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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

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After executive stints at Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Nike, Courtney Kissler is now the CTO and senior vice president of technology at Seattle online retailer Zulily. Tech industry vets Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon launched Zulily in 2009 and found success with a daily deals site selling products for moms and kids. Courtney Kissler.

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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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Lighter Capital was co-founded by Andy Sack, Randall Lucas and Erik Benson in 2009. The company now has 25 employees and plans to hire. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. Uber’s Seattle engineering center remains open.

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Ex-Microsoft engineers raise $25M for legal tech startup that uses AI to help lawyers analyze data

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Zhou and his co-founder, CTO Kyle Lam , have been best friends for three decades. They started their first software business, a mobile gaming app, in 2009, and later joined Avalara and Microsoft, where they worked on product and engineering teams for Office 365.

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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices

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Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera Eddie Garcia is chief security architect at Cloudera, a leader in enterprise analytic data management.

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Tech Moves: Apptentive co-founder joins Magnify; Amazon CEO picks new technical advisor

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(Magnify Photo) — Enterprise software startup Magnify hired Mike Saffitz as its new vice president of engineering. Saffitz replaced former Magnify CTO and co-founder Jacob Sajo , who left for personal reasons and currently works as the vice president of engineering at Flexport. He also served as head of engineering at Stripe.

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Seattle area boasts 10 fast-growing unicorns: Can you name the billion dollar startups?

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And while the Seattle area still represents a fraction of the estimated 502 unicorns operating around the globe, Seattle venture capitalist Sheila Gulati isn’t surprised by the recent spurt. GeekWire story from July 2019 : Contract management startup Icertis hits $1B valuation with massive $115M funding round. Founded : 2009.

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

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Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera Eddie Garcia is chief security architect at Cloudera, a leader in enterprise analytic data management.