Tanium has appointed Carol MacKinlay as Chief People Officer, tasking the veteran HR leader with steering the company’s global talent strategy and organizational growth. MacKinlay joins the executive team as Tanium continues to scale its “Autonomous IT” platform, which recently earned “Leader” status in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools…
Five9 has appointed Jay Lee as Chief Marketing and Growth Officer, creating a new unified role to align the company’s global marketing, revenue strategy, and operations. Lee joins Five9 to oversee the go-to-market (GTM) engine for the firm’s “Intelligent CX Platform,” focusing on the convergence of data analytics and AI-powered customer experience…
Liberty Mutual has transitioned its philanthropic arm to a $600 million endowment model, a move designed to provide permanent, inflation-protected funding for community resilience. By moving away from annual budget allocations, the Liberty Mutual Foundation can now provide more stable, multi-year capital to nonprofits addressing housing instability, workforce development, and climate change…
eBay has introduced its first Climate Transition Plan, outlining how the company plans to reduce emissions while building on its existing resale marketplace. The company has already achieved a 92% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions since 2019 and now operates on 100% renewable electricity. By strengthening its recommerce model, eBay enables millions of buyers and sellers to extend the life of products, reduce waste, and make more conscious purchasing decisions…
In this episode, we speak with Dave Mowry, Executive Chairman and CEO of Breg, a musculoskeletal health medical device company providing orthopedic bracing, cold therapy solutions, and software-enabled services that support durable medical equipment management. Breg works with a large orthopedic footprint, partnering with thousands of clinics and providers and distributing products globally through a network spanning nearly 60 countries…
Microsoft has signed a long-term agreement with U.S.-based biochar company Liferaft to purchase one million carbon removal units over the next 10 years, backing a climate solution that also carries agricultural and local economic benefits. The deal, among the largest biochar-based carbon removal agreements to date and the largest announced so far in the United States, will be fulfilled through Liferaft’s facilities in Iowa and Illinois…
A group of major companies, including Amazon and JPMorgan Chase, has committed up to $100 million to reduce emissions from methane, soot, refrigerants, and other short-lived greenhouse gases often referred to as “superpollutants.” The effort, known as the Superpollutant Action Initiative, also includes Google, Salesforce, Workday, Autodesk, and Figma. These pollutants are responsible for roughly half of global warming to date and are closely tied to sources such as agriculture, energy production, and waste systems, making them a near-term target for climate action…
In this episode, we speak with Sanjiv Das, Co-Founder and President of Pagaya, a financial technology company that enables financial institutions to expand access to more customers through an artificial intelligence network. Pagaya evaluates and approves loan applications in real time on behalf of banks and lenders, and pairs that underwriting with a funding solution that can move approved loans off a partner’s balance sheet…
Bank of America is spotlighting a major affordable housing push after its Community Development Banking business delivered $7.4 billion in debt and equity financing in 2025, helping support more than 11,000 housing units across the country. The financing backed 87 developments in 68 cities across 21 states and included housing for families, seniors, veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and individuals with special needs…
Several major technology companies have agreed to fund new energy generation and grid infrastructure tied to their data center operations, under a new “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” announced by the White House. Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI signed the agreement, committing to build, bring, or buy power for their facilities and cover the full cost of required delivery infrastructure, ensuring those expenses are not passed on to consumers…
