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Tech Moves: UiPath CTO lands at Talkdesk; Elastic hires AWS vet; ex-Redfin leaders join LLM startup

GeekWire

Shah, based in Seattle, was most recently a CTO at UiPath, the robotic process automation software giant. “This is a pivotal moment for Talkdesk as the market for conversational AI and virtual agents is expected to grow rapidly.” Founded in 2011, Talkdesk sells software built for customer service contact centers. .

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Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO

GeekWire

. — Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Qumulo does not have an overall CTO. The startup develops virtual assistants for sales, marketing and customer service teams. Seattle virtual primary care startup 98point6 appointed Fukiko Ogisu as its chief operating officer.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

Migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud is never straightforward, and managing ongoing costs can be equally complicated. Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI. We need hard metrics because we’re running 800 instances of cloud computers.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud.

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Walmart to hire nearly 200 in Seattle as part of expansion of its Global Tech team

GeekWire

Walmart currently has about 160 tech associates in the area and relies on a hybrid work model that is primarily virtual. Walmart is hiring right in the backyard of rival Amazon, which is based in Seattle and last year surpassed Walmart as the largest retail seller outside China. Its total headcount is 2.3

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Tech Moves: Former Ada Developers Academy CEO joins venture studio; Riveter co-CEO steps down; and more

GeekWire

“Ada was at a transitional point given the dramatic contraction in the tech talent market, and I am a builder/growth stage leader,” Sato told GeekWire. He was most recently VP of finance at cloud automation startup SkyKick. Britt Stromberg was hired as CMO at Seattle menopause health startup Gennev. Kirkland, Wash.-based

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Invincea Announces 54 New Enterprise Customers for Its Flagship Enterprise Solution, $8.1M in Advanced Research Contracts for Its Labs Division

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in Advanced Research Contracts For its Labs Division. in new contracts for advanced cybersecurity projects for defense and federal government agencies in the areas of cloud-based advanced malware analysis, spear-phishing attacks against Android, and big data analytics for compromise detection. contract with the U.S.

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