Google is going after the health sector in a major way, but Google’s health vice president said he’s feeling more pressure to bringits health products to Google-sized scale than to bring immediate revenue to the company. David Feinberg, who joined Google in a newly-created role as VP of health two years ago, said several times Wednesday that he feels pressure to bring products to scale but that revenue isn’t a part of most of his discussions with Google higher-ups. “The real pressure is ‘is… Source link
Read More »Goldman’s Crypto Chief Worries About Fraud, but Not Cryptocurrency’s Future
The Global Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs said in a Q&A published in the firm’s May 21 Global Macro Research newsletter that the growing cryptocurrency space, particularly related to “hot storage,” was “only one big fraud away from a very negative impact on the market.” Addressing a question about risks to the industry, Mathew McDermott, who was expressing his own views and not those of the research team, also noted that “inconsistent regulatory actions” worldwide could… Source link
Read More »Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) – Yandex Appoints Svetlana Demyashkevich As Finance Chief, Vadim Marchuk As COO Effective June 1
Yandex NV (NASDAQ: YNDX) has appointed former X5 Retail Group CFO Svetlana Demyashkevich as Yandex’s CFO and Vadim Marchuk as COO, effective from June 1. On March 30, Yandex announced that Greg Abovsky would depart as CFO and COO effective April 30 to pursue a new opportunity in another geography. Marchuk was appointed as the acting CFO,… Source link
Read More »Google Speech Chief to Talk Story with Maui Entrepreneurs
Luke Leonhard, Chief of Staff to Google’s Speech team, will speak at the April 29 Maui TechOhana, The Chief of Staff to Google’s speech team, Luke Leonhard will share his career story at this month’s Maui TechOhana, April 29. Presented by Maui Economic Development Board, Leonhard will speak at the virtual event on the topic, “Applied Tech to Big Tech: My path to Google.” Leonhard has been working with Google for eight years and says he has his dream job. He shared that… Source link
Read More »Tricor Group Welcomes Former Tencent, Microsoft and Yahoo Internet Veteran as Group Chief Technology Officer
Tricor Group (Tricor), Asia’s leading business expansion specialist providing integrated business, corporate, investor, human resources and payroll, corporate trust and debt services and strategic business advisory, operating in 21 countries and jurisdictions with over 2,700 associates globally. In October 2020, we hired a Chief Digital Officer to accelerate efforts to advance our external customer facing platform and technology. In 2021, Tricor Group is continuing to make further investments… Source link
Read More »Tricor Group Welcomes Former Tencent, Microsoft and Yahoo Internet Veteran as Group Chief Technology Officer
HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tricor Group (Tricor), Asia’s leading business expansion specialist providing integrated business, corporate, investor, human resources and payroll, corporate trust and debt services and strategic business advisory, operating in 21 countries and jurisdictions with over 2,700 associates globally. In October 2020, we hired a Chief Digital Officer to accelerate efforts to advance our external customer facing platform and technology. In 2021, Tricor Group is… Source link
Read More »Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) – Yandex Announces Management Changes After Finance Chief Departs
European internet and ride-hailing provider Yandex NV (NASDAQ: YNDX) announced the exit of Greg Abovsky as CFO and COO effective April 30 to pursue another opportunity in a different region. Vadim Marchuk was appointed as acting CFO. Marchuk had joined Yandex in 2016 as VP of Corporate Development. The COO roles will be divided between management team members, including Deputy CEO Tigran Khudaverdyan. Price action: YNDX… Source link
Read More »Google payments chief quits after 15 years at company
FILE PHOTO: Caesar Sengupta, Google’s General Manager of Payments and Vice President leading the Next Billion Users (NBU) initiative, poses for a picture after an interview with Reuters in New Delhi, India, August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (Reuters) – Senior Google executive Caesar Sengupta, head of the tech giant’s payment initiatives, said on Monday he was leaving the company next month, after 15 years. “I remain very positive about Google’s future but it’s time for me to see if… Source link
Read More »Robinhood appoints former Google executive as first chief product officer
FILE PHOTO: Aparna Chennapragada, vice president of product for AR and VR at Google. speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/ Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc has appointed former Google executive Aparna Chennapragada as its first chief product officer, a blog post by the U.S. online brokerage showed on Wednesday. The blog said Chennapragada will oversee product, design and research at Robinhood, which… Source link
Read More »Robinhood appoints former Google executive as first chief product officer
FILE PHOTO: Aparna Chennapragada, vice president of product for AR and VR at Google. speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/ Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc has appointed former Google executive Aparna Chennapragada as its first chief product officer, a blog post by the U.S. online brokerage showed on Wednesday. The blog said Chennapragada will oversee product, design and research at Robinhood, which… Source link
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