Tech Moves – Page 11 of 44

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

Feb 5, 2024, 8:47 AM

Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet Brian Goldfarb lands at SolarWinds; ex-PopCap GM joins Sony

— Longtime Seattle-area marketing exec Brian Goldfarb took a new job as chief marketing officer at SolarWinds, the Austin, Texas-based publicly traded… Read More

Jan 29, 2024, 12:40 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon sports leader lands at DraftKings; Seattle tech vet launches advisory firm

— Dave Cotter, a longtime Seattle tech leader who sold a startup to Nordstrom and most recently led product at Leafly,… Read More

Jan 22, 2024, 12:23 PM

Tech Moves: Nintex founder named CEO at WellSaid Labs; F5 hires CISO; Slalom appoints execs

— Brian Cook, former CEO of Nintex and founder of Incredible Capital, is now CEO of WellSaid Labs, a Seattle startup… Read More

Jan 18, 2024, 3:08 PM

Amazon logistics leader John Felton takes new role as CFO of Amazon Web Services

John Felton, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team who most recently helped lead the company’s logistics operations, took a… Read More

Jan 17, 2024, 12:43 PM

Amazon Business leader taking leave of absence; Devices exec will step in to fill role

Alex Gagnon, vice president of Amazon Business and a 21-year veteran of the tech giant, is taking a leave of… Read More

Jan 16, 2024, 1:43 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft CVP joins Builder.ai as president; Moonbeam hires Seattle marketing vet

— Vahé Torossian, a longtime former corporate vice president at Microsoft, joined software development startup Builder.ai as president and chief partner… Read More

Jan 11, 2024, 11:38 AM

Tech Moves: Pacvue hires another Microsoft vet; LeoStella adds director; and more

— Zhenbin Xu, who spent nearly two decades at Microsoft in various leadership roles, joined e-commerce startup Pacvue as chief product… Read More

Jan 10, 2024, 10:51 AM

Textio CEO Kieran Snyder steps down; co-founder Jensen Harris takes over Seattle startup

Kieran Snyder, co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based augmented writing startup Textio, has stepped down as CEO, the company announced Wednesday.… Read More

Jan 9, 2024, 1:37 PM

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley returns to Zillow Group board

Bill’s back. Zillow Group announced Tuesday that it added famed Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley to its board. Gurley… Read More

Jan 8, 2024, 12:00 PM

Tech Moves: Activision names new CTO; HP exec leaves F5 board; Athira medical chief departs

— Natalya Tatarchuk, a gaming industry veteran who was most recently a VP at Unity, joined Activision Publishing as chief technology… Read More

Jan 4, 2024, 1:14 PM

Tech Moves: Amazon sports VP departing; AI product leader leaving Microsoft; and more

— Marie Donoghue, a vice president at Amazon who helped lead its sports streaming and video production arm, is leaving the… Read More

Dec 22, 2023, 9:41 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Pacvue; ex-Seagen CEO takes new chairman role; Leafly board shrinks

— Pacvue, a software startup that helps brands boost e-commerce revenue, hired Microsoft vet Sunava Dutta as senior vice president of… Read More

Dec 18, 2023, 11:30 AM

Tech Moves: Google leaders join Seattle startup MotherDuck; Humanly adds a VP; and more

Seattle data analytics startup MotherDuck is expanding its nest with two new leadership hires. Frances Perry has taken the role… Read More

Dec 13, 2023, 11:22 AM

Tech Moves: PNNL director returns to Wash. Dept. of Commerce; Seattle comms exec departs Forbes

— Joseph Williams is returning to the Washington state Department of Commerce to lead information and communication technology (ICT) sector… Read More

Dec 8, 2023, 12:53 PM

Tech Moves: Nordstrom names chief information security officer; Meta research scientist joins AI2

— Nicole Ford joined Nordstrom as chief information security officer. Ford previously served as vice president and CISO at Rockwell Automation,… Read More

Dec 4, 2023, 12:13 PM

Tech Moves: AWS community head departing; Pfizer exec joins Truveta board; UW Medicine names CEO

— Emily Freeman, head of community for Amazon Web Services, is departing. “It’s been an incredible few years and I’ve… Read More

Nov 28, 2023, 6:00 AM

Longtime Tableau exec Francois Ajenstat joins analytics company Amplitude as product chief

After a 13-year journey with Seattle-based Tableau Software — which grew from a small startup into a public company that… Read More

Nov 27, 2023, 5:59 PM

Tech Moves: Leafly board member departs; Uber Freight hires ex-Convoy comms lead

— Following the implosion of freight logistics startup Convoy last month, former employees from the heavily-funded Seattle startup are finding landing… Read More