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Tech Moves: Appen lands ex-Upwork CTO; DocuSign hires former Amazon GM

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(Appen Photo) — Saty Bahadur is now chief technology officer at Appen, a publicly traded IT services and consulting company that provides training data for artificial intelligence systems. Bahadur also worked at Microsoft for a decade years and helped develop the Windows mobile operating system.

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Tech Moves: Madrona adds three new venture partners; DexCare hires exec; and more

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He will work with portfolio companies on go-to-market strategies, sales teams development, field leadership, and executive growth, the firm said. The longtime Seattle tech vet was part of the leadership teams during the acquisitions of Tableau by Salesforce for $15.7 She also serves on several biotech company boards.

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Tech Moves: Amazon names new workplace safety leader; Zscaler hires Salesforce EVP; and more

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(Amazon Image) Sarah Rhoads , who previously led Amazon’s aviation operations as vice president of Amazon Global Air, was promoted to lead the Worldwide Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) and Global Operations Learning and Development (GOLD) organizations. Rhoads joined Amazon more than a decade ago after an 11-year career with the U.S.

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Former Amazon Prime Air employees raise $4.5M for stealthy solar airplane startup

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Radical’s co-founders, CTO Cyriel Notteboom and CEO James Thomas, carry a solar-powered demonstrator aircraft that flew continuously for more than 24 hours during a test flight last year. “We’re currently hiring. “We like to be hands-on and hardware-rich with our development, and then iterate toward a solution.

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SAP poaches Microsoft exec as its new global head of AI

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Sun has a PhD from MIT and continued to publish academic research papers during his time at Microsoft, in addition to teaching at Seattle and Washington universities. She joined the company in 2020, after a three-year stint in a similar role at Lenovo. The company is hiring engineers in Berlin and Shanghai.

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Tech Moves: Former Amazon VP Brad Porter joins Scale AI as CTO; UW names new Communication Leadership director; and more

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Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. Alexandr Wang, Scale AI’s CEO and founder, dropped out of MIT to start the company. “I’m joining Alex Wang and the team at Scale as CTO to help bring this vision to reality.” Scale AI Photo). Scale AI Photo).

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Tech News Roundup April 20

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Ondo 2016: Next Governor Must Come From South-Senatorial District – PDP Youths - Leadership Newspapers. Technology|FBI Says It Needs Hackers to Keep Up With Tech Companies - New York Times. An engine for Mars: Aerojet wins $67M NASA contract for solar electric propulsion. Who is the Geek of the Year for 2016?

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