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Tech Moves: Salesforce-backed Oleria hires CTO; Microsoft vet joins Lyra Health; and more

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Oleria’s new CTO Siva Garudayagari. Oleria Photo) — Salesforce-backed cybersecurity startup Oleria hired Siva Garudayagari as its chief technology officer. She is also the podcast host for Data Viz Today , as well as an independent information design consultant. Portland, Ore. Portland, Ore.-based

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Integrate raises $3.4M and wins Space Force contract for management software

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million contract from the U.S. The newly announced seed funding round was led by Hyperplane, with participation from Riot Ventures, Ravelin Capital and John Capodilupo, former chief technology officer and co-founder of Whoop. An artist’s conception shows the Space Systems Command’s SpaceDEN facility.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

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Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. There’s a reported international expansion on the horizon, government contracts to win and a new CDO, hired from Meta, now reporting into Nikolic. “I

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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. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce.

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Tech Moves: Life Science Washington names new CEO; AWS exec departs; Vizio CTO retires

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Amazon Web Services vice president Raju Gulabani departed last month, as reported by The Information. Vizio CTO Bill Baxter retired at the end of 2021 after seven years with the consumer electronics company. Madrona Venture Group hired Amazon Web Services veteran Jon Turow as an investing partner.

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Irrigation tech startup led by farming experts blossoms with revenue growth and new cash

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David was previously a senior data scientist with Amazon Web Services, while Connor, FarmHQ’s chief technology officer, worked in science and technology roles. The number of agricultural irrigation dealers selling FarmHQ products and services is up fourfold. Revenue is up fourfold.

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Former Amazon leader and Army vet launches Seattle wellness startup to support new moms

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Stephiney Foley, founder and CEO of Yuzi, with her husband Harper Foley, who is also a Yuzi co-founder and chief technology officer, and their children. Army for more than seven years, serving as a platoon leader in Afghanistan and Hawaii and a supply chain and operations officer in California.