Chief technology officer

Bountiful Launches Groundbreaking Referral-as-a-Service Platform to Activate Hiring Networks

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Bountiful , a referral-as-a-service platform, is proud to announce its launch out of Venture Studio High Alpha today.

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  • Bountiful , a referral-as-a-service platform, is proud to announce its launch out of Venture Studio High Alpha today.
  • The platform revolutionizes how companies hire by activating personal and professional networks to drive quality job candidates and build better and more diverse teams.
  • With Bountiful, early customers have gone from 75 days without filling a role to four qualified and diverse finalists in 21 days.”
    With Bountiful, companies can activate their internal and external networks to hire qualified candidates faster.
  • “Bountiful provides an engaging, compelling solution where everyone from hiring managers to referrers to job candidates win,” said Acadian Ventures Founder and General Partner Jason Corsello.

IBM Study: CEOs Embrace Generative AI as Productivity Jumps to the Top of their Agendas

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Yet, CEOs can face key barriers as they race to modernize and adopt new technologies like generative AI.

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  • Yet, CEOs can face key barriers as they race to modernize and adopt new technologies like generative AI.
  • Half (50%) of CEOs surveyed report they are already integrating generative AI into products and services, and 43% say they are using generative AI to inform strategic decisions.
  • CEOs indicate they are ready to adopt generative AI, but other executives have reservations
    Three out of four (75%) CEOs surveyed believe the organization with the most advanced generative AI will have competitive advantage.
  • While 69% of CEO respondents see broad benefits of generative AI across their organization, just 29% of their executive teams agree they have the in-house expertise to adopt generative AI.

Champion Launches to Reinvent Enterprise Customer Advocacy

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Champion , the platform for second-order revenue, is announcing its launch out of Venture Studio High Alpha today.

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  • Champion , the platform for second-order revenue, is announcing its launch out of Venture Studio High Alpha today.
  • The company is led by CEO and Co-Founder Jeff Reekers, an experienced leader who previously served as chief marketing officer at Aircall.
  • “For companies, there’s so much untapped potential in working alongside their power users, biggest advocates and loyal customers,” said High Alpha Partner Eric Tobias.
  • “Champion is going to fundamentally change how companies partner and work with their power users to create incredible outcomes for all involved parties.

Intesa Sanpaolo launches new digital bank Isybank

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Friday, June 16, 2023

MILAN, Italy, June 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intesa Sanpaolo presented Isybank, the Group's new digital banking platform, a qualifying project of its Business Plan 2022-2025, central to its customer service model and digital development strategy.

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  • MILAN, Italy, June 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intesa Sanpaolo presented Isybank, the Group's new digital banking platform, a qualifying project of its Business Plan 2022-2025, central to its customer service model and digital development strategy.
  • The launch of Isybank took place at the Gioia 22 office tower in Milan, nicknamed ’The Glass Splinter’ and located in Porta Nuova, which houses the operational headquarters of Isybank and other Intesa Sanpaolo Group Divisions.
  • Antonio Valitutti, CEO of Isybank, presented the innovative approach of the new digital bank by demonstrating the functions of the app at the centre of the new digital ecosystem.
  • "With the launch of Isybank, the digital transformation of Intesa Sanpaolo continues, which sees this project as one of the pillars of the 2022-2025 Business Plan”, explained Carlo Messina, Managing Director and CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo.

MitoQ Hires New CSO: Siobhan Mitchell

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

MitoQ Ltd. , a New Zealand-based cell health company that developed a world-first sub-cellular targeted antioxidant which directly combats cell stress, announces the appointment of Siobhan Mitchell as Chief Science and Technology Officer.

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  • MitoQ Ltd. , a New Zealand-based cell health company that developed a world-first sub-cellular targeted antioxidant which directly combats cell stress, announces the appointment of Siobhan Mitchell as Chief Science and Technology Officer.
  • In her role as CSO, Mitchell drives the science strategy for MitoQ, and makes sure all evidence for products is top-quality.
  • The MitoQ team is eager to find out if they can help women keep their vasculature healthy via reducing oxidative stress.
  • MitoQ truly cares about gold standard science and has already shown to be hugely innovative as a supplement company,” says Siobhan Mitchell.

Zuora Appoints Software Engineering Leader Pete Hirsch as Chief Product and Technology Officer

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Zuora, Inc. (NYSE: ZUO), a leading monetization platform provider for recurring revenue businesses, today announced the appointment of Pete Hirsch as its Chief Product and Technology Officer.

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  • Zuora, Inc. (NYSE: ZUO), a leading monetization platform provider for recurring revenue businesses, today announced the appointment of Pete Hirsch as its Chief Product and Technology Officer.
  • Hirsch will join Zuora on July 10, 2023 and report to founder and CEO Tien Tzuo to lead the company’s global product innovation and engineering functions.
  • Hirsch comes to Zuora with more than 30 years of software engineering experience leading enterprise product and engineering organizations.
  • Most recently, he was Chief Technology Officer at BlackLine, a financial controls and automation software company, where he led the company’s product and technology groups, set its technology direction and scaled its global cloud platform.

Epicor Appoints Chief Product & Technology Officer

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Monday, June 12, 2023

Epicor, a global leader of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, today announced Vaibhav Vohra has been appointed Chief Product and Technology Officer.

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  • Epicor, a global leader of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, today announced Vaibhav Vohra has been appointed Chief Product and Technology Officer.
  • With this move, the Product Development and Product Management teams will be unified under Vohra’s leadership, further enabling Epicor to deliver customer-centric SaaS solutions and continued innovation through AI, automation, and design.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230612363939/en/
    Vaibhav Vohra, Epicor Chief Product and Technology Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
    “In his time at Epicor as Chief Product Officer, Vaibhav has been instrumental in driving our product strategy and spearheading the Epicor vision for the connected Data Supply Chain ,” said Epicor CEO Steve Murphy.
  • Wilson will continue serving as a technical advisor for all products and overseeing key customer initiatives, including leading the Retail product teams.

Fulton Financial Corporation Names Karthik Sridharan as Chief Operations and Technology Officer

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Monday, June 12, 2023

Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT) today announced that Karthik Sridharan has joined as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operations and Technology Officer.

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  • Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT) today announced that Karthik Sridharan has joined as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operations and Technology Officer.
  • Sridharan will be responsible for leading a team of information technology and operations professionals focused on leveraging leading technology to provide the best digital customer experience at Fulton Bank.
  • Since 2019, he has served as Chief Information Officer, Executive Vice President, at OceanFirst Bank in Red Bank, NJ.
  • Prior to that, from 2011-2019, he worked as Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise Operations and Technology, for Citigroup in New York, NY.

Duck Creek Technologies Rated a Luminary in Celent’s 2023 Insurer Stand-Alone Rating Engines North America and Global Reports

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

Boston, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Duck Creek Technologies, the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of Property and Casualty (P&C) and general insurance, earns Luminary status in Celent’s 2023 North America and global reports, Insurer Stand-Alone Rating Engines.

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  • Boston, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Duck Creek Technologies, the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of Property and Casualty (P&C) and general insurance, earns Luminary status in Celent’s 2023 North America and global reports, Insurer Stand-Alone Rating Engines.
  • Duck Creek’s rating solutions have been recognized in the report’s highest-ranking category for advanced technology and breadth of functionality.
  • In North America and across the globe, Duck Creek maintains an open platform and open ecosystem philosophy, offering over 100 pre-built and validated integration accelerators.
  • “Duck Creek is proud to continue to earn Celent’s highest Luminary ranking in North America and globally for our rating solutions,” said Jess Keeney, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Duck Creek Technologies.

Wizeline Hosts Hackathon to Explore the Potential of Generative AI

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, June 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wizeline , an AI-centric digital services provider that builds modern, scalable products and platforms, today announced the launch of its first Generative AI Hackathon, bringing together professionals, students and AI enthusiasts from the tech community to collaborate on the development of innovative solutions using generative AI to solve real-world challenges.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, June 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wizeline , an AI-centric digital services provider that builds modern, scalable products and platforms, today announced the launch of its first Generative AI Hackathon, bringing together professionals, students and AI enthusiasts from the tech community to collaborate on the development of innovative solutions using generative AI to solve real-world challenges.
  • Participants will compete in teams of three to five people to build a working prototype using any generative AI tools or services within an allotted 12-hour window.
  • Participants will have a unique opportunity to collaborate with Wizeline’s top data and AI experts and the company’s technology partners while working with the latest AI technology.
  • Registration is open for Wizeline’s Generative AI Hackathon 2023 until June 26th.