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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

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After executive stints at Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Nike, Courtney Kissler is now the CTO and senior vice president of technology at Seattle online retailer Zulily. Kissler will now oversee operations for another retail giant in Zulily, which was acquired by QVC parent Qurate in 2015. Courtney Kissler. Zulily Photo). Nish Lathia.

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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet joins insurance tech startup; Cyemptive Technologies adds exec

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Former Microsoft and Amazon Alexa engineering leader Sonny Patel was named CTO and CPO of insurance tech startup Socotra. Socotra Photo) — Sonny Patel was hired by San Francisco-based insurance tech startup Socotra as CTO and CPO. Founded in 2015, Socotra sells cloud-based tools for insurance tech companies.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

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Don’t Hire A Chief Data Officer Unless You’re Serious About Becoming A Data-Driven Company TechCrunch (Today) - There’s a lot of discussion in the business world right now about chief data officers (CDOs). It’s centered primarily around two questions: When should a business hire a CDO? (sv1ambo / Flickr). This is a 1965.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. February 2022. Kamal Goel Web Werks.

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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. Founded : 2015. Industry : Sales contract management software. Industry : Hiring and recruiting . Co-founder and CEO : Nick Fajt , former principal program manager working on Microsoft’s HoloLens.

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

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“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. Vice president of operations Victoria Kiss was a demand program manager at Convoy.

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