Tech Moves – Page 18 of 44

Apr 8, 2022, 9:59 AM

Tech Moves: USAFacts picks Microsoft and Amazon vet as CTO; Zillow CMO departs; and more

— Tanuja Korlepra, a former Amazon and Microsoft product management leader, has been named chief technology officer of USAFacts, the… Read More

Apr 4, 2022, 5:00 AM

Tech Moves: Syndio hires managing director; Google travel vet returns to Expedia; ex-Adaptive CMO joins Freenome

— Ritu Mohanka, vice president of strategy & development EMEA at Glint (part of LinkedIn), is now the managing director and… Read More

Apr 1, 2022, 4:07 PM

Tech Moves: Porch Group CFO will step down; OfferUp legal leader joins SeekOut

— Porch Group CFO Marty Heimbigner is leaving the Seattle-based home services company. In a new SEC filing posted Friday,… Read More

Mar 31, 2022, 6:50 PM

Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best joins Microsoft as director of global security risk operations

Carmen Best has joined Microsoft as director of global security risk operations. Best served as Seattle Police chief from August… Read More

Mar 30, 2022, 11:43 AM

Tech Moves: Sea.citi CEO steps down; Redfin adds board member; Radian taps strategy exec

— Nicholas Merriam is stepping down as sea.citi’s chief engagement officer. Launched in 2018 and spearheaded by some of the biggest tech… Read More

Mar 25, 2022, 4:07 PM

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies’ chief medical officer resigns; Athira Pharma’s new hires

— Lance Baldo stepped down as chief medical officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies. Baldo is “moving on to pursue another professional… Read More

Mar 24, 2022, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Zillow VP joins OpenSea; Panopto hires Microsoft manager; product vet joins Binance

— Loni Mahanta, formerly vice president of government relations & public policy for Zillow Group, joined NFT marketplace OpenSea in… Read More

Mar 21, 2022, 2:57 PM

Tech Moves: Athira Pharma adds Wave Life Sciences CMO Michael Panzara to board

—Michael Panzara, chief medical officer and head of therapeutics discovery and development for Wave Life Sciences, was appointed to Athira… Read More

Mar 18, 2022, 3:00 PM

Tech Moves: Nordstrom appoints Alphabet VP Amie Thuener to board of directors

Amie Thuener, Alphabet VP and chief accounting officer, was appointed to Nordstrom’s board of directors, effective March 15. Thuener has… Read More

Mar 17, 2022, 5:30 AM

Tech Moves: Providence leader returns to Amazon; Seattle marketing vet joins LiveRamp; and more

— Jessica Shapiro will join LiveRamp as its chief marketing officer. Shapiro is marketing veteran, previously working in leadership roles at… Read More

Mar 14, 2022, 5:40 PM

Zulily taps former Nordstrom exec and e-commerce vet Terry Boyle as new president and CEO

Terry Boyle has been appointed the new president and CEO of Seattle-based online retailer Zulily, in a move announced Monday… Read More

Mar 10, 2022, 8:30 AM

Collectors, a collectibles services company, is hiring tech vets at new office in Seattle

Collectors, a company that authenticates, grades and manages collectibles such a sports trading cards and autographed memorabilia, coins, video games… Read More

Mar 9, 2022, 10:43 AM

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies hires new CFO from J.P. Morgan Chase amid layoffs

— Adaptive Biotechnologies has a new CFO. Tycho Peterson comes from J.P. Morgan Chase, where he most recently served in… Read More

Mar 7, 2022, 3:27 PM

Rover stock dips 17% after Q4 earnings report; CFO Tracy Knox to retire

Rover shares were down more than 15% in after-hours trading after the company reported its fourth quarter earnings, which beat… Read More

Mar 7, 2022, 9:48 AM

Tech Moves: Burke Museum appoints executive director; Boundless names product VP; and more

— Dr. Gabriela Chavarria has joined Seattle’s Burke Museum as the new executive director. Chavarria brings more than 20 years of… Read More

Mar 3, 2022, 8:04 AM

Tech Moves: Xamarin co-founder leaves Microsoft; OfferUp adds execs; and more

— Miguel de Icaza, who joined Microsoft after the tech giant acquired Xamarin in 2016, is leaving the company, according to… Read More

Mar 2, 2022, 8:58 AM

Tech Moves: T-Mobile taps new CMO; Bezos Earth Fund adds senior staff; ex-Drugstore.com CEO joins SecureSave board

— Mike Katz, a longtime T-Mobile executive, is now chief marketing officer of the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier. “This is an… Read More

Feb 28, 2022, 12:16 PM

Microsoft keeps expanding ranks of climate leadership, announces new hire from Shell

Microsoft is adding to its climate leadership ranks by hiring Elisabeth Brinton as corporate vice president of sustainability. The software… Read More

Feb 17, 2022, 6:50 AM

Tech Moves: Amazon product vet joins IoT startup; Amazon comms leader moves to Lyft; Doxo adds execs; and more

— San Diego, Calif.-based company Wiliot named Manish Bansal as chief product officer. He joins the IoT startup from Amazon,… Read More

Feb 16, 2022, 2:50 PM

Acumatica names former Unify Square leader John Case as new CEO; Jon Roskill shifts to EQT role

Business technology company Acumatica, maker of cloud-based enterprise resource planning software, named John Case as its new CEO effective March… Read More

Feb 16, 2022, 2:14 PM

Google Maps veterans hired by Microsoft as new VPs in Maps and Local team

Two former members of the Google Maps team have navigated their way to Microsoft, joining the Redmond company as corporate… Read More

Feb 16, 2022, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Accolade HR chief departs; Seattle startup Membrion adds advisor; and more

— Seattle HR executive Britt Provost departed health benefits platform Accolade and joined marketing software company Siteimprove as its first… Read More

Feb 14, 2022, 12:01 PM

Gregory Davis becomes Eviation’s interim CEO with electric aircraft’s first flight coming up

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation says Gregory Davis is assuming the role of interim CEO as part of a planned succession process… Read More

Feb 11, 2022, 1:26 PM

Tech Moves: Indeed hires Zillow economist; Impinj names COO; Amazon vet joins Fabric; more

— Former Zillow Chief Economist Svenja Gudell is now chief economist at Indeed, leading the job search engine’s research team.… Read More

Feb 4, 2022, 10:57 PM

Amperity CEO Kabir Shahani steps down

Amperity CEO Kabir Shahani has relinquished the CEO title at the fast-growing Seattle startup, a move that comes seven months… Read More

Feb 3, 2022, 2:00 PM

Wizards of the Coast taps former Microsoft and Amazon leader Cynthia Williams as president

Hasbro announced on Thursday morning that it has appointed Cynthia W. Williams as the new president of its Wizards of… Read More

Feb 2, 2022, 10:50 AM

Electric aviation pioneer Roei Ganzarski plots a new course as CEO at Alitheon digital ID venture

Less than a month after announcing his departure from leadership roles at two electric aviation companies, Roei Ganzarski is embarking… Read More

Feb 1, 2022, 7:51 PM

Tech Moves: Microsoft finance leader joins EA; Greater Seattle Partners hires CEO; and more

— Electronic Arts (EA) announced Chris Suh as its new CFO effective March 1. Suh is currently CVP and CFO… Read More

Jan 26, 2022, 5:51 PM

Tech Moves: Qualtrics adds new board members; Adaptiva names CPO and CFO; and more

— Publicly-traded software company Qualtrics added Omar Johnson and Ritu Bhargava to its board of directors. Johnson is a marketing… Read More

Jan 26, 2022, 1:57 PM

CytoDyn CEO ousted after year of lawsuits, FDA rebuke, ongoing investigations

Nader Pourhassan has been ousted as CEO and president by the board of directors of embattled Vancouver, Wash.-based CytoDyn, the… Read More