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Tech Moves: Former Rover CTO joins moving startup Dolly; Egencia’s CFO to depart; and more

GeekWire

A longtime engineering leader at Rover, he left the pet care startup last year and served as VP of engineering at virtual healthcare startup 98point6 for less than a year. Regi Vengalil , the CFO at Expedia Group’s corporate travel business unit Egencia, will be departing in May to join pay-per-mile auto insurer Metromile as CFO.

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Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

GeekWire

The half-day program runs for four weeks in the summer and is virtual so that it can reach a larger geographical area, including rural areas of Washington state. To accomplish this, the organization guarantees rent payment and promises $5,000 in damage insurance for two years.

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Tackling the climate crisis: 3 optimistic takeaways from climate tech experts at the GeekWire Summit

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So when it is developing clean transit improvements, for example, the utility is looking to more diverse neighborhoods for projects. Some advocates for action worry that carbon-removal tech will give fossil fuel companies license to keep churning out CO2 rather than cutting new emissions. degrees Celsius.

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CIOs Struggle To Find The Machine Learning Employees That They Need

The Accidental Successful CIO

People with the CIO job at banks, insurers and other financial companies say efforts to expand their use of artificial intelligence are being hampered by a scarcity of both data and employees with the skills that are needed. companies in all industries posted 115,100 job ads for software engineers, a category that includes AI developers.

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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

GeekWire

In his new role, Chin will be responsible for Axon’s virtual reality and augmented reality training platforms. New Athira execs Mark Worthington, general counsel, and Rachel Lenington, chief technology officer and head of product development strategy. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Athira Photos). The Bothell, Wash.-based

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GeekWire Summit: Telehealth experts say COVID-19 created an opportunity to reimagine healthcare

GeekWire

The pandemic helped raise awareness and demand for the remote delivery of healthcare, but even more important, said the panelists, was the pressure it put on government regulations and the insurance industry to support telehealth. It responded by creating a virtual doorman or bouncer to screen patients.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIO Business Intelligence

The main constituency: Any developer who will happily trade a bit of precision for a big savings in electricity. Reliable computing Trustworthy systems have always been the goal for developers but lately some high-profile events are convincing some IT managers that better architectures and practices are necessary.

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