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Tech Moves

Ex-Amazon exec Brian Valentine leaves Ivy Softworks, looks for big impact at food waste startup

Brian Valentine was at the forefront of two of the most important technological waves of the past 30 years, serving… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Nike CIO joins bitcoin startup; Qumulo, Zumobi, LiquidPlanner add sales leaders; and more

— Qumulo, the Seattle enterprise data storage startup that raised $40 million in February, today appointed Mark Bennetts as the… Read More

Former Twitter developer relations head Jeff Sandquist returning to Microsoft as a GM

Jeff Sandquist, who recently left his job as Twitter’s head of developer relations, is returning to Microsoft, where he will… Read More

Google hires new CFO: Morgan Stanley’s Ruth Porat, ‘the most powerful woman on Wall Street’

Google filled the position of chief financial officer this morning with a big name in the world of finance: Ruth… Read More

Microsoft hires Forrester analyst James Staten as chief strategist in Cloud & Enterprise group

James Staten, a veteran industry analyst who covered the cloud computing market for Forrester Research, is joining Microsoft as chief strategist… Read More

Amazon hires former White House press secretary Jay Carney as senior exec, reporting to Jeff Bezos

Amazon has hired Jay Carney, the political commentator and former White House press secretary, as senior vice president for Worldwide… Read More

Twitter developer relations head Jeff Sandquist leaving company, returning to Seattle area

Jeff Sandquist, who joined Twitter a year-and-a-half ago to head up the social network’s developer relations initiatives, is returning to… Read More

Former UW robotics prof joins Twitter as VP of Technology and Analytics

Yoky Matsuoka, a former computer science professor at the University of Washington, announced that she has joined Twitter as its… Read More

Veteran biotech journalist Luke Timmerman launches subscription news site

Luke Timmerman, a respected biotechnology journalist known for his past work at The Seattle Times and Xconomy, today launched a new subscription-based biotech news… Read More

Robotics pioneer Yoky Matsuoka leaving Google’s Nest to join Twitter, report says

Yoky Matsuoka, the former University of Washington computer science professor who rejoined Google with its $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest last… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup lawyers Joe Wallin and Mike Schneider jump to Carney Badley; Chef staffer joins DFJ as EIR; etc.

—Two of Seattle’s top startup lawyers are taking their talents to a new firm. Joe Wallin, a former partner at… Read More

Starbucks names former Microsoft and Juniper exec Kevin Johnson as new president and COO

BREAKING NEWS: Starbucks just named Kevin Johnson, the former Microsoft divisional president and Juniper Networks CEO, as its new president… Read More

Outerwall CEO resigns, stock spirals as board declares time for leadership change

Management changes continue at Outerwall, operator of the Coinstar coin counting and Redbox movie and game rental kiosks. Today, the… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft exec joins DocuSign as CMO; EMC vet leaps to ExtraHop; and more

—Brad Brooks joined DocuSign as its Chief Marketing Officer, bringing new marketing leadership to a firm that has been expanding its… Read More

Mona Locke

Intellectual Ventures hires former Washington State first lady Mona Locke as communications exec

Intellectual Ventures has hired Mona Locke, a former journalist best known as Washington State’s former first lady, as its new senior… Read More

Seattle startup BigDoor sold to investment firm, CEO Keith Smith departing

BigDoor, a Seattle startup that was an early leader in technologies to help large brands implement loyalty programs, has been… Read More

Full memo: Concur co-founders to depart Jan. 30 following blockbuster $8.3B acquisition by SAP

After 21 years together and a blockbuster $8.3 billion acquisition, Concur co-founders Mike Hilton and Rajeev Singh today announced that… Read More

Xbox Live creator Boyd Multerer leaves Microsoft

After 17 years at Microsoft, Xbox Live creator Boyd Multerer said today that he is moving on “to do something new.” Multerer… Read More

Intellectual Ventures co-founder Peter Detkin stepping down as vice chairman

Intellectual Ventures co-founder Peter Detkin announced today that he will be stepping down as the company’s Vice Chairman on January… Read More

Tech Moves: Yammer founder lands at Zenefits, Concur CFO joins Limeade board

—Yammer co-founder David Sacks has been named the Chief Operating Officer at Zenefits. As COO, all operations, finance and product teams… Read More

Amazon hires longtime Google VP who led Seattle-area operations

Chee Chew, who led Google’s operations in the Seattle region as a vice president of engineering, has been hired by Amazon… Read More

Tech Moves: Liz Powell lands at Pro.com; Juno bolsters board ahead of IPO; etc.

—Liz Howekamp Powell, the former vice president of marketing at WhitePages, has landed a new gig as head of organic… Read More

Mobile measurement firm Informate names Will Hodgman CEO, moves HQ to Seattle

Will Hodgman, the entrepreneur who sold M:Metrics to comScore for $44 million six years ago, has a new gig. And,… Read More

Craig McCaw

Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw takes more active role at Pendrell, as CEO Ben Wolff resigns with $3M severance

Patent holding company Pendrell is undergoing a shakeup, with CEO Benjamin Wolff resigning from the board and the CEO post,… Read More

Fred Hutch names prominent genetics expert president, 5th in cancer research center’s 40-year history

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has tapped D. Gary Gilliland, an expert in cancer genetics and former vice president of precision medicine… Read More

Tech Moves: Sprint shakes up management; Nintex hires Russ Mann; McAfee VP joins IID; and more

— Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is now making his mark on the leadership team after cutting 2,000 jobs just weeks ago. As part… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow’s Bohutinsky joins HotelTonight board; Groupon and Drugstore.com vet Kal Raman lands at Solutionstar; and more

—HotelTonight, the fast-growing mobile-based hotel booking service, has named Zillow chief marketing officer Amy Bohutinsky to its board. It marks… Read More

In tearful farewell, Andy Sack steps down from Techstars Seattle, passes torch to Chris DeVore

At its fifth annual Demo Day this afternoon, the Techstars Seattle startup accelerator announced that Andy Sack will step down from his post… Read More

Impinj CEO Bill Colleran resigns after 14 years, replaced by co-founder Chris Diorio

William Colleran resigned as CEO of Impinj on Monday, with co-founder and CTO Chris Diorio taking the helm. “After almost 14… Read More

Ex-Skype CMO Elisa Steele takes helm at Jive Software after CEO steps down

Elisa Steele, the former Chief Marketing officer of Skype, has been appointed president of Jive Software, the business software company that… Read More

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