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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. He previously worked at Nike, Symantec and The Regence Group.

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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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Tech Moves: Leafly announces new board ahead of SPAC merger; Amazon vets depart; and more

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A company spokesperson confirmed Grosse’s departure and said the company would not be hiring a CMO in the foreseeable future. The Oregon company also added Symantec and Google vet Stephen Gillett to its board of directors in December. Tagboard originally launched as a social media aggregator. SoleSavy Photo).