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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5 F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer.

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Fed Tech Roundup August 20

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GCN names 2015's top tech solutions - Washington Technology. Federal CTO Megan Smith to Receive Nonprofit Org’s ‘Charging Buffalo’ Award Sept. NTIA extends ICANN contract for another year. Video: Apps to Train Your Brain - Nextgov. Another lawsuit for OPM, Ashley Madison's government customers and more - FCW.com.

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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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. — Another longtime Amazon exec, Dorothy Li , took a job at Seattle startup Convoy as its new CTO. In 2015, he briefly left the e-commerce giant for a stint at Uber where he was VP of global community operations. Cartwright was most recently VP of technology at AMMEX Corporation, a PPE manufacturer. Read the story.

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

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The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara. Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Shanahan , previously chief operating and innovation officer at Globys, a software company offering digital billing products. Read more about Fabric and its $9.5

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Tech Moves: Bill-Gates backed Kymeta adds new co-CEOs; ex-Zillow exec joins Roofstock board

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Co-founder and former CEO Jeff LeBrun will become chief strategy officer and retain his position as executive chairman. Founded in 2015, Optimize sells an end-to-end monitoring service used by customers including independent practices, hospital systems, and more. It raised $15.6

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

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Kelly-Rae left Amazon in September after just 10 months; she is now focused exclusively on a consulting business she founded 20 years ago, Chanin Kelly-Rae Consulting. Chanin Kelly-Rae now runs her own consulting business based in Seattle. And she walked away from me.”. Meron Menghistab for Vox.

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

Vox

Kelly-Rae left Amazon in September after just 10 months; she is now focused exclusively on a consulting business she founded 20 years ago, Chanin Kelly-Rae Consulting. Chanin Kelly-Rae now runs her own consulting business based in Seattle. And she walked away from me.”. Meron Menghistab for Vox.