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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams exec lands at Google; LeoStella names CEO; and more

GeekWire

He spent 15 years at Boeing, starting as a chief engineer and program manager and serving the last seven years as a director. — Armughan Ahmad is now CEO of Appen , an Australian artificial intelligence company with its U.S. headquarters in Kirkland, Wash.

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Tech Moves: UW announces director for new DoD program; Microsoft vet joins EQT; and more

GeekWire

NSIN tapped Justin Dunnicliff as its university program director at the UW. He’ll be based at the CoMotion, the university’s innovation hub, and will run programs including Hacking for Defense and Starts. NSIN tapped Justin Dunnicliff as its university program director at the UW.

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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet joins insurance tech startup; Cyemptive Technologies adds exec

GeekWire

She spent eight years at Microsoft, working her way up from an entry-level product manager to senior program manager lead. Most recently, Patel served as senior vice president of product and engineering at LivePerson, a publicly traded conversational artificial intelligence tools provider for enterprises.

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Can a 42-member AI task force get anything done? Hearing raises questions about Wash. state plan

GeekWire

Representatives of different groups offered their input on the scope, timeline, goals, and, in some cases, the necessity of a proposed Artificial Intelligence Task Force in Washington state in the first hearing on Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s plan to help state policymakers get a better handle on fast-moving AI technologies.

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A leaked Amazon memo may help explain why the tech giant is pushing out so many recruiters

Vox

Now, Recode has viewed a confidential internal document that raises the question of whether a new artificial intelligence technology that the company began experimenting with last year will one day replace some of these employees. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also said that layoffs in the company’s core retail division would occur into 2023.

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How Do You Get The CIO Job?

The Accidental Successful CIO

For instance, technology can be a means to serve customers even better, from automated self-help tools, to utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to equip agents to answer a customer’s question more effectively. You will need to spend time on overall organizational structure and program management.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

GeekWire

— Graham Sheldon , former corporate vice president of product for Microsoft Teams, is now chief product officer of UiPath, an artificial intelligence and automation company. Graham Sheldon. LinkedIn Photo). UiPath is based in New York City and has an office in Bellevue, Wash.

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