The latest from the frontlines of the world’s fastest growing companies and the teams doing the work. 

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As the pandemic halted live-action productions, postponing the release of hundreds of movies and television shows including The Batman, the Spiderman sequel and Grey’s Anatomy, the animation industry -- despite facing its own challenges -- saw recognition and success. 

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Industries That Boomed During the Pandemic: Animation

Home to the Research Triangle, North Carolina is known for hosting some of the country’s best universities and barbecue, but it is also home to a burgeoning startup scene. Check out these five startups to watch in the Tar Heel State this year.

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Five Startups to Watch in North Carolina in 2021

Who did the startup that was created to solve issues in hiring choose for its first couple of employees? 

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The First Five Hires at Greenhouse

Owning and running your own company means that you have a great deal invested in your endeavor. Not just monetarily, you also have emotions and your identity tied up with the venture. The Org's expert contributor, Larry Spring, explores why being thankful for criticism is important.

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Being Thankful For Criticism is a Key to Success

This week, a top Facebook AI researcher stepped away from the social media giant, Robinhood's marketing chief announced her departure, and T-Mobile found a new General Counsel.

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10 Tech Executive Moves You Should Know This Week

Starting next month on October 11, Mark W. Nelson will join T-Mobile as the US telecom giant’s next EVP and General Counsel.

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T-Mobile Has a New General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

The Org spoke with Felipe Santamaria, Cofounder of Netherlands-based accelerator-VC Rockstart Latin America, to learn about startup trends in the region, and accelerators’ role in the current boom.

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How To Be a Rock Star in LatAm’s Startup Ecosystem

Robinhood’s top marketing and communications executive, Christina Smedley, has announced that she is stepping down from her role “shortly,” according to a LinkedIn post.


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Christina Smedley

Robinhood’s Marketing Chief Exits After One Year On The Job

Simple Finance CEO David Hijirida has officially joined the executive team at Acorns as the investing app’s President.

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Acorns Adds a New President Ahead of Crypto Launch and Public Debut

Did you know Lyft was originally called Zimride? After founder Logan Green's trip to Zimbabwe where he observed locals using carpool networks as their main way of getting around, he knew he had an idea worth pursuing. Take a look at the org chart for Lyft, and how the company has evolved over the past decade. 

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Who is in the Org Chart at Lyft? A Drive Through the Rideshare's Team History 

After the news broke that Intuit has bought Mailchimp, we got curious. What companies does Intuit own?

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What Companies Does Intuit Own?

These are the most notable hires, promotions, and departures within the US tech community in the last week. For executive news updated daily, check out The Org's News tab.

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The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has selected Fidelma Russo as the company’s next CTO to help sculpt its tech roadmap and manage the development of its edge-to-cloud platform, called GreenLake.  

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Hires a New CTO From VMware

Jeff Winter has over 15 years of marketing leadership experience and has led teams at Rocket Software, SAP and IBM. 

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Insurance technology company Ethos has promoted Vipul Sharma to Chief Technology Officer and co-founder Lingke Wang will become President.

Ethos has promoted Vipul Sharma to Chief Technology Officer. Image source: LinkedIn.

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Ethos Has a New CTO and President

Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, the Distinguished Technical Lead for Responsible AI at Facebook, has stepped away from the social media giant after almost a decade.

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A Top Facebook AI Researcher Departs After Almost a Decade

Healthcare data platform H1 has hired industry veterans Karen Moran as its new Chief Financial Officer, and Mayur Thakur as its new Chief Data Officer, additionally, former Dropbox CIO Sylvie Veilleux has joined its Board of Directors.

H1 has hired Mayur Thakur as its new Chief Data Officer. Image source: LinkedIn.

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Data Startup H1 Hires New Chief Financial and Chief Data Officers

Just a week after Ford announced the titanic news that it had poached the leader of Apple’s secretive car project to lead its advanced tech efforts, the Detroit-based automotive titan has revealed it has a new Chief Digital and Information Officer, Mike Amend.

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Ford Builds on Apple Hire With New Digital and Information Chief

Robert Krakowiak will be the new CFO of Vroom, effective immediately. He replaces current CFO David Jones, who will stick with the company as a non-executive employee until November, in order to ensure a smooth transition. 

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Vroom Appoints a New CFO

According to Fishbowl’s data, a majority (60%) of tech workers support antitrust legislation to break up big tech companies, the fourth-highest level of support behind workers in the law (67%), consulting (62%), and finance (61%) industries.