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Tech Moves: T-Mobile tech leader to retire; Curi Bio and CrowdCow appoint CEOs; and more

GeekWire

— Joe Heitzeberg is stepping down as CEO of CrowdCow , the Seattle-based meat and seafood marketplace he co-founded in 2015. Ryan Farris , vice president of product, was previously chief technology officer at Anitian, and also served as a product and engineering leader at Amazon, where he worked with AWS MediaStore and CloudFront.

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

GeekWire

Founded : 2015. Helion co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Chris Pihl (left) with founder and CEO David Kirtley at their facility in Redmond, Wash. Industry : Sales contract management software. Co-founder and CEO : Samir Bodas , ex-CEO of Aztecsoft, Disha Technologies and ex-director at Microsoft. .

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Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

GeekWire

Founded in 2015, Convoy’s last valuation was $2.7 The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. Convoy’s Director of Legal Peter Hisken served as the interim head.

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Relativity makes deals with Vandenberg AFB and Iridium for California launches

GeekWire

Relativity Space , a startup that was born in Seattle but grew up in Los Angeles, says it has signed an agreement to develop launch facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and a contract with Iridium to launch satellites from those facilities. Each launch sent up a batch of as many as 10 satellites.

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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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Think carefully before considering cloud repatriation

CIO Business Intelligence

Most IT leaders have assets moved to the cloud to achieve some combination of better, faster, or cheaper compute and storage services. They also expect to benefit from the expertise of cloud providers—expertise that isn’t easy for companies to develop and maintain in house, unless your company happens to be a technology provider.

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Still Dreaming of the Paperless Office?

CTOvision

Only 17% of respondents said they work in what can be described as a paper-free office. A staggering 40% still use paper for filing “important stuff”, and 56% are wedded to signatures on paper for contracts and order forms. The interest in cloud is just as prevalent in capture as in other areas of technology.

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