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Food festival Bite of Seattle returns after 3-year hiatus, thanks to a local tech startup

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The event went on a pandemic hiatus and is returning for the first time since 2019 under new ownership. This is the CHEQ’s first time producing an event. The company’s traditional business is selling its ordering platform to sports teams and restaurants. The company is now the owner and operator of the festival.

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IT leaders get creative to fill data science gaps

CIO Business Intelligence

For the past few years, IT leaders at a US financial services company have been struggling to hire data scientists to harness the increasing flood of incoming data that, if used properly, could improve customer experience and drive new products. To deal with this hiring problem, they’ve had to get creative. Oshkosh Corp.,

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GeekWire news round-up: Pulumi and Muir raise cash; LinkedIn’s new AI tools; ‘Uncommon Thinkers’

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From left: Pulumi CTO Luke Hoban; CEO Joe Duffy; co-founder and chairman Eric Rudder; and Madrona Managing Director S. Startup wins contract to inspect space debris: NASA awarded Tukwila, Wash.-based CBS Sports ) A new fiction movie based on the OceanGate submersible tragedy is in the works. Soma” Somasegar.

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CIOs grapple with the ethics of implementing AI

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Making ethical AI a team sport Plexus Worldwide is one organization using AI to identify fraudulent account creation and transactions, says Alan McIntosh, CIO and CTO of the $500 million global health and wellness company. Here is a look at how CIOs are addressing ethical AI in their organizations.

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From CIO to CEO: IT leaders rise to the top

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“That’s when it moved from being opportunistic to very purposeful,” says Meyercord, who after a search for the right fit took over the CEO reins last November at Propel Software, a SaaS provider of engineering and product management software. “I That has served me incredibly well.”

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7 traits of indispensable IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

Humility is non-negotiable,” says Jon Waldon, CTO of robotic process automation software developer Blue Prism. “A CIOs today have a seat at the table because business and technology strategy are forever entwined,” says Jay Upchurch, CIO at analytics software developer SAS. Hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.”.

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How Canadian Tire CIO & CTO balances lessons learned and leading with purpose

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And with his dual titles at the company—CIO and CTO—Rex Lee is in the driver’s seat to support digital transformation and implement shared knowledge across teams and management. I also felt personally responsible for putting the corporation in such a challenging position where revenues weren’t coming into the organization.

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