socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2015

ZestFiance said the funding goes towards the company's Bastix loan service, which is aimed at providing loans to people who normally would not be able to qualify for loans from traditional banks. Los Angeles-baesd online lender ZestFinance said today that it has raised $150M in debt financing, from Fortress Investment Group.

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CIO Google Los Angeles Capital 100

socalTECH

MAY 6, 2014

The company said it was founded by Laurie Paolone, who was formerly the CIO of MagnaFlow. HashItIt.com''s website creates Pinterest-like results pages which pull content from across all or just one of those social services. READ MORE>>. hashitit hashtag search engine tool searching social media twitter instagram facebook pinterest'

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Social Media CIO Content Tool 157

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2015

Santa Monica-based CallFire , which offers up cloud-based text and voice communications services, said today that it has shifted the roles of two of its founders.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Prior to that, he was CIO at Overture Services. Morefield was most recently President and CEO of LEADS360, and also previously served as Chief Operations Officer at Experian Consumer Direct. Quality Systems said Morefield will oversee all of the operations of the company and its business units. READ MORE>>.

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CIO Software Services Develop 147

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

MAY 21, 2012

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. Sullivan is also a board member at Graphight. READ MORE>>.

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Chief Technology Officer CIO Yahoo Advertising 140

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2010

According to Leads360, Infinity's independent agents will have access to its lead management software and services at a reduced price. Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, and headed by former Overture Services CIO Dan Morefield. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon CIO SaaS Sales 177

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 Pasadena firm''s co-founders, Sean Lynch and Steve Curry , sat down with us to talk about the service. What does MetaCloud do?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 24, 2012

The expert panelists will discuss the obstacles and opportunities for such services today as well as within the next 15 years. San Diego Venture Group. CEO and President of Navigenics.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2010

Sullivan has also served at Edmunds.com, where he was CIO, and Yahoo!/Overture Overture Services, where he was SVP Technology Operations and Engineering. 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

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Leads360 is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, and is headed by Dan Morefield, who was CIO of Overture Services before its acquisition by Yahoo. Leads360 said that its software--used to manage sales leads from online channels--will help mortgage lenders using Optimal Blue's software to close the gap between leads and revenue.

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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. Mobile Apps enable businesses to relate to customers one-to-one. What are the implications for IT Leaders? Come join the discussion!

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Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president. She was previously the CIO for Holy Cross Health System in South Bend, IN, a 13-hospital chain where she was responsible for strategic IT planning from Maryland to California. He founded MaxIT Healthcare in 2001. Jean Balgrosky.

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San Diego Incubator CIO Startup 67

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

According to Crunchbase , the company has made nine known acquisitions over time — most recently picking up Los Gatos-based content creation services provider Toplooks.ai. Other things the company plans to do with its new capital is focus on acquisitions, particularly acqui-hires, according to Siemiatkowski.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we sat down and spoke with David Loo , the founder and CEO of Perspectium (www.perspectium.com), a startup which is developing service management applications designed to help connect different, enterprise service management software products together. Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer – what it means for the CIO. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Scott Kriz. CEO at Bitium.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We had a soft launch to test our new identity protection & identity management features to complement our core people search service in 2020. He started Spokeo with his college roommates Mike Daly (CTO) and Eric Liang (CIO) in 2006 in his parents basement. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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Technical Review Startup CIO Southern California 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Morefield is the former COO of Experian Consumer Direct, as well as CIO at Overture Services. Los Angeles-based Leads360, a developer of lead management software, has tapped Dan Morefield as the firm's new President and CEO, the firm announced this morning. Morefield has also served at PayMyBills and at Home Savings of America.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

So, along came "cloud computing" where processing, storage, networking and applications are accessed as services over networks, public and private. Despite huge advances in computing power, the world's IT infrastructure is overwhelmed by increasingly complex and huge amounts of data. will serve as moderator.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

He references CIO Bernard Golden’s argument, made in The IT Jobs Cloud Computing Will Create , that while some roles may disappear altogether, others will remain, but in much less demand. Rackspace Hosting is the service leader in cloud computing, and a founder of OpenStack, an open source cloud operating system.

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Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

Most of the CIOs we are talking to are at large banks and healthcare providers. We take the approach which might look like a system integrator in the beginning, and we transition to a service provider once we''ve defined the solution. But, the way we do it is different. The solution we provide is we solve major business problems.

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Cloud Computing Outsource Development Outsource Startup 217

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

Jay Budzik: ZestFinance was founded in 2009, by Douglas Merrill, the former CIO at Google, in order to make fair and transparent credit available to everyone. We're now 100 percent a software company, delivering our software to financial services companies across the world. What does ZestFinance do?

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Artificial Inteligence Tool CIO Custom 113

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 1, 2008

The AeA Los Angeles Council is proud to announce a FREE EVENT on July 11th, 2008 , to provide our local technology community with the opportunity to meet the newly-appointed State of California Cabinet-level Chief Information Officer (CIO), Teresa (Teri) Takai. Prior to going into state service, Ms. Click to register ) Ms.

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AeA CIO Web 2.0 Technology 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing, meaning big servers have left the building.

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CTO Hire Funding Cloud Computing CIO 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

Phil Ginsburg, the visionary General Manager of San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department, says that, “Open data allows government to leverage the talents of app developers all for the benefit of those relying on our services and programs.” Ginsburg reminds citizens that no personal information is shared with app developers.

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Technical Review Software Review CIO Web Design 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing, meaning big servers have left the building.

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Startup Invest CTO Hire CIO 97

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ZunguZ is a global social payment platform that integrates deeply into the social graph of Facebook and financial service providers. Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Integr8 Group – one of the largest private owned Information Communication and Telecommunication Managed Service providers in South Africa (Annex.13). What is Zunguz?

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Information Officer.

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Startup CTO Hire Cloud Computing CIO 90

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. And before that he worked years at hedge funds and more broadly in the financial services industry. Whenever I have a business that is big-data oriented and financial services focused he’s my first call.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Santa Monica 304

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. Executive Boards in business today look a great deal like they did 60 years ago in many ways. Now, there are some significant improvements in the dynamics of the board members and their diversity. Images via Shutterstock.

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Technology CTO Hire Conference Education 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CIO) and a product lead (CTO). If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. Build qualified advisory board. Get a real customer and real revenue.

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Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

Up until now linking, syndication, and shared comment services have been used to connect the dots on distributed conversations but the practical usefulness of these approaches has been reached in many cases. Poor integration between social media and location services. Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. So it’s always a trade-off. There are many strategic assets outside of Silicon Valley. In Washington DC you have government & defense.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313