Tech Moves – Page 19 of 44

Jan 26, 2022, 11:58 AM

Tech Moves: Tableau’s new data chief; Outreach, Trulioo add CPOs; Gemini recruits CTO from AWS

— Microsoft alum Wendy Turner-Williams is now chief data officer at Tableau. She joined from Tableau’s parent company Salesforce where… Read More

Jan 19, 2022, 5:29 PM

Tech Moves: Washington STEM names new CEO; Conversica and Iterable hire marketing vets

— Washington STEM announced Milton Lang as the education nonprofit’s new CEO. He has a doctorate in higher education administration… Read More

Jan 14, 2022, 2:53 PM

Tech Moves: Former Lyft, Remitly exec named PCC CEO; Leafly adds engineering leader; and more

— PCC Community Markets announced Krishnan “Krish” Srinivasan, a former finance executive at Lyft and Seattle startup Remitly, as its… Read More

Jan 13, 2022, 7:05 AM

Tech Moves: OfferUp names new CTO; Amazon data center leader departs; and more

— Mobile marketplace OfferUp hired former Splunk VP of Engineering Melissa Binde as its new CTO. Binde previously held senior… Read More

Jan 11, 2022, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Life Science Washington names new CEO; AWS exec departs; Vizio CTO retires

— Life Science Washington announced Marc Cummings as its new CEO and president. He was most recently the trade association’s… Read More

Jan 10, 2022, 10:52 AM

Tech Moves: Adaptive CFO to resign; Meta comms exec departs; AI vet joins Absci board; new Zymeworks CEO

— Chad Cohen will step down as CFO of Adaptive Biotechnologies on Feb. 15. Prior to joining Adaptive in 2015,… Read More

Jan 7, 2022, 12:16 PM

Tech Moves: Zillow hires Nike exec as first design chief; Allen Institute has new CEO; and more

— Zillow Group named Jenny Arden as the Seattle-based real estate company’s first chief design officer. She was most recently… Read More

Jan 6, 2022, 1:23 PM

Tech Moves: Leafly announces new board ahead of SPAC merger; Amazon vets depart; and more

— Leafly announced its new six-member board of directors whose appointments will be effective after its pending SPAC merger with… Read More

Dec 23, 2021, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Highspot adds executives; Blue Origin vets depart; Disney hires former Microsoft exec

— Enterprise sales startup Highspot appointed four new executives: Arvind Prakash as VP of product management. Most recently VP of… Read More

Dec 17, 2021, 10:41 AM

Amazon consolidates healthcare groups under veteran exec, shakes up pharmacy leadership

Amazon senior executive Neil Lindsay, a key figure in the growth of the company’s Kindle and Prime businesses, has been… Read More

Dec 17, 2021, 8:12 AM

Senate confirms longtime Microsoft leader Kurt DelBene as CIO at Dept. of Veterans Affairs

— Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene was confirmed on Thursday by the Senate as the CIO and assistant secretary for information… Read More

Dec 17, 2021, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: Madrona adds strategic directors; ex-Amperity CMO joins Tenable; Discord hires Microsoft gaming exec

— Seattle startup vet Brian Goldfarb was named chief marketing officer at Tenable, a Columbia, Md.-based cybersecurity company. He was… Read More

Dec 14, 2021, 11:30 AM

Tech Moves: Former Outreach CMO joins Fastly; SmartRecruiters adds ex-Tableau SVP; and more

— Fastly named Margaret Arakawa as chief marketing officer of the publicly traded San Francisco-based cloud network provider. Arakawa spent nearly 20… Read More

Dec 9, 2021, 4:15 PM

Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

— Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Rogers spent the past decade… Read More

Dec 9, 2021, 9:43 AM

Social TV platform Scener adds Hulu’s David Baron as CEO and filmmaker J.J. Abrams as investor

Scener, the Seattle-based startup that adds a social layer to the viewing of streaming television content, has named David Baron… Read More

Dec 3, 2021, 11:22 AM

Seattle startup 98point6 appoints Jeff Greenstein as permanent CEO following leadership shuffle

98point6 chairman Jeff Greenstein is now the company’s permanent CEO after taking over interim leadership duties following the departure of… Read More

Dec 3, 2021, 8:46 AM

Tech Moves: Lyft hires CFO from Amazon; Tomo adds CMO; Gopuff taps more Seattle talent

— Tomo, a new real estate startup led by ex-Zillow leaders, announced Sarah Makar as CMO. She is also a… Read More

Dec 1, 2021, 4:03 PM

Longtime Amazon retail exec joins REI as its first chief commercial officer

REI Co-op on Wednesday announced the hiring of Amazon veteran Cameron Janes as its new senior vice president, chief commercial… Read More

Nov 24, 2021, 8:28 AM

Tech Moves: Accolade appoints execs; Vacasa adds board member ahead of SPAC deal; and more

— Health benefits platform Accolade hired Carolina Lobo as chief marketing officer and Eve Stacey as chief customer officer. Lobo… Read More

Nov 18, 2021, 8:00 AM

Tech Moves: Booster hires ex-UberEats leader; First Mode expands C-suite; and more

— Booster, previously known as Booster Fuels, hired former Amazon and Uber VP Adrian Agostini as chief revenue officer. He… Read More

Nov 17, 2021, 5:00 AM

AI2 CEO Oren Etzioni to chair UiPath’s new AI advisory board

UiPath, a publicly traded “robotic automation process” company, announced that Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) CEO Oren Etzioni will… Read More

Nov 16, 2021, 10:53 AM

Tech Moves: Payscale CEO steps down; a16z adds Seattle-based partner; Madrona hires investor

— Scott Torrey stepped down as CEO of compensation data company Payscale. A SAP Concur veteran, Torrey took over as… Read More

Nov 15, 2021, 6:37 AM

Modumetal founder Christina Lomasney takes tech transfer role at Pacific Northwest National Lab

Christina Lomasney, the co-founder and former CEO of high-tech metal startup Modumetal, has joined The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL),… Read More

Nov 12, 2021, 8:35 AM

Amazon board member Thomas Ryder to retire after 20-year run

Longtime Amazon board member Thomas Ryder is stepping down effective Dec. 31, the company announced this week. Ryder joined the… Read More

Nov 12, 2021, 8:04 AM

Gene Farrell, Smartsheet exec at center of 2017 Amazon lawsuit, leaving to become fintech CEO

Gene Farrell, Smartsheet‘s chief strategy and product officer, is leaving to become CEO of a financial technology startup, the Bellevue-based… Read More

Nov 10, 2021, 2:40 PM

Tech Moves: OfferUp adds diversity chief; Convoy engineering VP departs; ex-Twitter VP joins Kraken

— Mobile marketplace OfferUp announced Melinda Starbird as the company’s first chief people and diversity officer. Starbird previously was VP… Read More

Nov 3, 2021, 2:10 PM

Tech Moves: Qualtrics hires Microsoft vet; Amazon voice tech leader steps down; Future For Us founders start new roles

— Future For Us co-founder and former CEO Sage Ke’alohilani Quiamno is now a diversity, equity and inclusion business partner… Read More

Nov 3, 2021, 9:02 AM

GitHub CEO Nat Friedman steps down; Julia Liuson named president of Microsoft Developer Division

Nat Friedman is stepping down as the CEO of Microsoft-owned developer community and code repository GitHub. He’ll be replaced by… Read More

Nov 1, 2021, 8:11 AM

Sarah Bird is leaving Moz after 14 years at the Seattle SEO software startup, including 7 as CEO

Sarah Bird is leaving Moz, the Seattle-based SEO software startup that she joined in 2007 and led as CEO for… Read More

Oct 26, 2021, 12:55 PM

Tech Moves: Unbounce names new CEO; Azure VP joins VMware; and more

— Vancouver, B.C.-based landing page builder Unbounce announced Felicia Bochicchio as its new CEO. She was most recently the company’s… Read More