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

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In his most recent role, McCay focused on multi-cloud strategy at a private firm that worked with various U.S. Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering. He previously worked as VP of platform engineering at Paris-based carpooling platform BlaBlaCar and was an engineer at Chef Software. Portland, Ore.-based

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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

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. — Kim Swift has been named the senior director of cloud gaming for Xbox Game Studios Publishing. In her new role at Xbox, Swift will work on innovation and collaborating with independent studios to build games for the cloud, according to an announcement Monday. Microsoft is investing heavily in cloud-related gaming efforts.

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Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

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. — Uber board member and former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns joined the advisory board of contract management startup Icertis. billion and sells its contract management software in 90 countries. billion and sells its contract management software in 90 countries. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., Icertis is valued at $2.8

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

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A longtime veteran of Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Valdez joined the company as a senior manager of business development in 2005. Another longtime Amazon exec, Dorothy Li , took a job at Seattle startup Convoy as its new CTO. Seattle cloud services provider Skytap announced Chris Min as its new CFO. Read the story.

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CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

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Never pass up the opportunity to have a conversation with someone, regardless of their level or area of expertise,” suggests Kevin Miller, CTO of IFS North America. “If Open and free-to-register events scheduled by public cloud providers and other technology companies. Without these, no CIO or CEO could succeed or even survive.”

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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. Lockstep , a Seattle accounting software startup, has emerged from stealth mode. Goldsmith was most recently CTO at identity verification provider Onfido. Amazon Photo).

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Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

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Keiser was most recently COO of CRM software company Zendesk. Founded by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, Intellectual Ventures is one of the world’s largest patent holders. Seattle hybrid cloud storage startup Qumulo appointed Adriana Gil Miner as its chief marketing officer. contract management startup Icertis.