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Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards

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But if they have one thing in common, it’s that they are growing their companies at a time when the broader tech economy is contracting. He served as CTO before stepping into the CEO role in 2014. The manufacturer of radio-frequency identification devices and software reported revenue of $76.6

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

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Long served as the director of the NGA from 2010 until her retirement in 2014. Another longtime Amazon exec, Dorothy Li , took a job at Seattle startup Convoy as its new CTO. Gopuff, a Philadelphia on-demand delivery service for convenience store items, hired two new executives in the Seattle region: Tim Collins as SVP of operations.

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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

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Amazon hired Anne Toth as director of Alexa Trust, a team focused on the privacy, security, accessibility, ethics and biases of Amazon’s voice platform. Lockstep , a Seattle accounting software startup, has emerged from stealth mode. Goldsmith was most recently CTO at identity verification provider Onfido. Amazon Photo).

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DARPA Official: Human-Robot Teams Key to Disaster Response

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6, 2014 – In the future, when an earthquake or tsunami strikes a populated area or a terrorist attack decimates a city, teams of disaster experts partnered with robots — whose skills are being honed in rigorous competitions funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — may be the first responders. By Cheryl Pellerin.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

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Seattle-area startup SeekOut raised $65 million in March to fuel growth of its recruiting software that is like LinkedIn on steroids. It pulls information on potential hires from sites such as LinkedIn and GitHub; from research papers and patents; and other public domains. Hardware/Gadget of the Year, presented by ALLTech.

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Tech Moves: Siblings at Seattle startup swap roles; Microsoft CVP departs to focus on DEI; and more

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Jim founded Mason to address the challenges he observed with hardware development. Mason’s solution provides clients with custom-built hardware and software for single-purpose Android devices. Reddit hired Jonathan Flesher as vice president of business development. Kuck joined Pushpay in 2014. Mason Photo).

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Why you should care about Facebook’s big push into the metaverse

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It’s putting some of the brightest engineering minds in the world to work on this project, acquiring virtual reality and augmented reality companies, hiring over 10,000 people to work on it, and backing the initiative with tens of billions of dollars. Facebook designs its mobile app software to run on Apple’s and Google’s operating systems.