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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet joins insurance tech startup; Cyemptive Technologies adds exec

GeekWire

She spent eight years at Microsoft, working her way up from an entry-level product manager to senior program manager lead. Founded in 2015, Socotra sells cloud-based tools for insurance tech companies. Seattle-area cybersecurity company Cyemptive Technologies announced that it appointed Jason Huff as COO.

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Tech Moves: Former Expedia leader joins Peerspace; Flexport adds another Amazon exec

GeekWire

Ramani was previously interim head of product at wellness and fitness services company January AI and senior vice president of product at clothing rental giant Rent the Runway. She also was previously director of product at Seattle mobile software development company Medio and spent nine years at Microsoft as a lead program manager.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

The automotive industry keeps accelerating into the technological switch to electric engines, and all efforts at Volvo Cars point to a clear ambition to be a clear frontrunner. When the company was bought out by Ford in 1999, a couple of big next-gen IT projects were done, and some core systems from there date to the beginning of the 2000s.

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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

GeekWire

The company has expanded its product selection over the past few years, including items from larger national brands. He will lead the startup’s product management and engineering, program management, and UX. The company is one of 10 unicorn startups valued at $1 billion or more based in the Seattle region.

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Blue Origin and Aerojet get in on NASA partnerships for new space technologies

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are among 17 companies that have struck deals with NASA to develop new technologies for space missions. The 20 collaborative projects are part of a program managed by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. will work with Glenn to test the radio frequency thruster for the company’s electric propulsion system.

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

You see all the big tech companies are doing better than ever. It has your podcast on it, your company values, the description of how Argo works, but it doesn’t name your technology. Ford and Volkswagen are obviously gigantic car companies. Did the pandemic change the velocity or direction of self-driving? They make cars.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Tableau sales chief Kelly Breslin Wright joins Gong; Slalom expands board; more

GeekWire

An early employee at Tableau, Wright spent 12 years at the Seattle-based company leading the sales operations. Companies using Gong’s “Revenue Intelligence Platform” include LinkedIn, Zillow and PayPal. The company currently has 600 employees across its Israel, Dublin and San Francisco offices. Diane Lansinger.