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Sana Biotechnology cuts the ribbon at new manufacturing facility near Seattle

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Sana Biotechnology CEO Steve Harr cuts the ribbon at the company’s new manufacturing facility in Bothell, Wash., Suzan DelBene, Bothell Mayor Mason Thompson, and Sana CTO Snehal Patel also participated in the ceremony. The Bothell facility will house Sana’s proprietary cancer drug program. Washington state Rep.

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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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Other key personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech industry: — Adaptive Biotechnologies named Kyle Piskel as its new chief financial officer. Adaptive previously hired Goldman Sachs to explore “strategic alternatives” for the businesses. Its stock is up 8% this year. Sarah Studer.

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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet named CEO at Vouched; Sana hires chief scientific officer

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He was previously executive vice president of engineering and CTO at tax software giant Avalara, and also led teams at Microsoft and Concur. Sana Photo) — Dhaval Patel joined Sana Biotechnology as executive vice president and chief scientific officer. Horadan spent the past two years at The Sage Group, which acquired Lockstep in 2022.

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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

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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. Nautilus Biotechnology Photo). Amazon Photo).

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s new executive VP; Puppet preps for IPO; Vacasa adds tech vets to board

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based vacation rental platform Vacasa added two new independent directors to its board : former HomeAdvisor CEO Chris Terrill , and Adaptive Biotechnologies CFO Chad Cohen. New York City early-stage investment firm 2048 Ventures has hired Seattle-based Minda Brusse as a venture partner. (Vacasa Photos). Portland, Ore.-based

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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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Of the 15 companies on the list, nine of the companies employ CEOs who spent time at the software giant, many in high-level executive roles. That list dropped by three last year when Remitly and Sana Biotechnology completed their initial public offerings and Auth0 sold to Okta for $6.5 Industry : Sales contract management software.

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

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It pulls information on potential hires from sites such as LinkedIn and GitHub; from research papers and patents; and other public domains. The platform has built-in diversity filters to help reduce unconscious bias; an automated messaging tool; and a search engine that understands past hiring patterns and needs based on job descriptions. .

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