by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Chief Data Officer, People
ALC, a specialist provider of first-party data solutions, has brought onboard Andy Johnson as Chief Data Officer (CDO). Johnson, a 22-year veteran in data-driven marketing, will be responsible for ALC’s data strategy, acquisition, and operations. More on Andy Johnson...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
The 34-day government shutdown has created huge backlog of unattended security tasks that may take weeks to unclog. But the lasting effect of the shutdown might be the drain on the institutional knowledge that is likely to happen if key cybersecurity personnel leave...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Civic Data & Tech
Increasing apprehension about the threat of AI techniques to data security and privacy has led Facebook to make a grant of $7.5 million towards the foundation of a new and independent AI ethics research Center. Joaquin Candela, Facebook’s director of applied learning,...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Chief Data Officer, People
Greg Jones has been appointed as CDO of Carpe Data, a provider of next generation predictive scoring and other data products targeted at insurance companies. Jones is tasked with implementing and optimizing new data solutions for Carpe Data. More on the Jones hiring...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Jobs and Salaries
Salaries are soaring for data scientists but the highest nominal pay isn’t always the best choice. A study reveals that when salaries are adjusted for cost of living, Houston provides data scientists with the best bang for their buck. Macy Bayern filed this report in...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Deals
Analytics service provider Fractal Analytics announced that it has received a $200 million investment from Apax Partners that will come in the form of a primary cash infusion and a secondary acquisition of equity interest from several investors, among them the...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Deals
The largest-ever donation to the University of Virginia will be used to establish a School of Data Science. Danny Crichton filed this report in TechCrunch: The donation was offered by the Quantitative Foundation, which is based in UVA’s hometown of Charlottesville....
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Deals
Japanese tire maker Bridgestone buys data firm TomTom Telematics for $1.03 billion as it looks ahead to a future when cars and even the tires used in them become part of the Internet of Things (IoT). Soma Kawakami reported on the acquisition for the Nikkei Asian...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Deals
Formerly called Google Life Sciences, healthcare data startup Verily has collared a billion dollars in a mega-funding round led by tech investment firm Silver Lake. No details were provided about the possible uses for the funds raised. Ruth Porat, CFO of google parent...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Deals
Xpansive, a data startup that focuses on the commodity value chain, has attracted $10 million in Series A Funding from the likes of BP Ventures, Avista Development, and Energy Innovation Capital. More on Xpansiv from this report in AIAuthority: Xpansiv transforms...
