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JANUARY 13, 2022

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 Helion co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Chris Pihl (left) with founder and CEO David Kirtley at their facility in Redmond, Wash. Valuation : $3.96 billion (as of Sept.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

based vacation rental platform Vacasa added two new independent directors to its board : former HomeAdvisor CEO Chris Terrill , and Adaptive Biotechnologies CFO Chad Cohen. Human resources technology company Limeade hired Padmashree Koneti as VP of product and Julie Nyberg as VP of people. (Vacasa Photos). Portland, Ore.-based

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Helping people in all stages Now, Pultz is the chief technology officer at Mopac, another company born from the IPD and UW ingenuity. She was on the forefront of the biotechnology future. KumaMax is currently in phase two of clinical trials, meaning it’s one step closer to making gluten intolerance less intolerable.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 27, 2024

He was previously executive vice president of engineering and CTO at tax software giant Avalara, and also led teams at Microsoft and Concur. Other key personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech ecosystem: Dhaval Patel, chief scientific officer at Sana. The company is ranked No.

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

In 2007, he co-founded Chronus , a company that built digital tools for employee development programs. Itucas continues to lead product and operations at the startup, which participated in the 2018 Techstars Seattle accelerator program. Other finalists: Athira Pharma, Blaze Bioscience, Sana Biotechnology, Sound Life Sciences.

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GeekWire

MAY 20, 2021

Stephanie Strong is the founder and CEO of Boulder Care, an app-based addiction treatment program for those suffering from opioid use disorder. Auth0 was co-founded in 2013 by Eugenio Pace , who formerly ran the patterns and practices group at Microsoft, and Matias Woloski , a software engineer who remains the company’s CTO.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Juno veterans went on to start or fill leadership positions at Sana Biotechnology, Lyell Immunopharma, Umoja Biopharma, Shape Therapeutics, GentiBio, Eliem Therapeutics, Genemod, Century Therapeutics, Silverback Therapeutics, Tune Therapeutics, Affini-T Therapeutics, and others. Sana Biotechnology. Photo courtesy of William Canestaro).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

MagniX’s chief technology officer, Riona Armesmith, works on electric propulsion systems like the one in the background at the company’s headquarters in Everett, Wash. Armesmith was leaving one of the world’s best-known manufacturing companies, Rolls-Royce, where she was head of programs for aviation futures.

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GeekWire

MAY 19, 2023

The program serves tech-focused students in 44 high schools spread across multiple districts north of Seattle. Portia Kibble Smith, head of DEI programs and partnerships at Karat, accepts the Geeks Give Back Award at the 2023 GeekWire Awards. Other finalists: Rec Room; Group 14 Technologies; SeekOut; and iSpot.

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