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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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“Lighter is the pioneer and the leader in RBF for software-as-a-service companies.” “One silver lining of COVID is that companies, including Lighter, have realized that geography and working together in an office every day isn’t necessary to serve our customers,” Widner said. The Redmond, Wash.,

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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more

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The cloud arm of Google, which competes with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, boosted its operating profits to $395 million, a improvement of close to $1 billion from its loss of $590 million in the same quarter a year ago. Prior to NCSolutions, Wood owned and operated LWR, an industry research consulting firm.

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

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Enterprise software startup Magnify announced Sajo Jacob as its CTO and a co-founder. He was most recently a general manager at Amazon where he spent eight years and previously a software architect at Microsoft. Magnify’s tool optimizes onboarding and use of software using AI and machine learning. Sajo Jacob. Jeremy Ung.

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Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

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A Seattle tech vet, Morrow was an executive at Apptio for five years including through the software company’s IPO and later $1.9 billion in November 2019. The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. based Puppet since January 2019. billion private equity deal. Steve Shure.

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Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

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NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. He began running Startup Haven full-time in 2019 and recently launched a Startup Haven accelerator. He joined PSL in 2015 as chief design officer. Seattle e-commerce startup Fabric added Umer Sadiq as CTO and Nevin Shetty as CFO.

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Young and visionary: Meet the finalists for Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

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Aran Khanna is CEO of Reserved.ai , a Seattle startup offering software to automate cost management of companies cloud-related expenses. Khanna previously co-founded Glia Intelligence, a machine learning consultancy for physical retail. He also worked as an AI engineer at Amazon Web Services and interned at Microsoft Azure.

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Tech Moves: Qualtrics exec moves to Google; NHL Seattle expands team; former Amazon exec named Bluecrew CEO; and more

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During his time at Microsoft, Waldher held various roles on the Office 365 team. Seattle sales engagement software startup Outreach added Sue Bostrom , former EVP and chief marketing officer of international technology conglomerate Cisco Systems, to its board. Mason Hollis. WattBuy Photo).

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