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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

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Amazon hired Anne Toth as director of Alexa Trust, a team focused on the privacy, security, accessibility, ethics and biases of Amazon’s voice platform. The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara. Nautilus Biotechnology Photo). Amazon Photo).

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s new executive VP; Puppet preps for IPO; Vacasa adds tech vets to board

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based vacation rental platform Vacasa added two new independent directors to its board : former HomeAdvisor CEO Chris Terrill , and Adaptive Biotechnologies CFO Chad Cohen. Day previously held leadership roles at CSAA Insurance, MTV Networks, Disney, and Deloitte. (Vacasa Photos). Portland, Ore.-based Puppet raised $40 million in July.

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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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