LA Tech ‘Moves’: Disney Taps Bob Iger for CEO, Former Meta Exec Joins DeSo
Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.
“Moves,” our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruiting and career platform connecting Southern California's most exciting companies with top tech talent. Create a free Interchange.LA profile here—and if you're looking for ways to supercharge your recruiting efforts, find out more about Interchange.LA's white-glove recruiting service by emailing Sharmineh O’Farrill Lewis (sharmineh@dot.la). Please send job changes and personnel moves to moves@dot.la.
The Walt Disney Company tapped Bob Iger as chief executive officer. Iger served as the company’s CEO prior to Bob Chapek.
Blockchain technology company Decentralized Social (DeSo) named former Meta exec Salil Shah as chief operating officer.
Climate tech company CarbonCapture Inc. appointed Robert Whyte as vice president of projects. Whyte previously served as operations manager for Suncor Energy Service.
Biocept welcomed Quyen Dao-Haddock to its board of directors. Dao-Haddock served as the CAO for Presidio Property Trust.
Justin Mika joined PhenoVista Biosciences, a leading provider of advanced phenotypic discovery services board of directors. Mika recently served as AlivaMab Discovery Services (ADS) CEO.
BioMed Realty, a leading provider of real estate solutions to life science and technology added Ankit Patel as chief financial officer and executive vice president. Prior to joining, Patel served as the senior vice president, corporate finance and capital markets at Ventas.
Artificial intelligence company RAD AI hired Christopher Robert (“CR”) Celona as strategic advisor for corporate development and Alexander Wissner-Gross, as its founding advisor. Celona has held positions at Vimeo, NBC-Universal and Walmart, while his colleague Wissner-Gross taught at MIT and Harvard and was the only individual in MIT history to receive a triple major.- How Iger’s Return to Disney Could Reshape Disney Plus ›
- Former Disney CEO Bob Iger Joins Avatar Startup Genies ›
- Saviynt Gains New CEO, The FIFTH Adds New Lead Creative - dot.LA ›
Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.
