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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Los Angeles-based fintech startup FastPay , which offers up faster access to advertising revenue for media companies, said this week that it has named Michael Wehner as its General Manager and Senior Vice President of Payments.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Los Angeles-based TaskUs , which provides outsourced customer support and other back-end support for technology companies, said today that it has named Jarrod Johnson as Chief Customer Officer. Johnson also had served at ACS and IBM. Johnson was previously SVP of Sales at TaskUs, and will be based in the company's Dallas offices.

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JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based financial automation software developer BlackLine has boosted its leadership in the Asia Pacific region, saying on Monday that it has named Terry Smagh as Senior Vice President overseeing its Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. He most recently was working for IBM's Asia-Pacific cloud and analytics business.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Los Angeles-based software developer Docupace Technologies , which develops data management and cybersecurity software for financial services firms, has named two executives. According to Docupace, it has named James Caulkins as Chief Revenue Officer, and Rickey Bijlani as Director of Marketing.

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MAY 14, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Curtail , a new cybersecurity startup which recently landed $3.25M in funding, said this morning that it has named two VPs. Scanlon was most recently at Gartner, and also has served at Recourse Technologies, Vormetric and BigFix, along with IBM and Verizon. Curtail is led by CEO Frank Huerta.

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MAY 8, 2018

San Diego-based Inseego , which develops mobile products for the enterprise and other markets, said on Monday afternoon that it has named Rick Harris as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Sales for the Americas. Inseego said Harris has more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise sales area.

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MAY 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based TaskUs , which provides business process outsourcing, said this week that it has named Jarrod Johnson as Senior Vice President of Sales. Johnson was most recently SVP of Sales, Marketing, and Client Development at FacilitySource, and also had served at IBM and Xerox. Johnson will be based in Dallas.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based influencer marketing software developer Influential says it has named Michael Lin as its new dual CFO and COO. Lin was previously CFO at Mavenlink and Cake, and also served at Gehry Technologies and Fast Search and Transfer. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based nonprofit XPRIZE , which operates a number of sponsored "challenge" prizes aimed at solving some of humanity's greatest challenges, has named Anousheh Ansari as its new CEO. Current CEO and founder Dr. Peter H. Diamandis continues as Executive Chairman. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Mobile Roadie , the mobile app creation and marketing software developer--which was recently acquired by Intellectsoft--said it has named Gino Padua as its new Chief Executive Officer, and Vova Soroka as its new Chief Technology Officer.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Costa Mesa-based Emulex said Thursday that it has named David Williams as the company''s new Vice President of Product Management and Strategy, for the company''s Network Visibility Products (NVP) products. Emulex is a developer of server and storage networking products.

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JULY 23, 2018

Stevenson is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Data Center Products and Solutions for Lenovo, and also has served at Intel Corporation and Electronic Data Systems, plus spent more than 17 years at IBM. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

Irvine-based Kofax , the developer of document capture software, said this morning that it has named Phillip Jones as its new Vice President of Field Enablement. Jones has previously served at IBM and FileNet. Kofax said the new position will focus on its field sales and service. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2016

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE Foundation , which has been running a series of grand challenges aimed at spurring solutions to some of the world's toughest problems, said today that it has named Marcus Shingles as its new Chief Executive Officer. Former CEO and founder Peter Diamandis remains as Chairman of the company. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Thompson previously was CEO of Symantec and Virtual Instruments, and also has served at IBM. San Diego-based Illumina announced this morning that it ha added John W. Thompson to the company's board of directors.

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APRIL 16, 2012

Torrance-based Active Storage , the developer of RAID storage systems aimed at the Apple and creative industry, said this morning that it has named Venkat Ramakrishnan as its new Vice President of Engineering. Ramakrishnan was most recently at Promise Technology, and also has served at Cisco and IBM.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Manhattan Beach-based MaestroDev , the developer of private cloud computing software, has officially named Doug Dennington as the firm's new President. Damarillo sold Gluecode in 2005 to IBM. Dennington has been heading MaestroDev since at least September, when the firm emerged from stealth mode. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 2, 2011

San Diego-based Entropic Communications , the developer of home networking semiconductors, said yesterday that it has named two new VPs. The firm said it has named Rick Morris as Vice President of Software, Systems, and Integration test, and Shkhar Khandekar as its Vice President of Corporate Quality.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Los Angeles-based SOA Software , the developer of enterprise SOA software, announced today that it has tapped IBM vet Corey Scobie as its new Vice President Technology. Scobie was previously Chief Strategist for IBM's Appliance and Application Optimization businesses, and also has served at DataPower, before its acquisition by IBM.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Irvine-based Mobilogix , a developer of asset management and tracking products, said this morning that it has named Dr. Alfred Man Cheuk Ng, Chief Technology Officer of SUGA International Holdings Limited, to its board. Ng has also worked at Nokia, Qualcomm, and IBM.

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MAY 20, 2015

Jan previously had served at BDT Products, IBM, and others. Jan has been EVP of the company since April of last year. Jan takes over the President role from CEO Steven N. Bronson, who remains in the CEO position. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based storage networking equipment firm QLogic said Tuesday that it has named Stanley Liu as the firm's General Manager of Greater China. QLogic said that Liu has previously served at firms such as IBM and Sun Microsystems, and has over twenty five years of IT experience.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

My introduction to startups really came when I first worked in IBM with Philip Donald Estridge back in 1981. Known as Don Estridge, he led development of the original IBM Personal Computer, and thus is known as "father of the IBM PC" He’s gone now, but I still remember him fondly. mHz, now 3.0

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

She also has served at Websense and IBM. San Diego-based SmartDrive Systems , the developer of technology for tracking the driving performance in corporate fleets, said today that it has namd Choo Kim-Isgitt as its new VP of Marketing. Kim-Isgitt joins the firm from M86 Security, where she was responsible for corporate marketing.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software announced today that it has named Michael Sotnick as its Vice President of Worldwide Channels and Alliance, and added Kevin Norlin as Vice President and General Manager of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Norlin has previously served at Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems, Tivoli, and IBM.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based IVT , a provider of web casting software and services, announced today that it has named Jim McGovern as its new CEO. McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. McGovern replaces founder Greg Pulier, who is now CTO of the firm. IVT recently landed $5.5M

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Lindsay was most recently VP of Engineering from Brand Affinity Technologies, and also had previously served at such companies as Adforce, Secured Funding Corp, eBuilt, Autobytel, and IBM. Local said that Lindsay will focus on mobile development and the company''s Krillion local shopping platform. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2010

Newport Beach The TriZetto Group , a provider of software to the healthcare market, announced today that it has named Trace Devanny as its new CEO and to its board. Devanny was most recently President of Cerner Corporation, and also had served at ADAC Health Care Information Systems and IBM.

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MAY 2, 2017

Venice, California-based Signal Sciences , a venture-backed firm developing Web application security software, announced this morning that it has named two sales veterans to its team. The company said it has named Stephen Gomann as Vice President of Sales, and Randy Paulk as Vice President of Sales Engineering.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The company said it has named Ross Webster as Managing Director Europe as part of the expansion. Webster previously was at IBM Watson Advertising (formerly The Weather Company), where he had been Managing Director and VP of EMEA for nearly 10 years. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2010

Rugani also served at AXS-One, IBM, FileNet, Oracle, Informix, and Alta Vista. At FileNet, he was the firm's Senior Vice President, Americas and Worldwide Channel Operations when it was acquired by IBM. Rugani joins the firm from Jupiter Management Consulting Group, where he was CEO. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2011

Wallin joins the company from Sanger Ventures, and also previously served at Jacent Technologies, Synapta, and IBM Global Services. Irvine-based Local.com announced this morning that it has expanded its executive staff, hiring Mark Wallin as its new Vice President, Product Development. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2011

Sigman joins the firm from QLogic, and has also served at Hitachi Data Systems, DataDomain, and IBM. San Diego-based Nirvanix , the provider of cloud storage services, said this morning that it has appointed Karen Sigman as its new Vice President, OEM and Alliances. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

It also named Jeff Lautenbach as President of Global Field Operations. com, SAP, and IBM. According to Cornerstone OnDemand, it had implemented a "reduction in sales headcount", and in particular "teams with the highest customer acquisition costs" as it looks to more aggressively drive operating margins and free cash flow.

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. He later changed the name to Facebook. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Passenger , an operator of online communities for brands, said Wednesday that it has named Michael Winner as the firm's Senior Vice President of Technology. Winner has served at Ideal Soft and Blink Logic, in addition to working at IBM, Compaq and KPMG.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Corent Technology, the emerging leader in Software to SaaS transformation is offering a complimentary and informative breakfast session hosted by IBM at IBM La Jolla office on Nov. 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00.

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