Adconion is tapping a Los Angeles technology vet as its Global Chief Technology Officer, the company said Monday. Adconion said that it has appointed Scott Sullivan to the CTO position, recruiting him away from Everbridge Communications, where he was also CTO.

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Chief Technology Officer CIO Yahoo Advertising 140

socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2013

Aliso Viejo-based Corent Technology , which develops software that makes it easy for companies to convert their legacy applications into software-as-a-service, has added a new advisor, the firm said this week. Corent said it has added Mario Leone, former CIO of Ingram Micro, FIAT, Federal-Mogul and Dow Chemical, as an advisor.

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PHP Java SaaS CIO 138

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Everbridge , which develops incident notification and mass calling systems, said Thursday that it has named Scott Sullivan as the firm's Chief Technology Officer. Sullivan was most recently Chief Technology Officer, Interactive, for the Tribune Company and the Los Angeles Times. READ MORE>>.

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Chief Technology Officer CIO Yahoo Los Angeles 145

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

In an exclusive interview with TechCrunch, Klarna CEO and founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski said the company has seen explosive growth in the U.S. While the company was profitable for its first 14 years of life, it has not been profitable the last two, according to Siemiatkowski, and that’s been by design.

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Los Angeles Funding CIO Marketing 266

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment? As a data company, weve always believed that a data-focused culture is necessary for us to achieve great data quality. Contact our editors for details.

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Technical Review Startup CIO Southern California 113

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. Alex Kazerani.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

Many companies would love to be able to get the benefits of cloud--easy configurability, low cost, scaling, and more--but, due to various reasons, can''t take advantage of public cloud services like Amazon. The company announced a funding round from Canaan Partners, Storm Ventures, and AME Cloud a couple of weeks ago.

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CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2012

Employees are regularly using their own personal devices (smartphones, tablets, and laptops) to conduct business or store company information. Should businesses provide company devices to their employees, in order to regulate them more carefully? In this session, we'll hear a panel discuss the BYOD practice and its implications.

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AWT CIO SpaceX Training 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

CIO Impacts Forum. While the burden of software installation, update or maintenance is removed from the hands of the enterprise user, the burden of creating, managing and securing the infrastructure, devices, user accounts, and, networks, falls in the hands of the CIO. See [link] (more).

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CIO Cloud Computing Services UCLA 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Customers can stream your companys content, shop for goods, search for local products and services, and receive personalized serviceall from their mobile phones. In this session, well hear a panel discuss mobile trends and describe why IT Leaders must set the technology strategy. What are the implications for IT Leaders?

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Mobile AWT Cloud Computing CIO 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Sure, there are roles like CTO or CIO, but the input and decision making process has remained fairly static. Some of the things that have changed includes their ages, types of experience and the kind of expertise they offer a company. Technology is author of the boardroom revolution. A look back on boardroom shifts.

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Technology CTO Hire Conference Education 40

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

One of the hottest sectors of the technology startup market today is the use of artificial intelligence, big data, and machine learning across many different sectors including finance. One Los Angeles company, ZestFinance (www.zestfinance.com), has been working in this area for a few years. What does ZestFinance do?

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Artificial Inteligence Tool CIO Customer 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Morefield is the former COO of Experian Consumer Direct, as well as CIO at Overture Services. According to the firm, founding CEO Jeff Solomon becomes Senior Vice President and will focus on product and technology development at the company. Morefield has also served at PayMyBills and at Home Savings of America.

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Rustic Canyon CIO Web Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

So, how do you help ease enterprise customers into the cloud--or at least, help them use cloud technology to help them with their business goals? We caught up with founder and CEO Grant Kirkwood --a serial entrepreneur and veteran of providing infrastructure to the enterprise markets--on the vision behind the company.

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Cloud Computing Outsource Development Outsource Startup 217

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Companies are always complaining about how hard it is to find the right employees, and how technical talent is hard to find. Yet, you have many students, graduating with technical skills, who just don't know how to make it into a company. At the same time, we're trying to help add women and diversity to technology and entrepreneurship.

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UCLA Education CIO Examples 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). After we sold it to that public company, I founded HashtagOne. It's all about leverage.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Business opportunities are popping up around cloud computing technology, too, according to cloud computing consultant and blogger Phil Wainewright. The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology. But the long-term trend is toward a higher ratio of managers-to-staff.

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Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2016

We spoke with Kyle Kamrooz , co-founder and COO of the company, about what the startup is doing. Because of that, it's very antiquated, both in terms of the process and the technology used. For those who do understand it, they are so used to the technology today I the space, which is very anitiquated. What is cloudvirga?

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Startup Platform Pepperdine CIO 100

socalTECH

JULY 28, 2017

We spoke with SecureAuth's CEO, Jeff Kukowski , to learn more about what the problems are with cybersecurity, and how the company is attacking the problem. As a company, there are plenty of use cases where people use their phones for a second factor. Our company is all about going beyond second factor. We think that's great.

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IP Artificial Inteligence CIO Startup 100

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Currently, I am the cofounder and CIO of Remesh , which is an AI platform that understands and engages groups of people in conversation in real time. Before starting the company, I held engineering roles at Google and Meetup. I am also an experienced entrepreneur who has founded two other companies.

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Startup Platform CIO Entrepreneur 70

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 1, 2008

“California is the birthplace of the information technology revolution and the home of the companies that are creating the future course of our information rich society. Not true so much anymore, but from a standpoint of innovation in the technology sector, California continues to flourish. While the growth of Web 2.0

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AeA CIO Web 2.0 Technology 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. Whatever you’re trying to brand – your company, your community or yourself – this is the first exercise I would recommend that you start with. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. Not derivative.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. After working as an engineer for Apple, Sun Microsystems, Marimba, and other Silicon Valley titans, Van launched four new technology companies, the latest of which is GroupPrice.com.

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SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

To solve that issue, Santa Monica-based TigerText (www.tigertext.com) has been developing smartphone applications which replace SMS, and provide companies with the ability to control, delete, encrypt, and otherwise gain control of the messaging between their employees. We spoke with CEO Brad Brooks to learn more about the company.

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Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

AeA Los Angeles Council

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

When a company is not in compliance, it looses its ability to sell in certain markets. The CIO: The optimal use of information & communication technology is critical to the CIO. The CIO: The optimal use of information & communication technology is critical to the CIO. of the total U.S.

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CIO Examples Torrance Invest 40

Alon Schwartz

DECEMBER 14, 2008

I’m being asked this by technologies, of course, but also from other, non-tech people like private investors, VCs, SEO experts, marketing guys, potential hires, partners, and any random guests that just happen to stop by and say hi to Jason (of course…). The whole notion of a company trying to make money from selling software makes me sick.

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LAMP PHP Java CTO Hire 45

Alon Schwartz

DECEMBER 14, 2008

I’m being asked this by technologies, of course, but also from other, non-tech people like private investors, VCs, SEO experts, marketing guys, potential hires, partners, and any random guests that just happen to stop by and say hi to Jason (of course…). The whole notion of a company trying to make money from selling software makes me sick.

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LAMP PHP Java CTO Hire 40

Alon Schwartz

DECEMBER 14, 2008

I’m being asked this by technologies, of course, but also from other, non-tech people like private investors, VCs, SEO experts, marketing guys, potential hires, partners, and any random guests that just happen to stop by and say hi to Jason (of course…). The whole notion of a company trying to make money from selling software makes me sick.

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PHP LAMP Java CTO Hire 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

We spoke with Dipanshu Sharma, Chairman of the firm, to learn more about the company and its products. That's the case with every other company we know of and who we have talked to. Most companies use Microsoft Project, and although there are a bunch of other projects, Microsoft has the most market share.

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Startup Software Review Technical Review Software 100

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

However, despite the movement of social computing into our daily lives we’re all clearly on a long journey together as the technologies themselves emerge from infancy. Four aspects of social Web evolution So what kind of emerging standards and technologies are we seeing that can help address these issues?

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Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29