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Ex-Google executive sues tech giant for firing him after he rejected female boss’s alleged advances

A former Google executive has claimed he was fired from the tech giant after he rejected his female boss’s advances when she allegedly groped him at a swanky dinner which prompted her to accuse him of ‘microaggressions.’ Ryan Olohan, 48, a married New Jersey father-of-seven, alleges Tiffany Miller rubbed his abdominals, told him he had a nice body and that her marriage lacked ‘spice,’ according to a lawsuit filed in November. Miller, who is Asian, told Olohan she knew he liked Asian women —… Source link

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Ex-Google boss helps fund dozens of jobs in Biden’s administration

Ex-Google boss helps fund dozens of jobs in Biden’s administration

A 2017 report by the Inspector General for the National Science Foundation also found ethics concerns and recommended that the foundation “take corrective actions to strengthen controls over IPA conflicts of interests, including reassess controls to ensure staff do not have access to awards and proposals for which they are conflicted.” In a statement, FAS said that “we have strict policies in place to ensure the integrity and independence of the process by mandating a firewall between… Source link

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Ex-Google Contractor Settles Lawsuit Over Fellowship of Friends Sect

Ex-Google Contractor Settles Lawsuit Over Fellowship of Friends Sect

A former video producer for Google has settled a lawsuit that claimed he was fired after he complained that a religious sect had gained a foothold inside a business unit of the company. Kevin Lloyd, 34, said in the suit that he had been fired after complaining that the Fellowship of Friends, a religious organization based in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, dominated a business unit called Google Developer Studios, which makes videos showcasing the company’s technologies. The… Source link

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Melody Meckfessel, ex-Google VP Of Engineering, Aims To Make Data Collaboration Accessible To Everyone

Melody Meckfessel, ex-Google VP Of Engineering, Aims To Make Data Collaboration Accessible To Everyone

Melody Meckfessel, ex-VP of Engineering at Google and Co-founder and CEO of Observable, sat down with Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT) to share her perspectives. Observable is a collaborative web-based platform that empowers data scientists, data analysts, developers and decision makers to uncover new insights and make better data-driven decisions. Observable is a collaborative web-based platform that empowers data scientists, data analysts, … [+] developers and decision makers to uncover… Source link

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Ex-Google lawyer tapped to lead legal team at communications platform Dialpad

Ex-Google lawyer tapped to lead legal team at communications platform Dialpad

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Joe Faber joins Dialpad as general counsel Dialpad raised funds at a $2.2 billion valuation last year (Reuters) – Dialpad Inc has hired veteran Google attorney Joe Faber as its new top lawyer, the cloud communications platform said in a statement on Thursday. Faber, who has spent the past 15 years as senior counsel at Alphabet Inc’s Google, will lead San Francisco-based Dialpad’s legal and compliance teams as… Source link

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt on investing in cryptocurrencies and Web3

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt on investing in cryptocurrencies and Web3

Ex-Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt says he’s invested “a little bit” of money into cryptocurrencies — but for him, the most interesting part of blockchain isn’t virtual currency. It’s Web3. “A new model [of the internet] where you as an individual [can] control your identity, and where you don’t have a centralized manager, is very powerful. It’s very seductive and it’s very decentralized,” Schmidt, 67, tells CNBC Make It. “I remember that feeling when I was 25 that decentralized would… Source link

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt on why people should return to the office

After more than two years of remote work and multiple return-to-office delays, most Google employees are heading back to the office at least part-time — and ex-Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt couldn’t be happier about it. “[I]t’s important that these people be at the office, in my view,” Schmidt, 66, tells CNBC Make It, arguing that for decades, the in-office style has been proven effective. “I’m a traditionalist.” Starting Monday, Google’s hybrid work arrangement kicked off, with most… Source link

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt on career-building, working with Steve Jobs

This story is part of the Behind the Desk series, where CNBC Make It gets personal with successful business executives to find out everything from how they got to where they are to what makes them get out of bed in the morning to their daily routines As far as career accomplishments go, it’s hard to top Eric Schmidt. A self-described software “nerd” from Falls Church, Virginia, Schmidt was hired as Google’s chairman and later CEO by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 2001 to provide… Source link

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Ex-Google CEO funneled money into the White House science office

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s foundation poured money into the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy over the past year, according to a report from Politico. The foundation’s close ties with the office raised ethics concerns with internal watchdogs. Schmidt held a number of roles at Google and parent company Alphabet, including CEO, executive chairman, and technical advisor. He stepped down from that last role in 2020. Now, he sits on the boards and invests in tech… Source link

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