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Amazon vet Dorothy Li joins trucking startup Convoy as CTO, says company is at ‘inflection point’

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Convoy is one of a handful of privately-held companies in the Seattle region valued at more than $1 billion, raising $400 million at a $2.7 Last August the company hired former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom as president and COO. Last August the company hired former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom as president and COO.

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Oracle names new cloud infrastructure leader, signals broader ambitions to challenge Amazon

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Six-year Oracle veteran Clay Magouyrk is the new executive vice president in charge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, based in Seattle, reporting to co-founder Larry Ellison, executive chairman and chief technology officer. Photo by Marc Fiorito / Gamma Nine Photography, via Oracle.). Synergy Research Group Chart).

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Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens

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In January, the company raised $150 million , bringing total funding to date past $1 billion. Microsoft and Amazon veteran Dirk Didascalou has been appointed the first CTO of Siemens Digital Industries, a business unit of the German multinational company. Guzmán was previously VP of local for media technology company WhereBy.Us

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Oracle’s Larry Ellison looks to one-up Amazon, offering full cloud inside customer data centers

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Oracle founder CTO Larry Ellison. Oracle photo). Oracle unveiled a new service that promises to make all of its public cloud services available as a fully managed cloud region in its customers’ data centers, developed by an Oracle team based largely in the company’s Seattle engineering office.

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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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The company helps entrepreneurs raise funding without going the traditional route of venture capital. “I’m passionate about the company’s mission,” Widner told GeekWire via email. “Lighter is the pioneer and the leader in RBF for software-as-a-service companies.” The Redmond, Wash.,

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Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

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NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. The new fund provides investments to companies participating in the accelerator and also makes direct investments. It focuses on pre-seed companies with capital-efficient business models and early signs of commercialization. agtech startup Verdi. Scott Nagel.

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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices

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Evaluating Commercial Cloud Services for Government – A Progress Report. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. High Performance Computing Lead, NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS).