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Tech Moves: Karat, Common Room, Aduro hire execs; longtime Microsoft cloud leader departs

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Karat Image). — Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews , hired two new executives. billion valuation in October 2021. Common Room, a Seattle startup that aims to help companies deepen relationships with their users and customers, hired Matt Duchesne as vice president of sales.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

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Some of the winners at the 2021 GeekWire Awards during their virtual acceptance speeches on Thursday. But Thursday proved to be an inspiring day, as the 2021 GeekWire Awards returned to honor some of the leading innovators and entrepreneurs who make up the Pacific Northwest tech community. GeekWire video screen grabs).

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

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Even with that attrition, this year’s list has grown to 15, meaning eight new unicorns were minted in 2021. GeekWire story from July 2021 : Amperity is Seattle’s latest unicorn with $100M round to supercharge its customer data platform . billion (as of July 2021). Industry : Sales contract management software.

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‘Convoy Mafia’: Alumni from trucking marketplace company lead new startups in Seattle

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“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. Vice president of operations Victoria Kiss was a demand program manager at Convoy.

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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

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Speaking with GeekWire this week, Larson-Green said the time was right for the next phase of her life after helping Qualtrics get to its IPO by working to build key functions and teams including people operations, program management, data science and user experience. “The technology changes all the time. .”

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. December 2021. February 2022.

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Tech Moves: Superhuman hires CTO; Getty Images founder departs board; Xbox vet joins Unity

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Bee was most recently CTO at Lessen, a property services management startup valued at more than $2 billion last year. “I can’t be more excited to help build such a beloved product that gives people time back every day,” Bee wrote on LinkedIn. Ryan Powell.

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