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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

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Expedia Photos) — Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. Bumble, which recently hired new CEO Lidiane Jones, announced several new exec hires, including a new chief product officer, chief people officer, and chief marketing officer. Libby Johnson McKee.

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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

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After executive stints at Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Nike, Courtney Kissler is now the CTO and senior vice president of technology at Seattle online retailer Zulily. billion and nearly broke even after taking a $1 billion loss in 2019. Courtney Kissler. Zulily Photo). Zulily saw revenues rise 4% last year to $1.6 Nish Lathia.

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Tech Moves: Amazon names new workplace safety leader; Zscaler hires Salesforce EVP; and more

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She started as an operations manager and in 2019 became VP of Amazon Global Air, which manages the company’s fleet of more than 110 aircraft operating out of more than 70 airports worldwide. Kakkad joined the firm, previously known as Female Founders Alliance, in 2019 after working as a senior brand manager at Starbucks.

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Tech Moves: Life Science Washington names new CEO; AWS exec departs; Vizio CTO retires

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Vizio CTO Bill Baxter retired at the end of 2021 after seven years with the consumer electronics company. The longtime Seattle tech executive served as CTO of BuddyTV and Cozi Group, spent more than a decade on the board of the Washington Technology Industry Association, and co-founded Bsquare. — Jay Inslee. Vancouver, B.C. Jen Haller.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft vet named CEO at EnterpriseDB; Adaptive CCO departs; Temporal hires ex-Hashicorp EVP

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The Boston-based private equity firm acquired EDB in 2019. Temporal Photo) — Temporal, a Seattle-based developer productivity startup, hired Preeti Somal as senior vice president of engineering. “Preeti is an exceptionally talented engineering leader,” Temporal CTO and co-founder Samar Abbas said in a statement.

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Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens

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He was most recently CFO at RSA Security. Microsoft and Amazon veteran Dirk Didascalou has been appointed the first CTO of Siemens Digital Industries, a business unit of the German multinational company. Kennedy joined Adaptiva in 2019 as chief growth officer. Tanium CFO Marc Levine. Tanium Photo). He will start in September.

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Tech Moves: GameStop hires more Amazon execs; Twitch COO joins Karat board; CEO of Washington STEM steps down; Big Fish HR chief joins Qumulo

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As vice president of interview delivery, she will focus on improving Karat’s interviewing process to help companies stay ahead on hiring engineers. The company raised $28 million in 2019. GameStop hired two other Amazon execs in April, bringing on Chief Growth Officer Elliott Wilke and COO Jenna Owners. Angela Jones.