Sentences with phrase «former company executive»

Former company executive Peter Galbraith Kelly Jr. was charged with arranging the payments.

In 1995, the year Yahoo started selling ads, a former company executive estimated that the entire market was about $ 20 million.

Williamson's termination follows the ouster of former company executive Scott Forstall, who was the iOS software chief.

FBI agents arrested former Insys Therapeutics (insy) CEO Michael Babich and five other former company executives on Thursday for allegedly bribing doctors to prescribe an extremely addictive opioid painkiller to patients who didn't need it.

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He?s a former software executive, entrepreneur and fund manager, and has founded or financed more than 40 companies that have launched more than 100 products with transactions exceeding one billion dollars of capital.

Aside from the arrest of former SNC Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime in early 2012 (and the subsequent arrests of other SNC executives), the RCMP unveiled its new National Division this past June, which will, among other responsibilities, oversee corruption involving Canadian companies and individuals both domestically and abroad.

Chris Larsen, the cofounder, executive chairman, and former CEO of the cryptocurrency company Ripple, became the world's fifth wealthiest person as the price of Ripple's XRP cryptocurrency soared past the $ 3 mark this week.

In December, Costello shuffled up top management — he promoted Mike Grupta, a former finance executive at Zynga (who helped take the company public in Decemeber 2011) to be the company's chief financial officer, while moving Ali Rowghani from CFO to COO.

Some big brains believe Barnes is right: Farmers Edge recently raised nearly $ 60 million in equity investments to help support aggressive international expansion, and the company has recruited former Monsanto, DuPont and Canadian Wheat Board executives into its fold.

Former Viacom senior executive Tom Dooley was named as Dauman's replacement, but he announced last week that he will be leaving the company soon, which leaves a leadership vacuum at the top of Viacom — a vacuum that makes a merger with CBS even more likely, some believe.

I bet you didn't know the average founder of a venture - backed company is a former executive between the ages of 35 and 44.

Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa executive Kim Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa executive Kim former Alcoa executive Kim Horne.

Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa of Australia executive Kim Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa of Australia executive Kim former Alcoa of Australia executive Kim Horne.

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.

Commentary by Bill Hafker, a former Exxon Mobil executive who started at the company in 1980 and retired in 2016 as a senior engineering advisor and environmental global technology sponsor.

Judge slams deception by Hardie board Ten former directors and executives of building materials group James Hardie have been found to have breached their duties by making misleading statements about the firm's ability to pay asbestos compensation, in a decision that has wide - ranging implications for company boards.

UGL has selected former UWA graduate and Clough executive Russell Waugh to lead its engineering business, which is set to become a listed company in its own right following a demerger.

The company recently started a sponsorship program for extreme - sports athletes and hired a former top Red Bull marketing executive, Paul Crandell, to head the effort.

Although he is leaving his executive post quietly, the ex-CEO doesn't have to walk away because the coffee chain will also transfer the ownership of his former company car.

Among those that speak up are academics, former FAA officials, aerospace industry executives, drone entrepreneurs looking to build new companies around UAS technologies and services, local law enforcement, and U.S. intelligence employees.

Calacanis, a former Twitter booster, was harsh in his criticism of the social media company, saying that under CEO Jack Dorsey — who is also chief executive of Square — Twitter has seen slow growth and little innovation when it comes to new products.

A spokesman for the prosecutors in the city of Brunswick (Braunschweig) told Fortune that recent disclosures suggesting that chief executive Martin Winterkorn was aware of the long - running deception of U.S. regulators already in May 2014 — over a year before the company finally admitted it to the world — weren't enough by themselves to justify opening an investigation into the former boss.

Barney Harford, the former chief executive officer of online travel site Orbitz, has been named chief operating officer at Uber Technologies Inc., making him the second - highest ranking executive at the ride - hailing company.

To do that, says one former American Target executive, who asked that he remain anonymous, the company needs to provide Canadian employees with the same equipment the U.S. chain uses to keep track of what's on its sales floor and in its backrooms.

Protean Wave Energy has recruited former Woodside Petroleum executive Steve Rogers as its new managing director, with his predecessor Bruce Lane and chief technology officer Sean Moore both stepping down from their roles at the clean energy company today.

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.

Top executives at Uber used the encrypted chat app Wickr to hold secret conversations, current and former workers testified in court this week, setting up what could be the first major legal test of the issues raised by the use of encrypted apps inside companies.

«Technology companies are rightfully cautious because they are global players, and if they build it for one purpose they don't get to say it can't be used for anything else,» said Wong, a former Twitter and Google legal executive.

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.

VDM Group shares surged on news the company's chief executive has stepped aside, with former BGC Contracting manager Sam Diep to take the helm.

Former Wallaby player and experienced minerals executive John Welborn will take the helm of Perth - based gold company Resolute Mining when outgoing CEO Peter Sullivan steps down in late June.

Former Skilled Group executive David Timmel has been appointed to the top job at Perth Markets, the newly formed company that has acquired the Perth Market Authority's Market City.

A local consumer services technology company currently in the middle of a backdoor listing has welcomed former iiNet chief executive Michael Malone to its board as a director.

Fleetwood Corporation has appointed its current chief financial officer and company secretary Bradley Denison as managing director, following the resignation of former chief executive Stephen Price in April.

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 - Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for two massive data breaches at the internet company, blaming Russian agents for at least one of them, at a hearing on the growing number of cyber attacks on major U.S. companies.

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 - Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for a pair of massive data breaches at the internet company, blaming Russian agents, at a hearing on the growing number of cyber attacks involving major U.S. companies.

The former head of power generation company Pacific Energy has emerged as the new chief executive of thermal energy company Enerji, replacing Andrew Vlahov, who stepped down last week.

Former CB&I manager Peter Bennett has returned to Perth to succeed Kevin Gallagher as chief executive of engineering services company Clough.

Business Insider has previously reported that executives behind the firm, including former CEO Alexander Nix, have already established a mysterious new data company named Emerdata.

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters)- Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for a pair of massive data breaches at the internet company, blaming Russian agents, at a hearing on the growing number of cyber attacks involving major U.S. companies.

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.

Perth - based Automotive Holdings Group has appointed former Qantas senior executive Stephen Cleary chief executive of the company's logistics business.

In July, Pincus stepped down from the CEO role at Zynga when the company hired former Microsoft executive Don Mattrick.

Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX: TLM): John Manzoni was turfed in September in favour of Hal Kvisle, the former chief executive of pipeline company TransCanada.

The company, started in 2010 by former Microsoft executive Hardeep Walia, has attracted $ 126 million from some big - name investors, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Chinese social networking company Renren.

For example, a local Sioux Falls company, CoinLion, that I advise pro bono, has advisors who are an eclectic mix: seasoned corporate executives ranging from legal and government advisors, to a former police officer and circuit judge.

(Says a former high - level company executive of Mike, as he's known inside Bloomberg and as we'll refer to him to avoid confusion: «Mike's management philosophy is five cats in a bag fighting.»)

Instead of hiring a catering company, do what my former employer, Quest Diagnostics, does at its annual barbecues: The testing company's executives cook and serve the food, saving money while exemplifying servant leadership.

Add another one to the list: for one year, it smashed all records for the highest executive compensation in Canada, awarding its former CEO Michael Pearson $ 179 million in company stock, for a total take - home of $ 182 million, more than double paid to the previous year's highest paid CEO, BlackBerry's John Chen.

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters)- Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for two massive data breaches at the internet company, blaming Russian agents for at least one of them, at a hearing on the growing number of cyber attacks on major U.S. companies.