OverDrive appointed Liz Carrasco as its new CTO. “With more than two decades of senior leadership experience at some of the world’s largest digital media platforms, Carrasco brings deep technical expertise in personalization and streaming at scale to the technology teams behind Libby, Kanopy, and Sora,” the company shares. “In this role, Carrasco will lead OverDrive’s global technology strategy and engineering organization as the company continues to expand and evolve its digital content platforms.”

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