GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Vizio CTO Bill Baxter retired at the end of 2021 after seven years with the consumer electronics company. The longtime Seattle tech executive served as CTO of BuddyTV and Cozi Group, spent more than a decade on the board of the Washington Technology Industry Association, and co-founded Bsquare. — portfolio company.

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2023

He will work with portfolio companies on go-to-market strategies, sales teams development, field leadership, and executive growth, the firm said. Nelson will scout new startups and work with portfolio companies, Madrona said. Kummert will return to Madrona as venture partner after serving as chief product development officer at UiPath.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 10, 2023

Graham & Walker invests in women-founded tech companies in North America. In 2021, the firm announced a $10 million venture capital fund. James Mullin , chief pilot, left his position last month, while head of flight test operations Robert Dreer announced on LinkedIn he will join vertical take-off and landing startup Opener.

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GeekWire

JUNE 14, 2023

LinkedIn Photo) — Seattle-area cybersecurity company Cyemptive named Ray McCay as its new chief revenue officer. “Ray’s appointment is an important step for Cyemptive as we scale up the company and build infrastructure,” said the startup’s founder and CEO Rob Pike. federal government agencies.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Geisse has served the company for more than five years as chief science officer and previously held scientific, commercial, product development and management roles for Asylum Research, which was acquired by Oxford Instruments. Cho will continue with the biotech company in a corporate and legal strategy capacity.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 16, 2021

Athira Pharma is advancing its clinical trials in the wake of allegations of image manipulation in papers authored by its CEO, the company reported today in its second quarter financial and business update. The company’s COO, Mark Litton , has since assumed day-to-day leadership responsibilities. based company on Aug.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

McDonagh spent more than two decades at Intel and was most recently chief marketing officer at RealWear. The hires will help Amperity support growth of its customer data platform used by companies to get a handle on who is buying their products. “The company is in really good shape,” he said. Barry Padgett.

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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 (as of July 2021).

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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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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

“Claire’s board appointment will be instrumental in guiding and propelling the company through its evolution to Zillow 2.0,” said Lloyd Frink, Zillow co-founder, executive chairman and president. The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2023

— Graham Sheldon , former corporate vice president of product for Microsoft Teams, is now chief product officer of UiPath, an artificial intelligence and automation company. UiPath is based in New York City and has an office in Bellevue, Wash. based employee well-being company Limeade. (LinkedIn Photo).

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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. He’s joined by CTO and co-founder Forrest Blount , a former Google engineer.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Astra plans to become the first small rocket maker to go public, the company announced Tuesday, after reaching space for the first time in December. The company has 50 customer launches lined up, and over $150 million of contracted launch revenue so far. rocket launching from Alaska | John Kraus/Astra.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2024

Sengupta acknowledges that layoffs at the tech giants in the past year or so eased the talent crunch a bit — but only for other big companies who could offer highly-competitive salaries to those laid-off workers. Upskilling takes time, and contracted workers aren’t usually as close to the business as employees. 1 challenge listed.

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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

MARCH 17, 2021

Seattle-area tech companies and personalities from across the community joined in condemning Tuesday’s attack and the surge in hate crimes. The response is similar to the way companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and others reacted last summer in the days and weeks following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2022

The company notes that out-of-pocket medical expenses in the U.S. Software engineer Bryan Andrade is a co-founder and serves as CTO. The value of its contracts with hospitals and health systems grew by 450% in 2021. tallied $388 billion in 2020, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 10, 2022

Principal accounting officer Kyle Piskel will serve as interim CFO after Cohen resigns. Cohen will work with Piskel and Adaptive in a consulting capacity during the transition, as Adaptive searches for a permanent CFO. Adaptive pulled in more than $150 million in estimated revenue for 2021. That’s compared to $98.4

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TM Forum

JUNE 9, 2022

The country’s economic situation is also impacting the CSP’s purchasing power, since technology investments are made typically in foreign currencies such as the dollar, while income is in pesos. ” But that does not mean it is seeking quick technological fixes. . In-house automation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Thomas Phelps, CIO and SVP of corporate strategy at Laserfiche, says cloud contracts typically include several “gotchas” that IT leaders and procurement chiefs should be aware of, and he stresses the importance of studying terms of use before signing. I strike this language from all my contracts.”

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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 19, 2023

Seattle startup CHEQ , which sells point-of-sale systems and mobile ordering software for stadiums and restaurants, acquired intellectual property and location contracts with the city from Bite of Seattle after it went into receivership, said CHEQ CEO Thomas Lapham. The company is now the owner and operator of the festival.

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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 Morrow’s appointment comes after turnover in the top legal role at Convoy throughout 2021, as reported by Bloomberg Law. billion private equity deal. billion in November 2019. Steve Shure.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 18, 2023

Viome says it is the first company to sell gut tests at CVS, both online and in-store. He’s currently chairman of commercial spaceflight venture Moon Express, and previously founded dot-com era tech company InfoSpace and background information firm Intelius, which sold for more than $100 million in 2014. billion into related U.S.-based

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

based startup that combines artificial intelligence and human empathy to help people stay on task and get stuff done, has checked a major item off its to-do list: the company has raised $3 million from Apollo Projects , the venture fund run by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his brothers. (Shelpful Photo) Shelpful , a Portland, Ore.-based

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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2023

But if they have one thing in common, it’s that they are growing their companies at a time when the broader tech economy is contracting. This category recognizes CEOs of Pacific Northwest technology companies with more than 100 employees. (The He served as CTO before stepping into the CEO role in 2014.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 28, 2022

For the past few years, IT leaders at a US financial services company have been struggling to hire data scientists to harness the increasing flood of incoming data that, if used properly, could improve customer experience and drive new products. based Synchrony, a financial company with more than 18,000 employees and $62 billion in deposits.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 24, 2023

It can also expose companies to future legislation. These complaints, filed by a variety of different copyright holders, allege the companies of training their AIs on copyrighted data—images, code, and text. The company also prohibits staff from using ChatGPT to write letters to clients. Not without warning signs, however.

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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. Aran Khanna, CEO and co-founder of Reserved.ai.

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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. Several others are still operating in stealth mode.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

with best-in-class companies “reaping an enviable 13% ROI.” Yes, recent advancements in AI have been groundbreaking, and those advancements have revolutionary potential, but artificial intelligence — like all hyped-up tech — is built on the shoulders of numerous other technologies that don’t seem to get any glory at all.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2022

IT executives see talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies, ahead of implementation cost (29%) or security risk (7%), according to a September 2021 Gartner survey. Identifying which emerging technologies will prove most useful is a challenge, though.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

The test took place on Sunday afternoon at the company’s DevLoop test track in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada. The first two passengers were Virgin Hyperloop’s chief technology officer and co-founder, Josh Giegel, and head of passenger experience, Sara Luchian. The DevLoop test track is 500 meters long and 3.3

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GeekWire

JANUARY 17, 2021

Lee, who is the CEO, is based in San Francisco while Watts, the CTO, is in Seattle, where the 2-person company is headquartered. Through the “smart shuffl” feature, users can arrange for non-random connections, pairing a small group of employees with a company leader, for example. What does your company do?

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GeekWire

APRIL 18, 2024

Reperio initially targeted consumers as its customers, but quickly shifted its focus to companies seeking wellness support for employees. The company is also in conversations with systems supporting Medicaid clients. Rush launched the company in 2020 with his co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Matt Wallington.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 30, 2022

Decision intelligence helps provide an automated way to make decisions, which in turn can help companies stay competitive and meet market demands, Brethenoux says. Many companies have such processes already in place, and not all of them are fully automated yet. For this, the company has turned to gradient machine learning. “We

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