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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

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Expedia Photos) — Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. Bumble Photo) — Antoine Leblond , a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer.

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Tech Moves: Seattle startups hire new execs; board shuffles at Adaptive and Porch

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Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering. He previously worked as VP of platform engineering at Paris-based carpooling platform BlaBlaCar and was an engineer at Chef Software. based startup Smarsh named Vinay Mehta as its new CTO. Customer-relationship management company Brevo, which has its U.S.

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

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Adaptive previously hired Goldman Sachs to explore “strategic alternatives” for the businesses. Seattle-based cannabis software company Leafly announced that Michael Blue resigned as chair of its board. . Seattle-based cannabis software company Leafly announced that Michael Blue resigned as chair of its board.

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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

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Swift is a longtime Seattle-area gaming industry vet whose resume includes Valve Software (she helped lead development of Portal), Airtight Games, Amazon, EA, and most recently Google Stadia, where she was a game design director for the tech giant’s cloud gaming service. Google Stadia closed its first-party game studios in February.

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

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ai, Athenahealth, and Blue Yonder, previously known as JDA Software. Microsoft and Amazon veteran Dirk Didascalou has been appointed the first CTO of Siemens Digital Industries, a business unit of the German multinational company. Seattle accounting software startup Lockstep hired Melissa Hendrick as EVP of marketing.

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Tech Moves: GameStop hires more Amazon execs; Twitch COO joins Karat board; CEO of Washington STEM steps down; Big Fish HR chief joins Qumulo

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As vice president of interview delivery, she will focus on improving Karat’s interviewing process to help companies stay ahead on hiring engineers. Karat helps software engineering teams with the first round of technical interviews. Washington STEM is a nonprofit organization focused on statewide education and social change. .

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Fed Tech Roundup August 20

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Federal CTO Megan Smith to Receive Nonprofit Org’s ‘Charging Buffalo’ Award Sept. Software problem temporarily grounds Lockheed's air traffic control system. NTIA extends ICANN contract for another year. Another lawsuit for OPM, Ashley Madison's government customers and more - FCW.com.