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Chevron Announces Senior Leadership Changes

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Sunday, July 23, 2023

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced several senior leadership changes as well as a waiver of the mandatory retirement age for the chairman and chief executive officer, Mike Wirth.

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  • Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced several senior leadership changes as well as a waiver of the mandatory retirement age for the chairman and chief executive officer, Mike Wirth.
  • “Under his leadership, Chevron has delivered on its financial priorities, executed several acquisitions and driven significant value for our shareholders.
  • Over her 24-year career with Chevron, she has held numerous leadership and operating positions.
  • The company announced several other senior leadership appointments related to this transition.

New Faculty Hire at UMD Smith Brings Expertise in Contextual Artificial Intelligence to Bolster MS and MBA Programs

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

"Balaji will strengthen our research and focus on developing future leaders in a changing world driven by artificial intelligence and grand challenges like AI bias and dis/misinformation," says Smith Dean Prabhudev Konana .

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  • "Balaji will strengthen our research and focus on developing future leaders in a changing world driven by artificial intelligence and grand challenges like AI bias and dis/misinformation," says Smith Dean Prabhudev Konana .
  • "His arrival not only bolsters our information systems faculty with a highly accomplished scholar and industry consultant, but also positions Smith's MBA and MS curricula to be transformational by contextualizing AI for the future."
  • Padmanabhan, Konana says, "will strengthen the already highly ranked MS in Information Systems, MS in Business Analytics, and online business analytics MBA programs, while influencing our portfolio of MBA programs."
  • Read more about the graduate and undergraduate programs at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Phreesia Announces Chief Financial Officer Transition

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Phreesia, Inc. (NYSE: PHR), a leader in patient intake, outreach and activation, today announced the appointment of Balaji Gandhi as Phreesia’s Chief Financial Officer.

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  • Phreesia, Inc. (NYSE: PHR), a leader in patient intake, outreach and activation, today announced the appointment of Balaji Gandhi as Phreesia’s Chief Financial Officer.
  • Rasmussen will serve as a Strategic Advisor to the Company for a period of time, to facilitate a smooth transition of his responsibilities.
  • “Balaji’s extensive knowledge of Phreesia and experience successfully partnering with our leadership team uniquely qualify him to transition to the CFO role.
  • Additionally, Balaji is an experienced public company executive with a proven track record of communicating effectively with the investment community,” said Chaim Indig, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Phreesia.

ThreatConnect CEO Balaji Yelamanchili Joins TrueFort Board of Directors

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

TrueFort , the application-centric microsegmentation company, today announced that Balaji Yelamanchili, CEO of threat intelligence platform provider ThreatConnect, has joined its Board of Directors.

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  • TrueFort , the application-centric microsegmentation company, today announced that Balaji Yelamanchili, CEO of threat intelligence platform provider ThreatConnect, has joined its Board of Directors.
  • Balaji joins TrueFort CEO Sameer Malhotra, Lane Bess, Principal & Founder of Bess Ventures & Adv., Vinay Bassi, SVP/Head of FP&A and M&A at Nielsen and Karthik Subramanian, Partner at Evolution Equity Partners on the companys board.
  • Balaji has served in virtually every executive role within the security industry including CEO, board member, operating executive, GM and venture partner, said Sameer Malhotra, CEO of TrueFort.
  • TrueFort has developed a powerful and unduplicated approach to enterprise security that views the attack surface through the lens of application behavior, said Balaji Yelamanchili.

9Round Finalizes Expansion Deal to Bring State-of-the-Art Facilities to South India

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 9Round Franchising , LLC, has finalized plans for continued development across Asia with a master franchise agreement to expand the 9Round franchise into South India.

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  • GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 9Round Franchising , LLC, has finalized plans for continued development across Asia with a master franchise agreement to expand the 9Round franchise into South India.
  • "We look forward to further expanding our brand globally and bringing 9Round's state-of-the-art facilities to India for the first time," said Shannon Hudson, founder and CEO of 9Round.
  • "Based on our proven track record in Asia and the rapid expansion of franchises in India, which has grown to become the world's second-largest franchise market, India is an ideal location for 9Round's continued global expansion."
  • The extensive experience and skills of these three master franchisees make them ideal to build the 9Round franchise footprint in India.

Tessolve solidifies its Silicon Design solutions with the acquisition of P2fsemi, deepening its expertise in Physical Design

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Tessolve ( www.tessolve.com ), the semiconductor industry's leading engineering solution provider, has acquired Pico2Femto Semiconductor (P2fsemi), primarily focused on physical design solutions.

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  • Tessolve ( www.tessolve.com ), the semiconductor industry's leading engineering solution provider, has acquired Pico2Femto Semiconductor (P2fsemi), primarily focused on physical design solutions.
  • P2fsemi's acquisition significantly strengthens Tessolve's ASIC design offerings from RTL to GDSII signoff, with increased full-turnkey backend design expertise.
  • P2fsemi enables customers to get first-pass silicon success with their 100+ Physical Design experts specialized in technology nodes down to 3nm.
  • "P2fsemi team, with excellent Physical Design expertise in advanced process nodes, is a great addition to our strong engineering team delivering state-of-the-art Silicon Design solutions.

Aurigo CEO Accepted into Forbes Technology Council

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aurigo Software, North America's leading capital planning and construction management software company, announced Balaji Sreenivasan, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aurigo, has been accepted into Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives.

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  • Forbes Technology Council Is an Invitation-Only Community for World-Class CIOs, CTOs, and Technology Executives
    AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aurigo Software , North America's leading capital planning and construction management software company, announced Balaji Sreenivasan, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aurigo, has been accepted into Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives.
  • "We are honored to welcome Balaji Sreenivasan into the community," said Scott Gerber, founder of Forbes Councils, the collective that includes Forbes Technology Council.
  • As an accepted member of the Council, Sreenivasan has access to a variety of exclusive opportunities designed to help him reach peak professional influence.
  • For more information about Forbes Technology Council, visit forbestechcouncil.com .

Ventana Micro CEO to Speak at The Six Five Summit

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Friday, June 3, 2022

CUPERTINO, Calif., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Micro Systems Inc., a leader in high-performance RISC-V processors, today announced its Founder and CEO Balaji Baktha will be speaking at The Six Five Summit June 7 at 12:30pm PT.

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  • CUPERTINO, Calif., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Micro Systems Inc. , a leader in high-performance RISC-V processors, today announced its Founder and CEO Balaji Baktha will be speaking at The Six Five Summit June 7 at 12:30pm PT.
  • The session title is "Next Generation Data Center Architectures to be Driven by RISC-V and Open Standards."
  • "We're proud to have innovative companies that have a jump on the market, such as Balaji's Ventana, speak at The Six Five Summit."
  • About Ventana Micro Systems Inc.
    Headquartered in Cupertino, Ventana Micro Systems Inc. was founded in 2018 to revolutionize the processor market by offering high-performance, extensible and secure compute chiplets based on RISC-V's open architecture.

Dedrone Expands Executive Leadership Team

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Dedrone has experienced phenomenal growth and expansion over the last year, including doubling our team here in the US in the next few months.

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  • Dedrone has experienced phenomenal growth and expansion over the last year, including doubling our team here in the US in the next few months.
  • I am honored by the opportunity to join the team and further its leadership in this space.
  • Established in 2014, Dedrone is headquartered in San Francisco, with operations in the Washington, D.C.-area, Columbus, Ohio, London, and Germany.
  • For more information about Dedrone and to reach our airspace security experts, visit dedrone.com and follow @ Dedrone on Twitter, Vimeo , and LinkedIn .

ThreatConnect Appoints Cybersecurity Leader Balaji Yelamanchili as Chief Executive Officer and Expands Executive Leadership Team With Industry Veterans

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Yelamanchili brings tremendous experience leading innovative, high-growth cybersecurity organizations to support ThreatConnects continued expansion amid growing demand for its solutions.

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  • Yelamanchili brings tremendous experience leading innovative, high-growth cybersecurity organizations to support ThreatConnects continued expansion amid growing demand for its solutions.
  • Yelamanchili previously served as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Symantecs Enterprise Security Business Unit.
  • He has also held executive positions at EMC Corporation, Documentum Inc., and Rational Software, now part of IBM.
  • In addition, the company has strengthened its leadership team with two executive hires, Charles Gold as Chief Marketing Officer and Toby Bussa as Vice President of Product Marketing.