Sentences with phrase «in high profile companies»

There has been a recent increase in high profile companies not previously associated with the life sciences sector turning their attention towards investment in the industry, the most notable of which is Google.

My objective is to occupy the position of information technology manager in a high profile company that can provide a competitive and dynamic work environment and challenging opportunities for developing my career.

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For hundreds of entrepreneurs in Austin, he offered the potential for their startup to win funding, and the kind of high - profile attention that could bring their company to the next level.

One of her higher - profile portfolio companies is Viking Air, which, in 2008, revived production of the Twin Otter airplane.

«In a situation where there's been a high - profile case of unethical behaviour, the leaders of the company need to decide what it stands for; very likely, they have a set of values somewhere that they've forgotten about.

Lots of online activity will raise a small company's profile and mean a higher ranking in Google search results, bringing in more, and bigger, customers.

Still, much of that talent can get stolen away by high - profile companies like Google and Facebook, which both have offices in the city.

(It currently holds stakes in high - profile startups such as quantum computing company D - Wave Systems, energy firm General Fusion and e-commerce enterprise BuildDirect.)

He says the backing of such high - profile industry leaders «is validation of the company's success in catalyzing partnerships across the entertainment and messaging industries.»

This is just the latest in a series of blows for the company, which began with a high - profile exposé from The Wall Street Journal last year that called the company's underlying technology into question.

Aside from maintaining a high profile for your company, it may someday help journalists put any bad news in context.

But as large companies shore up their security systems in response to high - profile data breaches, that means «the bad guys are moving down the food chain, where folks are not as prepared,» says Brian Casazza, CIO at Vistage, a training organization for small - and mid-sized businesses.

Recently we've seen a surge in enquiries which, I suspect, is due to the high profile publicity surrounding companies such as Burger King who have already undertaken inversion and the top - level political debate.

That might seem unfair to judge the company and its flagship conference on a single flopped product, but the fate of Glass is just the most high - profile in a long list of disappeared or disappointing products ranging from Google Reader to Google Wave to the Nexus Q and Android Wear — a platform that still exists, but I usually forget to wear my devices that run it.

DST Global, a company that was early investors in Facebook and Spotify, led the funding round, which included other high profile venture capital firms Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.

Leiweke is the former president and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), the international sports and entertainment company that owns the reigning Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings, the reigning MLS Cup champion Los Angeles Galaxy, a stake in the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, as well as sport and entertainment facilities such as the Staples Center, the Home Depot Center, the L.A. Live entertainment complex, and other high - profile venues around the world.

With growth in mind, Yahoo has made several high - profile acquisitions aimed at building the Sunnyvale, California - based tech company's audience reach and depth of talent.

All that intrigue swirls in the wake of U.S. congressional moves against attempted U.S. investments by two high - profile Chinese companies.

Nutanix is one of the high - profile unicorns, or venture - backed tech companies valued at $ 1 billion or more, that have been waiting in the IPO pipeline.

United Airlines Chief Executive Oscar Munoz will not chair the company's board in 2018, it said in a regulatory filing on Friday, following a high - profile incident in which an elderly passenger was dragged from a flight.

The good news is that it's possible for user - centric Web companies to have rich and high - integrity data about signed - in users who have created rich profiles.

Although European investors have, historically, been more risk - averse than Americans, that perception may be changing as more high - profile companies see successful exits, and their founders reinvest in the local startup ecosystem.

Both reports come as companies are feeling particularly vulnerable: In December's high - profile Operation Aurora, hackers targeted employees (and their social networks) from Google, Adobe Systems, and two dozen others, hunting for ways to infiltrate the companies» computer systems.

The new Alzheimer's framework may not be much of a surprise given numerous, high - profile, late - stage clinical trial failures in the field by companies like Eli Lilly and Merck, and the decision by other companies (such as Pfizer) to back away from the risk - prone field.

A collapse of the deal would demonstrate the difficulties Chinese companies now face in financing and purchasing high - profile U.S. assets.

In the past, Chadwick served as the finance chief at a number of high profile companies, including Skype leading up to its acquisition by Microsoft (msft) in 2011, at McAfee leading up to its acquisition by Intel (intc) that same year, and earlier at Cisco (cscoIn the past, Chadwick served as the finance chief at a number of high profile companies, including Skype leading up to its acquisition by Microsoft (msft) in 2011, at McAfee leading up to its acquisition by Intel (intc) that same year, and earlier at Cisco (cscoin 2011, at McAfee leading up to its acquisition by Intel (intc) that same year, and earlier at Cisco (csco).

Back then, to generate awareness for the product, the company created the high - profile Explorer program in which a beta version of the device was handed out to a group of consumers for testing.

Over the past year, technology companies Uber and Waymo (the self - driving business spun out of Google) have been engaged in a battle of wills, culminating in a high - profile court case that commenced last week.

The company wanted to target the world of the fashion elite, and began its push by getting editorial content published in high - profile magazines such as Vogue and GQ.

«Uber's lack of security regarding its customer data was resulting in Uber employees being able to track high profile politicians, celebrities, and even personal acquaintances of Uber employees, including ex - boyfriends / girlfriends, and ex-spouses,» Uber's former forensic investigator Ward Spangenberg was quoted as saying under penalty of perjury in filings from a lawsuit is pursuing against the company.

In 2009 and 2010, we saw the high - profile defaults of pension plans of once great companies like Nortel Networks and General Motors.

Meanwhile, the company is still waiting for approval on its deal to buy Plus500, after warning investors in the middle of last month that it was being delayed by «the high profile nature of Playtech's acquisition of Plus500.»

«Woody has been instrumental in helping us raise money from investors and finding high - profile customers,» says veteran eco-entrepreneur Jeff Golfman, the company's president and co-founder.

High - profile Silicon Valley companies including Square, 23andMe, and Pinterest lack diversity in their leadership teams, according to a new study from the nonprofit Reveal.

He now runs Las Vegas Sands, the largest casino company in the world, and is considered the most high - profile political donor in America, says Forbes.

Ackman's short of nutritional supplement company Herbalife proved costly not only in money lost, but also in reputation because of the high profile battle over the company with Carl Icahn.

When he was in the apparel business, his company associated with many high - profile musicians and actors.

Hall's firm has helped some of the business world's highest - profile companies and activists through raucous shareholder disputes, even representing Pershing Square Capital in its epic battle to install Hunter Harrison at CP.

The leak led to a series of high - profile scandals, including the resignation of the Prime Minister of Iceland after it was alleged he had hidden millions of dollars - worth of investments in an offshore shell company.

CEO Meg Whitman decided to separate the companies in a high - profile effort to reignite their growth.

Several high - profile companies (including Kellogg, Warby Parker, Allstate and BMW) have pulled their ads from the website, and some online ad exchanges (including AppNexus) have barred Breitbart from their services, in an attempt to distance themselves from an organization that's widely criticized for spreading racist, xenophobic and sexist misinformation.

The company has dealt with a few high profile customer service complaints in recent years, most notably from a car owner who sued the company after he says it stopped responding to his emails and calls about repairs.

The company had a high - profile failure with its own smartphone, the Fire, which was launched with much fanfare in July 2014, but didn't make a dent in the overall smartphone market.

Early in the decade the company had been dogged by R&D failures, most notably of Vanlev, a high - profile hypertension drug that had been hailed as a can't - miss blockbuster but then fell short of even getting FDA approval.

The highest - profile example of a company investing in workplace mindfulness remains Google.

But the telecom executive cut him off before he began, saying that the company had already engaged a high - profile firm and had its re-engineering well in hand.

Since founding his own investment firm in 1968, Icahn has become one of the most powerful people in finance, investing in scores of high - profile companies, including RJR Nabisco, Philips Petroleum, Viacom, Marvel, Time Warner, Netflix, and Herbalife.

Pincus is returning to take control of San Francisco - based Zynga (ZNGA) from the man who replaced him in 2013, Don Mattrick, who Pincus himself heralded as the successor who could fix the once high - profile company.

In addition to high profile companies like Fab.com, Quirky, Homejoy, and Secret, numerous other VC - backed companies began to shut their doors.

The committee, which in January blocked one other high - profile acquisition of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm, has raised concerns about the security of U.S. citizens» private data in the Genworth deal.