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

GeekWire

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. ” As MagniX’s chief technology officer, Armesmith loves to dive into the nuts and bolts of electric aviation.

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Why sustainable transportation needs 5G connectivity and digitalisation

CIO Business Intelligence

Decarbonising transportation through electrification is critical to helping companies and economies meet net-zero emissions targets. Fortunately, three forces are combining to make this vision for sustainable transportation a reality: connectivity, digitalisation, and cross-sector collaboration.

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Tech Moves: Flexe CTO departs; Impinj names chief innovation officer; and more

GeekWire

— David Glick left his position as chief technology officer of on-demand warehousing startup Flexe. Prior to Flexe, Glick spent almost two decades at Amazon and was VP of Amazon’s transportation and fulfillment technologies. David Glick. Flexe Photo).

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IoT Revolution: 5 Ways the Internet of Things Will Change Transportation

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Read Taylor Donovan Barnett explain how the Internet of Things will change transportation on Interesting Engineering : Data influences every aspect of your life. If not completely already, the technological landscape will be completely data-centric in the near future.

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Amazon vet Dorothy Li joins trucking startup Convoy as CTO, says company is at ‘inflection point’

GeekWire

The Seattle startup today named Li its new chief technology officer. Goodale was previously CTO; he will transition to a new role overseeing the company’s carrier marketplace. She will oversee engineering teams building Convoy’s digital freight network that matches shippers with truck drivers.

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Koch CTO teams up to get cloud networking right

CIO Business Intelligence

Traditionally, to integrate its acquisitions, Koch would flatten the acquired company’s core network, says Matt Hoag, CTO of business solutions at Koch. Matt Hoag, CTO of business solutions, Koch Industries Koch Industries. Koch’s partnership with Alkira has also enabled the CTO to build up his team’s cloud networking skills.

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Health savings account custodian HealthEquity acquires Seattle transportation startup Luum

GeekWire

Hall previously spent a decade at Microsoft before helping launch Luum nine years ago with former Microsoft colleague Tyler Simpson , who is Luum’s CTO. Luum has 50 employees; all will be joining HealthEquity, which employs more than 3,000 people. HealthEquity reported revenue of $179.4 million.