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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

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MagniX’s chief technology officer, Riona Armesmith, works on electric propulsion systems like the one in the background at the company’s headquarters in Everett, Wash. Armesmith was leaving one of the world’s best-known manufacturing companies, Rolls-Royce, where she was head of programs for aviation futures.

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Historic fusion energy achievement will boost Pacific Northwest’s burgeoning startups

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The target chamber of LLNL’s National Ignition Facility, where 192 laser beams delivered more than 2 million joules of ultraviolet energy to a tiny fuel capsule to create fusion ignition on Dec. Called energy’s “holy grail,” fusion has the potential to provide unlimited carbon-free power. NIF Photo).

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How do you capture the ocean’s energy? Peek under the hood of a startup’s ‘anti-boat’ power device

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Oscilla Photo) Oscilla Power , a startup developing devices that capture wave energy to produce electricity, has ocean-sized ambitions. There are no land-based energy systems to borrow from and adapt to the sea. Navy Wave Energy Test Site. The Seattle-based business envisions deploying thousands of devices along the U.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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IT Security Entrepreneurs Forum (ITSEF) 2015 Speakers: A 17-18 March gathering of community-minded business and technology leaders

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Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer. Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer. Deputy Chief Information Security Officer. Vice President and Global Government CTO. Chief Executive Officer. Former Chief Intelligence Officer.

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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. “He will manage our entire technology stack, with combined ownership of product direction and engineering, to turbocharge our ambitious technology roadmap.” He will continue to support the program as a co-founder.

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30 July Analytics Forum: A cross-sector gathering of the greatest minds in analytics

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Come join us in this cross-sector information sharing venue and see what happens when analysts and leaders from diverse industries like healthcare, health research, finance, ecommerce, law enforcement, cyber security, energy, satellite imaging, DoD and the intelligence community come together to share lessons learned on analytics.