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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. That’s the premise behind Wokelo , a Seattle-area startup co-founded by two former management consultants, Siddhant Masson and Saswat Nanda. ” Funding: The company, founded in 2022, has raised $1.5

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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. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. February 2022. January 2022. December 2021.

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

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Widner, a board member at Lighter, most recently served as managing partner at the venture capital arm of the National Australia Bank. ” — Uber appointed Sukumar Rathnam as its new chief technology officer. Hill most recently led business development and strategy for Microsoft News in North America and Asia.

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Generative AI will profoundly change healthcare operations

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EXL predicts that if organizations fully adopt a digital strategy and optimally leverage technology, they could reduce overall administrative expenses by 40% to 50% in the next five years. Jay Nambiar is the chief technology officer for the healthcare business at EXL. Artificial Intelligence

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Storytelling for CIOs: From niche to bestseller

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I take what I learned in the scriptwriting seminar about passion and the narrative arc into every meeting I attend,” one chief technology officer said. The uses of storytelling Storytelling can be used to persuade senior executives to release budget, plot a change in strategy, or share good and bad news.

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Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

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He led technology and product operations at retailers Gap Inc and L Brands, and spent more than a decade as a consultant at EY. Intellectual Ventures named former TiVo executive Arvin Patel as chief operating officer of the Bellevue, Wash.-based contract management startup Icertis. Arvin Patel. Brian Smith.

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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

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. — Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. Bacos will be responsible for the company’s digital execution and strategy. Natalie Steck (Silicon Valley Bank Photo). Memphis, Tenn.-based

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