Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward. Experience.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways. In addition, there are incentives for referring others to the platform.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Leveraging LLMs to help users fill in text, whether it’s by providing starter content, samples, or highly personalized tips, makes their lives easier. Now that AI is here to help, every textbox is an opportunity to help a customer through the challenge. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2013

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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MAY 3, 2021

According to the company, it is using machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML and AI) to help businesses find opportunities within their contracts, and help those companies simplify their contract management process. The company said it has just released a beta of its platform, with global availability planned in Q3.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

AI-driven platforms can also streamline the onboarding process, providing new hires with personalized learning paths, thereby reducing the need for extensive HR personnel involvement and ensuring quicker employee ramp-up. tew_cta text="Want to learn how TechEmpower can help you drive impact with AI?"]

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Jon Kraft: Our mission is to help kids discover and pursue their passions in life. I actually convinced Girish to help me with that other project, and worked together. One of our goals, is to help kids understand their unique strengths, and find things that they really can be passionate about. Tell me about your new company?

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JANUARY 2, 2014

Michael Chasin: LawKick.com is essentially a marketplace that makes it easier than ever to find legal help. How the website works, is the client goes to the website, and indicates what they need help with. Lawyers on the platform love the experience. If you think about finding legal help, it''s not like you''re buying a t-shirt.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Santa Monica-based virtual healthcare and telehealth provider Ontrak announced this morning that it has acquired LifeDojo , which provides an online behavior change platform. According to OnTrak, LifeDojo's platform helps make "transformative life changes possible" for its member. Ontrak was previously known as Catasys.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2020

The company said the new funding will go to expand its platform and to fuel growth. The company, which is led by CEO John Keister, says that it has developed a predictive analytis software aimed at helping large enterprise security teams to identify zero-day threats.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2013

According to Privlo said the new funding will go to expand on its recently pilot of its platform, which helps match up private lenders and mortgage borrowers. Privlo, which was founded by Michael Slavin, said the new funding came from QED Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based viral video entertainment network Jukin Media is continuing to build out its executive team, saying today that it has named Jerry Boonstra as its new Chief Technology Officer, and Theresa Tran as its new Head of Product. Tran has been at Viacom and Fourth Wall Studios. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

“We want to show how future-forward Miami can be,” Matt Lindenberger, REEF’s chief technology officer, told TechCrunch. “The technology at the end of the day is very similar to that of a self-driving car,” said Bersch. “This is a great chance to show off the capabilities of the tech.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. One issue is do we need regulation on the full platform companies.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The former President of ExactTarget and later chief executive of Salesforce Marketing Cloud has made billions of dollars building products to help support customer service and now he’s back at it again with his latest venture MetaCX.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Kranz, who initially came on board as the company’s chief technology officer, took over the day-to-day operations of Canoo after Stefan Krause, Canoo’s co-founder and chief executive, stepped away from the company in August for personal reasons, as The Verge previously reported. .

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

According to HMBradley, it is creating a new banking experience which will pay up to 3% APY to savers who automatically save a portion of their monthly deposits on its platform. The company's co-founders are Germain Cassiere, CTO; Zach Bruhnke, CEO; and Dmitry Gritskevich, COO. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

To help fix that, the startup has created a mobile app to guide people through their strengths, interests, key skills, and more to guide them along the way to a career they'll love. Since then, I have worked extensively with mentoring youth, and helping them figure out what's possible in terms of careers. What is your app all about?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

GreenWave Reality , a startup developing a platform to help manage the "Internet of Things"--and which is headed by former Cisco executive Greg Memo--said this morning that it has raised $19M in a Series B funding round. GreenWave Reality said the funding will go to accelerate the rollout of its platform, which it calls Home2Cloud.

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APRIL 9, 2018

The company was founded by Rahul Sidhu (CEO) and Kenaniah Cerny (CTO). The company's COO is Elon Kaiserman, and its Chief Revenue Officer is Mandy Duffy. SPIDR Tech's software provides one-to-one communications with victims of crimes.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Santa Barbara-based ShipHawk , which is developing a cloud platform to help retailers with logistics automation and shipping, has hired to new executives. Chapman joins from Digifit, where he was CTO, and also served at j2 Global Communications and a company that was acquired by Bowne. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

We had an interesting presentation at the LA CTO Forum by the CTO of a startup who chose Groovy / Grails as the framework for their startup. t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. Get get help (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ).

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

The startup has developed a system which uses information from online forums, source code sharing, technical communities, and the like to help find and rank technical talent. We help rank the talent pool, objectively, by their accomplishments in the ecosystem. The first product is a platform, a technical recruitment engine.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

CallFire today extended its position as a leading provider of text message and voice apps that help organizations grow, with the launch of a definitive next-generation platform capable of scaling to meet the exploding global demand for advanced cloud telephony features, services and capacity. Opt-in voice broadcast.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Sidevision (www.sidevision.com) has developed a set of tools--aimed at content creators, multi-channel networks (MCNs), and others--to help connect online videos with e-commerce. Justin Wu: We integrate with any video platform, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Kaltura, and we''re built on top of an API. How do you do that?

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. We're not necessarily the platform to help up-and-comers or amateurs to be successful.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Majid Abai, CEO of Pringo Majid Abai is the Chief Executive of Pringo, Inc. He has 20 years’ experience as CTO.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. I had long ago ceded the knowledge and responsibility for making the detailed technical recommendations about platforms, databases, hosting solutions, etc.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Do we want to use something like SendGrid in order to help with delivery?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In a way it seems the model has been bring in professional management to help a company through a growth spurt while technical founders focus on becoming an industry leader in terms of innovation and then when the less experienced technical founder is ready they step back in the role. But we have to acknowledge that the industry has changed.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Do we want to use something like SendGrid in order to help with delivery?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

We spoke with Dave Fink , CEO and co-founder of Posite, and Jonathan Neddenriep , co-founder and CTO of the company, to learn more. Dave Fink: Postie is a building a technology platform with a mission of making direct mail marketing behave as easily and dynamically as your favorite, programmatic channels. What is Postie?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Monday, November 9, 2009 -- New Manufacturing Technology for Clean Energy. Energy Leadership Lecture Series with Mark Pinto, Senior VP and CTO, Applied Materials. The overwhelming societal and market pull today for new solutions in the field of clean energy offers an exciting opportunity to build on a similar base of technology.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based LifeCrowd (www.lifecrowd.com) unveiled its service to help connect people with real life activities. The company was founded by Bong Koh, a former EIR at Prism VentureWorks and venture capitalist at Advanced Technology Ventures; he also co-founded ibeatyou. Who are your other cofounders?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Stuart Lander has joined Upfront Ventures to help us run operations. And the fact that we’ve all worked for a decade with Dana Kibler who is our long-time CFO and now helping run Investment Operations & Platform Services we have a truly senior & killer internal team. We have worked together ever since.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 20, 2012

Goko, a new HTML5 games company based in Redwood City California is set to help game developers easily distribute and monetize social games. Goko was founded by Ted Griggs as CEO and Kevin Binkley as CTO. It has an SDK giving developers the tools to launch and monetize engaging social games across many social platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

” But I went back to the office and talked with Stuart Lander & David Lapter and said, “no prizes for guessing which job Ethan’s going to take.” MyTime aims to be the first industry-wide platform to help create consistency across the SKUs in services businesses. The company was called Red Beacon.

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