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Inside the intense world of COVID-19 science, and unexpected findings from Seattle researchers

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James Heath, president and professor at Seattle’s Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), photographed in 2019. Pre-pandemic the chemist and biotech entrepreneur was conducting cutting-edge cancer research. The cloud resources also help them collaborate with other researchers. Scott Eklund / Red Box Pictures).

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

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Didascalou was most recently VP of IoT at Amazon Web Services and previously Microsoft’s CVP of technology and research, where he worked on the Surface Hub and led the Smart Things team. Mónica Guzmán is now director of digital and storytelling at Braver Angels, a nonprofit working to depolarize America.

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Clutter be gone: This startup will sell your stuff online for a $5.99 flat rate

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Binkley started exploring the resale space a few years ago with a focus on nonprofits receiving and selling donated goods. In 2019, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, he began working on personal, for-profit sales. He’s eager to provide a new avenue for pulling items out of the waste stream or storage and into reuse.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

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billion in 2019. ” Sharma joined Madrona last year from Amazon Web Services. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Joan Palmiter Bajorek joined New York-based conversational AI startup NLX as head of user research. The company posted revenue of $4.2

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

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When Chanin Kelly-Rae started working at Amazon in 2019 as a global manager of diversity in the company’s cloud computing division, she had big ambitions for her new job. Chanin Kelly-Rae was a manager of diversity for a division of Amazon Web Services in 2019. Meron Menghistab for Vox. Isaac Brekken/AP.

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

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When Chanin Kelly-Rae started working at Amazon in 2019 as a global head of diversity in the company’s cloud computing division, she had big ambitions for her new job. Chanin Kelly-Rae was a head of diversity for Amazon Web Services in 2019. Let me add: Amazon appeared to be taking steps backward instead of forward.”.

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GeekWire Awards 2020 revealed: Big winners, celebrities and surprises power virtual event

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.” Tableau had been on a roll prior to the acquisition, shifting its data visualization software to a subscription service under the leadership of Selipsky, an ex-Amazon Web Services executive. The company was also a finalist for Next Tech Titan this year and Pace was a finalist for Big Tech CEO of the Year in 2019.