Seattle-based data storage provider Qumulo laid off about 80 employees Wednesday, or roughly 19% of its staff, in the latest round of job cuts affecting tech companies. In a memo… Read More
Building and running a company is no easy task in the best of times, let alone amid the ongoing uncertainty of the past year. This year’s finalists for CEO of… Read More
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to add startups that were not initially included in the list. Icertis’ valuation was also updated. Another day, another unicorn spotting. These once… Read More
Everyone is closely monitoring the implications of remote work as we emerge from the pandemic, so it’s no surprise that one of the most widely read stories on GeekWire this… Read More
A good user experience (UX) goes deeper than visuals and how applications look — it’s creating an entire experience that is meaningful, usable and delightful for the end users. Now… Read More
— Starbucks announced the retirement of its chief financial officer and named a successor. Rachel Ruggeri, a 16-year veteran of the company, will take over for the retiring Patrick Grismer,… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Seattle’s tech community just reached a new milestone: 10 unicorns, privately held companies valued at more than $1 billion.… Read More
The unicorn — that supposed elusive creature of the startup world — is becoming a bit more commonplace in these parts. There are now 10 unicorn startups valued at $1… Read More
For Qumulo’s Molly Brown, graduating from an all-girls high school turned out to be a great preparation for studying and working in the male-dominated field of computer engineering. “When I… Read More
— Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Corey spent the past five years at Amazon Web Services, most recently leading the transformation team for… Read More
— Seattle data storage startup Qumulo added Elissa Fink to its board of directors. Fink previously served as chief marketing officer at Tableau Software for 11 years. Qumulo in July… Read More
The leading privately-held companies across the Pacific Northwest are raising giant swaths of cash and increasing their valuations despite the ongoing economic crisis. See the full GeekWire 200 ranking of… Read More
Qumulo is joining an elite club of Seattle startups. The company just announced a $125 million funding round that propels its valuation to more than $1.2 billion, making it one… Read More
— Zillow Group co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff joined the board of Palantir Technologies, a big data company backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. The notoriously secretive Silicon Valley… Read More
— Microsoft alum Kelly Waldher has joined Google as vice president of marketing for G Suite. Waldher most recently served as EVP and general manager for experience management technology company… Read More
Seattle marketing tech startup New Engen added Ryan Turner as vice president of marketing. Turner comes from Amazon, where he was global head of integrated social media. Before that, he… Read More
Napster parent company Rhapsody snagged Angel Gambino as its chief commercial officer. Gambino founded and was CEO of Sensai, which uses AI to help organizations improve social media campaigns. Gambino’s… Read More
— Molly Presley will head up product marketing at cloud storage startup Qumulo. Presley brings many years of storage marketing experience, most recently serving in similar roles at Quantum in… Read More
Peter Godman, co-founder and chief technology officer at storage startup Qumulo, is no longer with the company, GeekWire has learned. Qumulo confirmed Godman’s departure in a statement from CEO Bill… Read More
Qumulo, a fast-growing file storage technology company, has hired a new VP of people to oversee its growing workforce. Robyn Singh, who has held executive human resources roles at Amazon… Read More
Fresh off a new round of funding, Qumulo is taking the wraps off a new hardware storage device designed to bring “nearline” storage to data center racks. EARLIER: Qumulo raises… Read More
We are generating unprecedented amounts of data in our personal and professional lives on the internet, and the trend is accelerating. Companies that need to manage that data need novel… Read More
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has attracted another top player in the AI world. Doug Raymond, a longtime AI leader and entrepreneur who most recently led new initiatives for… Read More
MicroVision, the Redmond, Wash.,-based maker of laser projection technology, is under new leadership. The company announced that longtime technology executive Perry Mulligan is taking over the CEO role, replacing former… Read More
After raising $130 million over five years, Qumulo is ready to reveal what it thinks is the biggest product launch it has made since emerging from stealth mode in 2015:… Read More
With 20 years of systems software experience under his belt, Neal Fachan has always loved building things and solving hard problems. That determination led him to co-found Qumulo in 2012, where… Read More
The City of Seattle celebrated a big win this week, and one small loss. First up: Bertha, the one-of-a-kind tunnel boring machine that’s been making her way under Seattle’s downtown.… Read More
We’re back with another round of voting in the GeekWire Awards, and today’s category is a biggie, literally. We’re opening voting in the Next Tech Titan category, recognizing those heavyweight… Read More
Qumulo has spent the past five years building out its cloud-based platform that helps companies store and manage their data usage. Now the company is ready to attract enterprise customers from… Read More
It’s been a busy year at Qumulo: the data storage and data informatics company announced a new CEO in November, and capped $100 million in funding last summer. Now the company… Read More