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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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In his new role, Chin will be responsible for Axon’s virtual reality and augmented reality training platforms. Arora spent more than two years at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, most recently as part of the team building the space venture’s human landing system. billion contract to return astronauts to the moon.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Tech Moves: Former Rover CTO joins moving startup Dolly; Egencia’s CFO to depart; and more

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Former Rover CTO Scott Porad joined peer-to-peer moving service Dolly as chief technology officer. A longtime engineering leader at Rover, he left the pet care startup last year and served as VP of engineering at virtual healthcare startup 98point6 for less than a year. Scott Porad. Dolly Photo). based drugstore.com.

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Transforming IT culture for business success

CIO Business Intelligence

The “Creatorverse” work environment fosters creativity and collaboration through its blend of virtual work and state-of-the art physical workspaces, Wenhold says. Abrahamson also changed some of his hiring criteria, bringing on people with product management and human-centered design experience.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

Hot: AI and VR/AR With digital transformations moving at full throttle, and a desire to stay innovative, it should come as no surprise that use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence continue to grow in several verticals.

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Oil changes for houses: Startup led by former Expedia director offers regular home maintenance

GeekWire

The company also offers a virtual agent for users to schedule a repair with a vendor. He is joined by other hospitality and property tech vets: CTO Greg Mushen held the position of Director of Product Management at Expedia, and also served as VP of Product Management at Seattle-based sales startup Outreach.

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7 challenges facing CIOs and IT leaders in 2020

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The most obvious answer is pay a premium for the best talent, or hire consultants with modern skills. How can you address the skills gap if you can’t afford to hire a bunch of new employees? Whether a physical or virtual space, these centers are dedicated to helping a company stay on the cutting edge of its industry.”.