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

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. “The opportunity to see what you’re doing fly in such a short amount of time — that opportunity is so rare in this industry.” where scores of employees design, develop and manufacture electric powertrains. … You don’t become a CTO without being a bit of a nerd,” she says with a laugh.

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Invincea Announces 54 New Enterprise Customers for Its Flagship Enterprise Solution, $8.1M in Advanced Research Contracts for Its Labs Division

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in Advanced Research Contracts For its Labs Division. This builds on the growth that the company posted in the quarter previous to this period , and in a time when the company launched its first small business offering. contract with the U.S. – bg. FAIRFAX, VA—April 7, 2014 —Invincea, Inc.,

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Tech News Roundup April 20

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Technology|FBI Says It Needs Hackers to Keep Up With Tech Companies - New York Times. Startup Spotlight: Validated lets retailers reimburse parking and transportation costs for customers. An engine for Mars: Aerojet wins $67M NASA contract for solar electric propulsion. CTO Greg Godbout to leave EPA - FedScoop.

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Can ride-sharing technology change local transit? Seattle-area county testing app-based bus system

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The Australian was one of the developers of Uber Pool, the transportation giant’s ride-sharing feature. The broader idea is to develop a system that leaves regular mass transit to primary routes but moves the small routes buses to on-demand. The startup’s core technology was developed at MIT.

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Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

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Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. Former Amazon Air VP Gur Kimchi was appointed to the board of Pittsburgh-based Near Earth Autonomy, a developer of autonomous flight systems. as VP of business development for its marketplace. billion in November 2019.

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CIOs take aim at Silicon Valley talent

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Healthcare seemed like a better place to put his expertise to use “than the slightly ephemeral stuff I was working on at Microsoft,” says Jones, who spent a decade at Microsoft prior to his time at Meta. It’s bigger than working on interesting problems.

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CIO Carissa Rollins reimagines Illumina IT for business impact

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Seemingly since the beginning of time, CIOs have been working to change their IT organizations from “order takers” into “business partners.” It is important to strike the right balance between standards and citizen development,” she says. “In The CTO role has many different definitions in the market. They won’t wait for IT.”

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