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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 was previously chief technology officer at freelancing platform Upwork and a general manager for Alexa at Amazon.

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Industrial headset company RealWear names CEO

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based headset maker that serves frontline workers at industrial companies, named Chris Parkinson as CEO. Parkinson has served as RealWear’s CTO since co-founding the company in 2016. He also ran a RFID consulting company and was a senior engineer at Alien Technology. Chris Parkinson.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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With more and more companies undertaking the journey of digital transformation, the role of the CIO has become critical. He joins the Indian beverage company after a 17-year stint at Wockhardt where he was associate vice president of information technology head. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. March 2022. March 2022.

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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. Nelson will scout new startups and work with portfolio companies, Madrona said. Kummert will return to Madrona as venture partner after serving as chief product development officer at UiPath.

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Tech Moves: Zillow exec Racquel Russell joins Bird’s board; new gig for startup vet Rebecca Lovell

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Zillow’s VP of Partner Success Racquel Russell joined the board of micro-mobility company Bird, known for its scooter sharing platform. Microsoft’s M12 venture fund chief Nagraj Kashyap departed to join SoftBank’s Vision Fund as managing partner. The company has raised $6 million to date. Racquel Russell.

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Customer data platform Amperity adds marketing and HR execs from F5, RealWear

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McDonagh spent more than two decades at Intel and was most recently chief marketing officer at RealWear. The hires will help Amperity support growth of its customer data platform used by companies to get a handle on who is buying their products. “The company is in really good shape,” he said. Barry Padgett.

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Athira Pharma extends Alzheimer’s clinical trial, adds new execs after CEO placed on leave

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Athira Pharma is advancing its clinical trials in the wake of allegations of image manipulation in papers authored by its CEO, the company reported today in its second quarter financial and business update. The company’s COO, Mark Litton , has since assumed day-to-day leadership responsibilities. based company on Aug.