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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s Brad Anderson jumps to Qualtrics in wave of pre-IPO hires; Elena Donio joins Databricks board; Hiya, Esper add startup vets

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A 17-year veteran of the Redmond company, Anderson was most recently a key Microsoft 365 leader, overseeing areas including engineering and deployment of Windows for large businesses, and PC and mobile device security. ” Other executive hires announced by Qualtrics include: • Stephanie Barton as managing director of the EMEA region.

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Seattle area boasts 10 fast-growing unicorns: Can you name the billion dollar startups?

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The majority operate in enterprise software or cloud computing. In fact, GeekWire reported this week on a little-known enterprise software company that just joined the unicorn ranks. GeekWire story from July 2019 : Contract management startup Icertis hits $1B valuation with massive $115M funding round. Sana Biotechnology.

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

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It pulls information on potential hires from sites such as LinkedIn and GitHub; from research papers and patents; and other public domains. The platform has built-in diversity filters to help reduce unconscious bias; an automated messaging tool; and a search engine that understands past hiring patterns and needs based on job descriptions. .

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