Sam Forsdick December 2020
Who are the biggest names in IT management in Europe? Our annual ranking profiles the CIOs at the continent’s largest companies.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of the CIOs at Europe’s top companies to reassess their current priorities. Many digital transformation programs have been accelerated due to the enforced change in working habits, while, for many companies, key elements of operational IT have moved from within the office to the cloud or home.
This year’s top 20 European CIOs have had to deal with this unforeseen disruption by bringing innovative technology solutions to the fore. Many faces on this year’s list will be familiar to readers of our previous annual surveys, with Shell CIO Jay Crotts retaining his position at the top of the table. However, there are a number of new additions, with four moving into the top IT job at their current company this year.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/
Turing.com, an automated platform that lets companies hire Silicon Valley caliber remote developers at the touch of a button, announced today a $32-million Series B funding round led by $3.3-billion fund WestBridge Capital. The round includes a number of high-profile investors, such as Foundation Capital, which led Turing s seed round. Altair Capital, Mindset Ventures, Frontier Ventures, and Gaingels also participated in the Series B round, which was heavily oversubscribed.
Driven by the massive global shift to remote work, Turing taps into a global pool of developers to help companies hire in markets such as the San Francisco Bay Area, aka Silicon Valley and New York, where it is difficult and expensive to hire and retain top software engineers. Turing rigorously vets developers for a Silicon Valley bar.