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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

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Expedia Photos) — Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. Bumble, which recently hired new CEO Lidiane Jones, announced several new exec hires, including a new chief product officer, chief people officer, and chief marketing officer. Libby Johnson McKee.

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Washington’s former chief privacy officer raises $2.2M for startup using AI to predict legal cases

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Theo AI co-founders Alex Alben, center, Patrick Ip, right, and CTO Tiago Luchini. CTO Tiago Luchini has been a founder and tech leader across fintech, retail and biotech. Prophia , a startup whose platform scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts. million in pre-seed funding.

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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

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. — After executive stints at Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Nike, Courtney Kissler is now the CTO and senior vice president of technology at Seattle online retailer Zulily. She was VP of Retail Technology for 18 months at Starbucks, and previously spent 14 years at Nordstrom where she held various tech-related leadership positions.

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Walmart to hire nearly 200 in Seattle as part of expansion of its Global Tech team

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Walmart announced a big push Tuesday to expand its Global Tech team by more than 5,000 employees, with nearly 200 of those jobs planned for Seattle, where the retailer established a tech presence last year. (Bigstock Photo). Additionally, Walmart has 14 stores in the Seattle metro area and 66 across Washington state. Its total headcount is 2.3

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Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO

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Qumulo does not have an overall CTO. MTI) hired Craig Parietti as CFO and Tony Woods as VP of human resources. MTI, which provides display technologies for retailers, also promoted Vicki VanValin to VP of global sales and Parbin Chand to VP of production and supply chain. . The 8-year-old company reached a $1.2 Hillsboro, Ore.-based

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CTO Dwayne Allen on delivering transcendent business impact

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Equipped with experiences across a range of industries, a healthy dose of self-awareness, and a passion for learning and people, Allen is redefining the art of the possible as a strategic and innovative CTO. I’ve been in four industries, but while I was at Microsoft, I served several more — healthcare and retail, for example.

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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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