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

GeekWire

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.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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Irrigation tech startup led by farming experts blossoms with revenue growth and new cash

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(FarmHQ Photo) New name, new funding: CODA Farm Technologies, an agtech company founded by two brothers with farming roots, has changed its name and landed some cash. The startup, based north of Seattle, has raised a $750,000 seed round and is now FarmHQ , which is also the name of its irrigation hardware and software platform.

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Three Magic Leap executives are reportedly leaving the company

The Verge

Three top Magic Leap executives — chief technology officer Paul Greco, chief operating officer Henk Vlietstra, and chief patent officer David Lundmark — are reportedly leaving in the coming months. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge. A Magic Leap spokesperson declined to comment on Insider’s story.

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Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies COO departing; Sana adds leaders; and more

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He was first hired by Adaptive as chief technology officer. Seshadri sold his previous startup, AppSheet, to Google Cloud in 2020 and was most recently a distinguished software engineer at the tech giant. hired Zachary Hale as general counsel, and Derek Jantz as chief technology officer.

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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

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billion contract to return astronauts to the moon. Seattle-based home services technology company Porch Group added two new board members : Imagination Capital co-founder and Managing Partner Rachel Lam , and former Aviva plc Group CEO Maurice Tulloch. Freelancing platform Upwork hired former Amazon General Manager Saty Bahadur as CTO.

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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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And then today, another blockbuster unicorn boosted its valuation, with Seattle-based sales engagement software company Highspot raising $248 million at a $3.5 That’s up by 69% over 2020 levels, meaning 517 new unicorns joined the club last year, CB Insights reported. Enterprise software still rules the roost in the region.

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