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Tech Moves: Flying Fish adds principal; Tanium names new CEO; and more

GeekWire

Streetman most recently served as CEO of Allvue Systems, an investment management software development company. He was previously CEO of Tibco Software, a business unit of Cloud Software Group and was an executive at BMC Software, Salesforce, C3.ai ai and Allworth Financial. He also served in Iraq as a U.S.

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Big tech’s billions for climate: Here’s where Amazon and Microsoft are making their carbon bets

GeekWire

They have backed a range of companies trying to strip carbon out of energy, industrial processes, and the environment. That includes carbon removal ventures such as Climeworks and Heirloom that pull carbon dioxide out of the air, as well as software startups working in carbon accounting and tracking carbon offsets.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

GeekWire

It was one of the first software startups in Austin and the U.S., Icertis background: The Seattle-area startup creates software for contract management. ” Syndio background : Its software helps businesses eliminate gaps in pay disparity. How have you applied that experience to what you do at your company today? “I

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I want to fly to Hawaii, but I don’t want to wreck the planet. With carbon offsets, can I do both?

GeekWire

When it comes to removing carbon there are two approaches: natural solutions such as planting and protecting forests and farming practices that trap carbon in the soil, and industrial solutions including technology that captures carbon from the air for permanent storage. But an overall greening of the airline industry is long, long ways off.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

” The event, which was captured on video and also reported in Wired magazine, sent a message to the automotive industry. But I think we also need to understand that the transportation industry, especially the aviation industry, is world class in setting up their systems for redundancy for security. I'm Robert Vamosi.

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

CIO Business Intelligence

Behaviors to exclude me would happen in corporate [workplaces] and even in nonprofits where I volunteered, and I wasn’t prepared for them coming.” After closing his software company during the pandemic, Beasley turned toward the nonprofit space, working with several organizations, serving on the board of directors.

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How Tom Alberg bet on Seattle and Amazon, shaping the region’s tech industry and building a legacy of understated influence

GeekWire

” He sent a copy of Bezos’ business plan to his son, John Alberg , who was recently out of college and working as a software engineer on the East Coast. In 2009, he and his second wife, Judi Beck, turned the Oxbow Farm into a nonprofit that hosts school kids and grows sustainable crops and native plants. He was impressed.

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