Enrique Godreau
Enrique Godreau

—UP Global continues to expand, and this time the Seattle non-profit has picked an experienced venture capitalist to help lead the charge in New York City. The organization, best known for operating the Startup Weekend events, has tapped Enrique Godreau III as senior vice president.

The founding partner of Voyager Capital and 9Mile Labs, Godreau will be based in a new office New York City leading the organization’s sales and development efforts. That’s Godreau’s hometown.

“Enrique has been incredibly involved in the startup community and we’re thrilled to have him joining UP Global,” said UP Global CEO Marc Nager. “He brings a wealth of over 30 years of experience inspiring entrepreneurs, helping them scale, mentoring leaders, as well as investing in startups across the country. As we grow as an organization, Enrique’s knowledge and passion will help our team and community leaders make an even bigger impact across the world.”

Godreau is familiar to those in Seattle startup circles, having founded Voyager in 1996. He’s also served as a mentor to The Founder Institute and an advisor to The Women’s Venture Capital Fund. Godreau said he’s looking forward to helping UP Global “accelerate and expand our work with the support of current and new community leaders, businesses, foundations, and government partners.

UP Global operates Startup Weekend, Startup Next, Startup Education, Startup Digest and Startup Week, fostering entrepreneurship in 500 cities across the world.

“Entrepreneurism and innovation today are poised to have a global impact of seismic proportions,” said Godreau in an email to GeekWire. “Cloud computing, global digital networks, impact investing, social enterprises, the maker movement and a global populace eager to shift, at scale, from being consumers to also being producers, is changing the world. UP Global is uniquely positioned to serve as the nexus of growth in global entrepreneurship and I want to help us get there.”

Justin Arbuckle
Justin Arbuckle

—Seattle IT automation startup Chef is expanding its presence in Europe, hiring Justin Arbuckle as Vice President of Europe and Chief Enterprise Architect for Chef. He previously worked at GE Capital. The appointment comes as the company says that European sales for Chef grew by 400 percent in 2013, with the team expected to double in size to 10 by the end of the year.

“Justin is passionate about – and deeply experienced in – using automation to make enterprise IT better, faster, and more agile. His proven track record includes empowering engineers with web-scale IT principles to deliver unprecedented value for customers,” said CEO Barry Crist in a statement. “We’re doubling down on Europe and with Justin at the helm we’re well-positioned to capitalize on this tremendous opportunity.” Formerly known as Opscode, Chef raised $32 million in venture funding last December.

Adam DuVander
Adam DuVander

—Portland-based Orchestrate, a managed database service that combines several NoSQL databases behind a single API, has named Adam DuVander as Developer Relations Director. DuVander is the former executive editor of ProgrammableWeb, and served as a reporter for Wired magazine and Web Monkey. He’s also the author of Web Scripting 101, and most recently served as developer communications director for SendGrid.

“The growth of Orchestrate depends largely on earning the respect of the developer community and demonstrating our value,” said Antony Falco, CEO and co-founder of Orchestrate. “Adam is not only liked and respected by his peers, but has deep experience as a developer advocate, writer, and organizer, making him a perfect match for this critical role.”

—Lively, the Seattle startup that allows concert-goers to easily obtain video and audio files of live concerts, has named Scott Kawa as its director of venue relations and tour marketing. Kawa, who previously worked at Alcatel-Lucent and Universal Music Group, will help “Scott brings invaluable experience in the core areas of our business – music and mobile distribution. Our venue and artist partners are in good hands,” said founder and CEO Dean Graziano.

Tony Nauhgtin
Tony Nauhgtin

—Seattle data center operator DigitalFortress has named Internap co-founder Tony Naughtin to the board. “Tony has a wealth of expertise in the managed services industry and we look forward to his contributions as a member of Digital Fortress’ board of directors,” said Digital Fortress CEO Paul Gerrard.

—Seattle startup Zealyst has named Brandon Paddock, an 8-year veteran of Microsoft, as CTO. “We were drawn to him by his passion for building innovative solutions quickly, his agile, out-of-the-box thinking, and how willing he is to don a zebra Snuggie,” the company wrote in a blog post.

—Seattle startup HasOffers has opened a new office in New York City, and appointed Lane Buschel as head of communications. Buschel, who previously served as VP of communications at Glam Media, will be based in the New York office. “New York is the city of advertising. From the Time Square logos in lights to the biggest avenues for shopping and retail on the planet, it is a place where many of the most impactful advertising campaigns are born,” said HasOffers CEO Peter Hamilton in a blog post. “Mobile devices have changed the work day, travel, habits, and shopping of New Yorkers, and agencies and advertisers are quickly adapting to connect to consumers like never before. I believe we’ve got the right team and technology to help them get there.”

—The National Venture Capital Association has named Scott Sandell, a General Partner at New Enterprise Associates, chairman of the board of directors.

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