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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Seattle startup offered discounts to renters and prospective homebuyers in exchange for renting out a room in a house, among other real estate programs. The incubator’s second fund comes at a key moment for the AI sector, as more companies adopt generative AI technology and investors pour billions into nascent startups.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Former employees at trucking company Convoy have gone on to launch their own startups in Seattle. A vast alumni network from the trucking marketplace company is fueling entrepreneurial activity in Seattle, where at least 25 startups are now led by former employees of Convoy. Several others are still operating in stealth mode.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The 36,000-square-foot innovation hub will be led by the company’s CTO, Saurabh Mittal, and Markandey Upadhyay, head of business intelligence unit for Piramal. CIO.com caught up with Mittal to know more about his plans for the innovation lab, as well as the technology strategy for the financial services company.

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JULY 5, 2023

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. Think globally, act locally Koushik is putting all this into practice at Rackspace, too.

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GeekWire

MAY 20, 2024

It’s the latest milestone for Overland AI , the University of Washington spinout aiming to help companies — and the U.S. Last month Overland announced that it won a two-year contract worth up to $18.6 Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. The company’s CTO, Jonathan Fink , worked as a researcher for the U.S.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

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. Portland, Ore.-based

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

He is also responsible for Vodafone Group’s global “Modernization Garage”, which is driving transformation of business support systems (BSS) across the companies. “There is just one way: You’ll be part of that speed, or you’ll be out.” The company is one of the earliest adopters of the.

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GeekWire

MARCH 10, 2021

Former Microsoft VP and Azure Distinguished Engineer Kushagra Vaid is now a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Eclipse Ventures. Prior to Microsoft, he was a principal engineer at Intel. Seattle sales technology startup Outreach hired Mary Shea as its first ever evangelist. Kushagra Vaid. Kushagra Vaid Photo).

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2023

Former Microsoft and Amazon Alexa engineering leader Sonny Patel was named CTO and CPO of insurance tech startup Socotra. Socotra Photo) — Sonny Patel was hired by San Francisco-based insurance tech startup Socotra as CTO and CPO. She then led product and engineering at Amazon’s Alexa team.

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JULY 28, 2022

For the past few years, IT leaders at a US financial services company have been struggling to hire data scientists to harness the increasing flood of incoming data that, if used properly, could improve customer experience and drive new products. To deal with this hiring problem, they’ve had to get creative.

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JULY 13, 2023

Recruiting and hiring high-end IT talent is among the most challenging tasks IT leaders face today. The IT skills shortage is critical, with CIOs losing talented employees faster than they can hire them,” said Mbula Schoen, senior director analyst at Gartner, in a recent Q&A. “IT CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. The company’s marketplace lets retailers purchase warehousing space on an on-demand basis, avoiding long-term warehouse leases. Longtime Microsoft executive Gavriella Schuster joined the board of cybersecurity company Open Systems.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

. — Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. Bacos will be responsible for the company’s digital execution and strategy. Memphis, Tenn.-based Emily Parkhurst. PSBJ Photo). based X4Impact.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2023

And with his dual titles at the company—CIO and CTO—Rex Lee is in the driver’s seat to support digital transformation and implement shared knowledge across teams and management. We didn’t have to compete with priorities of getting money into the company to keep it running. You need a brand-new engine, new tires, new drivers.

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GeekWire

JUNE 9, 2020

Manny Vellon was a software engineer and Seattle startup founder legendary among colleagues and customers for his ability to find straightforward solutions to complex problems. His technology career spanned four decades, from early Microsoft programming languages to modern Internet of Things devices. An engineer at 15 years old.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The news: Five startups jostled for $200,000 in funding in the final round of the Seattle Angel Conference , with new medical device company BrainSpace rising to the top. The founders: BrainSpace CTO Stephen Morse is a mechanical engineer who has worked for a variety of companies, including global electrical and manufacturing company Flex.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. “He will manage our entire technology stack, with combined ownership of product direction and engineering, to turbocharge our ambitious technology roadmap.” 14 and subsequently confirmed by the company.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

based company leveraging artificial intelligence to help develop new small molecule drugs, has raised $3.5 The six-employee company has partnerships with an undisclosed public biopharma company, the University of British Columbia, and others. Kim previously co-founded three other companies in the mobile marketing and AI areas.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But as he entered college to study electrical engineering and later launched a career in IT, that began to change. So, I started my own tech company,” Beasley says. Soon after founding Netwatch Solutions as CTO, Beasley realized he would face even more barriers when acquiring funding. I’m the only Black kid.

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GeekWire

JULY 30, 2021

Gregg Ames, left, and Syed Ahmed, two recent hires at Act-On. based marketing automation platform, added Gregg Ames as chief commercial officer and Syed Ahmed as senior vice president of engineering. Ahmed previously was CTO and vice president of engineering at Contiq. based cybersecurity and systems management company.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A Seattle tech vet, Morrow was an executive at Apptio for five years including through the software company’s IPO and later $1.9 The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people.

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2023

The company also announced $10 million in seed capital. Dirac worked as a senior principal engineer at Amazon Web Services for more than six years, where he led the AutoML program. Geiger is a longtime product design and engineering consultant. ” — and then get results instantly. ”

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CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

Attendees will have the opportunity to attend expert briefings, learn from and network with experienced practitioners, and ask questions to advance their agency data analytics initiatives and save their organization’s time, funding, and staff resources. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Eddie Garcia. Eddie Garcia.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2022

Atlas Health’s software is built on a proprietary database of more than 20,000 medical financial aid programs. In addition, the company’s advocates also work remotely and on-site to manage the process. The company notes that out-of-pocket medical expenses in the U.S. The new financing brings Atlas’ total funding to $44.5

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Heavily-funded delivery service Gopuff hired three more Seattle-based leaders: Former Beyond Meat COO Sanjay Shah as SVP of North America fulfillment. Komal Kashiramka as director of engineering for Gopuff Kitchen. She was most recently a software engineering manager at Facebook and previously an engineer at Microsoft.

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GeekWire

APRIL 24, 2024

Radical’s co-founders, CTO Cyriel Notteboom and CEO James Thomas, carry a solar-powered demonstrator aircraft that flew continuously for more than 24 hours during a test flight last year. “We’re currently hiring. “Seattle’s a great area to be building a company like this.” Radical Photo).

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JULY 7, 2015

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. It’s centered primarily around two questions: When should a business hire a CDO? They leverage a patented Web Intelligence Engine over with billions.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The company also promoted Chris McGuire to chief technology officer, taking over from Thinkific co-founder Matt Payne who will now be SVP of innovation. McGuire joined Thinkific earlier this year as vice president of engineering. He is the former CTO of Canadian startups Checkfront and Foodee. Chris McGuire. Thinkific Photo).

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Heavily-funded delivery service Gopuff hired three more Seattle-based leaders: Former Beyond Meat COO Sanjay Shah as SVP of North America fulfillment. Komal Kashiramka as director of engineering for Gopuff Kitchen. She was most recently a software engineering manager at Facebook and previously an engineer at Microsoft.

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GeekWire

JULY 7, 2021

The Routing Company Photo). The Routing Company aims to find out on Bainbridge Island near Seattle. . The Routing Company CEO James Cox. Routing Company Photo). “It’s going to be up to each transit agency to make that call,” said James Cox , CEO of The Ridesharing Company.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2024

Interlace Health is one such entity, having named Maggie Peña as the electronic forms company’s first-ever chief experience officer. Peña has been with the company for nearly 13 years in customer-facing roles, most recently, building a customer success management team.

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2021

Splunk is a publicly-traded big data company based in San Francisco with more than 6,000 employees worldwide. The company’s revenue for the full year ended Jan. Uber board member and former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns joined the advisory board of contract management startup Icertis. 31 was down 5% to $2.23 Elizabeth Solomon.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2024

Two of the top executive recruiters in the CIO retained search space, Shawn Banerji and Martha Heller, joined me for the first episode of 2024 to share their insights on a range of talent-related issues, including hiring trends, hybrid work questions, and the critical skills companies are looking for at the executive level.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Julie Larson-Green, an engineering leader and executive who spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, is retiring from her position as the chief experience officer at Qualtrics following the experience management technology company’s recent initial public offering. “The technology changes all the time. .

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

This post is the continuation of a series discussing why a CTO makes or breaks your enterprise mobile strategy and in case you’ve missed it we have already discussed how to choose between building native apps vs. adopting the mobile web. The Project Plan for the CTO. Is described below.

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GeekWire

MAY 5, 2021

Jesse Levinson, co-founder and CTO of Zoox, the self-driving taxi company acquired by Amazon last year. Behind him is the company’s autonomous electric vehicle. A veteran in the world of autonomous vehicles, Levinson is the co-founder and CTO of Zoox, a Foster City, Calif., Zoox Photo). Jesse Levinson: For sure.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

His experience and skills are an invaluable addition to our company and the senior leadership team,” Nadella said in a statement. based cloud automation company Puppet named two new board appointments as it preps for an IPO next year. Jeff Bezos-backed General Fusion hired Jay Brister as chief development officer. Portland, Ore.-based

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