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executiveMemjet Names Legg CFOSan Diego-based Memjet, a developer of color printing technology, said this week that it has added Mark W. Legg as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Legg joins from Genearl Atomics, where he was SVp and CFO. Legg also served at... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 Algebraix Data Adds Mutch To Board San Diego-based Algebraix Data, a firm that develops business intelligence software, said this week that it has named John Mutch as its Vice Chairman and member of its board of directors. Mutch is CEO of BeyondTrust Software, and als... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 Soliant Energy Names Marketing VP Monrovia-based Soliant Energy, a developer of concentrated solar energy systems, announced this morning that it has added Ben Jamison as the firm's new Vice President of Marketing. Jamison was most recently at Savant Systems, and has... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Row 44 Adds Former Continental CEO To Board Westlake Village-based Row 44, a provider of satellite-based Wi-Fi equipment for aircraft, said yesterday that it has added Larry Kellner, former Chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines, to its board of directors. Kellner served as ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Emergent Game Technologies Appoints CEO Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies, a provider of game development tools, said today that Scott M. Johnson has been appointed as CEO of the firm. Emergent said that Johnson has been CEO of the firm since late last year. Johns... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 IVT Names New CEO 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 replaces founder Greg Pulier, who is now CTO of the firm. McGovern was most recently CEO ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Panache Grabs VP From Yahoo Los Angeles-based online advertising firm Panache said today that it has named Cheryl Kellond as its new Executive Vice President. Panache said that Kellond joins the firm from Yahoo, where she was Vice President of Advertiser Produc... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Verimatrix Snags Motorola Vet As CTO San Diego-based Verimatrix has snagged a Motorola vet as its new Chief Technology Officer, the firm said today. The firm said it has named Petr Peterka, formerly a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the CTO's office at Mo... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 AeroVironment Names CTO, VP Monrovia-based AeroVironment, a developer of unamnned aerial vehicles and energy products, said late Friday that it has named Tom Herring as its Senior Vice President and General Manager of its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) busines... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 Active Network Names CFO San Diego-based The Active Network has named a new Chief Financial Officer, Scott Mendel. The firm announced today that Mendel has joined the firm from General Electric, where he had served for over 20 years. Mendel was most recently... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 Overland Storage Hires BlueArc, Data Robotics Founder San Diego-based Overland Storage said earlier this week that it has hired Dr. Geoff Barrall as its new Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering. Barrall was most recently CEO of Data Robotics, and also was fo... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 5, 2010 Enigma Diagnostics Sets Up Shop In San Diego Oxford, England-based Enigma Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics firm, said today that it has opened up a new, regional headquarters in San Diego. Enigma said the new, 17,000 sq. ft. office is in the Sorrento Valley, where it will h... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010 Qualcomm Names Mobile Commerce Head San Diego-based Qualcomm announced this morning that it has named Rocco Fabiano as new head of its mobile commerce subsidiary, Firethorn Holdings LLC. Qualcomm said that Fabiano will act as President of Firethorn, heading up s... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010 MySpace Founders Head North In Casual Gaming Deal MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe, Colin Digiaro, and Aber Whitcomb are taking the reins at a casual and social gaming venture called MindJolt, which announced its funding Wednesday. The new firm, based out of San Francisco, is being funded by... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010 Perfect Market Names Chief Strategy Officer Altadena-based Perfect Market, which is backed by Idealab, said this morning that it has hired on Robertson Barrett as Chief Strategy Officer at the company. Barrett joins from Tribune Interactive, where he was Executive Vice Preside... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 1, 2010 DTS Taps Motorola For CTO Calabasas-based DTS, a developer of surround sound technology, said today that it has named Dr. Frederick Kitson as the firm's EVP and Chief Technology Officer. Kitson joins from Motorola, where he was Corporate VP and head of Resear... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 1, 2010 Demand Media Creates Editorial Advisory Board Santa Monica-based Demand Media, the online publishing effort headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said late last night that it has created a new Editorial Advisory Board. The firm said the new group of advisors would help counsel the firm ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 25, 2010 Toshiba America Medical Names Marketing VP Tustin-based Toshiba America Medical Systems, a manufacturer of diagnostic imaging systems for the healthcare market, said today that it has named Doug Ryan as Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Development, heading up the firm'... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Inphi Snags Advisors Westlake Village-based Inphi, a developer of high speed analog semiconductors, announced today that it has added Fred Weber and Randy Wilhelm to its technical advisory panel. Weber currently sits on the boards of SeaMicro and Glasspo... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Solarflare Names New Sales VP Irvine-based Solarflare Communications announced this morning that it has hired Sean Keohane as its new Vice President of Sales. Keohane joins from Aquantia, where he was VP of Worldwide Sales; he has also served at National Semicond... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 Telogis Names Sales VP Aliso Viejo-based Telogis, a developer of fleet management and tracking software, said today that it has named Doug Daniels as Vice President of Sales of its Telogis GeoBase Division. Daniels joins the firm from DigitalGlobe, and als... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 Netlist Names Research VP Irvine-based Netlist said earlier this week that it has appointed a new Vice President of Research and Development. The firm, which designs and manufacturer memory subsystems for the high performance computing and communications mark... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 18, 2010 Tunewiki Gains Investment, Hires Activision Vets Tunewiki, a developer of a user-driven service which combines streaming music with music lyrics, said Tuesday that it has received a strategic investment from NTT DOCOMO. The firm has a U.S. office in Los Angeles, but is headquartere... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Network Hardware Resale Names IT VP Santa Barbara-based Network Hardware Resale, a firm which sells used and new networking equipment, said this morning that it has named Mark V. Kelly as its Vice President of IT. IT was most recently at Den-Mat Holdings, and also has ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Mobile Messenger Names, Promotes VPs Los Angeles-based Mobile Messenger, the mobile marketing firm majority owned by Silver Lake Partners, said earlier this week that it has named Larry Robiner as its VP of CRM Channel Sales. Robiner joins the firm from Epsilon, ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 MySpace Names Jones, Hirschorn As Co-Presidents, as Van Natta Leaves Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said late Wednesday that CEO Owen Van Natta is stepping down from his position, and will be replaced by co-presidents Mike Jones and ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 MeLLmo Hires Sales VP San Diego-based MeLLmo, the firm behind the Roambi mobile business application, said today that it has hired on Brad Freitag as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Freitag has previously worked at Oracle, IBM, and Hyperion Solutions,... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 SOA Software Bolsters European Efforts Los Angeles-based SOA Software, which develops service-oriented architecture (SOA) management software, said Tuesday that the firm is expanding its European operations. The firm said it has appointed Steve Pope as the firm's Vice Pre... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Xencor Names Baracchini Business Head Monrovia-based Xencor, a developer of antibody discovery technology, said this morning that it has named Edgardo Baracchini, Ph.D., as Chief Business Officer at the company. Baracchini joins the firm from Metabasis Therapeu... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Integrien Adds Lee Roberts To Board Irvine-based Integrien, a developer of IT analytics annd management software, announced today that former FileNet CEO Lee Roberts is joining the firm's board of directors. Roberts is currently President and CEO of BlueWater... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 iRise Names Advisor El Segundo-based iRise, a developer of software used by enterprises to visualize and prototype their IT development projects, announced this morning that it has named Ralph Szygenda to its advisory board. Szygenda is the former globa... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 Borrego Solar Names CFO San Diego-based Borrego Solar Systems, a developer and designer of commercial solar electric power installations, said today that it has named Bill Bush as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. The venture backed firm said that Bush j... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 Thunderhead Claims Growth, Adds Execs Irvine-based Thunderhead, a developer of software for managing communications with customers, said Thursday that it saw 30 percent, year on year growth in its revenues in 2009. The privately held firm did not disclose financials or a... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 PC Mall Names President Torrance-based PC Mall, a catalog retailer of IT hardware, software, and other products, said today that it has named Jim Garrity as President of its SARCOM subsidiary. PC Mall said that Garrity was most recently COO of SECNAP Networ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 BUZZMEDIA Boosts Sales Efforts With Hires Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA, the entertainment and pop culture publishing firm founded by Anthony Batt, said today that it has hired on two new sales execs, as part of a push to expand its... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 Arrowhead Research Names New CFO Pasadena-based Arrowhead Research, which is commercializing nanotechnology and other research, said today that it has named Ken Myszkowski as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Myszkowski replaces interim CFO Joseph T. Kingsley ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Soliant Energy Names DeMiroz COO, CFO Monrovia-based solar concentrator firm Soliant Energy said today that it has hired back Marco DeMiroz, as the firm's Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. DeMiroz was previously interim CEO at the firm, and an a... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 SpeedTax Names Marketing VP Laguna Hills-based SpeedTax, a developer of software-as-a-service for sales tax management, announced this morning that it has named David Lahey as the firm's Executive Vice President, Sales and marketing. Lahey was most recently at ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 Solekai Systems Names Marco Thompson As CTO San Diego-based Solekai Systems, a software development firm focused on the smart grid industry, said today that it has named Marco Thompson as its Chief Technology Officer. Thompson was most recently CTO at Wind River Service... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 Everbridge Taps LA Times For CTO Los Angeles-based Everbridge, which develops incident notification and mass calling systems, said Thursday that it has named Scott Sullivan as the firm's Chief Technology Officer. Sullivan was most recently Chief Technology Of... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 Broadcom Snags Networking GM From Cisco Irvine-based Broadcom said late Wednesday that it has named Rajiv Ramaswami as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the firm's Enterprise Networking Group. Ramaswami joins Broadcom from Cisco Systems, where he was V... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 Passenger Expands Board Los Angeles-based Passenger, which operates online communities for major brands, said today that it has named Jaynie Miller Studenmund to the firm's board of directors. Studenmund is an advisor focused on startups, rapid growt... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Neomend Raises $30M Irvine-based Neomend, a developer of sealants for the surgical market, announced this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series D funding round. Neomend said the round was led by Clarus Ventures, which contributed $17M of the total... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 WiSpry Adds Board Member Irvine-based WiSpry, a developer of tunable radio frequency semiconductors, said this morning that it has added Ed Healy to its board of directors. Healy is senior advisor to the chairman of Mediatek, and was previously co-founder an... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Mayfield Eyes Los Angeles Startups, Taps Ticketmaster's Moriarty Bay area venture capital firm Mayfield Fund appears to be eyeing more investments in the Los Angeles area, with the addition of Sean Moriarty, the former CEO of Ticketmaster, as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the firm. Accord... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 CODA Automotive Snags GM Vet For Sales VP Santa Monica-based CODA Automotive, a startup manufacturer of electric cars, announced today that it has hired on a GM vet, Michael A. Jackson, as its Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Distribution. According to CODA, Jackson... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 OpenCandy Adds Google Ventures' Kraus To Board San Diego-based OpenCandy, which develops software and services to monetize downloads of open source software, said today that it has added Joe Kraus of Google Ventures to the firm's board of directors. Kraus is the co-founder of Exc... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Fonality Names New CEO Culver City-based Fonality, a developer of business PBX phone systems based on the open source Asterisk PBX software, said today that it has named Dean Mansfield as the firm's new CEO. Mansfield replaces Chris Lyman, th... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Mzima Networks Acquired By PacketExchange Los Angeles-based Mzima Networks, a provider of Internet bandwidth services, is being acquired by London's PacketExchange, the firms said Monday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to PacketExch... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 AirHop Adds LaForge As Advisor San Diego-based AirHop Communications, a developer of wireless infrastructure software, announced this morning that it has added Perry LaForge to the firm's advisory board. LaForge is founder and executive director of the CDMA Develo... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 Ondax Names New CEO Monrovia-based Ondax, a manufacturer of holographic filters and semiconductor lasers for the industrial, defense, scientific and medical markets, announced this week that it has named Randy Heyler as its President and CEO. According ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 15, 2010 Quest Software Names Two Execs Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software said earlier this week that it has named Carl Eberling as its VP and GM of virtualization and monitoring, and Steve Kahan as VP of Global Marketing. Eberling joins the firm from Kaiser Permanente, whe... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 Underground Elephant Opens Office in Santa Monica, Makes Hires San Diego-based Underground Elephant, a startup focused on the CPA-based, performance based advertising market, said today that it has opened up an office in Santa Monica. The firm said it is looking to tap the talent in the Los Ange... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 Impact Radius Scores $6M Santa Barbara-based Impact Radius, a developer of multi-channel, performance advertising technology, announced today that it has raised $6M in a venture funding round. The round was led by posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 Inovio Taps Merck For Chief Medical Officer San Diego-based Inovio Biomedical said this week that it has tapped a Merck veteran for its new Chief Medical Officer. According to Inovio, it has hired on mark L. Bagarazzi, M.D>, as Chief Medical Officer heading up worldwide clinic... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 8, 2010 Inovio Taps Merck For Chief Medical Officer San Diego-based Inovio Biomedical said this week that it has tapped a Merck veteran for its new Chief Medical Officer. According to Inovio, it has hired on mark L. Bagarazzi, M.D>, as Chief Medical Officer heading up worldwide clinic... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 8, 2010 Traversa Names Research VP San Diego-based Traversa Therapeutics, a biopharmaceuticals firm developing RNA interference (RNAi) technology, said earlier this week that it has named Curt W. Bradshaw as Vice President of Research and Development. Bradshaw joins t... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 8, 2010 Napster's Gorog Departs Firm Chris Gorog, the CEO of Los Angeles-based Napster, said Wednesday in a blog post that he is leaving the firm. According to Gorog, ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Belkin Names Reynoso CEO Compton-based Belkin International, which makes electronics accessories and cables, said Tuesday that it has promoted President Mark Reynoso to the additional position of CEO. Reynoso replaces Chet Pipkin, the firm's current CEO, who... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 VMIX Boosts Exec Team San Diego-based VMIX, which provides online video management tools for web publishers, said today that it has hired on four new executives to its Business Development team. The firm said it has hired on Kate Dixon, Charles white, Sco... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 Networkfleet Names CEO San Diego-based Networkfleet, a developer of wireless fleet management services, said today that it has promoted Keith Schneider to CEO of the firm. Schneider has been President of the firm since April of 2007. The firm said that Sch... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 4, 2010 eEye Shuffles CEO, Execs Irvine-based eEye, a developer of security and vulnerability management software, said today that it has named a new CEO, CFO, and VP of Strategy. The firm said it has appointed Kevin Hickey as CEO, replacing Kamal Arafeh. The firm a... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 28, 2009 ViaSat Names President At WildBlue Carlsbad-based ViaSat announced this morning that it has named Tom Moore as President of its new WildBlue subsidiary. Moore was a co-founder of WildBlue, and was President and CEO of the firm until 2005. ViaSat completed its $568M ac... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 WebVisible Names New VP Irvine-based WebVisible, which helps small and mid-sized businesses to place online advertising, said today that it has named Doug LaBahn as the firm's Vice President of Product. LaBahn has pre... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 Inovio Biomedical Expands Scientific Advisory Board San Diego-based Inovio Biomedical announced this morning that it has added Iacob Mathiesen, Ph.D. to its Scientific Advisory Board. Mathiesen was previously managing director of Inovio's Norwegian subsidiary, Inovio AS. The firm said... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 Information Superbrand Names Tal Golan CEO Irvine-based Information Superbrand, an Internet marketing firm, is announcing this morning that it has named Tal Golan as the firm's CEO. Golan was most recently founder of Sendio, and has fou... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 Riot Games Snags Mohn For Board Los Angeles-based Riot Games, a venture backed developer of online games, said Wednesday that it has added Jarl Mohn to its board of directors. Mohn is an investor in the firm. Mohn was the foun... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 eSolar Names New CEO Pasadena-based eSolar, a developer of concentrating solar thermal power technology, said today that it has appointed John Van Scoter as its new Chief Executive Officer. Van Scoter was most recently... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 MyShape's Wannier Shifts To Executive Chairman Glendale-based MyShape, the personalized online shopping site for women's apparel, said Tuesday that CEO Louise Wannier has become Executive Chairman of the Board, and that it has appointed Merced... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Sorenson Media Promotes Sismondo, Looks to Hire San Diego-based Sorenson Media, a developer of Internet video compression and decompression software, said today that it has promoted Charles Sismondo to Vice President of Engineering. Sismondo has been at the company for just over a... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Integrien Names Strategy VP Irvine-based Integrien, a developer of analytics software for IT operations, announced this morning that it has appointed Ian Dodd as the firm's Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. The firm, which is backed by Clears... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Rustic Canyon's Kim To Leave Firm Michael Kim, a partner at Santa Monica-based Rustic Canyon Partners, is departing the firm at the end of the year to startup up a new fund-of-funds, Cendana Capital. According to Kim, the new fund--based in San Francisco--will... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 14, 2009 Vuguru Nabs LivePlanet's Tanz Los Angeles-based Vuguru, the digital production studio founded by Michael Eisner, has snagged former LivePlanet CEO Larry Tanz as its new President, the firm said today. Tanz was most recently co-founder and President of digital ent... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 14, 2009 Xencor Names Chairman Monrovia-based Xencor, a developer of biotherapeutics, said today that it has named Bruce Carter, Ph.D., most recently the Chief Executive Officer of ZymoGenetics, as Chairman of the firm's board of directors. Carter has also served ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 7, 2009 International Rectifier Names Board Member El Segundo-based International Rectifier said Thursday that it has added Barbara L. Rambo to its board of directors. Rambo is CEO of Taconic Management Services, a management consulting firm, and also sites on the boards of PG&E, Uni... READ MORE... posted on Friday, December 4, 2009 THQ Hires Back Alumni As Licensing VP Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ reported earlier this week that it has hired on Germaine Gioia as its Senior Vice President, Licensing and Merchandise. According to THQ, Gioia was most recently Senior Vice President, Licensin... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, December 3, 2009 Salk Insitute Adds VC To Board La Jolla-based Salk Institute for Biological Studies, known for its life science research, disclosed this morning that the firm has added venture capitalists Fred Dotzler to its board of trustees. The institute said that Dotzler, co-... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, December 3, 2009 Mogreet Hires Sales And Marketing VP Venice-based Mogreet, which operates a text messaging-based greetings business, said today that it has hired Jay Goss as the firm's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Goss was COO of Numedeon,... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 LeadPoint Snags Sales Exec From LowerMyBills Los Angeles-based LeadPoint, a venture backed firm operating an online sales lead exchange, said today that it has hired Noah Staitman as Senior Director of Sales at the firm. Staitman joins LeadPoint from LowerMyBills. According to ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Pathway Genomics Adds Executive San Diego-based Pathway Genomics has added Sidney Stolz as Chief Growth Officer, the firm said this morning. According to Pathway Genomics, Stoltz joins the firm from Healthcare Solutions, where he was Executive Vice President. Stolz... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Cohu Adds Board Member Poway-based Cohu, a provider of IC test equipments for the semiconductor industry, said Monday evening that it has added Steven J. Bilodeau to its board of directors. Bilodeau is Chairman of Standard Microsystems Corporation, and als... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 MaxLinear Names Board Member Carlsbad-based MaxLinear, a developer of radio frequency (RF) and mixed signal semiconductors, said Tuesday that it has added Donald Schrock to its board. Schrock has previously served at Qualcomm, Motorola, GM-Hughes Aircraft, Burr-... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 MRV Swizzles Board Chair Chatsworth-based MRV Communications, a developer of optical transport products, said Monday that it has named Joan E. Herman as Chair of its board of directors. Herman replaces Shlomo Margalit, who continues as a board member and as ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Topspin Media Adds VP Santa Monica-based Topspin Media, the developer of music and band marketing software headed by former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, said over the weekend that it has added Andrew Mains as its new VP Artist Relations and Services. Mains ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 23, 2009 Ace Metrix Expands Board Los Angeles-based Ace Metrix, which operates a service to help television advertisers measure the effectiveness of their creative content, announced this morning that it has added Greg Drew to its board of directors. Drew is the CEO ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 23, 2009 Calacanis: First Angels In New Angel Group Jason Calacanis, CEO of Santa Monica-based Internet search site Mahalo, has signed on several angels for his new angel group, the Open Angel Forum - Los Angeles. Calacanis--who started the group as an outgrowth of his c... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 HireRight Names Operations VP Irvine-based HireRight said Thursday morning that it has named Catherine Aldrich as its Vice President of Operations. Aldrich joins the firm from Accurate Background, where she was EVP, and will report to HireRight President and CEO ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 InteliCloud Adds Former Apple CEO To Board Newport Beach-based InteliCloud, a manufacturer of blade server equipment, announced Wednesday that it has added Gil Amelio, the former CEO of Apple and National Semiconductor, to its board of advisors. Amelio was CEO of Apple betwee... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Symwave Taps Broadcom For CFO Laguna Niguel-based Symwave, a developer of USB semiconductors, said yesterday that it has hired Adam Spice as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Spice was most recently Broadcom's Vice President of Finance and Corporate Develop... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Lottay Raises Funding, Appoints CEO Los Angeles-based Lottay, an online gifting web site, is announcing this morning that it has raised $475,000 in a funding round, and appointed former Evite.com and ABC.com executive Harry Lin as it... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 eSolar Adds Former First Solar COO To Board Pasadena-based eSolar, the Idealab startup developing solar thermal power plant technology, said today that it has added George (Chip) A. Hambro, the retired Chief Operating Officer of First Solar, to its board of directors. Hambro w... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 Luxury Link Names COO Los Angeles-based Luxury Link, an online luxury travel site, said this week that it has promoted Bob Bennett to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Bennett has been at Luxury Link since 2008, serving as Chief Product Officer. Luxury... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 NextWave Wireless Adds Director San Diego-based NextWave Wireless, a provider of software for the mobile market and owner of wireless spectrum, said Thursday that it has added Carl Vogel to its board of directors. Vogel is a Senior Advisor and a member of the board... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 BuzzMedia Taps MySpace For Exec Los Angeles-based Buzzmedia, which operates Buzznet, Celebuzz, and other pop culture web sites, said today that it has hired Chris George, former Vice President of Integrated Marketing at MySpace, as its Senior Vice President of Inte... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Tanner EDA Names Sales VP, In Strategic Alliance Monrovia-based Tanner EDA, a supplier of analog and mixed-signal electronic design automation software, reported Monday evening that it has appointed a new Sales VP, and separately, that it is in a strategic alliance with a MEMS supp... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Universal Electronics Names Board Member Cypress-based Universal Electronics said today that it has appointed Carl Vogel to its board of directors. Vogel is a partner at SCP Worldwide, which owns the NHL's St. Louis Blues and Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake. He also si... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 6, 2009 Clicker.com Adds Blake Krikorian To Board, Investors Los Angeles-based Clicker Media, which operates an online service to index Internet television, said today that it has added Blake Krikorian, founder and former CEO of Sling Media, to its board of... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 Brickfish Snags Sales Exec From Google San Diego-based Brickfish, a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Googl... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Zag Hires New Products Director Santa Monica-based Zag, the online auto buying site headed by Scott Painter, has hired on a Director of New Products, according to recruiting firm NeoHire. NeoHire said that Alexander Rosten has been hired into the position, joining ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 Vitesse Names New Board Members Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor said Friday that it has appointed two new board members, as part of a debt restructuring deal. According to Vitesse, James Hugar and Grant Lyon replace Guy W. Adams, Robert A. Lundy, and Willow B... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 Sometrics Names Bizdev VP Los Angeles-based Sometrics, a developer of analytics tools for online game developers, announced today that it has appointed Steve Schepke as its Vice President of Business Development. Schepke was most recently Agency General Manag... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 SkinIt Snags Au As CTO San Diego-based Skinit, a developer of personalized "skins" for electronic items, reports today that it has hired on Stanford Au, former SVP of technology at Shutterfly, as its Chief Technology Officer. Au was behind Shutterfly's Pho... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 BeyondTrust Hires Marketing Head Agoura Hills-based BeyondTrust, a developer of security software, has added Brian T. Anderson as Chief Marketing Officer, the firm said today. BeyondTrust said that Anderson joins the firm from SIderean Software, and also served at A... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 Inovio Biomedical Expands Board San Diego-based Inovio BIomedical, a developer of vaccines, announced today that it has added David J. Williams and Keith H. Wells to its board of directors. Williams is former Chairman and CEO of Sanofi Pasteur, and Wells is a senio... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 Power-One Names New Board Member Camarillo-based Power-One, a manufacturer of power supplies and related products, said Friday afternoon that it has appointed Kambiz Hooshmand to its board of directors. Hooshmand was most recently President and CEO of AppliedMicro. ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 Skinit Names CFO San Diego-based Skinit, a provider of electronics personalization technology, said today that it has named Greg Wimmer as its Chief Financial Officer. Wimmer has been acting CFO at the firm since October. According to Skinit, Wimmer ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 SEMICOA Names Quality VP Costa Mesa-based SEMICOA, a developer of high reliability semiconductors, reported Thursday that it has hired Harry James as its Vice President of Total Quality. James has previously served at Texas Instruments, Fairchild, Hewlett-Pa... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 Zumbox Hires Publishing Executive Westlake Village-based Zumbox, which is developing a system to deliver postal mail electronically using street addresses, said today that it has hired Peter O. Price as head of its media division. Price has served at Time Inc., Publi... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Sendio Hires New VP, Looks To Channel Newport Beach-based Sendio, a developer of email appliances for blocking spam, said Monday that it has hired two new sales executives, and is now 100 percent focused on channel sales. According to Sendio, it has hired Ron Claypool as... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 CaseStack Taps FedEx Vet For Board Santa Monica-based CaseStack, which provides outsource logistics and supply chain services to consumer packaged goods companies, announced Friday that it has added Tucker Taylor--a former Federal Express executive--to its board. Case... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 Symphony Technology Group Completes MSC.Software Buy Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of Santa Ana-based MSC Software. The deal was worth approximately $390M, or $8.40 per share in cash. Symphony said that it has ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Blackline Names Support Head Calabasas-based BlackLine Systems, the developer of financial close and account conciliation services headed by Therese Tucker, said today that it has named Kelly Darren as its Director of Support Services. The firm said that Darren ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 iCONECT Hires Silver As CTO Redondo Beach-based iCONECT Development, a developer of litigation support software, said this morning that it has hired on former X1 Technologies Vice President Howard G. Silver as its Chief Technology Officer. According to iCONECT,... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 9, 2009 Cymer Names Board Member San Diego-based Cymer, a publicly held supplier of light sources for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, said it has named Eric Ruttenberg to its board today. Ruttenberg is Co-Managing Member of the General Partner of investors... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Soliant Names New CEO Monrovia-based Soliant Energy, a developer of solar concentrators targeted at the commercial market, announced today that it has named a new CEO and Chairman, Dr. Terry Bailey. Bailey joins from Evergreen Solar, where he was Senior V... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 MySpace Names CFO Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said today that it has named Mark Rosenbaum as its Chief Financial Officer. Rosenbaum was most recently a consultant to MGM, and was previously SVP Corporate Finance at Gemstar-TV Guid... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 5, 2009 Prism VentureWorks' Nye Joins Medical Device Firm Venture capital firm Prism VentureWorks apparently has lost its last link to Southern California's venture market, as the firm's Los Angeles-based General Partner, Gordie Nye, has left the firm to join a medical device company in Nor... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 1, 2009 WebVisible Taps Burr For COO Spot Irvine-based WebVisible has snagged former NetZero co-founder Ronald Burr as its Chief Operating Officer, the firm said Wednesday. The firm, which helps small businesses place local online advertising, said that Burr will oversee the... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Power-One Names New VP Camarillo-based Power-One, a manufacturer of power supplies, said today that it has named Kevin Trosian as the firm's Vice President of Investor Relations. Trosian joins the company from Tower 12 Consulting, a consulting and financia... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 HP Names Head of San Diego Imaging and Printing Group HP said today that it has named Christopher Morgan as Senior Vice President of the firm's Graphics Solutions global business unit, which is part of its Imaging and Printing Group, the firm said this morning. Morgan will be based in S... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 United Sample Staffs Up Encino-based United Sample, a provider of online sampling services for the market research industry, has staffed up with a number of executive hires. According to the firm, it has named Robyn Tas as Senior Vice President of Business ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 Hydra Snags Exec From LowerMyBills Beverly Hills-based Hydra, a pay-for-performance advertising network, said yesterday that it has named Josh Eldridge as the firm's Director of Display Media. Eldridge joins the firm from LowerMyBills.com, where he was Marketing Direc... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 24, 2009 D-Link Names VP Fountain Valley-based D-Link, a provider of networking products, announced this morning that it has hired Kevin Lahm as an Associate Vice President of North American Field System Engineers. Lahm comes to the firm from 3Com Corporatio... READ MORE... posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 Quality Systems Names COO, Director Irvine-based Quality Systems, a provider of IT products for the healthcare market, reported this morning that it has appointed Philip N. Kaplan as the firm's Chief Operating Officer, and added Craig A. Barbarosh to its board. Kaplan ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 Activision Blizzard Names Public Policy Head, Legal Chief Santa Monica-based game maker Activision Blizzard reported Wednesday afternoon that the firm has appointed George L. Rose as Executive Vice President and Chief Public Policy Officer, and has also named Christopher B. Walther as its C... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Move Hires Execs Westlake Village-based Move announced today that it has appointed David Story as the firm's new Chief Technology Officer, and Scott Boecker as its Chief Product Officer. The operator of online real estate sites said that both Story a... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 AirHop Nabs $1M San Diego-based AirHop Communications announced this morning that the firm has raised $1M in a financing round, from unnamed-wireless industry executives. The firm said it is developing systems software that enables the deployment of... READ MORE... posted on Monday, September 14, 2009 Overland Names Gopal As Ops VP San Diego-based Overland Storage reported earlier this week that it has hired on Christopher Gopal as the firm's Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Gopal was most recently COO for Applied Solar; he has also served as VP of World... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 CyberDefender Snags Antivirus Veteran Los Angeles-based CyberDefender, a developer of PC antispyware and antivirus software, reported today that it has appointed Brian Yoder as its new Vice President of Engineering. The firm said that Yoder was an early member of the Pet... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 Integrien Adds To Advisory Board Irvine-based Integrien, a developer of IT analytics software, announced today that it has added Carol Dingle, most recently VP Product Development and Shared Services at Digital Insight/Intuit, to its technology advisory board. Dingl... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 Passenger Names Technology VP 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 additio... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 THQ Names Legal VP Agoura Hills-based THQ, a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software and video games, announced Monday that it has appointed Edward L. Kaufman as Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, and Corporate ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 WiSpry Expands Board Irvine-based WiSpry, a developer of RF CMOS chips for the wireless market, announced today that it has added Kari-Pekka "K.P." Wilska to its board. Wilska is the former President of Nokia North America. Wilska also serves on the boar... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 DivX Loses Board Member San Diego-based DivX said late Friday that board member Jerry Murdock has resigned. Murdock is a managing director at Insight Venture Partners, and joined the firm's board of directors in 2005. Murdock will leave the company's board ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 FLO TV Names Corporate Development VP San Diego-based FLO TV, the subsidiary of Qualcomm which operates the FLO TV mobile TV service, said it has named Alice Kim to Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development Thursday. Kim was most recently Senior Vice Pr... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 3, 2009 Novatel Wireless Boosts Board San Diego-based Novatel Wireless, which develops wireless broadband cards and other products, announced this morning that it has added Russell C. Gerns to its board of directors. Gerns has served at Scientific Data Systems/Xerox, Com... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 3, 2009 Awarepoint Names Zander To Board San Diego-based Awarepoint, a developer of real-time location systems for the healthcare market, reported Monday that former Motorola CEO and Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander has joined its board. Zander was most recently chairma... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Inphi Hires Operations VP Westlake Village-based Inphi, a developer of high speed, analog semiconductors, announced today that it has hired on a new VP of Operations, Atul Shingal. Shingal joins the firm from SiRF Technology, where he was also VP operations; ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Metabasis Therapeutics Loses CEO San Diego-based Metabasis Therapeutics reported this morning that the firm's President, CEO, and Chief Scientific Officer, Mark Erion, is leaving the firm. According to Metabasis, Erion is leaving the firm for Merck, to become Vice P... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 MyShape Confirms Funding Glendale-based MyShape, which operates an online retailer focused on matching women to clothing based on their body type, confirmed this morning that it has raised a third round of venture fundin... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Rubicon Opens Office In Australia, Hires Away Googler Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project announced Wednesday that the firm has opened up an office in Sydney, Australia, as part of an expansion in the Asia Pacific region. According to Rubicon, which provides online advertising optimizatio... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Awarepoint Names Strategy Officer San Diego-based Awarepoint, a developer of real-time location systems for the healthcare and other industries, has appointed Dr. Dennis O'Leary as its Chief Strategy Officer. O'Learly was most recently President of The Joint Commissi... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Report: Slacker Loses CEO San Diego-based music startup Slacker has apparently lost its CEO, according to a report from VentureWire. ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 Integrien Expands Advisory Board Irvine-based Integrien, a developer of IT performance analysis tools, said Thursday that it has added a new advisor, Ian Dodd, to its technology advisory board. The firm said that Ian Dodd heads Global Operations & Enterprise Automat... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 TrueCar Hires Away Edmunds Evangelist Santa Monica-based TrueCar, the automotive pricing spinout of Zag Automotive, annoucned today that it has hired the Chief Evangelist from Edmunds. The firm said that Jesse Toprak will serve as the firm's Vice President of Industry (T... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 BlackLine Systems Hires EVP Calabasas-based BlackLine Systems, which develops financial close software for companies, is expanding, saying today that it has hired on Greg Pond as an Executive Vice President at the firm. Pond has served at SunGard Data Systems, ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 Marshal8e6 Names Execs Orange-based Marshal8e6, a developer of web and email security products, said earlier this week that it has named William Kilmer as the firm's Chief Marketing Officer, and Werner Thalmeier as Vice President of Product Management. Kil... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 14, 2009 OptionEase Names Ops VP San Juan Capistrano-based OptionEase, a developer of software-as-a-service for tracking stock option grants, as well as for fair market value accounting and compliance, announced today that it has named Kevin J. Liebl as Executive VP... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Rapid Bridge Adds Sales VP San Diego-based Rapid Bridge, a developer of ASIC and other semiconductor designs for the systems-on-a-chip market, announced today that it has hired on Vikas Chaudhary as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Chaudhary was most recent... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Covario Launches Services Arm San Diego-based Covario, a provider of search engine marketing and SEO automation software, said Tuesday that the firm has launched a new services arm, focused on agency services. The firm said that it has created its own, SEO delive... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Savings.com Taps Calacanis For Board Santa Monica-based online coupon site Savings.com has tapped Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo and Internet celebrity, for its board of directors, the firm said Thursday. Savings.com provides cou... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009 D2 Technologies Promotes Execs, Creates Business Units Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies, a developer of IP communications software for the embedded market, said this morning that it has promoted two of its executives and created two new business units. The firm said it has promoted Do... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009 GameStop Looks To LA For Digital Media Head Video game and entertainment software retailer GameStop has snagged Chris Petrovic, former VP of Digital Media at Playboy Enterprises, as its new digital media head, setting up Petrovic and a team in a corporate office here in Southe... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Verve Wireless Names Chief Revenue Officer Encinitas-based Verve Wireless, which develops tools for mobile publishing, said Thursday that it has named Bill Ganon as its Chief Revenue Officer. Ganon joins the firm from BG Associates; he has also served at GoldSpot Media, QUALC... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 Websense Names New CFO, Sales VP San Diego-based WebSense, a developer of email and web security products, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has appointed Arthur S. Locke as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and appointed Didier Guibal as its ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Local.com Snags CTO From Martha Stewart Irvine-based Local.com, a developer of local search sites and business directories, has hired on a new Chief Technology Officer, Michael Plonski. The firm said that it snagged Plonski from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, where he wa... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Central Desktop Adds Greathouse To Board Pasadena-based Central Desktop, which operates an online team project management service, said today that it has added John Greathouse to the firm's board of directors. Greathouse is a vent... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Solarflare Promotes Engineering VP Irvine-based Solarflare said late Friday that it has named a new, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Danny Shamlou. According to the firm, Shamlou will be responsible for all of the firm's engineering functions. Shamlou was most r... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 Mobile Messenger Names New CEO Los Angeles-based Mobile Messenger, a firm which provides technology for managing mobile media distribution and billing said this week that it has named Michael Iaccarino as CEO of the firm. Current CEO and founder, Steve Taylor, bec... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 MyLife Snags Siegel As Chief Product Officer Los Angeles-based people search engine MyLife.com has snagged technologist Ian Siegel as the firm's new Chief Product Officer, the firm said today. Siegel was most recently at Pictage, and also served as VP of Web Development for Ren... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Overland Names New Sales And Marketing VP San Diego-based Overland Storage has appointed a new Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, the firm said this morning. According to Overland, Jillian Mansolf will head up the firm's global sales and marketing teams, joinin... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 SAIL Venture Partners Adds Advisor Costa Mesa-based SAIL Venture Partners, a venture capital firm focused on clean technology, announced Tuesday that the firm has added Joseph J. O'Byrne to the firm's board of advisors. Byrne was mo... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Ortiva Wireless Names Sales VP La Jolla-based Ortiva wireless, a developer of mobile video products, announced today that it has appointed Mark Eger as the firm's Vice President, Sales, Americas. Eger was most recently at PacketVideo, and has also served at Motric... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Spot Runner Names GM Los Angeles-based Spot Runner, which operates an online service to help businesses buy and sell TV and video advertising, said late Friday that it has promoted Gus Warren to General Manager of the firm's Malibu Media Platform unit. W... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 BakBone Names Sales VP San Diego-based data storage and backup software provider BakBone Software reported this morning that it has hired Roy Hogsed as senior vice president of worldwide sales. BakBone described Hogsed as a software industry veteran with m... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Conexant Names Co-Presidents Newport Beach-based Conexant Systems, a developer of semiconductors for the video, networking, and other markets, has named two new co-Presidents for the firm today. The firm said that Christian Scherp and Sailesh Chittipeddi will se... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Belkin Looks To Ingram Micro For CIO Compton-based Belkin International, a maker of electronics accessories, disclosed this morning that it has hired on a Chief Information Officer, Deanna Johnston. Belkin snagged Johnson from Ingram Micro, where she was Vice President ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Lantronix Names Marketing Head Irvine-based Lantronix has hired on a new Vice President of Marketing, the firm said this morning. According to Lantronix, it has appointed Paul Pisal to the position. Pishal has previously served at Capgemini, and has also served at... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 Abraxis BioScience Swizzles CFO Los Angeles-based Abraxis Bioscience reported Friday that it has appointed Rick Rodgers as the firm's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Rodgers replaces current CFO, David O'Toole. Rodgers was most recently SVP, Cont... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 10, 2009 Vitesse Board Member Resigns Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor said late Wednesday that one of the firm's board members, Vincent Chan, has resigned. Reason for the resignation as not given. Chan has been a director on the board of Vitesse since April of 2000... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Inphi Names Former NEC Exec To Advisory Board Westlake Village-based Inphi, a provider of high performance analog components, said today that it has tapped the former CEO and President of NEC Electronics America, Hirakazu Hashimoto, to its advisory board. Hashimoto has also serv... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Rubicon Project Opens London Office Santa Monica-based internet advertising firm the Rubicon Project said Thursday that the firm has officially opened up its London offices, and hired on a Director to handle UK publishers. Ru... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, July 2, 2009 Entropic Communications Shuffles CTO San Diego-basd Entropic Communications, a manufacturer of semiconductors for the home entertainment networking market, announced Wednesday that it has hired on a new Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Tom Lookabaugh. Lookabaugh has served... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 TrueCar Taps Edmunds.com For VP Santa Monica-based TrueCar announced today that it has snagged an executive from Edmunds.com for its new Vice President of Product Management. TrueCar said that Damon Cleckler has joined the firm in the position, after serving as exe... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Saban Capital Hires Managing Director Los Angeles-based Saban Capital, the investment group of Haim Saban, disclosed this morning that it has hired on Elie Dekel as a Managing Director at the firm. Saban is an investor in media, entertainment, and communications companie... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Ortiva Wireless Boosts Sales Efforts With New Hire La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless, which develops technology to stream video to mobile devices, reports today that it has hired on a new, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, James D. Edson. According to the firm, Edson will help m... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Xencor Adds To Advisory Board Monrovia, California-based Xencor, a company developing antibodies, said today that it has named Jeffrey Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board. Ravetch is a professor at the Leonard Wagner Laboratory of Molecular Gen... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 29, 2009 THQ Reorganizes Business Units Agoura Hills-based THQ reported Wednesday that the firm is reorganizing the firm's management team and business units. According to THQ, it has created three new business units--one focused on "Core Games", another on kids/family and... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 QLogic Snags VP From DataDirect Aliso Viejo-based networking equipment maker QLogic, reported Tuesday that it has hired Martin Darling as vice president of Asia Pacific and Japan Sales. QLogic said Darling will be based in Singapore and will report to Scott Genereu... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Online Learning Firm With Links To USC Gets Funded A New York-based online learning firm with links to the University of Southern California has scored a round of funding, and added Redpoint's Greg Martin to its board, the firm said this morning. 2tor sa... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 Entropic Names New Board Member San Diego-based Entropic Communications reported Thursday that the firm has named Keith Bechard to the firm's board of directors. Bechard is from the cable industry, and owns Pear Lake Consulting, which the company said has advised C... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 Halozyme Therapeutics Names VP San Diego-based Halozyme Therapeutics reported today that the firm has named H. Michael Shepard, Ph.D., as the firm's new Vice President of Discovery Research. According to Halozyme, Shepard was most recently at Receptor Biologix, wh... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Accelrys Names New CEO San Diego-based life sciences and scientific software developer Accelrys reported Monday that Scipio "Max" Carnecchia has joined the company as chief executive officer and president, effective immediately. Carnecchia has also been ap... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Tsavo Loses Macadaan Santa Monica-based Tsavo, the online media company which owns Manolith, Twirlit, Kidglue, and Nibbledish, has lost its Vice President of Product and Design, Mike Macadaan. Macadaan is well known in the Los Angeles technology communit... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Staccato Communications Names VP San Diego-based Staccato Communications, a firm which develops ultra wideband (UWB) semiconductor for the wireless USB market, announced this morning that it has hired Andreas Melder as the firm's Vice President of Marketing and Busi... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 15, 2009 Zumbox Partners With Marketing Firm, Names CEO Westlake Village-based Zumbox, which is developing a system which allows organizations to send mail electronically, based on postal addresses, announced this morning that it has partnered withh a marketing services firm, and appointe... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 NxTV Shuffles Exec Team Los Angeles-based NXTV, a provider of video on demand and IPTV systems for the hotel and lodging industry, disclosed Monday that the firm has named a new executive team. According to the firm, it has named Francis Najafi, founder and... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Rubicon Project Hires International VP Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project announced today that the firm has expanded into the UK, and hired on Jay Stevens as Vice President and General Manager, International. Rubicon, which provides online advertising optimization for web ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 8, 2009 CyberDefender Hires Away Marketing VP From Leadpoint Los Angeles-based CyberDefender, a developer of PC security, antispyware, and antivirus software, disclosed this morning that it has hired Steven R. Okun as the firm's new Senior Vice President of Marketing. Okun joins the firm from ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 8, 2009 DIRECTV Loses CEO To News Corp. El Segundo-based satellite entertainment firm DIRECTV has lost its President and CEO, Chase Carey, to News Corporation, the firm said Wednesday, as Carey returned to News Corp. to work for Rupert Murdoch. Carey had joined DIRECTV in ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, June 4, 2009 Aculon Adds Former Iomega CEO to Board San Diego-based Aculon, a developer of nanomaterials and specialized coatings, announced recently that it has added Jonathan Huberman, former CEO and Vice Chairman of Iomega, to its board of directors. Huberman--who is now President ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Qualcomm Names Korean Head San Diego-based Qualcomm reports this morning that it has appointed a new head in Korea. According to the firm, it has appointed Dr. Young Koo Cha as Senior Vice President of Qualcomm, and President of Qualcomm Korea. Cha replaces Dr... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 AdventureLink Snags CEO From Yahoo Los Angeles-based AdventureLink, a venture funded online adventure travel booking site, said Friday that it has appointed Jeff Dossett as the firm's Chief Executive Officer. Dossett was most... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 29, 2009 Broadcom Names New Board Member Irvine-based Broadcom announced this morning that it has added Joan L. Amble as a board member. Amble is EVp and Corporate Comptroller of the American Express Company. According to Broadcom, Amble has also served at GE Capital Servic... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 29, 2009 Memeo Looks North For President Aliso Viejo-based Memeo, which operates an online media backup service, said this week that it has named George Northup as the firm's new President. The venture backed firm said that Northup will be based in San Jose. Northup joins f... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 Hydra Hires New Executive Beverly Hills-based Hydra, which operates a cost-per-action advertising network, reported Thursday that it has named Rachel Corcoran as the firm's Director of Compliance. Hydra said that Corcoran was most recently at Experian, managi... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 RightScale Nabs Former MySQL CEO For Board Santa Barbara-based RightScale, which develops software for managing cloud computing, announced Thursday that it has added former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos to the firm's board of directors. Micko... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 RightScale Nabs Former MySQL CEO For Board Santa Barbara-based RightScale, which develops software for managing cloud computing, announced Thursday that it has added former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos to the firm's board of directors. Micko... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 Sorenson Media Snags Another Former Sightspeed Exec San Diego- and Salt Lake City-basd Sorenson Media, a developer of video encoding software, said Wednesday that it has hired on former SightSpeed exec Eric Quanstrom as its Vice President of Marketing and Strategy. Quanstrom joins the... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 THQ Loses Publishing VP Agoura Hills-based THQ reported late Tuesday that the firm's Executive Vice President of Publishing, Scott Guthrie, has resigned. The firm said that Guthrie--who was responsible for the firm's North American sales, distribution, and ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 X1 Technologies Gains New Funding, CEO Pasadena-based X1 Technologies, a developer of desktop search software, announced today that the firm has raised new funding from backer Idealab, plus made a few executive changes. Size of the new investment round in the firm was not... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Abraxis Names VP Los Angeles-based Abraxis BioScience, a biotech firm focused on treatments for cancer, said Friday that it has hired on Marty J. Duvall as the firm's Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and International Commercial Operations. Du... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 22, 2009 Ripple Bolsters Board With Media Execs El Segundo-based out-of-home advertising firm Ripple TV said today that it has added two media executives to the firm's board of directors. Ripple, which is venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Trinity Ventures, said that Sc... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 21, 2009 Novatel Wireless Adds Retired General to Board San Diego-based Novatel Wireless reported Wednesday that it has appointed retired U.S. Army Gen. John D. Wakelin to its board of directors, effective Monday. The wireless broadband technology firm described Wakelin as an experienced ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 21, 2009 OCTANe Finds New President and CEO Orange County's nonprofit effort to support the technology industry, OCTANe, announced this morning that it has located a replacement for outgoing president and CEO, Gary Augusta. According to OCTANe, it has named Matthew Jenusaitis ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Nirvanix Names New Engineering VP San Diego-based cloud storage services provider Nirvanix reported Tuesday that it has hired Chris Russell as vice president of engineering. Nirvanix described Russell as a longtime technology executive with more than 20 years of hand... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Local.com Bolsters Exec Team Irvine-based Local.com, a publisher of a local search site and business directory, said today that it has named two new executives. The firm said that it has appointed Scott Reinke as its General Counsel, and Ken Cragun as its Vice P... READ MORE... posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 Hydra Hires CIO Los Angeles-based cost-per-action advertising network Hydra is staffing up, saying Thursday that it has named Mitchell Dimler as its Chief Information Officer. The ad network said that Dimler has served at companies such as DirecTV, ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 Tanner EDA Names President Monrovia, California-based Tanner EDA, a developer of analog and mixed signal design tools, announced this week that it has named Greg Lebsack as President of the firm. Greg joins the company from ASP Global Services, where he was CE... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 Altair Therapeutics Names New CEO San Diego-based Altair Therapeutics, which is developing treatments for respiratory diseases, said Thursday that it has named Joel Martin, Ph.D., as its President and CEO. Marin was most recently a venture capitalists at Forward Vent... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 Hydra Adds LowerMyBills Vet To Board Los Angeles-based Hydra, which operates an online advertising network, said today that it has appointed Stephen Semprevivo to the firm's board of directors. According to Hydra, Semprevivo was most recently President of Experian Inter... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Lieberman Software Hires Channel Head Los Angeles-based Lieberman Software, a developer of software for enterprise password management, said today that it has hired on a new Director of Channel and Business Development, Steve Sheinbaum. The firm said that Sheinbaum joins... READ MORE... posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 Medsphere Hires New CFO Carlsbad-based Medsphere Systems, a venture-backed developer of open source electronic health records software, said Friday that it has named Irv Lichtenwald as its Chief Financial Officer. Lichtenwald previously served as CFO For Ad... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 8, 2009 Power-One Adds Directors Camarillo-based Power-One, a manufacturer of power supplies and related components, said Friday that it has added Kyle Ryland and Ajay Shah, of private investment firm Silver Lake Sumeru to its board of directors. Ryland and Shah joi... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 8, 2009 Verifi Names CEO Verifi, a provider of transaction risk management services for merchants, reported this week that it has promoted Jennifer Schulz to chief executive officer. The Beverly Hills-based company said Schulz, who came aboard in April 2008 ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 8, 2009 Counterpoint Installs Woods as Americas Sales Manager Rights and royalty accounting software maker Counterpoint Systems reported recently that it has appointed Bill Woods to fill the newly created position of manager of sales for the Americas. Counterpoint, which is headquartered in Lon... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 8, 2009 NextWave Switches Up Execs, Focuses On PacketVideo San Diego-based NextWave Wireless, a developer of wireless semiconductor technology and owner of a number of wireless spectrum licenses, said late Tuesday that the company is shifting its focus almost entirely to its PacketVideo subs... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 D-Link Swizzles Exec Staff Fountain Valley-based D-Link, a manufacturer of computer networking hardware, disclosed Tuesday afternoon that it has reorganized its senior management team, saying that it has appointed Carlos Casassus Fontecilla as president of the... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Teresis Adds To Board Santa Ana-based Teresis Media Management revealed Tuesday that the firm has tapped B. J. Hawkins, President and CEO of technology services firm OFS, for its board of directors. Teresis provides workflow and digital asset management s... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Aleratec Hires Sales, Marketing VP Chatsworth-based Aleratec, a manufacturer of hard drive, DVD and CD duplication and other hardware, said Monday that it has hired on Howard Wing as the firm's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Wing joins the company from Plextor... READ MORE... posted on Monday, May 4, 2009 MyLife Snags CTO From Expedia Los Angeles-based MyLife, the online people search firm backed by Oak Investment Partners, announced today that it has named Paul Onnen as its Chief Technology Officer. Onnen joins the firm from Expedia, where he was EVP of Technolog... READ MORE... posted on Monday, May 4, 2009 Panda Security Hires Marketing Head Panda Security, a developer of IT security products, said this morning that it has hired a new head of Marketing for the firm's US division, Panda Security USA. Panda Security USA, which is based in Glendale, has hired on Jack Hao fr... READ MORE... posted on Monday, May 4, 2009 Buzz Media Names Citron President Los Angeles-based Buzz Media, which operates a network of online media sites focused on celebrities and music, disclosed this morning that it has tapped former TMZ general manager Alan Citron as its new President. According to... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 InteliCloud Hires Sales VP Newport Beach-based InteliCloud, a developer of network and data center blade chassis systems, said this morning that the firm has hired on Robert J. Cohen as Vice President of Sales. Cohen joins the firm from Solutionary, Inc, and h... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 MySpace Names Jones, Hirschhorn To Exec Team News Corporation said a few minutes ago that it has added two new executives at MySpace, and is tapping Tsavo Media's Michael Jones as Chief Operating Officer and Sling Media's Jason Hirschhorn as Chief Product Officer.... READ MORE... posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 InTouch Health Names VP Santa Barbara-based InTouch Health, a developer of telepresence robots for the healthcare market, said this week that it has named Gerry Popolow as the firm's Vice President of Clinical Services and Account Management. Popolow has se... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 Network Hardware Resale Names CFO Santa Barbara-based Network Hardware Resale, a provider of used networking equipment, said earlier this week that it has hired on Andrea Greene as its Chief Financial Officer. Greene joins the firm from Allied Capital, one of the inv... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 VMIX Taps Sun For Marketing VP San Diego-based VMIX Media, which is devleoping software for managing online video and other digital media, said Thursday that it has hired on Bill Curci as the firm's new Vice President of Marketing. Curci joins the firm from Sun Mi... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 MySpace CEO DeWolfe Leaves News Corporation, the parent firm of Los Angeles-based Myspace, said late Wednesday that MySpace CEO and co-founder Chris DeWolfe is leaving the firm. According to New Corp., DeWolfe will not be renewing his contract, and will be ste... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 InteliCloud Hires VP Newport Beach-based InteliCloud, a manufacturer of network equipment and blade systems, said this morning that it has hired on Hitendra "Sonny" Soni as its VP of Business Development. Soni joins the firm from FastSoft, where he was V... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Nirvanix Hires Three With Enterprise Focus San Diego-based Nirvanix, a venture-backed provider of storage-as-a-service, announced Tuesday that the firm has bolstered its staff with three storage experts focused on the enterprise and IT business. The firm said it has hired on ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Marshal8e6 Names CEO Orange-based Marshal8e6, a developer of web filtering and email security products, disclosed this morning that it has appointed a new CEO, John Vigouroux. According to Marshal8e6, Vigouroux joins from Finjan, where he was President a... READ MORE... posted on Monday, April 20, 2009 Kofax Hires Chief Accounting Officer Irvine-based Kofax disclosed this morning that it has hired on Gene Lynes as the company's new Chief Accounting Officer. Lynes joins the firm from Scantron Corporation, where he was Chief Financial and Operating Officer. Lynes has al... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Epicor Names New CFO Irvine-based Epicor Software has named a new CFO, the firm said this morning. According to Epicor, it has appointed Michael Pietrini as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration. Pietrini has ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Peregrine Semiconductor Hires CFO San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor announced this morning that it has hired a new CFO, Jay Biskupski. Biskupski joins the firm from Xantrex Technology, and has also served at PMC-Sierra, Schlumberger Ltd., Nortel Networks, and T... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Accruent Hires Two VPs Santa Monica-based Accruent, a developer of real estate and facilities management software, announced Monday that it has hired on two new VPs. Accruent named Anand Rau as Vice President of Engineering, and Virginia Nerurkar as Vice P... READ MORE... posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 Toshiba America Business Solutions Names CEO Irvine-based Tosihba America Business Solutions, the business unit of Toshiba which manages the firm's copiers, fax, printing, and other products in the U.S., said Thursday that it has named Masahiro Yamada as the firm's Chairman and... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 10, 2009 H2scan Names Marketing Exec Valencia-based H2Scan, a developer of hydrogen monitoring systems, revealed Wednesday that the firm has appointed a new Chief Marketing Officer. According to the firm, it has named Gary Zamieroski to the position. Zamieroski joins th... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, April 9, 2009 Lantronix Hires Sales VP Irvine-based Lantronix, a provider of networking and data center management software and services, reported Tuesday that it has hired Jeff Kost as senior vice president of worldwide sales. The firm described Kost as a sales veteran w... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Inovio Biomedical Adds Director San Diego-based Inovio Biomedical Corporation said yesterday that the firm has appointd Ng Tee Khiang to the firm's board. Khiang is co-founder, partner, and director of a number of firms, including Evia Capital Partners Pte. Ltd. an... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 LeadPoint Makes Trio Of Hires Los Angeles-based LeadPoint, an online lead marketplace which is venture backed by Silicon Valley Bank Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, European Founders Fund, and others, said today that it has made three key hires. According to the fir... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Solarflare Communications Hires VP Irvine-based Solarflare Communications, which develops 10 Gigabit Ethernet silicon, said today that it has hired on Mike Smith as the firm's Vice President of Product Marketing. Smith joins the firm from Emulex, where he was the comp... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Oversee.net Names CFO, Expands Board Los Angeles-based Oversee.net, a provider of domain name monetization services, announced Monday that the firm has named Elizabeth Murray as the firm's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Murray joins the firm from Flu... READ MORE... posted on Monday, April 6, 2009 Teridian Hires VP, GM Irvine-based Teridian Semiconductor Corp. reported Thursday that it has hired Jay Cormier as vice president and general manager of its Networking & Secure Access business unit. The integrated circuit manufacturer said Cormier will ov... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 3, 2009 Move CFO Plans Departure Westlake Village-based Move, which operates the Move.com, Realtor.com, and other related web sites, announced Thursday afternoon that the firm's Chief Financial Officer, Lew R. Belote, III is planning to leave the firm. According to ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, April 2, 2009 Kyocera Forms New Business In San Diego Wireless firm Kyocera Corporation disclosed this morning that the firm has created a new business, Kyocera Communications Inc. in San Diego. Kyocera said that the business will combine the sales, marketing, and service functions of Kyocera ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 MySpace Music Names Execs Los Angeles-based social networking web site MySpace said Tuesday afternoon that it has named three executives for the firm's music community, MySpace Music.... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Activision Names Rosensweig CEO of RedOctane Santa Monica-based video games developer Activision has tapped former Yahoo! COO Dan Rosensweig as CEO of the firms's RedOctane business unit--the unit which is in charge of its Guitar Hero franchise. According to Activision, Rosensw... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 Baroda Ventures Snags Lee As Partner Beverly Hills-based Baroda Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund, has hired on Peter Lee as a new Partner at the firm. Lee joins the firm from Prism Ventures. Lee has also served at Clearstone Venture Partners, Fortis Partner... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 Emergent Adds Two to Executive Staff Emergent Game Technologies reported Thursday that it has added two executives to its management team. The Calabasas-based publisher of video game development tools said it has appointed Amanda Cinfio director of business development ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 Digitaria Hires VP Online marketing firm Digitaria reported earlier this week that it has hired Sunil Bhagwan as vice president of search. The San Diego-based company described Bhagwan as a veteran of the Web marketing industry with nearly a decade of ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 MSC.Software Expands Board Santa Ana-based MSC.Software, a developer of simulation software for product development, announced Tuesday that it has added Masood Jabbar to the firm's board. Jabbar was previously on the firm's board. Jabbar was previously an exec... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Mota Hires Two Auto Industry Execs Venice, California-based Mota, a venture backed startup developing a web site to help users buy and sell used cars, announced this morning that it has hired two automotive industry executives. The fi... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Innovative Micro Targets Life Sciences Santa Barbara-based Innovative Micro Technology, a maker of micro-electromechanical (MEMS) systems, announced today that the firm has created a new division focused on life sciences. The firm said the new division will focus on devel... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Kofax Names VP Irvine-based Kofax said this morning that the firm has appointed James Hendrickson as its VP of Technical Services. Kofax, which develops document capture software, said that Hendrickson joins the firm from the Service and Support Pr... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 MyShape Promotes VP Pasadena-based myShape, a venture-funded e-commerce site focused on personalized fashions for women, said this week that it has promoted Louise Tobia to Senior Vice President, Merchandising. The f... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 MSC.Software Executives Resign, Firm Names New CEO Santa Ana-based MSC.Software, a developer of simulation software, said Thursday that its board of directors has named Ashfaq A. Munshi as the firm's interim CEO and President. The sudden move came after current Chairman and CEO, Will... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 Fate Therapeutics Names Chief Scientific Officer La Jolla-based Fate Therapeutics, a firm developing stem cell technology, said today that it has named Ken Batchelor, Ph.D., as the firm's Chief Scientific Officer. Batchelor joins the firm GlaxoSmithKline, where he was most recently... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 CalAmp Names Sales, Marketing VP Oxnard-based CalAmp, a developer of wireless products, said Thursday that it has named Rick Nozel as the firm's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for its wireless networks business. Nozel joins the firm from General Electr... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 MarketShare Partners Names Advisor Los Angeles-based MarketShare Partners, a private equity-backed provider of marketing analytics, said this morning that it has tapped a former marketing exec from Procter & Gamble as an advisor. According to the firm, Jim Stengel, cu... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 NexAira Adds To Board San Diego-based NexAira, a venture-backed developer of 3G/4g wireless data products, said this morning that it has added two telecom vets to its board of directors. NexAira said that former president and acting CEO of Novatel Wireles... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 ID Analytics Hires CIO San Diego-based ID Analytics, a developer of identity and risk management software for the financial and other industries, said Monday that it has hired on Jim Pathman as the firm's new Chief Information Officer. Pathman joins the fi... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 9, 2009 Energy Innovations Names New CEO Pasadena-based Energy Innovations, one of the solar power firms funded by Idealab and started by Bill Gross, said Thursday afternoon that it has hired on Joseph Budano as the company's new CEO. Budano was most recently President of t... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 6, 2009 STEC Adds Investment Banker To Board Santa Ana-based STEC, a manufacturer of solid state disk drives, said this week that it has named investment bank Chris Colpitts as a board member. Colpitts is Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Investment Banking at Deu... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 Covario Hires Bizdev VP San Diego-based Covario, a developer of marketing analytics and search engine optimization software, said Thursday that the firm has hired on a new VP of Business Development. Covario said that it... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 Symark Creates Services Division Agoura Hills-based Symark, a developer of identity management and access software, said Thursday that the firm is launching a new division focused on professional services. The firm said the new service will help to reduce the risks ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 Qualcomm Names Paul Jacobs As Chairman San Diego-based Qualcomm said Tuesday that it has named Paul E. Jacobs, the firm's CEO, as chairman of the board. Jacobs replaces his father, Qualcomm co-founder and former CEO, Irwin Jacobs. Irwin Jacobs remains on the board of dire... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 SpaceX Hires Bizdev VP Hawthorne-based SpaceX, the space launch vehicle startup funded by PayPal founder Elon Musk, said Wednesday afternoon that it has hired on a new Vice President of Business Development. According to SpaceX, it has appointed Rob Peckha... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 MySpace Execs Leave To New Firm Los Angeles-based MySpace is reportedly losing three of its executives to a new startup, according to reports from a number of sources. Amit Kapur, the firm's Chief Operating Officer; Jim Benedetto, SVP of Engineering; and Steve Pear... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 St. Bernard Swaps CEO San Diego-based St. Bernard Software, a developer of web filtering software, said Tuesday that it has named Lou Ryan as the firm's CEO. According to the company, the move comes after current CEO and Acting Chief Financial Officer Vin... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Comcast Interactive Snags VP From Glam Comcast Interactive Media announced Monday that it has appointed Scott Schiller as the new Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales, heading up sales for the firm's Fandango, Fancast, Movies.com and Plaxo units. Fandango, Movies.co... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 2, 2009 Metabasis Names CFO San Diego-based Metabasis Therapeutics has hired on a new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the firm disclosed today. Metabasis, which is developing biopharmaceuticals for treating metabolic and other diseases, said that it... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 2, 2009 Helixis Adds Illumina's Flatley To Board Carlsbad-based Helixis, which develops tools for nucleic acid analysis, said Thursday that it has added Illumnia CEO Jay Flatley to the firm's board of directors. The company, which is venture backed by Domain Associates and Okapi Ve... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 Verdezyne Names VP Carlsbad-based Verdezyne, which was formerly known as CODA Genomics, said Thursday it has named Damien Perriman as Vice President of Business Development. Verdezyne said that Perriman joins the firm from The Dow Chemical Company, and... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 MRV Names General Counsel Chatsworth-based MRV Communications, a developer of optical networking components, said Wednesday that it has hired on a new Vice President and General Counsel, Jennifer Hankes Painter. According to MRV, Painter joins the firm on rec... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 26, 2009 Move Loses President Westlake Village-based Move, which operates a number of real estate sites, including REALTOR.com, and Move.com, announced late Wednesday that the firm's President... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Xifin Hires CFO, Marketing VP San Diego-based XIFIN, a publisher of hosted revenue cycle management software for diagnostic laboratories, reported Tuesday that it has added two members to its executive staff. The company said it has hired Steve Zaniboni as chief ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Epicor Appoints Two Directors In Deal With Elliott Associates Irvine-based Epicor Software said this morning that it has added two new directors to the board, in an agreement with a private equity firm. According to the firm, the new representatives were appointed to the company's board as part... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Big Stage Hires VP Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment, which is developing technology for creating 3D avatars, said Tuesday that the firm has hired on Patrick Barry as the firm's Vice President of Content Alliances. Big Stage said that Barry joins ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Global Fitness Media Names CTO Los Angeles-based Global Fitness Media, which is developing a number of fitness-related online web sites, has hired on a new Chief Technical Officer, according to the firm's search agency, NeoHire. According to the firms, Daniel Auld... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 Schematic Names VP Los Angeles-based interactive agency Schematic said this morning that the firm has added a new Senior Vice President of Client Services, Baron Conway. According to Schematic, Conway joins the firm from Organic, and also has served at... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Axesstel Expands Board San Diego-based Axesstel, a developer of wireless and broadband data products, said Tuesday that it has added Richard M. Gozia to its board of directors. Gozia was most recently CEO of Fenix Companies, a holding company of Union Paci... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Mixed Signals Promotes Two Los Angeles-based Mixed Signals, which develops equipment used to monitor video on on demand, video network, interactive content, and other video-related streams in cable, broadcast and satellite television networks, said this week i... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 H2scan Appoints Engineering VP Valencia-based H2scan, which develops hydrogen sensor systems, announced Wednesday that the firm has hired on Dr. Vikas Lakhotia as its Vice President of Engineering. H2Scan said that Lakhotia joins the firm from Anadigics, Inc., and... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 Intelligent Beauty Names Executive El Segundo-based Intelligent Beauty, a venture-backed provider of online marketing and ecommerce technology, said recently that it has named Dan Williams as the firm's new President of ecommerce site DermStore. Intelligent Beauty sai... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 Syntricity Names CEO Syntricity Inc., a publisher of yield management software for the semiconductor industry, reported Wednesday that it has promoted Steven Griffith to president and chief executive officer. Griffith, the San Diego-based company noted, had pre... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 Vision Solutions Adds Advisor Irvine-based Vision Solutions, which provides high availability and disaster recovery products, announced this morning that it has added Dr. Frank Soltis to the firm's technology advisory board. Vision Solutions, whose products are u... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 PowerGenix Hires New CFO San Diego-based PowerGenix, which develops rechargeable, Nickel-Zinc batteries, said today that it has added John Creelman as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Creel joins the firm from ID Analytics, where he was also CFO. He has a... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 9, 2009 ARTISTdirect Names Villard CEO Los Angeles-based ARTISTdirect, which operates a music focused information website and runs MediaDefender, which looks for copyright violations on the Internet, said Wednesday that it has appointed interim CEO Dimitri Villard as its ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Autobytel Names New CFO Irvine-based Internet automotive marketing firm Autobytel Inc. reported yesterday that it will promote Curtis E. DeWalt to chief financial officer, effective March 1. DeWalt, Autobytel said, has been with the company since October 2007 and ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 QLogic Snags Sales VP From DataDirect Aliso Viejo-based data storage networking hardware firm QLogic Corp. has snagged a sales VP from Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks, naming Scott Genereux as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. QLogic said that Genereux will ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 CyberDefender Hires CFO Los Angeles-based CyberDefender, which develops antispyware and antivirus software, announced this morning that it has hired on Kevin R. Harris as the firm's Chief FInancial Officer. Harris joins the company after serving as Chief Operating... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 2, 2009 Overland Swaps CEO San Diego-based Overland Storage has swapped out its CEO, saying earlier this week that it named board member Eric Kelly as its new CEO. Current President and CEO Vern LeForti will retain his title of President. Overland said in the ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 29, 2009 TranZfinity Expands Board Carlsbad-based TranZfinity, a developer of secure payment products, said Wednesday that it has added a VeriFone executive to its board of directors. The firm said that Bud Waller, current Executive Vice President at VeriFone, has joined the... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 29, 2009 DEX Snags Logistics Experts From UPS, Solectron Camarillo-based DEX, a provider of supply chain services to the high tech industry, said Wednesday that it has bolstered its executive ranks. The firm said that it has hired on two new executives from UPS and Solectron. Dex announced that i... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 CitizenHawk Taps VC As COO Aliso Viejo-based CitizenHawk, a provider of a service that helps companies monitor the use of their brands online, said this morning that it has tapped Brady Stout as the firm's new Chief Operating Officer. Stout was most recently a ventur... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 SpectraFluidics Hires Systems Engineering VP Santa Barbara-based SpectraFluidics Inc., a developer of handheld chemical-detection devices, reported Tuesday that Casey Hare has joined the firm as vice president of systems engineering. In this role, SpectraFluidics explained, Hare will ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 WiSpry Names Marketing, Sales VP Irvine-based WiSpry announced today that it has hired on Lewis Boore as the firm's Vice President of Marketing and Sales. WiSpry, which develops RF semiconductors used for mobile phones, laptops, and other wirelss products, said that Boore ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Emulex Taps Hoogenboom For Sales Post Costa Mesa-based storage equipment maker Emulex has tapped Jeff Hoogenboom as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, the firm disclosed Monday morning. Hoogenboom joins the firm from Cadence, where he headed the firm's software-as-a-serv... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 Sequenom Hires Chief Medical Officer San Diego-based Sequenom Inc. reported this morning that it has hired Dr. Allan T. Bombard, M.D., as chief medical officer. In this newly created role, Sequenom explained, Bombard will oversee its clinical and medical affairs, including cli... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 OCTANe's Augusta To Leave Orange County's effort to boost startup and high tech companies, OCTANe, is losing its President and CEO, Gary Augusta, and has retained an executive search firm to find a replacement, the group said Thursday. In a letter to OCTANe's mailin... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 Epicor's Klaus Back As CEO, President Irvine-based Epicor Software said Tuesday that Chairman George Klaus has been reappointed as CEO and President of the firm. According to the software firm, Klaus will replace current CEO Thomas F. Kelly, who will be leaving the company to "... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Abraxis BioScience Names VP Los Angeles-based Abraxis BioScience announced this morning that it has named Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President of Integrative Medicine and Translational Science at its new spinoff, Abraxis Health. Van der Ploeg joins ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Nirvanix Taps Storage Veteran For Sales San Diego-based Nirvanix has hired on a storage veteran as VP of Sales, saying today that Joseph Lyons has joined the firm. Lyon joins the company from Brocade Communications, where he was Director of Services Sales for the Americas. He has... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 FastSoft Names New CEO Pasadena-based FastSoft, which develops network acceleration technology, announced today that it has named J. Edward Synder as the firm's CEO. Snyder has been involved in seed funding and founding such companies as Netboost (acquired by Int... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Mindspeed Loses Board Member To Obama Newport Beach-based Mindspeed, a manufacturer of networking semiconductors, said Friday afternoon that Donald H. Gips has resigned from the company's board of directors. Gips leaves following his appointment by President-elect Obama to the ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 WebVisible Taps Search Engine Expert As Marketing Head Irvine-based WebVisible, which helps local advertisers place online ads, said Thursday that it has named Kevin M. Ryan as the firm's Chief Marketing Officer. Ryan joins the firm from Search Engi... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 Perfect Market Names Advisors Pasadena-based Perfect Market, the Idealab-backed startup which is looking to help publishers monetize their underutilized and archive content, said Wednesday that it has created a new advisory board. The firm said that it has added Darshan... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Symwave Names Manian As Advisor Laguna Niguel-based Symwave, a venture backed firm focused on analog and mixed signal semiconductors, said Tuesday that it has added Vahid Manian as a member of the firm's Technical Advisory Board. Manian was most recently Senior Vice Presi... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Nirvanix Shuffles CEOs San Diego-based Nirvanix, which operates an online, storage-as-a-service which competes against Amazon's S3 storage service, has shuffled its CEOs, the firm said today, replacing CEO Patrick Harr with Jim Zierick. Nirvanix said that Harr is... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Autobytel Names VP Irvine-based Autobytel announced this morning that it has bolstered its executive ranks, hiring Zane Rathwick as the firm's Vice President Development for IT. Rathwick joins the firm from Local.com and Kelley Blue Book, and has previously s... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 mobileStorm Hires CFO Los Angeles-based mobileStorm, a provider of email and mobile marketing services, has hired on a new Chief Financial Officer, the firm revealed this morning. The firm said that it has appointed Doug Schiller to the role. Schiller was most r... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 SEO, Inc. Hires Executive Carlsbad-based Search Engine Optimization Inc, a provider of search engine marketing services, announced this morning that it has hired on Edward Andrews as the firm's Chief Development Officer. Search Engine Optmization said that Andrews j... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 8, 2009 Provision Interactive Snags Apple's Amelio Chatsworth-based Provision Interactive Technologies, which is developing 3D display technology, has snagged former Apple Computer CEO Gil Amelio for the firm's board of advisors. Provision is developing technology it says can project full-c... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Sage North America Appoints CTO Irvine-based Sage North America, the software division of The Sage Group plc, said Tuesday that it has appointed a new Chief Technology Officer, Motasim Najeeb. Sage said that Najeeb joins the firm from TradeBeam, where he was CTO and EVP o... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 ContentNext Hires Sales Head Santa Monica-based ContentNext, a publisher of online news focused on the content and publishing business, said Tuesday that it has hired on Susan Leiterstein as the firm's new head of sales. Leiterstein was most recently VP and Publisher o... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Play N Trade Names CEO Newport Beach-based Play N Trade, which operates a retail video game franchise, said Tuesday that it has named Larry Plotnick as the firm's CEO. Plotnick was most recently EVP and Chief Operations Officer for Hollywood Entertainment, and ha... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 CaseStack Taps Kline For Board Santa Monica-based CaseStack, which provide supply chain and logistics services for retailers, distributors, and manufacturers, announced today that it has added Frank R. Kline, of Kline Hawkes & Co., to its board. Kline is founder of the v... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 5, 2009 SmartDrive Names Product Chief San Diego-based SmartDrive Systems, which develops technology and associate services for managing vehicle fleet safety, announced today that it has hired Jason Palmer as its Chief Product Officer. Palmer has previously served at 800.com, Q... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 5, 2009 Illumina Hires Operations VP San Diego-based Illumina has hired on a new Senior Vice President of Operations, Bill Bonnar, the firm disclosed this morning. The firm, which develops life science products and services for the genomics market, said that Bonnar joins the c... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 5, 2009 Brickfish Bolsters Social Media Efforts San Diego-based Brickfish, an online advertising network focused on social media, announced this monring that it has hired Becky Carroll as the firm's Director of Social Media. The firm said that Carroll joins the company from Petra Consult... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 5, 2009 Axesstel Shuffles Board San Diego-based Axesstel, a developer of fixed wireless and broadband data products, said Monday afternoon that the firm's Chairman, Bryan B. Min, is resigning. According to the firm, Min is resigning for personal reasons, and will be repla... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Specific Media Bolsters Sales Team Irvine-based Specific Media, which operates an online advertising network, said Monday that it has hired four for the firm's sales and client relations teams. According to Specific Media, it has hired Kathy Benigo, Jolene Ortiz, Ray Duncan,... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 SpaceX Names President Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the commercial spaceflight startup headed by ex-PayPal founder Elon Musk, has named a new president the firm said this week. SpaceX said that Gwynne Shotwell has been named as Preside... READ MORE... posted on Friday, December 19, 2008 Hydra Hires Creative Director Hydra LLC reported this week that it has hired Johnny Talisman as creative director. The Los Angeles-based advertising network said Talisman will direct its in-house creative team and, as such, will oversee the development of original creat... READ MORE... posted on Friday, December 19, 2008 Woz Joins Axiotron El Segundo-based Axiotron, a manufacturer of table computers running Apple's Macintosh OS, said Thursday that it has added Steve Wozniak to the firm's board of advisors. Axiotron's tablet PC takes existing Macintosh computers and converts t... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, December 18, 2008 Cymer Loses CFO San Diego-based Cymer, a manufacturer of laser light sources used for the semiconductor industry, disclosed Wednesday that the firm's CFO, Nancy J. Baker, has resigned. Cymer said that Baker left the firm to pursue other opportunities. The ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, December 18, 2008 Symwave Snags Advisors From Dell, Intel, Best Buy Laguna Niguel-based semiconductor supplier Symwave has snagged three notable advisors for the firm's Technical Advisory Board, saying Wednesday that it has brought on Dr. Kevin Kettler, Brian Chubboy, and Gil Frostig to the new group. Kettl... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Kofax Adds Partner VP Irvine-based Kofax, which develops document capture tools, has hired on Jim Vickers as its Senior Vice President of OEM and Partner Strategy, the firm said today. Vickers joins the firm from Taylor Corporation, and has also served at EMC/Ca... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Dexcom Hires Executive San Diego-based DexCom has appointed a new Chief Administrative Officer, the firm disclosed this morning, saying it had hired Steven R. Pacelli. The firm, which designs glucose monitoring systems for the healthcare industry, said that Pacel... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 maniaTV Makes A Slew Of New Hires Los Angeles-based maniaTV, which develops video content for the web, said today that it has hired six new executives at the firm. According to the firm, it has hired on Daniel Paul as VP of Business Develompent, Michael Klein as VP of Sales... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 15, 2008 Novatel Wireless Hires New EMEA VP San Diego-based Novatel Wireless announced today that Greg England has joined the company as Vice President of Sales and General Manager, EMEA. The firm, which manufactures wireless broadband accessory cards, said that England joins the fir... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 15, 2008 My Damn Channel Bolsters Advertising Experience Los Angeles- and New York-based My Damn Channel, a producer of online, original video, has bolstered its executive ranks, hiring on a new Vice President of Advertising Strategy & Partnerships for the firm. The company said that Sahaila Suhi... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 15, 2008 Illumina Appoints VP San Diego-based Illlumina, a manufacturer of life science equipment, said today that it has appointed Mark Lewis as the firm's Senior Vice President of Development. Lewis was previously at Becton Dickinson Biosciences, where he was Vice Pre... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 15, 2008 Novatel Wireless Loses President San Diego-based Novatel Wireless, which develops broadband modems for connecting PCs and other devices to cell phone networks, said this morning that its President, Brad Weinert, has resigned, as of Monday. Reason for the sudden departure w... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 LRN Hires Two Execs Los Angeles-based LRN, which provides corporate ethics learning tools to the business market, has added two new executives, the firm said today. The firm said that it has hired on Alister Christopher and David Greenberg to the firm's execut... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Sendio Hires Sales VP Irvine-based Sendio, a provider of e-mail security appliances, announced this morning that it has hired on Jo Javier as the firm's new Vice President of Sales. Javier joins the firm from Corporate Express, where he was Director of Sales for... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Emulex Hires Marketing Head Costa Mesa-based storage switching equipment maker Emulex announced Monday that it has appointed Steve Daheb as Chief Marketing Officer. The firm, which makes host bus adapters and other equipment for the storage market, said that Daheb joi... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 8, 2008 Broadcom Fires VP After Resume Flap Irvine-based Broadcom has fired a Vice President at the firm, after a shareholder activist raised questions about the executive's college degree. According to a SEC filing by Broadcom Wednesday, the employment of Vahid Manian, the firm's Se... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, December 4, 2008 DivX Loses CTO San Diego-based DivX said late Wednesday that the firm's Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Markus Moenig, has resigned from the firm. According to DivX, Moenig, who joined the firm when it acquired MainConcept in November ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, December 4, 2008 Inphi Taps Makimoto To Advisory Board Westlake Village-based Inphi Corporation, a manufacturer of high speed analog semiconductors, said this morning that it has appointed Dr. Tsugio Makimoto as an advisor for the company. Makimoto is based in Japan, and was most recently an ex... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Hydra Hires Finance VP Los Angeles-based Hydra, an affiliate advertising network, said Monday that it has appointed Gary Gooperman as the firm's Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration. Hydra said that Cooperman joins the firm from Helio, where Coo... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Symwave Hires Three, Moves To OC Laguna Niguel-based Symwave, a provider of mixed signal and analog semiconductors, said Monday that it has hired on three new vice presidents, and moved itself to Orange County. According to Symwave, it has hired Gideon Intrater as VP of So... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 1, 2008 Symark Names New CEO Agoura Hills-based software provider Symark International has hired on a new CEO, the firm said today. Symark said that John Mutch has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the firm, joining from strategic investment firm MV Advisors... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 1, 2008 FatTail Names Product Management VP Woodland Hills-based FatTail, a developer of software for online advertising management, said today that it has appointed Ali Bohra as Vice President of Product Management. Fattail, which is venture backed by Velocity Interactive Group, Ted... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Perfect Market CTO Joins School Board Pasadena-based Perfect Market, the Idealab startup which is looking to monetize dormant content from publishers, said this morning that the firm's CTO, Dr. Jay Budzik, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Illinois Mathematics... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 Ixia Expands To Latin America Calabasas-based Ixia, a developer of network testing software and hardware, said last week that it is entering the Latin American telecommunications market. The firm said that it has named a VP to head up the efforts, and has tapped a Brazi... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 Arkeia Names New CEO, VP San Diego-based Arkeia Software, a provider of data backup software, said last week that it has named Bill Evans as the firm's CEO. Evans joins the data storage firm from Parascale, where he was CEO. He also served at Gateway, and was also ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 United Online Makes Executive Moves Woodland Hills-based United Online said Friday that it has promoted Robert J. Taragan to President of the firm's Communications segment, and named Matthew J. Wisk as President of the firm's online loyalty business, MyPoints.com. Taragan has... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 Networks In Motion Names VP Irvine-based location-based services (LBS) firm Networks in Motion said this week that it has hired on a new Vice President of Engineering at the firm. Networks In Motion said that M. Fathi Hakam has joined the firm from Kyocera Wireless, i... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 Power-One Shifts Board Camarillo-based Power-One, a manufacturer of power supplies and related products, said earlier this week that it has appointed Jon Gacek to its board of directors. Gacek replaces Gayla J. Delly, who resigned from the board. According to Pow... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 Aspyra Names CEO Calabasas-based Aspyra, a provider of clinical information systems for the healthcare industry, has appointed Rodney Schutt as the firm's CEO. Schutt joins Aspyra from Luminetx, where he was Chief Operating Officer. Schutt has also served a... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 Docstoc Hires Two Execs Santa Monica-based business document sharing site Docstoc.com has made two executives hires, saying Wednesday that it has hired Robyn Ward as Vice President of Business Development, and Serena Ehrlich as... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 RealD Opens European Offices Los Angeles-based 3D theater projection firm RealD is expanding in Europe, saying Tuesday that it has hired on Bob Mayson as Managing Director of RealD Europe. RealD said that Mayson will lead the firm's European team, overseeing sales, cus... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Ethertronics Names New Board Member San Diego-based Ethertronics announced Monday that it has appointed John E. Major to its board of directors. Major is currently president of strategic consulting firm MTSG, and has also served as Chairman and CEO of Novatel Wireless. Major ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Nexsan Names Sales Head Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan, a developer of storage hardware products, has appointed a new Chief Commercial Officer, the firm disclosed Monday. Nexsan said that Michael McGuire has joined the firm, reporting to CEO Philip Black, and will be ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 Dot Hill Expands Board Carlsbad-based storage systems manufacturer Dot Hill Systems said late Friday that it has appointed Thomas H. Marmen to the firm's board. Dot Hill said that Marmen was most recently President and CEO of TimeLab Corporation, and has also ser... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 Oversee.net's Ng Becomes Chairman, Kupietzky New Head Los Angeles-based Oversee.net, which provides Internet marketing and domain name services, is announcing today that co-founder Lawrence Ng is becoming Chairman of the board, and handing over the reins to ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 14, 2008 Rubicon Project Opens New York Office Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project, which provides web advertising optimization software, has expanded into New York, the firm announced Thursday. Rubicon, which is venture backed by Clearstone Ve... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 Velocity Interactive Group Adds Partner Los Angeles-based Velocity Interactive Group, the venture capital firm led by Ross Levinsohn and Jon Miller, said this morning that it has added Mickie Rosen as an investment partner at the company. According to Velocity, Rosen will focus o... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Quartics Snags AMD Exec As CEO Irvine-based Quartics, which is developing semiconductors for media processing, said Monday that it has named former AMD Executive Vice President Mario Rivas as the firm's new CEO. Quartics, which was started by former AST Founder Safi Qure... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 RoyaltyShare Expands In Europe San Diego-based RoyaltyShare is expanding its efforts in Europe, saying Monday that it has added executives in the region plus added support for multiple currencies in its software. The firm, which develops software used to track digital ro... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 STEC Names CFO Santa Ana-based solid state memory manufacturer STEC said Monday that it has appointed Raymond D. Cook as the firm's new CFO. Cook replaces Dan Moses, who the firm says is retiring. Moses will remain on STEC's board of directors. Cook joins... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 mobileStorm Snags Engineering Director From MySpace Los Angeles-based mobileStorm has bolstered its engineering resources, saying today that it has named David Pedowitz as the firm's new Director of Engineering and Principal Architect. mobileStorm, wh... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 3, 2008 Broadcom Names General Counsel Irvine-based Broadcom announced Friday morning that it has named Arthur Chong as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the firm. The semiconductor maker said that Chong replaces Alvin... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 Pegasus Biologics Names VP Irvine-based Pegasus Biologics, which develops products for the soft tissue repair and wound care management market, said earlier this week that it has named Rob Cripe as its Vice President of Marketing and Product Development. Cripe joins ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 QualityLogic Restructures Business Moorpark-based QualityLogic, a provider of quality assurance tools and services, said Thursday that the firm has restructured its business. According to the firm, it has reorganized the company into two new units, the QualityLogic Services ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 Sony Names VP For Crackle Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment said Wednesday that it has named Eric Berger as head of the firm's Crackle online video network. Berger has been at Sony since 2006, running Sony Pictures Television's mobile games division, and... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 Tsavo Snags Percival From Docstoc Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media, the online media startup headed by former Userplane founder Michael Jones, said today that it has hired on Sean Percival as Director of Content at the firm. Percival was most recently at Docstoc, where he was... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Astute Networks Adds Board Member San Diego-based blade storage manufacturer Astute Networks said Monday that it has added John C. Shoemaker to the firm's board of directors. Shoemaker is currently chairman of the board of SonicWALL, and serves on the boards of Altera and E... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 NHN Hires CEO, Looks To Expand Irvine-based online video game publisher NHN USA, the North American subsidiary of Korean Internet firm NHN, said Monday that it has hired a new CEO and is looking to expand at its Irvine location. According to NHN USA, it has appointed Phi... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 Logicube Appoints CTO Chatsworth-based Logicube, a developer of hard drive duplication products, announced this morning that the firm has appointed Gabi Abraham as Chief Technologist at the firm. Abraham joins the firm from Strix Systems, where he was System Arc... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 Digital Performance Raises $3.2M, Hires CEO Long Beach-based Digital Performance, which develops technology for online sales efforts in the after market automotive parts sector, is announcing Monday that it has raised $3.2M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Rincon Ven... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 Day Software Hires Marketing Head Newport Beach-based Day Software, a developer of content management software, said this week that it has appointed Kevin Cochrane as the firm's Chief Marketing Officer. Cochrane joins the company from Alfresco, where he was VP of Product Ma... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 Report: Break.com Cuts Staff Beverly Hills-based online entertainment site Break.com has reportedly laid off 11 staffers, according to a report by CNET. Break.com's CEO Keith Richman, which focuses its efforts on providing videos, games, and other entertainment for men... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 Leap Wireless Adds Two to Senior Management Team Leap Wireless International Inc. reported this week that it has strengthened its executive staff with the addition of two senior vice presidents. The San Diego-based provider of discount wireless voice and data communications services said ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 Epicor Expands Board Irvine-based Epicor reported Monday that it has expanded its board, and added James T. Richardson as a director. Richardson is currently chairman of FEI Corporation, and also served on the boards of Digimarc and Tripwire; Richardson has als... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 20, 2008 Rubicon Project Makes Two Hires Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project, which develops online advertising optimization software, announced this morning that it has hired on two executives to the firm. Rubicon said that it has hired Mark Douglas as Vice President of Engineering... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 20, 2008 Ethertronics Names Manufacturing VP San Diego-based Ethertronics, a developer of embedded antennas for the wireless industry, announced this week that it has appointed Dr. Joe Wu as Vice President of Global Manufacturing operations at the firm. Ethertronics said that Wu joins... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 17, 2008 QAD CFO Bounces Back Santa Barbara-based QAD, a provider of manufacturing and supply chain management software, said this morning that the firm has re-hired Daniel Lender, the firm's former CFO. According to QAD, Lender will resume his duties as CFO at the firm... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 United Online Names Head Of FTD Unit Woodland Hills-based United Online said Tuesday that the firm has appointed Robert S. Apatoff of the firm's FTD Group subsidiary. Apatoff joins the firm from private equity firm Patriach Partners, and has also served as president and CEO of... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Abraxis BioScience Names Ops VP Los Angeles-based Abrais BioScience said this week that it has hired on Edward C. Geehr, M.D. as Executive Vice President of Operations. The biotechnology firm said that Dr. Geehr will be responsible for the commercial, manufacturing and ma... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 ContentNext Hires Research Director Santa Monica-based ContentNext Media, the parent company of digital media publisher paidContent.org, said this morning that it has hired Lauren Rich Fine, CFA, as Research Director at the firm. ContentNext said that Fine will author researc... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Demand Media Hires Ad Sales Head Santa Monica-based Demand Media has hired a new executive to head up the firm's advertising sales, the firm disclosed Tuesday. Demand Media has appointed George Stewart as the company's Executive Vice President of Advertising Sales, heading... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Zag Makes Exec Hires, Promotions Santa Monica-based Zag, a venture-backed developer of online car buying software, said this morning that it has made a number of hires and a promotion. Zag said it has promoted Bernie Brenner to Executive Vice President in charge of the f... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Activision Appoints Chief Creative Officer Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing said this morning that it has appointed Brad Jakeman as the firm's Chief Creative Officer. Jakeman joins the video game publisher from Macy's, where he was EVP of Corporate Marketing. According to Ac... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 Quest Software Promotes Garn to CEO Quest Software Inc., a publisher of enterprise systems management applications, reported Thursday that its board of directors has promoted Doug Garn to chief executive officer. Garn, the Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based company said, also joins th... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 CoreValve Expands Board CoreValve Inc., a designer and manufacturer of artificial replacement components for the human heart, reported earlier this week that it has appointed Frank Fischer to its board of directors. The Irvine, Calif.-based company described Fisch... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 Passenger Names Business Development Exec Los Angeles-based Passenger, which provides software-as-a-service to companies to help connect with their customers, has tapped Samantha Skey as the firm's Senior Vice President of Business Development, and GM of its Eastern Region. Accordi... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 9, 2008 Emergent Game Technologies Hires VP Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies, which develops technology for the video game industry, said this week that it has hired on Katie Morgan as the firm's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Emergent said that Morgan joins the fir... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Tsavo Names General Manager For SEO Unit Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media, the new startup venture of former Userplane founder Michael Jones, said Tuesday that it has named Steve Schepke as General Manager of Tsavo Agency, a new unit focused on providing monetization services to con... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 CalAmp Appoints VP Oxnard-based CalAmp Corp., which develops wireless communications products, announced this morning that it has appointed Mike Zachan as the firm's Vice President and General Manager of its Aercept business unit. According to CalAmp, Zachan ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 6, 2008 Guidance Software Hires New Marketing VP Pasadena-based Guidance Software, a developer of digital forensics software, said Friday that it has hired on Grant Johnson as the firm's new Vice President of Marketing. Johnson joins the firm from FileNet, where he also served as VP of ma... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 3, 2008 inQ Adds Stiefler To Board Agoura Hills-based inQ said this week that it has added former Digital Insight CEO Jeff Stiefler as Chairman of the company's board of directors. Stiefler is a venture partner at Emergence Capital, which is also an investor in inQ. inQ prov... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 2, 2008 Leads360 Names New CEO Los Angeles-based Leads360, a developer of lead management software, has tapped Dan Morefield as the firm's new President and CEO, the firm announced this morning. Morefield is the former COO of Experian Consumer Direct, as well as CIO at O... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 X1 Technologies Hires Marketing Head Pasadena-based X1 Technologies announced Monday that it has appointed a new Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. The firm said it has appointed John Maxwell to the position, to lead the marketing initiatives for the firm. According to X1,... READ MORE... posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 SOA Software Expands In Europe Los Angeles-based SOA Software, a provider of software used for controlling and managing service oriented architecture (SOA) software projects, said this morning that the firm is expanding in the European market. SOA Software said it has hi... READ MORE... posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 International Rectifier Names New CFO El Segundo-based International Rectifier, a supplier of analog semiconductors, said Thursday afternoon that it has appointed Ilan Daskal as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. According to IR, Daskal was most recently VP of FInance and ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 VMIX Shuffles Staff, Rolls Out New Player San Diego-based VMIX, a provider of video publishing tools for web publishers, said today that the firm has shuffled its executive staff and delivered a new version of its VMIX Player. According to the firm, the moves come as it goes into a... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Endologix Hires VP Irvine-based Endologix, which develops medical devices for the minimally invasive treatment of aneurysms, said this morning that it has hired Gary I. Sorsher as the firm's Vice President of Quality. According to Endologix, Sorsher joins the... READ MORE... posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 Sofinnova Ventures Hires EIR In San Diego Venture capital firm Sofinnova Ventures has hired on an Executive-in-Residence based in San Diego, the firm said Thursday. Sofinnova, which invests in early stage life sciences and IT firms, said it has appointed Lars Ekman, M.D., Ph.D. to ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 eSolar Hires VP Engineering Pasadena-based eSolar, the Google-backed thermal solar energy startup, is announcing today that it has hired on a new Vice President of Engineering, Craig Tyner, Ph.D. According to eSolar, Tyner joins the firm from Sandia National Laborator... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 eSolar Hires VP Engineering Pasadena-based eSolar, the Google-backed thermal solar energy startup, is announcing today that it has hired on a new Vice President of Engineering, Craig Tyner, Ph.D. According to eSolar, Tyner joins the firm from Sandia National Laborator... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 ProfitLine Hires Sales VP San Diego-based ProfitLine said today that it has appointed Kurt Bloxdorf as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development at the firm. According to ProfitLine, Bloxdorf joins the firm after serving at such companies as SSA Global... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Spot Runner Loses High Profile VP, Hires Two Los Angeles-based online advertising startup Spot Runner has lost a high profile vice president, Joanne Bradford, to Yahoo!, just months after announcing Bradford's hire as the firm's Executive Vice President of National Marketing Services.... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 DriveCam Names CEO San Diego-based DriveCam, which develops driver safety systems, said Thursday that it has named Brandon Nixon as the firm's CEO and added him to the firm's board of directors. Nixon was most recently SVP at ViaSat, and has also served at En... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 5, 2008 Qualcomm Names New Enterprise Exec San Diego-based Qualcomm has hired on a new executive for the firm's Qualcomm Enterprise Services division, the company said Tuesday. Qualcomm said that it has appointed Robert Walton as Senior Vice President and Division President of the u... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 4, 2008 Aptera Hires CEO Carlsbad-based Aptera, the electric car startup funded by Idealab and Google, said today that it has hired on a new President and CEO, Paul Wilbur. According to Aptera, Wilbur joins the firm from American Specialty Cars, a supplier of open ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Aqua Connect Adds Digital Insight's Fiore To Board Los Angeles-based Aqua Connect, a developer of Mac terminal emulation software, said Wednesday that it has named Digital Insight founder Paul Fiore to its board of directors. Fiore co-founded and served as President and CEO of Digital Insig... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Internet Brands Hires CFO El Segundo-based Internet Brands has hired a new CFO, saying Friday that it has appointed Scott Friedman to the position, succeeding current CFO Alex Hansen. Friendman joins the firm from WPT Enterprises, where he also served as CFO. Friedm... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 29, 2008 Userplane's Jones, Thelen Make Departure Official Michael Jones and Nate Thelen, co-founders of web software firm Userplane, have both officially stepped down from their positions at AOL, according to a message from Jones Wednesday afternoon. Jones, who was CEO and co-founder of Userplane,... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Sometrics Expands Business Development Team Los Angeles-based Sometrics, which develops analytics tools for social networking applications, announced today that the firm has hired on two new business development managers for the firm. According to Sometrics, it has added Jennifer Bar... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Zag Names New President, COO Santa Monica-based Zag, which develops software used for online product configuration of automobiles, announced this morning that it has added Chris Porch as the firm's President and Chief Operating Officer. Porch was a founder of Trilogy S... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 Tsavo Hires AOL's Macadaan Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media, a new startup headed up by Userplane founder Mike Jones, said today that the firm has hired Mike Macadaan as VP of Product and Design. Tsavo--which is currently in stealth mode, but describes itself as delive... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 BakBone Snags CFO From Leap Wireless San Diego-based BakBone Software, a developer of data storage backup software, said Thursday afternoon that the firm has hired on Steve Martin as the firm's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Martin was most recently Chief A... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 QAD Loses CFO Santa Barbara-based QAD Inc. said Thursday that the firm's CFO, Daniel Lender, has resigned. According to QAD, Lender resigned to "pursue a new business opportunity." No details on Lender's new role was given. QAD said the firm has begun a ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 Buzznet Snags TMZ's Citron Hollywood-based Buzznet, the online social media site focused on music and pop culture, has snagged Alan Citron, former general manager of Time Warner's TMZ, the firm said today. Citron will act as head of the what the firm describes as "Sp... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Conexant Swizzles Chair Newport Beach-based semiconductor firm Conexant Systems said Thursday that it has appointed D. Scott Mercer as Chairman of the firm's board of directors, replacing existing chairman Dwight W. Decker. Decker continues on the firm's board. Me... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008 ThisNext Names Morrow CEO Los Angeles-based ThisNext said Thursday morning that it has promoted Scott Morrow to CEO of the firm. Morrow, who has been President of ThisNext since September of 2007, has also served at IAC/Citysearch and CNET. ThisNext co-founder and C... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008 Irvine Sensors Names New Chairman Costa Mesa-based Irvine Sensors said Wednesday that it has named John C. Carson, the firm's CEO and a director of the firm, as its Chairman. Irvine Sensors said that Carson succeeds former chairman Dr. Mel Brashears, who has resigned due to... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008 Pinkberry Taps VC For CEO Los Angeles-based Pinkberry, the frozen yogurt chain, said Tuesday afternoon that it has named Ron Graves, formerly General Partner of venture capital firm Maveron, as the firm's CEO. Maveron is an investor in the firm. According to Pinkber... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Occam Networks Hires Controller Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks, a manufacturer of broadband access hardware for the telecommunications industry, said Friday that it has added Donald F. DePascal as the firm's new Corporate Controller. DePascal joins the firm from PalmS... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 8, 2008 Total Beauty Media Hires VP Santa Monica-based Total Beauty Media, an online operator of TotalBeauty.com, an online web site focused on creating content for the beauty market, has hired on a new Vice President, the firm told socalTECH today. Total Beauty said that it... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 7, 2008 Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Appoints CEO San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals said today that it has appointed Richard W. Pascoe as the firm's President and CEO. Pascoe will also serve as a director of the company. Pascoe was most recently at ARAID Pharmaceuticals, where he was... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 7, 2008 Big Stage Hires Executives Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment, which develops technology to create life-like 3D avatars, announced today that the firm has appointed two new executives to the firm's management team. Big Stage said that it has hired on James Brenna... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 DataDirect Networks Names VP Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks, a developer of data storage products, announced today that it has appointed David Zimmer as the firm's Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales. Zimmer joins the firm from Pillar Data Systems, where he... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 GETAC Names President Lake Forest-based GETAC, a manufacturer of rugged laptop, tablet, and handheld computers, said today that it has named Jim Rimay as the firm's President. Rimay will oversee the firm's North American Operations. GETAC is a subsidiary of MiTA... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Qualcomm COO Leaves For Motorola San Diego-based Qualcomm has lost executive Sanjay Jha, the firm's COO, to Motorola. Motorola said today that it has hired on Jha as its Co-Chief Executive Officer of Motorola and Chief Executive Officer of Motorola's Mobile Devices Busines... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 4, 2008 Illumina Names CTO San Diego-based Illumina, a developer of life sciences tools and services, said Monday that it has appointed Dr. Mostafa Ronaghi as the firm's Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Ronaghi joined Illumina last year as part of ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 4, 2008 Newegg Names New CEO City of Industry-based Newegg, an online electronics retailer, said today that the firm has shuffled its executive staff in a major change. According to the firm, Tally Liu, current President of the firm, has been promoted to Chairman and C... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 MySpace Names Five VPs Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace announced today that the firm has appointed five new VPs at the firm. MySpace said that it has hired Manu Thapar as SVP of Engineering; Angela Courtin as SVP Marketing, Entertainment, and Con... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Gumiyo Names President Woodland Hills-based Gumiyo announced today that it has appointed Eric Larson as President of the company. Larson joins the firm from 5square Systems, where he also had served as President. Larson has also served as Senior Vice President an... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 28, 2008 ReachLocal Names CFO, General Counsel Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal said Thursday that it has hired on both a new CFO and a General Counsel. The venture backed provider of Internet marketing services for small and medium sized businesses said that Ross Landsbaum has been appo... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, July 24, 2008 Specific Media Hires Engineering VP Irvine-based Specific Media said today that it has appointed Brian Burdick as Senior Vice President of Engineering at the firm. Specific Media operates an independent online advertising network which targets consumers based on demographic i... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 Illumina Names VP San Diego-based Illumina said today that it has appointed Stephen Pentoney as the firm's Vice President of Array Biochemistry. Pentoney will be responsible for Illumina's assay and application development efforts. Pentoney joins Illumnia fr... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 Ripple Hires New CEO El Segundo-based Ripple, which operates a network of out-of-home information screens and a related advertising network, said today that John McMenamin has been appointed the company's new Chief Executive Officer. McMenamin was most recently... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Big Stage Taps Ressler As CEO Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment announced this morning that the firm has appointed former Clearstone Venture Partners VP Phil Ressler as the firm's President and CEO. Ressler replaces Chuck Heubner, who the firm said will continue as... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 SpaceX Installs Murphy as Marketing, Communications VP Space Exploration Technologies Corp., a developer of manned and unmanned launch vehicles for space exploration, reported Thursday that it has hired Diane Murphy as vice president of marketing and communications. The Hawthorne, Calif.-based ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 International Rectifier Names New General Counsel International Rectifier Corp., a manufacturer of analog, digital and mixed-signal computer chips for use in power management applications, reported this week that it has hired Tim Bixler as vice president, general counsel and secretary. The... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 SiliconSystems Names Marketing VP Aliso Viejo-based SiliconSystems, a developer of silicon storage products, said Thursday that it has named Robert Fan as the firm's Vice President of Marketing. Fan joins the firm from Entorian Technologies, and has also served previously a... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 DivX Tabs Rodli as Sales, Marketing EVP San Diego-based digital media firm DivX Inc. reported Thursday that it has hired Eric Rodli as executive vice president of sales and marketing. DivX said Rodli will report directly to Kevin Hall, the company’s chief executive officer. Prior... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 eSolar Names CFO Pasadena-based eSolar, the Idealab startup developing utility scale solar thermal power technology, has named Merrick Kerr as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer, the company announced this morning. The well-funded startup--which recentl... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 CliniComp Hires COO San Diego-based CliniComp, a provider of clinical documentation systems for the healthcare industry, announced this morning that it has hired Alan Portela as its Chief Executive Officer. Portela joins the firm from Global Care Quest, and ha... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 7, 2008 Specific Media Turns To Ford For VP Irvine-based Specific Media, an online advertising network, revealed Tuesday that it has hired Jon Schulz as the firm's Senior Vice President, Global Category Development. Schulz was most recently at Ford Motor Company, where he headed the ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 eForce Media Acquires Firm, Appoints Former Autobytel Head As CEO Santa Monica-based eForce Media, a provider of Internet sales lead generation services, said today that it has acquired Vertical Passion Media, LLC and appointed its founder, Jeffrey Schwartz, as President and CEO. Schwartz is the former pr... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Autobytel Hires New CTO Irvine-based Autobytel announced today that the firm has appointed Michael Hunsche as the firm's Chief Technology Officer. The firm, which provides automobile marketing services through its online car buying website, said that Hunsche joins... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 Aptera Hires Marketing Exec Carlsbad-based Aptera Motors, the Idealab-backed hybrid-electric vehicle maker, said today that it has hired on Tony Kirton as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Aptera said that Kirton joins the firm after serving as an independent marketing... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Conexant Expands Board Newport Beach-based semiconductor firm COnexant Systems announced today that it has added two new members to the firm's board of directors. Conexant said that it has added William E. Bendush and Matthew E. Massengill to its board. Bendush ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 23, 2008 Hirsch Named President, CEO of Revenue Science Revenue Science, a provider of behavioral targeting technology for the online advertising industry, said Thursday that it has promoted Jeff Hirsch to President and CEO. Hirsch was most recently President of the firm, which has operations in... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 RazorGator Grabs GM From Orbitz Los Angeles-based online ticketing marketplace operator RazorGator Interactive, said Thursday that it has further expanded its executive ranks by adding Seth Brody as the firm's Executive Vice President and General Manager. Brody joins Razo... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 Obagi Taps Iomega's Romm As CFO Long Beach-based aesthetic and therapeutic skin medicine firm Obagi Medical Products said Thursday afternoon that it has tapped former Iomega CFO Preston Romm as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Romm was most recently CFO of Iomega Corpo... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 RazorGator Snags VP From Yahoo Los Angeles-based RazorGator, a provider of an online secondary ticket sale marketplace, said Tuesday afternoon that the firm has hired on a former Yahoo executive as VP of Business Development for the firm. RazorGator said it has hired Sco... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 CyberDefender Adds Advisor Los Angeles-based security software firm CyberDefender announced today that it has added Sean Whiteley, co-founder and former CEO of RealtyTracker, as a special advisor to its board of directors. Whiteley sold RealtyTracker to Guthy-Renker ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Mindspeed Finds CFO Newport Beach-based Mindspeed Technologies reported Monday that it has appointed Bret Johnsen as the firm's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Johnsen replaces Simon Biddiscombe, who resigned in April to become CFO at QLogic... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 CalAmp Swizzles Management Team Oxnard-based CalAmp, a provider of hardware for the wireless communications market, said today that it has consolidated two of its divisions and made a number of executive changes. The firm said it is consolidating its Wireless DataCom Divi... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Ticketmaster Appoints Expedia's Regan As CFO West Hollywood-based Ticketmaster announced Tuesday that it has appointed a new CFO, snagging Brian Regan as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from Expedia. Ticketmaster said that Regan was most recently Senior Vice P... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Uber Expands Board Los Angeles-based Uber.com, the new startup headed by former Friendster CEO Scott Sassa, said this morning that it has expanded its board. The firm said it has added Josh Freeman, Ted Meisel, and Michael Wolf to its board of directors. Free... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 CalAmp Expands Board Oxnard-based CalAmp, a provider of wireless communications products, said earlier this week that it has added two new independent directors to its board. CalAmp said that Kimberly E. Alexy and Larry J. Wolfe have joined the company, while c... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 6, 2008 Leap Wireless Names Accounting Head San Diego-based Leap Wireless International, a provider of wireless communications services, said this week that it has named Jeff Nachbor as the firm's Chief Accounting Officer. Nachbor has been at the company since April, serving as the c... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 6, 2008 Verve Wireless Names VP Encinitas-based Verve Wireless said Tuesday that it has named a Vice President of Local Market Development. The firm, which develops software used by local newspapers and other media to publish mobile web sites, said that Kendall Marolda ha... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Rubicon Project Adds CNET's Mohn To Board Los Angeles-based Internet advertising optimization startup Rubicon Project announced today that it has added CNET Chairman Jarl Mohn to the company's board of directors. The firm, which provides optimization of online advertising for web p... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 IR Hires Compliance VP El Segundo-based International Rectifier said Monday that it has appointed Alex Garcia as the firm's Vice President of Compliance. Garcia joins the company from Nvidia Corporation, where he was Senior Director and Head of Internal Audit. Ga... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 RotoHog.com Names Stark CTO Los Angeles-based RotoHog.com, an online fantasy sports firm, said Wednesday that Michael Stark has joined the firm as Chief Technical Officer. Stark joins the company from YouBet.com, where he was SVP Engineering & Technical Operations. St... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Abraxis BioScience Names CFO Los Angeles-based Abraxis BioScience said today that it has named David O'Toole as the firm's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. O'Toole joins the firm from Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he was a Partner in the firm's Stra... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Symark Promotes Farber To CEO Agoura Hills-based Symark International, a developer of systems access management software, announced today that it has appointed Bob Farber as the firm's Chief Executive Officer. The firm was previously Chief Operating Officer at the compa... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 DexCom Expands Board San Diego-based DexCom said this morning that it has appointed Jonathan T. Lord, M.D. to the firm's board of directors. The firm, a developer of a continuous glucose monitoring systems for people with diabetes, said that Lord is currently S... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 Peregrine Semiconductor Adds VP San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor said today that it has appointed Ian Warbrick as Vice President of Supply Chain and Customer Service. The provider of RF-CMOS and other mixed signal communications chips said that Warbrick joins the f... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 Epicor Loses CFO, Shuffles Execs Irvine-based enterprise software developer Epicor Software said today that it has lost its EVP and CFO, Michael Piraino. According to Epicor, Piraino has resigned, effective immediately, and the firm has initiated a search for a permanent C... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Rotohog.com Adds Perdew As CEO Los Angeles-based Rotohog, an online operator of fantasy sports games, has added Kelly Perdew as the firm's CEO, Perdew told socalTECH Friday. Rotohog is venture backed by Allen & Co, Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 Gorilla Nation Opens London Office Los Angeles-based online advertising representation firm Gorilla Nation said Thursday that it has opened up a new London Office, and hired a UK Sales Director for the firm. Gorilla Nation that JP Kemp has been appointed to lead the firm's s... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 Arrowhead Research Hires Three Execs Pasadena-based Arrowhead Research, which focuses on nanotechnology technology and other research, said Thursday that it has hired three new executives to the firm. The company said that it has hired Thomas Haag, Ph.D. J.D. as its Chief Pate... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 IR Bolsters Board El Segundo-based International Rectifier said Thursday that it has added Mary B. Cranston to its board of directors. Cranston is a Senior Partner and Chair Emeritus of law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Cranston also served on th... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 Digital Insight's Stiefler Joins Venture Firm Jeffrey Stiefler, who was most recently chairman and CEO of Calabasas-based Digital Insight, has joined a Silicon Valley venture capital firm as a venture partner. According to San Mateo-based Emergence Capital Partners, Stiefler has joined... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Boost Mobile Hires VP, GM Irvine-based Boost Mobile, the youth lifestyle mobile phone brand owned by Sprint, said today that it has named Matt Carter as Senior Vice President and General Manager. Carter joins the firm from Sprint, where he was SVP Base Management. C... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 The Search Agency Names President Santa Monica-based The Search Agency, a provider of search engine marketing and search engine optimization, said Monday that it has named Barbara Palmer as President. Palmer joins the firm from 2 Degrees Ventures, an entertainment professio... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Emulex Hires COO Costa Mesa-based Emulex has hired a new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, the company announced Monday. The firm, which develops storage networking products, said that Jeff Benck will oversee the firm's engineering, mark... READ MORE... posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 CallWave Names Engineering VP Santa Barbara-based CallWave, a provider of Internet-based communications services, said Thursday evening that it has appointed Ritesh Bansal as the firm's new Vice President of Application Development. Bansal joins the firm from TalkPlus, ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 9, 2008 Occam Networks Hires New CFO Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks announced Thursday that it has hired a new CFO, Jeanne Seeley. Seeley joins the firm from Access Co. Ltd., the Japanese parent of PalmSource. Occam said that Seeley has also previously served as SVP and CF... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 9, 2008 MusicIP Adds Board Member, Sales VP Monrovia-based MusicIP, a provider of music discovery software and related products, said Wednesday that it has tapped Microsoft for a new board member, and also appointed a new VP of Sales. the firm said that former Microsoft corporate VP ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008 Channel M Names CTO Los Angeles-based Channel M, a venture backed, digital out-of-home video advertising network, said Wednesday that it has named Peter Lee as the firm's Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. Lee joins the company from The Walt ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008 Internet Brands Bumps Rosenblum to CTO Los Angeles-based Internet Brands Inc., an operator of several community and e-commerce Web sites, reported Tuesday that it has promoted Joseph Rosenblum to chief technology officer, effective immediately. Internet Brands said Rosenblum has... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Staccato Expands Sales Team San Diego-based Staccato Communications, a provider of ultra wideband (UWB) and Certified Wireless USB semiconductors, said Monday that it has expanded its sales team. According to the firm, it has appointed Jeff Gray as the firm's Vice Pre... READ MORE... posted on Monday, May 5, 2008 TriZetto Loses CFO Newport Beach-based TriZetto Group, a provider of health benefit administration technology and software, said Friday that its CFO, Bob Barbieri, has left the company. According to TriZetto, Barbieri left for unspecified personal reasons. Tr... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 2, 2008 Interneer Names CTO Los Angeles-based Interneer, a developer of software for creating browser-based, web applications, said Thursday that it has named Bob Khanpour as Chief Technology Officer. Khanpour joins the firm from Lending Dynamics, where he was CTO and... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 1, 2008 Champion Gaming Series Appoints Execs Los Angeles-based Championship Gaming Series, an online professional video gaming league which is backed by DIRECTV, said this week that it has appointed Rachael McLean as the firm's Vice President of Digital Media, and Jim Downs as Directo... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 1, 2008 OptionEase Hires Exec San Juan Capistrano-based OptionEase, a provider of software-as-a-service tools for accounting for stock options, said yesterday that it has hired on Pam Washburn as Executive Vice President of Business Development. Washburn joins the firm ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Airgain Hires Sales VP Carlsbad-based Airgain, a developer of smart antennas, said today that it has hired on Alan Frank as the firm's VP of Worldwide Sales. Frank joins the firm from Semtech, where he was Director of Western Sales. Airgain said that Frank will b... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Yellowpages.com Appoints President Local Web search service Yellowpages.com reported Tuesday that it has appointed David Krantz president. Krantz will work from Yellowpages.com's headquarters in Glendale. He succeeds Charles Stubbs, who Yellowpages.com said is leaving to pur... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Overland Names Marketing VP San Diego-based Overland Storage said today that it has appointed Ravi Pendekanti as the firm's Vice President of Marketing. Pendekanti joins the company from SGI, and has also served at Sun Microsystems, Intransa, Compuware, and HP. Overla... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 International Rectifier Founder Lidow Retires, Replaced El Segundo-based International Rectifier said Monday that its founder, Eric Lidow, is retiring from the firm effective May 1st. Lidow, who was Chairman and a member of the firm's board of directors, will leave his position May 1st. Lidow fo... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 MySpace Promotes Berman To President MySpace announced this morning that Jeff Berman has been appointed President of Sales and Marketing at the company, overseeing online marketing, content and programs, ad solutions, branded sales, and relationships with major advertising par... READ MORE... posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 International Rectifier Names Acting CFO El Segundo-based, mixed signal and analog semiconductor firm International Rectifier reported late Wednesday that the firm has appointed an acting CFO for the firm. The company said that Peter B. Knepper will servce in the position, as the ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 Conexant Names New CEO Newport Beach-based semiconductor manufacturer Conexant said late Tuesday that the firm has appointed D. Scott Mercer as the firm's Chief Executive Officer. Mercer replaces Daniel Artusi, who had served as both president and CEO. According ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Spot Runner Hires Interpublic's Rosenthal Los Angeles-based advertising technology firm Spot Runner has snagged Mark Rosenthal, fomer chairman and CEO of Interpublic Media, as the firm's new President of Media Platforms and Vice Chairman, the firm said Tuesday. Spot Runner said tha... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Yardi Hires Sales Head Yardi Systems, the Santa Barbara-based developer of property and asset management software, has hired on new VP of Sales, the firm said earlier this week. Yardi said that Peter Hill has joined it as Vice President of Sales for the Western U... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 Oversee.net Names New CTO Los Angeles-based Oversee.net said Tuesday that it has named David Subar as the firm's Chief Technology Officer. Oversee.net, which operates online marketing and domain name monetization services, said that Subar will be responsible for bui... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 QLogic Grabs CFO From Mindspeed Aliso Viejo-based QLogic has snagged Simon Biddiscombe, former Chief Financial Officer of Mindspeed Technologies, as its CFO, the firm said today. Biddiscombe has also previously served at Wyle Electronics and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Bi... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 International Rectifier Names EVP, COO El Segundo-based International Rectifier, which develops power management ICs, said Thursday afternoon that it has appointed a new Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Michael Barrow. Barrow joins the firm from Amkor, wher... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 4, 2008 SkinMedica Names New CEO San Diego-based SkinMedica said last night that it has hired on Mary M. Fisher as the firm's new CEO. Fisher joins the firm from Acorda Therapeutics, where she was chief Operating Officer. Fisher has also served at Cephalon, Immunex, and Bo... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 4, 2008 Mahalo Loses High Profile Video Blog Host Santa Monica-based Mahalo, the human-powered search engine run by Jason Calacanis, has lost its high profile video blog host, Veronica Belmont. According to Belmont in a message on her blog, she is leaving Mahalo to embark on unnamed other ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, April 3, 2008 Be Jane Finds New CEO Santa Monica-based Be Jane, a provider of Internet content focused on women's do-it-yourself projects, announced Thursday that it has added Suzanne Horton as the firm's new CEO. Horton was most recently President and CEO of consulting firm ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, April 3, 2008 Nirvanix Taps Internap For CTO San Diego-based Nirvanix, the online storage services provider which is going up against Amazon's S3 storage service, said Wednesday that it has hired on a new Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering. The firm said it has... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 DivX Loses Sales and Marketing VP San Diego-based DivX said today that its Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Pamela Johnston, is leaving the firm. DivX said that Johnston is leaving the firm effective June 30th to pursue other opportunities. Johnston has only be... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 ContentNext Expands Team, Opens Offices In New York Santa Monica-based online publisher ContentNext said Thursday that it has hired a new CEO and Chief Sales officer, and has opened up an office in New York. ContentNext has hired on Nathan Richardson as CEO, and Patrick Dignan as Chief Sales... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 TelASIC Hires Manufacturing VP El Segundo-based TelASIC Communications said today that it has hired on Kent Osborne as the firm's new Vice President of Manufacturing Operations. Osborne has served at DSC Communicaitons, Alcatel-Lucent, World Access, and other firms. TelA... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 Obagi Medical Products Loses CFO Long Beach-based Obagi Medical Products, a provider of skin health products for the dermatology market, said this week that the firm's CFO, Stephen A. Garcia, is resigning. According to the firm, Garcia will leave the firm July 15th. No rea... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 Callwave Adds To Board Santa Barbara-based Internet FAX and messaging service CallWave said today that it has added Manny Rivelo to its board of directors. Rivelo is currently the Senior Vice President of Cisco's Development Organization Operations. Rivelo overse... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008 Aktino Hires CEO Irvine-based Aktino said Tuesday that it has hired on a new CEO, Lonnie Martin. The firm, which develops equipment for Carrier Ethernet and broadband services, said that Martin joins from White Rock Networks. Martin has also served at Broad... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Illumina Hires New Finance VP San Diego-based Illumina said Monday that it has appointed Mike Bouchard as the firm's Vice President of Finance. Bouchard joins the firm from Websense, where he was Vice President of Finance and Accounting. Bouchard has also served at Gate... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Mavent Hires VP Irvine-based Mavent, which develops software for regulatory compliance, said last week that it has added Lauren Ingersoll as Senior Vice President and Client Development Counsel. Ingersoll has previously served at the Phunpei Supreme Court,... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 Spot Runner Names President, CFO Los Angeles-based Spot Runner, which provides a web-based method of buying pre-produced television advertising, said yesterday that it has named a new President and hired a CFO. John Gentry has been named President of the firm, reporting to... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 20, 2008 EON Reality Names New Board Members Irvine-based EON Reality has named three new board advisors, the firm said this week, including Melanie McCaffery, Magnus Moliteus, and Dr. Walt Scacchi. The firm develops software for creating interactive 3D environments, and which are use... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 20, 2008 CraveOnline Hires Execs Los Angeles-based CraveOnline.com, an online web site targeting the men's market, said Thursday morning that it has appointed two new executives. CraveOnline said that it has appointed Derek Rudd as the firm's VP of Consumer Ad Sales, and V... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 20, 2008 NetSeer Hires Yahoo VP, Discloses Funding Los Angeles-based NetSeer, a venture backed startup focused on the search and ad targeting market, has snagged Yahoo's Executive VP of Global Sales as its new President and CEO. NetSeer also revealed that it has received venture backing fro... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Xencor Names Chairman Monrovia, California-based Xencor, which develops protein and antibody therapeutics, said Wednesday that it has appointed David R. King as the Chairman of its board of directors. Xencor develops biotherapeutics are used to improve antibody ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Conexant Names Legal Officer Newport Beach-based Conexant Systems has added Mark D. Peterson as the firm's Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary. The firm said today that Peterson joins the firm from Targus Group International, and has also served a... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Symwave Nabs Broadcom Exec For CEO Position San Diego-based Symwave, a supplier of analog and mixed signal semiconductors, said Tuesday that it has hired on Yossi Cohen as the firm's President and CEO. Cohen was most recently Senior Vice President and Group General Manager of Broadco... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Solarflare Appoints VPs Irvine-based Solarflare, which develops 10 Gigabit Ethernet semiconductors, said this morning that it has promoted Martin Porter to Vice President of Software Development, and named Danny Shamlou as its Vice President of VLSI Design. Porter... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Spot Runner Nabs VP From Microsoft Los Angeles-based Spot Runner has snagged a VP from Microsoft, saying Thursday that it has hired on Joanne Bradford as the firm's Executive Vice President of National Marketing Serviecs. Bradford was most recently corporate VP and Chief Med... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 Move Taps eBay For CTO Los Angeles-based Move, Inc., which operates the Realtor.com and Move.com real estate web sites, said today that it has appointed Mike J. d'Almada-Remedios as the firm's Chief Technology Officer. d'Almadad-Remedios was most recently CIO of ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 Language Weaver Names Tapling CEO Los Angeles-based Language Weaver said today that it has named Mark Tapling as CEO of the firm. Tapling joins the firm from InfoGenesis, where he was President and CEO. Tapling has also served at Everypath, and ServiceWare, where he led tha... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 MRV Names New CFO Chatsworth-based MRV Communications said Tuesday that it has named Guy Avidan as CFO of the firm. Avidan was serving as the firm's acting CFO. The firm also said it has added Chris D. King as the firm's VP Finance and Chief Compliance Offic... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Ixia Names Bhatnagar CEO Calabasas-based Ixia said Thursday afternoon that it has promoted Atul Bhatnagar as CEO and President of the firm. Ixia, which develops network testing systems for high speed IP performance testing, said that Bhatnagar will succeed current ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 7, 2008 International Rectifier Names EVP, Adds to Board El Segundo-based International Rectifier, a provider of analog, digital, and mixed signal integrated circuits, said Thursday that it has appointed Donald Dancer as the firm's Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Dancer... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 7, 2008 WebMessenger Hires New Execs Los Angeles-based WebMessenger said this morning that it has bolstered its executive team. The firm said that it has promoted Joe Naylor to President, added Dan Coole as VP of Sales and Marketing, and appointed Amir Hudda to its board of di... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 6, 2008 BidShift Names VP San Diego-based BidShift, which develops software-as-a-service for managing healthcare staffing, said Monday that it has appointed Michael Saddik as Executive Vice President. Saddik joins BidShift from Covad Communications, where he was Vic... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Gorilla Nation Hires Technology VP Los Angeles-based Gorilla Nation said Monday that it has appointed Alex Godelman as VP Technology. Godelman joins the firm from Shopzilla, where he was a member of the company's senior management team. Godelman has also served at Diskeeper,... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Nirvanix Expands Board San Diego-based storage service provider Nirvanix said Monday that it has added Michael V. Wall to its board of directors. Wall was most recently at Intel Corporation, where he was general manager of the firm's Storage Group. Wall has also ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 3, 2008 Breach Names CFO Carlsbad-based Breach Security said this morning that it has named Craig Kussman as Chief Financial Officer of the firm. Kussman joins the company from Ascenta Therapeutics. Kussman has also served at Discovery Partners International, SYNAV... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 3, 2008 FastSoft Hires New Sales Director Monrovia-based FastSoft said this morning that it has ppointed a new Direct of Sales for its Eastern Region. The firm said that it has appointed Eric Anderson to the position, to serve the firm's Eastern US and Canadian regions. Anderson ha... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 3, 2008 Aspyra Appoints Zierick CEO Calabasas-based Aspyra, a provider of clinical and diagnostic information software for the healthcare industry, said Thursday that it has hired Jim Zierick as the firm's interim CEO. Zierick joins the firm from LogicalApps, where he was als... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 DivX Appoints New CTO San Diego-based video codec firm DivX said Wednesday afternoon that it has appointed Markus Moenig as the firm's Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Moenig is the founder of MainConcept, which DivX acquired last November. Di... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Ortiva Appoints Lee VP La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless, a provider of delivery services for mobile content, said Tuesday that it has appointed Craig Y. Lee as the firm's Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Lee has previously served as a VP at Nue... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 CallWave Names Marketing Exec Santa Barbara-based CallWave said Tuesday that it has appointed a new Chief Marketing Officer at the firm. According to Callwave, Richard Roberts has been appointed to the role to help shape the future direction of CallWave. Roberts has pre... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Conexant Loses Director Newport Beach-based COnexant Systems said today that John W. Marren, a member of its board of directors, has resigned. Marren has been on Conexant's board of directors since February 2004, when he joined the board in conjunction with Conexa... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 Occam Networks Loses CFO Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks said late Wednesday that the firm's CFO, Christopher B. Farrell, is resigning. Occam did not give a reason for Farrell's departure. According to Occam, Farrell will resign as the firm's CFO on or about May... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 Power-One Appoinits New CEO Camarillo-based Power-One, a manufacturer of power supplies, said Tuesday that Richard J. Thompson has been appointed CEO of the firm, after former CEO William T. Yeates resigned. Thompson serves on Power-One's board of directors, and previ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Ixia Names VPs Calabasas-based Ixia, a developer of network test systems, has appointed two new vice presidents at the firm. Ixia said that it has named Maik Lankau as the firm's Vice President Business Development and Global Alliances, and appointed Nave... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Epicor Names New CEO Irvine-based Epicor Software, which develops enterprise software for the enterprise resource planning and supply chain management sector, said Tuesday that Thomas Kelly has been named the firm's President and CEO. Kelly succeeds George Klau... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 QLogic Names New Board Director Aliso Viejo-based QLogic said Thursday afternoon that it has named Kathryn Braun Lewis to its board of directors. Lewis has previously been an executive at Western Digital, most recently President and COO of Western Digital's Personal Stora... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 Guidance Bolsters Board Pasadena-based Guidance Software, a provider of software for compliance and e-discovery, said Thursday that it has named three new board directors. Robert G. van Schoonenberg of Avery Dennison Corporation, Stephen Richards, former CFO and C... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 Move Hires Two New VPs Los Angeles-based online real estate firm Move, Inc. said Wednesday that it has hired on two new vice presidents. The firm said that it has appointed Patty Mitchell as Senior Vice President of Consumer Media, and Steven Brown as Vice Presid... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 eEye Bolsters Marketing Aliso Viejo-based eEye Digital Security, a developer of PC security tools, said Tuesday that it has named John-Marc Clark as the firm's Vice President of Marketing. Clark joins the firm from Qumranet, where he was also VP of Marketing. Clar... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 FastSoft Names Execs Monrovia-based FastSoft said Tuesday that it has named two new executives. The firm, which is commercializing technology from Caltech for accelerating video distribution and other data over the Internet, said that it has added Diego Dugatki... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Sendio Appoints Bowyer New CEO Irvine-based Sendio said late last night that the firm has appointed Kevin Bowyer as the firm's CEO. Bowyer was most recently the firm's Senior Vice President of Sales and Service. Bowyer has previously served at Cogen Global Services, Mite... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Gorilla Nation Hires CFO Los Angeles-based Gorilla Nation announced today that the firm has hired Bill Foltz as CFO of the online advertising firm. Foltz joins the firm from Sports Business Ventures, where he was Partner and Managing Principal. Sports Business Vent... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 ViaSat Names Wildblue's Moore As VP Carlsbad-based ViaSat, which develops equipment for the networking and satellite communications market, said today that it has named Tom Moore as the firm's Senior Vice President and President of its new Ka-band broadband satellite initiati... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 International Rectifier Names CEO El Segundo-based International Rectifier, a manufacturer of power management ICs, said Thursday that it has named Oleg Khaykin as President and CEO of the firm. Khaykin joins the firm from Amkor Technology, where he was Chief Operating Offi... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 7, 2008 Kyocera Wireless Names Division VPs San Diego-based Kyocera Wireless, a manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones, said today that it has appointed a number of Vice Presidents in its Consumer Products Group. Kyocera named Brian Richardson as the firm's divisonal Vice President of ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 7, 2008 Acacia Hires Engineering VP Newport Beach-based Acacia Research said today that it has named Jeffrey Anderson as Vice President of Engineering. Anderson has previously served at Websense, Sun Microsystems, and Cray Research, among other firms. Acacia Research acquires... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 7, 2008 Imagine Communications Names CFO San Diego-based digital video processing semiconductor firm Imagine Communications said today that it has named Terry Kinninger as Chief Financial Officer. Kinninger joins the firm from R2 Technology, where he was CFO and Executive VP of Bu... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 THQ Adds CFO Agoura Hills-based computer game publisher THQ said today that it has appointed a new CFO. THQ said that Colin Slade has become Executive Vice President and CFO of the firm, joining the company from Tektronix, where he was Senior Vice Presi... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 4, 2008 Peregrine Semi Adds To Board San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor said today that the firm has appointed Jeffrey Belk to the firm's board of directors. Belk previously served at Qualcomm, where he was Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, among a number of other ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, February 4, 2008 Play N Trade Adds COO Newport Beach-based Play N Trade Franchise, which operates a chain of computer video games retail stores, said this week that it has added Tom McMahon as the firm's Chief Operating Officer. McMahon joins the firm from Activision, where he w... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 1, 2008 Boingo Wireless Adds Zinser As CFO Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless, which operates a network of Wi-Fi access points, said Wednesday that it has hired on Edward Zinser as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Zinser joins the firm from THQ, where he was EVP and CFO. Zinse... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 31, 2008 MySpace Names Kapur COO Los Angeles-based social networking website MySpace said today that it has named Amit Kapur as the firm's Chief Operating Officer. Kapur has been at MySpace since 2005, and has served as the firm's VP of Business Development since 2006. Acc... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 DataDirect Networks Hires Sales VP Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks said today that it has hired Scott Genereux as the firm's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Genereux joins the firm from Hitachi Data Systems, where he was Executive Vice President and General Ma... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 High Tower Names Sales VP Aliso Viejo-based High Tower Software, a provider of information security products, said earlier this week that it has named Bill Adams as Vice President of Sales. Adams was most recently High Tower's Western Regional Sales Director. Adams ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 MySpace Names Berman EVP Los Angeles-based social networking web site MySpace said Thursday that it has named Jeff Berman as the firm's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Content. Berman has been at MySpace since 2006, and was most recently General Manager o... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 Communicado Appoints Anderson As Sales VP Costa Mesa-based Communicado said today that it has hired on Kelly Anderson as the firm's Senior Vice President of Sales. Communicado, which develops software for managing voice-over-IP and other communications systems, said Anderson will b... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Evite Hires Exec Los Angeles-based Evite, a provider of online event planning software and services, said today that it has hired Rosanna McCollough as the firm's General Manager. Evite, which is owned by Barry Diller's IAC, said that McCollough will overse... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Nirvanix Hires Execs San Diego-based Nirvanix said today that it has hired Daniel Havens as its Vice President of Sales, and Craig Halliwell as Senior Director of Alliances. The firm, which provides online storage to Internet companies, said that Havens joins f... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 21, 2008 WebVisible Taps Google For Engineering VP Irvine-based WebVisible, a provider of local advertising services, said earlier this week that it has named James K. Williams as the firm's Vice President of Engineering. Williams joins the firm from Google, where he was working on the firm... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 Ixia Hires Marketing VP Calabasas-based Ixia, which develops network performance test systems, said this week that Anupam Sahai has joined the firm as Vice President of Marketing. Sahai joins the firm from Polycom, Inc., where he was most recently senior director ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 Pentadyne Names CFO Chatsworth-based Pentadyne Power, which develops flywheel energy storage systems, said earlier this week that it has appointed Mark Campion as Executive Vice President and CFO. Campion was most recently CFO of PolyFuel, a Silicon Valley fir... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 Veoh Taps Dow Jones For Sales Exec Los Angeles-based Veoh Networks, the online video sharing and broadcasting service, said this morning that it has hired Michael Henry as its new Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales. Henry joins the firm from Dow Jones & Company, wher... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 iStor Hires VP From Dot Hill Irvine-based iStor Networks has appointed a new VP of Software Engineering, saying today that it has hired on Jim Wayda to the position. Wayda joins the firm from Dot Hill Systems, where he was Chief Software Architect and VP of Software En... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Foundation 9 Entertainment Promotes Mann Irvine-based Foundation 9 Entertainment said Tuesday that the firm has promoted David Mann, the firm's Chief Operating Officer, to President. Foundation 9 is an independent games developer backed by more than $150M from private equity firm ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Rubicon Project Hires VP Los Angeles-based the Rubicon Project, a firm developing software for optimizing Internet advertising for publishers, said Tuesday that it has hired on Bob Bennett as its Vice President of Product and Engineering. Bennett joins the firm fro... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Entropic's Foley Leaves Firm San Diego-based Entropic Communications, a developer of semiconductors for connecting home entertainment systems, said late Friday that the firm's President and COO, Mark Foley, is leaving the firm. According to Entropic, Foley has decided ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 QAD Adds FileNet's Roberts To Board Santa Barbara-based QAD said this morning that it has added Lee Roberts to the company's board of directors. Roberts, the former Chairman and CEO of Filenet, is currently a VP and General Manager at IBM. Roberts was Chairman and CEO of File... READ MORE... posted on Monday, January 14, 2008 Networkcar Names VP Indirect Distribution San Diego-based Networkcar, a provider of wireless vehicle management systems and remote diagnostics, said earlier this week that it has appointed Tamara Chamberlin to VP of Indirect Distribution. Chamberlin was most recently at wireless In... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 Specific Media Taps Microsoft adCenter For New VP Irvine-based Specific Media, a major online advertising network, said earlier this week that it has appointed David Jakubowski as a Senior Vice President at the firm. Jakubowski joins Specific Media from Microsoft, where he was general mana... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 Gorilla Nation Names CTO Los Angeles-based Gorilla Nation announced Tuesday that it has named Christophe Louvion as CTO of the firm. Louvion joins the firm from Shopzilla, where he served in a number of positions, including Software Architect, VP of Operations, and... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 Acacia Expands Team Newport Beach-based Acacia Research, which acquires and licenses technology patents, said yesterday that it has expanded its team with two new executives. Acacia said that it has hired Bradley Botsch as Vice President, and Phillip Mitchell ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 Ixia Names Operations VP Calabasas-based Ixia, a provider of testing systems for IP networking, said Thursday that it has named Raymond de Graaf as Vice President of Operations. According to Ixia, de Graaf joins the firm from Precision Communications, where he was ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 Sony Pictures Technologies Names President Culver City-based Sony Pictures Technologies said earlier this week that it has appointed a new President, Christopher J. Cookson. According to Sony, Cookson will oversee development and implementation of the studio's technology policy and ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 ValueClick Names Yovanno COO Westlake Village-based Internet advertising firm ValueClick said today that it has promoted David Yovanno to Chief Operating officer of the firm's U.S. Media operations. Yovanno has been at the firm since 2000, and was most recently the com... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 3, 2008 Inphi Names Sales Head Westlake Village-based Inphi, a firm that develops analog semiconductors, said Wednesday that it has named Ron Torten as the firm's VP of Sales. Torten joins the firm from NemeriX, where he was CEO. Torten has also served at Agilent, Agere ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 DivX Loses Greenhall From Board San Diego-based DivX said Thursday afternoon that Jordan Greenhall has resigned from the firm's board of directors. No reason for the resignation of Greenhall, who was the founder of DivX, was given. According to DivX, the firm's baord of d... READ MORE... posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 AtomicOnline Taps Internet Brands For VP Los Angeles-based AtomicOnline, a firm which acquires and operates niche web sites, said today that it has named Mike Dodge as SVP and General Manager. Dodge joins the firm from Internet Brands, where he was General Manager of Home and Real... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Interlink Appoints New VP Camarillo-based Interlink Electronics, a developer of e-signature capture hardware, said today that it has promoted Rodney G. Vesling to Senior Vice President of its e-Transactions business. Vesling was most recently VP of Sales and Marketi... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 Napster Loses CFO Los Angeles-based Napster is losing its CFO, the firm said late Monday, announcing that Nand Gangwani will leave the firm at the end of the year. Napster said in a release that Gangwani has decided to step down "for personal reasons." citin... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 ID Analytics Adds Executive San Diego-based ID Analytics said this morning that it has added Peter J. Hopfensperger as Chief Customer Officer. Hopfensperger joins the firm from Equifax, and has also served as an executive at Experian. Hopfensperger has also served at ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Break.com Adds VP Los Angeles-based Break.com said this morning that it has appointed Andrew Budkofsky as Senior Vice President of Sales. The online entertainment web site, which is focused on young males, said that Budkofsky joins the firm from POdshow, a p... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 THQ Installs International GM Interactive entertainment software publisher THQ Inc. announced Thursday that it has appointed Marko Hein as general manager of its international business unit. The Agoura Hills, Calif.-based company said Hein, working from THQ Internationa... READ MORE... posted on Friday, December 7, 2007 Mad Catz Names DeRuig to Board of Directors Third-party video gaming accessories manufacturer Mad Catz Interactive Inc. reported earlier this weekthat it has appointed John C. DeRuig to its board of directors. The San Diego-based company said it now fields six board members, five of ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, December 7, 2007 Allergan Adds To Board Irvine-based Allergan said Thursday that that it has appointed Dawn Hudson to the firm's board of directors. Hudson is the former President and CEO of Pepsi-Cola North America; Hudson has also served at D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, a New ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, December 7, 2007 AMO Expands Board Santa Ana-based Advanced Medical Optics said today that it has added Daniel J. Heinrich and G. Mason Morfit to the firm's board of directors. Heinrich is a partner at ValueAct Capital Partners, AMO's largest stockholder; MOrfit is on the bo... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 AWR Names CFO El Segundo-based Applied Wave Research (AWR) said Monday that it has named Rick Bottomley as Chief Financial Officer. Bottomly joins the firm from Silicon Design Systems, where he was also CFO. Bottomley has also served at venture capital f... READ MORE... posted on Monday, December 3, 2007 Viewsonic Reorganizes After Poor Results Walnut-based display maker Viewsonic said late yesterday that it has reorganized the firm, making a number of executive changes and dropping the firm's President of ViewSonic Americas. The moves came after the company reported poor financia... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 CinemaNow Names Marketing VP Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow said earlier this week that it has named Ashley Woodworth as Senior Vice President of Marketing. Woodworth joins the firm from Move Inc., where she was Vice president of Product. Woodworth also served at VP of... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Adds CFO, Looks To More Funding Calabasas-based Kythera Biopharmaceuticals said Thursday that it has named John W. Smither as CFO of the firm, as part of a move towards another funding round. The company, formerly known as Aestherx, said that Smither will be responsible f... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 Spark Networks Names New CFO Beverly Hills-based Spark Networks, operator of a number of online personals web sites, said yesterday that it has named a new CFO. Spark said that Brett Zane will join the firm in December to replace current CFO Mark Thompson, who is leavi... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 THQ Loses CFO Agoura Hills-based THQ said Monday afternoon that Edward Zinser, the firm's CFO, has resigned. According to THQ, the resignation was a result of a mutual agreement by Zinser and the company; no further details for the resignation were given... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Ensynch Names CFO Los Angeles-based Ensynch, a provider of IT infrastructure and managed hosting, said Monday that it has added Rick Winterich as CFO. Winterich has served as CFO of Horizon Services, Mobility Elecronics, and the Harbour Group, and has also b... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 Imagine Communications Hires New VPs San Diego-based Imagine Commmunications, a firm developing digital video processing technology, said today that it has appointed several new executives in preparation for its commercial launch later this year. The firm said it has added Zee... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 QAD Adds Cunningham To Board Santa Barbara-based QAD said Tuesday afternoon that it has added Terry Cunningham, former CEO of Infogenesis, to its board. Cunningham was also founder of Crystal Services, the firm behind the popular Crystal Reports software. Cunningham is... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 QLogic Loses CFO Aliso Viejo-based storage networking equipment manufacturer QLogic said Monday afternoon that Tony Massetti, the firm's Senior Vice President and CFO, has resigned. QLogic said that Massetti will resign upon completion of the firm's fiscal ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Ixia's Asscher Retires, Ginsberg Named Chair Calabasas-based Ixia, a provider of network testing systems, said Monday afternoon that its Chairman, Jean-Claude Asscher, has decided to retire. Ixia said that Errol Ginsberg, founder and CEO of Ixia, will become Chairman of the board of t... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Play N Trade Names CEO Newport Beach-based Play N Trade Franchise, which operates a retail franchise for video games, said this morning that it has named Roger Lloyd as CEO of the firm. Lloyd replaces Yuvi Shmul, who remains on the firm's board of directors. Lloy... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Nirvanix Hires Three Execs San Diego-based online storage startup Nirvanix said Monday that it has hired three new executives. The firm, which provides an outsourced, API-accessible storage service that competes against Amazon's S3, added Major Horton as CFO, Jonatha... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 AMO Names Meier President Santa Ana-based Advanced Medical Optics, a manufacturer of medical devices for the opthalmology market, said this morning that it has named Richard Meier as the firm's President. Meier will also remain COO of the firm. According to AMO, Jam... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 Vitesse Names Technology VP Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor said this morning that it has named Martin Nuss new VP of Technology and Strategy. According to Vitesse, Nuss was msot recently Chief Technology Officer of Cieno's Optical Ethernet group, and has also s... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 Continuous Computing Adds Sales VP San Diego-based Continuous Computing said this week that it has added Brian Brown as Senior Vice President of Sales and Field Operations. Brown joins the firm from Terawave Communications, and has also served at Alcatel, Optical Solutions, ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 Conexant Names VP Newport Beach-based Conexant Systems said this morning that it has named Craig J. Garen as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the firm's Broadband Access unit. Conexant said that Garen replaces Akram Atallah, who has left the firm... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 Endeavors Names Cole VP Sales Irvine-based Endeavors Technologies, a company which provides software for distributing software applications, said earlier this week that it has named Andy Cole as the firm's Vice President of Sales Americas. Endeavors said that Cole joins... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 9, 2007 Kotura Names Operations Exec Monterey Park-based Kotura, a provider of silicon photonic components, said yesterday that it has named Wayne White as its Vice President of Operations. White joins the company from Forza Silicon, where he was VP of Operations. White has al... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, November 8, 2007 Gorilla Nation Hires VP Los Angeles-based Gorilla Nation, a provider of online ad representation for web sites, said Wednesday that it has hired Ari Lee Bayme as VP of Corporate Development. Bayme was most recently a investment banker with Milbank Roy & Co. Gorill... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, November 8, 2007 DivX Names Hell As CEO San Diego-based DivX said Monday afternoon that it has appointed Kevin Hell as the firm's new CEO and a member of its board of directors. Hell has been serving as action CEO at the company since July. Hell has been at DivX since 2002, and h... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Integrien Hires VP Irvine-based Integrien said today that it has hired Dale Quayle as Executive Vice President, Sales and Field Operations at the firm. According to Integrien, Quayle was most recently senior vice president at Jonathan Engineered Solutions, an... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 myShape Adds CIO Pasadena-based online fashion retailer myShape said today that it has named Mercedes De Luca as its Global Customer Experience Officer and CIO. myShape said that De Luca joins from Yahoo, where she was VP of Global Information Technology. D... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 5, 2007 Move.com Expands Team, Hires MacWrite Creator Westlake Village-based Move.com said Thursday afternoon that it has expanded its team with two new key hires, including one of the original employees of Apple Computer who created MacWrite. Move.com said it has appointed Justin Miller Senio... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 2, 2007 iRise Appoints Execs El Segundo-based iRise said this week that it has appointed two new executives. The firm said that it has appointed Steven Yamanaka as CTO of the firm, and Lionel Etrillard as VP of Finance. Yamanaka joins the firm from Aceva Technologies; ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 2, 2007 RF Nano Adds Marketing VP Newport Beach-based RF Nano, a firm developing carbon nanotube products for the CMOS semiconductor industry, has hired on a new Vice President of Marketing. Peter Kempf has been appointed to the position, and joins the company from CardioCu... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 19, 2007 Nexiant Names CEO Irvine-based Nexiant, a provider of inventory management products, said Thursday that it has appointed Michael J. Hammons as the firm's President and CEO. Hammons takes over from Anton Visser, who will become Chief Marketing Officer of the ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 NxTV Adds CTO, VP Los Angeles-based NxTV, a provider of in-room, IP-based hospitality and video-on-demand systems provider, said Wednesday that it has appointed Hooman Honary as Chief Technical Officer, and Eric Litwin as Senior Vice President of Application... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 Vitesse Loses Board Member Embattled, Camarillo-based chip firm Vitesse Semiconductor said late Wednesday afternoon that Alex Daly has resigned from the firm's board of directors. The company, which has been under pressure from investors to remove Daly, said that it ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Astute Networks Taps Sun For CEO San Diego-based Astute Networks, a developer of high performance network storage systems, said Tuesday that it has named Clark Masters as President and CEO of the firm. Masters joins the firm from Sun Microsystems Federal, where he was Chai... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Reunion.com Names Marketing Exec Los Angeles-based Reunion.com, an online web site for connecting users with old friends and acquaintances, said today that it has named Cornell McGee as the firm's Chief Marketing Officer. McGee joins the firm from True.com, where he was al... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Solarflare Hires Barnat As VP Operations Irvine-based Solarflare Communciations which is developing 10 Gigabit Ethernet semiconductors, said today that it has added Dean Barnat as Vice President of Operations. Barnat was most recently a consultant for the firm, and has served as V... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Buzznet Hires AOL Music Exec Hollywood-based Buzznet, an online social networking site focused on music, said Monday that it has hired Scott Boyd, formerly the managing director of AOL Music, as the firm's General Manager of Music. Buzznet said that Boyd will be respo... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 15, 2007 myShape Hires Merchandising Head Pasadena-based myShape, an online fashion retailer funded by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and the Pasadena Angels, said Thursday that it has appointed Sandy Potter as Chief Merchandising Officer of the firm. The company, which operates an online... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 11, 2007 News Corp Appoints Legal Head For Mobile Division News Corp's Beverly Hills-based mobile entertainment unit, Jamba, said this morning that it it has appointed Jamie Samson as Executive Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for the firm. Jamba said that Samson joins from Fox Licensin... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 8, 2007 Transpera Hires Execs Santa Monica-based Transpera, a venture backed firm developing mobile video publishing tools, said earlier this week that it has hired Rob DeMillo as Chief Technology Officer, and Jody Stark as Vice President of Business Development. DeMill... READ MORE... posted on Friday, October 5, 2007 Luxury Link Taps eBay For CEO Los Angeles-based Luxury LInk, an online luxury travel website, said Wednesday that it has hired a new CEO, Drew Marich. Marich joins the firm from eBay, where he was general manager of Rent.com. Marich has also served at MVP.com, McKinsey ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 4, 2007 CallWave Hires Sales VP, Opens Silicon Valley Offices Santa Barbara-based CallWave said yesterday that it has hired Chris Arisian as Vice President of Sales and Business Development. the firm, which provides Internet-based communications services, said that Arisian joins the company from Exodu... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 4, 2007 SEMDirector Appoints Sales VP San Diego-based SEMDirector, which develops search engine optimization and search marketing products, said today that it has named Brett Powell as Senior Vice President of Sales at the firm. SEMDirector also promoted Matt McGee to Regional ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 International Rectifier's Lidow Resigns El Segundo-based International Rectifier reported late yesterday that it has lost its CEO, Alex Lidow. The firm said that Lidow has resigned as both its CEO and a director of the firm; no reason for the resignation was given. However, Lidow... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 ThisNext Hires President Los Angeles-based ThisNext, which provides online content around social shopping, said Monday evening that it has hired Scott Morrow as President and a board member at the firm. Morrow was most recently an executive at IAC/CitySearch, and a... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 Qualcomm Hires General Counsel From Apple San Diego-based Qualcomm said Friday that it has hired Donald J. Rosenberg as the firm's Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary. Rosenberg joined the firm from Apple, where he held the same position. Rosenberg ha... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 1, 2007 Buzznet Expands Sales Team Hollywood-based Buzznet, an online social media and music-focused social networking site, said earlier this week that it has expanded its advertising sales team. The firm said it has hired Jennifer Balch, Dina Bloch, and Andrea Greifenberge... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 28, 2007 Cornerstone OnDemand Hires European GM Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand has hired a new General Manager for the firm's Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations, the firm said earlier this week. The firm, which just raised $32M in a venture funding last week, said... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 28, 2007 LeisureLink Appoints Finance VP Pasadena-based LeisureLink said today that it has hired John Hoang as the firm's Vice President of Finance. Hoang joins the firm from online travel firm DC New Media, where he was president and founder. Hoang has also served at Overture Ser... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Siderean Software Appoints Exec El Segundo-based Siderean Software said this morning that it has named Reza M. Kazemipour as its Chief Revenue Officer. Kazemipour joins the firm from Fast Search & Transfer, where he was regional Vice President of Sales. Kazemipour has al... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Sabeus Names Sales VP Calabasas-based Sabeus, a manufacturer of fiber optic sensors for the oil and gas, defense, and telecommunications industry, said Monday that it has hired Jack Angel as its Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Angel joins the firm from oi... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 FastCall411 Expands Advisory Board Los Angeles-based FastCall411, a provider of local search products, said earlier this week that it has added a number of members to its advisory board. The firm also said that it will be presenting its products at DEMOfall 07, the closely w... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 21, 2007 Activision Names HR Head Santa Monica-based Activision said earlier this week that it has named Ann Weiser as Chief Human Resources Officer. Weiser joins the company from U.S. Foodservice, where she was chief human resource officer. Weiser has also served at U.S. O... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 21, 2007 Passenger Names COO Los Angeles-based Passenger, a firm developing software-as-a-service for creating private social networks and online communities, said today that it has named Steve Howe as Chief Operating Officer of the firm. Howe joins the firm from Earth... READ MORE... posted on Monday, September 17, 2007 United Online Hires CFO From ValueClick Woodland Hills-based United Online, the Internet Service Provider that operates the NetZero and Juno Internet access services, said Thursday afternoon that it has appointed Scott H. Ray as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial office... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 Acacia Technologies Appoints VP Newport Beach-based Acacia Technologies said earlier this week that it has named a new Vice President of Engineering. Acacia, which licenses technology and patents to other companies, said that Marcel Mahdavi has been named to the position.... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 Leap Wireless Shuffles Board San Diego-based Leap Wireless, a provider of wireless communications services, said Wednesday that James D. Dondero, of investment firm Highland Capital Management, has resigned. Dondero said that the move is something he had been consideri... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 CytRx Names New CFO Los Angeles-based CytRx, a biopharmaceuticals firm which is developing small molecule drugs for the treatment of ALS, said earlier this week that it has appointed Mitchell K. Fogelman as the firm's CFO. Fogelman replaces Matthew Natalizio, ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 LogicalApps Hires Trio Of VPs Irvine-based LogicalApps said Wednesday that it has hired three new vice presidents at the firm. The company, which develops governance and compliance software for enterprise applications, said that it has appointed Michele Shannon as Vice ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Oversee.net Adds CFO Los Angeles-based Oversee.net, a provider of online marketing and lead generation, said today that it has named Stacey M. Peterson as CFO of the firm. Peterson joins Oversee from Internet Brands, where she was also CFO. Peterson has also se... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Aristos Logic Appoints Chairman Foothill Ranch-based Aristos Logic, a provider of RAID storage products, said Monday that it has appointed Young K. Sohn as its chairman. Sohn is currently CEO of Inphi Corp, and was past President of Semiconductor Products at Agilent Techn... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Gorilla Nation Names Sales VP Los Angeles-based Gorilla Nation, an online advertising representation firm, said today that it has named Matt Stodder as VP of Sales Strategy & Operations. Stodder was most recently Director of Ad Solutions for Yahoo! Entertainment, and ha... READ MORE... posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 Conexant Appoints CFO Newport Beach-based Conexant said yesterday that Karen Roscher will be joining the firm as the company's new Senior Vice President and CFO. Roscher replaces current CFO J. Scott Blouin, who is leaving the firm. Roscher joins Conexant from M... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 6, 2007 CallWave Names Cavins President, CEO Santa Barbara-based CallWave said Wednesday that it has named Jeffrey Cavins as President and CEO of the firm. Cavins was most recently President and CEO of Loudeye, and has also served at Exodus Communications and CSI Digital. Mark Stubbs,... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 6, 2007 3Tera Loses Founder, Shuffles Execs Aliso Viejo-based 3Tera, a developer of grid computing and utility computing applications, said Wednesday that founder Vladimir Miloushev, has died of a brain aneurysm. As a result, the firm has shuffled its executive staff, saying that Bar... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, September 6, 2007 Ixia Names President, COO Calabasas-based Ixia, a provider of network testing software and hardware, said today that it has named Atul Bhatnagar as President and COO, a new position at the firm. Bhatnagar will report to CEO Errol Ginsberg, and also joins the firm's ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 MusicIP Names New CEO Monrovia-based music recommendation software firm MusicIP said this morning that it has named Andrew Stess as CEO fo the firm. Stess replaces Matthew Dunn. Stess also joins the firm's board of directors. Stess most recently served at All Me... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 ProfitLine Appoints COO San Diego-based ProfitLine has named a new COO, saying earlier this week that Keith Boyle has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer at the company. Boyle has been at ProfitLine since 2006, and was most recently Senior Vice President of ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 Luxtera Taps Broadcom Exec For CEO Carlsbad-based Luxtera said this week that it has appointed Greg Young as the firm's new President and CEO. Young was most recently Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Ethernet Controller and High Definition Media PC Video busi... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 Invensys Names Chief Software Officer Invensys plc, a British provider of automation and process control services, announced today that it has named Sudipta Bhattacharya as Chief Software Solutions Officer. Bhattacharya will serve at the company's Lake Forest-based Wonderware b... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 THQ Loses VP, Names New Execs Agoura Hills-based interactive game publisher THQ said Monday afternoon that it has named two new executives. The firm said that Scott Guthrie has been promoted to Executive Vice President in charges of sales, distribution, and marketing to... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 27, 2007 AMO Hires New VP Santa Ana-based Advanced Medical Optics said this morning that it has appointed Richard J. DeRisio as VP of Global Regulatory Affairs. DeRisio will head up the firm's development and execution of worldwide regulatory strategies, the firm sa... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 27, 2007 FastSoft Hires Sales, Finance Execs Monrovia-based FastSoft, a Caltech spinoff which is developing appliances for accelerating Internet data transfer, said today that it has hired two new executives at the firm. Mike Beard has joined the company as Director of Sales, and Pame... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 27, 2007 Wonderware Names Bullotta CTO Lake Forest-based Wonderware said earlier this week that it has named Rick Bullotta as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the firm. Wonderware said that Bullota was most recently at SAP working on resaerch activities in "future ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 mobileStorm Hires Sales and Marketing VP Los Angeles-based mobileStorm, a provider of email marketing and other services, said Tuesday that it has named a new Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The firm has tapped Ric Hattabaugh to the position. Hattabaugh was most r... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Revver Names Hernandez VP Ad Sales Los Angeles-based Revver, the online video sharing web site, said Monday that it has hired Marc Hernandez as Vice President of Advertising Sales. Hernandez joins the firm from Tribal Fusion, and has also served at Eyeblaster, ShowBIZ Data, ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Pricegrabber's Pourzanjani Joins Oversee.net's Board Los Angeles-based Oversee.net said today that it has added Kamran Pourzanjani, former CEO and founder of PriceGrabber.com, to its board of directors. Oversee.net runs an online marketing business, including a domain monetization and online ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Inphi Adds Srinivasan To Board Westlake Village-based Inphi said today that it has named Sam Srinivasan to its board of directors. Inphi develops high speed semiconductors used for the data communications and other industries. Srinivasan currently is a director at Sirf T... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8e6 Appoints Sales VP Orange, California-based 8e6, which develops web filtering software, said today that Luis Curet has been appointed as VP of Sales. Curet joins the firm from Clearpath Networks, where he was a Senior Vice President. Curet has also served at ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 Overland Storage Names CEO San Diego-based Overland Storage said yesterday that it has named a new CEO at the tape storage provider, Vern LoForti. LoForti has been Overland's CFO for the past 12 years, and now holds the title of President and CEO. LoForti also serves... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 Semicoa Names CEO Costa Mesa-based Semicoa, a manufacturer of transistors for the high reliability and space market, said this week that it has named Perry Denning as CEO. Denning has served at inSilica, IC Media, VLSI Technology, and other firms. Semicoa sa... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 3, 2007 Vigilistics Promotes Exec Mission Viejo-based Vigilistics, an angel-backed provider of software for the food and dairy industry, said Thursday that it has promoted Ron Huffman to Director of Operations. Huffman has also served at Bimbo Bakeries. Vigilistics has rece... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 3, 2007 Novatel Names Weinert President San Diego-based Novatel Wireless, a provider of WCDMA, CDMA, GSM, and other wireless data networking cards and products, said today that it has promoted Brad Weinert to President, and ended its search for a CEO. Weinert was most recently CO... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 2, 2007 Soliant Hires Sales VP Pasadena-based Soliant Energy, which is developing solar concentrators for the commercial market, said Tuesday that it has hired Marc Cortez as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Cortez joins the firm from Sharp Solar Energy Solutions G... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Buzznet Adds Execs Hollywood-based Buzznet, the music-focused social networking web site, said this morning that it has added two new executives. Buzznet has added John Glascott as Executive Vice President of Sales, and Elizabeth Osder as Senior Vice Presiden... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 ThisNext Expands Board Los Angeles-based ThisNext, the venture funded shopping discovery and recommendations site, said Monday morning that it has appointed Rob Goldman to the firm's board of directors. Goldman was most recently at Shopping.com, where he served a... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 j2 Global Adds Directors Los Angeles-based J2 Global Communications announced today that it has added two new board members. j2 said that it has appointed William Brian Kretzmer and Stephen Ross to its board of directors. Kretzmer is an investor, and was most recen... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 Ingram Micro President Plans Transition Santa Ana-based technology distributor Ingram Micro said Thursday afternoon that Kevin M. Murai, the firm's President and Chief Operating Officer, is planning to resign from the company at the end of the year. Ingram Micro said that Murai p... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 27, 2007 Entropic Communications Names HR VP San Diego-based Entropic Communications said earlier this week that it has appointed a new Vice President of Human Resources. Entropic said that it has hired Suzanne Zoumaras to the position from Biosite Incorporated, where she was Vice Pre... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 27, 2007 Buzznet Taps Goldman For CEO Hollywood-based Buzznet, an online networking web site funded by Anthem Ventures and Redpoint Ventures, is announcing today that it has hired a new chief executive officer. The firm has hired Tyler Goldman, who was most recently acting pres... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 Inphi Taps Agilent For CEO Westlake Village-based Inphi said today that it has appointed a Young K. Sohn as CEO of the company, which provides high speed integrated circtuis. Sohn joins the firm from Agilent Technologies, where he was president of the firm's Semicond... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Autobytel Snags VP From Revver Irvine-based Autobytel, an online marketer of automobiles, said this week that it has hired David Armitage as the firm's Vice President of Advertising. Armitage joins the firm from Revver.com, where he was SVP of Advertising Sales. Armitage... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 Interneer Appoints VPs Los Angeles-based Interneer said Monday that it has appointed two new vice presidents. The firm has added Jack Karabees as Vice President of Sales, and Patricia Spencer as Vice President of Marketing. Karabees joins the firm from Hudson Cap... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 MRV Loses CFO Chatsworth-based MRV Communications said Thursday afternoon that it has appointed Guy Avidan, currently VP and General Manager of MRV International, as acting Chief Financial Officer, after the firm's current CFO resigned. MRV said that Kev... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 Cymer Names Asian Head San Diego-based Cymer, a manufacturer of eximer laser light sources used by the semiconductor manufacturing industry, said Thursday afternoon that it has appointed Motohiko Tahara as president of Cymer Asia Pacific. Cymer joins the firm fro... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 GloNav Expands Management Team Newport Beach-based GloNav has expanded its executive team, saying yesterday that it has hired Paul Hansen, Ph.D. as the firm's new Vice President of Customer Design and Support. Hansen joins from CSR plc, and also was at Cambridge Position... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 Acacia Taps Microsoft For VP Newport Beach-based Acacia Research, a firm that licenses and acquires patents, said today that it has hired Jonathan Taub as Vice President. Taub joins Acacia from Microsoft, where he was the firm's Director of Strategic Alliances for the ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 International Rectifier Loses CFO, VP El Segundo-based International Rectifier has lost two executives saying today that the company's board of directors has fired Michael P. McGee, the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The company also said that R... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 2, 2007 Vitesse Shuffles Board Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor, a developer of high speed semiconductors for the communications, storage, and other industries, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has elected Willow B. Shire as a new board member. Shire is a consult... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Conexant Names New President and CEO Newport Beach-based Conexant Systems said today that it has appointed Daniel Artusi as the firm's president and CEO, replacing former CEO Dwight Decker. Conexant said that the appointment of Artusi comes as a result of the retirement of Dec... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 Endeavors Names Bondar CEO Irvine-based Endeavors Technologies, a developer of software for the thin client computing market, said earlier this week that it has named Peter Bondar as CEO of the firm. Bondar has been at Endeavors since September of 2006 as a business ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 Sonos Names Former Sony Exec As President, COO Santa Barbara-based Sonos, a developer of wireless music systems, said today that it has appointed Phil Abram as President and Chief Operating Officer. Abram was most recently at Sony Electronics, where he was Vice President and Senior Gene... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 Shopzilla Names Marketing Exec Los Angeles-based Shopzilla, an online comparison shopping search site, announced earlier this week that it has named Rysa Pitner as Chief Marketing Officer. Pitner joins the firm from Synapse Group, a whollyowned subsidiary of Time, Inc., ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 15, 2007 Reunion.com Names Strategy VP Los Angeles-based Reunion.com, an online service that helps people find former acquaintances and friends, said this week that it has named Dipik Rai as the firm's new Vice President of Business Analysis and Strategy. Rai joins Reunion.com f... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 15, 2007 ValueClick Appoints New Board Members Westlake Village-based ValueClick has announced two new board members, saying today that it has named James A. Crouthamel and James R. Peters to the board. Crouthamel is the founder and former President and CEO of Performics; Peters joins f... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 Hancock Resigns From Jazz Technologies Ellen M. Hancock, one of the former Apple Computer executives now operating Newport Beach-based semiconductor firm Jazz Technologies, has resigned from the firm, the company reported today. According to the company, Hancock has decided to r... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 DivX Names Halvorson As CFO San Diego-based DivX announced Monday morning that it has hired Dan L. Halvorson as the firm's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Halvorson was most recently CFO of Novatel Wireless. Halvorson has been at Novatel Wireless si... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 ViewSonic Names CFO Walnut, California-based ViewSonic, a manufacturer and marketer of monitors, LCD displays, and other display products, said Thursday afternoon that it has named a new Chief Financial Officer. Ted Sanders has joined the firm, replacing James... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 8, 2007 Revver Shuffes Execs Los Angeles-based Revver, the online video sharing web site, announced Thursday evening that it has appointed Kevin Wells as CEO, and that current CEO Steven Starr will become chairman of its board of directors. Wells has been Chief Operati... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 8, 2007 LegalZoom Names Suh CEO Los Angeles-based LegalZoom.com has named John Suh as CEO of the firm, the company said Tuesday. Suh, who has served at Chairman of the firm since 2005, is switching places with Brian Liu, the firm's current CEO; Liu is being appointed to C... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 j2 Global Names CFO Los Angeles-based j2 Global, which operates the eFax online fax service, said Monday that it has named Kathy Griggs CFO of the firm. As a result, the firm said that former CFO Scott Turicchi, who also serves as co-president of the company, ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 DivX Expands Exec Team San Diego-based DivX has expanded its executive team, saying this week that Pamela Thompson Johnston has joined the company as Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing. Johnston was most recently at Yahoo!, where she was Regional Vice ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 1, 2007 Vadnais Replaces Zarley At ValueClick Westlake Village-based ValueClick said Thursday morning that its board of directors has elected Tom A. Vadnais as the company's CEO, replacing James Zarley, the firm's chief executive since 1999. Zarley will become executive chairman of th... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 WiSpry Names New CEO Irvine-based WiSpry, which is developing semiconductors for the wireless industry, said today that it has named Russell Garcia as President and CEO. Garcia replaces Jeffrey Hilbert, who will remain on the firm's board and will also serve as... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 MESoft Appoints VP Burbank-based MESoft has appointed a new VP of Services, saying this week that it has named Steve Pitts to the new position. Pitts will oversee the firm's service offerings, deployments, and support. Venture-backed MESoft is a developer of ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 11, 2007 Linksys Grows Team Irvine-based Linksys, which is a division of Cisco, said Thursday that it has hired four new executives. The maker of wireless and networking hardware for the consumer and small business market said it named Geraint Anderson as VP and Gener... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 11, 2007 Entropic Names Bridges VP, General Counsel Entropic Communications Inc. has hired Lance Bridges as its vice president of corporate development and general counsel, the digital entertainment home networking firm announced earlier this week. Bridges comes to Entropic from the law firm... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 11, 2007 Hilliard Joins Demand Media Charles S. Hilliard, former President and CFO of United Online, has joined Demand Media as its President and CFO. Demand Media said Wednesday that Hilliard will join the firm effective June 1st. Hilliard has been CFO of United Online since ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 10, 2007 DATAllegro Appoints CFO Aliso Viejo-based DATAllegro said earlier this week that it has appointed Steve DeSantis as CFO. DATAllegro develops data warehousing appliances used for the business intelligence market. DeSantis has previously served as CFO of TCI Solutio... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 10, 2007 Kintera Appoints CTO San Diego-based Kintera said earlier this week that it has appointed a new Chief Technology Officer, Scott Crowder. Crowder joins the firm from Entriq, where he was Chief Operating Officer. Crowder has also served at Inktomi and Akamai. The... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 4, 2007 Integrien Adds To Board Irvine-based Integrien has tapped former Mercury Interactive CFO and IBM Tivoli Systems president David J. Murphy to its board of directors, the firm said Thursday. Murphy has also previously served at Asera, Perot Systems, and McKinsey & C... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 4, 2007 Integrien Adds To Board Irvine-based Integrien has tapped former Mercury Interactive CFO and IBM Tivoli Systems president David J. Murphy to its board of directors, the firm said Thursday. Murphy has also previously served at Asera, Perot Systems, and McKinsey & C... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 4, 2007 Networks In Motion Names VP Aliso Viejo-based Networks In Motion said today that it has named David Shimoni as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Shinomi was most recently president of Mobixell Networks, and has also served at a VP at Comverse. Networks In Moti... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 Integrien Appoints Marketing Exec Irvine-based Integrien, a firm developing software for predicting system outages and for systems management, said Thursday that it has appointed Roy Agostino as Chief Marketing Officer. Agostino joins the firm from Elemental Security, and h... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 YouMail Names CTO YouMail, a Tech Coast Angels funded startup focused on customized voice mail services, has appointed a CTO for the firm. YouMail has hired Mike Rudolph as Chief Technology Officer of the company, according to executive search firm BridgeGat... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 DivX Loses CFO San Diego-based DivX said Tuesday that its Chief Financial Officer is leaving the company. John Tanner, who has been at DivX since late 2004, said he was leaving the firm purely for personal reasons. DivX said that Tanner will remain with t... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Networkcar Appoints President San Diego-based Networkcar, which develops wireless vehicle management systems, said earlier this week that it has appointed Keith Schneider as President of the firm. Schneider was most recently at Sprint Nextel Communications, where he was... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 13, 2007 HireRight Names Pickell Product VP Employment screening specialist HireRight has chosen Robert Pickell as its vice president of product management, the company reported earlier this week. Pickell comes to HireRight from data storage manufacturer Quantum Corp., where he serve... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 13, 2007 Sony Online Appoints VP San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment, which operates the popular online multiplayer game EverQuest and other titles, said Wednesday that it has named David D. Christensen as Vice President of Business Development and International Oper... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, April 12, 2007 YouMail Names CEO Irvine-based YouMail, a startup developing personalized voice mailbox services, has appointed a new CEO, the company said today. YouMail said that Alex Quilici has joined the firm as CEO, and has also joined the board. Quilici was most rece... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Sendio Hires Sales and Marketing VPs Irvine-based Sendio said today that it has added Tim Lee-Thorp as Vice President of Marketing, and Kevin Bowyer as Senior Vice President of Sales. Sendio develops enterprise email security products. Bowyer was most recently at Cogen Global ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 Sequoia Communications Names VP Finance, Operations San Diego-based Sequoia Communications is announcing today that it has appointed Dee Morgan as VP of Finance and Operations. Morgan was most recently at Texas Instruments, where Morgan was director of finance and operations for the firm's D... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 Conexant's Decker To Retire Newport Beach-based Conexant Systems announced today that Dwight W. Decker, the firm's CEO, plans to retire. Conexant said that Decker will retire in the fall of this year, and that the board of directors has established a search committee ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 TherMark Adds Sales Head Los Angeles-based TherMark Holdings announced this week that it has named Howard Rupprecht as Director of Sales and Marketing. The firm, which is angel funded by the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels, develops laser marking technology a... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 Yahoo Names VP Yahoo! said this morning that it has appointed Reggie Davis as Vice President of Marketplace Quality, within Yahoo!'s Burbank-based Advertiser & Publisher Group. Davis will be responsible for deliver higher quality advertising for Yahoo!'s ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 DivX Expands Management Team San Diego-based DivX said today that it has added two new executives to the firm's management team. DivX has appointed Patrice Lagrange as Vice President and Group Business Manager, Media Languages; and Mark Viken, as Vice President of Mark... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 ContentNext Adds Posell As COO Santa Monica-based ContentNext, publisher of the PaidContent, MocoNews, and ContentSutra online publications, announced Tuesday that it has added Jordan Posell as COO of the firm. According to Rafat Ali, the founder of ContentNext, Posell w... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Accruent Names Marketing VP Santa Monica-based Accruent has named a new Vice President of Marketing. The firm said today that Peter West has joined the firm in the position. West has served as an executive at such companies as ASK, Avalon Software, Platinum Software, ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 Coradiant Taps Hedayati For Executive San Diego-based Coradiant has added Ali Hedayati as vice president of business development, the company reported Thursday. Hedayati has served as entrepreneur-in-residence for Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, CEO of Kalon Semiconductor,... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 SpaceX Names VP El Segundo-based SpaceX, the startup which is developing orbital launch vehicles, has named a new VP, saying Thursday that it has appointed Dr. Jeff Ward as Vice President of Avionics, Guidance, and Control. Dr. Ward has prior experience ma... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 ProfitLine Appoints VP San Diego-based ProfitLine announced this morning that it has hired Randy DeLorenzo as Vice President of Mobility Strategy. DeLorenzo joins the firm from TRAQ, and has also served at Telware Communications and Verizon Wireless. ProfitLine i... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 12, 2007 Inphi Appoints VP Engineering Westlake Village-based Inphi, a developer of high performance integrated circuits, said Tuesday that it has appointed a new Vice President of Engineering. Inphi has appointed Norman K. Yeung to the position. Yeung joins Inphi from Sun Micro... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Kintera Names CEO San Diego-based Kintera announced today that Richard LaBarbera has been named CEO of the firm. LaBarbera also joins the firm's board of directors. Current CEO Harry E. Gruber has resigned, but will continue to serve on the board. Kintera is... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 5, 2007 Novatel Wireless Expands Board San Diego-based Novatel Wireless has added a new member to its board of directors, saying today that Greg Lorenzetti has joined the group. Lorenzetti is president of private equity firm Titan Partners LLC. Novatel Wireless is a provider of ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 5, 2007 Newport Media Adds Dwight Decker to Board of Directors Conexant Systems CEO Dwight Decker has joined the board of Lake Forest-based Newport Media, according to Newport Media. Decker is the fifth member of the privately held firm's board. Newport Media is a venture backed firm developing single ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 5, 2007 Gateway Appoints Board Member Irvine-based Gateway appointed a new board member this week, saying that Dave Russell of Avalon Energy will join the company's board of directors. Russell is executive vice president of Avalon Capital Group, which is owned by Ted Waitt, co-... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 2, 2007 Acacia Technologies Adds VP Newport Beach-based Acacia Research announced this week that David White has joined the firm's technology licensing group, as VP of Business Development. White was most recently VP of Discovision Associates, a patent licensing firm owned by... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 2, 2007 ProfitLine Promotes VP San Diego-based ProfitLine has promoted a VP, saying this week that it has promoted Doug Castro to Senior Vice President of Federal Government. Castro will head the firm's government sales. ProfitLine is a provider of outsourced telecom exp... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 2, 2007 Move Names Samuelson President Westlake Village-based Move said this week that it has promoted Errol Samuelson to president of Realtor.com. Samuelson takes over the position from Allan Dalton, who is now leading a new business venture for the firm. Samuelson is also pres... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 1, 2007 FutureLogic Names CEO and CTO Glendale-based FutureLogic, a manufacturer of thermal ticket printers, said today that it has named Eric Meyerhofer as CEO and CTO. Meyerhofer previously was the firm's President and CEO. The company also said it has hired Frank Eckary as P... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 NxTV Adds Sales VP Los Angeles-based NxTV, a provider of in-room entertainment and data products for luxury hotels, said this morning that it has named Robert Mitchell Vice President of Sales. Mitchell has served most recently at LodgeNet and iBahn. NxTV prov... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 Qualcomm Appoints Legal VP San Diego-based Qualcomm announced Thursday afternoon that it has appointed a new Senior Vice President and Legal Counsel for the firm's legal team. Qualcomm has hired Carol C. Lam, former United States Attorney, to the position, where she ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 AVANIR Hires Accounting Head Aliso Viejo-based AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, which is developing and commercializing candidates for CNS, cardiovascular, inflammation, and infection disease, said this week that it has hired Martin J. Sturgeon as VP and Chief Accounting Office... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 Global Analytics Taps Fair Isaac For VP San Diego-based Global Analytics, a provider of technology for fraud detection and other areas, said Thursday it has hired Ted Crooks as Vice President of Business Development. Crooks was most recently VP of Global Fraud Solutions for Fair ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 Shopzilla Names President As Mohit, Phelps Depart Santa Monica-based Shopzilla has named William Glass, the firm's current COO, to President of the online service. Shopzilla said yesterday afternoon that current president John Phelps and co-founder and chief product officer Farhad Mohit wi... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Spark Networks Appoints Berger As CEO Beverly Hills-based Spark Networks plc said that it has appointed Adam Berger as CEO of the firm. Berger is an existing board member of the company. Current CEO and Chairman David Siminoff will resign but remain Chairman of the board. Berge... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Kintera Names President San Diego-based Kintera said Thursday that it has appointed a new president. Richard LaBarbera has been named President of the firm, having previously been COO of the company. Kintera has previously served at Sybase. Harry Gruber continues ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 9, 2007 Streamload Names Harr As CEO San Diego-based Streamload said this week that it has named Patrick Harr as CEO of the firm. Harr joins Streamload from Enterprise Venture Capital, where he was Entrepreneur-In-Residence. Harr has also served as CEO of Preventsys, and serve... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 9, 2007 Biggerboat Adds VP of Sales Beverly Hills-based BiggerBoat, which is developing search and discovery engines for the entertainment industry, said that it has hired a Vice President of Sales. Jon Guynn has joined the company in the position. Guynn was most recently at ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Vitesse Co-founder Leaves for VC Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor said today that Ira Deyhimy, VP of Business Development and a co-founder of the company, has left to pursue opportunities in venture capital and private equity. Vitesse said Deyhimy will provide busines... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 LightPointe Expands Sales Staff San Diego-based LightPointe Communications said Thursday that it has added Brian R. Petersil as Director of Customer Service and Strategic Account Sales. The free-space optics (FSO) firm said that Petersil joins the firm from Loea Corporati... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 2, 2007 Xencor Adds VP Business Development Monrovia-based Xencor, a venture backed firm developing protein and antibody therapeutics, said yesterday that it has appointed Jade R. Brown to VP of Business Development. Brown joins the firm from Cell Therapeutics, and also served at Nas... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 2, 2007 Capstone Turbine Names VP Chatsworth-based Capstone Turbine has named a new Executive Vice President of Sales, James Crouse, the firm said Thursday. Crouse joins Capstone from Navitas Consulting, and has also served at Valley Power Systems, Stewart & Stevenson, and ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, February 2, 2007 THQ Appoints VC To Board of Directors Agoura Hills-based THQ said this morning that it has added a new member to its board of directors. THQ said that it has appointed Gary Rieschel, founder of Qiming Venture Partners, to its board of directors. Qiming is a $200M fund that inve... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 Autobytel Hires CFO Irvine-based Autobytel has hired a new CFO, saying Tuesday that Monty A. Houdeshell will join the firm as EVP and Chief Financial Officer. Houseshell was most recently CFO of RemedyTemp, and has also served at Furon Company and Oak Industri... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 AltaSens Appoints Chairman Thousand Oaks-based AltaSens, which develops high performance CMOS sensors for the high definition video market, said today that it has appointed Patrick Quinn as Chairman. Quinn is the firm's President and CEO, and succeed's Jon Rode, COO ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 PropertyRoom.com Appoints CEO, COO Mission Viejo-based PropertyRoom.com, a provider of an online police auction service, announced this week that it has appointed Rob Hagen as CEO of the firm, and PJ Bellomo as COO. Hagen was most recently in M&A and Corporate Strategy at Di... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, January 18, 2007 Spire Equity Becomes GroundWork Camarillo-based Spire Equity, a firm focused on investing and accelerating early stage technology companies, said this week that it has changed its name to GroundWork Equity. The firm also said that it has added a new Los Angeles office an... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 Microsemi Forms New Mixed Signal Group, Appoints EVP Irvine-based Microsemi, a manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits, said this week that it has formed a new High Performance Analog Mixed Signal Group. The group will incorporate Microsemi's existing high performance anal... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 Linksys Names Sales VP Irvine-based Linksys said this week that it has named Rod Keller as Vice President of the firm's worldwide sales organization. Linksys, which is a division of Cisco Systems, said that Keller will lead in developing channel strategies for th... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 BakBone Names VP San Diego-based BakBone Software, a provider of backup software for the data storage market, said this week that it has named David Schneider as Vice President of the firm's Strategic Partner Group. Schneider was most recently at Coral Sea ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 Enterprise Partners Promotes Zsebo To Venture Partner San Diego-based venture firm Enterprise Partners said this morning that it has named Krisztina Zsebo, Ph.D. as a Venture Partner in the firm's Life Sciences practice. Zsebo was most recently a Principal and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 5, 2007 Power-One Names CTO Camarillo-based Power-One has appointed a new Chief Technology Officer, saying this week that Dr. Alexander Levran has joined the company from Magnetek to serve in the position. Levran will oversee design and technology management at the fi... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 5, 2007 NovaCardia Appoints CFO San Diego-based NovaCardia has appointed a new executive, saying Thursday that it has added John E. Crawford as Chief Financial Officer for the firm. Crawford was most recently CFO at Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals, and has also served at COnfor... READ MORE... posted on Friday, January 5, 2007 RF Magic Adds Marketing VP San Diego-based RF Magic, a designer of semiconductors for the broadband radio frequency market, said today that it has appointed Angelo Stephano Senior Vice President of Marketing. Stephano has previously served in senior marketing and exe... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 Fandango Appoints COO, CTO Los Angeles-based Fandango has named two new executives, saying last week that the firm has promoted Rick Butler to Chief Operating Officer of the firm, and appointing Shane O'Neill as Chief Technical Officer. Butler was most recently CIO a... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 WD Hires New VP Lake Forest-based Western Digital said today that it has hired Jim Morris to serve as Vice President and General Manager of the company's Notebook Storage business unit. Morris will manage the firm's 2.5-inch form factor hard drive business... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 EMN8 Names VP San Diego-based EMN8, a developer of self-service restaurant kiosks, said Monday that it has named a new VP. Pamela O'Neill has joined the firm as Vice President of Sales and Business Development. O'Neill was most recently at ADP, where she... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Fonality Hires Open Source Expert Los Angeles-based Fonality, a developer of open source IP telephony systems, announced this morning that it has hired an open source expert to its team. Fonality, which develops products based on the open source Asterisk software project, s... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 Fonality Adds VP Los Angeles-based Fonality has appointed a new executive, saying today that it has added Arnold Waldstein as Senior Vice President of Marketing. Waldstein has served at Creative Labs, Atari, and other firms, and accoridng to Fonality has mo... READ MORE... posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 Lantronix Names CFO Irvine-based Lantronix said today that it has named a new Chief Financial Officer. Reagan Y. Sakai has joined the company as CFO, having most recently served as CFO for HyPerformix. Sakai has also served at VIEO, Crossroads Systems, Exabyte... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Nero Online Adds GM Nero AG, a publisher of digital media software, said this week that its Glendale-based US unit has named a new General Manager for the firm's online operations. The firm, which develops DVD authoring, CD tools, and other software said that... READ MORE... posted on Friday, November 3, 2006 Solarflare Appoints Krapf As VP Irvine-based Solarflare Communications has appointed a new VP of Sales and Business Development, announcing yesterday afternoon that Russ Krapf has joined the firm in the new position. Krapf was most recently at ARIO Data Networks, where he... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, November 2, 2006 LeadPoint Adds VP Los Angeles-based LeadPoint, a venture-backed firm developing an online lead exchange marketplace, said Tuesday that it has added a new VP to the firm. LeadPoint has tapped Greg Isaacs, who formerly directed eBay's Developers Program, as Vi... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 Veoh Hires Corporate Development Exec San Diego-based Veoh Networks, which operates a user-generated video sharing web site, said yesterday that it has added a new Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Joshua Metzger has joined the firm from Overture Services, where h... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 5Square Names President Westlake Village-based 5Square, a provider of sales software for the automotive industry, said Tuesday that it has named Skip Kinford as President. Kinford joins the firm from On-Line Administrators, a provider of data management for the au... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 Oversee.net Names CFO Los Angeles-based Oversee.net has appointed a new CFO, saying that it has appointed Robert F. Chrone to the position. Chrone joins the firm from FrontBridge Technologies, where he was CFO and Executive Vice President of Operations. Chrone w... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, October 5, 2006 Snap.com Names CTO, VP Perfect Market Technologies has named two new executives, naming Michael Agostino to the position of Chief Technology Officer and Jay Meydad as Vice Preisdent of Product. Agostino was most recently a product manager at VERITAS Software and ... READ MORE... posted on Monday, October 2, 2006 Sendio Names Operations Director Newport Beach-based Sendio has named a new Director of Operations and Business Development, saying that it has appointed Karen Jaffe to the position. The firm said that Jaffe has worked with Bell Laboratories, IBM, and AT&T. Sendio is a pro... READ MORE... posted on Monday, September 18, 2006 Gateway Names New CEO Irvine-based Gateway has appointed a new CEO, saying last night that it has appointed J. Edward Coleman as chief executive officer of the firm. Coleman replaces interim CEO Rick Snyder, who will remain Chairman of the board. Snyder had been... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 8, 2006 Callwave Appoints VP Santa Barbara-based CallWave has appointed a new VP, saying Thursday that it has appointed Kelly Delany as Vice President of Corporate Communications. Delany replaces Adrian van Haaften, the firm's Chief Marketing Officer, who the company s... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 1, 2006 Wavestream Names VP San Dimas-based Wavestream, a manufacturer of power amplifiers for the communications market, has appointed a new Executive Vice President of Engineering and Technology. Wavestream said this week that Francis S. Auricchio,Jr. will take the ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, September 1, 2006 Networks In Motion Names New VP Irvine-based Networks In Motion has appointed a new VP, announcing this morning that it has appointed Shen Zhang as Vice President of New Product Development. Networks In Motion, which is developing wireless, location-based services, said t... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 SageMetrics Appoints CEO North Hollywood-based Sagemetrics, a provider of web analytics and behavioral targeting solutions, said Monday that it has appointed Claudine Grier as CEO. Grier was most recently in business development for Avanade. This is Grier's second ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Incuity Adds VP Mission Viejo-based Incuity Software has added a new Vice President, saying yesterday that it has appointed Don Allen as VP of corporate communications. Allen was formerly founding partner of investor and public relations firm The Allen Gro... READ MORE... posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 Imagine Communications Appoints CEO San Diego-based Imagine Communications has appointed a new president and CEO. The firm announced yesterday that it has appointed Jamie Howard to the positions. Howard was most recently COO of BigBand Networks, and was a founding executive a... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 PureVideo Taps Ask.com Exec El Segundo-based PureVideo Networks, operators of the advertising-supported viral video sites StupidVideos.com and GrindTV.com, said today that it has appointed Carrie Kelly, previously VP of Search Marketing for Ask.com, as VP of Sales. T... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Xirrus Appoints Two VPs Westlake Village-based Xirrus, a manufacturer of Wi-Fi networking equipment, said today that it has named two new vice presidents. Xirrus has added Alan Amrod as VP of Marketing of the firm, and Alan Hahn as VP of Sales for the company. Amr... READ MORE... posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 Enterprise Adds EIR From PayPal to Look At Bay Area Deals San Diego-based Enterprise Partners has appointed a new Entrepreneur-in-Residence, saying that it has added John Leenane, who was most recently at PayPal. Leenane is based in San Jose, and will expand the firm's presence in the Bay Area. E... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Accruent Hires VP Product Development Santa Monica-based Accruent announced Tuesday that it has hired Ning Ning Yu as VP of Product Development. She will be responsible for the company's product teams and technology partnerships. According to Accruent, Yu has served at ASK Jeev... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Leap Wireless Names CFO San Diego-based Leap Wireless has named a new CFO. Leap has appointed Amin I. Khalifa as Executive Vice President and CFO. Current acting CFO Dean Luvisa will become VP Finance for the firm. Khalifa joins Leap from Apria Healthcare Group, w... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, August 3, 2006 Qualstar Loses CFO Simi Valley-based Qualstar, a provider of tape storage systems, has lost its CFO. Qualstar said Monday that Frederic T. Boyer, its VP and CFO, has resigned to join another company. Boyer will leave the firm August 18th. According to Qualsta... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Dot Hill Appoints CFO Carlsbad-based Dot Hill Systems has hired a new CFO, saying this week that it has hired Hanif I. Jamal as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary. Jamal joins the firm from Gateway, where he was VP and Corpor... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 SOA Software Appoints CFO Los Angeles-based SOA Software, a provider of Web Services management software, has appointed a new CFO. SOA Software said this week that it has hired Janine Bushman as CFO of the firm. Bushman joins from Sendia, where she was co-founder an... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 Autobytel Names Switchboard.com Founder As Executive Irvine-based Autobytel is continuing its management shakeup, saying yesterday that it has appointed Mark Canon, founder of Switchboard.com and former AOL Search VP of Strategy and Development, to the position of Chief Product Officer. Canon... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 Experclick Promotes VP Carpinteria-based Experclick, an online ad-network, has promoted Scott Estes, its VP of Account Management, to the new position of Senior Vice President. Experclick said that Estes now leads the general operations of the firm. Estes has ser... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 Mobizzo Names VP HOllywood-based Mobizzo, the mobile content unit of Fox Mobile Entertainment, said Wednesday that it has named Natalie Farsi to Senior Vice President of Content and M-Commerce. Farsi will oversee the company's direct-to-consumer, mobile ent... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 Chuck Davis Joins Fandango Los Angeles-based Fandango, a provider of online and mobile movie ticketing services, has added Chuck Davis as Chairman and CEO of the firm. Davis was most recently president and CEO of Shopzilla, prior to its acquisition last year by E.W. ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 Continuous Computing Promotes Executives San Diego-based Continuous Computing has promoted two of its executives, saying today that it has promoted Ron Pyles to EVP Sales and Marketing, and Garrett Choi to EVP of Engineering and Operations. Pyles formerly lead Continuous Computing... READ MORE... posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 United Online Names Sales Head Woodland Hills-based United Online has hired a new EVP of Sales and Chief Sales Officer, saying today that it has hired Jeremy Helfand to the newly created position. Helfand joins the company from Advertising.com, where he was senior vice p... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 7, 2006 Vangard Voice Systems Names Chairman Rancho Santa Margarita-based Vangard Voice Systems has appointed the former co-founder and CEO of Rainbow Technologies to its board. Vangard named Walt Straub as Chairman of the company's board of directors, replcaing Frederick McKee. Strau... READ MORE... posted on Friday, July 7, 2006 Alignent Promotes VP Carlsbad-based Alignent, a provider of software for technology planning and roadmaps, has promoted one of its VPs. The firm said this week that it has appointed Max Hill as VP of Sales for North America. Hill was director of the companyh's ... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 Adexa Names Sales Head Los Angeles-based Adexa has hired a new VP of Sales. The company said that it has added Brice Elliott, who was previously a group VP at i2 Technologies, to the position. Elliott has also served at ASK, Sterling Software, USN Communications,... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 Autobytel Taps AOL For Two Executives Irvine-based Autobytel, a provider of online automotive marketing and auto-buying services, has named two executives from AOL to head up its web operations. The firm said this week that it has added Jon Rosen, fomer head of strategy and bus... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 Broadcom Loses Exec Irvine-based Broadcom has lost its CTO of Networking to Nortel. Nortel announced yesterday that John J. Roese has joined the company as its Chief Technology Officer, heading up the company's R&D strategy and research. Roese was Vice Preside... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 Zetera Hires VP of Engineering Irvine-based Zetera has hired a new Vice President of Engineering. The company has added Dr. Tomlinson Rauscher to the position. Rauscher has served at Xerox, Digi-Data, nStor, and Xyratex. Zetera developing storage protocols that run of IP... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 Peregrine Semi Adds COO San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor has hired a new President and COO. Peregrine said that it has added Craig H. Ensley to the executive team. Ensley was most recently at Cirrus Logic. Ensley has also served at Crystal Semiconductor and... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 StratEdge Promotes VP San Diego-based StratEdge, a provider of semiconductor packages for the microwave, millimeter wave, and high speed digital devices, said that it has promoted Casey Krawiec to VP of North American Sales. Krawiec has also served at Kyocera Am... READ MORE... posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 Family Web Provider Adds Advisor Irvine-based The Family Post has added a new advisor. The startup announced this week that Darin Brannan, a founding partner of Verio, has joined the company's advisory board. Brannan was a founding partner of Verio and founder and SVP Busi... READ MORE... posted on Friday, June 9, 2006 DATAllegro Adds CFO Aliso Viejo-based DATAllegro has added a new member to its executive team, saying today that it has added Richard Little as CFO. Little has served at Teradata, Quotron Systems, and has also served at KPMG. DATAllegro is developing data ware... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Callwave Adds CFO Santa Barbara-based CallWave has added a new CFO, saying yesterday that it has added Mark Stubbs to the position. Current CFO Steve Cordial has been appointed Senior Vice President for Business Strategy. Stubbs was most recently VP and CFO ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 THQ Appoints SVP Marketing Agoura Hills-based THQ has appointed a new Senior Vice President of Marketing, saying today that it has appointed Robert Aniello to the position. Aniello joins THQ from JAMDAT/Electronic Arts, and has also served at Mattel Interactive. Anie... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Buy.com Names CEO Aliso Viejo-based Buy.com said yesterday that it has named Neel Grover CEO of the firm. Grover, who has served as the firm's Chief Operating Officer since 2004, replaces Scott Blum, founder and CEO. Blum will remain as Chairman of the firm.... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Sequenom Hires R&D Head San Diego-based Sequenom, which is developing genetic analysis products, has hired a new Senior Vice President for Research and Development. The firm said it hired Betty Dragon, Ph.D. to the position. Dr. Dragon joins from Roche Molecular S... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Walt Disney Internet Names EVP North Hollywood-based Walt Disney Internet Group said yesterday that it has named a new executive vice president and managing director of Disney Online. The company said that it has named Paul Yanover to the position. Yanover was most recen... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 Entropic Promotes VP San Diego-based Entropic Communications, a developer of LAN and WAN semiconductors, has promoted Tim Pappas to VP of Operations. Pappas was most recently director of operations at the firm. Tim has also served at Mindspeed, Conexant, Rockwe... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 eHarmony Names Marketing Exec Pasadena-based eHarmony has named a new, chief marketing officer, saying this week that it has named Philip Armstrong to the position. Armstrong will be responsible for the company's branding and marketing activities. Armstrong was most rec... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 Apani Promotes Executive Brea-based Apani Networks has appointed Dean Norman as the company's Vice President of Sales for North America. Norman has been at the firm since last year, and previously served at Dell and NativeMinds, a startup that was acquired by Verit... READ MORE... posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 Experclick Adds VP Carpinteria-based Experclick has added a new, Vice President of Sales. The firm said today that John Beck has joined the company, to lead its sales staff. Experclick is developing an online, auction-based ad network. Beck joins from Intermi... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 Convisia Names President San Diego-based Convisia, a provider of wireless document management systems, announced this morning that it has appointed Steven L. Stautzenbach as President of the company. Stautzenbach joins the firm from Digital Map Products, where he o... READ MORE... posted on Monday, May 8, 2006 Luxtera Adds VPs Carlsbad-based Luxtera has appointed two new vice presidents, saying that it has added Marek Tlalka as Vice President of Marketing, and James Perrott as Vice President of Sales. Tlalka joins from Ample Communications, and Perrott comes from... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, May 4, 2006 Novocell Hires CEO Irvine-based Novocell has hired a new CEO, saying today that it has appointed Alan Lewis as President and CEO of the firm. Novocell is looking to commercialize stem cell therapies and drugs for diabetes and other chronic diseases. Lewis has... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 Autobytel Loses CFO, Taps Retained Search Firm Irvine-based Autobytel has lost its CFO, saying that it has hired Heidrick and Struggles to conduct a CFO search for the company. Autobytel said that existing CFO Mike Schmidt is expected to transition from the position upon completion of t... READ MORE... posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 RF Magic Names VP San Diego-based RF Magic, a provider of integrated RF chips for the broadband market, said that it has named a new VP of Sales. RF Magic said that it has named Gordon Schenk as VP of Worldwide Sales. Schenk has served at Infineon, Mobilian,... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 STI Adds VP Santa Barbara-based Superconductor Technologies announced yesterday that it has appointed a new vice president. STI said that Adam Shelton has joined the company as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing. Shelton joins the firm ... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Interchange Adds VP Engineering Irvine-based Interchange, which operates Local.com, has named another executive this morning, saying that it has hired Lee Siegfried as vice president of Engineering. Siegfried was most recently COO at Future Trade, and has also served at D... READ MORE... posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 Targus Adds General Manager Anaheim-based Targus, a manufacturer of notebook cases and accessories for the PC market, has appointed a new general manager. The firm said that it has appointed Jon Coleman as General Manager of the Americas. Coleman will oversee the comp... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Interchange Appoints VP Irvine-based Interchange, operator of the Local.com local search engine, has appointed a new VP. The firm named Jennifer Black as VP of Marketing. Black joins the firm from Autobytel, and has also served at Teleflora and Overstock.com. Inte... READ MORE... posted on Friday, April 7, 2006 Novatel Appoints COO San Diego-based Novatel Wireless has appointed a new COO. Novatel said today that it has appointed Brad Weinert as COO of the firm. Weinert was previously VP of Business Development at the firm. He has also served at Okbridge, iVasion/Route... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 eHarmony Shuffles CEO, Again Pasadena-based online dating site eHarmony has shuffled its CEO, again, as Jaynie Studenmund, the company's CEO since February 1st, resigned. Studenmund is being replaced by Gregory Waldorf. Studenmund will continue to serve on the company'... READ MORE... posted on Monday, April 3, 2006 HireRight Names CFO Irvine-based HireRight has named a new CFO. HireRight said that it has named Jeffrey Wahba as chief financial officer. Wahba was most recently at the Henry Group of Companies, and has also served at Vault Corp. and Max Factor. HireRight is ... READ MORE... posted on Thursday, March 30, 2006 Sequoia Communications Adds Technologist San Diego-based Sequoia Communications has added the former CTO, Founder, and VP of Engineering for Magis Networks, Jim Crawford, as Senior Fellow. Sequoia Communications said yesterday that Crawford has joined the company after acting as a... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Iomega Adds To Board, Hires CFO San Diego-based Iomega today said that it has appointed Dan Maurer to its board of directors, and hired a new CFO, Preston Romm. Maurer is currently VP of Marketing at Intuit, where he heads up the marketing for the popular Turbo Tax brand.... READ MORE... posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 Kyocera Wireless Names VP San Diego-based Kyocera Wireless has named a new, VP of Global Marketing. The firm has named Tom Maguire to the position, where he will oversee all branding, advertising, public relations, and channel marketing for the firm. Maguire was mos... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 Avamar Snags Veritas Exec Irvine-based Avamar Technologies has appointed a new vice president, hiring CLint McVey as VP of Product Operations. McVey was most recently General Manager and Vice President of the Data Management Group at VERITAS Software, and managed Ve... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 Luxtera Appoints VP Carlsbad-based Luxtera said this week that it has hired Edward P. (Ted) Holtaway as Senior Vice President of Operations. Holtaway joins the firm from Cymer, where he was EVP of Lithography Systems SOlutions. Luxtera said that Holtaway will... READ MORE... posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 Fandango Names VP Marketing Los Angeles-based Fandango has named a new VP of Marketing, promoting Ted Hong to the position. The provider of online, phone, and mobile movie ticketing services said that Hong will lead the firm's marketing, public relations, and product ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Semtech Names CEO Camarillo-based Semtech has named a new CEO, saying yesterday that it has hired Mohan Maheswaran as President and CEO. Maheswaran replaces interim CEO John D. Poe, who has been acting as CEO since September. Poe remains on the company's boa... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 WebMessenger Adds Chief Marketing Officer Los Angeles-based WebMessenger has appointed a new marketing officer, the firm said today. Joe Naylor has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Product Development. Naylor joins the firm from j2 Global Communic... READ MORE... posted on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 SpecificMEDIA Appoints VP Irvine-based SpecificMEDIA is reporting that it has added a new, Vice President of Marketing to the firm. SpecificMEDIA has appointed Christine Schoultz to the position, where she will lead the company's marketing initiatives. Schoultz was ... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 LeadPoint Hires Autobytel Exec For Marketing Position Los Angeles-based LeadPoint has hired Michael Rosenberg, former Senior Vice President of Media and Marketing Services at Autobytel, to the position of Chief Marketing officer. Rosenberg will be responsible for securing lead seller as well a... READ MORE... posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2006
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