LambdaTest hires Maneesh Sharma as COO
Maneesh Sharma, previously GitHub General Manager for India, has joined LambdaTest as its Chief Operating Officer. Maneesh will lead all the go-to-market functions in the company. Maneesh, who has over 22 years of experience, was leading GitHub India.....»»
Lucasfilm Hires Deepfake YouTuber Who Fixed The Mandalorian
Lucasfilm has hired the YouTuber known as Shamook, whose The Mandalorian deepfake, published in December, has earned nearly 2 million views for improving the VFX used to de-age Mark Hamill. CNET reports: "As some of you may already know, I joined ILM.....»»
Twitter ‘acqui-hires’ the team from subscription news app, Brief
Twitter’s recent acquisition spree continues today as the company announces it has acqui-hired the team from news aggregator and summary app Brief. The startup from former Google engineers launched last year to offer a subscription-based news s.....»»
Amazon hires outside investigators after employee petition alleges discrimination and harassment
Amazon has hired outside investigators to probe the internal culture of part of its cloud computing operations after employees circulated a petition alleging "systemic discrimination, harassment, bullying and bias against women and under-represented.....»»
Netflix hires former EA exec, could start offering video games within the next year
We heard back in May that Netflix was looking for a new executive to oversee its expansion into the lucrative video game businesses. The company said at the time that it was "excited to do more with interactive entertainment." Now, Bloomberg reports.....»»
How to watch Branson’s flight, which Jeff Bezos is still hopping mad about
"New Shepard was designed to fly above the Kármán line." Enlarge / Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez pose for a picture during their visit at the Taj Mahal in January 2020. (credit: PAWAN SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images) Virgin Galact.....»»
Instacart hires Facebook executive as new CEO ahead of expected IPO
Instacart has appointed Facebook executive Fidji Simo as its new CEO, just seven months after she joined the grocery delivery company’s board of directors. Simo, formerly the vice president and head of the Facebook app, will replace Instacart found.....»»
Apple Hires Former BMW Executive for Its Rebooted Car Project
Apple has hired Ulrich Kranz, a former senior executive at BMW AG's electric car division, to help lead its own vehicle efforts. Bloomberg reports: The technology giant hired Kranz in recent weeks, about a month after he stepped down as chief executi.....»»
White House Hires Broadband Expert
Lisa Hone, a longtime Federal Communications Commission attorney with deep expertise in broadband policy, has joined the National Economic Council team to steer the Biden administration's broadband expansion efforts. From a report: Expanding broadban.....»»
Google hires former SiriusXM CPO/CTO to lead its Maps team
Almost exactly a year ago, Google announced a couple of leadership changes that saw Prabhakar Raghavan, who joined the company back in 2012, take over the lead of Search, Assistant and Maps. Now, sources familiar with the hiring tell us, the company.....»»
Hyundai hires its first-ever African American marketing agency
Maryland-based Culture Brands will get a broad remit as the Korean automaker courts Black buyers in the U.S......»»
Lucid hires Waymo veteran as CFO
Sherry House, who was treasurer and head of investor relations at Waymo, starts in her new role at Lucid this week......»»
10 Skills and Traits for Customer Experience Professionals in 2021 and Beyond
We asked industry leaders what the skills and traits are that they look for most when evaluating new customer experience hires. Continue reading........»»
Renault hires inventor of Apple"s Siri voice assistant to lead AI push
Renault has named Luc Julia, a global expert in artificial intelligence and one of the inventors of Apple's Siri voice assistant as its group chief scientific officer......»»
Apple TV+ plans to increase rate of original film production, hires ex-WarnerMedia film executive
According to a new report from The Information, Apple has hired away Jessie Henderson from WarnerMedia as the company looks to expand its investment in original film production. The new hire will join the Apple Original Films division as Apple look.....»»
Apple hires WarnerMedia executive Jessie Henderson as part of film push
Apple has reportedly hired former WarnerMedia executive Jessie Henderson as part of its effort to ramp up original film production for Apple TV+.Credit: WarnerMediaHenderson will join Apple TV+ as part of the entertainment team headed up by Jamie Erl.....»»
Building the right team for a billion-dollar startup
Bain Capital Ventures managing director Sarah Smith talks about how to ensure the critical early hires are the right ones to grow a business. From building out Facebook’s first office in Austin to putting together most of Quora’.....»»
EQT Ventures promotes Laura Yao to partner; hires Anne Raimondi as operating partner
EQT Ventures, an investment firm based in Europe, which has raised over €1.2 billion ($1.4B USD) announced that it has promoted Laura Yao to partner. At the same time, the firm announced it recently hired Anne Raimondi, former SVP of Operations at.....»»
Amazon Hires Former Executive Adam Selipsky To Run AWS
Amazon has chosen Adam Selipsky to run its Amazon Web Services division. Currently, Selipsky is CEO of Salesforce-owned data-visualization software maker Tableau. Andy Jassy made the decision as the current head of AWS, after he was chosen to replace.....»»
Twitter acqui-hires team from Reshuffle to work on its API platform
Twitter today is announcing what the company calls a “strategic acquihire” of the API integration platform Reshuffle. The startup’s commercial technology, which allows developers to build workflows and connect systems using any API,.....»»
Google Cloud hires Intel veteran to head its custom chip efforts
There has been a growing industry trend in recent years for large-scale companies to build their own chips. As part of that, Google announced today that it has hired long-time Intel executive Uri Frank as vice president to run its custom chip divisio.....»»