LA Tech ‘Moves’: Stratolaunch Has a New CEO, Former Apple TV Exec Joins NRG

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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.

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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.


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Aerospace company Stratolaunch promoted Zachary Krevor to president and chief executive officer. Dr. Krevor previously served as the company’s president and chief operating officer.

Marketing collaboration platform Loomly named Katelyn Sorensen as its new chief executive officer. Sorensen is also president of B2B social at Traject, which recently acquired Loomly.

Orthodontics startup InBrace named Clint Carnell as its chief executive officer. Carnell previously served as CEO of BeautyHealth and COO of Solta Medical.

Enspira, an HR consulting and technology firm, appointed Dan Lee as chief financial officer. Lee has previously served as CFO for private equity analytics firm RiskSpan and as vice president of investments for NextGen Venture Partners.

Biotech startup Capsida Biotherapeutics named Rayne Waller as its chief operating officer. Waller previously held various executive roles at Amgen.

Marketing insights and strategy firm National Research Group announced Grady Miller as chief marketing officer. Miller was previously the head of consumer insights at Apple TV+.

Medical apparel brand FIGS announced Jami Pinto as its new chief global product and sustainability officer. Pinto most recently served as Under Armour’s senior vice president of global product supply.

Pearl, a dental AI solutions startup, hired Marc Watenmaker as its vice president of sales. Watenmaker most recently served as Broadly’s vice president of sales.

Ecommerce fulfillment platform Flowspace appointed Jessica Burgess as vice president of business development. Burgess previously worked at Ruby Has Fulfillment as director of business development.

Guidepost Solutions, an investigations, compliance, security and technology consulting firm, hired Yekaterina “Katya” Gozias as a managing director in its Los Angeles office. Gozias previously served as a managing director at FTI Consulting and as a senior consultant in corporate investigations at Control Risks.

Jessica Copenhaver has joined venture capital firm TenOneTen Ventures as operations partner. Copenhaver previously worked at Citigroup’s private banking division.

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LA Tech ‘Moves’: LeaseLock, Visgenx, PlayVS and Pressed Juicery Gains New CEOs

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’: LeaseLock, Visgenx, PlayVS and Pressed Juicery Gains New CEOs
LA Tech ‘Moves’:

“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.

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LeaseLock, a lease insurance and financial technology provider for the rental housing industry named Janine Steiner Jovanovic as chief executive officer. Prior to this role, Steiner Jovanovic served as the former EVP of Asset Optimization at RealPage.

Esports platform PlayVS hired EverFi co-founder and seasoned business leader Jon Chapman as the company’s chief executive officer.

Biotechnology company Visgenx appointed William Pedranti, J.D. as chief executive officer. Before joining, Mr. Pedranti was a partner with PENG Life Science Ventures.

Pressed Juicery, the leading cold-pressed juice and functional wellness brand welcomed Justin Nedelman as chief executive officer. His prior roles include chief real estate officer of FAT Brands Inc. and co-founder of Eureka! Restaurant Group.

Michael G. Vicari joined liquid biopsy company Nucleix as chief commercial officer. Vicari served as senior vice president of Sales at GRAIL, Inc.

Full-service performance marketing agency Allied Global Marketing promoted Erin Corbett to executive vice president of global partnership and marketing. Prior to joining Allied, Corbett's experience included senior marketing roles at Disney, Warner Bros. Studios, Harrah's Entertainment and Imagi Animation Studios.

Nuvve, a vehicle-to-grid technology company tapped student transportation and automotive sales and marketing executive David Bercik to lead the K-12 student transportation division.

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