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Katie Buss and Ben Howard take command at KinectAir travel service as co-CEOs

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based KinectAir , which provides a digital platform for booking on-demand private air travel. Buss previously served as KinectAir’s chief operating officer. Howard, who co-founded the privately held company in 2019, was chief technology officer before his promotion.

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

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(Expedia Photos) — Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. Greg Schulze , an 18-year Expedia vet, was named president of Travel Partners and Media. Schulze previously was a senior vice president for Strategic Travel Partners. Antoine Leblond.

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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

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MagniX’s chief technology officer, Riona Armesmith, works on electric propulsion systems like the one in the background at the company’s headquarters in Everett, Wash. ” Why are MagniX and a host of other companies — ranging from Rolls-Royce to MagniX’s Arlington, Wash.-based

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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With more and more companies undertaking the journey of digital transformation, the role of the CIO has become critical. He joins the Indian beverage company after a 17-year stint at Wockhardt where he was associate vice president of information technology head. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. March 2022. March 2022.

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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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Law enforcement technology company Axon added former HTC Vive exec Chris Chin as vice president of immersive tech. The company says its mission is to help de-escalate police use of force by providing transparency, technologies and tools that can replace deadly weapons. billion contract to return astronauts to the moon.

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CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies

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The savings are just too big to ignore for a ton of companies,” says David Heinemeier Hansson, the Danish developer of Ruby on Rails and co-owner and CTO of 37signals, which completed a six-month total exit from the cloud last June. “‘Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good odds it’ll turn into a real trend for 2024.

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How to leverage data to create a more intelligent organization

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Carrier CIO Gundeep Singh will describe how the company overhauled its data strategy, and Vanguard ’s chief data analytics officer, Ryan Swann, will discuss how the growing sophistication of advanced analytics connects to greater investor outcomes. It’s just one way the company uses data from its online dictionary.