Sentences with phrase «as a tech ceo»

«As ride - sharing companies stepped up their lobbying pressure, politicians quickly folded — especially the politicians that already fashioned themselves as tech CEOs.

The film is directed by Matt Ross, who currently stars on «Silicon Valley» as tech CEO Gavin Belson, and co-stars Kathryn Hahn and Frank Langella.

In my company, I wear many hats as a tech CEO, public speaker, and writer.

Not exact matches

Apple won't be able to avoid the finger - wagging headed for any tech company doing business with companies like Foxconn, particularly when CEO Tim Cook, as Apple's former COO, is directly tied to such a partnership.

Mr. Thiel has long stood out in Silicon Valley for his vocal libertarianism, but he drew heavy criticism from many tech - industry peers — including fellow Facebook board member Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc. — when he backed Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and later served as an adviser on his White House transition team.

Nearly one year after Jack Dorsey retook his position as CEO of Twitter, very little has changed at the tech company.

Amazon and its dominance in e-commerce have come under heightened scrutiny in recent weeks, as President Donald Trump continues to take on the tech company and its billionaire CEO and Washington Post-owner Jeff Bezos.

Founded by David Tedman, Ryan Holmes and Dario Meli as a design and development agency, Invoke evolved into a startup generation engine, spawning one of the country's most promising tech firms in Hootsuite (of which Holmes is CEO), as well as other buzzy names in the sector, like Foodee, Quietly (of which Meli is CEO) and Memelabs.

Katie Rae, The Engine CEO talks about «taking bets» and opportunities in big areas of tech innovation such as aerospace, advanced materials and biotech.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos» private jet could provide a clue as to where the tech company will build its second headquarters.

The arguments for participating in such off - the - record briefings are fairly obvious, just as they were for technology titans like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Apple CEO Tim Cook, who got roped into a tech summit with Trump at the Trump Tower last week.

-- Rick Morrison, CEO of Comprehend Systems, which works with big names in the life - sciences industry, such as Boston Scientific, Astellas, and AstraZeneca, modernizing and improving the quality in their clinical process through cloud - based tech.

In addition to being the CEO of Rebelmouse and a partner at Lerer Ventures, Berry also is officially serving as the CEO of Soho Tech Labs — yet another social startup incubator.

(Pascal Pilon, a Montreal tech executive, later invested in Landr and joined as CEO.)

OPEC wants to talk to rival shale drillers to learn lessons of oil glut Saudis and US, seen as rivals, are actually growing together: Aramco CEO Saudi Aramco looking to Google parent Alphabet to build tech hub

«My goal has always been to give everyone at Sharethrough as much information, context and room to care as much as I do as a founder,» says Dan Greenberg, CEO of Sharethrough, an ad - tech company that creates software for publishers and brands and is considered a trailblazer in the native - advertising movement.

As the CEO of a tech company, I can relate.

«As the economic tides change, the Bay Area, with its entrenched tech workforce, is the perfect place to take the pulse of worker expectations and how they are shifting over time,» Woo CEO Liran Kotzer told the Business Times.

Speaking in Houston last week at the Circular Summit, Marcelo talked about the early days of her company, and particularly her experiences raising so much money, while also sometimes being underestimated as a woman tech CEO.

Cook was among those tech CEOs favoring Clinton, and according to a trove of emails uncovered by Wikileaks, he was in the running as a possible vice presidential pick before Tim Kaine got the nod.

Or, as Christian Busch, CEO of German Accelerator Tech NY, sums it up, «Lack of focus on solving a specific problem / need, (poor) timing (too early / too late), and scaling too fast.»

Scary as that might sound for medical - device entrepreneurs, Halle Tecco, CEO of the health tech incubator Rock Health, says it's also an opportunity.

As the CEO of software company Basecamp, Jason Fried is proof that you don't have to be overworked and stressed to be successful in tech.

Her $ 33 million paycheck this year puts her ahead of tech CEOs like Microsoft's Satya Nadella ($ 18 million), who is successfully steering the company back towards growth, as well as leaders at fast - growing tech giants like Alphabet's Larry Page ($ 1), Apple's Tim Cook ($ 9 million) and Amazon's Jeff Bezos ($ 2 million).

-- Scott Scherr, CEO and founder of Ultimate Software, an HR tech platform on track to hit $ 1 billion in annual revenue this year and used by companies such as Subway, First Horizon, MLB, the Phoenix Suns, Yamaha, and Nikon

John Hammergren, McKesson's CEO, talked to Fortune about his company's technology push, the complexities of tech in the healthcare industry and wrinkles keeping electronic medical records from being as helpful as the could be.

As one of the few women in a top job at a major U.S. tech company, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty did not have an easy time getting there.

After acquiring more than 65 tech firms in the past five years, the mercurial CEO announced in September that he would be «buying chip companies,» suggesting that Oracle is positioning itself for what Bill Tatham, head of Toronto - based enterprise software firm NexJ Systems, describes as «another level of world domination.»

The division hired former Hyundai exec John Krafcik as its CEO last fall, but has not yet announced a business model or plans to expand its tech beyond its custom demo vehicles.

But most tech CEOs know that while starting any business takes guts and a willingness to suspend realism for as long as it takes, launching a startup can seem insane.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in 2014 that the company would have to sell 50 million to 100 million VR headsets before he considers the tech to have a meaningful impact as a new way of computing.

If the Alibaba founder does acquire the Morning Post — which at one time was the most profitable newspaper in the world — he would be following in the footsteps of other billionaire tech moguls such as Jeff Bezos, the Amazon (AMZN) founder and CEO who acquired The Washington Post for $ 250 million in 2013.

In 2011, Weiner and Reid Hoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn) were the overall winners of Ernst & Young's national Entrepreneur of the Year award, and in 2014, Weiner was recognized as among the top 10 CEOs of U.S. tech companies.

Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed as «total political crap» the notion that the tech giant was avoiding taxes.

As other coffee chains edge into its lane in popular product areas like cold - brew coffee (see: Peet's, Chick - fil - A, and Le Pain Quotidien), CEO Howard Schultz is betting big on better tech.

Former Coherent CEO Paul Lego joined the tech giant in January as part of the Apple Maps team and co-founders William Bencze and Brett Ledvina came on board last month in location engineering roles.

Lucky for the retailer, many of the tools it needs are already in place, the legacy of its old catalog business (dropped in 2011) and of a three - year tech overhaul Ullman oversaw in his first stint as CEO, which ended in 2011.

Three CEOs of successful ad - tech companies share their biggest roadblocks as their businesses grew.

In Colbert has already welcomed tech titans such as Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, as well as United Nations Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

«We know that women are just as interested in tech as men,» says About.com CEO Neil Vogel.

The founder, CEO, or whoever else has final say should be present, as well as at least one expert from finance, marketing, customer support, tech, and design.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been described as an artificial intelligence alarmist even as the tech billionaire invested in AI research.

Chip Bergh, Levi Strauss & Company CEO, talks about the current trade debate as it relates to tariffs, and the company's high - tech way to produce blue jeans.

Mark Okerstrom will take over for Dara Khosrowshahi as president and CEO of the travel tech conglomerate.

The tech giant will reportedly appoint Satya Nadella its new CEO and is considering replacing founder Bill Gates as chairman.

As Peter Smith, the CEO of Blockchain, said at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in July, «We're cautious about it in the short term.

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As a female CEO in the male - dominated tech world, and pregnant at that, some have pointed to her ascent as evidence of «The Fall of Men.&raquAs a female CEO in the male - dominated tech world, and pregnant at that, some have pointed to her ascent as evidence of «The Fall of Men.&raquas evidence of «The Fall of Men.»

Sure, the CEO of a nascent tech firm is, by definition, an entrepreneur, but that same company's engineer or salesperson has exactly the same opportunity to operate as an entrepreneur.

Not too long after payments technology company Square goes public, Dorsey will leave the company, while staying on as permanent CEO of the other tech giant he co-founded, Twitter TWTR.