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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5 F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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March 2022. He joins the Indian beverage company after a 17-year stint at Wockhardt where he was associate vice president of information technology head. February 2022. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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AI meets M&A: How these former management consultants are upending due diligence

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Wokelo co-founders Saswat Nanda, left, and Siddhant Masson, both worked previously as management consultants. That’s the premise behind Wokelo , a Seattle-area startup co-founded by two former management consultants, Siddhant Masson and Saswat Nanda. ” Funding: The company, founded in 2022, has raised $1.5

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The 10 biggest funding rounds for Pacific Northwest startups in 2022

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Venture capital investment in Pacific Northwest startups dropped 35% year-over-year in 2022. But some startups were still able to secure large sums of cash. Funding was down more than 50% in the second half of 2022 compared to the same time period in 2021, according to data from GeekWire’s fundings list. TerraPower Photo).

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Aligning security and business strategies

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By Sean Duca, vice president and regional chief security officer for Asia Pacific and Japan at Palo Alto Networks Some economists predict that we could soon face a global recession. This can be a challenge to cyber budgets in organizations where security is viewed primarily as a cost center.

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Securing data and talent top Indian CIOs’ concerns for FY2023

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Cybersecurity will continue to be a top priority for Indian CIOs in the year ahead, according to a recent survey of technology executives by Gartner: 64% of Indian CIOs surveyed said they will increase their spending on security-related technologies in 2022, higher than the global average of 57%. Sustainability.

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Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies COO departing; Sana adds leaders; and more

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” Adams was previously managing director of healthcare advanced analytics at SVB Securities and was a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton. He was first hired by Adaptive as chief technology officer. The Seattle-based company reported 20% growth in revenue for 2022. Praveen Seshadri.