Van Williams, vice chancellor of information technology, talks diversity
By Jeané Blunt UC Santa Cruz February 25 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo source: UCSC Website) In recognition of Black History Month, I interviewed Van Williams, a..
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March 4 Tech meetup: Luma Yoga, Tech Futures, Legends of Rec, CruzHacks 2020 Winners, SapientX, Pixel Scientific, Tile & more
(Contributed) February 20, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Luma Yoga, Tech Futures, Legends of Rec, CruzHacks 2020 Winners, SapientX, Pixel Scientific, Tile & more..
Ecology Meets Tech at February’s Monterey Bay Tech Startup Meetup
By Pat Reilly Founder of IP Society Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 20, 2020 — Marina, CA Presenters at Monterey Bay Tech Startup Meetup spoke on..
Santa Cruz County Launches Performance Measurement Dashboards
(Contributed) February 20, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The County of Santa Cruz is pleased to announce the launch of the Santa Cruz County Performance Measurement..
Marina firm develops tech that could help whale entanglement
By Dennis L. Taylor Monterey Herald February 19, 2020 — Marina, CA (Photo: Desert Star chief executive Marco Flagg explains how his “pop-up”..
Looker’s chief product officer on leadership, and why he’s helping tech leaders of color get into executive roles
By Allison Levitsky Silicon Valley Business Journal February 18, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo source: Looker) Nick Caldwell, the chief product officer of..
Looker’s Nick Caldwell Talks Tech, Leadership & Giving Back
By Maurice Cherry Revision Path February 19, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo source: Revision Path) “Now I’m in a position where maybe I can take some..
Local nonprofit leader, Jacob Martinez receives prestigious James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award
(Contributed) February 19, 2020 — San Francisco, CA 2020 Leadership Awards honor leaders for effective solutions to critical challenges facing the state..
Levered Learning to Compete in Premier Global Competition for Emerging Companies that “Bend the Arc of Human Potential”
(Contributed) February 18, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Levered Learning announced as one of Elite 200 companies that will compete in GSV Cup and present at 2020..
Ready For Anything: How Cruzio Planned, Built, and Tested a 10 Gigabit Connection in Less Than 8 Hours
By Brian Bishop Cruzio Marketing Associate February 14, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Cruzio completes backup link as the sun sets in Watsonville on February..
Poly Introduces Poly Lens for Cloud-based Insights and Video Endpoint Management
(Contributed) February 11, 2020 — Amsterdam Plantronics, Inc. (“Poly” – formerly Plantronics and Polycom) (NYSE: PLT), a global communications company..
Google completes Looker acquisition
By Frank Bien CEO at Looker Feb 12, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image source: Looker) Today, Google Cloud announced the completion of its acquisition of Looker..
Looker Launches Certification Program to Empower People with Validated Data Skills
(Contributed) February 11, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo source: Looker) Looker, a leading data platform company, today announced its Looker Certification..
Santa Cruz: An Emerging Green Tech Hub
By Adrian Dolatschko Santa Cruz Works February 11, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA On February 6, 2020, temperatures in Antarctica exceeded those in Santa Cruz: 64.9..
Former Polycom Robert Hagerty to take over as Poly interim CEO after Joe Burton steps down
(Contributed) February 11, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Poly CEO Joe Burton steps down) As Poly president and CEO Joe Burton steps down, board of director..
Elaboration: Machine Learning, People Centered
(Contributed) February 11, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Elaboration’s technology will provide other tech companies with the ability to deeply understand nuanced..
Steve Blum: SB 917 is a plausible PG&E public buyout plan, if the public wants to pay the price
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates February 11, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA A credible PG&E public takeover plan is on the table in the California..
Make Agtech Work For You at the 7th Annual Salinas Valley AgTech Summit
Source: WGCIT AgTech Blog February 11, 2020 — Salinas, CA (Image source: WGCIT AgTech Blog) 7th Annual Salinas Valley Agtech Summit Date: March 17- 18,..
The Tech Talent Struggle
By Chris Miller Apprentice Brigade February 11, 2020 (Image source: Apprentice Brigade) The title says it all. If you’re reading this, your company is..
UCSC Genome Browser posts the coronavirus genome
By James McGirk Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz February 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The Genomics Institute’s Genome Browser team has posted..
VentureBeat: Paystand raises $20 million to modernize B2B payments with blockchain
Dean Takahashi VentureBeat February 6 — Scotts Valley (Photo: Jeremy Almond, CEO of PayStand. Source: PayStand) “It’s like Venmo for complicated..
Paystand raises $20M to give businesses a frictionless, open infrastructure for commercial finance
(Contributed) February 6, 2020 — Scotts Valley, CA Blockchain payments leader accelerates expansion of zero-fee, Payments-as-a-Service platform for the B2B..
Unprecedented study yields most comprehensive map of cancer genomes to date
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz February 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz (Photo: Bioinformatics expert Joshua Stuart leads the Pan-Cancer Initiative. Source: Kevin..
Engineering speaker series highlights diverse voices in tech
(Contributed) February 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The Baskin School of Engineering is presenting Diverse Voices 2020, a professional speaker series running..
Watch: Patrick Reilly on how to protect your intellectual property (IP)
Source: SBDC Website February 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Video Source: SBDC Website) Trademarks, copyrights, contracts and more, it’s all included in the..