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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Vakrangee, a Mumbai-based provider of banking and e-governance services, has appointed Prashanth Thakur as senior vice president and head of technology and digital. At Vakrangee, he will be responsible for managing the technology stack, automation, tech operations and digitization of key businesses in the organization. January 2022.

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

GeekWire

He led technology and product operations at retailers Gap Inc and L Brands, and spent more than a decade as a consultant at EY. Shahar Ronen has joined Remitly as principal product manager for the Seattle startup’s new banking service called Passbook. Keiser was most recently COO of CRM software company Zendesk.

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Who will be the Next Tech Titan? Cast your vote in the GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

Flexe Photo) What they do: The Seattle startup offers retailers flexible logistics and cost savings through access to a network of distribution facilities and carriers. CEO background: Nick Fajt spent several years at Microsoft, including as a producer and program manager on HoloLens.

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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

GeekWire

Speaking with GeekWire this week, Larson-Green said the time was right for the next phase of her life after helping Qualtrics get to its IPO by working to build key functions and teams including people operations, program management, data science and user experience. “The technology changes all the time.

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Product-based IT: A blueprint for success

CIO Business Intelligence

Discover Financial Services Arooni is joined by scores of industry leaders across segments such as retail, financial services, healthcare, even government entities moving in this direction. Gill Haus, CIO for Consumer & Community Banking, JP Morgan Chase. Amir Arooni, executive vice president and CIO, Discover Financial Services.

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How Slack changed Apple’s employee culture, with Zoë Schiffer

The Verge

So the next big thing is that in early August, Apple places Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager, on administrative leave. Deirdre O’Brien [senior vice president of retail and people at Apple] actually did release a response this morning. But I think retail employees have been doing this for a lot longer.

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Meet the techies vying for a vacant spot on the Seattle City Council

GeekWire

Shobhit Agarwal Agarwal studied computer science and was a program manager at Microsoft before pursuing an acting career. He now works in retail and ran for city council last year. Read on to learn more about the candidates with tech backgrounds, with excerpts from their cover letters included in applications for the position.

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