1Password hires its first CTO to scale in the enterprise and beyond
Venture Beast
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
1Password has hired its first CTO as the password management platform looks to double-down on its enterprise growth. Read More.
Tech Moves: Salesforce-backed Oleria hires CTO; Microsoft vet joins Lyra Health; and more
GeekWire
MAY 3, 2023
Oleria’s new CTO Siva Garudayagari. Oleria Photo) — Salesforce-backed cybersecurity startup Oleria hired Siva Garudayagari as its chief technology officer. Garudayagari has more than 20 years of enterprise software experience. Oleria, which landed $8 million in March, sells access management software.
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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Expedia Photos) — Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. Bumble Photo) — Antoine Leblond , a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer.
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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart
GeekWire
APRIL 3, 2024
F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5 F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer.
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Cengage Group CTO Jim Chilton on the P&L difference
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 25, 2024
Jim Chilton is an award-winning CIO who serves as the chief technology officer of Cengage Group, an innovative disruptor in the edtech space. As a business and technology executive, Chilton leverages his unique experiences to drive innovation and optimize technology throughout the company.
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Facebook CTO says hiring matters for mitigating AI bias, but the company lacks AI research diversity stats
Venture Beast
JUNE 15, 2020
Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer emphasized the importance of diversity and hiring to address algorithmic bias, despite little evident diversity at Facebook. Read More.
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Tech Moves: Docker and Qualtrics leaders join Seattle startup Mason; Beyond adds Zulily director
GeekWire
MAY 2, 2024
From left: Mason CEO Webb Stevens; Mason President Nancy Xiao; Mason founder Jim Gao; and Mason CTO John Timsen. Mason Photo) Mason , a Seattle startup that offers a turney hardware-software platform for companies managing device fleets, hired Webb Stevens as its new CEO and John Thimsen as its new CTO.
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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 5, 2023
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.
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The skills and traits of elite CTOs
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.
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Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO
GeekWire
DECEMBER 1, 2020
. — Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Corey spent the past five years at Amazon Web Services, most recently leading the transformation team for enterprise customers. She previously held IT roles at Tyler Technologies, Novartis-Alcon Labs and Southwest Airlines.
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Tech Moves: NanoString CEO and CFO depart; Temporal founders swap roles; Gradial adds exec
GeekWire
MAY 7, 2024
“We have found in Bruker a wonderful home for the enterprise so many people worked so hard to build,” Gray wrote in a LinkedIn post. Samar Abbas , who was previously CTO, is now CEO. Maxim Fateev , who was CEO, is now CTO. million in cash after NanoString entered a bankruptcy process earlier this year.
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HP Awarded $32.4 Million Cybersecurity Contract by U.S. Department of Homeland Security
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
HP Enterprise Security Solutions to help 33 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded the company a cybersecurity contract worth up to $32.4 Public Sector, HP Enterprise Services. “As More information about HP Enterprise Services’ government business is available at www.hp.com/enterprise/government.
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CTOvision
APRIL 7, 2014
News like the release below shows how virtuous this firm is being in the enterprise IT domain. Their solutions are now enhancing enterprise defenses in every major sector of the economy and at firms of all sizes. Invincea Announces 54 New Enterprise Customers For its Flagship Enterprise Solution, $8.1M – bg.
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Tech Moves: Karat, Common Room, Aduro hire execs; longtime Microsoft cloud leader departs
GeekWire
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Karat Image). — Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews , hired two new executives. Amy Sennett , previously general counsel at OpenText and Catalant Technologies, joins as Karat’s new general counsel. Amy Sennett (left) and Scott Bonneau recently joined Karat.
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Walmart to hire nearly 200 in Seattle as part of expansion of its Global Tech team
GeekWire
MARCH 15, 2022
Walmart is hiring right in the backyard of rival Amazon, which is based in Seattle and last year surpassed Walmart as the largest retail seller outside China. Walmart currently has about 160 tech associates in the area and relies on a hybrid work model that is primarily virtual. Its total headcount is 2.3
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New CIO appointments in India, 2022
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 22, 2022
He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.
Seattle entrepreneurs lead mental health startup that combines philosophy, psychology, and chatbots
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Rivas is the co-founder and former CTO of Limeade, an employee experience software company based in the Seattle area that went public in 2019 via the Australian stock market. He also serves as co-founder and CTO of Keme IX , a “Chakra Healing Hotel & Holistic Center” in Tulum, Mexico. per month and $69.99
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What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy
CIO Business Intelligence
APRIL 24, 2024
What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.
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Tech Moves: Microsoft vet named CEO at EnterpriseDB; Adaptive CCO departs; Temporal hires ex-Hashicorp EVP
GeekWire
AUGUST 3, 2023
based enterprise software company EnterpriseDB (EDB). “Kevin’s extensive experience across technology companies and forward-leaning approach to innovation make him the ideal leader to chart EDB’s future,” Great Hill Partners managing director Drew Loucks said in a statement. . Kevin Dallas.
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The Pentagon?s Joint AI Center wants to be like Silicon Valley
Venture Beast
MAY 23, 2020
The largest Joint AI Center contract to date was awarded this week. CTO Nand Mulchandani on AI at the Pentagon and why JAIC is mimicing Silicon Valley. Read More.
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Tech Moves: Former Ada Developers Academy CEO joins venture studio; Riveter co-CEO steps down; and more
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
“Ada was at a transitional point given the dramatic contraction in the tech talent market, and I am a builder/growth stage leader,” Sato told GeekWire. Britt Stromberg was hired as CMO at Seattle menopause health startup Gennev. Randa Sbeity was hired by Seattle startup Humanly as senior engineering manager.
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Why smart contracts can't be fully automated
Network World
MAY 9, 2017
Blockchain technology has been generating excitement in the public and private sectors for the past several years for many reasons — a prominent one being support for self-executing contracts commonly referred to as smart contracts. I think it's going to take forever."
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Seattle startup Yardstick launches app for structured job interviews, better hiring decisions
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
The company, Yardstick , is making its debut today with a browser-based app that leads companies and hiring managers through the process of structured job interviews. The goal is to make better hiring decisions using consistent questions and processes, while incorporating culture and competencies in a way that can persist as a company grows.
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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet joins insurance tech startup; Cyemptive Technologies adds exec
GeekWire
AUGUST 25, 2023
Former Microsoft and Amazon Alexa engineering leader Sonny Patel was named CTO and CPO of insurance tech startup Socotra. Socotra Photo) — Sonny Patel was hired by San Francisco-based insurance tech startup Socotra as CTO and CPO.
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Tech Moves: Wyze names first CFO; OutSystems exec relocates to Seattle; Flying Fish adds partner
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Robson Grieve , chief marketing officer at OutSystems, an enterprise application development and deployment company, is relocating to Seattle from San Francisco. . Last year, OutSystems hired three new executives in the Seattle region — all Microsoft veterans — as part of its U.S. Based in Kirkland, Wash.,
Oracle touts AI as major driver of Q3 gains
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 12, 2024
The report for Q3 of fiscal 2024, released yesterday, said that Oracle had signed multiple large-scale cloud infrastructure contracts in the previous three months, with no end in sight, as CEO Safra Catz touted the company’s bright prospects in cloud. “We Enterprise Applications, Oracle, Technology Industry
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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more
GeekWire
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Rogers spent the past decade at Amazon and was most recently director of business, product and technology for Amazon One , the tech giant’s palm-reading ID system. . Amazon veteran Stephen Curial joined Jungle Scout as CTO.
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‘Boomerang’ CIOs: IT leaders level up by coming back
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
These boomerang CIOs have every reason to be as successful as a more traditional external new hire, but not more so, according to Martha Hello, CEO of Heller Search Associates. Kevin Miller, CTO of the Americas, IFS IFS A little over a year later, however, Miller returned to IFS as an associate vice president and is now CTO of the Americas.
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MegaTrend Update: Dramatic and broad shifts in models due to software ("software eats the world")
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
By Bob Gourley We have been tracking this since Marc Andreessen called the trend out in 2011 (see “ Why Software is Eating the World “) and are especially interested in how the trend will impact the world of the enterprise. Penetration of the trend into other industries will threaten many business models. Who is next?
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SAP poaches Microsoft exec as its new global head of AI
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
As part of Microsoft’s development team, Sun created Bing Predicts, the inference engine that provides the “favored to win” forecasts beneath search results for sporting fixtures and attempted to predict the 2016 US presidential election winner. The company is hiring engineers in Berlin and Shanghai. Enterprise Applications, SAP
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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The UK study also revealed that women of all backgrounds and ethnicities make up around 22% (approximately 424,000), compared to 48% of the entire UK workforce, with Black women in particular facing a wide range of obstacles, including discrimination and being accused by colleagues or superiors of being merely ‘diversity hires.’
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Seekr finds the AI computing power it needs in Intel’s cloud
CIO Business Intelligence
APRIL 10, 2024
But for Rob Clark, president and CTO of AI developer Seekr, such questions are business-critical. Seekr’s main business is building and training AIs that are transparent to enterprise and other users. What are you getting for your spend in terms of enterprise-class support?” Every cloud needs that level of reliability,” he adds.
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Staples hires its very first CISO
Network World
MAY 9, 2017
Staples has hired its first chief information security officer (CISO), a key new member of the office supply giant's team that combines traditional IT and digital transformation. New Staples CISO Brett Wahlin.
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10 ways to improve IT performance (without killing morale)
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
“Leadership is responsible for boosting morale and countering stressful times with periods of recovery, rest, and self-care, resulting in increased retention while reducing burnout.” Encourage team members to communicate openly — listen to their concerns and provide opportunities for skill development,” he explains.
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DTW 2022: Vodafone Germany CIO Ulrich Irnich wants to break the IT bottleneck
TM Forum
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
A CSP is Running on ODA if it meets the following criteria: ODA is its default reference enterprise architecture. Running on ODA status is renewed annually through self-assessment and biannually by joint assessment with the TM Forum CTO office. The company is one of the earliest adopters of the. Open APIs.
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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more
GeekWire
JULY 27, 2023
” “I can’t imagine a more powerful foundation for enterprise digital transformation,” he wrote. A University of Washington graduate, Graf has led marketing efforts for more than 20 software companies and most recently worked as Kalungi’s chief marketing officer team lead.
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Three Magic Leap executives are reportedly leaving the company
The Verge
JUNE 9, 2021
Three top Magic Leap executives — chief technology officer Paul Greco, chief operating officer Henk Vlietstra, and chief patent officer David Lundmark — are reportedly leaving in the coming months. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge.
CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
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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The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Generative AI touches every aspect of the enterprise, and every aspect of society,” says Bret Greenstein, partner and leader of the gen AI go-to-market strategy at PricewaterhouseCoopers. In July, New York City started enforcing new rules about the use of AI in hiring decisions. We’ve never had a technology touch everyone so rapidly.”
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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
Implementing an Enterprise Data Hub — Technical perspectives for implementing enterprise data hub architectures, converged analytics for workflow optimization, and the essential role of open standards and frameworks to ensure continuous innovation. Senior Director of Technology Solutions, Cloudera. Technology Insights Keynote.
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Tech Moves: GameStop hires more Amazon execs; Twitch COO joins Karat board; CEO of Washington STEM steps down; Big Fish HR chief joins Qumulo
GeekWire
JUNE 9, 2021
As vice president of interview delivery, she will focus on improving Karat’s interviewing process to help companies stay ahead on hiring engineers. It tripled the size of its enterprise client based in 2020. GameStop hired two other Amazon execs in April, bringing on Chief Growth Officer Elliott Wilke and COO Jenna Owners.
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Should your next big hire be a chief A.I. officer?
ComputerWorld IT Management
APRIL 28, 2017
As companies increasingly turn to artificial intelligence to communicate with customers, make sense of big data and find answers to vexing questions, some say it's time to think about hiring a chief A.I. in the workplace, see Computerworld’s Artificial intelligence in the enterprise: It’s on. ]. For more on A.I.
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CDOs, data science heads to fill Chief AI Officer positions in India
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 21, 2024
Indian enterprises are more likely to see Chief Digital Officers CDOs) and data science heads fill the upcoming position of Chief AI Officer (CAIOs), analysts and experts have said. “The role of a Chief AI Officer might be combined with other existing roles, such as a Chief Digital Officer or a head of data science.
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2023 CIO Hall of Fame inductees on building a successful IT leadership career
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 28, 2023
That’s as true for CIOs as any other enterprise leader. Ralph Loura, former SVP and CIO, Lumentum Lumentum That move soon led to a job running a data center and increasingly more senior roles, including stints as CIO at Symbol Technologies, Clorox, and HP’s Enterprise Group. Second, be intentional. Curiosity tops his list. “I
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