GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based e-commerce software company Assembly announced today that it acquired Pacvue , a Seattle startup that sells similar B2B e-commerce tools. Pacvue was also one of the first software platforms to integrate with the Amazon Advertising API, and similar APIs from Walmart, Instacart, and others. Pacvue Photos).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2022

And then today, another blockbuster unicorn boosted its valuation, with Seattle-based sales engagement software company Highspot raising $248 million at a $3.5 Of the 15 companies on the list, nine of the companies employ CEOs who spent time at the software giant, many in high-level executive roles. 2019 : Convoy raises $400M at $2.7B

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Founded in 2019, Molecule helps sustainability-focused companies with communication strategies to advance their objectives in policy or national interests. Lillian Tatka is a fifth-year UW doctoral candidate in bioengineering and data science, creating software tools for computational systems biology. Lindsay Randall joined J.P.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2021

. — Magic AI co-founder Alexa Anthony has joined Seattle startup ThruWave as business operations manager. Anthony previously led Magic AI, a Seattle startup that developed AI software to help monitor horses. She shut down that company in late 2019 after failing to raise more venture capital. The startup raised $6.4

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I remember sitting in an auditorium in the office in the US in late 2019 when I was relatively new to the company,” says Shannon Booth, senior talent development partner at Schneider Electric, of the company’s initial presentation for OTM. It even enables employees to market their skillsets internally. “I

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As a result, many new car companies are created and competition increases, says Tobias Altehed, who leads Volvo Cars’ digital organization and sits on the company’s extended management team. The result, for example, is no more roles such as scrum master and release train engineer, while project managers and program managers have returned. “So

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

CEO Caitlin Morse was previously a program manager at Flex and is also a co-founder of a small medical device services startup, MorseCode Medical. based startup, founded in 2019. The pair co-founded BrainSpace this January. Rehabtronics raises $1.6M for device to prevent bed sores: Vancouver, B.C.-based

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GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2021

billion and nearly broke even after taking a $1 billion loss in 2019. He also spent a year at Code.org as director of software engineering. Kelly Breslin Wright , a former longtime exec at Tableau Software, joined the board of Gong , a Silicon Valley AI sales startup. Zulily saw revenues rise 4% last year to $1.6

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

Rascoff, who stepped down as CEO of Zillow in early 2019, resigned from the Seattle-based real estate company’s board in April. based social media management platform Hootsuite named Tom Keiser as its new CEO. Keiser was most recently COO of CRM software company Zendesk. contract management startup Icertis.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

He joined Publicis Media in 2019. Previously, he led the design, planning, implementation and delivery of IT managed services, cloud and security services, data centre and disaster recovery services at NTT. He has also worked with Reliance Communications, Global Tele-Systems, Mahindra Consulting, and Microtech Software and Consultants.

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The Verge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Employees have been asked to install software builds on their phones to test out new features prior to launch — only to find the builds expose their personal messages. If they did this to a customer, people would lose their goddamn minds,” says Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager.

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GeekWire

APRIL 27, 2021

Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning, wins CEO of the Year in 2019. And now the former online advertising executive is applying some of that logistical and industrial operations knowledge he learned in the Navy to Flexe, a pioneering Seattle software startup that’s transforming how businesses access warehouse space.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2023

She took a position as a senior IT program manager, then global IT director and next delegate CIO. Kimberly Wood joined security software maker Guardsquare as CIO in December 2022, making her not only the first female CIO at the growing company but its first-ever chief information officer. The WDNR turned 50 recently.

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GeekWire

MAY 20, 2021

Seattle-area startup SeekOut raised $65 million in March to fuel growth of its recruiting software that is like LinkedIn on steroids. She was a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree in healthcare in 2019 and graduated from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Deal of the Year – IPOs & Acquisitions, presented by Wilson Sonsini.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

. “I attribute the entrepreneurialism of so many alums to the culture and high hiring bar in the early days of the company,” said Ryan Soskin , the 15th employee at Convoy who is now CEO of trucking software platform GoodShip. Vice president of operations Victoria Kiss was a demand program manager at Convoy.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

He is also a Hootsuite alum and was director of software development for the social media management tool after it acquired Brightkit, which McGuire co-founded. After a brief stint at Zillow Group, he joined Zulily in 2019. He was previously a senior manager at Amazon. Downs left the Seattle startup in 2018. Tony Small.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

You might compare that to Elon Musk, who in 2019 promised a fleet of 1 million Tesla robotaxis on the streets by the end of 2020. I feel like maybe the frame of our conversation is a little different — Argo makes self-driving hardware and software for cars. You make hardware and software that allows cars to drive themselves.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 12, 2019

On June 23, 2019, Dr. David Brumley, CEO of ForAllSecure and CMU Professor, sat down with hosts Josh Bressers and Kurt Seifried to discuss the future of automated security. For years, we've been researching ways we can better identify exploitable vulnerabilities in software. They don't get software updates while they're out at sea.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The pushback is real, and it starts with the introduction of one software tool to Apple’s workplace: Slack. Women at Apple started talking about his hiring, specifically in this Slack channel called Women in Software Engineering. So Apple rolled out Slack in 2019, a decision, I have to imagine, executives truly regret at this point.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 12, 2019

On June 23, 2019, Dr. David Brumley, CEO of ForAllSecure and CMU Professor, sat down with hosts Josh Bressers and Kurt Seifried to discuss the future of automated security. For years, we've been researching ways we can better identify exploitable vulnerabilities in software. They don't get software updates while they're out at sea.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 12, 2019

On June 23, 2019, Dr. David Brumley, CEO of ForAllSecure and CMU Professor, sat down with hosts Josh Bressers and Kurt Seifried to discuss the future of automated security. For years, we've been researching ways we can better identify exploitable vulnerabilities in software. They don't get software updates while they're out at sea.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

. “There’s a lot of different areas we can get into, but I think holistically what we really want to do is build program management software,” Morgan said. “A lot of what coaches and group leaders are tasked to do is build high school programs. And GoFundMe is a huge platform to compete against.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 20, 2022

GeekWire coverage : Freight forwarding software startup Logixboard lands $13M. Founded : 2019. ” Co-founder and CEO : Dan Shapiro , former CEO at Ontela and Sparkbuy and ex program manager at Microsoft. Maria Colacurcio of Syndio at the 2019 GeekWire Summit. Founded : 2017. Headquarters : Seattle.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2024

Washington State Democrats Photo) After a decade working in the tech sector, Joe Nguyen tackled his new role as a state senator like any good program manager. Joe Nguyen on the floor of the Washington State Senate on March 5, 2024. It proved a worthwhile exercise. “Folks are like, ‘How did you know how to do that?'”

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GeekWire

MAY 10, 2024

GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The gist: Since taking office in 2019 as a Democratic senator from West Seattle, tech veteran Joe Nguyen has landed important leadership roles as the chair of the Environment, Energy and Technology Committee and vice chair of the Ways and Means Committee. And this year, we got Health Innovation of the Year.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

She was on Avance Media’s list of Top 100 Most Influential Young South Africans in 2019. Raya was on the BBC’s 2019 list of 100 Inspiring and Influential Women , and a regular contributing journalist for the online publication Singularity Hub. LinkedIn: Zanelle Njapha. Katindi Sivi Njonjo. Location: Kenya. Twitter: @raya_bid.

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