TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. What does a business leader do in this situation? Are you ready?

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

In the sphere of software engineering , AI is pivotal for corporate IT by automating coding, optimizing algorithms, and enhancing security to boost efficiency and minimize downtime. Overall, generative AI is a transformative asset in the software engineering lifecycle, from conception to deployment.

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MAY 14, 2019

Quinnen was most recently Chief Technology Officer at LumenVox, and also served at Litel Instruments and Qubit Technology. Curtail is developing a network traffic analysis product, aimed at software and DevOps teams. Curtail is led by CEO Frank Huerta. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 26, 2012

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. They didn't feel they had visibility into timelines and costs for development of their software. A classic example might be "reporting" as a feature item. Why do I need this?

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APRIL 10, 2012

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , which develops mobile publishing and advertising tools, reported today that it has hired Chris Nicotra, the former Chief Technology Officer of comScore, as its new Executive Vice President of Product and Technology.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Backed initially by Los Angeles-based accelerator MuckerLab and betaworks latest livecamp program, the two founders see Culture Genesis as tapping into the twin trends of gaming and mobile technology adoption in young African American and Latinx communities. ” Newsum, the company’s chief technology officer, goes even further.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

San Diego-based cybersecurity software developer PacketSled announced on Tuesday that it has accepted the resignation of its President and CEO, Matt Harrigan, and has named CTO Fred Wilmot as interim CEO of the company. Those threats--involving comments on using a sniper rifle--were reported to the Secret Service.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Calabasas-based BlackLine Systems , a developer of account reconciliation and financial close software, is claiming that it saw a strong Q4 and a 50 percent increase in its annual revenues over the prior year, despite a difficult economy in 2009. Tucker is the former CTO at SunGard Treasury Systems. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2012

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.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

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.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

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 chief technology officer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software. 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.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2009

Privately held, San Diego firm Service-now.com , a developer of IT service automation software-as-a-service, has released its yearly financial results, in an unusual move. Service-now is headed by former Peregrine Systems and Remedy CTO Fred Luddy. READ MORE>>.

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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. 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?

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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're now 100 percent a software company, delivering our software to financial services companies across the world.

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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. 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?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. CTO at SOA Software.

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JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. finance software such as Wesabe and Mint, and applied it to the corporate expense area.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I find myself sending it to startup founders all the time – maybe just slightly less than Free Startup CTO Consulting. Application Characteristics Any discussion of performance starts by understanding what the software does, how it is used, and what it interacts with. Complex reports? The pages or API response we provide back.

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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. He's the former CTO at Stocktwits, and he did the analysis and found out a lot of stuff. What is Digsy? My background is in commercial real estate.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Peter Marx: I started in the technology industry by writing software for imaging microscopes--looking at things like cell populations using early CCD cameras and understanding cell morphology; working on video compression; working on networking stuff and software for early digital telephony like ISDN and on forward. READ MORE>>.

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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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OCTOBER 10, 2013

You''ve got to do your report every month. Our CTO is mainland Chinese, but was educated here. We use a lot of open source software, and finding tech guys who can read English to keep up with all of the forums is actually more of a challenge than us speaking Chinese. Fortunately our CTO doesn''t have that problem.

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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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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Retirement Plans.

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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. We thought we could deliver that 3D image as a software-as-a-service. As software interface guys we think that''s our lead. We expect to win.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

—Embodied, based in Pasadena, CA, and founded by USC computer science professors Paolo Pirjanian (the former iRobot CTO) and Maja Matarić, are developing robots to care for people. But Brooks said Intel Capital should focus its investments on disruptive technologies that lie just beyond Intel’s core business strategy. “We

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2012

This works especially well if you get over 100 emails everyday, as we can then sort all incoming emails into “Meeting requests”, “Progress report”, “Budget Proposal”, etc. Justyna Wójcik, our CEO, is a seasoned software developer and team leader. Initially we’re offering our software for free for people to try in our beta.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups. ", they are aimed at convincing companies to use open source software.

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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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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

The consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertiser experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

A consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertisers experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

“CallFire.com provides all the tools to mount a successful mobile communications campaign to create customer engagement using SMS keywords and short codes, increases sales with voice alerts, and tracking call volume using textable phone numbers and the CallFire dashboard,” said Blake Johnston, CTO of Webtrix, which beta tested the new app.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. In no expert in Seattle but when I look around I see: enterprise software (Microsoft), the market leader in cloud services (Amazon AWS), games (Xbox), some of the most innovative retailers in the country (CostCo, Starbucks, REI) and what is left of Boeing (HQ moved to Chicago).

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Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

► March (1) Office 2.0: ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Consumer approach to software for business users. Page 6: We already have several pilot customers including a very large, unnamed software firm. Well I am happy to report that it was mostly smooth sailing from there. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral. Folksonomy.

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