GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Toth was previously VP of people and policy at Slack and head of privacy and policy for Google social products including Google+. She founded Privacyworks, which focused on incorporating privacy processes into early stage technology products, and also held privacy and policy leadership roles at Yahoo for more than a decade starting in 1998.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Eidelson’s focus isn’t on creating a social networking group, but he was glad for the chance to meet in person with like-minded people. Almost two years ago he made the jump from software engineer for companies including Deloitte Digital and Slalom Build to the nonprofit Climate Neutral, which certifies climate neutral brands.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

The surprise removal of the OpenAI CEO on Friday is the buzz of the tech industry — raising questions about the company’s role in the AI revolution, the ambitions of Altman and his team, the impact of his exit on the rest of the tech industry, OpenAI’s complex corporate structure, and its unusual partnership with Microsoft.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Driving tangible results to an organization, company or industry by empowering new capabilities that generate top-line growth and/or increased competitive advantage, or improving operational efficiencies that result in quantifiable bottom-line savings. SOCIAL IMPACT. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. SECURITY & COMPLIANCE.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Kizilbash is a recent hire at the Seattle-based company, joining in June as vice president of corporate development. The company acquired two international cosmetic resource platforms earlier this year. based social media management platform Hootsuite announced Tiziana Figliolia as its new CFO. (RealSelf Photo). Vancouver, B.C.-based

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. Bacos will be responsible for the company’s digital execution and strategy. (Frontdoor Photo). Memphis, Tenn.-based Emily Parkhurst.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The Philadelphia company also hired Tim Collins as SVP of operations and Sharad Sundaresan as SVP of product and growth, both based in the Seattle region, earlier this year. The company’s latest valuation was $15 billion. The company’s latest valuation was $15 billion. Vinayak Hegde. Wheels Up Photo). Lauren Woodman.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Transparent Path is on a mission to help reduce food waste and fuel hunger relief efforts with supply chain technology that provides visibility for perishable products. The Seattle company uses Intel technology and IoT sensors to deliver real-time data on conditions such as temperature, humidity, and location.

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GeekWire

MAY 18, 2020

The novel coronavirus has brought with it fears of infection, massive job losses, the challenges of teaching kids at home, social isolation, and the list goes on. Atkins is the CEO and co-founder of a company that’s hoping to help. Mental health tech startup Lyssn is launching its telehealth platform this week. Lyssn Image).

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The Philadelphia company also hired Tim Collins as SVP of operations and Sharad Sundaresan as SVP of product and growth, both based in the Seattle region, earlier this year. The company’s latest valuation was $15 billion. The company’s latest valuation was $15 billion. Vinayak Hegde. Wheels Up Photo). Lauren Woodman.

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GeekWire

JUNE 9, 2021

As vice president of interview delivery, she will focus on improving Karat’s interviewing process to help companies stay ahead on hiring engineers. The company raised $28 million in 2019. GameStop added two former Amazon executives as CEO and CFO, the company announced Wednesday. . Rachael Granby (Karat Photo).

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GeekWire

MAY 29, 2020

He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute. Former ReachNow CEO Steve Banfield announced his next venture as CEO and co-founder of Simplata Technologies , a new Madrona Venture Labs spinout that aims to protect sensitive company data in cloud apps. Maggie Scholtz. First Mode Photo).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2021

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. We are privileged to be in tech in Seattle.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

Zillow Group co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff joined the board of Palantir Technologies, a big data company backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. Rascoff, who stepped down as CEO of Zillow in early 2019, resigned from the Seattle-based real estate company’s board in April. The company is currently ranked No.

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Vox

MARCH 15, 2023

ChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, On Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. Here are a few things you need to know about the latest version of the buzziest new technology in the market.

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CTOvision

MARCH 7, 2014

Serving in a variety of executive positions, including as chairman of the board and CEO, Deason took the company public in 1994 and sold it to Xerox for $6.4 The institute also will incorporate elements from law, business and the social sciences to promote development of an educated citizenry in the issues of cyber security.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2022

And yet, conversations with South African female founders of technology companies reveal that the business world is still not wired to support them. For example, venture capital (VC) funding for female-founded companies fell dramatically in 2020 across the world, according to Crunchbase. Aisha Pandor. “I

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The couple struggled to navigate a fragmented industry filled with small nonprofits. The three-person company is based on Bainbridge Island, west of Seattle, and is participating in the current cohort of Techstars Seattle. Justin Friberg, PairTree chief technology officer and co-founder. PairTree Photo).

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

“Behaviors to exclude me would happen in corporate [workplaces] and even in nonprofits where I volunteered, and I wasn’t prepared for them coming.” So, I started my own tech company,” Beasley says. Soon after founding Netwatch Solutions as CTO, Beasley realized he would face even more barriers when acquiring funding.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blaise Judja-Sato , founder of Seattle-based global health nonprofit VillageReach. Tech companies around the country continue to recruit executives from Amazon: Rene Villegas , the former head of marketing for Amazon Subscription Boxes, is now chief marketing officer at Boston-based wireless broadband provider Starry.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Companies across the tech industry undertook similar initiatives following the high-profile police killings of unarmed Black people this summer. The company, based in Seattle and Scottsdale, Ariz., develops technologies for police, such as Tasers and body cameras, intended to reduce violence and use of force.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

It’s the metaverse — defined most simply as a virtual world where people can socialize, work, and play — and Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes it is the future of the internet and of his trillion-dollar company. This won’t be the job of any one company alone. The company is betting a lot on this concept succeeding.

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

As builders of software that helps companies track and hit their goals, Seattle startup Ally can check off a big achievement after winning Startup of the Year. In 2007, he co-founded Chronus , a company that built digital tools for employee development programs. See this post for more background on this category. Winner: Skilljar.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

Steve Grobman, CTO with Intel’s security group had this to say: CNBC: Yeah, so I think that nothing is ever impossible. CBS: A computer security researcher was kept off a plane for suggesting on social media that he could hack into the planes control system. In fact, at the time, the were mixed signals as a result of the report.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

Find out what Daniel looks for and how he does digital forensics using social media and other open source resources. While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. You find clues.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2021

The message might have drawn racist comments on Twitter or Facebook, but this was the world’s biggest professional social network — one where people had to use their real names and list their employer. What was the worst they would say? I would not be surprised if AAPI isn’t [Chinese Communist Party] backed.” Martin in The New York Times.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

Also of note is where Boogaloo adherents are organizing themselves: social networks, most notably Facebook. Riley writes (emphasis hers): Researchers at the global nonprofit group Avaaz found nearly two dozen Facebook pages affiliated with the “boogaloo” movement, a generally anti-government and anti-law enforcement ideology.

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