socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2011

3D filmmaker James Cameron of Avatar fame announced Monday that he has launched a new, technology firm based in Burbank focused on creating 3D technology. The firm said that the company's technologies, products and services have been used in such projects as Avatar, TRON: Legacy, u2 3D and Resident Evil:Afterlife.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2013

I''m spending more of my time recently working with non-technical startup founders who are having challenges with their software/web/mobile development teams. Common Signals I''ve written previously about Symptoms of a Weak Development Team. Rogue developers with their own agenda. One of your better developers leaves.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Costa Mesa-based artificial intelligence software developer Veritone said late Wednesday that it has acquired the software and intellectual property of Atigeo Corporation. Atigeo said it acquired the software plus 60 issued and pending patents covering various aspects of Atigeo's data science technology.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2018

Irvine-based AutoGravity , which provides smartphone-driven car financing tools, has named Jason Bonifay as its new Vice President of Engineering, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

MAY 21, 2019

Sebastian Thrun first made his mark on autonomous vehicle development at the dawn of that industry, when he led a Stanford team whose robot car Stanley won the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 by racing driverless through the Mojave Desert for 132 miles. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Anyone looking for signs that the economy is turning around, might want to look at what appears to be happening in Southern California's technology jobs market. Tags: angeles employment jobs technology california southern.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Terence Chiu: Indeed Prime is a new product Indeed is building, to attract top software engineers, and connect them with the best, attractive companies hiring software engineers. In fact, it's one of the top five tech hubs, according to technology workers looking for job opportunities. Any advice for job seekers?

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2009

Pasadena-based venture capital firm California Technology Ventures has staked a developer of a video game software engine, Blade Games , with a $4M investment. Alex Suh of California Technology Ventures was involved in the funding.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Check out some of the recent positions posted to socalTECH's Job Board in recent days: Senior PHP Developer , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Web Application Developer , Irvine, GrowMetrix. Web Developer , Calabasas, lynda.com, Inc. Senior Web Developer Software Engineer , Santa Monica, Cars.com.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2017

San Diego- and Beijing-based TuSimple , a startup developing autonomous driving technology, says it has received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test autonomous driving vehicles on the road. The company says it has been developing its systems since 2015. The company's co-founder is Xiaodi Hou.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

According to Indeed, the service--specifically targeted at technology talent--will give employers access to a "curated pool" of people, based on coding skills, educaiton, and work experience.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2012

Santa Barbara-based CALIENT Technologies has appointed a new Vice President of Engineering, the company said this morning. Miglani to the position, from his existing position as Director of Software Engineering. Miglani reports to Gregory Koss, Calient's Chief Development Officer. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

San Diego-based 3D Robotics , the developer and supplier of parts and technology for personal unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has raised $5M in funding, from True Ventures and O'Reilly AlphaTech ventures. The firm said Jon Callaghan of True and Bryce Roberts at O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures have joined the company's board.

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Xconomy

JUNE 14, 2018

New immunotherapy approaches to cancer treatment, and the CRISPR technology for editing genetic material in cells, are among the most sophisticated research strategies scientists are using in their quest to defeat disease. Existing data management systems weren’t tailored for work.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 6, 2015

With the growing need for Software Engineers at technology, entertainment and media companies in the Los Angeles area, Hack Reactor, which has three founders who are University of Southern California graduates, identified fertile ground for MakerSquare to educate, train and mentor technologists in Southern California. “We

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2009

According to Qualcomm, the new subsidiary--Qualcomm Innovation Center--is being spun out to focus on developing open source software which uses Qualcomm's technology. The new subsidiary is being run by Rob Chandhok, Senior Vice President for Software Strategy for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. Hardware makers have invested billions to improve the technology, and they’d like that money to not go to waste.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2018

Pasadena-based Tetra Tech , which provides global consulting and engineering services, said late Thursday that it has acquired Newport Beach-based BridgeNet , a developer of aviation technology. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Look at the business and determine what's going to make sense from a development perspective in the short-term, longer-term. Do you really have control of the development? I've talked about this before in Startup CTO or Developer.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

There''s a gap between the robust, growing technology startups in Los Angeles and the many students graduating from local universities, according to Steven Dietz , who is a venture capitalist at LA''s Upfront Ventures. Steven Dietz: There is very little connection between the schools here and the technology community in the LA area.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

He said, “These are two of the most far-seeing VCs in the Valley, and both are part of the “hardware is the new software” trend, including investments in Fitbit, Makerbot, Littlebits and Instructables. Currently the firm has 40 full time staff but will be hiring more hardware and software engineers.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. Part of our DNA is pure software engineering, and dealing with that large amount of data.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Megan Palmer, a fellow and biosecurity researcher at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, hoped DARPA’s program would encourage a more holistic approach to biosafety in a growing field where many people, such as software engineers, might not have thought much about biosafety and security risks.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Themed “Think Local, Hack Global”, Code For India is based in Mountain View, CA and Bangalore, India and expects to inspire millions of techies to volunteer their time and talent to give back to their communities and to the developing world. Student performance. CFI is off the ground and into action already. Over 20 years of experience.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. The third co-founder is Bobby McDonald , Vice President, Director of Business Development.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson said, “We’re using the proceeds from our financing round to invest in our technology, build new features, and increase sales and support.”. Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. Team, Technology & Vision. Over $3M Raised.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. He started another company on the side while he was working during the day at a technology company.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

We are targeting small businesses, startups, or anyone who doesn't want to pay the $50 to $100 a month for web conferencing technology. Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science. I ended up building a lot of their technology, but unfortunately, they ran out of funding.

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StartUp Beat

JANUARY 24, 2018

Founded by Beth Rosenberg, the mother of a teen on the autism spectrum, the organization offers classes on tech skills like graphic design, video editing, and game development to students ages 7-20. Technology, explains Rosenberg, is the way to reach them. Technology, explains Rosenberg, is the way to reach them.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? How can I control costs but effectively get stuff developed?

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company. We wrote all of the core components of our technology, from the ground up--even our SIP stack, OIP application, session-border, softswitch, and media server--which runs on standards-based, off-the shelf servers. We wrote our own code, which really distinguishes us.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Justyna Wójcik, our CEO, is a seasoned software developer and team leader. At Microsoft, she architected several core technologies of the SQL Azure cloud service, most notably the cluster resource management. Before that, she was a technical team lead at Motorola, developing mission critical communication software.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In her case, it’s a small, efficient team with 4 engineers, with the occasional shareholder meeting. The term a gile development is defined, and the panel agreed unanimously that maintaining this mindset is necessary. And do PM’s need hardcore engineering backgrounds? Everyone reports updates and obstacles.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

I received a press pass to DeveloperWeek 2015 last week in order to attend the “Advice to Live by from Women Developers” career panel moderated by the lead of Dice’s engineering team, Jennifer Petersen. How do we inspire women to support other women in pursuing careers in technology?

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I myself have been involved with computational thinking for nearly 40 years now—building technology for it, applying it in lots of places, studying its basic science—and trying to understand its principles. And I’m trying to do everything I can with our technology to support the effort. The Wolfram Language is a programming language.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class. That allowed me to take a summer to develop the new idea, and transform it into a business. James Chung: My previous background is in software engineering.

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