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Tech Moves: Seattle startups hire new execs; board shuffles at Adaptive and Porch

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In his most recent role, McCay focused on multi-cloud strategy at a private firm that worked with various U.S. Cyemptive, founded in 2014, sells cybersecurity tools including an endpoint protection service and advanced perimeter firewalls. Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering. Portland, Ore.-based

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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

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. — Kim Swift has been named the senior director of cloud gaming for Xbox Game Studios Publishing. In her new role at Xbox, Swift will work on innovation and collaborating with independent studios to build games for the cloud, according to an announcement Monday. Microsoft is investing heavily in cloud-related gaming efforts.

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Invincea Announces 54 New Enterprise Customers for Its Flagship Enterprise Solution, $8.1M in Advanced Research Contracts for Its Labs Division

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in Advanced Research Contracts For its Labs Division. FAIRFAX, VA—April 7, 2014 —Invincea, Inc., This builds on the growth that the company posted in the quarter previous to this period , and in a time when the company launched its first small business offering. contract with the U.S.

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Madrona Venture Labs spinout Simplata aims to protect sensitive company data in cloud apps

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A new spinout from Seattle-based startup studio Madrona Venture Labs wants to help companies protect data flowing through their various cloud apps. Simplata Technologies is led by co-founders Steve Banfield , CEO, and Bruce Roberts , CTO. Roberts spent seven years as CTO at Domain Tools and has extensive cybersecurity experience.

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Tech Moves: Former Rover CTO joins moving startup Dolly; Egencia’s CFO to depart; and more

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Former Rover CTO Scott Porad joined peer-to-peer moving service Dolly as chief technology officer. Prior to joining Rover in 2013, Porad was CTO for Cheezburger and held multiple director roles at Bellevue, Wash.-based Dolly currently has 40 full-time employees and plans to double its headcount and sales in the upcoming year.

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

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The company now has 25 employees and plans to hire. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. Founded in 2014, Vettd.ai Donaldson was most recently a vice president of product development at cloud-enabled camera designer AV Costar.

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Microsoft, Apple, Auth0 vets raise $3.3M for Seattle software integration startup Fusebit

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It also has private cloud hosting options. Fusebit co-founder Yavor Georgiev also spent time at Microsoft before stints at Hulu and Auth0. Benn Bollay , the company’s third co-founder, was CTO at Union Bay Networks, a Seattle cloud startup acquired by Apple in 2014.

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