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Tech Moves: Flexe taps new CTO; Talus adds head of biology; Vouched names a sales VP

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(Flexe Photo) — Pirasenna Thiyagarajan joined Seattle warehousing logistics and shipping startup Flexe as its chief technology and product officer. Thiyagarajan in recent years held multiple CTO roles at Bay Area startups. Flexe’s former longtime CTO David Glick left his role in January 2023.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 10, 2024

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. … Read More A proposed capital gains tax in Seattle draws mixed response from tech leaders and city lawmakers Members of the Seattle City Council’s Select Budget Committee on Wednesday debated a newly proposed 2% capital gains tax to support food and housing programs for the city’s low- and middle-income residents.

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Internal email: Expedia Group lays off some tech workers in latest move to reshape its workforce

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(GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Expedia Group informed an unspecified number of workers in its technology organization Thursday that it’s eliminating their positions, the latest in a series of moves by the Seattle-based travel giant to overhaul its workforce.

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Expedia Group cites ‘violation of company policy’ for sudden ouster of two key tech leaders

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(GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Expedia Group abruptly dismissed two of its top engineering leaders due to what the online travel giant called a “violation of company policy.” She was previously a CTO at Verizon Media, and held executive roles at Gap, American Express, eBay, and Yahoo. Murthy joined the company in 2021.

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Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet lands at IonQ; Microsoft principal researcher joins startup

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based forensics technology startup Steg.ai as chief technology officer. based KinectAir, which provides a digital platform for booking on-demand private air travel. Mark Vasconi , director of the Washington State Broadband Office , is retiring at the end of the year. DeGol joined Microsoft in 2018.

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Expedia Group lays off 36 workers as part of broader cuts

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GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group is laying off 36 workers in Washington, according to a new filing with the state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ( WARN ) system. Expedia Group’s campus in Seattle. Expedia reported $2.9

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Context on D-Wave Systems from President and CEO Vern Brownell

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He was also the Chief Technology Officer at Goldman Sachs. Having CTO roots and experience founding and running a very successful firm seemed to have positioned Vern well for leadership at D-Wave. Programming the computer takes skill. It is about the “so what” of the technology.

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