Job Digest - Jun 26, 2025
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John Heshelman – Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Previously State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Senior Portfolio Manager; PPM America, Senior Managing Director of Private Placements
🎯 Key Focus:
- Set overall investment strategy and policies for Securian Asset Management portfolios
- Focus on the general account and separate accounts
- Provide investment insights to company leadership
📌 About Securian Financial:
Securian Financial provides innovative insurance and retirement solutions to over 23 million customers in the US and Canada, focusing on financial security and peace of mind.
Adrian McDermott – Independent Director, Board of Directors
Previously Chief Technology Officer at Zendesk
🎯 Key Focus:
- Guiding strategic technology initiatives
- Advancing AI-powered customer service solutions
- Enhancing platform scalability
- Driving product development to support growth and innovation
📌 About Weave:
All-in-one customer experience and payments software for small and medium-sized healthcare businesses, dedicated to transforming patient communications and streamlining payment processes.
Michelle K. Lee – Senior Strategic Advisor
Previously Vice President of AI/ML at Amazon Web Services and Deputy General Counsel at Google
🎯 Key Focus:
- Leading the next era of patent intelligence
- Combining generative AI with expertise in AI, innovation, and IP
📌 About Patlytics:
Patlytics is an AI-powered patent workflow platform that transforms patent discovery, analytics, and reporting for IP professionals using advanced large language models and generative AI.
Anol Bhattacharya – Executive Vice President, Innovation and Technology
Previously at Hotwire Global prior to this promotion.
🎯 Key Focus:
- Driving Hotwire Global’s innovation strategy
- Developing and commercializing next-generation AI solutions for marketing and communications
- Integrating emerging technologies into client campaigns
- Serving as a strategic advisor
📌 About Hotwire Global:
Hotwire Global is a tech PR, communications, and marketing consultancy that partners with leading technology brands to deliver expert consultancy and innovative solutions at the intersection of technology and humanity.
Andrea Martin – Product Manager (leading product strategy)
Previously Dwolla, Businessolver, and V Shred (roles in product development, growth, and money movement infrastructure)
🎯 Key Focus:
- Leading product strategy
- Expanding financial products and services
- Embedded money movement options
- Customer loyalty programs for gig workers
📌 About Ualett:
Ualett is a bilingual fintech platform providing fast, flexible cash advances and financial tools for gig economy workers, serving over 365,000 users.
Névine Zariffa – Board Member
Previously at AstraZeneca, where she led the Enterprise Data & Analytics initiative; also held senior roles at GlaxoSmithKline
🎯 Key Focus:
- Shaping strategies to deliver impact for Ephicacy's clients
- Advancing healthcare options for patients
📌 About Ephicacy Consulting Group, Inc.:
A leading biometrics contract research organization, providing statistical programming, biostatistics, data management, and real-world evidence analytics services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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Zach
Editor, C-Suite Scoop