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Former Bungie directors lead new unit within Seattle-area game studio ProbablyMonsters

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announced Tuesday that it’s founded a new internal development team called Hidden Grove. The team at Hidden Grove is headed by general manager Chris Opdahl and design directors Raylene Deck and Grant Mackay. All three are former developers on Bungie’s MMO shooter Destiny 2 who first landed at ProbablyMonsters in 2020.

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Seattle investors back Battlesnake, makers of a growing game that turns coding into competition

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Battlesnake originated in the Pacific Northwest as a developer recruiting event in 2015, and by 2019 the flagship Battlesnake Tournament in Victoria drew 1,200 developers and another 1,000 spectators intrigued by the e-sports-like drama of watching competitors compete with their coded snakes. It’s mostly for fun.”

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Tech Moves: Ex-Tableau sales chief Kelly Breslin Wright joins Gong; Slalom expands board; more

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However, the startup, which was developing technologies to help self-driving cars navigate in poor weather conditions, lost momentum last year. Hoge spent 16 years at Microsoft, most recently as group program manager for the Windows 11 user experience. He is based in the U.K.

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CIOs grapple with the ethics of implementing AI

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Making ethical AI a team sport Plexus Worldwide is one organization using AI to identify fraudulent account creation and transactions, says Alan McIntosh, CIO and CTO of the $500 million global health and wellness company. We continue to iterate and evolve our policy, but it is still in development.

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Tech Moves: Madrona grows investment team; MicroVision, Axon add board members; and more

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Prior to Amazon, Sharma co-founded LifeLemon, a consumer apparel e-commerce startup, led marketing at Flipkart, and was a developer at Oracle. Efron most recently served as VP of marketing for Glytec, a technology solution for insulin management. Reynolds was most recently director of research and development at Mountain View, Calif.-based

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Haystax Technology (@HaystaxTech) Names Advisory Board Members (including @BobGourley and @BobFlores)

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Bettenhausen has overall responsibility for security, public safety and preparedness for the domestic and global operations and facilities of AEG, a leading sports and entertainment presenter. The new advisory board members include: • Matt Bettenhausen, Vice President and Chief Security Officer (CSO) for AEG Worldwide.

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What is change management? A guide to organizational transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

What are the requirements for an effective change management process? OCM programs require several elements to be successful: The right executive sponsor. The OCM sponsor is responsible for developing the case for change and obtaining the necessary OCM resources. Change management is a contact sport.