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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Los Angeles-based OpenMethods , a developer of software for the contact center and telephony market, has raised $5M in a funding round, according to the company. The company's software connects the Oracle Service Cloud software, Oracle's CRM suite, with telephony software from Genesys, Cisco, Avaya, and Interactive Intelligence.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, said that it has linked with Oracle to bring the popular Java programming language to its machine-to-machine (M2M) chipsets. The two said they are working to bring Oracle Java ME Embedded 3.2 San Diego-based Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. , to ATI's QSC6270-Turbo chipset.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Irvine-based Relsys International , a developer of drug safety and risk management software for the health care industry, has been acquired by software giant Oracle. Oracle said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Relsys, which will become part of its Health Sciences Global Business Unit.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer Blackline has promoted Mark Woodhams to the position of Chief Revenue Officer, the company said on Wednesday. BlackLine develops software which automates account reconciliation and other typically manual operations for accounting departments.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. MindTouch's software provides customer support search tools, product information, and more to end users.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

Pasadena-based Guidance Software , the developer of computer forensics and e-discovery software, said this morning that it has named Daniel Lim as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, and Alex Adrianopoulos as Vice President of Marketing. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Gaydos was previously CMO at Nlyte Software, and also was Senior Vice President of Marketing at Engine Yard, in addition to serving at Oracle and SAP America. Irvine-based asset tracking technology provider CalAmp said late last week that it has named Mark Gaydos as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

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APRIL 11, 2014

Irvine-based SecureAuth , which provides two-factor authentication software, hsa named Darin Pendergraft as its new Vice President of Marketing, the company said this week. Pendergraft was most recently at Oracle, and had also served at Quest Software (which is now part of Dell). READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based advertising software and exchange operator The Trade Desk said this week that it has named Michelle Hulst as the company's Chief Operating Offier. According to The Trade Desk, Hulst will be responsible for global operations, data, commercial enablement, and client services in her new role.

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JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine said on Thursday that it has named Marc Huffman as its new Chief Operating Officer. Huffman had previously served as President of Worldwide Sales and Distribution at NetSuite, and also had served at Oracle. Huffman also sites on the board of ChannelAdvisor.

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APRIL 23, 2018

He also has served at Siebel Systems (now Oracle). Bonfire Ventures focuses on early-stage startups in the software area, focused on B2B software. Queener had served as VP of Field Operations, SVP Operations, SVP Products, EVP/GM of Data Cloud, and EVP/GM of Marketing Cloud at Salesforce, among other titles.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Pasadena-based software developer Central Desktop said this morning that it has added software veteran Kumar Vora to its board of directors. Vora is the CEO of Acrolinx, and also had served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Foundational Capital, as well as a VP at Oracle and Adobe. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Put simply Chuck is amongst the smartest and most knowledgeable leaders in the CRM industry and in the components I consider the future of enterprise software — voice driving input/output, chat-based computing and mobile-first design. If you’re a consumer software company your buyer is your user. Why Invest? The reason is simple.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine , which has been in expansion mode with its financial automation software, is growing again, with a new joint venture in Japan. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 26, 2017

Tarbet previously served at such companies as UnboundID, RightNow Technologies, and Oracle. LogicMonitor is a developer of cloud-based, performance monitoring software for IT infrastructure. Santa Barbara-based LogicMonitor said Thursday that it has named Michael Tarbet as its new Vice President of Sales. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine announced this morning that it has named Mark Woodhams as its new SVP of Global Sales. According to BlackLine, Woodhams previously had been Vice President of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) at NetSuite, and also had worked at Oracle, Hyperion, CapGemini and Citicorp.

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JUNE 13, 2014

Santa Barbara-based enterprise resource planning software developer QAD has appointed a new board member, saying late Thursday that it has added Leslie J. Stretch is President and CEO of Callidus Software, and also had served at Sun Microsystems and Oracle. callidus board executive software' Stretch as a board member.

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APRIL 20, 2018

Los Angeles-based Saviynt , a developer of identity management software, announced this week that it has raised $40M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners. Saviynt is led by CEO Amit Saha. According to the company, it will use the new funding round to expand its U.S.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

San Diego-based ID Analytics , the developer of risk management software and technology, said today that it has named Daniel Rawlings as the company''s Chief Revenue Officer. Rawlings joins the company from Smith Micro Software, where he had been Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Revenue Officer.

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MAY 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based financial software developer BlackLine Systems has hired its first, Chief Marketing Officer, the company announced today. Downing also previously served at such companies as SAP, Informatica, Oracle, Adobe, Seagate and Hill and Knowlton. The company is backed by private equity firm Silver Lake. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2015

San Diego-based ESET , the developer of Internet security software, said Thursday that it has named Gerald C. He also has served at Oracle and Microsoft. ESET has more than 200 people in San Diego, and more than 1,000 worldwide developing its Internet security software products. Choung as its new Vice President of Sales.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based software-as-a-service developer Cornerstone OnDemand said this morning that it has added former Eloqua CEO Joe Payne to its board of directors. Cornerstone OnDemand is a developer of software-as-a-service tools for enterprise, human resources and human capital management. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Los Angeles-based financial close software developer BlackLine announed today that it has added Graham Smith, the former CFO of Salesforce, to its board of directors. Smith also was CFO of Advent Software, Vitria Technology and Nuance Communications, and served at Oracle. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Bettencourt previously was Founder and Managing Partner of management consulting firm Propelus; she also served as SVP of Customer Solutions at Accruent, and was at Oracle, ChannelPoint (now Trizetto), and J.D.

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MAY 12, 2015

Los Angeles-based Velocify , the developer of sales automation software which is led by Nick Hedges, has snagged ZEFR Chief Technology Officer Manoj Goyal as its new Chief Operating Officer, the company said this morning. Goyal also has served at OpenX, where he was SVP of Engineering, and also has been at Hewlett Packard, Oracle, and EMC.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Inktank , the software developer behind the open source Ceph distributed storage project, said Thursday that it has partnered with Citrix Sytsems to provide support for Ceph as part of Citrix CloudPlatform. Citrix CloudPlatform is a software product, commercially supported by Citrix, used for cloud orchestration.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Carlsbad-based BeyondTrust , the developer of identity management and security software, said today that it has named Subbu Sthanu as Vice President, Product Management. and Oracle. Sthanu joins the firm from Novell, and had also served at NetIQ, Vignette Corp.,

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JUNE 26, 2015

In the latest, Central Coast IPO move, Santa Barbara-based Invoca , a maker of call marketing automation tools, says it is prepping for an IPO in 2017, and has hired a new CEO with experience running two pubicly traded software companies. Woodward also served at Legent Corporation, Mcafee, and Oracle.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

San Diego-based MeLLmo , the developer of the Roambi mobile business analytics software, said today that it has opened up an office in Shanghai, to support the Greater China market. Roambi said the new office will be headed by Sean Luangrath, who has previously served at Apple, PeopleSoft, and Oracle. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of human resources and talent management software-as-a-service, said today that it has agreed to acquire Auckland, New Zealand-based Sonar Limited (Sonar6). Sonar6 develops cloud-based, talent management software focused on small businesses.

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JUNE 8, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Givezooks , a developer of social fundraising software for nonprofits, told its users today that it has launched a new way to allow nonprofits to offer up tickets or sponsorships of their events from Facebook, as well as from their website. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Los Angeles-based Sophoi , which was developing software for intellectual property licensing, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. in funding from database giant Oracle, which invested in the firm in May of 2007. Tags: oracle property intellectual bankruptcy sophoi. Sophoi had been backed by $17.5M

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JANUARY 6, 2015

jBase is a cloud-based, database product which connects applications built on the Pick operating system with SQL Server, Oracle, and the cloud. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Temenos is based in Switzerland.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Calabasas-based SpotlightTMS , the developer of luxury suite and corporate ticket management software, announced today that it has rolled out its software on Salesforce.com's AppExchange. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Calabasas-based Spotlight Ticket Management , the developer of software for managing corporate ticket and suites, reports today that it has been selected by Penske Truck Leasing for managing its suite and ticket assets. Spotlight's software is used by corporate customers, such as Nike, Oracle, NBCUniversal, and others.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Camarillo-based DEX Systems , a developer of software used for supply chain management, announced today that it has been selected by Diebold. DEX said that Diebold will purchase the firm's reverse logistics software for an Ohio facility, which is used for repair operations for DEX. Financial terms of the win were not disclosed.

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