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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Los Angeles-based J2 Global has named Nate Simmons as the President of one of its major business divisions, its Cloud Services division, reporting to CEO Vivek Shah, the company announced this morning. Simmons was previously SVP and COO of Symantec's consumer division, including both its Norton and Lifelock Brands.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based J2 Global , the parent company of such brands as IGN, Mashable, Offers.com, BabyCenter, eFax, iContact, and other services, has named a new member of its board of directors. According to J2 Global, it has named Scott C. to its board. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking startup Wag has raised an enormous, $300M funding round, the company announced Tuesday morning. Wag--founded in 2015 by Joshua and Jonathan Viner--says its services are now available in more than 100 cities nationwide. Wag said the funding comes from SoftBank Vision Fund. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile security and identity services provider TeleSign said Wednesday morning that it has named Aled Miles as the company's new CEO. Miles also served at GM and ForgeRock. Miles also served at GM and ForgeRock. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based TeleSign announced this morning that it has it named Tom Powledge as the company's new Chief Product Officer. Prior to HPE, Powledge was Vice President of Managed Security Services at Cisco Systems, and also spent 20 years at Symantec. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based TeleSign has appointed a new CFO, saying today that it has named Matthew Hardy as its new Chief Financial Officer. The firm, which provides phone-based, Internet fraud prevention and authentication services to major Internet properties, said that Hardy joins the company from LiveOffice. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. The SimpleGeo API will provide you access to these services.

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