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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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Amazon Web Services’ VP of Solution Architecture and Training & Certification Rudy Valdez has departed, according to a report by The Information. Another longtime Amazon exec, Dorothy Li , took a job at Seattle startup Convoy as its new CTO. Read the story. Tim Collins (left) and Sharad Sundaresan. Gopuff Photos).

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Data science drives big decisions at Kohl’s

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We’ve had a homegrown customer data environment for decades,” says Paul Gaffney, CTO and supply chain officer at the $19.4 Like many retailers, Kohl’s also uses publicly available machine learning models on the Google platform and has used Google’s Vertex AI platform. billion American department store chain. The Milwaukee, Wis.-based

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Amazon and Microsoft vets raise $10M for computer vision startup used in warehouses

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Dirac worked as a senior principal engineer at Amazon Web Services for more than six years, where he led the AutoML program. Geiger is a longtime product design and engineering consultant. He’s also the former CTO and co-founder of high-tech appliance maker Picobrew.

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Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

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The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. He previously held engineering leadership roles at Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. Steve Shure. Neeva Photo).

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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

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Rogers spent the past decade at Amazon and was most recently director of business, product and technology for Amazon One , the tech giant’s palm-reading ID system. The company’s marketplace lets retailers purchase warehousing space on an on-demand basis, avoiding long-term warehouse leases. Sajo Jacob. Magnify Photo).

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI. Refactor your applications to take advantage of web services or serverless capabilities, and re-architect your infrastructure to optimize resource usage,” he says. Open and transparent communication with vendors is essential.

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Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

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NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. He joined PSL in 2015 as chief design officer. Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. com CEO Jay Westerdal is a senior venture partner.

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