SoCal CTO

MAY 10, 2011

A long-time friend and colleague, Steve Wexler, who is great at visualization took my Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data and produced a really need interactive visualization via Tableau. For example, if you hover over the big circle in California you can see that there were 303 responses for the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Equity Startup Examples Course 175

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The firm, which said last year that it had selected Los Angeles for an expanded recruiting effort, recently posted a position for a Chief Technology Officer, based in Los Angeles. Zynga said in the listing that the CTO will be instrumental in growing and scaling the organization.

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Los Angeles CTO Angel Activision 196

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

As I have argued before, a few key people in every organization can make a huge difference on its success. But that doesn’t forgive the CEO, the board or for that matter anybody in an organization from allowing weak links. Then my CTO quit. And the CTO was a super close friend (and former roommate).

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Startup Organization Course Activity 372

SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

I was recently asked by an organization, "Tony, what topics can you cover?" So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-time CTO for more than 30 startups. Over the past several years, I've done lots of presentations around a wide variety of topics. Tony has a Ph.D. Tony has a Ph.D.

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CTO Hire Startup Metrics eHarmony 175

SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

As the organizer of the LA CTO Forum , I get lots of inquiries by job seekers and people looking for CTO / VP Engineering talent. I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Los Angeles Angel 150

TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2019

We’re excited to announce that Ford CTO Ken Washington will participate in TechCrunch’s inaugural TC Sessions: Mobility , a one-day event on July 10, 2019 in San Jose, Calif., A conference dedicated to transportation and mobility wouldn’t be complete without hearing from Ford, the U.S. automaker with a storied 116-year history.

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Mobile Research Los Angeles Conference 170

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2008

San Diego-based DivX said late Wednesday that the firm's Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Markus Moenig, has resigned from the firm. DivX said that Jim Reesman, the firm's Vice President of Engineering, will now lead its global engineering organization.

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Chief Technology Officer San Diego Organization Technology 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Friday, September 9, 2016 -- LA CTO Forum. The LA CTO Forum has grown over the past 15 years into an amazing, highly-vetted group with more than 350 members. Members are the senior most person in their organization in charge of software, database, web/mobile development. It's the largest such group in the US.

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Organization Email Web Mobile 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

We all like to think of startups as “non hierarchic&# organizations and to some extent that should be true. I never built a Google-sized business but I did build an organization from scratch that grew to 120 employees in 5 countries before we sold it. I’m not a big believer in too much hierarchy.

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Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 16, 2019

Monday, April 22, 2019 -- LABJ CTO Awards. This event will honor Chief Technology and Information Officers and others who are in the top information technology positions within their organizations.

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Los Angeles Organization Technology Angel 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 1, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011 -- Organic vs. Strategic Growth: Why, When and How? Organic growth - accomplished through growth of sales in existing product lines/services or developing new product lines/services internally. Companies typically look for growth in one of two ways. See [link] (more)

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Organization Sales Acquisition Services 100

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

David Beisel puts it another way: Being an early hire at a startup gives an individual the ability to make tremendous impact on an organization as it grows – and both the founders and those hires should know it. the better the startup will be. Of course, all of that assumes that the early employee does make an impact.

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Equity CTO Hire Startup Examples 391

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2013

He believed we had a weakness with his CTO. organizations perceive a poor effort. and they don’t respect organizations that don’t fix them. The CTO had at-will employment with no notice period. I would never have delayed changing my organization when it was clear we weren’t shipping product on time!”

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Resource Organization Venture Capital Startup 344

SoCal CTO

JUNE 10, 2008

Since I posted on this and since I've been using this approach for quite a while, it has become pretty obvious that part of the reason that old school organizations / event producers are not getting the value of providing this kind of list. And I think it hurts them in attendance.

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Organization Social Media Mixergy AITP 150

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based NationBuilder , a startup developing an online system to help political candidates and other organizations to create web sites, organize volunteers, coordinate campaigns, and more, said Thursday that it has raised $6.3M in a funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Chief Technology Officer Organization Sites Web 145

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. This is why I say that Local Event Organizers Need to Adopt Social Media. He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California.

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Southern California Los Angeles Technology Council Stirrers and Shakers 243

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2013

For this year's first article, we share the advice of Tony Karrer , Founder and CTO of TechEmpower , Founder and CTO of Aggregage and organizer of the LA CTO Forum and Startup Specialist Network , two local groups focused on startups. I suggested that they should look for someone like me, but on the business end.

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CTO Coach Mentor Startup TechEmpower 180

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 30, 2013

These endeavors have arisen organically, as we have identified our shared interests. For instance, a friend of mine found it difficult, as a young engineer, to establish a relationship with his company''s CTO. The CTO''s calendar was booked solid, except for lunch, which he spent running.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Eventually you need a VP of Product to handle your product roadmap, a CTO for engineering leadership and VPs of sales, marketing & biz dev. The “doers” in your organization. You motivate, cajole, reassign tasks, hire, fire and push the organization forward. The nuance and neuroses of these living organisms.

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Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Sales 385

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2019

Achkire was most recently Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Foxconn Health Technology Business Group, and also was co-founder, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Zap Surgical Systems. Sotera Wireless is aiming at early detection of life threatening conditions at patients in hospitals.

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Chief Technology Officer San Diego Organization Technology 133

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Somehow in a world of rapid change Mark had been able to right his ship much faster than the highly bureaucratic organizations that places like Google, Yahoo! So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. and Microsoft had become.

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CTO Hire Organization Google Course 309

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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Los Angeles CTO Hire CTO Coach Development 150

SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central.

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Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 196

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The new startup--which is split between San Diego and Seattle--said it is looking to help organize the information about home improvement projects, plus also help homeowners to find home improvement professionals. READ MORE>>. porch neighborhood home improvement project costs gallery'

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San Diego Seed Funding Organization Startup 185

SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central.

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Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 188

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

I've helped organize the Los Angeles CTO Forum for almost 10 years. As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of different chief technical officers from different kinds of companies over those years. But not really CTO events. or focused on industry or type of company.

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Southern California Software Development Software Development 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2014

InstaMed says it has more than 11,000 healthcare provider organizations using its payment network. The company''s CTo and co-founder, Chris Seib, is located in Newport Beach; the company''s other co founder is CEO Bill Marvin. The company said the new funding came from existing and new investors. READ MORE>>.

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Networking Organization Capital Funding 145

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 10, 2012

ISSA-LAs Information Security Summit provides business leaders, technology leaders and information systems security leaders with concentrated, thought-provoking, valuable information on the latest cyber threats, providing actionable insights on protecting their organizations.

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Chief Technology Officer Coach Research Organization 100

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2017

The startup's founders include Glenn Chisholm, former EVP product organization and CTO at Cylance and CISO at Telstra; Ben Johnson, former co-founder and CTO at Carbon Black, and computer scientist at the NSA; and Matt Wolff, former Chief Data Scientist at Cylance and computer scientist at the NSA.

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Artificial Inteligence Organization Funding Product 124

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. Yet I initially had a team full of people that seemed to either over analyze things or more likely wait for a higher source within the company to make the tough decisions for them.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

This is generally how I try to organize my own views and how I try to give advice. On teams I have a framework for tech teams “ CTO vs. VP Eng ” or on sales I have “ Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars ” 5. Draw from Frameworks. For example: 1. On marketing I talk about “ Arming & Aiming ” 4.

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Startup Framework CTO Coach Sales 407

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

In bringing up the issue I wasn’t “hating on COOs&# – I’m just challenging you to think about whether your CEO + COO structure really provides the right amount of clarity in your organization. I usually encourage people to think about titles like, “Founder & CTO&# or “Founder & VP Marketing.&#.

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Startup CTO Hire Sales Email 292

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Greenwave''s CTO, Martin Manniche, was CTO at Cisco Systems'' Consumer Business Group; its CEO, Greg Memo, was VP and GM of Cisco''s Consumer Business Organization; the company also has a considerable bank of executive experience from such companies as Nero AG, GridIron Software, Motorola Mobility, Nokia, and Apple.

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Venture Capital Platform Equity Organization 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. I don’t care if you’re a 10-person organization, a 1,000 person organization or a multinational corporation – often it is the few key players that change the dimensions. Community Leaders + Organizers. Imagine Apple without Steve Jobs.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Michael Wong: I was previously CTO of an agency called Breakthrough Ads. My cofounder, Steven Elliott, was CTO of a company doing artificial intelligence and automated chat technology. Since we started our free site last week, we've organically grown faster than we ever thought we would.

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CTO Coach Startup Mobile Artificial Inteligence 223

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

The LA CTO Forum , which I help organize, has more than 100 Software/Web CTOs from all sorts of companies. Of course, this is a bit more complicated given the issues raised in Startup CTO or Developer , but maybe leave that aside for now. It’s a pretty active, but very private network.

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Web Development Los Angeles Web Development 167

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2019

X1 is led by CEO Craig Carpenter and CTO Brent Botta. X1 says it now has more than 600,000 users in 20,000 different organizations using its products. The company has a very long and complex history, its technology originally been spun out of Idealab back in around 2004 as a vendor of desktop search software.

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