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Tech Moves: UW announces director for new DoD program; Microsoft vet joins EQT; and more

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NSIN tapped Justin Dunnicliff as its university program director at the UW. He’ll be based at the CoMotion, the university’s innovation hub, and will run programs including Hacking for Defense and Starts. NSIN tapped Justin Dunnicliff as its university program director at the UW. Dinesh Venugopal. (PK Portland, Ore.-based

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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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Convoy hires former Expedia CEO as president and COO as digital freight startup tops 1k employees

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The announcement comes as Convoy tops 1,000 employees, five years after it was founded by Lewis and CTO Grant Goodale. Convoy is one of a handful of privately-held companies in the Seattle region valued at more than $1 billion, raising $400 million at a $2.7 I hadn’t worked in an earlier stage company before.

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Tech News Roundup April 1

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Memo: RealNetworks reorganizes, names new CTO. FCC program to help poor get online will start in December - WiscNews. Next government will face spending 'time bombs' - Irish Times. Meet the 2016 Federal 100 - FCW.com. Startup Spotlight: Minima helps companies manage data, reduce hardware spend.

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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. “Seattle’s a great area to be building a company like this.” Radical Photo).

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Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) Holds 18 Feb Townhall in Mountain View: Great way for tech CEOs to learn more about serving DoD missions

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On 18 Feb 2016 the newly formed Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) is hosting a townhall formatted discussion at their Mountain View offices designed to inform tech company CEOs and other tech leaders on some of the nuances to track when seeking to serve DoD mission. Bob Gourley.

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Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

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NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. The new fund provides investments to companies participating in the accelerator and also makes direct investments. It focuses on pre-seed companies with capital-efficient business models and early signs of commercialization. agtech startup Verdi. Scott Nagel.

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