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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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With more and more companies undertaking the journey of digital transformation, the role of the CIO has become critical. He joins the Indian beverage company after a 17-year stint at Wockhardt where he was associate vice president of information technology head. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. March 2022. March 2022.

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Tech Moves: Karat, Common Room, Aduro hire execs; longtime Microsoft cloud leader departs

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Karat Image). — Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews , hired two new executives. Amy Sennett , previously general counsel at OpenText and Catalant Technologies, joins as Karat’s new general counsel. Common Room launched in 2020 and raised $52 million last year.

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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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These once elusive creatures of the corporate world — privately-held companies valued at a $1 billion or more — certainly are plentiful these days. And then today, another blockbuster unicorn boosted its valuation, with Seattle-based sales engagement software company Highspot raising $248 million at a $3.5 billion valuation.

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Aizen acquires Kurvv, a Seattle startup that helps predict equipment failure

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The companies did not disclose terms of the deal. million Series B round in Aizen in 2020. Lee left his post as a data science program manager at Microsoft in 2019 to start Kurvv, drawing upon more than 15 years of experience in product management. Both Lee and Croft served as interim executives at the company.

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

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For decades companies have added PFAS to firefighting foams, food packaging, carpets and fabrics, water-repellent clothing and non-stick pans. “So we’re very fortunate we’ve validated the technology works, and we’re now to the point of [going to] commercial scale and growth of the company.”

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Manny Vellon, 1960-2020: Towering figure in Seattle tech was an engineer at heart

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Manny Vellon was CTO of Seattle-based technology experience design firm Level 11. As a development manager, he worked on early versions of technologies including the Windows 1.0 software development kit and the C++ programming language. ” Not a venture capitalist.

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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

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Kizilbash is a recent hire at the Seattle-based company, joining in June as vice president of corporate development. Founded in 2006, RealSelf saw its business impacted early in the pandemic but bounced back later in 2020. The company acquired two international cosmetic resource platforms earlier this year. (RealSelf Photo).