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Tech Vets

Profiles in Leadership and Innovation is an on-going GeekWire series showcasing U.S. military veterans leading the PNW tech industry. It explores how their military experience fosters leadership, resilience, and innovation in tech.

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Tech Vets: Motivated by the mission, ex-Army officer’s startup draws on military and gaming experience

Jonathan Pan served in Afghanistan after 9/11 and is now co-founder and CEO of Exia Labs, a Seattle-area company building AI software to improve military wargaming.

From Army diver to carbon capture: How a Pacific deployment sparked a veteran’s climate mission

[Editor’s note: “Tech Vets: Profiles in Leadership and Innovation,” is a GeekWire series showcasing U.S. military veterans leading companies within the Pacific… Read More

Tech Vets: Christopher Pavel connects innovators to the military problems they can help solve

[Editor’s note: “Tech Vets: Profiles in Leadership and Innovation,” is a GeekWire series showcasing U.S. military veterans leading companies within the Pacific… Read More

Tech Vets: Angie Parker flew with an Air Force radar squadron — now she tracks startups and fellow vets

Editor’s note: “Tech Vets: Profiles in Leadership and Innovation,” is a GeekWire series showcasing U.S. military veterans leading companies within the Pacific… Read More

Tech Vets: Kevala CEO Todd Owens leads startup much like he navigated his role on Navy submarine

[Editor’s note: “Tech Vets: Profiles in Leadership and Innovation,” is a GeekWire series showcasing U.S. military veterans leading companies within the Pacific… Read More

Tech Vets: Former Amazon leader taps her military chops in new role as maternal-care entrepreneur

Editor’s note: “Tech Vets: Profiles in Leadership and Innovation,” is a GeekWire series showcasing U.S. military veterans leading companies within the… Read More

Tech Vets: Ex-Marine who led platoon into combat uses lessons to guide his startup leadership style

[Editor’s note: “Tech Vets: Profiles in Leadership and Innovation,” is a new GeekWire series showcasing U.S. military veterans leading companies within… Read More

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