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Tech Moves: Appen lands ex-Upwork CTO; DocuSign hires former Amazon GM

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Bahadur also worked at Microsoft for a decade years and helped develop the Windows mobile operating system. Gennev Photos) – — Gennev , a virtual healthcare company for women in menopause, hired three new leaders. He also spent ten years at Intel in engineering and management roles. headquarters is in Kirkland, Wash.

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Tech Moves: Seattle startup TomboyX names new CEO; T-Mobile appoints general counsel; and more

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Prior to REI, she held senior marketing roles at Starbucks and T-Mobile. Former FlyHomes VP of Marketing Amy Sellers was hired as chief marketing officer. T-Mobile US appointed Mark Nelson as EVP and general counsel. T-Mobile also announced Broady Hodder as its new corporate secretary. million to date. He will start Oct.

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GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

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Also unique: record breaking investment and M&A activity across the country and in Seattle, as companies take advantage of pandemic-driven trends such as virtual experiences, at-home healthcare, remote education and more. Mobile remittance company Remitly remains one of the top-ranked startups at No. The top 10. The biggest movers.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. Roopesh Pujari has been promoted to CTO at marketing and advertising firm Publicis Groupe India. Gaurav Sharma becomes group CTO of Poonawalla Fincorp. February 2022. January 2022.

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Tech Moves: Zillow exec Racquel Russell joins Bird’s board; new gig for startup vet Rebecca Lovell

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Zillow’s VP of Partner Success Racquel Russell joined the board of micro-mobility company Bird, known for its scooter sharing platform. Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Polyverse hired Curtis Brown as chief product officer. Racquel Russell. Bird Photo). Polyverse Photo). The Bellevue, Wash.-based

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The most successful accelerator cohort ever: How this Techstars Seattle class produced 3 unicorns

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SaaS, pre-seed, or even mobile-first weren’t part of the startup vocabulary. Still, in that year, TechStars Seattle 2011 just had its most remarkable cohort ever, and arguably the most successful accelerator cohort of all time, anywhere in the world, with three startups in that batch becoming unicorns. to the Philippines.

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IT leaders explore footing amid shifting needs and the AI power struggle

CIO Business Intelligence

While some prominent verticals — including financial services, healthcare, and legal — managed to have moderate adoption of generative AI, these were primarily outside their core business cases,” he says. And the fast change is also becoming a challenge for IT leaders when they need to hire skilled staff.

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