Krish Srinivasan, former CFO of Seattle international money transfer startup Remitly, has found his next gig, and it’s in a new realm for the tech veteran. Srinivasan joined PCC Community Markets,… Read More
As sports jersey rental startup Rep the Squad winds down operations, its founder and CEO is on to a new role. Brian Watkins has joined Bulletproof 360, the maker of… Read More
Karat has named John Besteman as its senior vice president of sales. Besteman earlier ran sales teams at Forrester Research and Gartner. Karat, which conducts first-round technical interviews for software engineers… Read More
Olly Downs, who previously founded AI-powered marketing startup Amplero, has joined Zillow Group as the company’s new senior director of artificial intelligence. In the new role, Downs leads “AI-focused applied… Read More
Zillow Group today announced the hiring of Allen Parker as the company’s new chief financial officer. Parker previously spent more than 12 years at Amazon and was most recently vice president… Read More
Javier Soltero, the leader of Microsoft’s Cortana division, is leaving the company. Soltero confirmed his departure on Twitter after it was first reported by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley Tuesday morning.… Read More
Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based marketplace for craft meat straight from farm to consumer, has added its first chief financial officer and head of marketing. Michelle Newbery joins as CFO, coming… Read More
After nearly five years helping drive economic development initiatives at the City of Seattle, Rebecca Lovell is jumping back into the startup world as a director at Create33, the new… Read More
Brendan Iribe, co-founder and former CEO of Oculus, is leaving Facebook’s virtual reality arm, marking another key founder departure from a business acquired by the social giant. Iribe announced his… Read More
Grab’s presence in Seattle continues to grow as the Southeast Asia ride-hailing giant today announced the hiring of Amazon veteran Mark Porter. Porter spent the past five years helping manage… Read More
Zillow announced several executive changes Wednesday, as COO Amy Bohutinsky will leave the company early next year, while former Starbucks senior vice president Aimee Johnson will join the online real estate… Read More
Bruce Jaffe is stepping down from his role as CEO of the domain name registry company Donuts Inc., about a month after it was acquired by Abry Partners, a private equity… Read More
Pioneer Square Labs hires CFO ExtraHop CFO Palvi Mehta has joined Pioneer Square Labs as CFO. Mehta spent more than seven years at ExtraHop, a Seattle IT analytics startup that launched in 2007,… Read More
Charlie Kindel, founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division, has found his next gig, and he ended up there in part thanks to frustrations smartening up his own home. Kindel… Read More
Seattle-based security technology company F5 Networks hired Mary Gardner, a veteran information security executive, to be its new chief information security officer. F5 said in a press release that Gardner’s… Read More
DocuSign’s board of directors is undergoing a major shakeup as part of what the company calls a “planned transition” that includes the departure of Founder Tom Gonser and Chairman and… Read More
Technology Alliance CEO Carol Rava is leaving the Seattle-based trade organization. Rava became CEO in 2016, heading up the non-profit group that advocates for the tech industry. She’s taking on… Read More
T-Mobile has promoted its Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert to the role of president, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Sievert inherits the role of… Read More
Remitly, the Seattle-based digital remittance startup, hired its first chief people officer as it expands to more than 700 employees globally. Ayesha Pacholke, previously the executive vice president of human… Read More
Avalara hired Danny Fields, an experienced engineering leader and cloud tech veteran, to be its new chief technology officer and executive vice president of engineering. Fields has 28 years of… Read More
Portland-based vacation rental company Vacasa today announced the hiring of Lisa Jurinka as its new chief legal officer in preparation for an initial public offering. Jurinka previously helped guide companies like Epocrates… Read More
Marcelo Calbucci is getting back into the Seattle startup scene. The longtime technology entrepreneur and executive, known for his past work to galvanize the Seattle startup community, is joining Seattle-based Hiya… Read More
After five years at Amazon, Charlie Kindel is ready for a break. The founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division left the company on Friday, writing in an email to colleagues… Read More
Amplero has a new leader. The Seattle AI marketing startup has tapped veteran tech executive Jamie Miller as its new CEO, replacing founder Olly Downs, who will remain at the… Read More
Pioneer Square Labs just added some serious entrepreneurial clout to its managing director lineup. The Seattle startup studio today named T.A. McCann as its fifth managing director, joining Geoff Entress, Mike… Read More
Two leading Seattle tech companies announced the departures of their chief financial officers Thursday, tied to their fourth-quarter earnings reports. Tableau CFO Tom Walker is stepping down after more than… Read More
Michael Mattmiller has resigned from his post as chief technology officer for the City of Seattle. Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Mattmiller’s resignation in a press release Friday. Mattmiller became CTO… Read More
Twitch, the game streaming service owned by Amazon, snagged three key executives with experience at many of the world’s top tech companies. Sara Clemens comes from Pandora, where she was… Read More
Two prominent executives are leaving tax automation startup Avalara next year, while a familiar face will return to lead the engineering team in the interim. GeekWire obtained a memo to… Read More
Less than two months after leaving Microsoft, former executive Julie Larson-Green has found her next gig. Experience management company Qualtrics is bringing aboard Larson-Green to be its chief experience officer,… Read More