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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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Other key personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech industry: — Adaptive Biotechnologies named Kyle Piskel as its new chief financial officer. Adaptive previously hired Goldman Sachs to explore “strategic alternatives” for the businesses. Its stock is up 8% this year.

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Seattle startup Atlas Health raises $40M to connect health systems with philanthropic aid for patients

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Atlas Health’s software is built on a proprietary database of more than 20,000 medical financial aid programs. Its Atlas Navigator tool integrates the database with customer clinical and financial systems, and aids in enrollment and reimbursement. Software engineer Bryan Andrade is a co-founder and serves as CTO.

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Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens

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Microsoft and Amazon veteran Dirk Didascalou has been appointed the first CTO of Siemens Digital Industries, a business unit of the German multinational company. Berenstein told GeekWire that Brook Bay Capital will focus on AI/ML, marketplaces and technology for the financial, real estate, retail and travel industries. Mónica Guzmán.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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Ryan Downing, CIO of enterprise business solutions at Principal Financial Group, saw how this challenge impacted his organization. Upskilling takes time, and contracted workers aren’t usually as close to the business as employees. growth rate, which resulted in about 117,000 net new hires.) Last year saw a 1.2%

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

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At Amazon she oversaw the worldwide public sector business, along with sales to the healthcare and financial industries. 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. . Dave Heiner.

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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. The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara. Amazon Photo). Read more about Fabric and its $9.5

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

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Founded by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, Intellectual Ventures is one of the world’s largest patent holders. contract management startup Icertis. Microsoft alum Rahul Auradkar was named chief product officer of New York-based financial technology platform Capitolis. Eric Emans. Lighthouse Photo).