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Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

GeekWire

Coatue Management led the latest round, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures and Madrona Venture Group. Rec Room is among of group of community-based social gaming and entertainment apps that rely on user-generated content and have seen huge upticks in growth during the pandemic.

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

CTOvision

Prior to joining EMC, Hittle was a member of the Ultra Electronics ProLogic senior management team, where he served for six years in key leadership positions, including Vice President Technology Applications, CTO, and Group Deputy General Manager. Steve joined Intel as part of the acquisition of Sarvega, Inc. Produced by.

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Microsoft hands IT admins beefed-up Windows release health hub

Computerworld Vertical IT

Microsoft has begun rolling out its Windows release health dashboard to the Microsoft 365 admin portal, a move the company previewed earlier this month at its all-virtual Ignite conference.

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO Business Intelligence

Procurement management: Close out all project procurements. Stakeholder expectations Stakeholders can be any person or group with a vested stake in the success of a project, program, or portfolio, including team members, functional groups, sponsors, vendors, and customers. CAPM: Certified Associate in Project Management.

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Seattle Angel Conference launches new health startup competition to help educate angel investors

GeekWire

Apis Health Angel Conference program manager Elizabeth Cross Nichol. We’re actually playing a little bit of a brokering role with some options and resources that are available,” said Apis program manager Elizabeth Cross Nichol. Pitch day will be virtual, and companies can be located outside of the Seattle region.

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Ensuring Continuity in Learning in the Times of COVID-19

Kitaboo

Though employee safety is the priority at this time, critical workplace learning cannot be put on hold and leaders have to take some effective steps and establish virtual live learning. It is worth noting that many universities and companies had online platforms in place, but they were not utilized much.

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Amazon’s Ring names Xbox and Oculus vet Elizabeth Hamren as new CEO; founder Jamie Siminoff remains chief inventor

GeekWire

She started at Microsoft in 1995 as a group program manager, before working in marketing leadership roles at companies including Jawbone, Plantronics, and Dropcam. Hamren has a civil engineering degree from Princeton and an MBA from Harvard, according to her LinkedIn profile.