Sentences with phrase «after former company»

After former company president Sean Parker said Facebook was exploiting human psychology to the detriment of its users, and ex-vice president of growth Chamath Palihapitiya implied that Facebook may be responsible for creating «tools that are ripping apart the social fabric,» Facebook says it's instituting a new...

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Alex Fielding, the founder of the $ 250 million robotics company Ripcord, is stepping aside as CEO in the wake of an investigation into a 19 - year - old former employee's allegations that she was fired after complaining of a toxic work environment.

Waymo claimed in a lawsuit earlier this year that former engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14,000 confidential files before leaving to set up a self - driving truck company, which Uber acquired soon after.

After Hogan launched his lawsuit against the company, it was revealed that PayPal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel had been bankrolling the former wrestler and others who were suing Gawker, in the hope of driving the company out of business.

Former Telus top man Joe Natale officially took over as CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. this year, signaling a return to stable leadership for the company after former CEO Guy Laurence was axed lastFormer Telus top man Joe Natale officially took over as CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. this year, signaling a return to stable leadership for the company after former CEO Guy Laurence was axed lastformer CEO Guy Laurence was axed last fall.

His efforts come after a year of distractions for the company as the Redstones battled to maintain control, resulting in the departure of former CEO Philippe Dauman.

Axovant shares tumbled another 20 % Monday after CEO David Hung, the former chief of Medivation who orchestrated the latter company's sale to Pfizer, resigned from the post after less than a year on the job.

Waymo sued Uber in February, claiming that former Waymo executive Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14,000 confidential files before leaving to set up a self - driving truck company, called Otto, which Uber acquired soon after.

After a year of Game of Thrones - style intrigue involving 93 - year - old billionaire Sumner Redstone, his daughter Shari, and former CEO Philippe Dauman, it looks as though the ultimate fate of Viacom could be settled relatively soon — and with it the fate of sister company CBS.

In 2017, after years of failure, shareholders at my former employer, Exxon Mobil, passed a resolution calling for the company to outline its plans for dealing with climate change.

That stemmed from a detailed essay published by a former female Uber engineer, who charged that her prospects at the company evaporated after she complained about sexual advances from her boss.

Former Speaker of the House John Boehner joined a board of advisors for cannabis company Acreage Holdings earlier this month after changing his own views on cannabis.

It was right after Dara Khosrowshahi had been appointed CEO, and we had a pretty frank conversation about a company trying to undo months of damage from PR missteps including a video of its former chief, Travis Kalanick, berating a driver (he later apologized) and a passenger boycott promoted on social media.

In a further sign of change at the beleaguered BlackBerry maker, former co-CEO Jim Balsillie departed from the company's board just two months after he and Mike Lazaridis stepped down as co-CEOs.

After witnessing a 95 % decline in the pharmaceutical company's share price amid a series of scandals, Valeant's board, led by former shareholder and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, smartly tied Papa's compensation to a recovery in the stock price.

Calling the company «America's fourth automaker,» Morgan Stanley's Adam Jones noted that Tesla, based in Palo Alto, Calif., recently acquired the ability to mass - produce vehicles after taking control of a former GM - Toyota factory that can churn out 500,000 units per year.

After the allegations, Bloomberg reports that former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is working with the company to lead an investigation into her claims.

The company announced last week that founder Sean Rad would be retaking the top job, only five months after handing control to former eBay and Microsoft executive Chris Payne.

Oil and gas company Citation Resources has launched proceedings in the Federal Court against its former chairman Peter Landau after an investigation revealed issues concerning $ 2 million worth of transactions.

After hearing the pitch, former Johnson East agreed to invested $ 100,000 for 20 percent equity in the company (sharply negotiating down the value of the business).

The former general manager of the company's engineering and environmental office in Auburn Hills, Michigan was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and violating the Clean Air Act.

Gold Miner Troy Resources has appointed former Singapore - based Sakari Resources head Martin Purvis as its new chief executive officer, after managing director Paul Benson left the company in July.

Former mining services company Viento Group is under new leadership after a board restructure replaced all directors, including John Silverthorne, who in July struck a deal to buy all of the company ’s

West Perth - based oil and gas explorer Orca Energy has announced former mining magnate Nathan Tinkler will be its new executive chairman after participating in the company's $ 20 million capital raising.

Founder Matt Lincecum is a former attorney who started the company after 15 years of home brewing, during which time he worked meticulously to perfect his recipe for Universal Pale Ale.

Uber Is Launching an Investigation After a Former Employee Wrote About Sexual Harassment at the Company

It's finding good companies to invest in,» says Vivek Wadhwa, a former tech entrepreneur and Duke University engineering professor who helped create Chile's program after being tapped as an adviser by people he knew in the government.

After stepping down as chairman of the trendy athletic - wear company last month, the former CEO is weighing his options for how to use his 28 percent stake to influence Lululemon's operations going forward.

The beleaguered technology company's core business is up for sale after years of lackluster performance, with bidders including frontrunner Verizon, inventor Dan Gilbert (backed by Warren Buffett), TPG, and a consortium that includes Bain Capital and former Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn.

The investigation, led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, began in February after an ex-Uber engineer published a blog post in which she said she had repeatedly complained about sexual harassment and discrimination at the ride - hailing company.

The day after the Company filed its proxy statement, Chairman D. Boone Wayson, a childhood friend and former business partner of Mr. Wynn, communicated the board's outright rejection of my request to reopen the nomination window as neither «appropriate [n] or justified,» without any further explanation.

Indeed, that attitude explains how, nearly seven years after their fateful game of catch, the former dorm mates — RAM not only stands for «Randy and Mike» but also is the nickname (Rams) of sports teams at Colorado State University, their alma mater — have built a $ 4.6 - million company that competes against the likes of Wilson, Spalding, and Nike.

The news comes after a Florida judge ruled (and denied Denton's request to stay said ruling) that former wrestler Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, could begin collecting on a judgment against Denton and his company for invasion of privacy.

She added that the path of the two companies could have been different under different leadership, a reference to Viacom's former Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman, who was forced to resign in August after losing a battle for control of Viacom with the Redstones.

The new roles come shortly after the San Francisco company had to deal with multiple public accounts by former and current employees that described a work environment that was hostile toward women.

Much like Huston's former company Microsoft, when Bill Gates handed the reins to Steve Ballmer, Priceline is changing the guard after an impressive run.

The company was acquired by Google in 2013 during a robotics shopping spree led by Android creator Andy Rubin, but the team struggled to find its place within the tech giant after Rubin's departure, former Boston Dynamics employees said.

An offer for the studio from a group of investors led by former Obama administration official Maria Contreras - Sweet failed to produce a deal earlier this year, after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a civil lawsuit against the company and demanded more compensation for Harvey Weinstein's victims.

Uber is hiring a former IBM chief privacy officer to review the company's practices after it was reported the company may have violated its privacy policy by snooping on customer data.

The Adapt deal comes about a year after Datapipe bought DualSpark, a company founded by former Amazon (amzn) personnel to make it easier to move business applications from internal equipment to the AWS cloud, which is a massive array of servers, storage, and networking owned and managed by AWS.

United Technologies» CEO Gregory Hayes, the company's former finance chief who took the helm in late 2014, holds the distinction of being the first chief exec to strike a deal with now - President Trump after the November 2016 vote.

Kirby has a large family, and he told me if his compensation drops significantly after the new year, the deadline for former managers to establish their new roles in the company, he'll have to leave.

One of Rossiello's former associates from her consulting days provided some seed funding for BitPesa, and the company really took off after a series - A round of funding in which billionaire investor Tim Draper threw his hat in the ring.

Still, there are some notable larger and highly sought - after venture funding rounds — like the yet - to - be-closed but widely reported bidding war for Foursquare, and competitive deals closed by former Facebook employees» companies Asana and Quora.

The spotlight has been on the company's bro culture since Kalanick launched an internal investigation in February after a former employee, Susan Fowler, said in a personal blog post that she was sexually harassed and experienced gender bias during her time at the company.

After Fowler published her essay, Uber hired former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder and his partner, Tammy Albarran, to conduct an investigation into the company's culture.

A key document in Alphabet's legal battle against Uber reveals that a former Alphabet executive had a trove of data on Alphabet's self - driving car technology and accessed some of the files after he left the company.

Schroepfer also confirmed this agreement was signed with Kogan in June 2016, and said the «core commitments» were to confirm the deletion of data from himself and three others Kogan had passed it to: Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix; Wylie, for a company he had set up after leaving Cambridge Analytica; and Dr Michael Inzlicht from the Toronto Laboratory for Social Neuroscience (Kogan mentioned to the committee earlier this week he had also passed some of the Facebook data to a fellow academic in Canada).

Burtzlaff, a former chemical engineer, contacted CMIT in 2009 after Arcade Marketing's 75 - person cosmetics sample packaging company in Baltimore, where he was general manager, closed in 2009.

As mentioned, she joins just after Anthony Levandowski, the former head of the ATG, left that role and moved away from working on anything LiDAR - related at Uber as the legal battle between his company and Waymo continues.