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Tech Moves: Microsoft names lead independent director; startup vet Rebecca Lovell joins Greater Seattle Partners

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(Greater Seattle Partners Photo) — Rebecca Lovell was named chief operating officer of Greater Seattle Partners , a public-private sector initiative that seeks to attract investment, companies and quality jobs in the Seattle area. based agriculture company that he founded in 2010. as chief technology officer. .

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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“I’d be remiss if I didn’t say AI, AI, AI,” which “will probably accelerate faster than anyone can think,” says Chris Nardecchia, chief information and digital officer at Rockwell Automation. The company is embedding AI into each level of the tech stack it sells to customers, he says. “We

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Convoy hires former Expedia CEO as president and COO as digital freight startup tops 1k employees

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Mark Okerstrom is shifting from travel and tourism to trucking, looking to apply his digital commerce expertise to a new marketplace. The former Expedia Group CEO, who left the travel giant in an executive shakeup last year, is joining Convoy as the fast-growing Seattle startup’s new president and chief operating officer.

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Blue Origin sets next space trip for Oct. 12; two fliers named, but not William Shatner

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” The company didn’t disclose how much any of the customers will be paying for their trips — and didn’t address last week’s report by the TMZ celebrity news outlet that the fliers would include Shatner, who played Captain James T. After all, our future of life in space is in their very capable hands.”

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

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This is where Saurabh Mittal, CTO at Mumbai-based Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, wants IT leaders to make a careful distinction. Enterprise technology leaders must differentiate between cost and investment if they want to make the most of their limited budgets.

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Startup survival: How a pandemic pivot helped this photo booth company see a bigger picture

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Even though many people and companies have returned to in-person gatherings, Snapbar isn’t going back. The startup is a tech company now, embracing software and two core products that bring its photo capabilities to people anywhere in the world. The tourism board of France was a customer.” Snapbar CEO Sam Eitzen.

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Radian Aerospace comes out of stealth and raises $27.5M for orbital space plane development

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One of the company’s investors and strategic advisers, former Lockheed Martin executive Doug Greenlaw, said Radian was going after the “Holy Grail” of space access with a fully reusable system that would provide for single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) launches. . Holder was part of the U.S.