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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.
I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (ChiefTechnologyOfficer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. That’s why Roger Smith puts the focus of the CTO on programming for the earliest stage.
Encino-based uSamp , the online survey and paneling firm run by Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin, reported today that it has hired Steven Sobolevsky as the firm's ChiefTechnologyOfficer. Sobolevsky was most recently VP at Technology at RazorGator Intractive. READ MORE>>.
Santa Monica-based TigerConnect , which develops communications tools for the healthcare and other industries, said on Wednesday that it has named Tim Goodwin as the company's new ChiefTechnologyOfficer. Goodwin was most recently CTO at Vacasa, which provide online vacation rental management.
Los Angeles-based Bridg has named a new CTO, saying today that Rony Sawdayi has been appointed as ChiefTechnologyOfficer. Bridg said that Sawdayi will report to Amit Jain, the company's CEO. Sawdayi was previously Vice President of Engineering at Bizrate Insights Inc.
Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple has tapped two technology vets as President and COO, and ChiefTechnologyOfficer, the company announced this morning. Reeder as its President and COO, and Albert Lopez as CTO. Redder reports to CEO Demian Sellfors. READ MORE>>.
Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which provides online marketing products for small- and medium-sized businesses, reported today that it has named Jeff Hagins as ChiefTechnologyOfficer, and promoted Steven Power, former Australia CEO, to Executive Vice President of Global Sales Operations.
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.
Los Angeles-based MySpace Music announced this morning that it has hired Dmitry Shapiro , who founded Veoh, as its new ChiefTechnologyOfficer. Shapiro will be based in Beverly Hills, and report to MySpace Music President Courtney Holt. Shapiro was founder and CEo of Veoh Networks until its bankruptcy filing in February.
San Diego-based Skinit , a developer of personalized "skins" for electronic items, reports today that it has hired on Stanford Au, former SVP of technology at Shutterfly, as its ChiefTechnologyOfficer. Au was behind Shutterfly's Photobook line of products, and also held the position of VP of Products at WebEx.
Los Angeles-based online invitations service Evite said this morning that it has appointed two new executives, adding Thanh Khuu as ChiefTechnologyOfficer and Karen Graham as Vice President of Marketing and Brand. Both report directly to Evite CEO Victor Cho.
San Diego-based Raken has raised $2M in a funding round, for the company's construction reporting and compliance software. Raken is led and was co-founded by CEO Kyle Slager and CTO/CPO Dr. Sergey Sundukovskiy. The funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners , and also included Eniac Ventures and Spider Capital.
The loss was first reported by the LA Business Journal. io/LA was best known for being co-founded by former Myspace ChiefTechnologyOfficer Aber Whitcomb; the space was hoping to bring together both the technology and entertainment industry in its space.
Then my CTO quit. And the CTO was a super close friend (and former roommate). I had never talked to my CTO about making sure he had no single-points-of-failure on his team – including himself. So I tried to build a team that could own my job functions. I had assumed that my core team was with me until the end.
Brogan BamBrogan , co-founder and CTO of high flying, Los Angeles transportation startup Hyperloop One , has apparently left the company, in what looks to be a major shakeout at the company. Josh Giegel, the senior Vice President of Engineering at Hyperloop One, is taking over the CTO role.
Founded by some of the men responsible for the biggest hits in online marketing (like the Dollar Shave Club commercial that launched what became a billion dollar acquisition ) think that its time to take technology where it’s never gone before — into targeted, direct mail campaigns using the best ad-targeting that money can buy.
The firm said that Licitra will report to Mike Plonski, the company's ChiefTechnologyOfficer. Licitra joins the company from MediaSpan Online Services, where she was most recently Vice President, Product Management. Licitra has also served at Freedom Communications and the Orange County Register. READ MORE>>.
Suski has previously served at General Electric and United Technologies Corporation, serving as ChiefTechnologyOfficer at various divisions at the companies. Suski reports to Spireon CTO Rick Gruenhagen. READ MORE>>.
San Diego-based Verve Wireless , which develops mobile publishing and advertising tools, reported today that it has hired Chris Nicotra, the former ChiefTechnologyOfficer of comScore, as its new Executive Vice President of Product and Technology.
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.
Next, define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Don’t overcomplicate things with reporting tools. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Start by building just enough of your product to get early CAC and CLV signals (they won’t be perfect). Don’t worry about scaling just yet.
Los Angeles-based Prodege , the company which runs the Swagbucks rewards site, reported today that the firm passed $50M in revenue in 2013, is profitable, and has expanded its executive team to include a new Executive Chairman, Chuck Davis, the former CEO of Shopzilla and Fandango; a new CFO, Brad Kates; and a new CTO, Shane O''Neill.
Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. What about reporting and moderation? Reporting - What needs to be reported? Important note here: reporting can be endless, keep it small. A leaderboard among users or groups?
Tucker is the former CTO at SunGard Treasury Systems. No actual financials were given by the firm. BlackLine said it signed such companies as Unified Grocers, Four Seasons, Rackspace, Express Jet and Hawaiian Airlines during 2009. READ MORE>>.
Nirvanix said it has appointed Paul Froutan as its ChiefTechnologyOfficer, reporting to President and CEO Scott Genereux. San Diego-based Nirvanix , the developer of cloud storage services, has snagged Google's former Head of Global Data Center Infrastructure, the firm said today.
Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. What about reporting and moderation? Reporting - What needs to be reported? Important note here: reporting can be endless, keep it small. A leaderboard among users or groups?
Lynda.com said today that it has raised a big growth round from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity, and also reported that the firm exceeded $100M in topline revenues last year. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content.
I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. Actually, David’s taking even broader roles than I generally do as he’s CEO for at least one startup.
Human resources service provider TriNet confirmed Thursday that it has acquired Los Angeles-based expense report management software provider ExpenseCloud. ExpenseCloud's management team, including both co-founder and CEO Eric Sikola and co-founder and CTO Dan Fritcher, will join TriNet as part of the acquisition.
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. They review competitors offerings and analyst reports.
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 ChiefTechnologyOfficer at LumenVox, and also served at Litel Instruments and Qubit Technology. Curtail is led by CEO Frank Huerta. READ MORE>>.
Kranz, who initially came on board as the company’s chieftechnologyofficer, 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. .
Hyperloop One has settled a breach of fiduciary lawsuit brought by Brogan BamBrogan, its former chieftechnologyofficer and co-founder, and three other employees, the Business Journal reports.
Los Angeles-based Altly , the latest startup of Dmitry Shapiro , the founder of Veoh and former CTo of MySpace Music, has officially thrown down the gauntlet, saying in a blog post this week that it there is a need for an alternative to Facebook--and the firm is going to create that alternative.
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.
Irvine-based NGD Systems reported this morning that it has received two new patents for its solid state drive (SSD) technology. Both patents were developed by Vladimir Alves, the company's ChiefTechnologyOfficer, and Joao Alcantara. Patent and Trademark Office.
a publisher of yield management software for the semiconductor industry, reported Wednesday that it has promoted Steven Griffith to president and chief executive officer. Griffith, the San Diego-based company noted, had previously served as its chief operating officer and chieftechnologyofficer.
Irvine-based RFaxis , the semiconductor startup headed by Mike Neshat, reported Thursday that the firm has just received four patents for its technology. Patent and Trademark Office shows that patents No. Patent and Trademark Office shows that patents No. The firm did not details the patents, however, the U.S.
I've done four Free CTO Consulting Sessions in the past month with startup founders who all had run into variations of the same problem. A classic example might be "reporting" as a feature item. What probably will happen is to define some early reports that will have more specific estimates. Why do I need this?
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. What about reporting and moderation? Reporting What needs to be reported? Reporting can be endless! Are they dismissable?
Los Angeles-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, reported Thursday that co-founder Joshua Greer has resigned as President, but will remain on the company's board of directors. Greer and RealD said the move would give Greer "increased flexibility" so he can pursue other "personal and professional interests".
San Diego-based cloud storage services provider Nirvanix reported Tuesday that it has hired Chris Russell as vice president of engineering. Nirvanix described Russell as a longtime technology executive with more than 20 years of hands-on experience. Nirvanix said Russell hails from NextEngine, where he was vice president of technology.
Anyone who’s ever presented to me with these titles hears the same questions: “OK, so who does tech report to? Who does finance report to? Who does sales report to? You’re slitting that stuff? Then what does COO mean?
Moreover, it automates routine tasks such as transaction processing and report generation, freeing finance professionals to focus on higher-level strategy and analysis. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas
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