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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

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Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. The company’s marketplace lets retailers purchase warehousing space on an on-demand basis, avoiding long-term warehouse leases. Enterprise software startup Magnify announced Sajo Jacob as its CTO and a co-founder. Lara Rogers.

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Amazon and Microsoft vets raise $10M for computer vision startup used in warehouses

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Dirac worked as a senior principal engineer at Amazon Web Services for more than six years, where he led the AutoML program. He’s also the former CTO and co-founder of high-tech appliance maker Picobrew. Launched in October 2020, the startup was co-founded by Leo Dirac and Avi Geiger.

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Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

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Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. Former Amazon Web Services VP Steven Shure relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area from Seattle to join alternative search engine Neeva as chief business officer. Steve Shure. Neeva Photo). Freightweb Photo).

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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

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Speaking with GeekWire this week, Larson-Green said the time was right for the next phase of her life after helping Qualtrics get to its IPO by working to build key functions and teams including people operations, program management, data science and user experience. “The technology changes all the time. .”

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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. Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. At Microsoft, Smith led support and customer success programs for its commercial cloud business.

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Tech Moves: Seattle AI experts join national task force; Boundless co-founder departs; and more

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Boundless co-founder and CTO Serdar Sutay has left the Seattle immigration startup. Seattle digital remittance startup Remitly hired Robert Kaskel as EVP of people and appointed National Grid CFO Peggy Smyth to its board of directors. Kaskel was most recently the HR director for Amazon’s finance and global business services. .