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Tech Moves: Starbucks tech leader departs; former T-Mobile exec joins Ossia board; and more

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Starbucks Senior Vice President of Technology Wouleta Ayele has departed the Seattle coffee retailer to join California fast-casual restaurant chain Sweetgreen as CTO. Morgan, who is currently president of private investment firm Camlo Hill Capital, spent almost 15 years at telecommunications giant T-Mobile. (Sweetgreen Photo).

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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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The company now has 25 employees and plans to hire. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. tech giant also recently hired Hanno Basse , the former 20th Century Fox Film CTO, as Microsoft Azure CTO for media and entertainment.

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Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards

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But if they have one thing in common, it’s that they are growing their companies at a time when the broader tech economy is contracting. He served as CTO before stepping into the CEO role in 2014. Impinj went public in 2016. The manufacturer of radio-frequency identification devices and software reported revenue of $76.6

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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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: UW announces director for new DoD program; Microsoft vet joins EQT; and more

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based Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, appointed Holly Vance as its general counsel. Silicon Valley mobile fuel delivery service Booster Fuels appointed Joe Levey as its Pacific Northwest operations director. based mobile marketing startup, and was most recently director of North American account management. Holly Vance.

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Tech Moves: Leafly announces new board ahead of SPAC merger; Amazon vets depart; and more

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A company spokesperson confirmed Grosse’s departure and said the company would not be hiring a CMO in the foreseeable future. He was previously an executive at pharmaceutical and vaccine companies Merck & Co, Inc. She was previously senior director of technology and product at T-Mobile and a consultant at Slalom Consulting.