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Tech Moves

Amplero taps Jamie Miller, former chief of thePlatform, as new CEO; founder Olly Downs remains as chief scientist

Amplero has a new leader. The Seattle AI marketing startup has tapped veteran tech executive Jamie Miller as its new… Read More

Pioneer Square Labs adds T.A. McCann as managing director, bolstering startup studio leadership team

Pioneer Square Labs just added some serious entrepreneurial clout to its managing director lineup. The Seattle startup studio today named T.A.… Read More

CFOs of Tableau and Impinj step down amid Q4 earnings reports

Two leading Seattle tech companies announced the departures of their chief financial officers Thursday, tied to their fourth-quarter earnings reports.… Read More

Seattle CTO Michael Mattmiller resigns to return to private sector

Michael Mattmiller has resigned from his post as chief technology officer for the City of Seattle. Mayor Jenny Durkan announced… Read More

Amazon-owned Twitch scoops up executives from Pandora, Slack and Rubicon to bolster leadership

Twitch, the game streaming service owned by Amazon, snagged three key executives with experience at many of the world’s top… Read More

Avalara CTO and EVP leaving as fast-growing tax automation startup shuffles engineering leadership

Two prominent executives are leaving tax automation startup Avalara next year, while a familiar face will return to lead the… Read More

Qualtrics hires ex-Microsoft exec Julie Larson Green, further cementing Seattle ‘co-headquarters’

Less than two months after leaving Microsoft, former executive Julie Larson-Green has found her next gig. Experience management company Qualtrics… Read More

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy names new director; Auth0 bolsters executive board; and more

Ada Developers Academy, the Seattle-based non-profit coding bootcamp, is getting a new leader: Nicole Buchanan.  Buchanan joins Ada from Consulting Engagements, where she… Read More

Former Tableau sales chief Kelly Wright joins Amperity board as startup emerges from stealth mode

Amperity, an AI-fueled marketing startup that recently launched from stealth mode and announced a partnership with Microsoft, is adding some horsepower to… Read More

Tech Moves: Impinj hires Zillow VP to lead IT, LendingRobot CEO exits, and Starbucks names COO

For the past six years, Paul Stephen has held leadership roles in Zillow Group’s corporate technology department so the rest… Read More

Tech Moves: OfferUp engineering leader Peter Wilson departs after one year

Peter Wilson, the former Google and Facebook engineering director who joined mobile marketplace OfferUp last year to lead its engineering… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Carbon Black, Galvanize CEO shifts to new role, and more

Fresh off of stints as an executive for Microsoft and Dropbox, Thomas Hansen is joining cyber security firm Carbon Black.… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft bringing in GE tech executive to be corporate VP of U.S. division

Microsoft announced Monday that Kate Johnson, currently an executive with GE, will join the Redmond tech giant as president and… Read More

Former Microsoft VP named CEO of Unify Square, a startup that helps businesses deploy Skype

John Case, the former corporate vice president of global marketing, product management, and business teams for Office and Office 365, has… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet scoops up AWS VP; theMaven adds new co-chairman; and more

Smartsheet has some serious momentum. Fresh off a $52 million funding round, the Bellevue-based collaborative work management technology company brought… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow CFO joins Apptio board, Starbucks SVP joins Salesforce as communications chief, and more

— Apptio, the Bellevue, Wash. company that makes software to help CIOs better understand spending in IT departments, has added Zillow… Read More

Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens joins OfferUp board, sees big things ahead for the Craigslist rival

As it continues to grow, OfferUp will have another guiding voice in its corner with experience building a fast-growing retail operation… Read More

Starbucks hires Cranium and Golazo founder Richard Tait for unique entrepreneurial role

Richard Tait, one of Seattle’s most accomplished entrepreneurs, has landed an interesting gig at the world’s largest coffee retailer. Tait,… Read More

Tech Moves: Jeff Bezos picks new top advisor; Glowforge adds Amazon hardware vet; and more

Jeff Bezos has a new “shadow.” According to his LinkedIn bio, former VP of Kindle Jeffrey Helbling has taken over… Read More

Tech Moves: Simply Measured co-founder will lead Alexa Accelerator; Donuts names new CRO; more

Startup incubator TechStars announced late last year that it is partnering with Amazon for the Alexa Accelerator, an incubator specifically… Read More

Tech Moves: Limeade adds former Microsoft exec; Bezos’ first female advisor moves to new role; and more

Wellness technology company Limeade announced this morning that former Microsoft exec Lee Rossini is joining the company’s leadership team as VP… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow adds Slack VP to board as Trulia co-founder departs; Utrip names COO; etc.

Seattle online real estate powerhouse Zillow Group announced today that Slack executive April Underwood has joined the company’s board of directors.… Read More

Tech Moves: Apple poaches Amazon Fire exec; Tune promotes Koch to CTO; Nohla names CEO; etc.

—Apple and Amazon are on a collision course in many industries, but the battle for tech talent looks to be… Read More

Tech moves: Qumulo adds former AWS and Chef exec; Shiftboard adds to leadership team; and more

It’s been a busy year at Qumulo:  the data storage and data informatics company announced a new CEO in November, and… Read More

Bruce Jaffe

Domain registry Donuts names Bruce Jaffe new CEO as co-founder Paul Stahura steps aside

Donuts, the Bellevue, Wash.-based domain registry, announced a change in leadership on Thursday with the appointment of Bruce Jaffe as chief executive… Read More

Voyager Capital adds Silicon Valley vet to Seattle office, shifts investing focus to Pacific Northwest

In some ways, James Newell is a hometown Seattle boy. He was born and raised on the Kitsap Peninsula, just an… Read More

Digital signature giant DocuSign lands new CEO, more than a year after search began

In October of 2015, DocuSign CEO Keith Krach announced he would be stepping down from the top job at the digital… Read More

Tech Moves: WTIA names new chairman; Amazon poaches talent to lead Prime overseas; and more

The Washington Technology Industry Association‘s Board of Directors has a new chairman: John Suk, a Harvard and University of Chicago graduate… Read More

Tech Moves: Cray hires new SVP of R&D; RealSelf adds former Amazon, Microsoft execs; and more

Cray, the Seattle supercomputer maker, announced a new addition to its leadership team: tech veteran Stathis Papaefstathiou has joined the… Read More

Tech Moves: Onvia appoints new CEO; Tableau adds New Relic president to board; and more

Russ Mann, a longtime fixture in Seattle’s tech scene, is taking on another leading role. He was announced this morning… Read More

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