LA Tech ‘Moves’: DNEG Taps Academy Award and BAFTA Winner
Christian Hetrick is dot.LA's Entertainment Tech Reporter. He was formerly a business reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and reported on New Jersey politics for the Observer and the Press of Atlantic City.
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Respira Technologies, a venture-backed health tech company, promoted Brian Quigley to chief executive officer. He was formerly the company COO.
Visual effects and animation studio DNEG tapped Academy Award and BAFTA winner Janek Sirrs as visual effects supervisor. Sirrs also worked on several Marvel movies including "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2022).
EV company Faraday Future welcomed BMW exec Mathias Hofmann as head of global supply chain.
Michael Gilbert joined ePost Global—an international shipping solutions provider— as director of sales. Previously, Gilbert served leadership roles at Newgistics, DHL and Oracle.
Visionaire Lighting, an electronics manufacturing company, promoted former director of marketing Jeremy Streit, as vice president of West Coast and Florida sales and former lead regional sales Carter Clark to vice president of East Coast sales. The company also hired Paul Turturillo and Brian Baker as regional sales managers. Turturillo previously worked as regional sales manager at Wagner Architectural Illuminated Railing Systems, while Baker served as a contractor for Architectural Lighting Alliance.
Education technology company GoGuardian added Teach for America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard to its board of directors.
Toragen, Inc., a biotechnology company, appointed Cactus Feeders founder Paul Engler to its board of directors.
Avantstay, a short term rentals platform, tapped industry veteran Fred Tuomi for a board position. Tuomi served as CEO, president and director of Invitation Homes Inc.Christian Hetrick is dot.LA's Entertainment Tech Reporter. He was formerly a business reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and reported on New Jersey politics for the Observer and the Press of Atlantic City.
