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Apple hires Tesla’s former Autopilot software director

The Verge

Apple hasn’t been all that vocal about its electric car project, but according to Bloomberg , the iPhone maker is hiring Tesla’s Autopilot software engineer to work on its EVs. Sources close to the matter told Bloomberg that Apple scooped up Christopher “CJ” Moore to work on its self-driving software.

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We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

CIO Business Intelligence

Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. Your products and services rely on software and data for nearly everything from product development to aftermarket support. You’ve become (or will become) what is, essentially, a software company CIO. So congratulations!

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Tech Moves: AWS community head departing; Pfizer exec joins Truveta board; UW Medicine names CEO

GeekWire

LinkedIn Photo) — Enterprise software company Freshworks hired Mika Yamamoto as chief marketing officer and chief customer officer. Yamamoto previously worked at Adobe, F5, SAP, Microsoft and BlackLine in marketing leadership roles. Seattle cybersecurity startup Zatik Security announced Zack Glick as its third founder and CTO.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s Brad Anderson jumps to Qualtrics in wave of pre-IPO hires; Elena Donio joins Databricks board; Hiya, Esper add startup vets

GeekWire

.” Other executive hires announced by Qualtrics include: • Stephanie Barton as managing director of the EMEA region. Anas was previously VP of employee experience at Adobe. • Edward Chen as head of corporate development and strategy. Former Microsoft Dynamics 365 CTO Sri Srinivasan joined Redwood, Calif.-based

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Tech Moves: Zillow exec Racquel Russell joins Bird’s board; new gig for startup vet Rebecca Lovell

GeekWire

Thompson was most recently EVP of worldwide field operations at Adobe. Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Polyverse hired Curtis Brown as chief product officer. He was previously EVP and global chief technology officer for AOL and CTO for educational service companies Kaplan Test Prep, McGraw-Hill and The Princeton Review.

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

GeekWire

Amazon hired Anne Toth as director of Alexa Trust, a team focused on the privacy, security, accessibility, ethics and biases of Amazon’s voice platform. Lockstep , a Seattle accounting software startup, has emerged from stealth mode. Goldsmith was most recently CTO at identity verification provider Onfido. Amazon Photo).

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Product manager salary: Pay range factors, tips for making more

CIO Business Intelligence

We dove into publicly available information and talked to a number of product managers and those who hire, supervise, and mentor them in order to get a sense of what you can expect in this job market — and how you can improve your prospects and your compensation if you’re working in this field.