The Heller Report: Heller Builds New Digital and CX Candidate Networks

Zach Peikon, a veteran recruiter of digital leaders for Fortune 500 companies, has joined Heller as managing director. Peikon was most recently a Korn Ferry senior client partner and a member of its global marketing officers practice. He brings expertise as a strategic talent advisor in industries including financial services, healthcare, high-tech, consumer, and sports. “By combining Zach’s expansive leadership networks with Heller’s technology talent platform, we are helping develop and deliver the first generation of true enterprise AI leaders,”  CEO Martha Heller said.

“Responsible AI” frameworks are important, but without real protections, they can create a false sense of security, explains Malcolm Harkins, former CISO of Intel and current chief security and trust officer at AI security company HiddenLayer. In this interview for Heller’s “Cyber Means Business” series, Harkins breaks down what security leaders need to understand about these threats, why AI security belongs in the boardroom, and how to act before the risks become reality.

On July 31, 1971, Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott stepped into the seat of the battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle and began a drive on the Moon’s surface, as This Day in Tech History notes. Astronaut Jim Irwin also rode the vehicle on this mission, which a NASA historian reported traveled 27.8 kilometers in 3 hours, 2 minutes of driving time. A “moon rover” was part of three lunar missions (also Apollo 16 and 17). The three vehicles remain. 

Heller was recently retained to recruit a Chief Technology Officer for Zoetis, a worldwide animal health company. As the world’s leading animal health company, Zoetis is driven by a singular purpose: to nurture our world and humankind by advancing care for animals. The company’s leading portfolio and pipeline of medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and technologies make a difference in over 100 countries. For this role, we identified Kumar Venugopal who most recently was Vice President, Enterprise Applications at Biogen. Venugopal earned a B.S. degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City and an MBA from Liberty University. Best of luck, Kumar!