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AWS vets lead new startup that aims to connect workers with nonprofits through ‘volunteerism’

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The Field Day team, left to right: co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Jason LaPier, engineer Garrett Sparks, engineer Trevor Smith, marketing and community lead Catalin Wong, and co-founder and CEO Eli Blackman. Employers and nonprofits will be able to share feedback with each other on the experience.

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

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Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. “He will manage our entire technology stack, with combined ownership of product direction and engineering, to turbocharge our ambitious technology roadmap.” Scale AI Photo). Scale AI Photo). Chicago, Ill.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

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UiPath also recently promoted Munil Shaw from senior vice president of engineering to chief technology officer of cloud. — Seattle biomedical research nonprofit Sage Bionetworks appointed Luca Foschini as president.

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

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Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance. He also served in the Obama White House as special assistant to the president and senior director for energy and climate change and as a director at the National Security Council.

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names president; and more

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He was previously SVP of global energy at Tesla and VP of North American customer fulfillment at Amazon. She was most recently a software engineering manager at Facebook and previously an engineer at Microsoft. Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. Lauren Woodman.

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names CEO; and more

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He was previously SVP of global energy at Tesla and VP of North American customer fulfillment at Amazon. She was most recently a software engineering manager at Facebook and previously an engineer at Microsoft. Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. Lauren Woodman.

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SMU Continues To Innovate In Cyber Security Innovation: Launches new institute and innovation gym

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“My business career was built on technology services, so clearly the issue of cyber security is something I take very seriously,” Deason said. The work of the institute will have a far-reaching impact, spanning retail, defense, technology, healthcare, energy, government, finance and transportation – everything that makes our world work.”.

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