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White House’s chief technology officer becomes Pentagon’s top techie as well

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White House chief technology officer Michael Kratsios speaks at the Center for Democracy and Technology’s Tech Prom in 2018. White House chief technology officer Michael Kratsios ?— has himself been enlisted for another role as the Defense Department’s top official for technology.

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Tech Moves: Appen lands ex-Upwork CTO; DocuSign hires former Amazon GM

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Appen Photo) — Saty Bahadur is now chief technology officer at Appen, a publicly traded IT services and consulting company that provides training data for artificial intelligence systems. Saty Bahadur.

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After tripling revenue in 2022, Lexion lands $20M to expand AI-powered contract management software

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From left: Lexion CTO and co-founder Emad Elwany; CEO and co-founder Gaurav Oberoi; and Chief Legal Officer Jessica Nguyen. Lexion Photo) Lexion gained a foothold by using artificial intelligence to help legal departments manage contracts. But now it’s taking aim at a much larger vision.

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AI meets M&A: How these former management consultants are upending due diligence

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Wokelo co-founders Saswat Nanda, left, and Siddhant Masson, both worked previously as management consultants. Wokelo Photos) If one promise of artificial intelligence is to minimize mind-numbing business tasks, look no further than the drudgery of doing research for mergers and acquisitions.

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CTO as a Service: Leverage proven enterprise technologists to further your business objectives

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Cognitio was established by a high powered group of enterprise technologists from industry and government. We provide C-level consulting services and strategic support for companies of all sizes. We have a particular expertise in service to firms seeking to leverage emerging technologies to the benefit of end customers.

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Industrial headset company RealWear names CEO

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based headset maker that serves frontline workers at industrial companies, named Chris Parkinson as CEO. Parkinson has served as RealWear’s CTO since co-founding the company in 2016. He also ran a RFID consulting company and was a senior engineer at Alien Technology. Chris Parkinson.

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Katie Buss and Ben Howard take command at KinectAir travel service as co-CEOs

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Howard, who co-founded the privately held company in 2019, was chief technology officer before his promotion. Fellow co-founder Jonathan Evans is leaving the CEO post but continues to serve as KinectAir’s board chair. The new management arrangement aims to facilitate scaled-up operations at KinectAir.

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