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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

LinkedIn Photos) — Swiftly , a grocery retail tech startup based in Seattle, welcomed two new hires to its C-suite. The company launched in Seattle in 2015 and was led by Jim Rottsolk , who is now board chairman. He more recently held leadership roles at ConnectWise, Sage and Splunk. Alston is based in Redwood City, Calif.,

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JANUARY 11, 2022

Cummings joined Life Science Washington in 2015 and was previously director of policy and external affairs for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Vizio CTO Bill Baxter retired at the end of 2021 after seven years with the consumer electronics company. as chief of staff, the Seattle fund’s first hire.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Temporal co-founders Samar Abbas, CTO, and Maxim Fateev, CEO. Fateev and his co-founder, CTO Samar Abbas , worked together at Uber and helped build an internal open-source orchestration engine called Cadence. He left in 2013 for Google, then joined Uber in 2015. The company has 15 employees and will hire with the fresh funding.

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APRIL 3, 2024

Piskel joined the Seattle-based biotech company in 2015 and was most recently principal accounting officer. Adaptive previously hired Goldman Sachs to explore “strategic alternatives” for the businesses. ” she wrote on LinkedIn. He replaces Tycho Peterson , who is departing to pursue another opportunity.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Enterprise software startup Magnify announced Sajo Jacob as its CTO and a co-founder. Muppirala was most recently CTO and president of digital innovation at retailer Restoration Hardware, now know as RH. Lara Rogers. Flexe Photo).

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Theo AI co-founders Alex Alben, center, Patrick Ip, right, and CTO Tiago Luchini. A onetime vice president at RealNetworks and Starwave, he served in his state government role from 2015-19, where he was responsible for examining privacy policies across state agencies with an eye toward strengthening protections for personal data.

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GeekWire

JUNE 9, 2021

As vice president of interview delivery, she will focus on improving Karat’s interviewing process to help companies stay ahead on hiring engineers. GameStop hired two other Amazon execs in April, bringing on Chief Growth Officer Elliott Wilke and COO Jenna Owners. Rachael Granby (Karat Photo). The company raised $28 million in 2019.

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2024

(LinkedIn Photo) Jason Taylor , the former vice president of infrastructure at Meta, joined Microsoft as corporate vice president and deputy CTO for the company’s AI supercomputing efforts. Previously he was CTO at ink2 and founded a gift certificate company called Lucidity in 1999. Benson splits his time between Bellevue, Wash.,

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AUGUST 19, 2024

District Court in Seattle on Monday, alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract and other claims, seeking financial damages for losses incurred due to Albertsons’ alleged actions. Its CTO is Umair Bashir , another former Amazon e-commerce and retail technology executive. Replenium sued Albertsons in U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

On 26 August 2015 the DoD promulgated new rules that apply to any contractor or subcontractor that does business with the DoD. For more on the DoD regulations and to take the survey visit: CTOvision Survey : DoD Contracting and Cybersecurity Regulations. These rules are in immediate effect.

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MAY 24, 2021

Expedia Group has hired top executives from Apple and Verizon Media as the company overhauls its leadership structure and brand after a long period of organizational disarray and declining revenues. The key hires are part of Expedia’s efforts to streamline its operations and boost its revenues. s highest paid CEO in 2015.

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MARCH 13, 2017

In fact, the market for cloud computing solutions grew a staggering 21% in 2015 and promises to continue growing at a similar pace over the next five years. Major cloud infrastructure services like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services have fueled new hiring strategies, with 81% of enterprises adopting DevOps strategies and engineers.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

He briefly was a venture partner at Madrona Venture Group, then returned to Microsoft in 2015, retiring six year later. Casium spun out of the AI2 Incubator and brings artificial intelligence to bear on immigration applications by businesses seeking to hire talented foreign workers and for founders creating startups.

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GeekWire

JUNE 25, 2021

. — Another longtime Amazon exec, Dorothy Li , took a job at Seattle startup Convoy as its new CTO. Gopuff, a Philadelphia on-demand delivery service for convenience store items, hired two new executives in the Seattle region: Tim Collins as SVP of operations. Raise hired Mike Cartwright as vice president of e-commerce.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

On 26 August 2015 the Department of Defense (DoD) published a new rule entitled the "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services (DFARS Case 2013-D018). unless otherwise authorized in writing by the contracting officer. It is not that long.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Founded in 2015, Convoy’s last valuation was $2.7 Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. Ali was previously CTO at Freightweb, a transportation logistics startup that raised $3 million last year. billion in November 2019. Steve Shure. Neeva Photo).

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2023

Former Microsoft and Amazon Alexa engineering leader Sonny Patel was named CTO and CPO of insurance tech startup Socotra. Socotra Photo) — Sonny Patel was hired by San Francisco-based insurance tech startup Socotra as CTO and CPO. Founded in 2015, Socotra sells cloud-based tools for insurance tech companies.

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GeekWire

APRIL 26, 2023

Rad launched in 2007 and began selling e-bikes directly to consumers through online sales in 2015. It grew into the leading e-bike seller in North America and raised $304 million in 2021, part of two separate cash infusions to fuel its capital-intensive business. Rad was valued at $1.65 Rad was valued at $1.65

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GeekWire

JANUARY 27, 2021

He then returned to Microsoft in 2015 to lead corporate strategy and coordinate engineering functions across the company, reporting to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. He was previously CTO at startups High Fidelity and Korrio. He was also a venture partner at Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group. 1, were not shared. Read the story.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

. — Seattle health tech startup Optimize Health has hired Todd Haedrich as CEO. Founded in 2015, Optimize sells an end-to-end monitoring service used by customers including independent practices, hospital systems, and more. million in September 2020 and hired three other new executives in August. It raised $15.6

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Russell joined Zillow in 2015, originally as VP of government relations and public affairs. Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Polyverse hired Curtis Brown as chief product officer. Founded in 2015, Polyverse sells its software to government organizations, defense companies, healthcare companies and financial organizations.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Founded in 2015 and backed by the likes of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Convoy’s software automates transactions between trucking companies and shippers. Goodale transitioned from the CTO role to chief experience officer in 2021. Convoy hired former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom as president and COO in 2020. trucking industry.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

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. Founded : 2015. GeekWire story from July 2019 : Contract management startup Icertis hits $1B valuation with massive $115M funding round.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Cohen was CFO at Zillow Group for more than nine years before joining Seattle-based Adaptive in 2015. New York City early-stage investment firm 2048 Ventures has hired Seattle-based Minda Brusse as a venture partner. Human resources technology company Limeade hired Padmashree Koneti as VP of product and Julie Nyberg as VP of people.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“I attribute the entrepreneurialism of so many alums to the culture and high hiring bar in the early days of the company,” said Ryan Soskin , the 15th employee at Convoy who is now CEO of trucking software platform GoodShip. Former Convoy employees point to several factors that made the company a hub for future entrepreneurs.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It launched as a Technology Alliance project, and became a standalone nonprofit in 2015. Symbl made other recent changes to its leadership, hiring a new CTO and assigning a new chief AI engineer. The organization grew over the years and showed impressive stats in getting graduates placed in jobs.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

million round when it launched in 2015. “We’re going to have very high capital and time concentration,” Bird said. Pienza already plans to hire engineers for its companies out of Chennai, India. PSL raised a $12.5 Bird said he’d be satisfied with just two or three companies that grow into huge businesses.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

billion in 2015. The idea is to provide fraud detection of a person in real-time. Use cases include KYC (know your customer) in banking; employment screening; gig economy hiring; contactless hotel check-in; and more. He founded online jewelry company Blue Nile in 1999; Cavens joined shortly thereafter and was CTO.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Amazon hired Anne Toth as director of Alexa Trust, a team focused on the privacy, security, accessibility, ethics and biases of Amazon’s voice platform. The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara. Amazon Photo). Read more about Fabric and its $9.5

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2023

” Goodale co-founded Convoy in 2015 with fellow Amazon vet Dan Lewis. “I leave for work before my family wakes up, so I’m very protective of what little time I get with them when I get home. My general rule is to automate anything that can be automated and hire or build process around the things that can’t.”

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Paul and I bootstrapped Triple Tree Software, starting from our college basements to hiring an incredible team and working with national clients over the last four years. This time we knew what needed to be done and how much it would cost, so we went the VC route. CTO Paul Burton at the white board. Special Project Image).

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MARCH 24, 2021

NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. He joined PSL in 2015 as chief design officer. F5 Networks hired Microsoft CVP Yvette Smith as SVP of customer success and business transformation and promoted Gail Coury to SVP and chief information security officer. Gilbert is a co-founder of PSL Studio.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

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DECEMBER 15, 2015

A staggering 40% still use paper for filing “important stuff”, and 56% are wedded to signatures on paper for contracts and order forms. The number of companies actively looking at every process for paper elimination has grown from 9% in 2014 to 16% in 2015. Those that have made the move to paper-free have seen the benefits quickly.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Prior to StrikeGraph, Beals was CTO at Seattle startups NextStep , which he also co-founded, and Koru. Originally started as a project of the Technology Alliance, Ada Developers Academy became a standalone nonprofit organization in 2015. Lauren Sato was named CEO in December. Former Tune CEO Peter Hamilton. Tune Photo). Bothell, Wash.-based

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JULY 15, 2020

Founded in 2015, TuSimple currently uses Navistar trucks outfitted with the startup’s own self-driving tech, which sees the world largely through 20 cameras and two LIDAR laser sensors. Last month, TechCrunch reported that TuSimple hired investment bank Morgan Stanley to help it raise an additional $250 million from investors.

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