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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

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Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. By 2018, the Trainline platform was hosting more than 80 million customer visits a month, with more than 80% coming through mobile devices.

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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

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MagniX’s chief technology officer, Riona Armesmith, works on electric propulsion systems like the one in the background at the company’s headquarters in Everett, Wash. where scores of employees design, develop and manufacture electric powertrains. Read the other profiles here.

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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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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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Widner, based in Sydney, Australia, joined the Lighter board in 2018. ” — Uber appointed Sukumar Rathnam as its new chief technology officer. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. Microsoft Photo). The Redmond, Wash.,

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

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billion contract to return astronauts to the moon. Seattle-based home services technology company Porch Group added two new board members : Imagination Capital co-founder and Managing Partner Rachel Lam , and former Aviva plc Group CEO Maurice Tulloch. Freelancing platform Upwork hired former Amazon General Manager Saty Bahadur as CTO.

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Tech Moves: Madrona adds three new venture partners; DexCare hires exec; and more

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He will work with portfolio companies on go-to-market strategies, sales teams development, field leadership, and executive growth, the firm said. billion in 2018. Kummert will return to Madrona as venture partner after serving as chief product development officer at UiPath. billion in 2019 and Concur by SAP for $8.3