General Motors has become the first U.S. automaker to secure enough renewable energy to match 100% of its domestic electricity use. The milestone follows an expansion of clean-energy utility programs, virtual power purchase agreements, and other renewable energy sources across the company’s U.S. operations. Globally, GM now matches 70% of its electricity usage with renewables, nearly doubling its 2023 levels…
Charlie Health, the nation’s largest provider of virtual high-acuity behavioral healthcare, has named Ashok Balakrishnan as its Chief Technology Officer. Balakrishnan joins the firm during a period of rapid expansion for its virtual Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), which provide evidence-based treatment for youth and adults facing severe mental health challenges and substance use disorders. Reporting directly to CEO and Co-Founder Carter Barnhart, Balakrishnan is tasked with scaling the company’s technical infrastructure to meet surging demand from payers and health systems…
6sense has announced two major leadership appointments to support its next phase of AI-driven growth. Ashley Jefferson joins the firm as Chief People Officer, bringing over 25 years of HR leadership from companies including Synoptek and Rackspace Technology. Jefferson’s mandate is to scale the company’s global talent strategy, focusing on performance systems and “AI readiness” for the 6sense workforce…
SailPoint has appointed Levent Besik as Chief Product Officer. Besik joins the Austin-based identity security leader following a tenure as vice president of product management at Microsoft, where he led the platform strategy for both human and non-human identities. With a career pedigree that includes executive product roles at Okta and Google—where he oversaw Customer Identity and Cloud AI platforms respectively—Besik brings a specialized blend of cloud-scale AI and security expertise to SailPoint…
Autodesk has appointed Mike Kelly as Chief Information Officer, explicitly tasking the veteran executive with leading the firm’s internal AI adoption and enterprise technology strategy. Kelly joins the design and engineering software leader from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he built the CIO function from the ground up as an operating partner…
Zoom Video Communications has named Russell Dicker as its Chief Product Officer, signaling a shift from a communication tool to an AI-driven “system of action.” Dicker, who previously served as corporate vice president of product for Microsoft Teams, is tasked with overseeing the integration of machine learning and automation across Zoom’s entire portfolio…
Anthropic has announced that the Anthropic Long-Term Benefit Trust has appointed Dr. Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis, to Anthropic’s Board of Directors. As a physician-scientist leading a major innovative medicines company, Narasimhan brings extensive experience in navigating highly regulated industries and overseeing the approval of over 35 novel medicines…
A significant breakthrough in climate resilience is expanding life-saving infrastructure to the world’s most vulnerable urban centers. According to a technical update from Google Research, the rollout of new flash flood predictions on the Flood Hub platform now provides up to 24 hours of advance notice for rapid-onset events. This Google-led initiative specifically targets urban areas with population densities exceeding 100 people per square kilometer, addressing a critical “warning gap” where developing nations in the Global South previously lacked the physical sensors and hydrological maps necessary for traditional forecasting…
Intel has appointed Aparna Bawa as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & People Officer, a dual-mandate role designed to centralize the company’s governance and cultural transformation. Reporting directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan, Bawa will join the semiconductor giant in May to oversee global legal, ethics, compliance, and human resources…
nCino has appointed Keith Kettell as Chief Revenue Officer to spearhead the company’s next phase of global expansion in agentic banking. Kettell joins the executive team with more than two decades of experience scaling go-to-market organizations, including a recent tenure as CRO at the identity decisioning platform Alloy…
