GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2021

Law enforcement technology company Axon added former HTC Vive exec Chris Chin as vice president of immersive tech. The company says its mission is to help de-escalate police use of force by providing transparency, technologies and tools that can replace deadly weapons. billion contract to return astronauts to the moon.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Littlepage was most recently senior vice president of marketing at cybersecurity company Tenable. Outreach’s former CMO Margaret Arakawa left the company in December. He was previously a financial executive at public software companies Digital River and Lawson Software. based Concur. Kane McCord.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2022

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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GeekWire

AUGUST 22, 2023

acquired San Francisco-based immigration consulting company Bridge. Founded in 2011, Bridge has helped more than 1,000 companies hire international talent and implement immigration strategies through its software platform and legal expertise. Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, were not disclosed. citizenship.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The majority operate in enterprise software or cloud computing. None of the companies have female co-founders or CEOs. In fact, GeekWire reported this week on a little-known enterprise software company that just joined the unicorn ranks. Six startups have at least one active co-founder with Microsoft ties. Auth0 Photo).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2022

Atlas Health’s software is built on a proprietary database of more than 20,000 medical financial aid programs. The company notes that out-of-pocket medical expenses in the U.S. tallied $388 billion in 2020, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (Atlas Photo). million.

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2023

The company also announced $10 million in seed capital. Launched in October 2020, the startup was co-founded by Leo Dirac and Avi Geiger. Geiger is a longtime product design and engineering consultant. He’s also the former CTO and co-founder of high-tech appliance maker Picobrew. ”

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Rogers spent the past decade at Amazon and was most recently director of business, product and technology for Amazon One , the tech giant’s palm-reading ID system. (Flexe Photo). Sajo Jacob. Magnify Photo). The Seattle and Bend, Ore.-based

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 24, 2022

As IT is the fuel for digitisation, enterprise technology leaders are increasingly being sought after by companies. In a LinkedIn post , Hildyard said that after five years in both CTO and CIO roles “it’s time for me to refresh and take on a new challenge”. CIO Australia consistently tracks the moves of IT leaders.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

Swift is a longtime Seattle-area gaming industry vet whose resume includes Valve Software (she helped lead development of Portal), Airtight Games, Amazon, EA, and most recently Google Stadia, where she was a game design director for the tech giant’s cloud gaming service. Paulen will continue to lead West Monroe’s Seattle office.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The 8-person company is led by former Expedia director David Krieger. Former Expedia director David Krieger is the founder of Onder , a Seattle company that provides a twice-yearly inspection and digital platform to create a checklist for home maintenance and upkeep. Onder CEO and founder David Krieger.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

Zillow Group co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff joined the board of Palantir Technologies, a big data company backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. Rascoff, who stepped down as CEO of Zillow in early 2019, resigned from the Seattle-based real estate company’s board in April. contract management startup Icertis.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A Seattle tech vet, Morrow was an executive at Apptio for five years including through the software company’s IPO and later $1.9 The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. The company raised $40 million earlier this year and counts many ex-Googlers among its staff.

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CTOvision

JULY 7, 2015

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 28, 2022

“Scope 3 reporting will come as a shock to a lot of technology leaders,” says Niklas Sundberg, CIO of global solutions at Swedish conglomerate Assa Abloy. “I Companies will be required to publish real numbers about sustainability across the supply chain—and much of the data will come from IT procurement.”

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Seattle biotech startup Silverback Therapeutics promoted Valerie Odegard to president and Naomi Hunder to chief medical officer. . Odegard joined the company in 2016 as chief scientific officer. The company announced the promotions last week along with a $85 million Series C round. — Scott Porad.

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TM Forum

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

National data services managed by CSPs are taking root in global hyperscalers’ clouds as the result of a ruling on European data in July 2020, called. The European Court of Justice ruled that the EU-US Data Protection Shield, which allowed companies to transfer data between the US and the EU in compliance with. Schrems II.

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GeekWire

APRIL 23, 2021

Our Young Entrepreneur of the Year award celebrates startup founders in the Pacific Northwest who are 30 or younger at some point in 2020 or 2021. Aran Khanna is CEO of Reserved.ai , a Seattle startup offering software to automate cost management of companies cloud-related expenses. Avi Schiffmann. LinkedIn Photo).

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GeekWire

APRIL 16, 2021

Unlike the 2020 class, which had to pivot to a remote format in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 participants and Techstars organizers are applying lessons learned from the past year of remote work. The accelerator has graduated more than 100 companies over the past decade. Read on to learn more about each company.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Former employees at trucking company Convoy have gone on to launch their own startups in Seattle. A vast alumni network from the trucking marketplace company is fueling entrepreneurial activity in Seattle, where at least 25 startups are now led by former employees of Convoy. Convoy CEO Dan Lewis.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2023

Following that, she started working as an IT consultant and business advisor, work that she says illustrated the vast potential for IT to make a difference. “I I was able to see that the breadth of technologies I could use in education was small compared to the tech that could help global private-sector companies,” she says.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 27, 2023

Even though many people and companies have returned to in-person gatherings, Snapbar isn’t going back. The startup is a tech company now, embracing software and two core products that bring its photo capabilities to people anywhere in the world. ” The software engineer, Patrick Ellis, is now Snapbar’s CTO.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

On the contrary, experts say it could actually help home-workout companies like Peloton take on their shared adversary: the gym. +. 2020 has not been kind to fitness clubs. create a bigger market for mass in-home fitness tools,” says R/GA EVP and global CTO Nick Coronges. Peloton’s app-only membership costs $12.99

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Summary: As technology evolves at an ever-increasing pace, it brings major challenges to the IT department. What challenges can we expect in 2020? photo credit: geralt via pixabay cc What is the biggest enterprise technology trend right now? Of course, not many companies can afford this option.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Yoko Miyashita , Leafly’s CEO since 2020. Tech companies around the country continue to recruit executives from Amazon: Rene Villegas , the former head of marketing for Amazon Subscription Boxes, is now chief marketing officer at Boston-based wireless broadband provider Starry. The company went public in September.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

She had nearly two decades of experience leading diversity and inclusion efforts inside important institutions, like Washington state’s governor’s office, but she’d never worked at an influential global business leader like Amazon. But less than a year later, Kelly-Rae quit. Isaac Brekken/AP.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Roofstock is a fintech company that allows individuals to invest in single family rental homes. The company recently acquired property management platform Great Jones and has raised $133 million in total funding to date. million in September 2020 and hired three other new executives in August. Kymeta Photos). — Redmond, Wash.-based

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Organizations don’t want fractional allocation — people rolling on to a project and rolling off,” he explains. It can be reused by any other lines of business or Chase groups, streamlining software delivery while also ensuring a seamless customer experience across the Chase portfolio. Gary Jeter, EVP & CTO, Trust One.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

She had nearly two decades of experience leading diversity and inclusion efforts inside important institutions, like Washington state’s governor’s office, but she’d never worked at an influential global business leader like Amazon. But less than a year later, Kelly-Rae quit. Isaac Brekken/AP.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

Steve Grobman, CTO with Intel’s security group had this to say: CNBC: Yeah, so I think that nothing is ever impossible. Roberts: All the research we have done -- both myself and fellow security consult all science and research In this area from retired retired pilots and Engineers and other individuals indicates otherwise.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

In the summer of 2020, we raised a $15.6 As a black entrepreneur and CTO in this fast growing healthcare technology space, I have often found myself in spaces where I am usually the lone black person at the table. Optimize.health co-founders, CEO Jeff LeBrun (left) and CTO Chuks Onwuneme. So, how did I get here?

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 1, 2023

During keynotes and discussions with CIOs, I remind everyone how strategic priorities evolve significantly every two years or less, from growth in 2018, to pandemic and remote work in 2020, to hybrid work and financial constraints in 2022. First, CIOs should evaluate how ChatGPT and other generative AIs impact coding and software development.

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Vox

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Founded in 2019, Rebellion wants to create AI-powered software for the military, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement. The startup has claimed its tools could sort through heaps of sensitive data to help officials make decisions, and that it will ultimately build software capable of making battlefield decisions. Spokesperson S.Y.

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