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Tech Moves: Payscale CEO steps down; a16z adds Seattle-based partner; Madrona hires investor

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Gwertzman founded gaming infrastructure startup PlayFab, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2018, and sold Sprout Games to PopCap Games in 2005. Jonathan Watson , previously VP of engineering at Clio, as CTO. Madrona Venture Group hired Sabrina Wu as an investor. The company is now remote-first and hiring in the Seattle region.

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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

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Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Enterprise software startup Magnify announced Sajo Jacob as its CTO and a co-founder. Muppirala was most recently CTO and president of digital innovation at retailer Restoration Hardware, now know as RH. Lara Rogers. Flexe Photo).

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

CIO Business Intelligence

Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. By 2018, the Trainline platform was hosting more than 80 million customer visits a month, with more than 80% coming through mobile devices. “The

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Serial entrepreneur Gaurav Oberoi strikes again: Lexion’s sale to Docusign shows methodical approach to building startups

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Lexion announced this week that it will be acquired by Docusign in a $165 million deal, marking a successful exit for the Seattle startup co-founded by Oberoi in 2018. “That social validation felt good. Oberoi made hundreds of calls to lawyers, paralegals, contract managers, consultants, and various other stakeholders.

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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet named CEO at Vouched; Sana hires chief scientific officer

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He was previously executive vice president of engineering and CTO at tax software giant Avalara, and also led teams at Microsoft and Concur. Founded in 2018, Vouched helps companies verify the identity of customers and users by examining driver’s licenses and other forms of identification. .

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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

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Qualtrics, which has been adding to its executive ranks through a series of hires , is expected to split Larson-Green’s role as chief experience officer among other leaders for now. GameStop appointed former Zulily and Amazon Web Services engineering leader Matt Francis to the newly created role of CTO. Read the story.

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Tech Moves: Leafly announces new board ahead of SPAC merger; Amazon vets depart; and more

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A company spokesperson confirmed Grosse’s departure and said the company would not be hiring a CMO in the foreseeable future. Tagboard originally launched as a social media aggregator. Oregon Venture Fund Partner Scott Sandler left his full-time role at the Oregon and southwest Washington-focused investment firm. .