socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2014

The company was led by Tom Lamb. According to VacationRoost, the combined vacation rental booking network of the companies is currently generating over $130M in annual vacation rental bookings. software engine booking marketplace rental vacation vacationroost acquisition merger leisurelink' READ MORE>>.

Clearstone

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The firm said Jon Callaghan of True and Bryce Roberts at O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures have joined the company's board. The company said it will be hiring more hardware and software engineers in San Diego because of the funding, and will also open up a new office in the Bay Area.

San Diego

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

We spoke with VP of Indeed Prime, Terence Chiu , about the new service�and more importantly, why the company decided that it needed to be in Los Angeles, as one of the growing tech hubs in the U.S., Are there specific kinds of technical jobs you have found that Los Angeles companies have difficulty filling?

Los Angeles

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Despite the economy, Southern California's high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Linux System Engineer , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group. Tech Lead Adserving Engineer , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group.

Malibu

socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2012

Path.To , which operates a service to match up companies with software engineers, interactive designers, and other IT professionals by matching personalities, skills, and social graph, said Tuesday that it has expanded support into the Los Angeles area. READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles

socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2015

The two said that MakerSquare will launch its first class on June 29th.

Dollar Shave Club

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Santa Barbara-based LogicMonitor , which develops software for IT infrastructure monitoring, said yesterday that it has released a new, free tool to help debug and monitor Java software. logicmonitor java operations monitoring software free management devops' READ MORE>>.

Java

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based Flowspace, a startup developing fulfillment software for e-commerce companies, said this week that it has named Piranavan Selvanandan as its new Vice President of Engineering. Selvanandan most recently was at Salesforce, in software engineering, and also served at HP.

Software Engineering

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

According to BrainChip, the new software development center initially will be staffed by five software engineers and local management. The company already has an overseas office in toulouse, France, working on software development.

Artificial Inteligence

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2012

Santa Barbara-based CALIENT Technologies has appointed a new Vice President of Engineering, the company said this morning. Miglani to the position, from his existing position as Director of Software Engineering. The firm said it has promoted Jitender K.

Santa Barbara

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

FloQast, which develops close management software for accountants, said Nayar was most recently Vice President and Head of Technology at ConsumerTrack, and also had served as Vice President of Engineering at GoDaddy, Director of Cloud Architecture at American Apparel, and Director of Software Engineering at Quark Software.

Software Engineering

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

According to numerous local CEOs, startup executives, and recruiters, the number of open positions for technical--and other-- talent at local companies has surged in recent months, and there's a wild scramble to find the right employees.

Southern California

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2014

Anaheim- and Boulder-based SendGrid , which develops email delivery software and services to developers, is expanding its presence in Colorado, saying that it has relocated to a new and larger space in its Boulder location. SendGrid also said it is hiring across the company, including in Orange COunty. READ MORE>>.

Orange County

socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2012

Cloud-based email delivery startup SendGrid , one of the companies out of the TechStars accelerator, said this week that it is accelerating hiring at the firm, including at the firm's Anaheim location.

CTO Hire

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In good news for the LA jobs market, another Los Angeles company is reporting big hiring plans. Los Angeles-based Zynx Health , a developer of clincial decision support software for the healthcare market, said today that it has opened up over 40 positions for hiring, as part of a growth push at the company.

Software Engineering

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Hulu said that the move comes as it looks to find the most talented software engineers, and will be the fifth office for the firm. The company currently has approximately 230 employees spread across Los Angeles, New York, Beijing, and Chicago. READ MORE>>.

Hulu

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The new funding values the company at $1 billion. The company was founded in 2015. Based on the company's open positions, it appears its San Diego team includes a significant number of software engineers, as well as administrative functions. The funding came from Chinese investors SINA Corp. and Composite Capital.

Technology

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2015

Mojix said that it will add over 100 software engineers to the company as part of the acquisition, including TierConnect's two founders, Gus Rivera and Terrence Crown. Both companies say they are part of the "Internet of things" market. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. TierConnect was based in Michigan.

Software Engineering

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

TWTFelipe and I ended up speaking for nearly 30 minutes and we talked mostly about why his company was based in Canada and not the US. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. He started another company on the side while he was working during the day at a technology company.

Technical Review

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

In the Beginning … This is a very important post to me because I find myself giving this advice all the time and if you don’t follow the basic advice here you can cause yourself much heartache down the line – even if your company ultimately becomes über successful. It’s hard enough to build a successful company.

Startup

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Atigeo said it acquired the software plus 60 issued and pending patents covering various aspects of Atigeo's data science technology. The company also said it plans to hire former Atigeo data scientists and software engineers. Atigeo had been based in Bellevue, Washington and was backed by Ascension Ventures.

Artificial Inteligence

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

According to the company, it is looking to recruit quantum computing technologists as well as software engineers experienced in AI and machine learning here at its new location, where it says it will help serve its based of industrial and academic clients here in the United States. The company's founder and CEO is Michael J.

Artificial Inteligence

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2018

Irvine-based AutoGravity , which provides smartphone-driven car financing tools, has named Jason Bonifay as its new Vice President of Engineering, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

Chief Technology Officer

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2017

The company says it has been developing its systems since 2015. The company's co-founder is Xiaodi Hou. TuSimple says it is the only San Diego company to have a permit for testing autonomous vehicles in California. The startup says it hopes to run a test this month taking an autonomous vehicle 420 miles from San Diego to Tucson.

San Diego

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Steve is helping to spearhead the efforts of TechLA Internships (techla.internships.com), an online site which lists local internships at high tech companies for college students. One, led by Todd Gitlin, is getting companies to post internships. How can companies here get involved? How is the program doing that?

Startup

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2021

Irvine-based Phocas Software, a developer of data analytics software for the manufacturing, distribution, and retail business market, says it has named Dave Boorman as its new Chief Financial Officer. The company said Boorman was most recently CFO for Network Ten, and also served at Seven West Media.

Software Engineering

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2019

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital is hoping to sell one of its portfolio companies, Perforce Software , for around $2 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg over the weekend. Perforce has been owned by Clearlake Capital since January of 2018. Bloomberg did not name possible buyers for Perforce.

Capital

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2010

Brian McKelvey: For the last ten years, I've worked in software engineering, ranging from building social viral games for Paramount, Lionsgate, and GSN. What drove you to start the company? Also, more recently, I was with LiveNation and was building point-of-sales applications. Brian McKelvey: I really wanted to have fun.

Social Network

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2019

From the moment Talia Frenkel resolved to found a company after a kitchen-table talk with her parents, the odds were against her. There were a host of reasons—she wasn’t a software engineer, she had no product development experience, and she wanted to launch a consumer item that was already sold widely by established enterprises.

Software Engineering

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2015

According to Evite, it has named Evoniuk as the company''s Chief Technology Officer, to oversee the company''s technology strategy, software engineering and enterprise architecture. Los Angeles-based online invitation site Evite , which i owned by Liberty Interactive, has hired on former Amgen IT director Perry Evoniuk.

Evite

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

San Diego-based BuyAutoParts.com , an online e-commerce site focused on auto parts, said Thursday that it has named Adrian Crisan as the company''s Chief Information Officer. Crisan joins from AutoAnything, where he was VP of Software Engineering. The company said Crisan has over 25 years of experience in the field.

CIO

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2019

Los Angeles- and London-based Engineer.ai , a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at creating software for SMBs, said today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DigitalOcean, a provider of cloud services for the development community. recently raised $29.5M READ MORE>>.

Artificial Inteligence

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

They were making some significant choices that were going to have lasting impact on their company. As I mention in Symptoms of a Weak Development Team , the number one reason I get calls relates to an old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time. Would you create contracts without an attorney?

Technical Advisors

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

” In that post I talked about how a few key people in any community can have an enormous impact on the fledgling success of the city or company. And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Here are mine: 1.

Startup

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I used this when I taught software engineering. I used a company in India to develop the site, and it's mostly done. The remaining 10%, takes the other 90% of the time. And I use it all the time now when I get the kind of message that I received: I'm looking for a web developer to continue work on my website.

Software Development

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 6, 2015

With the growing need for Software Engineers at technology, entertainment and media companies in the Los Angeles area, Hack Reactor, which has three founders who are University of Southern California graduates, identified fertile ground for MakerSquare to educate, train and mentor technologists in Southern California. “Los

Dollar Shave Club

TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Over the past five years, virtual reality was the latest new thing to make or break fortunes, and the founding team behind the Korean company AmazeVR are the latest would-be dream-makers to take their turn spinning the wheel for Hollywood fortunes. There are significant economic reasons for companies to persist.

Chief Technology Officer