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Tech Moves: Seattle startups hire new execs; board shuffles at Adaptive and Porch

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Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation disclosed in a SEC filing that Leslie Trigg is voluntarily resigning from the company’s board. He led key businesses including Amazon’s third-party sales, Prime Video, Amazon Music and Amazon Advertising. Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering.

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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

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An all-electric Robinson 44 helicopte r that’s being developed for use by Lung Biotechnology PBC, a subsidiary of United Therapeutics , to deliver organs for medical transplants. ” Riona Armesmith discusses Rolls-Royce’s role in the E-Fan X project in a 2018 video. By mid-2020, the project was canceled.

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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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He’s also the host of the video interview series, “The Shiproom.” ” Other executive hires announced by Qualtrics include: • Stephanie Barton as managing director of the EMEA region. Former Microsoft Dynamics 365 CTO Sri Srinivasan joined Redwood, Calif.-based She was most recently a VP at VMware.

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

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GeekWire video screen grabs). The event featured a number of celebrity cameos and entertaining moments throughout the show, with video greetings from Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm, Bobby Wagner of the Seattle Seahawks, and “The Office” actor Rainn Wilson. It’s been a tough year for people everywhere.

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2021 Predictions: Why these tech, science and startup leaders are upbeat about the year ahead

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Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; Oren Etzioni, CEO of the Allen Institute for AI; Leslie Alexandre, President and CEO of Life Science Washington; Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma; Peter Lee, CVP of Research and Incubations at Microsoft; Caroline Lewis, partner at Rogue Venture Partners; and Saad Bashir, CTO for City of Seattle.

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