WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate Michael Kratsios to be the country’s chief technology officer, the White House said on Thursday, filling a role that had been vacant since the beginning of his administration. Since January 2017, Kratsios has been serving as deputy U.S. chief technology officer and a deputy assistant to the president for technology policy, the White House said. In his new job, Kratsios would help shape federal policies on technology and data. Reporting by Makini Brice; Editing by Richard Chang … [Read more...] about Trump announces pick for U.S. chief technology officer
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Exclusive: Walmart’s Chief Technology Officer leaves company as…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Walmart Inc. Chief Technology Officer Jeremy King is leaving the company, according to an internal company memo, even as the retailer races to transform its e-commerce business and close the gap with rival Amazon.com Inc. Walmart's logo is seen outside one of the stores in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski King, who joined the company in 2011, led a revamp of Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce technology platform by making it faster, more competitive and customer-friendly, all of which have been key to the retailer’s fight against its e-commerce rivals. Under King, Walmart integrated its massive stores and online systems and began offering shoppers services such as in-store pickup of online orders, easy returns and online grocery pickup, among other benefits. King also led the company’s technology arm, Walmart Labs, through more than 10 acquisitions and was key in moving the company’s … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Walmart’s Chief Technology Officer leaves company as…
$2 billion takeaway startup Deliveroo lost its CTO, chief people officer, and chief legal officer in a big reshuffle
caption Will Shu, chief executive and cofounder of Deliveroo. source Deliveroo Food delivery startup Deliveroo has reshuffled its executive team as its chief technology officer, chief people officer, and chief legal officer depart. The company’s new vice president of engineering and chief product officer will now run the tech team. The departures come as expectation grows for a Deliveroo float, sale, or further fundraise. Deliveroo, the $2 billion food takeaway startup, has had an executive reshuffle, resulting in the departure of its chief technology officer, chief people officer, and chief legal officer. CTO Mike Hudack is to leave after two-and-a-half years at the startup. He previously worked at Facebook, and is also a partner at new London venture capital firm Blossom Capital. Chief People Officer Beth Clutterbuck has left for enterprise cloud company Cloudreach, and plans to move back to the US, Deliveroo said. And Chief Legal … [Read more...] about $2 billion takeaway startup Deliveroo lost its CTO, chief people officer, and chief legal officer in a big reshuffle
Microsoft’s Chief Technology Officer of AI Joseph Sirosh leaves fo real-estate brokerage
Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer of AI Joseph Sirosh has left Microsoft to join a New York City-based real-estate brokerage called Compass. Compass announced Sirosh's appointment as head of its engineering team and Chief Technology Officer via Twitter on December 4.Sirosh had been with Microsoft for five-and-a half years. Before that he was at Amazon for eight years, most recently as Vice President of the Global Inventory Platform. He led the development team for Amazon's Machine Learning service.Compass is working on new AI-powered products for the real-estate market, according to the Compass tweet about Sirosh. Compass, originally known as Urban Compass, is focused on using technology to reduce the time to buy and sell properties. Compass has agents serving a number of cities in the U.S. market and calls itself "among the country's larges owned luxury brokerages."Sirosh was appointed Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of AI in Microsoft's Worldwide Commercial … [Read more...] about Microsoft’s Chief Technology Officer of AI Joseph Sirosh leaves fo real-estate brokerage
Joshua Spence named West Virginia’s chief technology officer
Published 2:24 pm CST, Monday, November 26, 2018 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Joshua Spence has been appointed as West Virginia's chief technology officer. Gov. Jim Justice announced Spence's appointment Monday in a news release. Spence replaces John Dunlap, who retired. Spence has served as the state's chief information security officer since 2015. He will continue in his role as a cyber operations officer with the West Virginia Air National Guard. … [Read more...] about Joshua Spence named West Virginia’s chief technology officer