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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

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She has worked for Qualtrics, which has dual headquarters in Seattle and Provo, Utah, since 2017. “The technology changes all the time. .” GameStop appointed former Zulily and Amazon Web Services engineering leader Matt Francis to the newly created role of CTO. “I’m not done,” she said.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. February 2022. Kamal Goel Web Werks.

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Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

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Founded by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, Intellectual Ventures is one of the world’s largest patent holders. contract management startup Icertis. Dossett originally joined the Seattle-based company in 2017 and was most recently EVP of sales and marketing. Dayanand Sharma , The Handoff Company. Eric Emans.

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

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Industry : Sales contract management software. Industry : Hiring and recruiting . Co-founder and CEO : Nick Fajt , former principal program manager working on Microsoft’s HoloLens. Founded : 2017. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). billion after fresh $80M round. Valuation : $2.8 GeekWire 200 rank : No.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

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It pulls information on potential hires from sites such as LinkedIn and GitHub; from research papers and patents; and other public domains. The platform has built-in diversity filters to help reduce unconscious bias; an automated messaging tool; and a search engine that understands past hiring patterns and needs based on job descriptions. .

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Ceiling breakers: Women IT execs shake up the status quo

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“I like thinking about how to stabilize, secure, and scale the organization at a foundational level, to really implement innovation,” she says, noting that her perspective made her a better fit for the CIO position rather than a CTO role with its focus on products. The WDNR turned 50 recently.

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New US CIO appointments, March 2022

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Movers & Shakers is where you can keep up with new CIO appointments and gain valuable insight into the job market and CIO hiring trends. Anderson has served on the Board of Directors of Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Virginia since 2017. She retired as EVP & CIO of Dell Corporation in January 2017. She earned a B.S.