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

GeekWire

(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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Tech Moves: Wyze names first CFO; OutSystems exec relocates to Seattle; Flying Fish adds partner

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. — Robson Grieve , chief marketing officer at OutSystems, an enterprise application development and deployment company, is relocating to Seattle from San Francisco. . He previously served as CMO at Pure Storage, New Relic and Citrix. After going public in 2016, Apptio went through a private equity buyout in 2019.

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The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces

The Verge

The move was announced by Oculus’ consulting CTO John Carmack , who stepped down from his full-time role as CTO in 2019 to focus on his work as an independent AI researcher. Facebook is unlocking the bootloader of its discontinued Oculus Go headset and giving users full root access.

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

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billion in November 2019. The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. based Puppet since January 2019. Founded in 2015, Convoy’s last valuation was $2.7 Steve Shure.

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

GeekWire

2019 : Convoy raises $400M at $2.7B Helion co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Chris Pihl (left) with founder and CEO David Kirtley at their facility in Redmond, Wash. Industry : Sales contract management software. Founded : 2019. Industry : Cloud data storage. GeekWire story from Nov.

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

GeekWire

. “Kevin’s extensive experience across technology companies and forward-leaning approach to innovation make him the ideal leader to chart EDB’s future,” Great Hill Partners managing director Drew Loucks said in a statement. The Boston-based private equity firm acquired EDB in 2019.

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Seattle area boasts 10 fast-growing unicorns: Can you name the billion dollar startups?

GeekWire

And while the Seattle area still represents a fraction of the estimated 502 unicorns operating around the globe, Seattle venture capitalist Sheila Gulati isn’t surprised by the recent spurt. GeekWire story from November 2019 : Convoy raises $400M at $2.7B billion (as of November 2019). billion (as of July 2019).

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