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2014 Analyst Forum: Data Analytics and Ancestry.com

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On July 30 th in northern Virginia, some of the greatest minds in analytics for business, outcomes, and mission impact gathered to share their lessons learned and experiences with data analytics. Sorensen’s speech actually came out of Ancestry.com’s policies and procedures for sharing its data with students.

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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

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Expedia Photos) — Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. He joined audio giant Sonos in 2014. Brian McCloskey joined Seattle data storage company Qumulo as senior vice president of North America Sales. Alfonso Paredes (left) and Greg Schulze.

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

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McCay spent 25 years at Hitachi Data Systems, serving as SVP of global product strategy for nine years and as SVP of global solution sales for three years. Cyemptive, founded in 2014, sells cybersecurity tools including an endpoint protection service and advanced perimeter firewalls. federal government agencies. . Portland, Ore.-based

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Prophia, which extracts info from commercial real estate contracts, raises $10.2M

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Prophia , a startup building a platform that scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised $10.2 Prophia’s users can upload PDF contracts that are analyzed by its software. Lexion , Advocat , and Clearbrief help legal teams sift through different types of contracts. Cameron Steele.

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Seattle startup Yardstick launches app for structured job interviews, better hiring decisions

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The company, Yardstick , is making its debut today with a browser-based app that leads companies and hiring managers through the process of structured job interviews. The goal is to make better hiring decisions using consistent questions and processes, while incorporating culture and competencies in a way that can persist as a company grows.

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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. contract with the U.S.

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

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Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. He will help lead the company’s engineering, product management, data science, machine learning, AI, user experience, data security and corporate technology teams.

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