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Former DHS chief information officer Antoine McCord rejoins Anduril, FedScoop reports

  1. FedScoop reported, citing multiple unnamed sources, that McCord had returned to Anduril; no title was given.
  2. McCord led DHS's IT portfolio as chief information officer from March 2025 to August 2026.
  3. DHS spent about $148 million on Anduril in fiscal 2025 and $431 million in fiscal 2026.

Source:FedScoop

Read the signal: Former DHS chief information officer Antoine McCord rejoins Anduril, FedScoop reports
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Saronic names Kevin Humphreys, ex-Lloyd's Register, to new VP of Commercial role

  1. Kevin Humphreys was named Vice President of Commercial, a newly created role.
  2. He was to lead commercial growth strategy and emerging-market development for Saronic's dual-use fleet of autonomous surface vehicles.
  3. He was also to support U.S. shipbuilding capacity through the buildout of Port Alpha in Brownsville, Texas.

Source:Ocean News & Technology

Read the signal: Saronic names Kevin Humphreys, ex-Lloyd's Register, to new VP of Commercial role
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Canva names Bukalapak co-founder Willix Halim as its South-east Asia CEO

  1. Willix Halim, co-founder and former CEO of Bukalapak, was named Canva's South-east Asia CEO.
  2. He advised Canva for about a year, then joined full-time about three months before the October 11, 2026 report.
  3. Canva said its South-east Asia annual recurring revenue had more than trebled since 2022; monthly active users more than doubled.

Source:The Business Times

Read the signal: Canva names Bukalapak co-founder Willix Halim as its South-east Asia CEO
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Baseten names former Figma CMO Sheila Vashee as Chief Marketing Officer

  1. Baseten announced on September 25, 2026 that Sheila Vashee joined as Chief Marketing Officer.
  2. She was most recently Chief Marketing Officer at Figma, for three years, during which Figma crossed $1B in revenue and completed its IPO.
  3. Four other senior executives joined earlier in 2026: a CRO, a Chief Legal Officer, a Head of Engineering and a Head of Compute.

5 sources:Business Wire, Baseten +3

Read the signal: Baseten names former Figma CMO Sheila Vashee as Chief Marketing Officer
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ClickHouse appoints ex-Snowflake CFO Mike Scarpelli as independent director, Audit chair

  1. Michael Scarpelli joined the ClickHouse board as an independent director and Audit Committee chair.
  2. He was CFO of Snowflake, ServiceNow and Data Domain, and led each through its IPO.
  3. The company said run-rate revenue passed $350 million, up from roughly $200 million at the end of 2025.

2 sources:Yahoo Finance (Business Wire), Business Wire

Read the signal: ClickHouse appoints ex-Snowflake CFO Mike Scarpelli as independent director, Audit chair
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Crusoe adds Cloudflare CFO Thomas Seifert, Bill Stein and JB Straubel to its board

  1. Three independent directors were appointed on 17 September 2026: Thomas Seifert, Bill Stein and JB Straubel.
  2. Seifert, who has led Cloudflare's finance function since 2017, guided it through its 2019 IPO and will chair Crusoe's Audit Committee.
  3. Stein was CEO of Digital Realty from 2014 to 2022 and is now chief investment officer of Primary Digital Infrastructure.

Source:Crusoe

Read the signal: Crusoe adds Cloudflare CFO Thomas Seifert, Bill Stein and JB Straubel to its board
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Polymarket names former Amazon CFO Warren Jenson its first chief financial officer

  1. Polymarket appointed Warren Jenson as CFO, described in Bloomberg's headline as its first.
  2. Jenson leads finance and sets financial and capital strategy, reporting to CEO Shayne Coplan.
  3. He was previously CFO of Amazon, Electronic Arts, Delta Air Lines and NBC.

2 sources:Bloomberg, Polymarket / PR Newswire

Read the signal: Polymarket names former Amazon CFO Warren Jenson its first chief financial officer
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ElevenLabs names former Adyen CFO Ethan Tandowsky as its chief financial officer

  1. ElevenLabs announced on 8 September 2026 that Ethan Tandowsky joined as Chief Financial Officer.
  2. He was most recently CFO of Adyen (CFO since 2023); he joined its finance team in 2016 and helped take it public in 2018.
  3. Large organizations made up 55% of ElevenLabs revenue, up from 40% a year earlier, per the company.

2 sources:ElevenLabs, The Information

Read the signal: ElevenLabs names former Adyen CFO Ethan Tandowsky as its chief financial officer