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JUNE 21, 2017

Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services , which provides technology-enabled payroll and production-management services to the entertainment industry, has snagged a PayPal executive to serve as its new Chief Technology Officer.

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MAY 14, 2013

Encino-based market research and sampling firm uSamp said today that it has named Carl Trudel as its new Chief Technology Officer. Trudel was most recently CTO of BeachMint, and also served at Ticketmaster as SVP of Software Engineering, in addition to serving at Taleo.

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MAY 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , the Oaktree Capital-backed provider of digital advertising services to the traditional and online radio market, said today that it has named Jean-Francois ("Jeff") Gadoury as its Chief Technology Officer.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

San Diego-based Solekai Systems , a software development firm focused on the smart grid industry, said today that it has named Marco Thompson as its Chief Technology Officer. Thompson was most recently CTO at Wind River Services, is Vice Chairman of CONNECT, and is Managing Partner at venture firm Express Ventures.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu said Tuesday that it has named Tian Lim as its new Chief Technology Officer. He also served at Microsoft, leading development on Xbox Live, the Xbox 360 operating system, and Kinect.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple has tapped two technology vets as President and COO, and Chief Technology Officer, the company announced this morning. Reeder as its President and COO, and Albert Lopez as CTO. The firm said it has named Russell P. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Everbridge , which develops incident notification and mass calling systems, said Thursday that it has named Scott Sullivan as the firm's Chief Technology Officer. Sullivan was most recently Chief Technology Officer, Interactive, for the Tribune Company and the Los Angeles Times.

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MAY 5, 2011

Winter as the firm's Chief Technology Officer. Winter has been at QAD since 1999, when he joined QAD Global Services in the UK. Santa Barbara-based QAD , the developer of manufacturing resource management software, announced today that it has appointed Tony J. READ MORE>>.

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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 15, 2010

Santa Monica-based Corenerstone OnDemand , a developer of software-as-a-service for human resources and talent management, announced today that it has named Mark Goldin as Chief Technology Officer of the firm. Goldin was most recently Chief Operations and Technology Officer at Green Dot Corporation.

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MAY 20, 2015

Santa Barbara-based e-commerce software developer FastSpring announced late Tuesday that it has named Michael Smith as the company's new Chief Technology Officer. Smith was most recently CTO of Verisk Analytics, and also had served at Interthinx and Strategic Analytics. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Santa Monica-based AirMap , which is developing drone mapping and airspace management services for the unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) market, has named Daniel Rubio as the company's Chief Technology Officer. Rubio was most recently CTO of HERE, a mapping company focused on self driving cars. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

The team behind Recmnd.Me , the hiring and recommendations website, is applying its technology to recommending software tools, apps, and companies through a new service, Recmnd.us. The company described its service as "Digg meets Yelp, but for service providers, not restaurants." READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based subscription box service Loot Crate said today that it has hired its first CTO, John Williams. Williams was most recently at TrueCar, where LootCrate said he created the unified data platform and technology strategy behind the company. Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC. Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based online invitations service Evite said this morning that it has appointed two new executives, adding Thanh Khuu as Chief Technology Officer and Karen Graham as Vice President of Marketing and Brand.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For chief executive Artyom Poghosyan and chief technology officer Alex Gudanis, Britive is simply the latest initiative in a decades-long effort to reshape security technology. million from LA’s own venture fund, Upfront Ventures and a clutch of security experts.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based software developer ServiceTitan, which develops software to manage the businesses of plumbers, electricians, and other home-based services, said this morning that it has appointed Anmol Bhasin as the company's Chief Technology Officer.

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APRIL 2, 2018

San Diego-based ResMed said Monday morning that it has named Bobby Ghoshal as the company's first Chief Technology Officer. Ghoshal was previously Vice President of Information Technology at Resmed from 2012 to 2016.

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MAY 19, 2011

West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and family history service, said Thursday that it has promoted a number of employees, including naming two executives. Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering.

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MAY 19, 2011

West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and family history service, said Thursday that it has promoted a number of employees, including naming two executives. Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

San Diego-based Medvantx, a provider of pharmacy services, said this week that it has named Nabil Badr as Chief Technology Officer and Darlene Mitchell as Chief Compliance Officer.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services , which provides technology and payroll and production management services to the entertainment industry, said it has named Alex Godelman as its new Chief Technology Officer.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

San Diego-based ServiceNow , the provider of enterprise, software-as-a-service products for IT management, has snagged the cloud infrastructure CTO out of Zynga , Allan Leinwand. The move was first uncovered by VentureBeat.

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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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APRIL 23, 2010

Both shows are hosted by Make It Work co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Anticouni. The firm's efforts in the radio area were originally a way to attract customers to the firm's home computer repair services; the firm has since extended into the radio content and podcast business, as well. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. I'll get to service providers in a later post. Founders vs. Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee."

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AUGUST 28, 2020

San Diego-based Chatmeter , a provider of local search marketing and reputation management services, said it has hired three new executives on Thursday. The company said it has hired Dan Cunningham as Chief Technology Officer; Nichole Peterson as Vice President of Finance; and Kathleen Titano as Director of People & Culture.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). Services Pages. I promised that I would do a follow-up post with some thoughts out of the presentation and providing links. This is that post.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse is in major executive expansion mode, saying late Monday that it has named Boris Bronshteyn as its Chief Technology Officer, and David U. Simon as its Chief Marketing Officer. It also has promoted Chris Innes to Chief Operating Officer.

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JULY 3, 2018

Postie uses a combination of online data collection and an on-demand print and mail technology to give its customers turnaround times on print orders in as little as 24 hours and what the company boasts is the equivalent of online ad-targeting.

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OCTOBER 23, 2007

I went to an event by Amazon on their Amazon Web Services in Santa Monica today. The focus was S3 - storage service, EC2 - their compute cloud, their queuing system, and their flexible payment system. I'm hoping we can have one or two of the users come into our CTO Forum to talk about their experience.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Licitra joins the company from MediaSpan Online Services, where she was most recently Vice President, Product Management. The firm said that Licitra will report to Mike Plonski, the company's Chief Technology Officer. Licitra has also served at Freedom Communications and the Orange County Register. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Los Angeles-based BlackLine , which develops financial balance sheet and account reconciliation software-as-a-service, continued to expand out its executive team, saying today that it has named Justin Newton as its Chief Technology Officer.Newton was previously EVP, IT Operations, at Demand Media, and also was Senior Vice President, Voice and Bradband, (..)

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MAY 21, 2013

These are often the same things that cause a founder to reach out to me about helping their CTO, VP Engineering, tech team, off-shore development, etc. CTO Knowledge and Skill I personally believe that the best CTOs will have a technical/developer background. Some of the top symptoms are: Frequently missed deadlines.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

According to Appetize, it has named Robbie Knutson-Ratto as Senior Vice President of Product, Alain Avakian as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and also named co-founder Jason Pratts as Chief Information Officer. Appetize said that Ms.

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