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Celonis: Ma Activity
Celonis announced acquisition of Ikigai Labs, a San Francisco AI-powered decision intelligence startup specializing in complex forecasting and working with MIT
Source: Forrester Blogs
The leadership read
Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in technology.
Market context: Backdrop: a 98.6 (Neutral) Talent Market Index (down 1.4 on the month) with Americas activity easing (-2.6pts).
Celonis: 3 signals in the last 90 days — above the Technology median of 1 across 191 tracked companies; 0.3% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 3 tracked across 57 days.
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US Sales Lead - first full-time hire in the United States, spearheading US market entry
Traffio
Our work · 2019
VP Sales (US) / CEO
Multiple (Longtail UX, Genbook)
Americas · Technology/SaaS · founder-transition · international-expansion
Our work · 2020
Chief Technology Officer
Splitit
Americas · Fintech · payments · fintech
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