— Publicly-traded software company Qualtrics added Omar Johnson and Ritu Bhargava to its board of directors. Johnson is a marketing executive and founder of the firm ØPUS United. He previously… Read More
Seattle-based tech company Hiya says it has achieved a new milestone in the battle against spam phone calls, using artificial intelligence to detect 20% more illegal and unwanted calls than… Read More
— Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch named Christine Weber as its new CTO. Weber was most recently chief information officer and interim chief technology officer at communications company Liberty Latin… Read More
No-code app development startup AppSheet brought on Daisy dePaulis as chief revenue officer and Thierry D’Hers as vice president of engineering. dePaulis previously held senior sales roles at Seattle-based… Read More
Seattle-based Whitepages is splitting into two separate companies — Whitepages and Ekata — as it looks to expand growth around the world. The Whitepages business will focus on consumers and… Read More
Nearly every major smartphone app built over the last several years has gone through countless improvements and iterations. But the native phone dialer is an exception — and now a… Read More
The most dominant team of geeks in the second season of IT Sports League softball proved to be Whitepages as they took the title last week from defending champs SimplyMeasured.… Read More
Whitepages, a leading contact information resource for North America, is adding several members to its Seattle team. One of the open positions is for a Senior Backend Software Engineer, who will help… Read More
WhitePages, a leading contact information resource for North America, is adding several members to its Seattle team. One open position is the Principal Architect of Data Services, who will solve big data challenges… Read More
Whitepages founder Alex Algard started his website out of his Stanford University dorm 20 years ago. And after running the Seattle-based contact and identity information platform for much of that time, he is… Read More
Hiya, in its full form, is coming to the iPhone. Hiya, a Seattle startup that spun out of Whitepages in April, helps smartphone users identify callers, automatically block spam, avoid fraud,… Read More
WhitePages, a leading contact information resource for North America, is adding several members to its Seattle team. One open position on this team is a Senior Software Architect, who will work with WhitePages’ Data… Read More
Amperity, the stealth-mode enterprise software company from startup vets Kabir Shahani and Derek Slager, is now seeking a Site Reliability Engineer following a $9 million funding round earlier this year.… Read More
Whitepages announced today that it is spinning out its popular CallerID app into a new company called Hiya. Whitepages CEO Alex Algard will also be CEO of the new entity, which… Read More
—Whitepages appointed Whitney Bouck to its board of directors. The former Box vice president is Seattle-based Whitepages‘ third external director and will help guide marketing and business strategy for the identity data… Read More
Samsung is partnering with Whitepages to offer customers a spam-blocking caller ID feature for its new Galaxy S7 smartphone. Seattle-based Whitepages announced today that its caller ID and spam detection technology… Read More
Whitepages today confirmed with GeekWire that it laid off 12 employees as it shifts its advertising strategy. The Seattle-based company now employs “more than 180 employees,” according to Whitepages VP… Read More
—INRIX hired Chris Handley as vice president of product management and analytics. The former group head of analytics at Vodafone will lead the development of the company’s movement analytics. “Chris understands the potential of mobile… Read More
Seattle-based Whitepages has acquired NumberCop, a service that fights against phone scammers, robo-calls and SMS phishing. The San Francisco-based company’s technology will be incorporated into Whitepages’ existing Caller ID app. “The… Read More
Earlier this year an interviewer asked WhitePages CEO Alex Algard how he finds and keeps talent. “We’re so small and every employee makes such a big impact because of that… Read More
—Microsoft tapped Jeff Teper to lead the company’s corporate strategy group. The promotion occurred last month, with Teper previously serving as a vice president in the Office group. Teper — who… Read More
Though he’s only held one other job since college, WhitePages founder and CEO Alex Algard thinks he’s found a pretty good fit in his growing company. “I like the feeling… Read More
—WhitePages has hired Rob Eleveld as vice president of sales for the company’s PRO division. Eleveld is the former CEO of Optify, a Seattle marketing software startup that shut its… Read More
Just a few weeks ago, WhitePages turned a huge page in the company’s history when it bought out its venture capital investors, paying $80 million to buy back shares from Technology… Read More
It’s not everyday that a technology company is able to buy out its venture backers. But that’s what happened this week when WhitePages CEO Alex Algard orchestrated an $80 million… Read More
WhitePages is taking the unusual step of buying out its venture capital investors, paying $80 million to buy back shares from Technology Crossover Ventures and Providence Equity. “WhitePages believed in… Read More
WhitePages has tapped Jason Eglit as its chief financial officer, overseeing the Seattle company’s financial team and assisting with mergers and acquisitions and operations. Eglit most recently served as a principal at Bayside (H.I.G.)… Read More
WhitePages has acquired Mr. Number, a popular Android app that allows users to easily block spam calls and text messages. “We’ve watched Mr. Number develop their platform into the leading… Read More
Today is the day to celebrate the lush green Earth and do what we can to keep it fresh. How does Earth Day relate to Seattle’s startups? The kind folks… Read More
Teams of developers, designers and entrepreneurs are heads-down at Facebook’s Seattle engineering outpost on this rainy Sunday for Startup Weekend — a 54-hour marathon that brings people together from across… Read More