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GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

GeekWire

After more than a year of lockdowns, states are reopening, travel is picking up, and employees are returning to the office. It recently hired longtime Amazon tech leader Dorothy Li as CTO. Notable mentions: virtual events startup Brandlive (No. The beginning of summer this year feels unlike any other. Snapbar (No.

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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

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In his new role, Chin will be responsible for Axon’s virtual reality and augmented reality training platforms. Arora spent more than two years at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, most recently as part of the team building the space venture’s human landing system. billion contract to return astronauts to the moon.

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Tech Moves: Former Rover CTO joins moving startup Dolly; Egencia’s CFO to depart; and more

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Former Rover CTO Scott Porad joined peer-to-peer moving service Dolly as chief technology officer. A longtime engineering leader at Rover, he left the pet care startup last year and served as VP of engineering at virtual healthcare startup 98point6 for less than a year. Scott Porad. Dolly Photo). based drugstore.com. Regi Vengalil.

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Top IT exec recuiters weigh in on talent trends today

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Oil changes for houses: Startup led by former Expedia director offers regular home maintenance

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Onder Photo) A group of travel and real estate tech vets recently launched a startup to help new homeowners stay up-to-date on maintenance issues by providing regular inspections. The company also offers a virtual agent for users to schedule a repair with a vendor. The 8-person company is led by former Expedia director David Krieger.

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Manny Vellon, 1960-2020: Towering figure in Seattle tech was an engineer at heart

GeekWire

Manny Vellon was CTO of Seattle-based technology experience design firm Level 11. Rob Shurtleff , who helped to recruit Vellon to HP, remembered him in a note to their former colleagues as “the very tall Cuban American wizard developer we hired out of college back in the HP150 days.”

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7 traits of indispensable IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

The long-term reward will be lower IT costs, a path to automation, less repetitive work, and a happier workforce that enjoys travelling at the cutting edge. Humility is non-negotiable,” says Jon Waldon, CTO of robotic process automation software developer Blue Prism. “A Hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.”.

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