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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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In his new role, Chin will be responsible for Axon’s virtual reality and augmented reality training platforms. At Amazon, Bahadur managed worldwide fraud and abuse and previously led the Alexa artificial intelligence group. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Shalabh Chaudhri.

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO Business Intelligence

Nvidia’s transformation from an accelerator of video games to an enabler of artificial intelligence (AI) and the industrial metaverse didn’t happen overnight—but the leap in its stock market value to over a trillion dollars did. Nvidia says its hardware, software, and services can cut early-stage drug discovery from months to weeks.

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Data Management in the Healthcare Industry

CIO Business Intelligence

Among the exciting possibilities to cure illness and save lives are artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and telemedicine. Blockchain, because of its ability to immutably preserve transaction records, could accurately manage the distribution of pharmaceuticals, said Steven M Prentice @StevenPrentice.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO Business Intelligence

When the timing was right, Chavarin honed her skills to do training and coaching work and eventually got her first taste of technology as a member of Synchrony’s intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) team, writing human responses to the text-based questions posed to chatbots.

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Tech Moves: Providence leader returns to Amazon; Seattle marketing vet joins LiveRamp; and more

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Amazon has rolled out several healthcare-related products and services, including a virtual care platform called Amazon Care, as well as Amazon Pharmacy. Julia Williams , an eye care industry veteran, joined Visus Therapeutics , a Seattle-area pharmaceutical company, as vice president of clinical and medical affairs.

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What is predictive analytics? Transforming data into future insights

CIO Business Intelligence

Predictive analytics use cases Organizations today use predictive analytics in a virtually endless number of ways. The technology helps adopters in fields as diverse as finance, healthcare, retailing, hospitality, pharmaceuticals, automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing. How should an organization begin with predictive analytics?

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Tech Moves: Starbucks tech leader departs; former T-Mobile exec joins Ossia board; and more

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He was previously an advisor to the company and spent time as a CEO-in-residence at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. During the pandemic, the startup has focused on its virtual events marketing solution. As president, Tokman will be responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations. Based in Tampa, Fla.,

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