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

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(Bumble Photo) — Antoine Leblond , a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer. Leblond previously spent 25 years at Microsoft leading various engineering teams working on Windows, Office, and other products.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams exec lands at Google; LeoStella names CEO; and more

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Behr will report to Johanna Voolich Wright , who runs product management for Google Workspace, and Aparna Pappu , general manager of Google Workspace. “The idea of joining a powerhouse of female technology leaders was a big part of my reason for joining the team,” Behr told GeekWire. — LeoStella , a Tukwila, Wash.

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Startup funding news: PairTree, RightBound, LOANtuitive, Crelate raise fresh cash

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Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Justin Friberg is an engineering leader who was previously CTO at Record360, which was acquired in 2019. Crelate, which launched in 2015 and has offices in Kirkland, Wash., million Series A round in 2019. PairTree has nine employees. million.

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

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Amazon Web Services vice president Raju Gulabani departed last month, as reported by The Information. Vizio CTO Bill Baxter retired at the end of 2021 after seven years with the consumer electronics company. He joined PNNL in 2019 after serving as a tech policy advisor to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Vancouver, B.C.

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Industrial headset company RealWear names CEO

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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. RealWear reported $20.5 million in 2019, according to an investor presentation made public when the SPAC was announced.

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Tech Moves: Graham & Walker exec joins Seattle Storm; Union Bay founder lands new role

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The Dartmouth alum and world champion ultimate frisbee player later became the CEO and co-founder of Five Ultimate, an athletic brand for ultimate frisbee players that was acquired in 2019. CNBC first reported the news. Benn Bollay is now CTO at B2B software startup ReachSuite.