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Qumulo

Seattle data storage company putting R&D hub in Ireland

Qumulo is opening a new R&D and customer success hub in Cork, Ireland, expected to create 50 jobs over the next three years as the Seattle-based data management firm bets on AI-driven demand for global-scale data infrastructure. Read More

Tech Moves: Dating giants add Seattle tech vets to boards; SeekOut and Slalom name new leaders

— Bala Vishwanath is now chief marketing officer for SeekOut, a Bellevue, Wash., startup that sells recruiting software. Vishwanath, a… Read More

Former Arista and Cisco exec Douglas Gourlay named CEO of data storage company Qumulo

To help settle into Seattle, Douglas Gourlay spent this past weekend watching Boys in the Boat, the movie depicting the… Read More

Seattle startup Qumulo lays off 80 employees, CEO cites economic conditions and reaching profitability

Seattle-based data storage provider Qumulo laid off about 80 employees Wednesday, or roughly 19% of its staff, in the latest… Read More

Vote for CEO of the Year: GeekWire Awards finalists find growth opportunities in uncertain times

Building and running a company is no easy task in the best of times, let alone amid the ongoing uncertainty… Read More

Meet the unicorns: A look at the Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to add startups that were not initially included in the list. Icertis’ valuation… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Tech pay, cloud trends, Kraken, and self-driving cars, with Qumulo CEO Bill Richter

Everyone is closely monitoring the implications of remote work as we emerge from the pandemic, so it’s no surprise that… Read More

Keep design in mind: Cast your vote for UX Design of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

A good user experience (UX) goes deeper than visuals and how applications look — it’s creating an entire experience that… Read More

Tech Moves: Starbucks names new CFO as pandemic fuels mobile ordering; Panopto adds IBM exec; F5’s new security leader; and more

— Starbucks announced the retirement of its chief financial officer and named a successor. Rachel Ruggeri, a 16-year veteran of… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: What Seattle’s billion-dollar startups say about the region’s tech industry

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Seattle’s tech community just reached a new milestone: 10… Read More

Seattle area boasts 10 fast-growing unicorns: Can you name the billion-dollar startups?

The unicorn — that supposed elusive creature of the startup world  — is becoming a bit more commonplace in these… Read More

How an all-girls high school prepped this exec for the male-dominated field of software engineering

For Qumulo’s Molly Brown, graduating from an all-girls high school turned out to be a great preparation for studying and… Read More

Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO

— Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Corey spent the past five years at… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet, Qumulo, Zipwhip add board directors; Bardy hires a new president; Maven co-founder steps down; and more

— Seattle data storage startup Qumulo added Elissa Fink to its board of directors. Fink previously served as chief marketing… Read More

GeekWire 200 Update: Seattle and Pacific NW startups raise big funding rounds amid pandemic

The leading privately-held companies across the Pacific Northwest are raising giant swaths of cash and increasing their valuations despite the… Read More

Seattle’s newest billion-dollar startup: Qumulo reaches unicorn status with $125M round

Qumulo is joining an elite club of Seattle startups. The company just announced a $125 million funding round that propels… Read More

Spencer Rascoff

Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

— Zillow Group co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff joined the board of Palantir Technologies, a big data company backed… Read More

Tech Moves: Qualtrics exec moves to Google; NHL Seattle expands team; former Amazon exec named Bluecrew CEO; and more

— Microsoft alum Kelly Waldher has joined Google as vice president of marketing for G Suite. Waldher most recently served… Read More

Tech Moves: New Engen lands marketing chief; Cray hires product exec; Tableau exec joins Qumulo board; and more

Seattle marketing tech startup New Engen added Ryan Turner as vice president of marketing. Turner comes from Amazon, where he… Read More

Tech Moves: Rhapsody adds CCO as ‘Powered by Napster’ formally launches; DreamBox hires CFO following cash infusion; and more

Napster parent company Rhapsody snagged Angel Gambino as its chief commercial officer. Gambino founded and was CEO of Sensai, which… Read More

Tech Moves: Qumulo taps cloud storage vet to lead marketing; BitTitan adds head of global sales

— Molly Presley will head up product marketing at cloud storage startup Qumulo. Presley brings many years of storage marketing… Read More

Qumulo co-founder and CTO Peter Godman has left the company

Peter Godman, co-founder and chief technology officer at storage startup Qumulo, is no longer with the company, GeekWire has learned.… Read More

Tech Moves: Qumulo taps Amazon exec to lead HR; Lighter Capital appoints CMO; and more

Qumulo, a fast-growing file storage technology company, has hired a new VP of people to oversee its growing workforce. Robyn… Read More

Qumulo adds another hardware storage product that runs its hybrid cloud storage software

Fresh off a new round of funding, Qumulo is taking the wraps off a new hardware storage device designed to… Read More

Qumulo raises $93M to tackle hybrid cloud file storage, total funding now $230M

We are generating unprecedented amounts of data in our personal and professional lives on the internet, and the trend is… Read More

Tech Moves: Allen Institute hires Amazon Alexa machine learning leader ; Microsoft chairman takes on new investor role; and more

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has attracted another top player in the AI world. Doug Raymond, a longtime AI… Read More

Tech Moves: MicroVision appoints new CEO; Convoy adds longtime Tableau exec; and more

MicroVision, the Redmond, Wash.,-based maker of laser projection technology, is under new leadership. The company announced that longtime technology executive… Read More

Qumulo unveils next generation of its file storage system, now available on Amazon Web Services

After raising $130 million over five years, Qumulo is ready to reveal what it thinks is the biggest product launch… Read More

Neal Fachan

Geek of the Week: Qumulo co-founder Neal Fachan should be filed under ‘startup success stories’

With 20 years of systems software experience under his belt, Neal Fachan has always loved building things and solving hard problems.… Read More

Podcast

The Week in Geek: Uber wins a round in Seattle union fight, Bertha gets her big break, and cloud startups land cash

The City of Seattle celebrated a big win this week, and one small loss. First up: Bertha, the one-of-a-kind tunnel… Read More

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