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Tech Moves: Microsoft names lead independent director; startup vet Rebecca Lovell joins Greater Seattle Partners

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(Greater Seattle Partners Photo) — Rebecca Lovell was named chief operating officer of Greater Seattle Partners , a public-private sector initiative that seeks to attract investment, companies and quality jobs in the Seattle area. as chief technology officer. Rea steps down at the end of April.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

This applies to his IT group as well, specifically, in using AI to automate the review of customer contracts, Nardecchia says. This adds additional context to our security layer and allows us to grant access to just what our users need — and no more — when they need it,’’ Vaithylingam says.

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Startup survival: How a pandemic pivot helped this photo booth company see a bigger picture

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The tourism board of France was a customer.” ” The software engineer, Patrick Ellis, is now Snapbar’s CTO. “It is our fastest growing product with our biggest contracts with the biggest companies,” Eitzen said. “Google was using us in Pakistan. “We couldn’t have engineered that.

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