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54gene valuation slashed by over $100M amid job cuts and CEO exit

TechCrunch

In August, it sacked 95 employees , mostly contract staff (in labs and sales departments) hired to work in 54gene’s COVID business line launched in 2020. In September, co-founder and VP of Engineering Ogochukwu Francis Osifo left the company. It’s been a strange couple of months at African genomics startup 54gene.

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

She has over 18 years of experience in software industry as an author, speaker, mentor, consultant, technology leader and developer. Her preferred coaching method is working side-by-side with testers and teams to help them understand their problems and find good ways to deliver better business value. LinkedIn. 8 – Maria Gutierrez.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Attackers Pounce on Unpatched Vulns, DBIR Says, as Critical Infrastructure Orgs Benefit from CISA’s Alert Program

Tenable

1 - Verizon DBIR: Hackers feasting on unpatched vulnerabilities This year’s edition of Verizon’s “Data Breach Investigations Report” (DBIR) is out, and a key finding is that attackers tripled down on exploiting vulnerabilities to gain an initial foothold in victims’ networks. 1, 2022 to Oct. Announced in March 2023 by the U.S.

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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

If not, you can hire consultants. Some Agile consultants have change management experience and can guide both aspects of your Agile adoption. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. Replace waterfall governance policies with Agile governance policies.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. Replace waterfall governance policies with Agile governance policies. Here’s an example of how manager buy-in works in a complex situation, drawn from my experience as a consultant. The VP liked what I had to say. They may try to recruit you.

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From Engineer to Executive: An Interview with Eric Muntz of MailChimp

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

For a short period of time, worked for the government doing web development and then actually started a consulting business in Atlanta where my main client was the Federal Government in Washington D.C. It was a very small little consulting practice. Consulting is great.” Eric: I joined as an engineer.