Sentences with phrase «tech executives at»

Lawmakers on two other committees — the House and Senate Intelligence Committees — will press tech executives at two back - to - back hearings beginning tomorrow morning.

While addressing tech executives at a White House - sponsored summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection at Stanford University, Obama said it is «hard» to navigate competing imperatives in the digital world's «sort of Wild Wild West.»

Not exact matches

By the beginning of this decade (as Fortune wrote at the time), tech executives were calling the area «Silicon Slopes.»

Now, as the Trump administration threatens to withdraw the U.S. from the deal, many tech executives, including executives at Tesla, HPE and Salesforce, are urging President Donald Trump to keep the U.S. in the agreement.

SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg, who died this month at age 47, embodied the idea of the tech disruptor, the company's temporary executive chairman said Friday.

At Stanford, his connections landed him opportunities to meet major players in tech, including Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube.

«Given the tight supply of tech talent... I think it's a rather risky strategy to limit your talent pool with that kind of filter,» said Asa Sphar, vice president of recruitment and profiling at technology search firm CSI Executive Search.

The mentors with whom the companies are paired for an hour at a time — VCs, tech executives, and angel investors — review the statements in advance, and come prepared for an in - depth discussion of how specifically to move the business forward.

But even successful executives have nightmares, and at Google those involve the company becoming the next Yahoo or Nokia — tech bellwethers that fell behind as the industry's landscape changed.

But over a career at the highest levels in corporate finance, Porat has been equally unflappable, navigating physical obstacles and fighting great metaphorical discomfort — the race - the - clock stress of the financial crisis, the tension of negotiations among big - ego executives, and now the culture clash of imposing financial discipline at tech's biggest idea factory.

Felten is one of the top executives at Alphabet's research arm, X, formerly known as Google X and birthplace to the tech giant's «moonshots,» ambitious projects that aim to solve major world problems with cutting edge technology.

Before joining private equity firm Capital Advisors as an executive vice president, she had worked at a couple of tech companies — including as CFO of General Magic, a spin - off from Apple (AAPL) that closed in 2002 — and in all of those positions her job was to obsess over quarterly results, meeting demands of investors.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella this month became the latest tech executive to demonstrate, at best, a lack of understanding of the systemic discrimination facing women, suggesting that women not ask for raises in order to have «good karma.»

McDonnell, who has years of experience in senior executive posts in the tech world, stepped into the top job four years ago and moved quickly to create a sales - oriented ethos at the firm.

Colin Gillis, tech analyst at BGC Partners in New York, said BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer John Chen did a good job controlling expenses to boost the company's cash pile.

Steckler was a great candidate for renting space at an executive suite or office business center — furnished buildings in which tenants share a common administrative staff, the use of conference rooms, and high - tech accoutrements (videoconferencing and high - speed Internet access).

Michalska was paired with Kasha Cacy, CEO of Universal McCann U.S., who connected her to executives at some of the biggest tech companies in the world.

Some early Google employees have gone on to become entrepreneurs, while others are now angel investors, and a lucky few have gone on to become top executives at other tech companies.

Before moving to Vegas, he was the executive director at tech accelerator BoomStartup in Salt Lake City.

He has been described as steeped in the tech industry, close to executives, and is married to an executive at an Amazon - owned e-commerce company.

Executives at dozens of tech companies received back - dated stock options to take advantage of lower exercise prices.

The fund comes during a tumultuous year for the venture capital and tech industries as they deal with sexism scandals that have resulted in the ouster of notable investors and executives at firms like Ignition Partners and startups like Uber and SoFi.

That wouldn't map to my interactions of senior executives at very successful tech companies.

A onetime tech startup founder, he is part of a small group of senior Latino executives at Goldman; just 3.5 % of the firm's senior officials and managers identify as Hispanic or Latino.

When a high - ranking executive at $ 17 billion San Jose tech company Xilinx started talking about his genitals during a company party, female...

Prior to Weiss, taking the stage at Collision in Las Vegas this week, tech executive panelists discussed the business - to - business (B2B) marketing experience, in contrast to the business - to - consumer (B2C) one.

In this live virtual executive roundtable, you'll: * Learn what entrepreneurs need to do to get noticed by top VC firms * Look at the most active venture capitalists in tech today * Discover the biggest mistakes made by foundering startups * Identify the weaknesses that are keeping you from becoming the next unicorn Speakers: * Ton van't Noordende, Venture Partner, Keadyn * Jon Cifuentes, Cofounder Research and Operations, All Turtles * Matthew Zeiler, CEO, Clarifai * Stewart Rogers, Director of Marketing Technology, VentureBeat

Steve Dotto @dottotech Host and Executive Producer at Dotto Tech Presenting: How to Grow Your First 100 YouTube Subscribers

Possibilities for reforming the distribution of H - 1B visas, which are used largely by the tech industry, were discussed at a meeting last month with chief executives of tech companies at Trump Tower, said two sources, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to talk about the closed - door talks.

Facebook and other tech executives appeared at hearings before House and Senate committees last fall to discuss the 2016 election and Russian influence of it, but it appears they may be headed for a trip back.

«In just the last 48 hours, I've spoken to a female tech executive who was grabbed by a male C.E.O. at a large event and another female executive who was asked to interview at a venture fund because they «feel like they need to hire a woman,»» said Dick Costolo, the former chief of Twitter, who now runs the fitness start - up Chorus.

«The world would lose if Facebook went away,» he said to a crowd of about 5,000 developers, tech executives and engineers — the kind of Silicon Valley audience he is at ease with.

(Alex Karp, the chief executive of Palantir Technologies, was the only head of a privately held tech company at the meeting.)

Ted Homma, a tech executive and Zirx customer, recalls using the service last year for an event at San Francisco's Fort Mason.

They account for just 6 percent of chief executives at the top 100 technology companies, and according to the National Center for Women and Information Technology, 22 percent of software engineers at tech companies are women.

Those executives, several confidential sources affirm, have been surprised at his forthrightness and sureness, two qualities that come as no surprise to those who have worked with the tech entrepreneur.

The Apple executive joined fellow tech executives in December 2016, before Trump officially entered the White House, at a session designed to foster a peace between the new president - elect and some of his most outspoken critics.

A tech executive with lies on his resume gets the CEO gig at Yahoo, lays off ten percent of the company before being unmasked.

This move comes at the same time that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Salman is visiting the West Coast area and meeting with tech leaders including Tim Cook, top Google executives and VCs.

A source at Uber previously told CNN Tech there is a key effort underway to fill top leadership positions around Kalanick with seasoned executives.

«I knew the financial outperformance of companies with more women in leadership, being the executive sponsor of the global women's forum at my Fortune 500 tech company,» Brand told Crunchbase News in an email.

Kalanick's recent comments echo those of Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, who was one of about a dozen tech executives to meet with Trump at Trump Tower last month.

It's important that executives understand the impact that tech companies can have on the world, and the memo shows that Boz and Facebook are, at the very least, aware of the potential consequences of their work.

Longtime Mofilm Executive, Who Rose Through The Ranks, Completes An All Female C - Suite At Tech - Enabled Global Community of Filmmakers

«Enabling and empowering Canada's innovators is critical to our country's long term prosperity, which is why we're proud to collaborate with OneEleven and support Canada's fastest growing tech companies», says Greg Grice, Executive Vice-President of Business Financial Services at RBC.

However, as someone who has served as a senior diplomat, tech executive, and social innovation entrepreneur, I want to put it at the top of their reading list!

I have held executive positions in hight tech companies my whole career and have travelled the world, stayed at the fines5 hotels and eaten at the finest restaurants.

(Sept. 2011) Executive director of resource development at Ivy Tech Community College from Jan. 2011.

This event will be held at Civic Hall and feature Maria Torres - Springer (President and CEO, New York City Economic Development Corporation), John Alschuler (Chairman, HR&A Advisors), Colvin Grannum (President, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp.), Andrew Kimball (CEO, Industry City), and Julie Samuels (Executive Director, Tech: NYC).

He is also the executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) at Georgia Tech.