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Tech Moves: Unbounce names new CEO; Azure VP joins VMware; and more

GeekWire

She was most recently the company’s president and previously chief revenue officer. The company raised approximately $38 million last year in a round led by private equity firm Crest Rock Partners. Flying Fish Managing Partner Heather Redman joined the board of PPL Corporation, an energy company based in Allentown, Pa. .

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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

GeekWire

Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. The company’s marketplace lets retailers purchase warehousing space on an on-demand basis, avoiding long-term warehouse leases. Longtime Microsoft executive Gavriella Schuster joined the board of cybersecurity company Open Systems.

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Tech Moves: Hiya adds startup vets; Bellevue College taps former governor as interim president; and more

GeekWire

Nye served as outside counsel for Microsoft and as founder and principal of Madrona Law Group, providing legal support to Amazon and Paramount Pictures. Novak most recently was VP of product marketing at Bellevue, Wash.-based He previously held marketing and product leadership roles at Microsoft, Mercury and Accenture. —

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

With more and more companies undertaking the journey of digital transformation, the role of the CIO has become critical. He joins the Indian beverage company after a 17-year stint at Wockhardt where he was associate vice president of information technology head. He will also plan and implement the company’s IT and digital strategy.

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Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial

The Verge

Since these figures were deposed before the trial, court documents have already revealed a few interesting details about the companies’ businesses — and we’ll probably see more as they take the stand. Epic and Apple are also preparing to call on outside parties with a stake in the app and gaming world. Third-party witnesses.

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Tech Moves: Airbnb HR leader joins Convoy; OutSystems hires Microsoft vets; Highspot’s new chief scientist; and more

GeekWire

Digital freight startup Convoy announced Sunita Solao , previously an HR leader at Airbnb, as vice president of people and a new member of the company’s executive team. The five-year old company, one of a handful of privately-held companies in the Seattle region valued at more than $1 billion, now has more than 1,000 employees.

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Tech Moves: OfferUp adds diversity chief; Convoy engineering VP departs; ex-Twitter VP joins Kraken

GeekWire

Mobile marketplace OfferUp announced Melinda Starbird as the company’s first chief people and diversity officer. Starbird previously was VP of people and employee experience at Auth0 and held senior recruiting and HR roles at Avanade, Whitepages and Hiya. He spent almost a decade at Isilon Systems as director of engineering.