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Two Amazon senior Black execs will depart in latest leadership shuffle

A pair of top Black leaders at Amazon who helped oversee the company’s e-commerce operations are departing: Alicia Boler-Davis, senior vice president of global customer fulfillment and a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team (S-team) Dave Bozeman, vice president of Amazon Transportation Services Boler-Davis resigned to pursue new opportunities, and Bozeman has taken a new role outside Amazon that will be announced shortly, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed to GeekWire.

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You’re young, you’re ambitious, you love tech.

This Seattle startup aims to simplify investing in single-family rental properties

A husband-and-wife duo and tech veteran are jumping into the crowded space of real estate investing with a startup that aims to simplify identifying and managing single-family rental properties.

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What the rest of us can learn from Bezos’ big mistake … and other lessons in ‘career self-care’

In many ways, Jeff Bezos would seem to have it all.

Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet joins Plenty of Fish; DocuSign CEO steps down; and more

— Christina Kozloff joined Vancouver, B.C.-based dating app company Plenty of Fish as chief marketing officer.

Tech Moves: Longtime Zillow VP Annie Rihn departs after 17 years; AWS VP jumps to Google; Remitly names CFO; UiPath exec joins new VC firm

— Annie Rihn, one of the earliest employees at Zillow Group who led recruiting, has left the Seattle real estate giant.

Seattle startup CEOs on the chances of a recession and what they’re doing to prepare

An economic recession could be on the horizon, and tech startups are feeling the impact.

Amazon names new CEO of Worldwide Stores, 17-year company veteran Doug Herrington

Doug Herrington, a veteran of Amazon’s consumer business, will be promoted to the new role of CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores following the departure of top consumer exec Dave Clark.

Internal memo: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on senior exec departures, ‘s-team’ diversity

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy addressed the news that the company is losing two of its most senior Black executives, including the only Black executive among its senior leadership group, commonly known as the “s-team,” in a message to senior leaders Tuesday night.

With new warehouse robots, Amazon looks to invent its way out of its safety problems

LAS VEGAS — Amazon unveiled a new fleet of robots and automated systems, including the first fully autonomous robot that the company says can operate safely alongside humans on the warehouse floor.

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