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Shutterfly Names Satish Menon CTO

By TechTaffy Desk

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Shutterfly has appointed Satish Menon as senior vice president and chief technology officer. Mr. Menon brings more than 25 years of technology experience to his position. Most recently he was chief executive officer of a technology incubator (UV Labs) and chief technology officer of University Ventures. Prior to that, he was chief technology officer at Apollo Education Group and held executive positions at Yahoo, Kasenna and Silicon Graphics.

Mr. Menon has a Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology.

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