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Tech Moves: Life Science Washington names new CEO; AWS exec departs; Vizio CTO retires

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services vice president Raju Gulabani departed last month, as reported by The Information. Vizio CTO Bill Baxter retired at the end of 2021 after seven years with the consumer electronics company. Madrona Venture Group hired Amazon Web Services veteran Jon Turow as an investing partner.

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Tech Moves: Qualtrics exec moves to Google; NHL Seattle expands team; former Amazon exec named Bluecrew CEO; and more

GeekWire

Wood is co-founder and currently a partner at consultancy AirNote. He was a longtime member and former chairman of the Washington Technology Industry Association’s board of directors. Qumulo also recently hired Barry Russell as SVP and general manger of cloud and Michael Cornwell as chief technology officer.

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Will FirstNet become the next Healthcare.gov?

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

Three years later, FirstNet has less than 100 full-time employees, does not have a permanent executive director and – odd for a technology company – does not have a permanent chief technology officer. And, of course, there could be protests after the contract award is announced, lengthening these times.