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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more

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The cloud arm of Google, which competes with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, boosted its operating profits to $395 million, a improvement of close to $1 billion from its loss of $590 million in the same quarter a year ago. chief research officer Leslie Wood. Photo) — TV advertising measurement company iSpot.tv

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How to leverage data to create a more intelligent organization

CIO Business Intelligence

Addressing a major pain point for businesses globally, Extreme Networks CIO John Abel, Sanmina CIO and Senior Vice President Manesh Patel, and Erik Singleton, a consultant at North Highland Worldwide will discuss using data to solve supply chain challenges. Check out the full summit agenda here. Don’t miss out – register today.

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Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

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The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. He previously held engineering leadership roles at Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. Steve Shure. Neeva Photo).

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Tech Moves: Smartsheet CFO joins Auth0 board; Outreach opens NYC office; Concure Oncology adds CEO; and more

GeekWire

Engstrom joins Create33 from advertising agency BRKThru Digital where she was an account director. to join London-based games technology company Improbable as general counsel. Demoz most recently was a senior manager of software engineering at Google Cloud and previously a software development manager at Amazon Web Services.

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Young and visionary: Meet the finalists for Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

Khanna previously co-founded Glia Intelligence, a machine learning consultancy for physical retail. He also worked as an AI engineer at Amazon Web Services and interned at Microsoft Azure. Michael Petrochuk, co-founder and CTO of WellSaid Labs. Michael Petrochuk.

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We asked 24 startups in the new Techstars Seattle class about how AI is impacting their business

GeekWire

The companies represent industries including healthcare, finance, culinary, advertising, robotics, and more. GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) AdsGency The pitch: A no-code platform to automate advertising workflows from ideation and content generation to performance monitoring and optimization. Others have AI embedded within the products.

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

Vox

Chanin Kelly-Rae was a manager of diversity for a division of Amazon Web Services in 2019. Recode reviewed some of this data for the Amazon Web Services division of the company, and it shows large disparities in performance review ratings between Black and white employees. “We Meron Menghistab for Vox. Isaac Brekken/AP.