Realogy CTO Discusses Cloud Transformation for Real Estate
Information Week
AUGUST 30, 2021
Bringing a major real estate services company with multiple brands in its portfolio to the cloud required a multifaceted strategy that continues to evolve.
Tech Moves: UiPath CTO lands at Talkdesk; Elastic hires AWS vet; ex-Redfin leaders join LLM startup
GeekWire
APRIL 11, 2024
(Talkdesk Photo) — Munil Shah , a former engineering leader at UiPath who previously spent 23 years at Microsoft, has joined San Francisco startup Talkdesk as chief technology officer. Shah, based in Seattle, was most recently a CTO at UiPath, the robotic process automation software giant. million investment round.
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How Zillow Group is thinking about AI and the future of real estate
GeekWire
AUGUST 7, 2023
Zillow CTO David Beitel was one of the first executive leaders at the real estate giant. “We want to make it easy for people to find homes they love,” said longtime Zillow CTO David Beitel. “We want to make it easy for people to find homes they love,” said longtime Zillow CTO David Beitel.
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With deep roots in Seattle, real estate brokerage Compass reportedly eyes IPO
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
Compass CEO Robert Reffkin last year after cutting the ribbon on the real estate brokerage’s tech center in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Former Amazon and Microsoft executive Joseph Sirosh serves as chief technology officer and is based in the Seattle region. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop).
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Real estate brokerage Compass to acquire Seattle-based home closing startup Modus
GeekWire
OCTOBER 5, 2020
New York-based real estate brokerage and tech company Compass will acquire Modus , a Seattle startup that automates the title and escrow phase of closing on a home. Compass plans to integrate Modus’ software into its tech-fueled platform used by more than 18,000 real estate agents across 165-plus U.S. Modus Photo).
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Prophia, which extracts info from commercial real estate contracts, raises $10.2M
GeekWire
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Prophia , a startup building a platform that scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised $10.2 Increasing competition in the commercial real estate sector has forced many companies to adopt tech in order to operate faster, CEO and co-founder Cameron Steele told GeekWire. Prophia Photo).
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Zillow Group real estate rival Compass files for IPO, shows $3.7B in revenue for 2020
GeekWire
MARCH 2, 2021
Compass CEO Robert Reffkin in 2019 after cutting the ribbon on the real estate brokerage’s tech center in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Real estate brokerage Compass filed for an IPO on Monday. Compass is among a flock of real estate tech companies riding a strong U.S.
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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart
GeekWire
APRIL 3, 2024
F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5 F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer.
Tech Moves: Flexe CTO departs; Impinj names chief innovation officer; and more
GeekWire
JANUARY 3, 2023
— David Glick left his position as chief technology officer of on-demand warehousing startup Flexe. ” Other key personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech industry: Connected RFID chip maker Impinj appointed Cathal Phelan , a member of its board of directors, as chief innovation officer.
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Former Amazon and Microsoft exec Joseph Sirosh launches stealthy new generative AI startup
GeekWire
MARCH 14, 2024
He previously was chief technology officer at real estate giant Compass, and was CTO of AI at Microsoft, where he worked for more than five years. .” Sirosh, who left Amazon in November, declined to comment on investment raised or number of employees at the company.
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Inspectify, which sells software for property inspection services, lands $5.7M
GeekWire
JULY 24, 2023
The startup serves real estate investors, property managers, lenders, insurance carriers, and brokerages. The fresh cash comes amid a real estate market slowdown. Inspectify’s services have experienced a 80% year-over-year decrease in demand from institutional real estate investors, CEO Josh Jensen told GeekWire.
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Startup funding news: PairTree, RightBound, LOANtuitive, Crelate raise fresh cash
GeekWire
MARCH 15, 2022
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Justin Friberg is an engineering leader who was previously CTO at Record360, which was acquired in 2019. LOANtuitive , a Seattle startup that runs a commercial real estate debt marketplace, came out of stealth mode this week. PairTree has nine employees.
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Redfin partners with security giant ADT for program that lets buyers tour homes without an agent
GeekWire
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Tech tools such as video tours have increasingly helped power real estate transactions during the pandemic, decreasing the need for face-to-face interactions. Related: The new realities of real estate: Redfin CEO on tech, climate, housing, and the era of ‘a thousand HQs’. (Redfin Photo). housing market gained nearly $2.5
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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 31, 2024
GeekWire
APRIL 7, 2024
. … Read More Google reportedly pausing Kirkland Urban office buildout in Seattle area Google’s growth plans east of Seattle appear to be on pause, according to a new report from real estate firm Broderick Group. at the end of 2023, the ninth consecutive quarterly increase. … Read More
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JLL reinvents itself for the AI era
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 28, 2023
City skyscrapers and office parks may remain scarcely occupied in the post-pandemic work era, but commercial real estate player JLL’s business is not slowing down, thanks to the company’s embrace of technology and high-growth opportunities to adapt and prosper. Generative AI and LLMs are changing all that.
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Tech Moves: Ex-Glassdoor CTO will lead Auth0 engineering; Flyhomes hires CRO; and more
GeekWire
OCTOBER 7, 2021
based identify authentication software company Auth0 named former Glassdoor CTO Bhawna Singh as SVP of engineering. Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes hired Kayti Sullivan as the company’s first chief revenue officer. Bhawna Singh. Auth0 Photo). Bellevue, Wash.-based Kayti Sullivan. Flyhomes Photo).
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Rethinking home inspections: Zillow and Flyhomes vets land $8M for Seattle startup Inspectify
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
The news: Inspectify , a 2-year-old Seattle startup tackling the home inspection process, raised $8 million from several VCs, real estate giant Redfin, and execs from startups such as Built Technologies, Side, Sundae, Flyhomes, and Steadily. “It’s such a massive industry,” Jensen said of the real estate sector.
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Tech Moves: Zillow exec Racquel Russell joins Bird’s board; new gig for startup vet Rebecca Lovell
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Brown was most recently chief content and technology officer for commercial data and analytics company Dun & Bradstreet. He was previously EVP and global chief technology officer for AOL and CTO for educational service companies Kaplan Test Prep, McGraw-Hill and The Princeton Review.
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Tech Moves: Picnic CEO steps down; Expedia adds board member; Accolade exec departs; and more
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Expedia Photo) — Moina Banerjee , chief financial officer of real estate investment trust JBG Smith Properties, joined the board of Expedia Group. Michael Hilton , chief product and innovation officer at healthcare company Accolade, stepped down from the company but is also joining its board, replacing Tom Neff. .
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Tech Moves: Former AMD named Kymeta CEO; GitHub exec joins Twilio; DocuSign security vet joins Proof; Fred Hutch adds VP
GeekWire
MARCH 11, 2024
Eric Fleishman , former chief architect at DocuSign, joined digital identity and remote online notarization startup Proof as its chief technology officer. Denene Prophet-Williams joined Seattle’s Fred Hutch as its new chief nursing officer and vice president.
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How will that remodel help boost your home value? Seattle startup Plunk raises $6.5M to find out
GeekWire
MAY 11, 2021
New funding: Seattle real estate startup Plunk has closed a $6.5 The Seattle startup vets in 2004 helped launch Medio, which initially started as a mobile search service but morphed into a mobile analytics provider that Nokia scooped up and folded into its HERE Technologies arm. million seed round led by Unlock Ventures.
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Tech Moves: Burke Museum appoints executive director; Boundless names product VP; and more
GeekWire
MARCH 7, 2022
Lior Ron , the head of Uber Freight, and Karl Alomar , previously chief operating officer at Digital Ocean, have joined the board of directors at real estate property management startup Doorstead.
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Seattle startup vets raise $1M and reveal more details about home valuation platform Plunk
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
The Seattle startup vets in 2004 helped launch Medio, which initially started as a mobile search service but morphed into a mobile analytics provider that Nokia scooped up and folded into its HERE Technologies arm. ” Plunk joins a cadre of real estate companies in the Seattle region.
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Tech Moves: AI2 Incubator hires new managing director; Goldman Sachs director joins Dropbox; Marchex adds CFO
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
(GeekWire File Photo / Kaitlyn Wang) — Yifan Zhang , a Seattle-based entrepreneur who previously led real estate startup Loftium, is joining the AI2 Incubator as a managing director. Seattle-based marketing software giant Marchex hired Holly Aglio as chief marketing officer. Zhang co-founded Loftium in 2017.
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New CIO appointments in India, 2022
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 22, 2022
He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.
Tech Moves: Armoire hires ex-Microsoft technical fellow; Chewy adds VP after buying Petabyte
GeekWire
MARCH 2, 2023
(Armoire Photo) — Online clothing rental startup Armoire hired Seattle investor and Microsoft veteran Laura Butler as its chief technology officer. Most recently, she was the chief technology officer and co-founder of UpLift Group, a startup that provided input about homeowner associations to buyers and their agents.
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Inside the AI Revolution: Tech execs on the new realities for software, startups, and the future
GeekWire
OCTOBER 28, 2023
(GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re featuring a panel discussion from the recent GeekWire Summit in Seattle, with three technology and business leaders offering first-hand insights into the new era of artificial intelligence. Bridget Frey, Redfin CTO. and Canada.
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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode
GeekWire
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Thielke is currently managing director of Hines Asia Pacific, a global real estate investment, development and management firms. The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara. Goldsmith was most recently CTO at identity verification provider Onfido.
Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board
GeekWire
AUGUST 17, 2021
Prior to joining Convoy in 2018, Kreiner was CEO of Cal Net Technology Group and a managing partner at Olympic Valley Capital. New Athira execs Mark Worthington, general counsel, and Rachel Lenington, chief technology officer and head of product development strategy. Athira Photos). The Bothell, Wash.-based Lessen Photo).
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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 29, 2023
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
… Read More Flexport buys Convoy’s tech; Convoy CEO Dan Lewis, other employees to join freight company Freight company Flexport has acquired technology and a few dozen employees from Convoy, the one-time giant of the Seattle startup world that abruptly shut down last month. … Read More Swimming from Seattle?
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A growing pet project: Offleash’d raises fresh cash and integrates AI to connect animal lovers
GeekWire
MARCH 20, 2024
Seattle-area employees include interim CTO Nassir Samatar , who was previously an engineering leader at Amazon and a VP of engineering at Rover, the Seattle-based pet-sitting marketplace; and Jeff Brown , a former real estate entrepreneur who is COO. James is based in Southern California.
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AI Gets Real at the GeekWire Summit: Speakers revealed for Oct. 19 at former Cinerama theater
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Clockwise from upper left: Sci-fi author Ted Chiang, Redfin CTO Bridget Frey, Screenwriter Eric Heisserer, GitHub CPO Inbal Shani, Read AI CEO David Shim, Factory managing partner Diego Oppenheimer, Pollen Systems CEO Keith McCall, author and entrepreneur Juliette Powell, Overland AI CEO Byron Boots, and Microsoft President Charlotte Yarkoni.
Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion
GeekWire
JANUARY 13, 2022
Hint: They are in the real estate, consumer internet, transportation, clean tech and gaming categories). Helion co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Chris Pihl (left) with founder and CEO David Kirtley at their facility in Redmond, Wash. Industry : Real estate. Can you name the five other startups?
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Tech Moves: Amazon names new workplace safety leader; Zscaler hires Salesforce EVP; and more
GeekWire
MAY 25, 2023
Other key personnel changes in the Pacific Northwest tech industry: Cloud security giant Zscaler hired longtime Seattle tech vet Syam Nair as its new CTO. Seattle financial services company Remitly named Gail Miller as chief accounting officer.
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Redfin co-founder sues company for alleged patent infringement over 3D home tour technology
GeekWire
MAY 11, 2020
One of Redfin’s co-founders is suing the high-tech real estate brokerage for patent infringement and intellectual property theft, alleging that the violations handicapped his current startup. That complaint concerns image-based rendering technology that makes it possible to move around a property virtually.
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Oil changes for houses: Startup led by former Expedia director offers regular home maintenance
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
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. He is also the Founder and CEO of ClearClose, a startup that automates real estate contract compliance. Onder CEO and founder David Krieger.
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Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $15M
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
The founders: BrainSpace CTO Stephen Morse is a mechanical engineer who has worked for a variety of companies, including global electrical and manufacturing company Flex. -based startup has created a working model of the device with $100,000 in self-funding, according to Wesley Johnson , a manager of the conference.
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Trucking startup Convoy lays off employees for third time in past year, will close Atlanta office
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
(GeekWire FIle Photo) Seattle startup Convoy conducted its third round of layoffs over the past year and said it would close its Atlanta office. Goodale transitioned from the CTO role to chief experience officer in 2021. They are battling for a share of a $800 billion U.S. trucking industry.
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Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs
GeekWire
MARCH 24, 2021
NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. Redfin’s President of Real Estate Operations Scott Nagel will retire in April 2022. Nagel has been with the Seattle-based publicly-traded real estate company since 2007. With the new fund, Startup Haven has also expanded its team: 800.com
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Tech Moves: Providence leader returns to Amazon; Seattle marketing vet joins LiveRamp; and more
GeekWire
MARCH 17, 2022
Other personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech industry: João Freitas departed from Defined.ai , a Seattle-based artificial intelligence startup, where he served as the chief technology officer. He is now general manager at PagerDuty. Russ Vetrano , another Defined exec, left in February.
GeekWire Summit 2021 recap: Leaders and luminaries share insights at our annual conference
GeekWire
OCTOBER 6, 2021
We’d also like to thank our gold sponsors: Wave Business , ALLtech , EY, Martin Selig Real Estate , Microsoft , Pacaso and Slalom. Go here to register to view. A big shout-out to Summit presenting sponsor Bank of America. Also, thanks to silver sponsors: bcra , Wilson Sonsin i, Ziply Fiber, MotionForge and Genpact.
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Tech Moves: Adaptive CFO to resign; Meta comms exec departs; AI vet joins Absci board; new Zymeworks CEO
GeekWire
JANUARY 10, 2022
Sirosh is currently CTO of real estate platform company Compass. Sirosh previously served as CTO, corporate vice president of AI at Microsoft and is also a former vice president at Amazon. Joseph Sirosh (Compass Photo). Microsoft and Amazon veteran Joseph Sirosh was appointed to the Absci board. Vancouver, Wash.-based
More Good News In Federal IT from GSA (you will never see this on the front page of the Washington Post)
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NOVEMBER 1, 2013
General Services Administration (GSA) today announced that it has closed 37 data centers this fiscal year as part of the national Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), allowing the agency to avoid real estate costs and reduce energy consumption. SUPPORTING RESOURCES.
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Convoy inks 123,000 square-foot lease in downtown Seattle and reveals return-to-office plan
GeekWire
AUGUST 12, 2021
The real estate giant is implementing a new distributed workforce model as a result of the pandemic. Amazon vet Dorothy Li joins trucking startup Convoy as CTO, says company is at ‘inflection point’. The third floor is being subleased from hiring company Indeed.
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