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First U.S. CTO May Be Indian
First U.S. CTO May Be Indian
A Barack Obama Branded Mobile Phone
A Barack Obama Branded Mobile Phone
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Obama's health care challenge - Jan. 12, 2009
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  • galaga galaga
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    That's great news! Asians should definitely get more higher offices, as they are a growing part of the population.
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Cisco CTO Being Considered Fort The U.S. CTO Gig [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Cisco Systems chief technology officer Padmasree Warrior is on a very short list of candidates being considered for the U.S. CTO job. She is on a short list that also includes Vivek Kundra, CTO of Washington, D.C., according to BusinessWeek magazine. Warrior, who was CTO of Motorola ...

Will Cisco’s Padmasree Warrior Be Obama’s CTO?
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... chief technology officer Padmasree Warrior is one of the incoming Obama Administration’s leading candidates for the newly created post of federal CTO, according to Business Week. The other leading candidate, according to the magazine, is Vivek Kundra, CTO for the city of Washington, D.C. ...

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Barack Obama May Pick Cisco's Padmasree Warrior as Nation's First CTO, Report
Beet.TV — ... Steve Hamm over at Business Week has a story out on two potential candidates who could be chosen as the nations' first Chief Technology Officer.  Citing sources close to the Obama team, Hamm names Padmasree Warrior, CTO of Cisco and Vivek Kundra, CTO of the District of Columbia city government. Neither individual nor the Obama campaign would comment for Hamm's story. ...

Barack Obama May Pick Cisco's Padmasree Warrior as Nation first CTO, Report
Beet.TV — ... Steve Hamm over at Business Week has a story out on two potential candidates to be choosen to the nations' first Chief Technology Officer.  Citing sources close to the Obama team, the two names are Padmasree Warrior, CTO of Cisco and Vivek Kundra who is CTO of the District of Columbia city government. Neither individuals nor the Obama campaign would comment for Hamm's story. ...

Around the Web 1.16.09: Tim Cook takes over Apple, Circuit City liquidating, Hawaii TV goes all digital
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... -- The president-elect has reportedly narrowed his choice for the federal chief technology officer down to two candidates: Padmasree Warrior of Cisco Systems and Vivek Kundra of the District of Columbia.Business Week ...

D.C. CTO is a Front Runner to Become the First U.S. CTO
SocialTimes.com — ... Padmasree Warrior is the current CTO of Cisco. As BusinessWeek highlights, “In 23 years at Motorola, she headed up research for its semiconductor unit and ran its energy systems group before being appointed CTO in 2003—when she was placed in charge of a 4,600-person R&D lab. In addition to being the technology czar at Cisco, she is an articulate spokesperson for the company, often keynoting technology conferences.” ...

Obama’s choice for the post of chief technology officer narrowing?
VentureBeat — ... The tech industy has been closely watching the Obama administration’s search for a chief technology officer and it looks like the short list includes two tech veterans of Indian descent, according to Business Week. ...

AMD Cuts 1100 Jobs, 9% Of Workforce (AMD)
Silicon Alley Insider — Newsweek's Dan Lyons (a/k/a "Fake Steve") writes about the CNBC "punked" controversy AMD Cuts 1100 Jobs, 9% Of Workforce (AMD) Report: Obama CTO search narrows to Cisco's Warrior or DC govt's Kundra (CSCO) HP to unveil more low-cost netbooks (HPQ) Take-Two COO quits (TTWO) Time-Warner named in fresh Eidos takeover bid (TWX) ...

Obama’s CTO: Fixing Government IT or Setting Nationwide Policy?
Technology Liberation Front — ... I agree completely—and it now seems that this is in fact where the incoming Administration is heading.  BusinessWeek reports that the Obama Administration has narrowed its choices down to two Indian-American CTOs: ...

Obama's CTO: Fixing Government IT or Setting Nationwide Policy?
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog — ... I agree completely--and it now seems that this is in fact where the incoming Administration is heading.  BusinessWeek reports that the Obama Administration has narrowed its choices down to two Indian-American CTOs: ...

Fed CTO Must Be Tech Smart & Policy Proficient
Internet Evolution: — ... began long before Obama was elected, and rumors of impending nominations abounded in early January, it's clear this position won’t be filled until after the Inauguration. While it remains to be seen what the national CTO's precise role will be, numerous ...

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