The Cigna Group has announced that President and Chief Operating Officer Brian Evanko will become Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2026, succeeding long-time CEO David M. Cordani. The leadership shift follows nearly 17 years under Cordani, during which the company significantly expanded its scale and service offerings…
Quest Diagnostics has appointed Benjamin Beauvalot as Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions Officer, strengthening its leadership team as the company pursues long-term growth initiatives. Beauvalot succeeds Dermot Shorten, who will retire in the second quarter of 2026 after nearly two decades with the company. In this role, Beauvalot will oversee corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and integration efforts…
Christopher Roberts has been promoted to Chief Product Officer at Zillow as the company continues expanding its housing marketplace and investing in technology aimed at simplifying the moving process. In the role, Roberts will lead Zillow’s Product organization as the company builds more deeply around automation, personalization, and predictive intelligence across search, touring, financing, and coordination tools…
In this episode, we speak with Ray Villeneuve, CEO and board director of BriteCore, a cloud-native core insurance platform built for property and casualty insurers and MGAs. BriteCore supports policy administration, billing, and claims in a unified system, with configuration tools to launch new products and built-in reporting and analytics…
Microsoft has named Asha Sharma as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Gaming, succeeding Phil Spencer. In her new role, Sharma will oversee the entire gaming business, including Xbox hardware, gaming services, and content development, while guiding the organization through its next phase of growth and technological transformation. She reports directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and will work closely with senior leaders across the company…
The combined company Clari + Salesloft has appointed Peter Liebert as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), reinforcing its focus on strengthening enterprise security following its merger in December 2025. Liebert will report directly to CEO Steve Cox and lead a unified security framework covering governance, risk management, and operational security across the integrated organization. The move signals the company’s effort to elevate cybersecurity oversight at the executive level as the combined platform serves thousands of organizations globally…
Flywire Corporation has appointed Patrick Blanc as Chief Technology Officer, tasking him with overseeing global engineering, implementation, and technical support. Flywire integrates its payment network and software into accounts receivable workflows across education, healthcare, travel, and B2B sectors, and connects with enterprise systems to streamline payment operations. The company said Blanc will guide technology strategy and execution across its payment platform and vertical software as it advances an AI-focused engineering approach and scales to meet rising client demand…
The American Red Cross has received support from the AWS Nonprofit Imagine Grant to develop Clara AI, a new platform designed to help people seeking assistance across disaster relief, blood services, military family support, and lifesaving training. The organization was selected in the grant program’s “Pathfinder – Generative AI” category, which recognizes highly innovative, mission-critical projects using generative AI…
OpenAI has appointed Arvind KC as its Chief People Officer, adding an executive with experience in both engineering and organizational leadership. KC previously held senior roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir Technologies, and Meta, where he helped scale technical teams and operational systems. At OpenAI, he will oversee hiring, onboarding, talent development, and workplace policies, with a mandate to ensure that the company’s internal processes support collaboration, speed, and sustained performance as it continues to expand…
JPMorgan Chase has appointed Guy Halamish as Chief Operating Officer of its Commercial and Investment Bank (CIB), assigning him direct responsibility for advancing the division’s data and artificial intelligence strategy. The move forms part of a wider organizational overhaul designed to embed AI into core business processes rather than confining it to a standalone technology function…
