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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams exec lands at Google; LeoStella names CEO; and more

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photo) — Kristina Behr , a former exec at Microsoft, joined Google as vice president of product management for collaboration and apps at Google Workspace. She started at Microsoft as a global marketing analyst in 2005, and also worked on Bing and Xbox. — LeoStella , a Tukwila, Wash.

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

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Additionally, he was part of the foundation team that launched the USAF/Joint Service Airborne Networking effort, recognized by MIT Technology Review in 2005 as one of the “Top Ten Emerging Technologies” that could change the world.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

GeekWire

He began as a product manager and from 2005 to 2008 served as a technical advisor to Satya Nadella, who was then a senior vice president and is now Microsoft CEO and chairman. Sheldon spent more than 20 years at Microsoft in various roles.

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NASA names headquarters after Mary Jackson, the agency’s first Black female engineer

The Verge

After attaining the highest engineering title at NASA by 1979, Jackson took a demotion to become Langley’s Federal Women’s Program Manager. She retired from the agency in 1985 and died in 2005 at the age of 83.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner leaves Core Scientific; Magic AI founder joins ThruWave

GeekWire

He previously spent 11 years at Microsoft from 2005 to 2016, leading the company’s global sales and marketing teams. Charlie Corredor , a former executive at OtoNexus Medical Technologies and co-founder of Seattle startup Phoresa, has joined Microsoft as a senior program manager in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Search.

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Orange's goal-getting VP targets digital innovation

TM Forum

Then in 2005 she saw an advertisement for Orange, and without knowing much about the world of telecoms, she applied. . “But I could not see the direct impact between what I was doing on a day-to-day basis and the bigger picture.” ” Banking was a similar source of disappointment.

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How climate concerns and incentives are driving solar installations on Washington roofs

GeekWire

That comes to about 12,500 installations since 2005. We’re in a transitional time,” said Eliza Ives, renewable energy program manager with Seattle City Light. Puget Sound Energy, the state’s largest utility, reports that 150 customers a month — mostly residential — are adding solar. Fetridge put 6.8

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