Geekiest Office Space? Vote here in the GeekWire Awards

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Here’s a fun new category in this year’s GeekWire Awards: Geekiest Office Space, where geeky = cool. Cryptograms on the walls, swanky furniture in the lobby, or a hidden room behind the bookshelf? That’s the type of stuff we’re looking for here. This category is presented by Knoll, which is not only serving as a… Read More…

Launch Pads: Globys employees work in a hidden room and relax in a fully-stocked company pub

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As a company, it’s important to have a space where your employees can both work efficiently and also relax when needed. Globys, a big data analytics company providing contextual marketing to mobile carriers, seems to have just that. After moving into the old Amazon.com space on the seventh floor of 705 Union Station last November,… Read More…

Tech Moves: Expedia tech vet joins Varolii; EveryMove names marketing chief; NanoString hires CFO; and more

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Varolii has named Sunil Shah as vice president of engineering and Patrick Chaney as vice president of professional services. Shah is an Expedia veteran who most recently served as the vice president of engineering at DataSphere Technologies. He previously worked in engineering executive roles at TravelPost, a hotel review site, and Disney Interactive Media Group. At Expedia, where he spent 11… Read More…

Geek of the Week: Olly Downs on stats, science and racecars

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Seattle tech veteran Olly Downs, senior vice president of data sciences at Globys, has made a habit of turning data into useful applications — including a past role as principal scientist at INRIX, working on technologies to predict traffic jams. So it’s only fitting that he likes to spend some of his off-hours speeding around an… Read More…

Tech Moves: Dendreon taps new CEO; Anthony Bay lands at Amazon; Globys; Limeade; Allyis; and much more

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Dendreon CEO Mitchell Gold is handing over the reins of the Seattle biotechnology company to board member and former Savient Pharmaceuticals CEO John Johnson. Shares of Dendreon, which have falling 58 percent in the past year, gained more than six percent on the news. Gold, who has served as CEO since 2003, plans to serve… Read More…