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Tech Moves: Karat, Common Room, Aduro hire execs; longtime Microsoft cloud leader departs

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Karat Image). — Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews , hired two new executives. Common Room, a Seattle startup that aims to help companies deepen relationships with their users and customers, hired Matt Duchesne as vice president of sales. He also worked at VMware and Avi Networks. .

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Legal-tech startup uses AI to search relevant case history to better predict case outcomes

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Predict.law co-founders, from left: CEO Pat Wilburn, CPO Stan Zaporozhets, and CTO Dave Contreras. Chief technology officer Dave Contreras has worked at IBM, Google and Box, and has been building AI applications for the past six years. The company is targeting an initial product release later this year.

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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. Patel was chief intellectual property officer at TiVo and has held IP roles at Technicolor and IBM. contract management startup Icertis. Seattle-based Lighthouse eDiscovery hired Eric Emans as CFO.

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Top IT exec recuiters weigh in on talent trends today

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Two of the top executive recruiters in the CIO retained search space, Shawn Banerji and Martha Heller, joined me for the first episode of 2024 to share their insights on a range of talent-related issues, including hiring trends, hybrid work questions, and the critical skills companies are looking for at the executive level.

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Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

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NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. F5 Networks hired Microsoft CVP Yvette Smith as SVP of customer success and business transformation and promoted Gail Coury to SVP and chief information security officer. At Microsoft, Smith led support and customer success programs for its commercial cloud business.

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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: Bioengineer joins AI2 incubator; Icosavax adds execs, expands board; and more

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The organization, founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, started expanding its incubator program in 2017 after successfully spinning out two AI companies. Interim Executive Director Shwetak Patel , a UW professor, inventor and entrepreneur, will return to his previous role as GIX faculty lead and CTO. Nate Miller.

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