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Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

GeekWire

Rec Room is a free app described as a “universally accessible online community,” where users create a cartoony virtual avatar to participate in a variety of activities, many of which were designed by the application’s community. 2020, Rec Room ’s userbase had tripled.

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

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His technology career spanned four decades, from early Microsoft programming languages to modern Internet of Things devices. Miami was also where he was introduced to computer programming. As a development manager, he worked on early versions of technologies including the Windows 1.0 ” Not a venture capitalist.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

So NCDIT officials took action, creating an internship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, a move that would open up for the organization a new pipeline for talent traditionally underrepresented in the IT industry. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023.

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Seattle vanlife gurus see tech and AI’s potential as a copilot, to boost human connections on road trips

GeekWire

The two have strong tech chops that date back to stints at Microsoft, where Sitner was a senior product manager for five years and Schwartz spent more than 10 years as a program manager. The startup built mobile apps for conferences, pivoted early in the pandemic to focus on virtual events, and was acquired in 2020.

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She helped lead the fight against Amazon’s return to office — and then had to leave a job she loved

GeekWire

A former executive assistant and program manager who has only ever worked for Amazon since moving to Washington state from Virginia, Hayter became a leading critic in the push back against return-to-office mandates. And I think that really got to me.” She said she enjoyed working with smart and capable people.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

GeekWire

Some of the winners at the 2021 GeekWire Awards during their virtual acceptance speeches on Thursday. In another virtual event — which everyone hopes will be the last of the pandemic — GeekWire recognized more than 60 finalists and honorees across 14 categories, from Startup of the Year to CEO of the Year and lots in between.

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Sustainable Petrochemical Company Expands Risk-Based Inspection Philosophy

CIO Business Intelligence

To bring sustainability home, IVL sought to maximize the efficiency of its plants through digital transformation by replacing data silos with a single data source that would revolutionize enterprise asset management (EAM). Indorama Ventures was a finalist in the 2022 SAP Innovation Awards Program. Data Management.

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