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The Software Association of Oregon is the primary trade organization for the Oregon software industry and today it announced that it has appointed Scott Kveton to be its interim President,

Self-regulatory trade group Network Advertising Initiative announced today that it has appointed Charles Curran to be its new Executive Director and General Counsel.

3D entertainment technologies company 3ality Digital, LLC announced today that it has named Gari Ann Douglass to be its new Chief Operating Officer.

Burlington, Washington IT guy Jason Nelson announced in a recent Twitter update that he is starting a new job today at technology provider Allixo Technologies. He will be the company's

Today the OpenID Foundation, the organization founded to promote, protect and enable OpenID technologies and community, announced that it has appointed Don Thibeau as its new Executive Director. In the

Online customer service company Get Satisfaction announced today that it has appointed Wendy Lea to be its new Chief Executive Officer. Lea was brought on "to help the company market

Software architecture and design specialist Ulf Wiger announced on his blog that he will be leaving mobile communications giant Ericsson after thirteen years to be the new Chief Technical Officer

Internal development studio Warner Bros. Interactive announced today that it has appointed Laura Fryer as its new General Manager of Seattle Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. She will overseeing the

Future technologies think tank Foresight Institute announced yesterday that it has appointed Dr. J. Storrs Hall to be its new President. The Foresight Institute was founded in 1986 to educate

Technology commercialization company Transfer Technology International announced today that it has appointed Dr. David M. Silver to be the third member of its Scientific Advisory Board.

London "maker and writer" Tom Armitage announced on his blog that he will be joining London-based creative design consultancy Schulze & Webb as a "maker and writer". He promises to

Last week Seattle technology blog TechFlash reported that that the University of Washington TechTransfer program has hired former Microsoft manager David Cummings and former RealNetworks executive Todd Alberstone to join

Widget provider JS-Kit has been hiring aggressively this year. We counted at least seven new hires among the good news posted on their blog today.

Online legal help site RocketLawyer.com announced today that it has appointed Ralph Calistri to its Board of Directors effective February 19, 2009.

Today Kara Swisher reports on AllThingsD that AOL advertising head Lynda Clarizio will be leaving the company and that she will be replaced by former high-ranking Yahoo! advertising executive Greg

Media and technology blogger Peter Kafka reported yesterday in AllThingdD that President Obama has hired former Google product manager Katie Jacobs Stanton as the country's new Director of Citizen Participation.

Ridgefield Park, NJ subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Samsung Electronics America announced that it has made three executive appointments. Chang-Soo Choi is the companys new President and Chief Executive Officer,

Newly appointed marketing lead on Intuit's Partner Platform Tara Hunt made yet another exciting announcement on her blog today. She hired her former assistant Elisabeth Norris to be the new

The WhiteHouse.gov website saw major improvements today thanks to the efforts of Macon Phillips, The White House's newly appointed New Media Director. One minute after the inauguration, Phillips posted an

Global payment technology company Hypercom announced today it has appointed Ulf Hönick as its new Vice President of Healthcare. He will report to Managing Director for Hypercom Northern Europe Peter

Branded networking products company NETGEAR announced that it has appointed Jocelyn Carter-Miller to its Board of Directors effective January 14, 2009.

Technology-based brokerage services company Belzberg Technologies, Inc. announced it has appointed Chris Jackson as its new President of Canadian Operations.

Gift card exchange website Plastic Jungle announced today that it has appointed Gary Briggs as its new Chief Executive Officer. Briggs was formerly an executive at eBay.

UK media publisher Telegraph Media Group announced today that it has hired Greg Hadfield to be its new head of digital development. Hadfield "will help drive the group's digital development,

In an email to Jobwire this week, tech PR specialist Rebecca Reeve announced that she will be leaving FutureWorks PR to join San Francisco based digital creative agency Mekanism as