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GeekWire Awards: How these five Workplace of the Year finalists navigate challenging times

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Workplace of the Year finalists, clockwise from top left: Adaptive Biotechnologies co-founders Harlan and Chad Robins; the Helion team; Impinj offices in Seattle; Treasury4 team; Blink CEO Karen Clark Cole. This year’s finalists are Adaptive Biotechnologies, Blink, Helion, Impinj and Treasury4. Blink Blink CEO Karen Clark Cole.

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GeekWire Awards FAQ: What to know if you’re coming to the big show

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Program schedule : VIP finalist reception at 4:30 p.m. The Awards program — the Oscars of the Northwest tech scene — will begin at 7 p.m., Social : Use #GeekWireAwards when sharing scenes from the festivities to your feeds. Parking: A number of paid surface lots surround the venue and are within a 1-minute walk ( see map ).

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Tech Moves: Life Science Washington CEO to retire; Hootsuite hires new CMO; and more

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expanding the biotechnology industry in North Carolina, and growing cancer research programs in Georgia. Founded in 2008, Hootsuite’s platform is used by companies and individuals to manage their social media. Born in Vancouver, Wash., Her work included developing health policy in Washington D.C.,

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

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Toth was previously VP of people and policy at Slack and head of privacy and policy for Google social products including Google+. Andris Zoltners stepped down from the board of publicly traded Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies after 11 years. . Nautilus Biotechnology Photo). Nick Nelson.

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The push for corporate board diversity is growing. How do Pacific NW tech companies stack up?

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The initiative has support from major Northwest tech companies and provides a free, six-month training program for “board-ready” Black executives. Voluntary programs include OnBoarding Women , a Seattle-based effort started in 2014 to boost the number of women on public boards. Do I wish the change would come faster?”

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GeekWire 200 update: Health tech and B2C startups rise up rankings of top PNW companies

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Last year, there were only two IPOs among GeekWire 200 companies: Adaptive Biotechnologies and Limeade. 57), which chose to turn down its Paycheck Protection Program loan after seeing sales momentum; smart home device maker Wyze Labs (No. Its public offering allowed mobile marketplace platform OfferUp (No. 10) to return to the top 10.

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Tech Moves: Qualtrics hires Microsoft vet; Amazon voice tech leader steps down; Future For Us founders start new roles

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“As a first-time entrepreneur with no prior experience in forming a company, I found it difficult to structure a social impact startup and keep it sustainable,” Quiamno told GeekWire. Adaptive Biotechnologies named Kyle Piskel as its principal accounting officer.