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

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McCay spent 25 years at Hitachi Data Systems, serving as SVP of global product strategy for nine years and as SVP of global solution sales for three years. In his most recent role, McCay focused on multi-cloud strategy at a private firm that worked with various U.S. Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering.

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

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Schramm comes from Google, where she spent nearly a decade in various human resources leadership roles, most recently as vice president of people strategy. Adaptive previously hired Goldman Sachs to explore “strategic alternatives” for the businesses. The company’s stock was down more than 9% on Wednesday.

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

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. — 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 based Frontdoor is a provider of home service plans.

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Tech Moves: Former Amazon VP Brad Porter joins Scale AI as CTO; UW names new Communication Leadership director; and more

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Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. “I’m joining Alex Wang and the team at Scale as CTO to help bring this vision to reality.” “In many ways, this is the unsexy part of AI,” Porter writes. Scale AI Photo). Scale AI Photo).

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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When asked which challenges most often force IT to redirect time and focus away from strategy and innovation tasks, CIOs most commonly cited staff and skills shortages, changing business conditions, and addressing security threats. Upskilling takes time, and contracted workers aren’t usually as close to the business as employees.

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CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

CIO Business Intelligence

Never pass up the opportunity to have a conversation with someone, regardless of their level or area of expertise,” suggests Kevin Miller, CTO of IFS North America. “If Brush up on the business impact of emerging tech Hiring executives expect CIOs and IT leaders to increase the technical capabilities of their businesses.

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names president; and more

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Heavily-funded delivery service Gopuff hired three more Seattle-based leaders: Former Beyond Meat COO Sanjay Shah as SVP of North America fulfillment. The Philadelphia company also hired Tim Collins as SVP of operations and Sharad Sundaresan as SVP of product and growth, both based in the Seattle region, earlier this year.

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