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Startup CTO or Developer

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What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product.

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Tech Moves: Seattle startups hire new execs; board shuffles at Adaptive and Porch

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Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering. He previously worked as VP of platform engineering at Paris-based carpooling platform BlaBlaCar and was an engineer at Chef Software. Guis previously worked as the CMO at Commvault, as well as VP product marketing at Salesforce.

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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

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Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Enterprise software startup Magnify announced Sajo Jacob as its CTO and a co-founder. Muppirala was most recently CTO and president of digital innovation at retailer Restoration Hardware, now know as RH. Carol Grant as VP of marketing.

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Tech Moves: Outreach adds CMO; new execs at startups ShelfEngine and Kaskada; and more

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Parkey succeeds former head of product Emily Kruger, who is now VP of operations and product at software consultancy Loka. Former Porch Director of Engineering Viplav Mishra is now VP of engineering at Seattle delivery startup Pandion. Mishra was most recently CTO at Steve Ballmer’s USA Facts.

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Securing data and talent top Indian CIOs’ concerns for FY2023

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Her colleague, CTO Rajaneesh R Kini, agrees. At Khatabook, a provider of accounting software for small businesses, VP of Engineering Gaurav Lahoti also ranks information and data security as his top priority. She is currently focusing on improving overall cybersecurity by working very closely with her team. “We Talent retention.

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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. February 2022. Goel has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. Kamal Goel Web Werks.

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Tech Moves: Hiya adds startup vets; Bellevue College taps former governor as interim president; and more

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He is currently chairman of Locke Global Strategies, a consulting group, and a senior advisor and consultant for law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, specializing in doing business in China and the U.S. Banfield’s co-founder is Bruce Roberts , who is CTO of the new startup. ambassador to China and secretary of commerce.