Michael Smyers, a software engineer and startup entrepreneur who played a formative role in Seattle tech companies Zipwhip and Coinme, died April 30, seven months after learning he had colon… Read More
— Mark Simms, a former longtime Microsoft engineering leader, has joined Twilio as chief technology officer. Simms spent 14 years at Microsoft, most recently as director of architecture in the… Read More
Anyone who has interviewed job applicants by winging it knows the routine: questions in a free-form document, notes on the back of a resume, and an overabundance of gut instinct… Read More
Twilio, a communications software company with Seattle roots, is acquiring Seattle-based business-texting startup Zipwhip for approximately $850 million in a cash and stock deal, the companies announced Monday. Update, July 14: The… Read More
Looking for a way to celebrate the holiday season with employees while also injecting some much-needed support into the Seattle restaurant scene, Tableau Software placed the to-go order of the year… Read More
— Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Corey spent the past five years at Amazon Web Services, most recently leading the transformation team for… Read More
— Seattle data storage startup Qumulo added Elissa Fink to its board of directors. Fink previously served as chief marketing officer at Tableau Software for 11 years. Qumulo in July… Read More
Last fall, Zipwhip employees were settling into a sprawling new office space with sunset views of the Seattle waterfront and Olympic Mountains. The 75,000-square-foot space provided the startup a chance… Read More
Avery Wagar isn’t just some kid around the office who will get you a coffee. He’s the teenage software developer who helped build a text-enabled coffee robot that will get… Read More
Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. How do you handicap a unicorn race? When it comes to the race for the GeekWire… Read More
— Technology Policy Adviser Kate Garman will be leaving the City of Seattle and moving to Washington, D.C., she told friends and colleagues in an email today. Garman arrived in… Read More
Looking across the street at Elliott Bay and the water’s edge, Zipwhip CEO John Lauer swore he saw some orcas recently from his office in the startup’s new Seattle headquarters.… Read More
Solynn McCurdy left his role as CEO of nonprofit Social Venture Partners and joined credit union BECU as senior vice president of cooperative affairs. “With the support and commitment of the… Read More
Show me the money! Venture capital investment in Washington state last year reached the highest level since 2000, at $2 billion across 175 deals, according to a report from PwC… Read More
Zipwhip has leased space for a new Seattle headquarters that will give the fast-growing business text messaging startup room to nearly double its headcount. The company has leased the top… Read More
In today’s technology world, there are a bevy of ways for businesses to communicate with customers. They can send emails; build their own apps; use social media tools; and more.… Read More
—Secretive data company Koverse recruited Jennifer Bolton as its senior director of marketing. Bolton has made the rounds at successful Seattle-area startups, leading teams at F5 Networks, Smartsheet and Allrecipes.com. Koverse was… Read More
Zipwhip, the Seattle-based maker of the landline and internet texting service, added two new executives to its leadership team — including Bob Chamberlain, a longtime tech executive and seasoned finance leader who… Read More
John Lauer, CEO and co-founder of business texting-software provider Zipwhip, says there’s no faster, easier way to communicate than text messages. Or at least, he says, that’s true until someone… Read More
Seattle tech executive Liz Pearce has joined Portland, Ore.-based augmented reality startup Streem as its chief revenue officer, her first role after stepping down as Liquid Planner’s CEO in November.… Read More
A tropical island-themed tiki bar. A colorful pop art paradise. An innovative invention lab. And stunning rooftop decks. Those are some of the attributes of the inspiring and super cool… Read More
Initial public offerings worldwide this year have already exceeded the total for all of 2016, but the Pacific Northwest’s robust tech scene hasn’t played much of a role. Former GeekWire… Read More
Zipwhip is boosting its ambitions with a big new round of funding. The Seattle startup, which enables texting from business landline numbers, today announced a new $22.5 million investment led by… Read More
There’s virtually no limit to the way we communicate these days: Skype, Snapchat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter — the list goes on and on. But a good, old-fashioned text message is… Read More
A new Salesforce implementation is a big step for any company, and consulting and venture capital company Point B is looking for a go-to Salesforce expert to help the company with that… Read More
There’s virtually no limit to the way we communicate these days: Skype, Snapchat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter — the list goes on and on. But a good, old-fashioned text message is… Read More
March Madness isn’t just about bracket pools, wild upsets and the Boss Button. It’s also a busy time for startups, if the GeekWire 200 list of privately-held Pacific Northwest startups… Read More
Seattle-based Appuri, a startup using big data in an attempt to predict customer dissatisfaction, has appointed a new CEO: former Talentwise CEO Todd Owens. Owens replaces Appuri co-founder Damon Danieli, who… Read More
The Washington Technology Industry Association‘s Board of Directors has a new chairman: John Suk, a Harvard and University of Chicago graduate with a 20-year career in tech leadership in the Seattle… Read More
With the proliferation of so many messaging apps, from Facebook Messenger to WhatsApp to Snapchat, it may seem like SMS texting is not relevant anymore. Zipwhip’s latest fundraising round certainly proves that… Read More