SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 25, 2017

Monday, July 31, 2017 -- TEDxUCLA Salon: From Struggle to Success TEDxUCLA Salon How do you turn struggles into success in the field of technology? How can government catch up with the rapid growth in technology? How do you succeed as a female in a male-driven industry?

Chief Technology Officer 100

Chief Technology Officer Ticketmaster CIO UCLA 100

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2014

Los Angeles-based financial software developer BlackLine Systems said today that it has hired a new, Chief Technology Officer. He also has served at such companies at Stamps.com, Citysearch/Ticketmaster, and TCI/AND Interactive and Packard Bell. According to the enterprise software company, it has named Alain Avakian as its CTO.

CTO Hire 138

CTO Hire Chief Technology Officer CitySearch Ticketmaster 138

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2013

Slavin was previously a developer of real estate in the Los Angeles area, and according to the firm is a managing partner at private equity firm Napias Group. READ MORE>>. estate real financial finance private marketplace mortgage realestate capital venture privlo'

Chief Technology Officer 215

Chief Technology Officer CitySearch Ticketmaster Santa Monica 215

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Los Angeles-based Ciena Solutions LLC, a provider of SAP integration management services, has been acquired by NetSol Technologies. According to NetSol Technologies, the buy was a combination of cash and restricted stock. NetSol Technologies is based in Emeryville, California.

Technology 113

Technology Ticketmaster Outsource Development Southern California 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

AEG , Cirque du Soleil , and Outbox Technology said this morning that they have launched a new, electronic ticketing joint venture, Outbox Enterprises. The firm said it will be jointly run by Jean-Francoys Brousseau, owner of Outbox Technology, and former Ticketmaster CEO Frederic D.

Ticketmaster 168

Ticketmaster Entertainment Los Angeles Technology 168

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based online ticket marketplace ScoreBig.com is bolstering its executive team today, saying it has named two new VPs to help drive growth at the company. According to ScoreBig, it has named David Marcus as Senior Vice President, Partnerships, and Eric Wilson as Vice President, Technology and Product.

CitySearch 183

CitySearch Ticketmaster Entertainment Los Angeles 183

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based Trigon Digital , the provider of digital advertising anf other services to both the traditional and online radio market, is powering a number of features of the new, free music streaming service from Microsoft, Xbox Music , the company said this week. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Services 159

Services Ticketmaster Advertising Los Angeles 159

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology provider OpenX announced this morning that it has appointed Douglas McPherson, the former General Counsel of Idealab, as its new Chief Legal Officer. OpenX said that McPherson has joined the board of directors of Idealab as part of the move.

OpenX 153

OpenX Idealab CitySearch Ticketmaster 153

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization technology provider headed by Frank Addante, said this morning that it has named Brian Barnum as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, as well as appointed Mark Torres as Senior Vice President of People and Culture.

Ticketmaster 164

Ticketmaster Clearstone Advertising News 164

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. Rubicon Project.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Companies Company Southern California 279

socalTECH

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. For anyone that small, Ticketmaster doesn't make sense. What is Laughstub?

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based SaveFans (www.savefans.com) recently raised some funding for its take on secondary ticketing, so we thought we'd speak with founder Wes Brodsky about the company and where it's going. Wes Brodsky: When I was in high school, I used to wait in line for a big ticket broker here in Los Angeles.

Ticketmaster 253

Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Activity 253

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more. We’re excited to welcome the CEO Michael Agustin to Los Angeles. Watch this space.

Companies 276

Companies Company Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). The best way to do that, is by building technology that scales.

Content 150

Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But lets face it, when you think of Los Angeles, Internet startups are not the first things that spring to mind. Thats not Los Angeles. Well, that technology came from an L.A.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Companies Company Angel 50

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

He has done fairly well, and is now an angel and startup CEO himself. John is not as actively involved in managing startups, but has been a very very active angel--I think he's invested in something like 30 companies as an angel. We merged with Ticketmaster, took it public before selling it to IAC.

Venture Capital 165

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Technical Review 165

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

We have the best engineers in the world here at MetaCloud, the former cloud engineering team at Ticketmaster, which operates your cloud every day, deploys software updates, and gives you the economic performance of the cloud, but where you data is always under control and on your premises. They''re just virtualizing everything they have.

CIO 207

CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

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. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2015

Los Angeles-based Boingo (www.boingo.com) is one of longest standing Internet companies. Wi-Fi is now a lot more like cellular network technology, rather than a separate network. technology could really do what we thought it could do. It was really both a big technology and business opportunity.

Startup 100

Startup Networking CitySearch Ticketmaster 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

This morning, Los Angeles-based Lottay (www.lottay.com) launched its online gifting site, announced its funding by DFJ Frontier, and also the appointment of former Evite GM Harry Lin as CEO. It's like email, no doubt about it--this is not a lot of technology, rocket science, or atom splitting. Harry, thanks for the interview.

Evite 157

Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157