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Former Microsoft deputy CTO Lila Tretikov joins NEA as head of AI strategy

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NEA Photo) Lila Tretikov , the former deputy chief technology officer at Microsoft, has joined SIlicon Valley investment firm NEA as partner and its new head of AI strategy. She became deputy CTO in 2020. Seattle tech vet Harshit Shah recently joined Boston-based Kyruus as CTO. Lila Tretikov.

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Tech Moves: Workday CIO joins Tanium board; Madrona investor departs; City of Seattle hires CTO

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She previously held IT leadership roles at Cloud Software Group, TIBCO, and SolarWinds. Millikin is a partner at TPG, leading its investment activity in software and enterprise tech. Founded in 2007, Tanium moved its headquarters from San Francisco to Seattle at the end of 2020. TPG is an investor in Tanium.

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Broadcom Software CTO: Charting a Course to Software Modernization

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By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software. The enterprise software that underpins day-to-day operations is under significant strain at many organizations. For IT leaders, these changes have heightened their focus on software modernization.

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Tech Moves: Google engineering director Ankur Sinha joins Remitly as CTO

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Ankur Sinha , who spent the past two years as an engineering director at Google, joined remittance company Remitly as its chief technology officer. He also previously spent 12 years at Microsoft in roles including principal software engineering manager and senior director. Remitly went public in September.

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More Effective Agile Leadership

Speaker: Steve McConnell, CEO, Construx Software

Join Steve McConnell, CEO of Construx Software, as he distills hundreds of companies’-worth of real-world experience into the proven Agile leadership practices that work best. February 6, 2020 9:30AM PST, 12:30PM EST, 5:30PM GMT We all strive to be effective Agile leaders. But how do you know if you're succeeding?

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Manufacturing software startup Retrocasual raises $5.3M to help workers assemble products

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Retrocasual employees, from left: Chief Architect Andrey Konin, CEO Zeeshan Zia, and CTO Quoc-Huy Tran. Retrocasual , a Seattle-area software startup using AI technology to help manufacturers and their employees, announced a $5.3 Retrocasual participated in the Techstars Seattle accelerator class in 2020.

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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

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Bumble Photo) — Antoine Leblond , a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer. Leblond previously spent 25 years at Microsoft leading various engineering teams working on Windows, Office, and other products.