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Former Google VP raises $10M for new startup building AI agents for retail businesses

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The Polana AI co-founders, from left: CEO Maria Zhang, Chief Scientist Steve Liu, and CTO Tim Howes. and is interviewing for a couple more potential hires. Zhang was a GeekWire Geek of the Week in 2012 and sold her mobile marketing startup, Alike, to Yahoo in 2013. She launched Proactive AI Lab in June.

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Invincea Announces 54 New Enterprise Customers for Its Flagship Enterprise Solution, $8.1M in Advanced Research Contracts for Its Labs Division

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in Advanced Research Contracts For its Labs Division. in new contracts for advanced cybersecurity projects for defense and federal government agencies in the areas of cloud-based advanced malware analysis, spear-phishing attacks against Android, and big data analytics for compromise detection. contract with the U.S. – bg.

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Massive modernization: Tips for overhauling IT at scale

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Its a very long and painful process, notes Don Henderson, CTO at BetaNXT, a wealth management company that provides tech services to clients. That requires carefully crafting contracts that ensure flexibility and leeway to manage those risks with smaller vendors, Mehta says.

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Tech Moves: Zillow promotes execs; ZoomInfo CTO resigning; ESS CEO steps down

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Sherman joined Zillow in 2012 and has led the real estate platform’s rental unit since 2017. LinkedIn Photos) — Swiftly , a grocery retail tech startup based in Seattle, welcomed two new hires to its C-suite. (Zillow Photos) — Seattle’s Zillow Group promoted two leaders to senior vice president positions.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. Roopesh Pujari has been promoted to CTO at marketing and advertising firm Publicis Groupe India. Gaurav Sharma becomes group CTO of Poonawalla Fincorp. February 2022. January 2022.

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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

CIO Business Intelligence

And, on the flip side, it’s just as important to be mindful of team chemistry and take action when there’s a problem, says Srini Kadiyala, CTO of OvalEdge. Bad hires happen, and sometimes, promotions don’t work out. Back in 2012, my girlfriend dragged me to have coffee with a friend and her boyfriend,” says Lebre. “I

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Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens

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Microsoft and Amazon veteran Dirk Didascalou has been appointed the first CTO of Siemens Digital Industries, a business unit of the German multinational company. Founded in Seattle in 2012, Actively Learn was acquired in 2018 by New Jersey educational technology company Achieve3000. He will start in September. Procurify Photos).

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