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Tech Moves: Graham & Walker exec joins Seattle Storm; Union Bay founder lands new role

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“I’ve been dreaming of bringing my passion for sports, business, and women together in my career, and now it’s a reality,” she wrote in a LinkedIn post. Benn Bollay is now CTO at B2B software startup ReachSuite. based cannabis financial technology company POSaBIT promoted Chris Baker to COO.

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Food festival Bite of Seattle returns after 3-year hiatus, thanks to a local tech startup

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Seattle startup CHEQ , which sells point-of-sale systems and mobile ordering software for stadiums and restaurants, acquired intellectual property and location contracts with the city from Bite of Seattle after it went into receivership, said CHEQ CEO Thomas Lapham. The company is now the owner and operator of the festival.

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GeekWire news round-up: Pulumi and Muir raise cash; LinkedIn’s new AI tools; ‘Uncommon Thinkers’

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From left: Pulumi CTO Luke Hoban; CEO Joe Duffy; co-founder and chairman Eric Rudder; and Madrona Managing Director S. Startup wins contract to inspect space debris: NASA awarded Tukwila, Wash.-based CBS Sports ) A new fiction movie based on the OceanGate submersible tragedy is in the works. Soma” Somasegar.

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From CIO to CEO: IT leaders rise to the top

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Ross Meyercord never set out to make the leap from technology leader to CEO, but a set of intentional and opportunistic career choices delivered the breadth of business experience and leadership skills required to land the job. Neal Sample A transferable skill set Meyercord would certainly make that case.

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CIOs grapple with the ethics of implementing AI

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What they are finding is that the line between advancing technologically and ensuring AI doesn’t result in detrimental outcomes is thin. Based on protections that have been provided by software vendors today we still feel data is contained within our own environment, and there’s been no evidence of data being lost externally,” he says.

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IT leaders get creative to fill data science gaps

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It’s a team sport, for sure.”. These workers are not only familiar and comfortable with technology, but they have a basic level of data literacy. Gary Jeter, executive vice president and CTO, TruStone Financial Credit Union. Meanwhile Jeter plans to use vendors and consultants to help with TruStone’s data science work.

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7 traits of indispensable IT leaders

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Humility is non-negotiable,” says Jon Waldon, CTO of robotic process automation software developer Blue Prism. “A CIOs today have a seat at the table because business and technology strategy are forever entwined,” says Jay Upchurch, CIO at analytics software developer SAS. IT leaders must now be team players.

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