— Microsoft’s head of developer relations Ashley Willis McNamara announced Friday that she is departing and joining Google as head of developer communities. Willis spent more than five years at… Read More
—Act-On, a Portland, Ore.-based marketing automation platform, added Gregg Ames as chief commercial officer and Syed Ahmed as senior vice president of engineering. Ames previously worked in sales at Marketo,… Read More
New funding: Growth marketing automation platform Act-On Software raised $20 million in equity and debt. The company, based in the Portland, Ore. region, aims to help companies generate more revenue and… Read More
Former Expedia, Concur and Alaska Airlines executive Steve Jarvis has taken on a new role, GeekWire has learned. Jarvis, who is officially retired from corporate life, is now serving as… Read More
— RealNetworks has hired Bill Patrizio, a media industry veteran, to be president of its consumer media business, the company announced Monday. Patrizio will be responsible for strategy and management of… Read More
— Bellevue-based corporate wellness technology company Limeade has appointed Mitch Risner as its new vice president of sales. Before Limeade, Risner was the Group VP of sales for SumTotal, a talent management solutions provider. At SumTotal,… Read More
—Madrona Venture Group‘s Julie Sandler has been chosen as a presidential leadership scholar. Over the next six months, she’ll spend time developing her business and civic leadership skills with former presidents… Read More
Act-On Software has a new CEO, but the old CEO is still sticking around. The Beaverton, Ore.-based marketing automation company named Andy MacMillan as CEO, while founder Raghu Raghavan moves into the chief technical… Read More
Tune and Act-On Software managed to stay on Inc.’s prestigious list of the top 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for at least one more year, coming in at No.… Read More
In one of the bigger tech-related fundraising rounds that the Portland area has seen over the past year, Beaverton, Ore.-based marketing automation software company Act-On today announced $42 million in new… Read More
Act-On Software, a Portland-area startup that helps companies automate marketing campaigns, just scored $16 million in venture capital financing. This latest round, led by Silicon Valley’s Norwest Venture Partners, doubles… Read More