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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

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MagniX’s chief technology officer, Riona Armesmith, works on electric propulsion systems like the one in the background at the company’s headquarters in Everett, Wash. ” MagniX’s partnership with Harbour Air led to the first flight of a MagniX-equipped electric airplane in 2019.

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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: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

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Founded in 2019, the platform provides an accounting-specific inbox for accounts receivable and accounts payable teams. The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara. Chief Technology Officer Bill Henslee , an entrepreneur and founder of e2b Teknologies. •

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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

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Hint: They are in the real estate, consumer internet, transportation, clean tech and gaming categories). 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. Founded : 2019. Valuation : $3.96

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‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup

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million in contracts, awards and demonstration projects that include partnerships with seven federal government agencies, and on Wednesday the startup is hosting Washington Gov. Aquagga co-founders from left: Nigel Sharp, CEO; Chris Woodruff, chief operations officer; and Brian Pinkard, chief technology officer.

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Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

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For the first time, two people rode a hyperloop pod through a nearly airless tube at 100 mph Virgin Hyperloop announced that for the first time it has conducted a test of its ultra-fast transportation system with human passengers. No government in the world has awarded a contract or approved the building of a hyperloop system yet.