GeekWire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Ankur Sinha , who spent the past two years as an engineering director at Google, joined remittance company Remitly as its chief technology officer. He also previously spent 12 years at Microsoft in roles including principal software engineering manager and senior director. Remitly went public in September.

CTO 98

CTO Engineering Google Nonprofit 98

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Retrocasual employees, from left: Chief Architect Andrey Konin, CEO Zeeshan Zia, and CTO Quoc-Huy Tran. Retrocasual , a Seattle-area software startup using AI technology to help manufacturers and their employees, announced a $5.3 million investment round. Founded in 2019, the Redmond, Wash.-based

Software 109

Software Software Barcode CTO 109

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

(GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) OpenTug , Seattle-based makers of marine transportation logistics software, has raised $3.1 The fresh cash will be used to further develop OpenTug’s maritime marketplace and software platform and grow its network of shippers and service providers. We’re determined to help the U.S.

Software 107

Software Software Web Services Transportation 107

GeekWire

MAY 8, 2024

Predict.law co-founders, from left: CEO Pat Wilburn, CPO Stan Zaporozhets, and CTO Dave Contreras. Applying AI and machine learning training on precedent case history and the fact patterns associated with those cases, Predict.law uses technology to replace the current process of manually searching for relevant prior cases. .

Fractional CTO 109

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Real Estate 109

GeekWire

JULY 19, 2021

Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch named Christine Weber as its new CTO. Weber was most recently chief information officer and interim chief technology officer at communications company Liberty Latin America. The Seattle startup’s software aims to help make salespeople more efficient. —

CTO 104

CTO Adobe Journal Strategy 104

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

million seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Hetz Ventures to fuel growth of its software that provides data infrastructure capabilities at the “edge.” Expanso’s founding CTO Walid Baruni also worked at Amazon. Seattle startup Expanso raised a $7.5

Open Source 135

Open Source Google Microsoft Data 135

GeekWire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

LinkedIn Photo) — Pacvue , a software startup that helps brands boost e-commerce revenue, hired Microsoft vet Sunava Dutta as senior vice president of product. Dutta previously spent more than 18 years at Microsoft, most recently as a product leader for robotics and emerging technologies within Azure. Sunava Dutta.

Microsoft 100

Microsoft CTO Banking Energy 100

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Gradial execs, from left: Deip Kumar, CTO; Anish Chadalavada, COO; Doug Tallmadge, CEO. Founded last year by former managers at SpaceX and Microsoft, the company’s software allows brands to build websites, campaigns, and other marketing-related experiences by simply typing written sentences.

Microsoft 126

Microsoft Software Software CTO 126

GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2022

. — Mobile marketplace OfferUp hired former Splunk VP of Engineering Melissa Binde as its new CTO. She was also a software developer at Amazon soon after it went public. She oversaw Splunk’s cloud engineering business while CTO at the software giant. He previously spent more than 13 years at Microsoft.

CTO Hire 116

CTO Hire CTO Data Center Data 116

GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

“Lighter is the pioneer and the leader in RBF for software-as-a-service companies.” “One silver lining of COVID is that companies, including Lighter, have realized that geography and working together in an office every day isn’t necessary to serve our customers,” Widner said. Microsoft Photo).

Fractional CTO 92

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Microsoft 92

GeekWire

JANUARY 21, 2021

Fusebit , a new Seattle startup aiming to help developers with software integration capabilities, has raised a $3.3 Founded in 2019 by veterans of Microsoft, Apple, and Auth0, the startup offers flexible APIs to software-as-a-service vendors that make it easier to add integrations as part of their apps. “We Fusebit Photo).

Software 122

Software Software Apple Microsoft 122

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 29, 2024

Such AI partnerships are important for SAP, said Chief Technology Officer Jürgen Müller, pointing to other cooperations, for example with IBM, the chip manufacturer Nvidia and various universities. In addition, SAP is also working closely with Microsoft and Google on AI.

SAP 124

SAP CTO Cloud Applications 124

CTOvision

DECEMBER 5, 2014

On Thursday 11 December 2014, join noted enterprise CTO and publisher of CTOvision Bob Gourley, Cloudera’s Sr. Previously, Webster held positions in sales and services at companies like Microsoft and FAST Search and Transfer and in software development at firms like Time Inc. For more and to register see: [link].

Fractional CTO 299

Fractional CTO Intel CTO Big Data 299

GeekWire

MARCH 4, 2024

FUSE founding partner Kellan Carter (bottom row, fifth from left) recently visited India and stopped at the Chennai offices of Zuper, the Seattle-based software startup. Photo courtesy of Zuper) On a recent trip to India, something caught my attention inside a tech company office. Zuper has offices in both Bellevue and India.

Software 116

Software Software CTO Hire Fractional CTO 116

GeekWire

MARCH 17, 2021

The idea is to reduce the amount of cost and time it takes companies to develop and deploy deep learning software for specific hardware such as phones, cars, health devices, etc. — “using ML to optimize ML,” as OctoML CEO Luis Ceze explains. Traction : OctoML is working with Qualcomm, Microsoft, AMD, Bosch, and many others.

Software 145

Software Software Microsoft Hardware 145

CTOvision

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

On Thursday 11 December 2014, join noted enterprise CTO and publisher of CTOvision Bob Gourley and Cloudera’s Sr. Director of Technology Solutions Webster Mudge in an examination of an architectural exemplar and repeatable design patterns you can use to enhance your use of data. Webster Mudge is Sr.

Fractional CTO 274

Fractional CTO CTO Intel Big Data 274

GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2022

. — Miguel de Icaza , who joined Microsoft after the tech giant acquired Xamarin in 2016, is leaving the company, according to a report from ZDNet. He was co-founder and chief technology officer at Xamarin, a mobile app development platform founded in 2011. Xamarin co-founder and CEO Nat Friedman left in November.

Microsoft 98

Microsoft CTO Open Source Program Management 98

GeekWire

JUNE 10, 2023

The original Microsoft HoloLens, above, and Apple’s new Vision Pro, below. The device, which looks like a pair of high-tech ski goggles, lets users navigate with gestures in a manner very similar to Microsoft’s mixed reality headset, the first version of which was unveiled in 2015 and shipped in 2016.

Apple 137

Apple Microsoft CTO Social 137

GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The world’s largest and most northerly commercial satellite ground station, KSAT’s Svalbard Station in Norway’s Arctic archipelago, will be part of Microsoft’s Azure Orbital network. ” Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit. Microsoft Graphic). KSAT Photo).

Microsoft 145

Microsoft Cloud CTO Data Center 145

GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2024

(LinkedIn Photo) Harshit Shah , a former head of engineering at Amazon Web Services, is now chief technology officer at Boston, Mass-based healthcare software company Kyruus Health. He also previously spent a decade at Microsoft in various managerial roles. It has offices in the Portland, Ore.,

CTO 99

CTO Web Services Healthcare Engineering 99

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The Financial Times reported Wednesday that Microsoft has held talks in recent months to acquire Pinterest. The talks, which are “currently not active,” could have led to Microsoft’s largest acquisition to date, given Pinterest is valued upwards of $51 billion. Microsoft Azure trails AWS and Google Cloud is in third.

Microsoft 144

Microsoft Social Web Services Cloud 144

CTOvision

APRIL 4, 2014

On March 27 th , Microsoft’s Word, Excel, and PowerPoint became available in the App Store for the iPad. Microsoft asserts that the new applications maintain the functionality and familiarity associated with Microsoft Office, “while offering a fantastic touch experience built from the ground up for iPad.”

Microsoft 264

Microsoft CTO Mobile Applications 264

GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2023

. — Graham Sheldon , former corporate vice president of product for Microsoft Teams, is now chief product officer of UiPath, an artificial intelligence and automation company. UiPath is based in New York City and has an office in Bellevue, Wash. Sheldon spent more than 20 years at Microsoft in various roles.

Microsoft 132

Microsoft Fractional CTO CTO Engineering 132

GeekWire

MAY 10, 2023

Helion’s co-founders, left to right: Chris Pihl, chief technology officer; David Kirtley, CEO; and George Votroubek, director of research. Helion Photo) Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion power plant.

Microsoft 145

Microsoft Energy Data Center CTO 145

GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2020

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.” He previously worked at Microsoft, HP and Altair.

CTO 107

CTO CTO Hire Microsoft Programming 107

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

First announced at both Revolution Analytics'' and Microsoft''s blogs, on 23 Jan 2015, the purchase of Revolution Analytics by Microsoft was done in order to help customers "find big data value with advanced statistical analysis.". For more information, please check out both the Microsoft and Revolution Analytics blogs.

Microsoft 150

Microsoft Big Data Software Software 150

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

By Bob Gourley We have been tracking this since Marc Andreessen called the trend out in 2011 (see “ Why Software is Eating the World “) and are especially interested in how the trend will impact the world of the enterprise. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IFTTT. Business Software. Who is next? Seems like education.

Software 264

Software Software CTO Hire Fractional CTO 264

GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

. — Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. She previously held IT roles at Tyler Technologies, Novartis-Alcon Labs and Southwest Airlines. Qumulo does not have an overall CTO. He most recently led Conversica’s Bellingham and Seattle offices as SVP of engineering. .

CTO Hire 106

CTO Hire CTO Cloud Engineering 106

GeekWire

JUNE 8, 2021

YourBase CTO John Ewart (left), and CEO Yves Junquiera. The 3-year-old company sells software that helps developers run tests on their codebase. Founders: YourBase is led by CEO Yves Junqueira and CTO John Ewart. YourBase Photo). Junqueira spent nearly a decade at Google as a site reliability engineering leader.

Engineering 116

Engineering Software Software Google 116

GeekWire

APRIL 5, 2023

Payscore co-founders CTO Stephen Arifin (left) and CEO Mark Fiebig. Payscore sells software that links with an applicant’s bank account to examine their deposit history and generate a report that provides a comprehensive overview of their income. Payscore’s software automates applications for more than 700,000 U.S.

CTO 112

CTO Survey Applications Banking 112

GeekWire

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Chronosphere co-founders Martin Mao (left, CEO) and Rob Skillington (CTO). Founded in 2019 by former Uber and Microsoft engineers, Chronosphere offers “data observability” software that helps companies using cloud-native architecture monitor their data. Chronosphere Photo). Total funding to date is $255 million.

Microsoft 126

Microsoft Open Source CTO Sports 126

CTOvision

MARCH 18, 2019

Microsoft graduated from its rebellious, ’90s, teenage years to become an enterprise leader across some of the hottest computing domains, from software and cloud to analytics and AI. Smart is […].

Microsoft 215

Microsoft Cloud Enterprise Enterprise 215

GeekWire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Temporal co-founders Samar Abbas, CTO, and Maxim Fateev, CEO. Founded a year ago by former Uber engineers who previously worked at Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, Temporal has built an open-source microservices orchestration platform that can replace ad-hoc systems currently used by developers. Temporal Photo).

Engineering 145

Engineering Microsoft CTO Hire Open Source 145

GeekWire

MARCH 11, 2024

He was previously CEO of Synaptics, a hardware and software giant also based in Silicon Valley. Kymeta, which was founded in 2012 with backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates , makes use of an innovative type of technology called metamaterials to build antennas that can be steered by software, without moving parts.

CTO 109

CTO Real Estate Apparel Agile 109

GeekWire

JANUARY 17, 2024

LinkedIn Photo) Fullcast , a software startup that helps companies manage and automate their revenue-generating operations, is changing hands and its headquarters location after an acquisition deal. Ryan Westwood. They are still described as “co-owners.” ” Singh and Balabaskaran previously raised $7.5

CTO 109

CTO Infosys Banking Microsoft 109

GeekWire

JULY 27, 2023

Madrona Venture Group Photo) — James Phillips , a former corporate vice president and president at Microsoft, joined Google Cloud as a vice president. Phillips left Microsoft last year after spending a decade at the Redmond, Wash., Last year, Phillips joined Stripe after leaving Microsoft but departed one month later.

CTO Hire 98

CTO Hire Research Google Microsoft 98

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 17, 2022

The move supports the goal to adopt a standard for all new systems at the bank, whether created by its own tech team or sourced from others, to be built to continuously change using evergreen cloud-native technologies, according to David Walker, Westpac Group chief technology officer. Building a simpler tech environment.

CTO 98

CTO Cloud Banking Web Services 98