LA Tech ‘Moves’: Pilotly Taps Former Hulu Exec, HyreCar Names New CTO

Decerry Donato

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.

LA Tech ‘Moves’: Pilotly Taps Former Hulu Exec, HyreCar Names New CTO
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For The Record, a digital record-keeping company for the legal justice system, promoted president Tony Douglass to chief executive officer.

Former Hulu and Vevo executive Bryan Schafer joined market research platform Pilotly as chief revenue officer.

Carsharing marketplace HyreCar appointed Greg Tatem as chief technology officer. Tatem previously served as CTO for Wine.com.

H2U Technologies, a developer of new energy technologies to produce green hydrogen, hired David Martin as chief commercial officer.

Short-term rental platform AvantStay appointed Lyft’s former head of global operations, David Katcher, as chief operating officer.

Personal care brand Rael tapped former Unilever and L’Oreal marketing executive Lauren Consiglio as president.

Allen Media Group hired Matthew Lipson as executive vice president of marketing for digital platforms and content. Lipson was previously a marketing executive at 101 Studios and Sports Illustrated Studios.

Software platform ServiceTitan appointed Olive Huang as general counsel and secretary of the board and Doug Myers as senior vice president of operations. Huang most recently served as general counsel at Nutanix, while Myers previously led business operations at LinkedIn.

Brian Coco joined VettaFi, a data and analytics platform for the asset management industry, as head of index products. Coco previously served as executive director—head of indices at JPMorgan Asset Management.

Financial wellness company Stackin’ tapped Talkspace senior vice president Steven Dziedzic as an advisor.

EVgo, a public fast-charging network for electric vehicles, named CyrusOne chief financial officer Katherine Motlagh and National Grid president Badar Khan to its board of directors.

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Astrolab's New SpaceX-backed Rover Could Change Space Exploration Forever

Lon Harris
Lon Harris is a contributor to dot.LA. His work has also appeared on ScreenJunkies, RottenTomatoes and Inside Streaming.
Astrolab's New SpaceX-backed Rover Could Change Space Exploration Forever
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Local Los Angeles-area startup Astrolab Inc. has designed a new lunar vehicle called FLEX, short for Flexible Logistics and Exploration Rover. About the size of a Jeep Wrangler, FLEX is designed to move cargo around the surface of the moon on assignment. It’s a bit larger than NASA’s Mars rovers, like Perseverance, but as it’s designed for transport and mobility rather than precision measurement, it can travel much faster, at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour across the lunar surface.

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Meet the Creator Economy’s Version of LinkedIn

Kristin Snyder

Kristin Snyder is dot.LA's 2022/23 Editorial Fellow. She previously interned with Tiger Oak Media and led the arts section for UCLA's Daily Bruin.

Meet the Creator Economy’s Version of LinkedIn
Creatorland

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LinkedIn hasn’t caught on with Gen Z—in fact, 96% rarely use their existing account.

Considering 25% of young people want to be full-time content creators and most influencers aren’t active on LinkedIn, traditional networking sites aren’t likely to meet these needs.

Enter CreatorLand.

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This Week in ‘Raises’: Total Network Services Gains $9M, Autio Secures $5.9M

Decerry Donato

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.

This Week in ‘Raises’: Total Network Services Gains $9M, Autio Secures $5.9M
This Week in ‘Raises’:

It has been a slow week in funding, but a local decentralized computing network managed to land $9 million to accelerate deployment of its new product called Universal Communication Identifier (UCID™). Another local company that secured capital included Kevin Costner’s location-based audio storytelling platform and the funding will go toward expanding the app’s content library and expanding into additional regions in the United States.

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