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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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Serial entrepreneur Gaurav Oberoi strikes again: Lexion’s sale to Docusign shows methodical approach to building startups

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From left: Lexion founders Emad Elwany, Gaurav Oberoi and James Baird when the company launched in 2019. “That social validation felt good. ” Diligent discernment From left: Lexion CTO and co-founder Emad Elwany; CEO and co-founder Gaurav Oberoi; and Chief Legal Officer Jessica Nguyen. That’s fun.”

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Shuffl helps create new social interactions on Slack to spark joy between coworkers

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In 2019, the two launched Shuffl , a startup offering a tool that matches and introduces people through platforms such as Slack or Microsoft Teams. Lee, who is the CEO, is based in San Francisco while Watts, the CTO, is in Seattle, where the 2-person company is headquartered. At the time, we deferred bringing in design consultants.

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Tech Moves: Facebook engineering lead joins gaming unicorn Playco; Bright.md names new CEO

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Former Facebook Director of Engineering Calvin Grunewald has left the social media giant after nine years and joined Playco , a Tokyo mobile gaming company, as chief technology officer. . Contract management startup Icertis added two new board members; Penny Pritzker, founder and chairman of PSP Partners, former U.S.

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Tech Moves: OfferUp adds diversity chief; Convoy engineering VP departs; ex-Twitter VP joins Kraken

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He joined SoundCommerce , an e-commerce startup founded by former Amazon executives, in 2019. based Cheq , a mobile payment platform for restaurants and concessionaires, appointed Jake Stone as chief revenue officer and Jim Castillo as chief technology officer. From left: Jake Stone and Jim Castillo.

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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

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Toth was previously VP of people and policy at Slack and head of privacy and policy for Google social products including Google+. Founded in 2019, the platform provides an accounting-specific inbox for accounts receivable and accounts payable teams. Goldsmith was most recently CTO at identity verification provider Onfido.

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Tech Moves: Leafly announces new board ahead of SPAC merger; Amazon vets depart; and more

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based Dutch Bros Coffee as the retailer’s first chief technology officer. At Blue Nile, a Seattle-based online jewelry retailer, Gower was VP of technology. She was previously senior director of technology and product at T-Mobile and a consultant at Slalom Consulting. Doorstead raised $12.5