STEFAN HOEJMOSE
MEREL WITTEVEEN JOB FROM : VP ALLIANCES , C3 . AI JOB TO : COO , C3 . AI
PREM AKKARAJU JOB FROM : CEO , WETA DIGITAL JOB TO : CEO , STABILITY AI
DAVID SALVAGNINI JOB FROM : CHIEF DATA OFFICER , NASA JOB TO : CHIEF AI OFFICER , NASA
“ Stability AI is the backbone of the visual AI ecosystem . The Company ’ s world-class team , breakthrough models and unique developer network attracted me to take on the CEO role ” PREM AKKARAJU CEO , STABILITY AI
STEFAN HOEJMOSE
JOB FROM : SENIOR MANAGER , DATA SCIENCE , ROKU
JOB TO : CHIEF DATA & AI OFFICER , ITV GROUP
ITV has announced Stefan Hoejmose as its new group chief data and AI officer . Stefan joins the broadcaster from US streaming platform , Roku , where he led the data science and machine learning team . His previous experience includes senior data roles at Dyson , Sky , MediaCom and Lloyds Bank .
MEREL WITTEVEEN JOB FROM : VP ALLIANCES , C3 . AI JOB TO : COO , C3 . AI
PREM AKKARAJU JOB FROM : CEO , WETA DIGITAL JOB TO : CEO , STABILITY AI
Stability AI has announced the appointment of Prem Akkaraju as its new CEO . The former CEO of visual effects company Weta Digital , an Academy Awardwinning film production and visual effects powerhouse , Prem will assume the role of CEO effective immediately and will focus on driving Stability AI ’ s go-forward strategy .
Stability AI ’ s models are the # 1 most-liked text-to-image models on opensource database Hugging Face . Stable Diffusion , Stability AI ’ s flagship model , has had over 150M total downloads and has played a foundational role in generating most online AI-generated images .
Enterprise software company C3 . ai has named Merel Witteveen as its interim Chief Operating Officer . She has served as C3 . ai ’ s VP of alliances since November 2022 and been at the company since August 2016 in several roles . Prior to joining C3 . ai , Merel worked for consulting firm McKinsey .
DAVID SALVAGNINI JOB FROM : CHIEF DATA OFFICER , NASA JOB TO : CHIEF AI OFFICER , NASA
NASA has named its first-ever Chief AI Officer ( CAIO ), marking a pivotal moment in the agency ’ s history .
David Salvagnini has been elevated to the position through an expansion of his current role as Chief Data Officer at the federal organisation , underscoring NASA ’ s interest in harnessing AI for scientific discovery . aimagazine . com 13