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Tech Moves: Funko names new CEO; Nintex promotes VPs; Leafly adds president

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“My extensive experience with the devoted fans of Dungeons & Dragons , Magic: The Gathering , and Xbox will be highly beneficial in developing products that continue to appeal to Funko’s passionate fans, both core fans and collectors,” Williams said in a statement. He previously worked for AvePoint, IBM, and Siemens.

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Boeing shifts its team leaders for space station and Starliner space programs

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Mark Mulqueen , who has served as Boeing’s space station program manager since 2015, will be retiring July 2. During his 35 years at Boeing, Mulqueen has served in a variety of management positions — for example, as deputy program manager for the space station and deputy program manager for the commercial crew program.

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Security and Windows 10 Will Cross Paths for Enterprises

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1 area of spending increase in 2015, with nearly half (46%) planning to invest more in access control, intrusion prevention, and virus and malware protection. Windows 10, with its new Enterprise-focused features, will knock Windows 7 out of its majority position by the end of 2015. Windows 10.

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OpenStack Summit 2015 Day 1 Keynote

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This leads Jonathan into a discussion of users and developers, sometimes (not beneficially) separated by sales and product management. Jonathan feels that the open development model employed by OpenStack is better in that users and developers are interacting and working together at all phases of design and development.

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Seattle investors back Battlesnake, makers of a growing game that turns coding into competition

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Battlesnake originated in the Pacific Northwest as a developer recruiting event in 2015, and by 2019 the flagship Battlesnake Tournament in Victoria drew 1,200 developers and another 1,000 spectators intrigued by the e-sports-like drama of watching competitors compete with their coded snakes. It’s mostly for fun.”

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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

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Kissler will now oversee operations for another retail giant in Zulily, which was acquired by QVC parent Qurate in 2015. Valo, which raised $190 million in January, builds tech for the drug discovery and development process. He will lead the startup’s product management and engineering, program management, and UX.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

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How one company is embracing agile Washington Technology (Today) - CivicActions harnesses open agile software development in its bid for the GSA's 18F agile blanket purchase agreement. Census hopes mobile approach works in 2020 - FCW.com (blog) FCW (Today) Census hopes mobile approach works in 2020FCW.com (blog)WHAT: The U.S.

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