Fast-growing, youth-oriented social networking site Lockerz has been undergoing a serious growth spurt since moving its headquarters from Pittsburgh to Seattle. And now the 70-person company — backed with more than $30 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Liberty Media — is adding some star power in the executive offices. Mark Stabingas, a… Read More…
The guy who previously headed marketing for Microsoft’s Office products is now taking on that role for the entire company. Microsoft this morning named veteran executive Chris Capossela its new senior vice president in charge of an expanded “Consumer Channels and Central Marketing Group,” replacing Microsoft veteran Mich Mathews, who recently announced plans to leave…. Read More…
Chris Parrish has left the CEO post at RogueSheep, the Seattle mobile application development shop best known for its work on the popular Postage app for the iPhone. A veteran of Adobe Systems and an engineering grad from the University of Washington, Parrish co-founded the startup in 2003. RogueSheep’s Jeff Argast tells GeekWire that the… Read More…
Former Microsoft general manager David McCann has been named the new CEO of Varolii, a 224-person Seattle company that provides automated text-message, phone call and email alerts to customers on behalf of airlines, banks and utilities. The 51-year-old technology executive replaces Nicholas Tiliacos who announced his plans to resign from the company late last year… Read More…
DoubleDown Interactive, maker of the DoubleDown Casino game, said that it has surpassed more than one million monthly users on Facebook. Meanwhile, the Seattle startup also announced that it has added Charles Harper as vice president of development. Harper has more than a decade of experience in the online gaming world, having previously worked in… Read More…
Jeremy Jaech has stepped down as CEO of Verdiem, the heavily-funded Seattle company that helps businesses and government organizations better manage PC power consumption. The news was first reported today by Xconomy, which notes that Jaech’s bio has been removed from the company’s Web site. It’s unclear when Jaech — who previously founded Aldus, Trumba… Read More…
Feedburner co-founder Matt Shobe has joined BigDoor, a Seattle startup that helps online publishers engage with readers and viewers by establishing leaderboards, badges and other game-oriented services. Shobe, who most recently worked as a user experience designer in Google’s Seattle office, is serving as the company’s new chief design officer. You may recall that Google… Read More…
Former Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell plans to resign as CFO of General Motors after getting passed over for the top executive post at the Detroit auto maker. According to a report by The Associated Press, Liddell — who hails from New Zealand and spent four years at Microsoft — served just 15 months… Read More…
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