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Fractional CTO Services Explained

Valerian Tech

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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Tech Moves: UiPath CTO lands at Talkdesk; Elastic hires AWS vet; ex-Redfin leaders join LLM startup

GeekWire

Shah, based in Seattle, was most recently a CTO at UiPath, the robotic process automation software giant. Founded in 2011, Talkdesk sells software built for customer service contact centers. The company raised a $230 million Series D round in 2021, but has had multiple rounds of layoffs since then.

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Tech Moves: Salesforce-backed Oleria hires CTO; Microsoft vet joins Lyra Health; and more

GeekWire

Oleria’s new CTO Siva Garudayagari. Oleria Photo) — Salesforce-backed cybersecurity startup Oleria hired Siva Garudayagari as its chief technology officer. Garudayagari has more than 20 years of enterprise software experience. Oleria, which landed $8 million in March, sells access management software.

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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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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

GeekWire

Expedia Photos) — Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. “Their experience is ideal for these new divisions, and I’m confident they will continue to advance our company’s mission and deliver exceptional value to partners and travelers.”

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Tech Moves: Hootsuite hires CTO; Cascadia Capital CEO moves to Austin; and more

GeekWire

-based social media management platform Hootsuite hired Antonis Papatsaras as its new chief technology officer. Papatsaras was previously chief technology officer of the contract lifecycle management product suite at Docusign. He has more than 25 years of computer science and software engineering experience.

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After tripling revenue in 2022, Lexion lands $20M to expand AI-powered contract management software

GeekWire

From left: Lexion CTO and co-founder Emad Elwany; CEO and co-founder Gaurav Oberoi; and Chief Legal Officer Jessica Nguyen. Lexion Photo) Lexion gained a foothold by using artificial intelligence to help legal departments manage contracts. Lexion has established itself as a leader in the legal tech and contract management sectors.

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