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Convoy hires former Expedia CEO as president and COO as digital freight startup tops 1k employees

GeekWire

Mark Okerstrom is shifting from travel and tourism to trucking, looking to apply his digital commerce expertise to a new marketplace. The announcement comes as Convoy tops 1,000 employees, five years after it was founded by Lewis and CTO Grant Goodale. Convoy Photo). billion valuation in November. . It’s gonna be a blast.’

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, which has a network of hospitals and about 2,600 beds, is deploying over 150 AI and VR/AR projects this year across all clinical specialties. This applies to his IT group as well, specifically, in using AI to automate the review of customer contracts, Nardecchia says.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO Business Intelligence

This is where Saurabh Mittal, CTO at Mumbai-based Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, wants IT leaders to make a careful distinction. For instance, having an in-house team ensures 100% patching of all my network devices on time. Similarly, Mazumdar is clear on the outsourcing versus insourcing debate. “I

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