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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigned Thursday after the company learned through an investigation that he had an affair with an employee. The consensual relationship violated Intel’s “non-fraternization policy,” which has applied to all managers since 2011, the Santa Clara company said. Intel described the affair as one that occurred in the past and declined to identify or give further details about the employee involved. An investigation is continuing, an Intel spokesman said. The move comes as more women are coming forward with stories of sexual misconduct in the workplace as a result of the #MeToo movement, led by the fall of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Other top business leaders including Pixar’s John Lasseter and Guess CEO Paul Marciano have left their companies after concerns were raised about their interactions with women. “As a result of the Weinstein scandal, people are feeling more comfortable openly assessing this behavior,” said Kerry … [Read more...] about Intel CEO had an affair with an employee. Now he’s out

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigned Thursday after the company learned through an investigation that he had engaged in a consensual affair with an employee, the company announced. The relationship violated the company’s “non-fraternization policy, which applies to all managers,” the company said in a press release. The company’s chief financial officer, Bob Swan, will become interim CEO. Swan has been CFO since October 2016 and has previously served as CFO for eBay and Electronic Data Systems Corp. Intel’s board will conduct a search for a permanent CEO. The company’s stock price was slightly down on Thursday morning at $52.55 a share — a drop of 91 cents, or 1.7 percent decline. Wendy Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @thewendylee … [Read more...] about Intel CEO resigns after past consensual affair with employee

More than 1,000 feet up at the top of Salesforce Tower, which rules San Francisco’s skyline, Danny Murtagh is doing a mental calculation. Not how to sell more software, or how to fix a bug — but, rather, how long it will take to clean the 14,550 panes of glass on the exterior of the city’s tallest building. Three months, he says. Three months for a single go-round, with two people inside a basket the length of a van suspended by a crane high above the ground, scrubbing their way vertically from top to bottom so as to clean drips that roll down. And if the wind blows hard, as it is wont to do amid fog and storms, it will take even longer, because window washers in San Francisco can’t work when wind speeds are above 25 mph. “Our tenants who rent the building and keep it occupied enjoy those views, and they pay for those views,” said Murtagh, a vice president of engineering at Boston Properties, the tower’s primary owner. “Having clean glass … [Read more...] about Soaring Industry

More than 1,000 feet up at the top of Salesforce Tower, which rules San Francisco’s skyline, Danny Murtagh is doing a mental calculation. Not how to sell more software, or how to fix a bug — but, rather, how long it will take to clean the 14,550 panes of glass on the exterior of the city’s tallest building. Three months, he says. Three months for a single go-round, with two people inside a basket the length of a van suspended by a crane high above the ground, scrubbing their way vertically from top to bottom so as to clean drips that roll down. And if the wind blows hard, as it is wont to do amid fog and storms, it will take even longer, because window washers in San Francisco can’t work when wind speeds are above 25 mph. “Our tenants who rent the building and keep it occupied enjoy those views, and they pay for those views,” said Murtagh, a vice president of engineering at Boston Properties, the tower’s primary owner. “Having clean glass … [Read more...] about It’s clear: Tech transparency boosts old-school window washing

Despite advances in machine learning, robots haven’t replaced humans as window washers yet. The challenge: Not all buildings are shaped the same, making it difficult for a machine to handle all types of surfaces. Cleaning the glass from inside a building poses even more problems, not least because of the clutter. Window cleaners sometimes hop over desks and move knickknacks, according to Jason York, the immediate past president of the International Window Cleaning Association. “It’s more logistics than the art of cleaning,” he said. Still, some companies such as IPC Eagle of Minnesota sell machines that clean windows of high-rises. The remote-controlled widget starts cleaning the building from the bottom up, guided by a wire connected to equipment at the top of the building. The machine works faster than humans, cleaning about 30 feet per minute, said Kevin Mullins, a business development manager. “It doesn’t need breaks,” Mullins said. IPC … [Read more...] about Are robots coming for window-cleaning jobs?