LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 7, 2025--
TurinTech, a leader in Evolutionary agentic code platforms, today announced that Michael Parker has joined as its Vice President of Engineering. A veteran in developer tooling and platform engineering, Parker brings decades of experience building scalable systems and leading global teams—including at Docker, where he helped modernize the company’s cloud platform and developer experience.
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Parker joins TurinTech as it prepares to launch Artemis more broadly, bringing agentic AI into the heart of the developer experience—from planning to production. Built around an outcome-first approach, Artemis helps teams guide and validate AI contributions, align work to their goals, and improve code with confidence. It’s a platform designed not just for faster development—but for trusted, measurable results.
Mike Basios, Chief Technology Officer at TurinTech, commented: “We’re building Artemis to help teams get the most out of AI—whether that’s LLMs, agents, or both. It’s not about generating more code—it’s about delivering measurably improved outcomes.”
At Docker, Parker played a key role in the company’s shift from infrastructure to developer-first tooling. He led platform modernization, scaled distributed teams, and oversaw the user experience behind Docker Hub. At TurinTech, he will oversee engineering delivery across Artemis cloud and on-prem deployments, ensuring developers can work seamlessly with AI agents, planning workflows, and outcome-based review tools.
“Agentic development is a powerful shift, but it needs structure to succeed,” said Michael Parker, VP of Engineering. “With Artemis, we’re building the planning and workflow intelligence that lets AI agents work more like real teammates. Developers stay in control, but get meaningful support—from scoping to implementation to validation. It’s about tackling the real-world friction in today’s GenAI tools and making AI genuinely useful in everyday engineering.”
Leslie Kanthan, CEO and Co-founder of TurinTech, added: “Demand for Artemis continues to grow since our limited launch earlier this year. Global enterprises like Intel and Taylor Wessing are already engaging, and we’re seeing strong developer interest in our AI-driven engineering platform. With Michael onboard, we’re excited to accelerate availability and bring the power of Artemis to more teams, faster.”
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About TurinTech
TurinTech builds intelligent systems that evolve and improve code and machine learning models. Its platforms, Artemis for code and evoML for ML pipelines, combine agentic planning, evolutionary algorithms, and real-time validation to deliver measurable, production-ready results. Whether optimizing GenAI output, modernizing legacy code, or tuning ML for performance, TurinTech helps teams move beyond generation to deliver software that’s intelligent by design—trusted, efficient, and built to deliver the results you need with the full power of AI.
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Michael Parker has joined TurinTech as its Vice President of Engineering
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is voting Sunday in a referendum to decide on granting new presidential powers ahead of December's general election, which will return the West African nation to democracy after its latest coup.
A military government seized power in November of last year following a disputed election in which former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and opposition candidate Fernando Dias both claimed victory.
If passed, the new constitution by the self-styled National Transitional Council will grant more powers to the president and reduce parliamentary representation, among other issues.
The authorities argue that a parliament trimmed from 102 to 65 seats would allow for easier and more robust debates, while new presidential powers would underline the higher authority of the president over the prime minister, which they claim is a source of political instability in the country. Opposition groups reject the claim.
“In a community, there is only one leader. No community or village can have two leaders. We revised the constitution to avoid constant conflict between the president of the republic and the prime minister. We clarified the law and helped the public understand that the president of the republic is the national symbol. It is the president who stands for election in presidential polls,” Gen. Tomás Djassi, the head of the armed forces, said.
But the opposition has called on voters to boycott the referendum, saying it is a path for the head of the military government to amass power and calling it a "source of political instability at all levels".
“This constitution significantly weakens the Prime Minister and the government, subordinates the National People’s Assembly and political parties, and devalues—or even ignores the popular will expressed at the polls, carrying all the attendant risks of political and social division and tension,” Muniro Conté, spokesperson for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, told The Associated Press.
Last year's coup in Guinea-Bissau worsened West Africa's democratic crisis, adding it to a growing number of countries in the region under military rule.
Leaders on the continent branded it a “staged” takeover after the military allowed the former president to host a press conference to announce he was being deposed and allowed to leave the country in seemingly favorable circumstances. Skeptics say Embaló had given up the seat to the military after seeing he was losing the election.
Since it gained independence from Portugal in 1973, the only Portuguese-speaking West African country has been rocked by several coups and attempted coups. Before last year’s coup, a failed coup was reported only a month before.
The tiny country of around 2.2 million people has the highest proportion of natural wealth per capita, according to the World Bank, but more than half of the country lives in poverty. The country is a hub for drug trafficking between Latin America and Europe, an issue experts say fuels its political instability.
Nearly 915,000 voters are registered to vote in the referendum, but the majority say the constitution is not a problem.
Bacar Camará, a high school teacher in the capital, Bissau, said he would not be voting and disapproves of the referendum, citing a fraught political and social environment.
“The transitional government should focus on creating conditions for better understanding and reconciliation among Guineans,” he said.
Another resident in Bissau, Carolina Djeme, said the constitution is unfamiliar to her.
"I’ll go vote on Sunday. However, I’ll vote ‘no’ because — honestly, and I think this is the case for many other citizens — I don’t know this new Constitution well, so I can’t vote ‘yes’,” she said.
Analysts say the military government lacks the legitimacy to change the constitution, which has sparked discontent among the citizens.
“The fundamental question is: Who drafted this Constitution, and on whose behalf? To protect which interests or institutions? Who stands to benefit from this Constitution?” Paulino Quadé, a Guinean political analyst, said.
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Adetayo reported from London.
FILE - Guinea-Bissau Transitional President General Horta Inta-A-Na Man, centre, and President of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye walk during an official ECOWAS mission to help resolve Guinea-Bissau's political crisis in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, on Jan. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abubacar Queta, File)
