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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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.” — Uber appointed Sukumar Rathnam as its new chief technology officer. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. based Aquinox Pharmaceuticals last year. based Behavox as its first chief product officer. . —

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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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billion contract to return astronauts to the moon. Seattle-based home services technology company Porch Group added two new board members : Imagination Capital co-founder and Managing Partner Rachel Lam , and former Aviva plc Group CEO Maurice Tulloch. Freelancing platform Upwork hired former Amazon General Manager Saty Bahadur as CTO.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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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.

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Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies COO departing; Sana adds leaders; and more

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He was first hired by Adaptive as chief technology officer. Gary Meininger joins as chief medical officer. Meininger was previously an executive at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson and Merck, and was a clinical assistant professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

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Strengthening Data Security in Healthcare

Valerian Tech

Safeguarding Intellectual Property Healthcare companies invest heavily in research and development to drive innovation in medical treatments, technologies, and pharmaceuticals. Protecting intellectual property is crucial to maintain a competitive edge in the industry.

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Tech Moves: Madrona adds three new venture partners; DexCare hires exec; and more

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Shape Therapeutics named Adrian Briggs as CTO. She works as a biotech and pharmaceutical consultant at HH Consulting, where she helps investors perform due diligence. Hagen also works as CTO of Sonoma Biotherapeutics, a startup developing cell-based therapies to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

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Tech Moves: Providence leader returns to Amazon; Seattle marketing vet joins LiveRamp; and more

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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.