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Tech Moves: IMDb taps new CEO; Tagboard adds COO; SingleFile gets CFO; and more

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Willow Photo) — Long-time Microsoft product and program manager Bert Van Hoof is now CEO of Willow Technology. The company launched in Australia in 2017 and uses AI-generated digital twins to provide insights into building management to cut energy costs and carbon impacts. Bert Van Hoof, Willow Technology. Foley, a U.S.

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Seattle vanlife gurus see tech and AI’s potential as a copilot, to boost human connections on road trips

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With all the makings of a buddy road trip adventure, two longtime Seattle friends and tech veterans have teamed up to breathe new life into a popular travel app under the umbrella of a thriving business built around a love for “vanlife.” He explored launching something himself, but the prospect was daunting.

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Radian Aerospace comes out of stealth and raises $27.5M for orbital space plane development

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Air Force’s Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in the 1980s — and went on to become a program manager at Boeing, focusing on reusable space systems. “Over time, we intend to make space travel nearly as simple and convenient as airliner travel,” said Richard Humphrey, Radian’s CEO and co-founder.

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Three options for seeing the solar eclipse, from expensive to iffy to absolutely free

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Here are further details about the three main options: Hit the road Hardcore eclipse fans started making their travel reservations years ago — and whether you’re heading for Austin, Texas, or Rochester, N.Y., ” Just look up Staying put at home is one way to beat the eclipse traffic, and dodge the travel costs as well.

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Plans for high-speed train running from Vancouver, B.C., to Portland gets nearly $50M for next phase

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The hoped-for trains would travel at speeds of up to 250 miles per hour. Then one year ago, the Cascadia route was accepted into the federal Corridor Identification and Development Program managed by the Federal Railroad Administration to take the first step in creating plans for the line.

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A love for sci-fi sparked Megan Brown’s STEM path and led to quantum computing at Microsoft

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” A program manager at Microsoft working on Azure Quantum, Brown calls the job a dream come true. Brown said she’s a big foodie who loves exploring the restaurant scene in Seattle and when she travels. I’m a program manager at Microsoft working on Azure Quantum. Mac, Windows or Linux?

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‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup

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Seeing it onsite is pretty amazing, said Elise Thomas, environmental program manager at Fairbanks International Airport. Leaders from the startup are traveling to San Francisco this month to attend SOCAP, the world’s largest gathering of impact investors, and will participate in multiple trade shows.

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