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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. It’s just a question of choice.”

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After personal experience with cyberstalking, tech founder launches startup battling deepfake content

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But most of the attention on stopping malicious deepfakes is focused on political candidates and issues , Hutchins notes, which while incredibly important, misses the majority of the technology’s victims. The man, a cybersecurity consultant, tried covering his tracks. Her motivation is personal.

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Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

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Two years ago the professors co-founded Banyu Carbon , a Seattle-based startup developing technology for extracting carbon dioxide from the ocean, which in turn lowers the levels in the atmosphere. Department of Energy , Activate Fellows , and Ocean Visions , a nonprofit advising carbon removal efforts. million from investors.

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

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A longtime veteran of Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Valdez joined the company as a senior manager of business development in 2005. Another longtime Amazon exec, Dorothy Li , took a job at Seattle startup Convoy as its new CTO. Cartwright was most recently VP of technology at AMMEX Corporation, a PPE manufacturer.

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Tech Moves: Seattle startups hire new execs; board shuffles at Adaptive and Porch

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based startup Smarsh named Vinay Mehta as its new CTO. He previously worked as CTO and information officer at customer loyalty company cxLoyalty. Sybil Tasker was hired as the chief medical officer at Inventprise, a Seattle-area startup developing a pneumonia shot. Portland, Ore.-based

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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. Shaw previously spent 23 years at Microsoft, most recently as head of engineering, developer services, in the Azure and AI division.

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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

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Kizilbash is a recent hire at the Seattle-based company, joining in June as vice president of corporate development. Ries was most recently general manager of demand generation at contract management startup Icertis. Nderitu has served as a DEI consultant for nonprofits Doctors Without Borders and One Acre Fund.