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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer. Adaptive previously hired Goldman Sachs to explore “strategic alternatives” for the businesses.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

CIO Business Intelligence

Upskilling takes time, and contracted workers aren’t usually as close to the business as employees. The State of the Tech Workforce 2024 report from nonprofit CompTIA , forecasts tech employment growth of 3.1% The State of the Tech Workforce 2024 report from nonprofit CompTIA , forecasts tech employment growth of 3.1%

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CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

CIO Business Intelligence

Never pass up the opportunity to have a conversation with someone, regardless of their level or area of expertise,” suggests Kevin Miller, CTO of IFS North America. “If Brush up on the business impact of emerging tech Hiring executives expect CIOs and IT leaders to increase the technical capabilities of their businesses.

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Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

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. — Uber board member and former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns joined the advisory board of contract management startup Icertis. billion and sells its contract management software in 90 countries. . He was also previously CTO at network infrastructure and security technology company F5 Networks. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash.,

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The Unprofessionals

A CIO's Voice

This was an odd request since I had very little insight into the process or applications. I requested an application list to begin research and got a fragmented list of software. I also discovered that they were loosing contract work due to the lack of technology experience. There old director was not cutting it and moved on.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

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It pulls information on potential hires from sites such as LinkedIn and GitHub; from research papers and patents; and other public domains. The platform has built-in diversity filters to help reduce unconscious bias; an automated messaging tool; and a search engine that understands past hiring patterns and needs based on job descriptions. .

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