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Tech Moves: Life Science Washington names new CEO; AWS exec departs; Vizio CTO retires

GeekWire

Cummings joined Life Science Washington in 2015 and was previously director of policy and external affairs for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Vizio CTO Bill Baxter retired at the end of 2021 after seven years with the consumer electronics company. as chief of staff, the Seattle fund’s first hire.

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Zulily co-founders Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon invest in ID verification tech startup Vouched

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billion in 2015. The idea is to provide fraud detection of a person in real-time. Use cases include KYC (know your customer) in banking; employment screening; gig economy hiring; contactless hotel check-in; and more. He founded online jewelry company Blue Nile in 1999; Cavens joined shortly thereafter and was CTO.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. He co-founded Room on Call (now Hotelopedia) in 2015, where he set up the complete technology infrastructure, development, product management, and operations. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. February 2022. January 2022.

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27 Jan Webinar With SEI’s Cyber Intelligence Research Consortium: Learn how to have intelligence successes instead of security failures

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Details are below: Date: January 27, 2015. Time: 1:30 p.m. The consortium''s membership consists of practitioners and decision makers from multiple sectors, including government, energy, banking, defense contracting, and academia. Analysis Big Data CTO Cyber Security DoD and IC News Carnegie Mellon University'

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Seattle area boasts 10 fast-growing unicorns: Can you name the billion dollar startups?

GeekWire

And while the Seattle area still represents a fraction of the estimated 502 unicorns operating around the globe, Seattle venture capitalist Sheila Gulati isn’t surprised by the recent spurt. Founded : 2015. GeekWire story from July 2019 : Contract management startup Icertis hits $1B valuation with massive $115M funding round.

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TuSimple finds a partner to help it build a fleet of robot semi trucks

The Verge

Founded in 2015, TuSimple currently uses Navistar trucks outfitted with the startup’s own self-driving tech, which sees the world largely through 20 cameras and two LIDAR laser sensors. Last month, TechCrunch reported that TuSimple hired investment bank Morgan Stanley to help it raise an additional $250 million from investors.

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‘Convoy Mafia’: Alumni from trucking marketplace company lead new startups in Seattle

GeekWire

“I attribute the entrepreneurialism of so many alums to the culture and high hiring bar in the early days of the company,” said Ryan Soskin , the 15th employee at Convoy who is now CEO of trucking software platform GoodShip. Former Convoy employees point to several factors that made the company a hub for future entrepreneurs.

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