Tech Moves: Big Fish hooks gaming vet; Dawn Lepore joins AOL board; VoloMetrix; and more

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Big Fish Games has hired gaming executive Chris Williams to lead the charge on the company’s free-to-play games strategy. “I am excited to be working with such a content-rich company, and look forward to working with its network of more than 550 developers, as well as its in-house teams, to help create the most playable… Read More…

Data I/O reduces staff

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Data I/O, a 40-year-old Redmond company that makes device programming and IP management technologies for the wireless, consumer electronics and automotive industries, announced today that it is undergoing a restructuring in which employees and contractors are losing their jobs. The company didn’t say how many people are affected in the restructuring, which is expected to reduce quarterly… Read More…

Tech Moves: Vernon out at Zulily; Microsoft hires FTC attorney who slammed Google; and more

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Less than a year after arriving at fast-growing Seattle daily deal startup Zulily, chief financial officer Michael Vernon has left the company, GeekWire has learned. Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens confirmed the news, but declined to discuss the specifics around the departure. Vernon joined Zulily last May from Big Fish Games, and at the time of… Read More…