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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based nstartup HealthTensor, which is developing artificial intelligence (AI) software aimed at helping to augment medical decision making, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. HealthTEnsor said it will use the funding to scale its software engineering and implementation team.

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MAY 7, 2021

Irvine-based Phocas Software, a developer of data analytics software for the manufacturing, distribution, and retail business market, says it has named Dave Boorman as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most of that investment is software engineers in Christchurch, New Zealand. Boorman looks to be based in Australia.

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APRIL 20, 2018

It may seem obvious that companies in the Midwest face challenges attracting and retaining talent, given our weather and location far from the coasts. One need only to look at college football recruiting, after all, to see how the average annual snowfall on campus matters almost as much as last season’s win/loss record.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based software developer FloQast said today that it has named Amit Nayar as its new Vice President of Engineering. Nayar will head up hiring, traiing, and scaling of the company's engineering team, according to FloQast. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

As noted in Symptoms of a Weak Development Team , this is a symptom of the old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time. Then, a month later, the product is still 90% done. And six weeks later – 90% again! The last 10% takes the other 90%.

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APRIL 15, 2019

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital is hoping to sell one of its portfolio companies, Perforce Software , for around $2 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg over the weekend. Perforce has been owned by Clearlake Capital since January of 2018. Bloomberg did not name possible buyers for Perforce.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you're grappling with this issue, identifying the specific cause can be difficult, especially if you don’t have a software background. And in the software world, an A player is worth 10+ C players! And the #1 symptom relates to that old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes half the time.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Los Angeles- and London-based Engineer.ai , a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at creating software for SMBs, said today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DigitalOcean, a provider of cloud services for the development community. recently raised $29.5M and DigitalOcean were not announced.

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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Based on the company's open positions, it appears its San Diego team includes a significant number of software engineers, as well as administrative functions. The new funding values the company at $1 billion. The company was founded in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

According to the company, it is looking to recruit quantum computing technologists as well as software engineers experienced in AI and machine learning here at its new location, where it says it will help serve its based of industrial and academic clients here in the United States. headquarters in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. I used this when I taught software engineering. The remaining 10%, takes the other 90% of the time.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Santa Barbara-based LogicMonitor , which develops software for IT infrastructure monitoring, said yesterday that it has released a new, free tool to help debug and monitor Java software. logicmonitor java operations monitoring software free management devops' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

in a seed funding round, to go towards its online marketplace for computer software algorithms. The startup--which was co-founded by Kenny Daniel, who was recently pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence at USC--says that it has created an online platform to let software engineers find different algorithms for us. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2014

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , the developer of travel booking software for the vacation rental market, has been acquired by VacationRoost , which operates an online vacation rental marketplace. software engine booking marketplace rental vacation vacationroost acquisition merger leisurelink' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2014

Anaheim- and Boulder-based SendGrid , which develops email delivery software and services to developers, is expanding its presence in Colorado, saying that it has relocated to a new and larger space in its Boulder location. sendgrid colorado anaheim orange county software jobs employment email delivery' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2019

There were a host of reasons—she wasn’t a software engineer, she had no product development experience, and she wanted to launch a consumer item that was already sold widely by established enterprises. From the moment Talia Frenkel resolved to found a company after a kitchen-table talk with her parents, the odds were against her.

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MARCH 1, 2018

Calling all Software Engineers, or anyone wanting to build applications using the blockchain! Attendees will have the opportunity to do some networking and hear from 3 engineers who are currently working on projects that interface with the blockchain. Wednesday, March 7, 2018 -- LA Blockchain Developers Night In Santa Monica.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Netflix Senior Software Engineer Terra Field, who is transgender, tweeted a viral thread about the Chappelle special. Netflix has decided to air Chappelle’s special, which contains jokes about transgender people, even though some employees have voiced concerns they feel have been ignored by the company.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Ember was a developer of real time, programmatic bidding software for the advertising industry, and used machine learning algorithms and contextual and semantic software engines for online advertising bidding. Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

SendGrid , the developer of email delivery software and services--which has a major engineering presence in Orange County--has opened up an office in London. The company said the new office will help it serve its growing customer base in Europe. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2018

Galvanize , a company which operates a network of locations teaching software engineering skills--and which often serve as hubs of startup activity nationwide, offering up coworking for technology startups, events, and more--is planning to expand its efforts in Los Angeles, after raising $32M and buying another "coding bootcamp" operator, Hack Reactor. (..)

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APRIL 2, 2011

Late in 2009, a large number of big names in the software engineering community formed a body called SEMAT, Software Engineering Method and Theory. Friday, April 8, 2011 -- The SEMAT Initiative and EPF : SoCal SPIN.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The company said its new unit will be staffed with security and systems analysts and cryptography, hardware and software engineers. Microsemi said the new center will offer risk assessment services, penetration testing, protection planning services, "red and blue" teaming services, mitigation, and more.

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MAY 21, 2019

Thrun (pictured) says many software engineers working at the raft of companies now developing self-driving vehicles have trained in the technology via Udacity , the educational technology company he. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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APRIL 6, 2015

MakerSquare , which operates coding camps and classes to help students get software jobs, is setting up a new location in Los Angeles, according to the Hack Reactor collective. angeles camp code software education school hackreactor reactor hack makersquare' The two said that MakerSquare will launch its first class on June 29th.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

The Indeed Prime service--unlike a typical job board or resume bank--specifically screens and prequalifies professionals with technical skills, such as software engineers, developers, UI/UX designers, and product managers.

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

How do you spur more people creating software, hardware, devices, and more in Los Angeles? The group says it has already hosted "hackathons" for kids learning to program, and is also seeking entrepreneurs, software engineers, hardware engineers, scientists, artists, filmmakers, and others to help it in its effort.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

an Internet and software engineering services firm headquartered in Beijing. Everbridge said that Hypersun has more than 35 engineering staff, and will help provide it with a "deeper bench" of engineering expertise. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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MAY 14, 2013

Trudel was most recently CTO of BeachMint, and also served at Ticketmaster as SVP of Software Engineering, in addition to serving at Taleo. Encino-based market research and sampling firm uSamp said today that it has named Carl Trudel as its new Chief Technology Officer.

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MARCH 23, 2015

According to Evite, it has named Evoniuk as the company''s Chief Technology Officer, to oversee the company''s technology strategy, software engineering and enterprise architecture. Los Angeles-based online invitation site Evite , which i owned by Liberty Interactive, has hired on former Amgen IT director Perry Evoniuk. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

What do entrepreneurs, mathematicians, software engineers, physicists, physicians, biologists, anatomists, angels, venture capitalists and bankers have in common? Electrical engineers design and make the hardware. Software engineers write the programs for computers to process the data.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Crisan joins from AutoAnything, where he was VP of Software Engineering. San Diego-based BuyAutoParts.com , an online e-commerce site focused on auto parts, said Thursday that it has named Adrian Crisan as the company''s Chief Information Officer. Crisan also has served at Sony Electronics and HP/Compaq. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , developer of the computer game development software Gamebryo LightSpeed, reported today that it had a 35 percent increase in revenues year-over-year, and a 58 percent increase in its profitability during 2009. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The company said it will be hiring more hardware and software engineers in San Diego because of the funding, and will also open up a new office in the Bay Area. The firm said Jon Callaghan of True and Bryce Roberts at O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures have joined the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Los Angeles-based Zynx Health , a developer of clincial decision support software for the healthcare market, said today that it has opened up over 40 positions for hiring, as part of a growth push at the company. In good news for the LA jobs market, another Los Angeles company is reporting big hiring plans.

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