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Techie-turned-lawmaker uses his Microsoft chops to challenge the status quo as a state senator

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Washington State Democrats Photo) After a decade working in the tech sector, Joe Nguyen tackled his new role as a state senator like any good program manager. He has sponsored significant legislation addressing climate change and clean energy, facial recognition technology and computer science education.

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Tech Moves: B.C. startup Thinkific adds CMO from Hootsuite; Amplero founder departs Zulily

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Based in Seattle, Campher was most recently VP of corporate marketing at social media management platform Hootsuite. He is also a Hootsuite alum and was director of software development for the social media management tool after it acquired Brightkit, which McGuire co-founded. Netlify Photos). —

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GeekWire Awards 2024 revealed: Winners bask in momentum of AI and potential of region

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(GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The gist: Since taking office in 2019 as a Democratic senator from West Seattle, tech veteran Joe Nguyen has landed important leadership roles as the chair of the Environment, Energy and Technology Committee and vice chair of the Ways and Means Committee. Tell your friends that work at social networks about it.

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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

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Speaking with GeekWire this week, Larson-Green said the time was right for the next phase of her life after helping Qualtrics get to its IPO by working to build key functions and teams including people operations, program management, data science and user experience. Patel spent almost a decade at APR Energy. Read the story.

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Stand By For Reporting From the Intelligence and National Security Summit 18-19 Sep 2014 #Intelligence2014

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It is very hard to catch the gist of an event like this by tracking social media, but if that is your only way of staying engaged on this one you can track the Twitter hashtag #Intelligence2014. Director, Federal Business Development. Managing Director Security. Deputy Program Manager. Senior Manager, CERT Program.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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She has worked on projects about diverse issues such as water security, the future of energy, the future of youth, intelligent buildings, the development of cities over the next few decades, and planning for Egypt in 2030. Chung developed the curriculum and conducted training for the government’s in-house futures course, Futurecraft.

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Need a boost for the new year? Pacific Northwest geeks share the different things that inspire them

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.” Maryssa Barron, developer relations manager at LevelTen Energy. I love the days when a developer will send us photos of one of our client’s projects in-construction. “And now, I draw so much energy from the folks who choose to work with Lions+Tigers. Maryssa Barron. Photo courtesy of Maryssa Barron).

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