SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

Culver City-based PacketFabric , a startup working on connecting major, carrier-neutral colocation facilities with terabit-scale network technology, has raised $25M in a Series B funding, according to the company. According to PacketFabric, it now has a presence at more than 150 Points of Presence (PoPs) in 17 metro markets.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor said today that Martin Nuss, the company's Chief Technology Officer, has been named to the board of directors for the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). Vitesse said Nuss joins the group to focus on next-generation wired and wireless networks. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2010

San Diego-based Verimatrix has snagged a Motorola vet as its new Chief Technology Officer, the firm said today. The firm said it has named Petr Peterka, formerly a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the CTO's office at Motorola's Home and Networks Mobility Team to the position.

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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.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mzima Networks , a provider of Internet bandwidth services, is being acquired by London's PacketExchange , the firms said Monday. Grant Kirkwood , CTO of Mzima Networks, will become Chief Technology Officer for the merged company. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Newport Beach-based Jeda Networks , a new startup in the storage networking arena, said today that it has unveiled its technology, with the backing of U.S. The firm said it is developing software defined, storage networking techniques aimed at solving complexity, cost and scalability issues with current storage networks.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-time CTO for more than 30 startups. Most notably, he was the original CTO for eHarmony for its first four years making him partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages every year. Tony has a Ph.D. He is a frequent speaker at trade and industry events.

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JULY 1, 2009

San Diego-basd Entropic Communications , a manufacturer of semiconductors for the home entertainment networking market, announced Wednesday that it has hired on a new Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Tom Lookabaugh. Tags: entropic communications semiconductor moca cable broadband networking executive. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Newport Beach-based software defined networking (SDN) technology developer Jeda Networks has announced its first product, the Fabric Network Controller (FNC). Berman is the former CTO of Emulex. jeda networks storage area network software emulex ethernet fcoe data' Jeda is backed by U.S. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Los Angeles-based Arrivo , the Hyperloop transportation developer led by former Hyperloop One CTO Brogan BamBrogan, says it has inked a deal with the Colorado Department of Transportation, to conduct a feasibility study for a "tube" network around the Denver metro area. Financial details of the effort were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Santa Monica-based Heard , a startup developing social sharing and networking software for iOS, Android, and the desktop said this week that it has launched a brand new "social exchange" software product aimed at letting people share and exchange content online. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace Music announced this morning that it has hired Dmitry Shapiro , who founded Veoh, as its new Chief Technology Officer. Shapiro was founder and CEo of Veoh Networks until its bankruptcy filing in February. Shapiro will be based in Beverly Hills, and report to MySpace Music President Courtney Holt.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Irvine-based Internet advertising network operator Specific Media is continuing to bolster its executive staff, saying today that it has named Fabrizio Blanco as its Chief Technology Officer, and Jason Knapp as Executive Vice President of Product. where he was a co-founder, and also was involved in Fox Audience Network.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

The critical skill is not just your immediate network but the network beyond that you can tap into if you’ve earned the right through nurturing your 1-degree relationships. And I spoke with the CTO of another great company I used to be on the board of and enlisted his support in potentially being an advisor to one company.

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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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SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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AUGUST 12, 2019

Our interview todays is with Brand Caso , the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Meshcandy (meshcandy.com) developing mesh devices specifically for the health care industry, used for automate the measuring information at health care sites. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based Network Automation , which develops IT and business process automation software, has hired back founder Dustin M. Snell was previously Chief Software Architect and CTO of the firm, a position he moved to in January of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 28, 2009

Irvine-based Local.com , a developer of local search sites and business directories, has hired on a new Chief Technology Officer, Michael Plonski. The firm said that it snagged Plonski from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, where he was SVP/Chief Information Officer & Chief Operating Officer, Digital.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 12, 2009

This past week has had an interesting confluence of events that's led me to conclude that I want to start doing a lot of visible networking among the tech / web crowd here in Los Angeles. I want to take you through a bit of what brought me here, because I think it will help explain what I mean by visible networking. More often 4.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks , the developer of storage arrays led by Alex Bouzari, said today that it has added former HP Fellow and Information Optimization CTO Jean-Luc Chatelain as its EVP Strategy and Technology. DataDirect said that Chatelain will head up expansion of the firm's product portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Hardware makers have invested billions to improve the technology, and they’d like that money to not go to waste. For LG, it’s strategically important to get some applications up on its newly launched 5G subscription network back in Korea, and AmazeVR is already rolling up new content for its VR platform.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. Often good topics and interesting networking. Quality of Events Of course, the bigger issue with events is finding the ones where you will have a really good opportunity to network with interesting people.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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MARCH 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based social networking web site MySpace said Tuesday afternoon that it has named three executives for the firm's music community, MySpace Music. Kantrowitz was most recently SVP International Marketing and Content for MySpace; Maghen was CTO at Yahoo! Tags: social content myspace networking music executive.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Great by Cliff Allen Business Networking Online who I had blogged about previously in Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. In this post, Cliff provides some feedback on what works when you move towards doing business networking online. Right now the conversation is about visible networking.

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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.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

After a few test months, the REEF-branded electric-powered robots are now delivering dinner orders from REEF’s network of delivery-only kitchens to people located within a 3/4-mile radius in downtown Miami. This is Cartken’s first large deployment of self-driving robots on sidewalks.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This joint event between AITP-LA, Technology Council of Southern California, and the CTO Forum promises many technology insights as well as outstanding networking. Thursday, November 16, 2017 -- Leveraging Machine Learning and Data Science to Drive Business Results. See [link] (more)

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Do you have dollars to pay for development?

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Henley was previously CTO of personalized nutrition startup Habit, and also served at Athos, Learnist (Grockit), PlaySay, Roost, SGN, Apptis, AP Systems, and Hughes Network Systems. West Hollywood-based FabFitFun , the women's lifestyle brand, said it has named Chris Henley as Vice President of Engineering. READ MORE>>.

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