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Tech Moves: Workday CIO joins Tanium board; Madrona investor departs; City of Seattle hires CTO

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Other key personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech industry: — The City of Seattle announced Thursday it hired Rob Lloyd as its interim CTO and director of the IT department. Diefendorf has been chief operating officer since 2016; he’ll keep that title and also become the company’s new president.

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Tech Moves: Appen lands ex-Upwork CTO; DocuSign hires former Amazon GM

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Appen Photo) — Saty Bahadur is now chief technology officer at Appen, a publicly traded IT services and consulting company that provides training data for artificial intelligence systems. Bahadur was previously chief technology officer at freelancing platform Upwork and a general manager for Alexa at Amazon.

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Tech Moves: Former Amazon VP Brad Porter joins Scale AI as CTO; UW names new Communication Leadership director; and more

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Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. “He will manage our entire technology stack, with combined ownership of product direction and engineering, to turbocharge our ambitious technology roadmap.” Scale AI Photo). Based in Bothell, Wash.,

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Fed Tech Roundup August 20

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The following are some of the hot topics in the federal technology ecosystem (from FedTechTicker.com and TopTechTicker.com ): Fed Tech Ticker. How to Get Ahead of 2016: Ensuring Federal IT Can Adapt to Leadership Transitions - Nextgov. GCN names 2015's top tech solutions - Washington Technology.

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Tech Moves: Docker and Qualtrics leaders join Seattle startup Mason; Beyond adds Zulily director

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From left: Mason CEO Webb Stevens; Mason President Nancy Xiao; Mason founder Jim Gao; and Mason CTO John Timsen. Mason Photo) Mason , a Seattle startup that offers a turney hardware-software platform for companies managing device fleets, hired Webb Stevens as its new CEO and John Thimsen as its new CTO.

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Tech News Roundup April 20

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The following are some of the hot topics we are tracking in the technology ecosystem: Technology Ticker. Ondo 2016: Next Governor Must Come From South-Senatorial District – PDP Youths - Leadership Newspapers. Government only as transparent as its technology, advocates say - FCW.com. Who is the Geek of the Year for 2016?

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Tech Moves: Madrona adds three new venture partners; DexCare hires exec; and more

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Seattle healthcare startup DexCare hired Robin Borg as chief people officer. Borg’s hire comes on the heels of DexCare’s $75 million funding round earlier this month. The company was acquired in 2016 by biotech giant AbbVie for $6.2 Shape Therapeutics named Adrian Briggs as CTO.

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