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Tech Moves: Docker and Qualtrics leaders join Seattle startup Mason; Beyond adds Zulily director

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From left: Mason CEO Webb Stevens; Mason President Nancy Xiao; Mason founder Jim Gao; and Mason CTO John Timsen. Mason Photo) Mason , a Seattle startup that offers a turney hardware-software platform for companies managing device fleets, hired Webb Stevens as its new CEO and John Thimsen as its new CTO.

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Fed Tech Roundup August 20

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How to Get Ahead of 2016: Ensuring Federal IT Can Adapt to Leadership Transitions - Nextgov. Federal CTO Megan Smith to Receive Nonprofit Org’s ‘Charging Buffalo’ Award Sept. Software problem temporarily grounds Lockheed's air traffic control system. NIH funds new tools to crack genomic big data - GCN.com.

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TechNet Augusta 2016 “Cyber in the Combined Arms Fight”

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Exponential growth in software (while Army is still a hardware based organization). Source selection (contracting) methodologies: Government needs to figure out what they are willing to pay more for; it’s not just about lowest price technically acceptable. Technical data: need technical data rights for systems Army buys.

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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. “I’m joining Alex Wang and the team at Scale as CTO to help bring this vision to reality.” ” Wang, who is in his early 20s, dropped out of MIT to found Scale AI in 2016. Scale AI Photo). Chicago, Ill.

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GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

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It recently hired longtime Amazon tech leader Dorothy Li as CTO. Founded in 2016, ShelfEngine offers grocers a tech platform to reduce oversupplying and waste. The rankings are generated from publicly available data, including social media followings, approximate employee counts (via LinkedIn) and inbound web links.

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Amperity lays off workers for second time in a year as part of restructuring

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(Amperity Photo) Seattle-based customer intelligence startup Amperity conducted another round of layoffs, its second time trimming headcount in the past six months. The company said at the time it had 375 employees and planned to hire. Derek Slager , who co-founded Amperity with Shahani, remains at the company as CTO.

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

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And then today, another blockbuster unicorn boosted its valuation, with Seattle-based sales engagement software company Highspot raising $248 million at a $3.5 Of the 15 companies on the list, nine of the companies employ CEOs who spent time at the software giant, many in high-level executive roles. Founded : 2016.

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