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UK movers and shakers: New CIO and IT executive appointments

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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society announced that it has appointed Avril Chester as its new Chief Technology Officer. In her new role, Avril will have “responsibility for executive leadership of all the technology functions, including technical architecture, software development, operations and product delivery.”

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#787 The Technology that Makes Cancer Less Scary with Abhimanyu Verma, CTO at SOPHiA GENETICS

Modern CTO

Today we’re talking to Abhimanyu Verma, CTO at SOPHiA GENETICS. We discuss how their innovative technology is making cancer less scary, the necessary considerations of data in healthcare, and how AI is playing a central role in paving these paths. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

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Chief AI officer: What it takes to land the C-suite’s hottest new job

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Ozzie Coto, chief AI officer and CTO at The Cult Branding Co., Coto co-founded the company, served as its initial chief technology officer, and was later tasked with overseeing AI investments as well. provides another model for the CAIO role evolving today.

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How a Romanian medtech startup helped US doctors treat refugee Ukrainian cancer patients

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Medicai co-founder Alexandru Artimon (CTO) previously co-founded software company Atta Systems. It’s also claimed a strategic partnership with Microsoft and pharmaceutical companies. SkinVision reached 1.2 million downloads and raised a total of $15 million in total. Meanwhile the Tumor Board project continues.

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Bill Gates wants Western countries to eat “synthetic meat”; Meatable has raised $47 million to make it

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These products don’t get at the full potential for cellular technology according to Daan Luining, Meatable’s chief technology officer. “We have seen the nugget and the chicken burger, but we’re working on whole muscle tissue,” Luining said.

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Founded by a Freshworks alum, sales commission platform Everstage gets $1.7M seed funding

TechCrunch

Angel investors included Rippling co-founder Prasanna Sankar; Chargebee co-founders Krish Subramanian and Rajaraman Santhanam; Freshworks chief revenue officer Sidharth Malik; Conga chief technology officer Koti Reddy; Ally.io The company is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, with an office in Chennai, India.

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Lufthansa’s digital future takes flight with ‘Digital Hangar’

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Christian Spannbauer, CTO for the Digital Hangar, spoke with CIO.com from Barcelona about the impact of this new initiative for the official flag carrier airline of Germany, which, as a founding member of the Star Alliance network, has become a truly global airline. We believe the differentiator is your own data.”

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