Important hiring at MemSQL, Vecna Robotics, Fauna, Motorola; events from Linux, HPE and more.
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Fauna Welcomes New CEO
FaunaOpens a new window , the data API for client-serverless application, announced that Eric BergOpens a new window would be joining the organization as the new CEO. Eric joins them from Okta, where he was the Chief Product Officer, and made pivotal contributors to its growth In addition, Bob MugliaOpens a new window has joined Fauna as Executive Chair and investor, and Evan WeaverOpens a new window , Co-founder at Fauna, will take on the role of CTO.
Freestar Gets New CTO and Vice President
FreestarOpens a new window , the website and app monetization vendor focusing on building an ideal Ad Stack technology announced that it had hired Premesh PurayilOpens a new window as the company’s first Chief Technology Officer and Manny BalbinOpens a new window as VP of Analytics and Optimization.
“These hires [will]take our technology and data teams to the next level. Premesh and Manny bring a wealth of industry experience and help to further cement Freestar as the go-to ad management partner for publishers, e-commerce sites, and app developersâ€. Their expertise will help us optimize our Ideal Ad Stack technology and continue to build on the success we are seeing with our fully-managed in-app monetization solution,†shared Kurt Donnell, President, and CEO of Freestar, exclusively with Toolbox.
Pierre Barrial Joins IDEMIA as President and Chief Executive Officer
IDEMIAOpens a new window , the augmented identity company, has appointed Pierre Barrial Opens a new window as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. The company also appointed Matthew ColeOpens a new window to take up Barriel’s prior post of head of the SET division.
Steve DeSantis Joins Mavenlink as CFO
Cloud-based software provider MavenlinkOpens a new window announced Steve DeSantisOpens a new window had joined the company’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer. DeSantis will also manage the HR, legal business systems and information security, and IT.
Ray GraingerOpens a new window , founder and CEO of Mavenlink in conversation with Toolbox said, “We are pleased to welcome Steve DeSantis to the team at Mavenlink. His financial management expertise and long track record of setting companies up for success will be instrumental in helping Mavenlink manage its rapid growth and operate at scale.â€
Founder of Google BigQuery Joins MemSQL
MemSQLOpens a new window , database platform for operational analytics and cloud-native applications, has hired Jordan Tigani, founder and former Director of Product Management for Google BigQuery, as their Chief Product Officer.
“As MemSQL continues to expand its cloud offering, strong product leadership is critical to our next phase of growth. With his Google BigQuery expertise and vision, Jordan is an excellent addition to our team. He will lead our product roadmap to further expedite moving our customer’s data workloads and analytics capabilities to the cloud,†shared Nikita Shamgunov, MemSQL co-CEO, and co-founder of MemSQL exclusively to with Toolbox.
Jason Winkler Becomes Motorola Solutions’ CFO
The mission-critical technology platform Motorola SolutionsOpens a new window , announced the appointment of veteran executive Jason WinklerOpens a new window as the company’s new CFO
Resolves Appoint Two Key Executives
IT automation and AIOps company Resolve Systems has appointed Prashant Ketkar as Senior Vice President, Product and Abhinay Padhye, Senior Vice President, Engineering.
Orla Clifford Becomes Sigma Computing’s Vice President of Operations
Sigma ComputingOpens a new window , an innovator in cloud-native analytics and business intelligence (A&BI), has named Orla CliffordOpens a new window as the company’s first Vice President of Operations. She was previously the Vice President of Pricing and Operations at Durva, the data protection and management for Cloud Company.
Stradigi AI Hires New VP, Business Development
Stradigi AIOpens a new window , a North American Artificial Intelligence software company, announced the appointment of Chris Hegarty to the role of Vice President, Business Development, to oversee the development and execution of the company’s market growth initiatives around its state-of-the-art machine learning Kepler platform.
Vecna Robotics Appoints AI Scientist to Board
Vecna RoboticsOpens a new window , the autonomous mobile robot and workflow orchestration company, has appointed AI Scientist Daniela RusOpens a new window to the company’s Board of Directors.
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EVENTS
Creatio Arena
Creatio, a global software company providing a leading low-code platform for process management and CRM, conducted the Creatio ArenaOpens a new window on July 2 2020, on “The future of IT: Will citizen developers take over the traditional developers’ place?â€
“According to Gartner, by 2024, low-code will be responsible for more than 65% of application development activity. At the same time, IDC says that only 7.5% of the total are low-code developers. Many debate whether you should learn to code today or if the future of IT will not require hand-coding. We invited two tech experts to share thoughts on the topic and find out what the audience – CIOs, digital leaders and IT directors – think about citizen vs. traditional developers and their roles in the future,†shared Katherine Kostereva, CEO and Managing Partner at Creatio, exclusively with Toolbox.
HPE Discover Virtual Experience
The ongoing HPE DiscoverOpens a new window virtual experience (June 30- July 30), features 4 themes: “SMB: Thrive in a new digital world†(June 30th); “Unlock the value of your data to accelerate your transformation†(July 8); “The cloud that comes to you†(July 15) and “Software to fuel data-driven transformation†(July 29). The event will see 100+ industry experts as speakers over 150+ live and on-demand sessions in over 100+ countries.
Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference, North America 2020 Virtual Experience
The Linux foundation conducted a virtual event titled “Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America 2020 Virtual ExperienceOpens a new window †between June 29 to July 2, 2020 with over 230+ educational sessions and tutorials, across 14 different technology tracks, and live Q&A.
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