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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. Mehta joined PSL in 2018 from ExtraHop Networks, where she was CFO. F5 Networks Photos). — 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.

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Trucking startup Convoy lays off employees for third time in past year, will close Atlanta office

GeekWire

The workforce cuts and real estate footprint reduction are tied to a change in the company’s customer service model, as well as “running a more efficient business overall and speeding our path to profitability,” CEO Dan Lewis wrote on LinkedIn Thursday. The company, ranked No. trucking industry.

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Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $15M

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The founders: BrainSpace CTO Stephen Morse is a mechanical engineer who has worked for a variety of companies, including global electrical and manufacturing company Flex. The device provides an electrical stimulus via pads on the skin to increase muscle contraction and blood flow.

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Convoy inks 123,000 square-foot lease in downtown Seattle and reveals return-to-office plan

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The company, backed by the likes of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff and others, operates a digital freight network that matches shippers with truck drivers. The real estate giant is implementing a new distributed workforce model as a result of the pandemic. The third floor is being subleased from hiring company Indeed.

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CIOs take aim at Silicon Valley talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Healthcare seemed like a better place to put his expertise to use “than the slightly ephemeral stuff I was working on at Microsoft,” says Jones, who spent a decade at Microsoft prior to his time at Meta. At the same time, he says the level of interest in working in more traditional companies is “much more than I’ve seen in previous years.”

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s new executive VP; Puppet preps for IPO; Vacasa adds tech vets to board

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Day previously held leadership roles at CSAA Insurance, MTV Networks, Disney, and Deloitte. New York City early-stage investment firm 2048 Ventures has hired Seattle-based Minda Brusse as a venture partner. Human resources technology company Limeade hired Padmashree Koneti as VP of product and Julie Nyberg as VP of people.

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Decentralizing Agendas and Decisions

Phil Windley

Last month was the first in-person CTO Breakfast since early 2020. CTO Breakfast is a monthly gathering of technologists in the Provo-Salt Lake City area that I've convened for almost 20 years. Like IIW, CTO Breakfast has no pre-planned agenda. We have just two rules: (1) no politics and (2) one conversation at a time.