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
— Seattle cannabis marketplace Leafly announced New York-based lawyer Kimberly Boler as its new general counsel. She joins the 11-year company just ahead of its deal to go public through… Read More
CEOs did not have an easy task running their companies over the past 12 months — navigating a series of tough societal, economic and public health challenges. But even in… Read More
— Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, has joined Scale AI as advisor to the CEO. Founded in 2016, the San Francisco startup helps companies develop and… Read More
The third time really has been a charm for Sandi Lin and Jason Stewart. The entrepreneurs began their startup journey in 2013 when the former Amazon employees launched Everpath, a… Read More
— Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy, a non-profit, tuition free coding school for women and gender-diverse adults, added four new board members in its quest to expand its impact on the… Read More
— Smartsheet CFO Jenny Ceran will retire after transitioning to a successor. The collaboration work management company, which went public in 2018, will begin its search for a new CFO… Read More
Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. The technology that we interact with on a daily basis relies on design that can help… Read More
There’s a growing cohort of education tech companies across the Pacific Northwest. A flurry of up-and-coming startups are sprouting up in British Columbia. And while Seattle is an enterprise software… Read More
Sandi Lin left Amazon five years ago to launch her own startup, but her experience at the retail and cloud behemoth made a lasting impact. Lin is CEO and co-founder… Read More
IPOs have thinned the ranks at the top of the GeekWire 200, our ranking of privately held Pacific Northwest tech companies, but even more companies are departing via acquisitions. So… Read More
They run companies across various industries, from AI training to text analysis to wireless networks. But all five of our GeekWire Awards candidates for CEO of the Year share a similar… Read More
After getting the startup itch at Amazon, going through the Techstars accelerator, and pivoting their business model, Sandi Lin and Jason Stewart have found their groove with Skilljar. The Seattle startup… Read More
After a short-lived stint at the top of the GeekWire 200 list of privately held Pacific Northwest startups, Redfin has departed following its initial public offering on Friday. That leaves… Read More
Being the son of a tech pioneer is a big pair of shoes to fill, but Naveen Singh doesn’t seem to be missing a beat. He’s the son of longtime… Read More
— Nordstrom announced that it has named Ken Worzel as the president of Nordstrom.com. The move comes after a period of upheaval earlier this year within the company’s technology team.… Read More
A tech company can develop great software and push out newly-updated applications, but sometimes it may take a given user some time before he or she fully understands how to… Read More