Venture capitalist Bill Gurley, who has served on the board of Seattle-based online real estate juggernaut Zillow Group for 10 years, will resign from the board tomorrow. A filing with… Read More
Microsoft today announced a new internal philanthropic organization that will focus on bringing the benefits of technology to parts of the world and segments of the population that have missed out… Read More
It was heralded as a big move in online real estate when former drugstore.com CEO and Groupon executive Kal Raman was tapped by Dallas-based Nationstar Mortgage to push the company… Read More
Two key executives are leaving CenturyLink in a move that may show the telecom provider’s shifting attitude on the cloud. The departure of senior vice president of platform and application framework… Read More
—Amazon hired Bob Bowen as head of music for the company’s Amazon Studios division. The film music veteran will oversee strategy, partnerships and licensing for original content as Amazon looks to create… Read More
Zones has replaced CEO Murray Wright with founder and former CEO Firoz Lalji. Wright was appointed as chief executive in 2013, taking over the position from Lalji. Auburn, Wash.-based Zones… Read More
S. “Soma” Somasegar, who recently left his job at the helm of Microsoft’s Developer Division, is joining Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group as a venture partner — launching a new phase… Read More
—Microsoft vice president Bob Stutz is leaving his position running Microsoft Dynamics CRM, according to a memo obtained by MSDynamicsWorld. According to Re/code, he is joining cloud CRM provider Salesforce.com as its chief analytics… Read More
Chatbox, the Seattle-based startup founded last year by professional poker veteran Phil Gordon, has hired Doug Miller, formerly chief revenue officer of LivingSocial, as its CEO. Gordon, the startup veteran and computer scientist known… Read More
—The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence hired Ruben Ortega as chief technology officer for the two-year-old AI research foundation. Ortega, who previously served as CTO at Amazon’s A9 ad tech firm and ran… Read More
—Lighter Capital appointed Rebecca Conner as a director of its investment team. The Techstars mentor will work with companies in the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountain region and Texas in the Seattle-based Lighter… Read More
One of the most fascinating stories in technology and science these days is the emergence of a new space industry. GeekWire’s hometown of Seattle has become an epicenter for this… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur Mike Fridgen knows Madrona Venture Group pretty well. After all, three of the startups he’s helped build over the years were bankrolled by the Seattle venture capital firm.… Read More
Simply Measured, the Seattle-based social media analytics startup, is adding some horsepower to the executive offices. The five-year-old company this week named former ExactTarget executives Sameer Kazi and D.Wayne Poole to… Read More
Costco’s newest board member is former Voicestream Wireless CEO John Stanton, the warehouse retailer announced today. It is not the only high-profile board seat for Stanton. He was named to the… Read More
Act-On Software has a new CEO, but the old CEO is still sticking around. The Beaverton, Ore.-based marketing automation company named Andy MacMillan as CEO, while founder Raghu Raghavan moves into the chief technical… Read More
Julie Larson-Green, a 22-year Microsoft veteran and a longtime engineering leader in Office and Windows, will take on a new role overseeing Office apps and services, GeekWire has confirmed. Kirk Koenigsbauer,… Read More
—Moonraft, an India-based technology design firm, is opening a new Seattle office, marking its first expansion in the U.S. Moonraft co-founder and chief design officer Sreekumar “Sree” Paramu will oversee the U.S. operation.… Read More
—Elise Worthy left Ada Developers Academy, the women-only coding school she co-founded, to get back into building software. “Founding Ada was a passion project and something I wanted to do to give back… Read More
— ThePlatform confirmed to GeekWire on Monday that longtime executive and current co-CEO Marty Roberts is leaving the Comcast-owned video streaming business. His departure comes a little over a year… Read More
Keith Krach, who was named CEO of DocuSign in 2011, plans to step down from the electronic signature powerhouse. The company plans to begin a search for a new CEO,… Read More
—IBM named Blue Box CTO and founder Jesse Proudman as one of IBM’s distinguished engineers. The executive-level position means Proudman will serve as a technical consultant for the company and help shape its business decisions. IBM acquired Blue… Read More
S. “Soma” Somasegar, the longtime Microsoft executive who most recently led the company’s Developer Division, is leaving the company after 27 years, he confirmed this afternoon. “It has been an absolutely… Read More
[Update, Oct. 8: Starbucks had a CTO for a short time in 2008; this post has been updated to reflect that fact.] Starbucks has found a new leader for its global technology team,… Read More
View image | gettyimages.com Twitter announced on Monday that Jack Dorsey, on of the company’s co-founders and current CEO of mobile payments startup Square, will take over as the new CEO of the… Read More
—INRIX hired Chris Handley as vice president of product management and analytics. The former group head of analytics at Vodafone will lead the development of the company’s movement analytics. “Chris understands the potential of mobile… Read More
Getty Images has named Dawn Airey as its new CEO, replacing co-founder Jonathan Klein who is moving to the role of chairman. “Engaging audiences through the power of visual storytelling… Read More
PicMonkey brought on Frits Habermann as its chief technical officer and vice president of product, the company announced today. Habermann will lead the online photo editor’s technology and product strategy as… Read More
—Marchex expanded its executive team to include a new chief revenue officer, Gary Nafus, and new senior vice president of customer evangelism, Matt Muilenburg. Both hires will let Seattle-based Marchex improve delivery of its mobile… Read More
Greg Russell, the former Amazon vice president who was named chief information officer of the Seattle Police Department six months ago, is leaving the role to join a Fortune 500 company,… Read More