Stanford-backed big data firm Alpine Data Labs appoints Joe Otto as new chief executive officer.

After studying math at the University of Buffalo at age 11, Jain joined CMEA in 2008 and sitting on boards at Apriso, Baxano, Blekko, Foro, Intermolecular, Luminate, WorkingPoint and Zaarly.

Nielsen will own 51% of Nielsen Innovate in Israel in partnership with local investment firm Partam HighTech.

250+ corporate venturers networking and sharing best practice, including the launch of the Research To Commercialisation Club (R2C Club).

Shervin Pishevar, a partner at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, and Scott Stanford, a banker at investment bank Goldman Sachs, plan to launch Sherpa, news provider Fortune said.

As well as raising an undisclosed amount in series C funding, US-based Green Plug has also appointed Kevin Jones to the position of chief scientist.

Rajan became chief ethics officer and brand custodian of Tata Group.

News provider Fortune said DST's Alexander Tamas was setting up a venture capital firm called Vy Capital, named for an aviation term that refers to the best speed of climb.

St Joseph Health, a $5bn health system, became the first founding member of the Innovation Institute, which has also set up a strategic alliance with Cleveland Clinic.