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>>.

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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., In fact, it's one of the top five tech hubs, according to technology workers looking for job opportunities.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Anyone looking for signs that the economy is turning around, might want to look at what appears to be happening in Southern California's technology jobs market. Mangers said that it appears that for companies that have survived the storm of 2009 and the economy, things are looking up.

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Xconomy

MAY 21, 2019

Thrun (pictured) says many software engineers working at the raft of companies now developing self-driving vehicles have trained in the technology via Udacity , the educational technology company he. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2018

Galvanize, which is based out of denver but has locations in Austin, Boulder, Denver, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle, said the acquisition and funding will add Los Angeles to its "innovation hubs" technology students, alumni, entrepreneurs, startups and established companies.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. 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. It's currently in beta.

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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. evite online invitations greeting amgen executive technology' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2017

San Diego- and Beijing-based TuSimple , a startup developing autonomous driving technology, says it has received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test autonomous driving vehicles on the road. The company says it has been developing its systems since 2015. The company's co-founder is Xiaodi Hou.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

In an unusual move for an otherwise dismal job market, Pasadena-based Idealab is joining the ranks of local companies doing aggressive recruiting of technology talent, saying today that it is running a technology job fair next week for its companies. percent in August. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. There are significant economic reasons for companies to persist. The company was formed and financed with $6.3

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2015

MakerSquare , which operates coding camps and classes to help students get software jobs, is setting up a new location in Los Angeles, according to the Hack Reactor collective. angeles camp code software education school hackreactor reactor hack makersquare' The two said that MakerSquare will launch its first class on June 29th.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

San Diego-based 3D Robotics , the developer and supplier of parts and technology for personal unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has raised $5M in funding, from True Ventures and O'Reilly AlphaTech ventures. The firm said Jon Callaghan of True and Bryce Roberts at O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures have joined the company's board.

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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. CALIENT is a developer of photonic switching systems based on 3D MEMs technology. READ MORE>>.

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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>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

There''s a gap between the robust, growing technology startups in Los Angeles and the many students graduating from local universities, according to Steven Dietz , who is a venture capitalist at LA''s Upfront Ventures. Steven Dietz: There is very little connection between the schools here and the technology community in the LA area.

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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

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

They were making some significant choices that were going to have lasting impact on their company. Ideally they have experience with your full technology stack, but in some cases, having them learn about best practices will be necessary. I was very worried for several startup in the room. Would you create contracts without an attorney?

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Coding bootcamps have proven to the cure for a workforce that isn’t qualified to handle the complicated technologies that rule the business world today. And one well-known coding bootcamp has made an effort to focus on engineering thanks to a huge investment from a Malibu CEO. .

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. We spoke with Neville about the company: What is theBlu?

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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.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

In recent years, one of the more common ways to share information, conduct training, or pitch your company to other has been through online, web-based webinar and conferencing. We spoke with Costin Tuculescu , CEO of Freebinar, about the firm, how it's reaching out to Dimdim users, and the background on the company.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. CallFire technology is already playing a prominent role in 2012 political races across the spectrum. Clients have included MoveOn.org, Rep.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson said, “We’re using the proceeds from our financing round to invest in our technology, build new features, and increase sales and support.”. Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. Team, Technology & Vision. Over $3M Raised.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Working with professional athletes combined with my natural leadership ability and experience in business development makes me uniquely suited to lead a technology company in the health and fitness industry. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. Finding engineering talent is a struggle for everyone right now.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

CFI is looking to enlist Indian-origin tech professionals, some who are software engineers from Microsoft, Google, eBay, VISA and Facebook among others to join other volunteers and organizations to give back to their community. Think Local, Hack Global. Over 20 years of experience.

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StartUp Beat

JANUARY 24, 2018

They make great employees, in other words, says Thornton – the co-founder of Coding Autism, a professional coaching and training company for adults on the autism spectrum. Technology, explains Rosenberg, is the way to reach them. But in the United States an estimated 80 percent of autistic adults are either unemployed or underemployed.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Not long ago, companies prepared for cyber risks the way they might for a hurricane, flood, or other disaster situation: Brace for the worst, and hope for the best. But while they’re taking cyber threats seriously, many companies are struggling to find the right balance in their approach. Those days are over.

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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.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

The site looks to be very well executed, where did you get the technology expertise to pull off the site? James Chung: My previous background is in software engineering. UCLA Anderson really seems to be a hotbed of entrepreneurs nowadays - did you know going into the MBA program you'd be starting your own company?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

In the early days of your companies, what techniques do you use to separate entrepreneurs from Wantrepreneurs (those who think they want to be an entrepreneur but do not have the innate skills, drive, risk profile, etc.)? You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well. I am obsessed with technology.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Company : FindTheBest. In the early days of your companies, what techniques do you use to separate entrepreneurs from Wantrepreneurs (those who think they want to be an entrepreneur but do not have the innate skills, drive, risk profile, etc.)? You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

An example from Fullscreen: Optimizing user analytics tracking on a Fullscreen product, only to find out Facebook (which his company uses to broadcast user content) had completely changed their layout. The conversation moves on to dependence (Jen’s stated challenge) on other existing technologies as Vic Parekh of Machinima nods.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Co-founder and lead software developer Anil Kumar was a led software engineer for WebEx. The TenHands team realized that there were powerful macro technological and social trends emerging that could be leveraged to deliver simple affordable video collaboration for businesses in a way that has never been done before.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

This leads to a set of questions: What is the role of a CTO in the early stages of a company, and does that role change later on as both the company and that individual matures? It specifically answers the first questions about role and how it changes as the company matures. What technology research is required?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Alex Quilici was the co-founder of voice-portal company Quack.com (acquired by AOL), and is currently CEO of YouMail. He is a frequent public speaker. Alex Quilici.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company. We wrote all of the core components of our technology, from the ground up--even our SIP stack, OIP application, session-border, softswitch, and media server--which runs on standards-based, off-the shelf servers. We wrote our own code, which really distinguishes us.

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