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 Paolo Juvara
 VP of Engineering and CIO
 Google Cloud
 Software development executive Paolo Juvara has international experience in large and entrepreneurial organisations . The Google Cloud CIO has worked in hands-on product development and design as well as strategy and business operations . Prior to his role at Google Cloud , which he has held for just over 2 and a half years , Juvara worked at cloud platform service , Oracle . In his 13 years at Oracle , Juvara led to Oracle Applications Labs organisation within the R & D department . He has been described as extremely dedicated and loyal to his work by his colleagues .
 “ In addition to the Defencewide CIO in the MOD , I believe I am the only other ‘ proper ’ CIO in Defence .”
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 Major General JJ Cole
 CIO
 British Army
 Jonathan Cole was commissioned into the Royal Signals on 8 August 1987 . After being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours , he served as commander of the 11th Signal Brigade from 2011 to 2013 . It was after this he went on to become Director of Information at Army Command in 2018 . In his role as CIO Cole serves as a transformational agent driving digital change and cyber security culture across the Army and is an executive leader on the Army ’ s board .
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