socalTECH

MAY 14, 2019

Scanlon was most recently at Gartner, and also has served at Recourse Technologies, Vormetric and BigFix, along with IBM and Verizon. Quinnen was most recently Chief Technology Officer at LumenVox, and also served at Litel Instruments and Qubit Technology. Curtail is led by CEO Frank Huerta. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Moreover, it automates routine tasks such as transaction processing and report generation, freeing finance professionals to focus on higher-level strategy and analysis. tew_cta text="Want to learn how TechEmpower can help you drive impact with AI?"] cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Popbase is an app that operates almost like an interactive forum for new media. Popbase users can watch content with a virtual avatar of the YouTube creator.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2020

According to OnTrak, LifeDojo's platform helps make "transformative life changes possible" for its member. Ontrak cited a Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) report. Ontrak cited a Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) report. Financial details ofthe acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2015

The company''s Chief Technology Officer is Dave Meyer (Free Credit Report, eNeighborhoods), and its Chief Product Officer is Jeanne Anderson (DogVacay). Campus Steps is aimed at high school students, helping them to choose college. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

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.

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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

AUGUST 12, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home computer and electronics help firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, reports that the firm is seeing its business grow, and has been hiring additional technicians at the company. Make It Work offers in-home computer and electronics help and repair services. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. Dipping: As a decision maker you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you.

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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. What about reporting and moderation? Reporting - What needs to be reported?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

In the early days the CEO is the jack-of-all-trades, doer-of-all, famously the “chief janitor” or coffee maker. Eventually you need a VP of Product to handle your product roadmap, a CTO for engineering leadership and VPs of sales, marketing & biz dev. You help them prioritize their objectives and review the results.

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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. What about reporting and moderation? Reporting - What needs to be reported?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

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. We can help them reduce their losses and also increase approval rates with machine learning models. What kind of lenders are using your tool?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The crux of it is we help buyers user their network to verify suppliers, primarily in Asia and China, where we started. You''ve got to do your report every month. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs. Promoting global trade really helps China, so they really help companies like ours.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. Accounting?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

We sat down with Peter--who is now working directly for LA''s technology mayor Eric Garcetti as Chief Innovation Technology Officer--to understand how a technology insider think he can help tap into the rich technology industry here and help use technology to improve the life of everyday citizens.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. How did you get into the technology business?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The news that Ynon Kreiz is joining to run the company as Executive Chairman was first reported by Peter Kafka at AllThingsD (and later picked up by Variety , AdWeek and several other traditional media outlets. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. Ynon Kreiz is a force of nature in the media and tech sectors.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Dave’s industry experience includes tenures as CTO and CEO of several successful software companies, and upper-level management positions in Fortune 100 companies. He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. CTO at SOA Software.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. There was nothing out there in the market which would be the personal assistant, or the personal finance tool to do expense reports. My thought was, why couldn't you do that with expense reports? Again--another place where expense reports are being turned in.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

Andrew Bermudez , co-founder and CEO of Irvine-based Digsy (www.getdigsy.com) wasn't looking to build software to help commercial real estate brokers close more deals. However, he quickly discovered the deal data the company was collecting was not just data--but a guide to the best practices on helping brokers close more deals, quickly.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2016

But, over in the commercial real estate world�it's still fax machines, phone calls, and the post office. How do you apply technology to help improve that industry? Mike DeGiorgio: It's a combination of Ben Widhelm, our tenical lead, cofounder, and CTO, and the same crew that built Burstly.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

My team based in Glendale is probably 300, and we have another office in Sunnyvale, another in San Francisco, and other people in St. Our whole product and technology team is about 500 people. Darren Clark: Our missions is to help small businesses and communities grow. Talk about the technology behind your operations here?

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

My team based in Glendale is probably 300, and we have another office in Sunnyvale, another in San Francisco, and other people in St. Our whole product and technology team is about 500 people. Darren Clark: Our missions is to help small businesses and communities grow. Talk about the technology behind your operations here?

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based CurbStand (www.curbstand.com) is hoping to change that, by offering up a mobile app which connects you with the company''s network of CurbStand valet parking companies, which offers on-demand retrieval of your car, mobil payments, and on the valet parking operator side--lots of business analytics tools and reporting.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

This kind of a simple model also helps: Define the early proof points for the company. Define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Often, what we are trying to do initially is show exactly how these numbers play out. You only build what you need to prove that model.

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Metrics Startup Web 2.0 Slides 225

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

We spoke with Mike Outmesguine , CEO and Alan DeRossett , CTO of the company, and how their roots in do-it-yourself, "Maker" projects is key to their entry into the prize competition. Coming up May 15th is the submission deadline for the report of what we''re going to do. Photo: Left: Mike Outmesguine, Right: Alan DeRossett.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest. Stuart Lander , who was the President & COO is now helping run Internships.com. Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios. It happens more than is reported. Grow or die. Or your life.

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Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review 390

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. Instead, I want to look at how they've integrated themselves with Facebook and particularly how they engage users to help viral spread. and as part of completing your profile, it helps you spread the message around Branchout.

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Examples Startup Course Networking 331

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. I had actually retired from SunGard as CTO before starting BlackLine.

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Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. Instead, I want to look at how they've integrated themselves with Facebook and particularly how they engage users to help viral spread. and as part of completing your profile, it helps you spread the message around Branchout.

Examples 323

Examples Startup Course Networking 323

SoCal CTO

JULY 19, 2016

I’ve had lots of conversations with fellow CTOs about the TechEmpower Web Framework Benchmarks. Some really appreciate the value that they bring to help them understand performance characteristics of different frameworks. We’ve been sharing our findings as demonstrated in our own labs, starting several months ago.

TechEmpower 150

TechEmpower Framework Startup Web 150

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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SaaS Platform CTO Hire Class 68

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Today they announced that they acquired a large competitor in their space for what is reported to be a $100 million transaction. And the third founder, Colin Kelley , remains an important contributor & CTO of the company. The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all. My first ever investment as a VC was Invoca.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

These new viewing habits and technology advances are giving technologists and content producers an entirely new frontier to develop when it comes to creating transmedia and second screen (tablet or smartphone) experiences for viewers. It has been reported by Google that 77% of viewers use a companion device while watching TV.

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

and report them to city hall for quick resolution; an opportunity for government to use technology to save money and improve accountability to those they govern; and a positive, collaborative platform for real action. I've heard great things about their events. What's keeping you up at night?

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Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Couldn’t be helped. Well I am happy to report that it was mostly smooth sailing from there. I met a lot of really bright people that were passionate about and experienced in helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses. Then, with as much attention as my 3.5

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274