CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 14, 2024

Between building gen AI features into almost every enterprise tool it offers, adding the most popular gen AI developer tool to GitHub — GitHub Copilot is already bigger than GitHub when Microsoft bought it — and running the cloud powering OpenAI, Microsoft has taken a commanding lead in enterprise gen AI. That’s risky.”

Microsoft 340

Microsoft Enterprise Enterprise Data 340

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Especially with companies like Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta, Salesforce and others in the news recently with announcements of agentic AI and agent creation tools and capabilities. Microsoft recently announced the release of Copilot agents. Microsoft is describing AI agents as the new applications for an AI-powered world.

Case Study 338

Case Study Architecture Study System 338

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 8, 2025

As VP of cloud capabilities at software company Endava, Radu Vunvulea consults with many CIOs in large enterprises. For example, Mosaic recently created a data-heavy Mosaic GPT safety model for mining operations on Microsofts Bing platform, and is about to roll that out in a pilot.

Cloud 349

Cloud Budget Data Oracle 349

CTOvision

APRIL 7, 2014

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.

CTO Hire 255

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Enterprise Enterprise 255

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.

Fractional CTO 121

Fractional CTO CTO Hire CTO Microsoft 121

GeekWire

MARCH 20, 2025

Engineers debate whether this is an effective way to build software products, and what vibe coding is really all about. ” Patrick Ellis , CTO at Seattle startup Snapbar, said his company planned to hire an engineer last year. It will change software development forever.”

CTO Hire 126

CTO Hire Engineering Tools CTO 126

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The company wanted to leverage all the benefits the cloud could bring, get out of the business of managing hardware and software, and not have to deal with all the complexities around security, he says. She hired Ryan Haunfelder as director of data and analytics, and they formally embarked on an upgrade to Deltek Vantagepoint.

Oracle 328

Oracle System Data Applications 328

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

For example, developers using GitHub Copilots code-generating capabilities have experienced a 26% increase in completed tasks , according to a report combining the results from studies by Microsoft, Accenture, and a large manufacturing company.

Data 358

Data Change Management Examples CTO Hire 358

GeekWire

MAY 13, 2020

Anu Engineer, CTO (left), and Mahesh Unnikrishnan, CPO, just joined SirionLabs. The 8-year-old contract management software startup originally launched out of India. The 8-year-old contract management software startup originally launched out of India. SirionLabs Photos). The company manages 3.5

CTO Hire 120

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Engineering 120

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 28, 2022

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.,

CTO Hire 359

CTO Hire Data Training Fractional CTO 359

GeekWire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

F5 Photo) — Seattle-based networking and security giant F5 hired John Maddison as chief product marketing and technology alliances officer. The company named Cooper Werner as its new chief financial officer, and moved Kunal Anand from CTO to the position of chief innovation officer. F5 plans to hire a new CTO.

CTO Hire 115

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Nonprofit CTO 115

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Both types of gen AI have their benefits, says Ken Ringdahl, the companys CTO. For example, he says, Metas Llama is very large, which impacts inference time. Weve developed our software such that the LLM open source or proprietary can be swapped in or out via configuration. It can also help with refactoring.

Open Source 288

Open Source Security Licensing Training 288

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Awareness of FinOps practices and the maturity of software that can automate cloud optimization activities have helped enterprises get a better understanding of key cost drivers,” McCarthy says, referring to the practice of blending finance and cloud operations to optimize cloud spend. I strike this language from all my contracts.”

Strategy 351

Strategy Cloud CTO Hire Fractional CTO 351

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Michael Sherman, SVP of Zillow Rentals, and Cynthia Taylor, Zillow VP of agent software and advertising. More than three times as many households moved into a new rental than purchased a home in 2024,” the company said in announcing Sherman’s promotion. software development company in 2023. tech giant.

Fractional CTO 92

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Real Estate 92

GeekWire

JANUARY 21, 2021

Fusebit , a new Seattle startup aiming to help developers with software integration capabilities, has raised a $3.3 Founded in 2019 by veterans of Microsoft, Apple, and Auth0, the startup offers flexible APIs to software-as-a-service vendors that make it easier to add integrations as part of their apps. “We

Software 127

Software Software Apple Microsoft 127

GeekWire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

based identify authentication software company Auth0 named former Glassdoor CTO Bhawna Singh as SVP of engineering. She will be responsible for Auth0’s various platforms and oversee the software engineering, data and machine learning teams. Bhawna Singh. Auth0 Photo). Bellevue, Wash.-based Kayti Sullivan. Flyhomes Photo).

CTO Hire 123

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Engineering 123

GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Qumulo does not have an overall CTO. The Seattle startup offers clients a community of “Interview Engineers” who use its software to conduct first-round technical interviews. She previously spent more than 13 years at Microsoft. MTI) hired Craig Parietti as CFO and Tony Woods as VP of human resources. . Hillsboro, Ore.-based

CTO Hire 118

CTO Hire CTO Cloud Engineering 118

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

As a result, software supply chains and vendor risk management are becoming ever more vital (and frequent) conversations in the C-suite today, as companies seek to reduce their exposure to outages and the business continuity issues of key vendors their businesses depend on. This happened the same evening as the CrowdStrike incident.”

Backup 325

Backup Disaster Recovery Business Continuity CTO Hire 325

GeekWire

APRIL 11, 2024

(Talkdesk Photo) — Munil Shah , a former engineering leader at UiPath who previously spent 23 years at Microsoft, has joined San Francisco startup Talkdesk as chief technology officer. Shah, based in Seattle, was most recently a CTO at UiPath, the robotic process automation software giant. million investment round. .

CTO 106

CTO CTO Hire Real Estate Engineering 106

GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2021

After executive stints at Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Nike, Courtney Kissler is now the CTO and senior vice president of technology at Seattle online retailer Zulily. He also spent a year at Code.org as director of software engineering. Courtney Kissler. Zulily Photo). Kelly Breslin Wright. Gong raised $200 million in August at a $2.2

CTO Hire 130

CTO Hire CTO Google Retail 130

GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2023

From left: Lexion CTO and co-founder Emad Elwany; CEO and co-founder Gaurav Oberoi; and Chief Legal Officer Jessica Nguyen. Lexion Photo) Lexion gained a foothold by using artificial intelligence to help legal departments manage contracts. Lexion has established itself as a leader in the legal tech and contract management sectors.

CTO Hire 103

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Software Software 103

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.

CTO Hire 98

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Microsoft 98

GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2022

. — Mobile marketplace OfferUp hired former Splunk VP of Engineering Melissa Binde as its new CTO. She was also a software developer at Amazon soon after it went public. She oversaw Splunk’s cloud engineering business while CTO at the software giant. He previously spent more than 13 years at Microsoft.

CTO Hire 121

CTO Hire CTO Data Center Data 121

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2024

Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

Cloud 312

Cloud CTO Hire Fractional CTO Budget 312

GeekWire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Temporal co-founders Samar Abbas, CTO, and Maxim Fateev, CEO. Founded a year ago by former Uber engineers who previously worked at Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, Temporal has built an open-source microservices orchestration platform that can replace ad-hoc systems currently used by developers. Temporal Photo). million.

Engineering 145

Engineering Microsoft CTO Hire Open Source 145

GeekWire

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Karat Image). — Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews , hired two new executives. Its software is used by tech companies such as Compass, Intuit, Indeed, Ford and others that need help interviewing engineers. He spent the past 11 years as a principal program manager lead for Microsoft Azure.

CTO Hire 98

CTO Hire Microsoft Cloud Vmware 98

GeekWire

AUGUST 9, 2021

Former Microsoft CVP Carolyn Everson will take over as president of San Francisco-based grocery delivery company Instacart in September. At Microsoft, she led global ad sales and strategy. The 9-year old company also turned to the Pacific Northwest for talent hiring former Porch executive Asha Sharma as COO in February.

CTO Hire 133

CTO Hire Biotechnology Advertising Project Management 133

GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2021

billion contract to return astronauts to the moon. Microsoft Photo). Athira Pharma recently appointed Rachel Lenington as CTO and head of product development strategy and Mark Worthington as general counsel. based startup Lessen named Chris Bee , a former senior director of product development at Zillow, as CTO.

CTO Hire 137

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Engineering CTO 137

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 28, 2023

More recently, the company launched Carbon Pathfinder, an AI-driven sustainability software planning tool that is sold as SaaS or a suite with professional services. “AI That last part is key for JLL, as Morin sees the evolution of AI offering JLL more opportunities to provide services to existing customers and to gain new ones.

Real Estate 246

Real Estate CTO Hire Fractional CTO Data Center 246

GeekWire

MAY 20, 2024

SeekOut Photo) SeekOut , a Seattle-area startup that sells recruiting software and raised $115 million in 2022, is trimming its workforce for the second time in the past eight months. SeekOut previously laid off 7% of its staff in October, and said it had about 200 employees at the time. SeekOut CEO and co-founder Anoop Gupta.

Software 113

Software Software CTO Hire Company 113

GeekWire

JUNE 27, 2024

Vered was most recently CTO at engineering insights startup Uplevel. He previously held engineering leadership roles at Zipwhip, Microsoft, VoloMetrix, and Cisco. Sri Shivananda , recently named global CTO at JPMorgan Chase, resigned from the board of Seattle application delivery giant F5.

Fractional CTO 123

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Engineering 123

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

CIO packages often include stock options, relocation expenses, and hiring bonuses, says Victor Janulaitis, CEO of consulting firm Janco. Typically, [CIOs] have 401ks and as part of the negotiation process, they’ll negotiate a lump sum that will offset the cost of that loss” from leaving their current job. “The Stephenson says.

Meeting 312

Meeting CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO 312

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Microsoft gaming exec James Gwertzman has joined Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner on the consumer investing team. Gwertzman founded gaming infrastructure startup PlayFab, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2018, and sold Sprout Games to PopCap Games in 2005. and merged with Payfactors earlier this year.

CTO Hire 137

CTO Hire Microsoft Research Groups 137

GeekWire

AUGUST 27, 2024

Supio Photos) Supio , a Seattle startup founded in 2021 by longtime friends and former Microsoft engineers, raised a $25 million Series A investment to supercharge its software platform designed to help lawyers quickly sort, search, and organize case-related data. Supio co-founders Kyle Lam (left) and Jerry Zhou.

Engineering 129

Engineering Microsoft CTO Hire Fractional CTO 129

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

OpenAI’s November 2022 announcement of ChatGPT and its subsequent $10 billion in funding from Microsoft were the “shots heard ’round the world” when it comes to the promise of generative AI. in concert with Microsoft’s AI-optimized Azure platform. CarMax CITO Shamim Mohammed confirms his company was using OpenAI’s GPT-3.x

CTO Hire 353

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Survey Financial 353

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

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. Before that, he was the chief information security advisor at Microsoft India. .

Fractional CTO 246

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Banking 246

GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

Swift is a longtime Seattle-area gaming industry vet whose resume includes Valve Software (she helped lead development of Portal), Airtight Games, Amazon, EA, and most recently Google Stadia, where she was a game design director for the tech giant’s cloud gaming service. Microsoft is investing heavily in cloud-related gaming efforts.

CTO Hire 125

CTO Hire Fashion Fractional CTO Symantec 125