*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Wednesday, March 7, 2018* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News <https://www.socaltech.com/News> ------------------------------
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Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud Shimokaji IP (http://www.shimokaji.com) Bettering Life Through Creative Ideas ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Disney to Launch New Entertainment Technology Effort, Disney StudioLAB <#m_-7704912454865711694_0073974> - Bumble Sponsors LA Clippers Jerseys <#m_-7704912454865711694_0073975> - TigerText Becomes TigerConnect <#m_-7704912454865711694_0073977> - AeroVironment Wins $44.5M Contract <#m_-7704912454865711694_0073978> - Bridg Names Chief Data Officer <#m_-7704912454865711694_0073979> - Startup Boost Targets Los Angeles With Pre-Accelerator Program <#m_-7704912454865711694_0073973> - FreedomPop To Power New Service For Prudential <#m_-7704912454865711694_0073969> *Marketplace* - Simplify Cloud Management - Multi-Cloud Command & Control from Key Info <#m_-7704912454865711694_ad729> - Become a Socaltech Supporter! <#m_-7704912454865711694_ad724> - Square 1 Bank <#m_-7704912454865711694_ad695> - Stradling <#m_-7704912454865711694_ad608> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#m_-7704912454865711694_ad188> *Wednesday, March 7, 2018* *Recurring Revenue Conference 2018—April 12, Marina del Rey Marriott <http://www.recurringrevenueconference.com>* Presented by Sutton Capital Partners. Join 600+ entrepreneurs, SaaS and subscription innovators, leading VCs, private equity/angel investors and executives on April 12. 8am-5:30pm followed by cocktail reception. Speaker lineup includes keynote Therese Tucker, Founder & CEO, Blackline. Register and use Promo Code: SocalTECH for 20% discount. Register at: http://www.recurringrevenueconference.com Questions: n...@suttoncapitalpartners.com *Disney to Launch New Entertainment Technology Effort, Disney StudioLAB* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073974.html> Walt Disney Studios and Accenture are in an effort to harness emerging technology in the area of entertainment, with a new effort they are calling Disney StudioLAB, the two said on Tuesday. According to the companies, StudioLAB will be dedicated to "reimagining, designing and prototyping" entertainment experiences and production capabilities, using cutting-edge, innovative technologies. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073974.html>) *Bumble Sponsors LA Clippers Jerseys* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073975.html> In an interesting sponsorship move, dating app developer Bumble and the L.A. Clippers basketball team said that the two are in a partnership deal, which will feature Bumble's logo on the Clippers uniform. Bumble--a female-centric dating and social networking app, where women make the first move and control who they interact with on the platform--said the move is part of a campaign to partner with companies that "pledge to advance workplace equality". (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073975.html>) *TigerText Becomes TigerConnect* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073977.html> Santa Monica-based healthcare messaging and communications app developer TigerText has renamed itself as TigerConnect, in a big rebranding name which moves the company away from "text" and more towards the company's larger set of solutions for the healthcare industry. According to TigerText, the change to TigerConnect will be phased in throughout 2018, and will feature a newly designed brand identity, and will help it "clearly articulate the true value" of its solutions. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073977.html>) *AeroVironment Wins $44.5M Contract* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073978.html> Monrovia-based unmanned aircraft systems developer AeroVironment reports that it has received a big, $44.5M contract for its Puma II AE platform, with an un-nnamed, major country in the Middle East. According to Aerovironment, the deal is the largest-ever international contract for the company. Aerovironment's Puma AE is being used for both ground and maritime operations, according to the company. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073978.html>) *Bridg Names Chief Data Officer* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073979.html> Los Angeles-based Bridg, the venture backed developer of marketing software focused on point-of-sale data and precision marketing, has named Erik Brue as the company's new Chief Data Officer, according to the company. Bridg said Brue was most recently Vice President Straegy, Business, and Emerging Data at Experian, and has more than 10 years of experience in the area. Bridg is venture backed by March Capital Partners, Morpheus Ventures, NextEquity Partners and Visa. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073979.html>) *Startup Boost Targets Los Angeles With Pre-Accelerator Program* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073973.html> Do you have a startup idea, and a team, but no seed funding, and are even too early for an early stage startup accelerator? A new program in Los Angeles, Startup Boost / Los Angeles, says it is launching a "pre-accelerator" program which aims to help bridge the gap between a team with an "evolved" idea and seed investors and accelerator programs. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073973.html>) *FreedomPop To Power New Service For Prudential* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073969.html> Los Angeles-based mobile communications provider FreedomPop said on Tuesday morning that it has partnered with financial services giant Prudential, to help power a new service that Prudential will up-sell to its existing customers. Details on the partnership were not announced, and the companies did not detail exactly what those financial products will look like. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073969.html>) *Simplify Cloud Management - Multi-Cloud Command & Control from Key Info <https://www.keyinfo.com/public-cloud/#streamone>* Simplify Cloud Management - Multi-Cloud Command & Control from Key Information Systems A major downfall of a hybrid or multi-cloud environment is the difficulty in monitoring and maintaining numerous instances across several accounts and platforms. Add that to deployment complexity and capacity issues, and your business will struggle to reap the benefits of cloud. A multi-cloud consolidation platform from KeyInfo solves these issues and more! KeyInfo provides top notch multi-cloud services, management capabilities and tailored support. We enable customers to procure cloud services from a single source, allowing for the access and management of a full range of industry-leading IaaS cloud providers including Amazon Web Services, IBM, Microsoft and more. We work with you to meet your cloud strategy needs and enable you to leverage all of the unique capabilities of the platform. To schedule an appointment, visit https://www.keyinfo.com/public-cloud/#streamone *Become a Socaltech Supporter!* Interested in letting Southern California's high tech community know you are here for them? Want to reach Southern California's movers and shakers? Become a SPONSOR or SOCALTECH SUPPORTER! Our sponsors and supporters are featured on our website, and online service provider directory, as well as in our newsletter multiple times per week. It's a great way to both get the word out about your services, as well as support our news coverage of local companies across the tech industry! 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Russell Fischer Business Collection, Camarillo Library. What would your life feel like if you could be 98.6% stress-free, and you were able to exude complete confidence and happiness everywhere you go on a daily basis? The good news is you can stop wondering and start experiencing this for yourself immediately. Ricky Powell, an International speaker, coach, and author of the book, Happiness Rocks, will be sharing his most important hacks with you during this awesome, engaging seminar.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26004 March 7, Santa Monica -- *LA Blockchain Developers Night In Santa Monica* LA Blockchain Developers Night In Santa Monica. Calling all Software Engineers, or anyone wanting to build applications using the blockchain! Join us on Wednesday, March 7th from 7pm to 9pm in Santa Monica for dinner and technical talks from community members. Attendees will have the opportunity to do some networking and hear from 3 engineers who are currently working on projects that interface with the blockchain. This event is perfect if you are looking to be inspired or want to see, on a technical level, how people are building applications with the various blockchains. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26024 March 7, Camarillo -- *Annual Update: California's Food & Agriculture Industry* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26028 March 7, Santa Monica -- *The Montgomery Summit* The Montgomery Summit. The Montgomery Summit gathers an invited group of entrepreneurs, senior investors, and leading executives to discover the most important innovations in business and technology. The event features two days of presentations, keynotes, panels, and salons at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26015 March 7, Los Angeles -- *USC Startup Career Fair Spring 2018* USC Startup Career Fair Spring 2018. Small Companies, HUGE Opportunities. · 20+ Startups· Full-Time and Internship Positions· Opportunities for ALL majors: DESIGN, MARKETING, ENGINEERING, BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS, FILM, ETC.· Wednesday, March 7th, 10 AM – 2 PM in Viterbi E-Quad. Our mission is to connect talent on campus with the hottest startups in Los Angeles and beyond. Students will have the opportunity to engage in informative discussions with recruiters and apply for both full-time and internship positions. We’ll also be showcasing some of USC’s best student startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26014 March 8, Santa Monica -- *LA CEOs* LA CEOs presents: eSports. Our special guest speaker is Andy Babb, Head of Games at Super League Gaming, the premiere amateur esports organization in the United States. Super League has built community-based, branded esports teams in 16 cities which compete against each other in “City Champs” competition. Investors include Softbank, Cinemark, Nickelodeon, and several professional sports team owners. This sponsor supported event is restricted to qualified CEOs & CFOs only. Confirmed RSVP required. Service providers not admitted.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26011 March 8, Pasadena -- *SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo.* SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo. SCaLE 16X – the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo – will take place on March. 8-11, 2018, at the Pasadena Convention Center. SCaLE 16X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events. SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the greater Los Angeles area. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25960 March 8, Santa Monica -- *The Montgomery Summit* The Montgomery Summit. The Montgomery Summit gathers an invited group of entrepreneurs, senior investors, and leading executives to discover the most important innovations in business and technology. The event features two days of presentations, keynotes, panels, and salons at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26016 March 8, Santa Monica -- *The Montgomery Summit* The Montgomery Summit. The Montgomery Summit is an invitation-only event that gathers leading entrepreneurs, venture and growth investors, institutional investors, and industry executives from around the world. The Montgomery Summit has been held annually since 2004, and it has grown into the country’s largest private company investment conference, annually featuring presentations from the CEOs of 150 exceptional private companies, world-class keynote speakers and engaging panels and discussions. Big themes this year will center on AI/Machine Learning, IOT and how technology is transforming a range of industries.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26026 March 8, Los Angeles -- *TechFair LA 2018* TechFair LA 2018. LA's Largest Technology Job Fair will be returning to LA for an even bigger and better event for the second year in a row, co-hosted by Comparably, Annenberg Foundation and Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti. Over 250 most prominent tech companies in attendence along with 10,000+ job-seekers in Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, Design and more attending. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25987 March 9, Pasadena -- *SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo.* SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo. SCaLE 16X – the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo – will take place on March. 8-11, 2018, at the Pasadena Convention Center. SCaLE 16X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events. SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the greater Los Angeles area. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25961 March 9, Long Beach -- *CSULB VR Day - Long Beach, CA* CSULB VR Day. The California State University Long Beach Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is proud to sponsor the first campus-wide Virtual Reality (VR) Day on March 9, 2018. VR Day is an interdisciplinary collaboration amongst the colleges of the Arts, Engineering, Health and Human Services, and Liberal Arts. The full day event includes a keynote, faculty and practitioner panels, demos, short films, a VR career readiness workshop presented by the Career Development Center, and two screenings of the exciting and innovating VR film UTURN. Mirroring the diversity which is the hallmark of the university, the goal of VR Day is to highlight intellectual, gender, and racial diversity within the industry as well as prepare our majority minority students to become strong contributors to the burgeoning VR industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26018 March 10, Santa Monica -- *Mobile LAVA: Silicon Beach Ecosystem * Mobile LAVA: Silicon Beach Ecosystem. Come learn from VCs and Angel Investors about funding for your Mobile company, moderated by Peter Cowen. Our panel will discuss what their investment appetite is for 2018, what has changed recently with criteria and pitches, where they see deals coming from, and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26023 March 10, Pasadena -- *SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo.* SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo. SCaLE 16X – the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo – will take place on March. 8-11, 2018, at the Pasadena Convention Center. SCaLE 16X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events. SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the greater Los Angeles area. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25962 March 11, Pasadena -- *SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo.* SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo. SCaLE 16X – the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo – will take place on March. 8-11, 2018, at the Pasadena Convention Center. SCaLE 16X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events. SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the greater Los Angeles area. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25963 March 13, Santa Monica -- *LA Female Founder Office Hours* LA Female Founder Office Hours. This is the first in a series of Female Founder Office Hours, staffed by female partners from a collective of VC firms. For our first event, we'll be focused on helping seed-stage female founders with their pitches. We'll be offering forty 1:1 office hour slots with 10 female VC partners from Benchmark, Canaan, Cowboy, Forerunner, Freestyle, Lux, Sequoia, and Reach. There will also be a talk by two former female founders-turned-VCs on how to fundraise, based on their experiences from both sides of the table. The event is also a great opportunity for female founders to meet, mingle, and share advice with one another. Our goal is for every female founder to walk away with a bit of advice from some female investors and a few new female founder friends that they can count on. We hope to use this to kickstart a virtuous cycle and community of women helping women.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25988 March 15, Los Angeles -- *R.E.D. Talks - Fireside Chat with Joanna McFarland* Fireside Chat with Joanna McFarland. LAEDC. While attending a kids birthday party, Joanna was commiserating with other moms about the challenge of getting their children to and from after school activities safely and on time. Joanna turned this challenge into an opportunity, and before long, the ride share service, HopSkipDrive for kids was born. Join us as Joanna shares the entrepreneurial journey she and her two co-founders have been on as they’ve grown a stable and successful business.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26019 March 15, Irvine -- *TCVN Workshop: How to Build a Revenue Machine* TCVN Workshop: How to Build a Revenue Machine. Many startups and small businesses view online advertising as an expensive, risky, and confusing undertaking. However, it is actually very inexpensive to test and can be highly profitable if managed correctly. In this workshop, Alex Jewett will demystify the workings of Google Adwords and show you the simple steps to getting started with a search pay-per-click advertising campaign. You will walk away knowing how to do keyword research, set up a campaign, and track results. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26027 ------------------------------ *Recent Job Postings * More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs CFO or VP Finance <http:///showjob.php?id=5698> withheld Product Engineer I <http:///showjob.php?id=5697> Aerovironment Head of CRM Marketing <http:///showjob.php?id=5696> Thrive Market Accounts Payable Specialist <http:///showjob.php?id=5695> Snap Inc. Hardware Development Manager <http:///showjob.php?id=5694> SpaceX Cloud Management Architect <http:///showjob.php?id=5693> Withheld Engineering Mgr, Electrical Hardware. Aerospace. Valencia <http:///showjob.php?id=5691> withheld Sr. DevOps Engineer near Hollywood, CA at Awesome Startup <http:///showjob.php?id=5690> ZestFinance Director, Product Management, Video <http:///showjob.php?id=5689> OpenX Vice President, Investor Relations <http:///showjob.php?id=5688> Rubicon Project Senior Accountant, Technical Accounting <http:///showjob.php?id=5687> Snap Inc. Development Test Engineer <http:///showjob.php?id=5686> SpaceX Quality Assurance Engineer <http:///showjob.php?id=5685> Leaf Group Associate Recruiter <http:///showjob.php?id=5684> Safire Partners Senior Product Development Manager <http:///showjob.php?id=5680> Belkin ------------------------------ ------------------------------ *Sponsored By * TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments and acquisitions of growing software companies. Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Make next happen now. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.socaltech.com/pwc). Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud Shimokaji IP (http://www.shimokaji.com) Bettering Life Through Creative Ideas Neohire South (http://www.neohiresouth.com) Scaling startups since 2007. The #1 most connected recruiting firm in LA. 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