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Tech Moves: Allen Institute hires COO; DexCare adds CTO; and more

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The Allen Institute, a Seattle-based nonprofit research institution founded by the late Paul Allen, appointed a new CEO and president, Rui Costa , last December. Other key personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech industry: Rick Pittenger is now chief technology officer of Seattle health tech startup DexCare.

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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5 F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer.

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

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— David Glick left his position as chief technology officer of on-demand warehousing startup Flexe. Prior to Flexe, Glick spent almost two decades at Amazon and was VP of Amazon’s transportation and fulfillment technologies. David Glick. Flexe Photo).

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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

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Alfonso and Greg are proven leaders with global experience and deep travel partner relationships across the industry,” Ariane Gorin, incoming Expedia CEO, said in a statement. Leblond previously spent 25 years at Microsoft leading various engineering teams working on Windows, Office, and other products.

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Nonprofits accept cryptocurrency as Bitcoin and Ether values spike – is it a fad or the next frontier?

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As the values of Bitcoin and Ether are hovering near record highs, America’s nonprofits are in the peak months of their annual fundraising. 501 Commons, the nonprofit that organizes GivingTuesday and GiveBIG events in Washington, said few nonprofits in the state are directly accepting crypto at this point.

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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).

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Biotech industry leaders share cautious optimism for 2023 amid downturn and layoffs

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” As the pandemic boom times fade for the life sciences industry, Patel is not the only CEO in the Seattle area re-assessing how to run a business. In Washington state, the response to the broader downturn is mixed, according to interviews with CEOs and other industry leaders. Sonoma chief technology officer Heidi Hagen.

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