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Python Creator Guido van Rossum Joins Microsoft, CMU Machine Learning Exec. Director Joe Marks to be CTO for Weta Digital, Ex-Microsoft Exec. Angela Hession Joins Twitch, former LinkedIn HR Exec. Hired by Instacart, GM to Hire New Employees for Electric Vehicle Development.

Former Slack VP Anne Toth to be Director of Alexa Trust at Amazon, Kevin Goldsmith Joins Anaconda CTO, AI Startup Clinic to have Jon Newhard as CEO, Deborah Leff Appointed as Advisor for Censia, Optum Releases AI Hiring Trends in its AI in Healthcare Survey.

2020 State of AI Report Publishes Global Talent Trends during COVID-19, Jeremiah Brazeau Hired by Twilio as CTO, Mark Cusack Appointed as CTO for Yellowbrick, Former Airbnb Talent Leader Sunita Solao Joins Convoy as VP of People, and more.

Amazon VP Sukumar Rathnam to be CTO for Uber, Brain Corp Hires Ex-VP of Uber ATG Jon Thomason as CTO, Maria Karaivanova Appointed as Co-Founder at WhyLabs, Ex-Head of WeWork Labs Elizabeth Scallon Joins Alexa Fund, TensorIoT Hires AI Veteran John Traynor as VP, Mohammed Farooq Becomes CTO for Hypergiant Industries.

Ex-Uber Chief Scientist, Zoubin Ghahramani, Joins Google Brain; AWS Promotes Sales Leaders Teresa Carlson and Greg Pearson; Elissa Fink Joins Qumulo’s Board of Directors; Jim Larimore to Join Riiid Labs as Chief Officer for Equity in Learning; Oxford University to have a New Institute for AI Research.

Former Amazon VP and Robotics Leader, Brad Porter, Joins Scale AI as CTO; DocuSign Appoints Former Microsoft Executive, Kamal Hathi, as CTO; AI Startup DataRobot Employs Parm Uppal as Chief Revenue Officer; iBanFirst Hires Yann Stadnicki as Chief Data Officer; Marc Concannon Joins Cubic Telecom as CTO.

Kindred.ai Promotes Marin Tchakarov as CEO; Cloudera Appoints Sarah Shin as Chief Diversity Officer; London-based Law Firm, Linklaters, Announced Shilpa Bhandakar as New CEO; San Francisco Startup Intercom Employs Dan Griggs as CFO; Computer Scientist Frances Allen Passes Away at 88.

Intel Chief Engineering Officer Resigns, Richard Socher Leaves Salesforce to Launch A New Startup, US NSCAI to Create a Digital Reserve Corps and Academy, LiDAR Startup to have New VP of Product, Former Evident Executive to be CTO at VIDA.

Co-hosted with Women In Big Data, this live panel shares powerful negotiation techniques, real-life experiences, and useful career insights for tech professionals.

AI veteran to be Instacarts new VP of Algorithms and Distinguished Scientist, Accenture appoints new Global Applied Intelligence lead, Netflix promotes new co-CEO, LinkedIn cuts 6% of jobs due to COVID-19, CBRE releases 2020 scoring tech talent report.

Samsung to promote new research lead, MongoDB appoints new CTO, Healx appoints new CTO, COVID-19 causes loss of jobs for tech startups globally, Whip Media Group Announces MediaLink CEO to join Board of Directors.

C-suite executives are leading AI projects; Ex-LinkedIn VP joins Databricks; UK-based tech firm Signal AI hires former UN-IPCC comm strategist; Ex-Google SVP founds search engine startup; tech industry voiced concerns about Trump’s Executive Order suspending H-1B visas.

New startup layoffs have dropped since COVID-19; Jim Keller resigned from Intel; YC CEO is named on Reddit Board; Velchamy Sankarlingam joins Zoom; Former Verizon & Hulu Executive is appointed as CTO in WarnerMedia; and more

Intelligent local news startup appoints Harry Shum as the chairman; Magic Leap steps down; Bank of America assigns Diane Daley to oversight for “Responsible AI"; Facebook is offering a permanent work from home option.

Dr. Fei-Fei Li joins Twitter's Board of Directors; AiCure appoints Ed Ikeguchi CEO; Element AI announces new CFO & CRO; Hootsuite hires Darren Guarnaccia as SVP of Product; Janssen promotes Najat Khan as Chief Data Science Officer; Giancarlo Miluccio leaves LÓreal; CEO of Banjo resigns amidst controversy

This virtual meetup co-hosted by Women in AI, Robin.ly, and TalentSeer shares valuable insights on the impact of AI in the eCommerce & retail industries as well as career advice for early- and mid-career professionals.

Google's Key Quantum Scientist Resigns; Lyft's VP of Science Joins Netflix; Apple's Director of AI Research Leaves; Former Uber Senior Researcher Joins OpenAiJvion Appoints New CEO; Josh Beard Leads Federal Sales Team at Labelbox; Spectrum Shifts to Virtual Hiring; Layoffs Continue to Increase

Waymo's Sacha Arnoud joins Lyft; Microsoft hires former Apple VP of Engineering; Kneron appoints new VP of Engineering; AI startups start to layoff employees; Shell reskill workers in AI; India's National Software Association & Ministry of Electronics launches free AI course

As we have been experiencing a transition to remote work environments, I am sharing some solid insights and best practices from our latest tech leadership webinar.

Gartner's report reveals a surge in AI talent demand by non-IT departments; Axon appoints new SVP of AI; Jim Benton to lead Chorus.ai; Companies still hiring despite layoffs in tech; Stanford & Udacity offer free training, Chris Chapo joins Amperity

Coronavirus urges adoption of AI recruiting tools; ServiceNow appoints first Chief AI Officer; Sophia Velastegui Joins BlackLine Board of Directors; Komodo Health hires new CFO and CPO, and more

We have a Diversity in AI crisis which ultimately impacts us all. Creating a diverse workforce is critical when building & designing products and services as it will be used by everyone. At TalentSeer, we strongly believe in nurturing the growth and development of AI professionals.

Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, we have seen a dramatic rise in video interviewing as many companies are encouraging employees to work from home. TalentSeer provides some top tips for talent leaders and candidates including resources to prepare you and your teams during this time.

AI leader Naveen Rao leaves Intel; Coronavirus outbreak caused major tech companies to cut on-site interviews & events; former executives joined AI startups from Mckinsey, Salesforce, and Amazon; Starsky Robotics' mass layoffs; India is a top country for global AI talent exports

Co-hosted with Women In Big Data, this meetup convened prominent AI leaders to share the essential knowledge and valuable experience for assessing startup offers, providing career coaching to support diversity & inclusion in AI.

VMware cuts 211 jobs; Intel among other tech companies to lay off employees at the start of the year; US Department of Labor Collaborates to provide $6 Million grant to support 5,000 workers for AI apprenticeships; Microsoft plans to hire engineering talent in India.

Brazil is among top 5 countries with the fastest AI hiring growth; Jeff Clune, founding member of Uber AI Labs, joins OpenAI; Lyft plans for marketing and enterprise sales layoffs; SentinelOne and WekaIO hire new AI leaders.

An in-depth discussion of current AI talent landscape, new market trends, talent acquisition & retention strategies and job search guide, including a detailed evaluation of compensation packages in Silicon Valley.

From the latest AI trends to leadership and culture-building advice from renowned entrepreneurs and investors, here is a curated list of 8 books to help you stay on top of the tech trends and fresh up leadership skills to drive continued AI innovation.

Top AI Leaders Predict Industry Trends, MusashiAI Launches Autonomous Robots for Hire, Sports AI Company Hires Two Strategic VPs, Robotic Pizza Startup Zume Plans to Lay Off 400 Employees

State Street Hires AI and Machine Learning Expert, Symphony AyasdiAI Announces Dr. Stephen Moody, Former Executive Manager at BAE, as Head of Centre of Excellence, and More

Bill Gates Urges AI Companies to Keep Their Research Open, Kevin Scott Heads AI and Research at Microsoft, People.ai Hire Former Cisco Vice President Thomas Wyatt, New CTO Deputies Are Hired at the White House, Udemy Predicts AI Will Become Mainstream in 2020.

AI Helps to Reduce Human Bias in the Hiring Process, AI Pioneer Stuart Russel Appointed Special Advisor to Faculty, US Releases Official Report on AI, Canada Immigration Denies Travel Visas to Students and Researchers for NeurIPS Conference, and Former Google Executive Chris Klayko Joins UiPath

AI university opens, Face-Scanning Recruitment software raises eyebrows, Eskalera appoints Former Goldman Sachs Executive as New CEO, Ben Horowitz releases a new book, and Microsoft AI Expert Noelle LaCharite joins NPR

MIT Sloan Management Review 2019 Reveals Significant Insights for AI Talent, Tesla Reportedly Acquires AI Startup DeepScale; Kodiak Robotics Hires Former Lyft Electronics Director to Lead Hardware Division; Uber Lays off 350 Employees Across Multiple Areas.

This summit was convened to discuss AI talent insights with startups, VCs and corporates, covering the current talent market and the various tactics in building and scaling a unique, resilient, and diverse team”. A prominent lineup of speakers and 300 tech and talent leaders from a variety of backgrounds participated at the event.

Robin.ly held its semi-annual conference on AI commercialization: Trends and Challenges on June 1, 2019. The event took place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, between 1pm to 6pm.

Compared with Chinese leaders who emphasize more on inner cultivation, Indian leaders seem to pay more attention to the utilization of values, communication skills, and grasping an in-depth business understanding; this is much closer to the western definition of leadership. Thus, if engineers and researchers would like to cultivate their leadership skills, they should focus on soft skills first, as well as understanding the social impact generated by their occupation.

“3I” Recruiting: Information, Insight and Influence