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Tech Moves: Xamarin co-founder leaves Microsoft; OfferUp adds execs; and more

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. — Miguel de Icaza , who joined Microsoft after the tech giant acquired Xamarin in 2016, is leaving the company, according to a report from ZDNet. de Icaza, known as a leader in open source software development, was a distinguished engineer at Microsoft. Xamarin co-founder and CEO Nat Friedman left in November.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner leaves Core Scientific; Magic AI founder joins ThruWave

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He previously spent 11 years at Microsoft from 2005 to 2016, leading the company’s global sales and marketing teams. Magic AI co-founder Alexa Anthony has joined Seattle startup ThruWave as business operations manager. Anthony previously led Magic AI, a Seattle startup that developed AI software to help monitor horses.

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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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A comparative assessment of digital transformation in Italy

CIO Business Intelligence

“Digital is a powerful business lever,” says Alessandra Luksch, director of the Digital Transformation Academy Observatory at Politecnico di Milano, which has been mapping trends in ICT spending by Italian organizations since 2016. “In

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Meanwhile, the 2022 State of Tech Diversity: The Black Tech Ecosystem report from the NAACP and Kapor Center, a nonprofit addressing racial inequities in STEM education and the tech industry, found that the proportion of Black students receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer science decreased between 2016 and 2020, going from 9% to 8%.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO Business Intelligence

After we opened the museum, the director and curatorial staff were talking about how to how to reach even more people who wouldn’t be able to come to the museum and experience it,” says Jill Roberts, program manager of the Searchable Museum at the Office of Digital Strategy and Engagement (ODSE).

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

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On a video call from the hospital where he and his wife welcomed a baby boy over the weekend, CEO and co-founder Nick Fajt was excited about the 5-year-old startup he’s been raising into a unicorn in Seattle, where a majority of top tech companies operate in enterprise software or cloud computing. The company is not yet profitable.

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