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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

GeekWire

Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. The advisory council currently has 14 members including Microsoft Tech for Social Impact CTO Erik Arnold ; Vulcan CEO Bill Hilf; and King County CIO Tanya Hannah.

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Tech Moves: Former Amazon VP Brad Porter joins Scale AI as CTO; UW names new Communication Leadership director; and more

GeekWire

Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. “I’m joining Alex Wang and the team at Scale as CTO to help bring this vision to reality.” “In many ways, this is the unsexy part of AI,” Porter writes. Scale AI Photo). Scale AI Photo).

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

GeekWire

He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute. This is a unique and challenging time for our community and our college. Banfield’s co-founder is Bruce Roberts , who is CTO of the new startup. Simplata co-founders Steve Banfield and Bruce Roberts. LinkedIn Photos). Vancouver, B.C.

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The Boogaloo movement has successfully hijacked social networks to spread

The Verge

And in Las Vegas, three men were indicted “for allegedly conspiring to destroy government and private property during protests in that city on May 30, and for allegedly possessing Molotov cocktails,” the Wall Street Journal reported. Bender / The Wall Street Journal ). Jeff Horwitz / The Wall Street Journal ). Industry. ?

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