Tech Moves – Page 20 of 44

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

Oct 21, 2021, 10:28 AM

Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

— Freight marketplace Convoy announced John Morrow as its new general counsel, effective Nov. 1. A Seattle tech vet, Morrow… Read More

Oct 20, 2021, 2:41 PM

Washington Technology Industry Association looks beyond its home state for talent, programming

The Washington Technology Industry Association organization says its priority is to “recruit, develop, and retain technology talent in Washington state.”… Read More

Oct 12, 2021, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names president; and more

— Heavily-funded delivery service Gopuff hired three more Seattle-based leaders: Former Beyond Meat COO Sanjay Shah as SVP of North… Read More

Oct 9, 2021, 7:52 AM

Tech Moves: Leafly hires general counsel; Skilljar and LevelTen add execs; and more

— Seattle cannabis marketplace Leafly announced New York-based lawyer Kimberly Boler as its new general counsel. She joins the 11-year… Read More

Oct 7, 2021, 11:59 AM

Tech Moves: Ex-Glassdoor CTO will lead Auth0 engineering; Flyhomes hires CRO; and more

— Bellevue, Wash.-based identify authentication software company Auth0 named former Glassdoor CTO Bhawna Singh as SVP of engineering. She will be… Read More

Sep 29, 2021, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Cloudentity names new CEO; Leafly appoints CFO; SeekOut adds Tableau vet; Tomo hires ex-Zillow economist

— Seattle startup Cloudentity appointed CloudCoreo co-founder Jason Needham as its new CEO and a member of the board. Needham… Read More

Sep 28, 2021, 3:00 PM

Tech Moves: B.C. startup Thinkific adds CMO from Hootsuite; Amplero founder departs Zulily

— Vancouver, B.C.-based online education company Thinkific announced former Hootsuite executive Henk Campher as chief marketing officer. Based in Seattle,… Read More

Sep 22, 2021, 9:11 PM

Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires CFO; ex-Tune CEO lands at Roku

— RealSelf CEO James Coyle stepped down and Jeff Kizilbash has been named interim CEO of the cosmetic review platform.… Read More

Sep 20, 2021, 11:34 AM

Tech Moves: Seattle startup TomboyX names new CEO; T-Mobile appoints general counsel; and more

— Gender-neutral underwear maker TomboyX promoted COO Leslie Garrard to CEO. Co-founders Fran Dunaway and Naomi Gonzalez will continue to… Read More

Sep 16, 2021, 8:31 AM

Tech Moves: Bioengineer joins AI2 incubator; Icosavax adds execs, expands board; and more

— The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) added bioengineer Jenny Cronin as a principal working with entrepreneurs in AI2’s startup… Read More

Sep 14, 2021, 5:28 PM

Microsoft names Brad Smith vice chair, plans $60B share buyback, sets Nov. 30 annual meeting

Brad Smith, the Microsoft president who oversees the company’s government, legal and public affairs operations, has been named vice chair… Read More

Sep 14, 2021, 7:00 AM

After milestone flight, Blue Origin SVP Stephen Bennett will join Kepler Communications as COO

The changing of the guard is continuing at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture with the departure of Stephen Bennett,… Read More

Sep 10, 2021, 7:27 AM

Tech Moves: Bill-Gates backed Kymeta adds new co-CEOs; ex-Zillow exec joins Roofstock board

— Former Zillow and OfferUp executive Chloe Harford joined the board of directors at Oakland, Calif.-based Roofstock. She also currently… Read More

Sep 8, 2021, 2:23 PM

Microsoft hires Google and Facebook product vet, building out ‘Teams for Life’ consumer group

Microsoft made another key hire for a new consumer technology group on Wedneday, adding former Facebook and Google product leader… Read More