Wednesday, January 17, 2024ZeroOutages Adds Volunteers Of America
Los Angeles-based ZeroOutages.com, a provider of SD-WAN, security, and connectivity services, says it is providing its SD-WAN services to Volunteers of America (VOA). The company did not specify if the relationship was a paid or in-kind deal. According to ZeroOutages, VOA has over 16,000 paid professionals spread over 46 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; the company is providing management and monitoring of VOA's network plus security and content filtering services....Continue →
Wednesday, January 17, 2024Broadvoice Jumps On AI Bandwagon
Los Angeles-based Broadvoice, a developer of contact center and unified communications services, says it has added new AI features to its service. According to the company, its new "Broadvoice AI" adds prompt-based self-service menus for its customers, without involving live agents.Continue →
Tuesday, January 16, 2024Report: Drizly Shut Down By Uber
Alcohol delivery app developer Drizly, which included Southern California among its first markets, is being shut down by owner Uber--only three years after it was acquired for around $1.1 billion. Drizly had allowed users to order up various kinds of alcohol for delivery, directly to their home or other locations.Continue →
Tuesday, January 16, 2024WYBIOTICS Rolls Out New Swimming Pool Cleaning Robot
Los Angeles-based WYBIOTICS says it has rolled out a new, swimming pool cleaning robot, the WYBOT M2. According to the company, the pool cleaning robot includes underwater vision recognition, and an underwater self-charging station. Pricing on the pool cleaning robot were not announced. WYBIOTICS claims its robot is 10-20 times an improvement over traditional pool cleaning robots.Continue →
Tuesday, January 16, 2024Aspen Neuroscience Sets Regulatory head
San Diego-based Aspen Neuroscience, a biotechnology company which is developing treatments for Parkinson's disease, says it has named Ana Sousa, MSJ, as the company's Chief Regulatory Officer. Sousa has been the company's Senior Vice President of Regulatory and Quality since 2021. Aspen Neuroscience says it has worked at such companies as Roche/Genentech, Onyx/Amgen, Principia Biopharma (Sanofi) as well as several startups.Continue →
Tuesday, January 16, 2024PacketFabric Appoints Chief Commercial Officer
Culver City-based PacketFabric said today that it has named Joe Oligny as its Chief Commercial Officer. Oligny has been at PacketFabric since 2017, and was most recently Senior Vice President of Customer and Commercial Operations. PacketFabric says Oligny has nearly 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, networking, and data center industries.Continue →
Friday, January 12, 2024Rivian Aims At Further Cutting Carbon Footprint
Rivian, which has a big presence in Orange County, says it is hoping to further cut its carbon footprint. The EV manufacturer is looking at increasing recycled content in its vehicles as the primary means of doing so. The details came out in the company's first environmental and social impact report.Continue →
Friday, January 12, 2024Snap Expands Parental Control Tools
Venice, California-based Snap says it is expandings its set of parental tools, to allow parents more control over how their teens use the Snapchat service. According to Snap, the new safety and privacy settings let parents set ability to share Stories, what contacts can talk to their teens, use of AI, location sharing, and more.Continue →
Thursday, January 11, 2024Amazon Cuts Hundreds Of Prime Video, MGM Studios Jobs
Amazon is is cutting hundreds of jobs in its Prime Video and MGM Studios divisions, in a move that is likely to impact many employees in Southern California. It's unclear exactly how many Amazon and MGM Studios employees will be impacted.Continue →
Wednesday, January 10, 2024Match Group Names New Tinder CEO
Match Group, the parent company of Los Angeles-based dating app Tinder, has named Faye Iosotaluno as its new Chief Executive Officer. Iosotaluno--based in Los Angeles--has been the company's Chief Operating Officer since August of 2022. The company said that Iosotaluno will continue to report to Bernard Kim, Match Group CEO. Iosotaluno has previously worked at SoundCloud, Viacom Media Networks, Warner Bros....Continue →
Wednesday, January 10, 2024Trace3 Buys Tail Wind Informatics
Irvine-based technology services provider a href="https://www.trace3.com">Trace3 said on Tuesday that it has acquired Tail Wind informatics, a Midwest data and analytics consulting company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Trace3 said the acquisition will "position itself at the forefront of the AI consulting landscape".Continue →
Wednesday, January 10, 2024ChromaCode Names Chairman
Carlsbad-based genomics technology developer ChromaCode announced this morning that it has named Mark McDonough as Chairman. McDonough is the company's current CEO, and joined the company a year ago. The company also said its former Chair, Carol Gallagher, has retired, and it has also added Michele Park, Ph.D. to its board. Park is a Partner at venture investment firm NEA; she also has served at Clarus Ventures (now Blackstone Life Sciences), Credit Suisse, and Piper Jaffray....Continue →
Tuesday, January 9, 2024OpenX Names New VP
Pasadena-based online advertising technology provider OpenX said this morning that it has named a new VP. According to the company, it has added Nick Cuniffe as Vice President of Product, CTV. Cuniffe was previously at Airfind, and also had been at SpotX (now Magnite). OpenX develops "supply-side" advertising technology. CTV refers to the industry buzzword for "connected TV"--smart televisions which are connected to the Internet.Continue →
Tuesday, January 9, 2024Angeles Equity Partners Takes Board Seat At Robotics Firm
Los Angeles-based private equity investor Angeles Equity Partners says it has taken a seat at industrial robot manufacturer RoBEX. According to the firm, Craig Ulrich has joined the board of the integrator of industrial robots. Angeles Equity Partners acquired RoBEX in March of 2022....Continue →
Monday, January 8, 2024Scratch Financial Sets Marketing Head
Pasadena-based fintech developer Scratch Financial has named Trevor Hanly as its Chief Marketing Officer, according to the company. Hanly has previously served at L.L.Bean, Covetrus, EZcater and Blue Rabbit. The company said Hanly will be responsisble for marketing strategy, including brand development, digital marketing, customer acquisition, and communication efforts. Scratch provides patient financing and payment products for healthcare providers....Continue →
Monday, January 8, 2024Okami Medical Names President and CEO
Aliso Viejo-based Okami Medical said today that it has named Rhonda Robb as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. According to the company, Robb was most recent Chief Operating Officer at Cardiovascular Systems, and also was Vice President and General Manager for Heart Valve Therapies at Medtronic, where she led the transcatheter and surgical heart valve franchises. Robb also sits on the Board of Directors for 4C Medical....Continue →
Friday, January 5, 2024Better For All Deploys Compostable Cups At USC Men's Basketball Games
Pasadena-based Better For All, a developer of compostable, reusable drink cups, says its cups are being used by the The University of Southern California Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, at the upcoming Coca-Cola Zero-Waste Men's Basketball Game against Stanford University on Saturday. According to Better For All, it has developed a reusable, renewable, and certified home compostable cup, which is made out of a biopolymer, a substance made by fermenting plant seed oils....Continue →
Thursday, January 4, 2024EarlyDiagnostics Adds Co-CEO
Los Angeles-based EarlyDiagnostics announced this morning that it has appointed a new, Co-CEO to the company. According to the developer of cancer detection technology, it has appointed Gregory Critchfield as Co-CEO, effective January 1st. The company said Critchfield will work closely with co-founder and Co-CEO Xianghong Jasmine Zhou. Critchfield was a board member, former chairman and CEO, of Sera Prognostics, which he took from very early financing to an IPO in 2021....Continue →
Thursday, January 4, 2024BlackLine Sets Chief Marketing Officer
Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine has named Emily Campbell as its new Chief Marketing Officer, according to the company. The company said that Campbell was most recently CMO at Infinite Electronics, and also had served at Arrow Electronics and Dell Technologies, where she had been for 14 years. The company said Campbell has more than 25 years of marketing leadership experience. BlackLine is a developer of accounting and finance automation software....Continue →
Thursday, January 4, 2024REC Solar Names New Executive Chairman
San Luis Obispo-based REC Solar said on Wednesday that it has appointed Paul Walker as its Executive Chairman of its board. Walker was most recently CEO of ForeFront Power, and also has been an advisor to Lightstar Renewables and CFO of RES Americas. The company said he has over 15 years of business leadership experience. REC Solar is now a developer of on-site and community solar and storage products.Continue →
