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Apple hires Tesla’s former Autopilot software director

The Verge

Apple hasn’t been all that vocal about its electric car project, but according to Bloomberg , the iPhone maker is hiring Tesla’s Autopilot software engineer to work on its EVs. We do know, however, that Apple has been hiring EV experts from other companies — especially Tesla. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

GeekWire

Armesmith was leaving one of the world’s best-known manufacturing companies, Rolls-Royce, where she was head of programs for aviation futures. million, five-year contract from NASA to demonstrate electric propulsion technologies for aircraft, and has branched out to build hydrogen fuel cells as well as electric motors.

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Amazon vet Dorothy Li joins trucking startup Convoy as CTO, says company is at ‘inflection point’

GeekWire

Last August the company hired former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom as president and COO. Goodale was previously CTO; he will transition to a new role overseeing the company’s carrier marketplace. .” ” Convoy employs around 1,000 people and plans to hire throughout the year. He is based in Seattle.

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Tech Moves: Flexe CTO departs; Impinj names chief innovation officer; and more

GeekWire

Prior to Flexe, Glick spent almost two decades at Amazon and was VP of Amazon’s transportation and fulfillment technologies. Seattle real estate startup FlyHomes , which helps people buy homes using a cash offer program, hired Andrea Collins as chief marketing officer and Dan Richards as executive vice president of mortgage.

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Can ride-sharing technology change local transit? Seattle-area county testing app-based bus system

GeekWire

In a project announced Wednesday, The Routing Company is launching a pilot program to change a portion of Bainbridge Island’s bus system to an app-based, on-demand ride-sharing service that will allow people to call the bus right to their front door and get delivered directly to their destination. . Use the Toyota Prius as an example.

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

GeekWire

Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. Ali previously served as EA’s vice president of engineering for player and developer experiences, departing the gaming company in 2019 to focus on Freightweb full-time. Founded in 2015, Convoy’s last valuation was $2.7

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CIO Carissa Rollins reimagines Illumina IT for business impact

CIO Business Intelligence

Seemingly since the beginning of time, CIOs have been working to change their IT organizations from “order takers” into “business partners.” They start to ask why we are spending so much on transportation management and so little on customer self-service, for example. The CTO role has many different definitions in the market.

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