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Cengage Group CTO Jim Chilton on the P&L difference

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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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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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“Lighter is the pioneer and the leader in RBF for software-as-a-service companies.” “One silver lining of COVID is that companies, including Lighter, have realized that geography and working together in an office every day isn’t necessary to serve our customers,” Widner said. The Redmond, Wash.,

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IBM doubles down on hybrid cloud with $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition

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Since IBM’s software business has been on the rise in recent times and its consulting business is not doing that great, this (HashiCorp’s acquisition) makes a right fit there,” said Techarc’s chief analyst and founder, Faisal Kawoosa. “But

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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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.

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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

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Toth was previously VP of people and policy at Slack and head of privacy and policy for Google social products including Google+. Lockstep , a Seattle accounting software startup, has emerged from stealth mode. Chief Technology Officer Bill Henslee , an entrepreneur and founder of e2b Teknologies. •

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

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But strategically important digital transformations should be protected “because they set you up over time and create more flexibility and adaptability,” says Andrew Blau, MD and US leader, eminence and insights, at Deloitte Consulting. Moore’s law continues to play out in that space,” he says, “but Murphy’s law applies in the software space.”

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Tech Moves: Zillow exec Racquel Russell joins Bird’s board; new gig for startup vet Rebecca Lovell

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“As a city dweller with a strong public policy background, I know how communities can benefit from having diverse ways to commute and cover first and last-mile transportation needs,” said Russell. Microsoft’s M12 venture fund chief Nagraj Kashyap departed to join SoftBank’s Vision Fund as managing partner.