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Tech Moves: Xamarin co-founder leaves Microsoft; OfferUp adds execs; and more

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He was co-founder and chief technology officer at Xamarin, a mobile app development platform founded in 2011. Murdock Charitable Trust as CEO and executive director. — Andy Hickl , another former Microsoft leader who was principal group program manager for AI in Azure, joined Accenture as managing director in Seattle.

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Tech Moves: Karat, Common Room, Aduro hire execs; longtime Microsoft cloud leader departs

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He spent the past 11 years as a principal program manager lead for Microsoft Azure. “Each of these waves of technology and value delivered to the world were deeply meaningful and I’m incredibly fortunate to have witnessed these evolutions firsthand.”

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Symantec Government Symposium 11 March 2014 at the Renaissance Hotel Washington DC

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Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, CIA (2009-2011) & Co-founder, Panetta Institute for Public Policy. Jim Byrom , Program Manager, Disaster Recovery, IRS. Wolf Tombe , CTO, U.S. Travis Howerton , CTO, NNSA. David Shive , Director, Office of Enterprise Infrastructure, GSA IT.

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

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Co-founder and CEO : Dan Lewis , former general manager of new shopping experiences at Amazon. Helion co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Chris Pihl (left) with founder and CEO David Kirtley at their facility in Redmond, Wash. Founded : 2011. Valuation : $3.96 billion (as of Sept. GeekWire 200 rank : No.

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Manny Vellon, 1960-2020: Towering figure in Seattle tech was an engineer at heart

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Manny Vellon was CTO of Seattle-based technology experience design firm Level 11. “Our Program Management team ate lunch together most days; it was an informal opportunity for the group to get to know each other outside of our separate projects and created a culture where we could all learn from each other.”

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DARPA Official: Human-Robot Teams Key to Disaster Response

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Over a period of less than three years,” program manager Dr. Gill Pratt wrote in the January-February edition of The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, “DARPA expects the field of robotics to undergo a historic transformation that could drive innovation in robots for defense, health care, agriculture and industry.”.

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How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Part 1 - Social.

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I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Monday, June 20, 2011. How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Part 1. it management.

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