Tech Moves – Page 10 of 43

Apr 22, 2024, 3:11 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Meta infrastructure VP joins Microsoft; DoorDash adds Amazon vet to board

Jason Taylor, the former vice president of infrastructure at Meta, joined Microsoft as corporate vice president and deputy CTO for… Read More

Apr 19, 2024, 8:07 AM

Tech Moves: Sana R&D chief steps down; Seattle U names new computer science leader

Seattle University named Dr. Burkhard Englert as the new Department Chair and Amazon Endowed Chair of Computer Science. Englert is… Read More

Apr 17, 2024, 10:22 PM

Wizards of the Coast President Cynthia Williams stepping down after 2 years leading game giant

A new SEC filing reveals that Cynthia Williams plans to step down as president at Hasbro-owned game company Wizards of… Read More

Apr 17, 2024, 10:35 AM

Former Moz CEO Sarah Bird is new CEO at Canvas, creators of home 3D modeling tech

Sarah Bird, the Seattle tech veteran who led SEO software startup Moz for seven years, is the new CEO of… Read More

Apr 17, 2024, 6:00 AM

Longtime Microsoft exec Gurdeep Singh Pall joins Qualtrics as president of AI strategy

Technology leader Gurdeep Singh Pall, a longtime Microsoft executive, is joining experience management technology company Qualtrics as its first president… Read More

Apr 16, 2024, 4:19 PM

Washington Technology Industry Association names Kristen Forecki as new board chair

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) named longtime Seattle tech leader Kristen Forecki as the new chair of its board… Read More

Apr 16, 2024, 8:39 AM

Tech Moves: Avalara names president; Microsoft vet launches AI forum; Common Room adds product leader

— Seattle-based tax software company Avalara named Ross Tennenbaum as its new president. Tennenbaum joined Avalara in 2019 and became its… Read More

Apr 15, 2024, 8:43 AM

Tech Moves: OpenAI hires former Amazon Web Services leader to lead new Tokyo office

Tadao Nagasaki, a longtime tech exec who led Japan-related operations for Amazon Web Services and F5, is joining OpenAI to… Read More

Apr 13, 2024, 9:02 AM

Tech Moves: Former DreamBox Learning CEO joins VC firm; First Fed hires Seattle entrepreneur

— Jessie Woolley-Wilson, former CEO at DreamBox Learning, joined Silicon Valley venture capital firm Owl Ventures as an operating partner. Woolley-Wilson… Read More

Apr 11, 2024, 6:18 AM

Amazon names business and tech leader Andrew Ng to its board, boosting AI expertise

Amazon’s newest board member is Andrew Ng, a business and technology leader, serial startup founder, investor, and educator who specializes… Read More

Apr 11, 2024, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: UiPath CTO lands at Talkdesk; Elastic hires AWS vet; ex-Redfin leaders join LLM startup

— Munil Shah, a former engineering leader at UiPath who previously spent 23 years at Microsoft, has joined San Francisco startup… Read More

Apr 4, 2024, 1:57 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Smartsheet CMO lands at Conga; former Panopto CMO joins Valid8

— Andrew Bennett, the former chief marketing officer at Smartsheet, is now chief marketing officer at Conga, a Denver-area startup that… Read More

Apr 3, 2024, 10:34 AM

Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

— Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm, the company’s new chief… Read More

Mar 28, 2024, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: VC firm Ascend names new partner; Common Room adds board member; and more

— Startup veteran Jen Haller has been named partner at Ascend, the Seattle-based pre-seed venture capital firm. Haller first joined the… Read More

Mar 25, 2024, 6:07 PM

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s new Surface and Windows chief; ex-Zillow CEO joins Match Group board; Oleria adds execs

— Longtime Microsoft exec Pavan Davuluri is taking on a new role leading the company’s Surface and Windows divisions, according to… Read More

Mar 22, 2024, 8:09 AM

Tech Moves: Smartsheet co-founder will leave board; Pandion hires logistics execs; and more

Smartsheet on Friday announced several changes to its board of directors, including the departure of co-founder Brent Frei and the… Read More

Mar 19, 2024, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Accolade names new chief people officer; YouTube gaming leader joins Microsoft

— Seattle-based healthcare software giant Accolade appointed Kelsi McDonald Harris as chief people officer and senior vice president. McDonald Harris joined… Read More

Mar 16, 2024, 8:16 AM

Tech Moves: Former Amazon, Flexport exec Tim Collins joins Blue Origin as supply chain chief

Tim Collins, most recently an executive vice president at Flexport and a former top Amazon leader, announced Saturday that he’s… Read More

Mar 15, 2024, 10:57 AM

Tech Moves: Optimize Health names new CEO; Seattle-area marketing firm makes acquisition

Optimize Health, a Seattle-based startup that sells remote patient monitoring software, announced Ryan Clark as its new CEO. Clark, based… Read More

Mar 13, 2024, 8:22 AM

Former Microsoft deputy CTO Lila Tretikov joins NEA as head of AI strategy

Lila Tretikov, the former deputy chief technology officer at Microsoft, has joined SIlicon Valley investment firm NEA as partner and… Read More

Mar 11, 2024, 8:42 AM

Tech Moves: Former AMD named Kymeta CEO; GitHub exec joins Twilio; DocuSign security vet joins Proof; Fred Hutch adds VP

Rick Bergman, former executive vice president at semiconductor giant AMD, joined Seattle-area mobile connectivity company Kymeta as its new CEO,… Read More

Mar 7, 2024, 7:00 AM

Amazon-backed AI startup Anthropic is growing its Seattle workforce

Anthropic, one of the most valuable privately held AI companies going head-to-head in the generative AI race with OpenAI, is… Read More

Mar 4, 2024, 1:18 PM

Agility Robotics names new CEO: Peggy Johnson, former Magic Leap CEO and Microsoft exec

Peggy Johnson, the former Microsoft executive who stepped down as Magic Leap CEO last fall, is the new CEO of… Read More

Mar 1, 2024, 8:34 AM

Tech Moves: AWS vet lands at health startup; Lumen hires longtime Microsoft GM; ex-Qualtrics exec joins Typeform board

— Harshit Shah, a former head of engineering at Amazon Web Services, is now chief technology officer at Boston, Mass-based… Read More

Feb 28, 2024, 8:34 AM

Former Textio CEO Kieran Snyder dives into new research on how AI is impacting the workplace

Kieran Snyder, the co-founder and former CEO of Seattle-based Textio, has launched her next project, less than two months after… Read More

Feb 27, 2024, 9:24 PM

Tech Moves: Instacart COO lands at Microsoft in AI product role; ZoomInfo accounting chief departs

Asha Sharma is headed back to Seattle full-time for a new role leading product for Microsoft’s AI platform. Sharma was… Read More

Feb 21, 2024, 11:18 AM

Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

— Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. Alfonso Paredes, who joined… Read More

Feb 16, 2024, 11:59 AM

Tech Moves: Pathable founder joins vanlife startup; Opanga Networks taps Seattle telecom vet as CEO

— Veteran Seattle-area software entrepreneur Jordan Schwartz joined Sēkr, a San Diego startup that aims to help “vanlife” travelers find campsites… Read More

Feb 13, 2024, 8:36 AM

Tech Moves: Rivian hires former Amazon and Meta leader as new marketing chief

Jennifer Prenner, a former marketing leader at Amazon and Meta, joined EV giant Rivian as its new vice president of… Read More

Feb 9, 2024, 8:25 AM

Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta stepping down, 17 years after founding enterprise software giant

Sunny Gupta, who launched Apptio more than 17 years ago and helped build the Seattle-area company into an enterprise software… Read More