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Redfin shakes up executive ranks: CMO and 2 VPs to depart

Just days after raising a $50 million venture financing round, Seattle-based Redfin is parting ways with three key executives, GeekWire… Read More

Microsoft employee #1 has a new gig

Marc McDonald not only saw the birth of the software industry, he played a key role in it. The software… Read More

IPO bound? Apptio hires Amazon and Microsoft vets, names former Microsoft CFO Peter Klein to board

Fast-growing Apptio is deepening its bench of management talent, attracting some heavyweights from Microsoft and Amazon.com. The Bellevue company, which… Read More

Tech Moves: Priceline CEO steps down; Barrie Cohen heads NWEN; Boeing names CIO; and more

—Priceline President and CEO Jeff Boyd has stepped down from his chief executive position in a surprising move announced during… Read More

Tech Moves: Skype exec departs Microsoft; Frazier Healthcare taps new VC; etc.

—Skype executive Mark Gillett is leaving Microsoft, taking a new position at private equity firm Silver Lake, reports Kara Swisher… Read More

Tech columnist David Pogue leaves NYT for Yahoo, plans to launch new consumer tech site

Yahoo has been on a serious acquisition hunt in recent months, gobbling up tons of startups in a series of… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Razorfish exec Jeff Lanctot named CEO of Mixpo; Skytap adds VPs; and more

—Mixpo, the six-year-old online video advertising startup, has named former Razorfish and aQuantive executive Jeff Lanctot as CEO. He replaces… Read More

Tech Moves: Cheezburger hires a new funny man; Demand Media CEO resigns; Apptio taps sales pro; etc.

—Cheezburger continues to layer on all sorts of new executive toppings as the Seattle online humor network looks to reposition… Read More

Groupon hires Amazon Prime VP, continues Seattle expansion

Groupon continues to mine Amazon.com for talent, and today the daily deal company picked up a big name from its… Read More

Tech Moves: Prevencio lands biotech vets; Lively hires music vets; DomainTools nabs Roberts

—Prevencio, an early-stage biotech company working on cardiac biomarker tests, has named H. Perry Fell as chairman and Rhonda Rhyne… Read More

Apple adds Nike exec to its roster

Working on digital technologies at Nike is starting to seem a bit like working in Apple’s farm system. According to… Read More

Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley announces resignation

Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley is resigning from the board of directors and the top post after more than a decade… Read More

Tech Moves: Flowboard picks Swype vet as CFO; Kuglin joins SocialNewsDesk; etc.

—Loreen Milbrath, a former finance exec at Swype, Melodeo and Tegic, has been named Chief Financial Officer at Flowboard. Milbrath… Read More

Meet new Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews: A Bruno Mars fan with some big-time advertising chops

Newly-named Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews is well known in technology and media circles as an online advertising whiz. But, let’s… Read More

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff joins Zulily, TripAdvisor boards

Before he got the real estate bug, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff was in the online travel business, co-founding and serving… Read More

Next stop, Amazon: How a Microsoft vet says farewell after 23 years at the company

“It’s become painfully clear that my bid to become the new CEO of Microsoft will not be successful, so today… Read More

Former Slate publisher and MSN vet joins Cheezburger as president and COO

Cheezburger is adding a little more beef to its executive ranks. The six-year-old Seattle online humor company, best known for… Read More

Tech Moves: OpenStreetMap founder leaves Microsoft, Google ad exec joins Twitter, and more

–Steve Coast, one of the founders of OpenStreetMap, has left his position on the Bing Mobile team at Microsoft to… Read More

Tech Moves: Buuteeq hires Meghji as chief product officer; Airbiquity team grows: Spoonemore jumps to Amazon

—Fast-growing Seattle startup Buuteeq has hired Karim Meghji as chief product officer and vice president of engineering. Meghji most recently… Read More

GeekWire hires Daniel Rossi as chief business officer

Can GeekWire really handle two soccer-loving and startup-crazed Buckeyes? Oh, yes, we can. We’re excited to announce today that Daniel… Read More

VMware taps former Microsoft exec Tony Scott as CIO

VMware has hired a former Microsoft exec as it looks to battle both Microsoft, Amazon.com and others in the virtualization… Read More

Fast-growing Opscode names new CEO; Mitch Hill steps down for health reasons

Opscode, a fast-growing Seattle software company that makes the open source automation software Chef, has appointed Barry Crist as CEO.… Read More

Poll: What do you think about Steve Ballmer stepping down?

We already know how Wall Street feels about Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s retirement plans. Shares of the company soared more… Read More

Microsoft’s Ballmer retiring in 12 months, stock surges on news, no successor named

In a massive and surprising shift for Microsoft and its longtime leader, the company announced this morning that embattled CEO Steve… Read More

Full memo: Big Fish CEO announces job cuts, cancellation of cloud games business and closure of Ireland and BC facilities

It’s a bad day for Big Fish. The Seattle casual game maker today announced that it is laying off 49… Read More

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