Tech Moves – Page 21 of 44

Jul 23, 2021, 4:34 PM

Tech Moves: Techstars Seattle adds director; Redfin’s head of industry relations departs; more

— Former Impact Hub Seattle Managing Director Sarah Studer is joining Techstars Seattle as the director of platform. Studer was… Read More

Jul 19, 2021, 10:36 AM

Tech Moves: Twitch names CTO; Highspot adds board member; Apptio promotes sales leader

— Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch named Christine Weber as its new CTO. Weber was most recently chief information officer… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 7:35 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Tableau sales chief Kelly Breslin Wright joins Gong; Slalom expands board; more

— Former Tableau executive Kelly Breslin Wright was named president and COO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Gong, an AI sales… Read More

Jul 12, 2021, 3:38 PM

Tech Moves: DreamBox Learning appoints 5 execs; UW names new vice provost of research; more

— Education platform DreamBox Learning appointed five new executives: Lakshmi Nidamarthi as chief product officer. Nidamarthi was most recently director… Read More

Jul 8, 2021, 5:00 AM

Tech Moves: Edifecs names new CEO; Absci adds execs ahead of IPO; and more

— Biotech company Absci, which filed to go public last week, added Nikhil Goel as chief business officer and Sarah… Read More

Jul 1, 2021, 2:22 PM

Tech Moves: Microsoft presidents to depart; Boeing names new CFO; and more

— Microsoft’s U.S. President Kate Johnson and U.S. Government & Regulated Industries President Toni Townes-Whitley are leaving the company. The… Read More

Jun 29, 2021, 5:40 PM

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s general counsel joins Cisco; Outreach adds execs; Avalara expands board

— After 14 years at Microsoft, Dev Stahlkopf is joining Cisco in August as executive vice president and chief legal… Read More

Jun 25, 2021, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

— T-Mobile appointed former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Letitia Long to its board. Long served as the director of… Read More

Jun 24, 2021, 5:00 AM

Amazon vet Dorothy Li joins trucking startup Convoy as CTO, says company is at ‘inflection point’

Dorothy Li, a 23-year Amazon vet who helped launch game-changing innovations such as Prime to Kindle, is the latest experienced… Read More

Jun 22, 2021, 7:39 AM

Seattle tech vet Amit Mital takes new cybersecurity job role at the White House

Amit Mital picked a heck of a time to take an appointed cybersecurity job at the White House. The Seattle… Read More

Jun 21, 2021, 4:17 PM

Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

— Kim Swift has been named the senior director of cloud gaming for Xbox Game Studios Publishing. Swift is a… Read More

Jun 18, 2021, 10:15 AM

Tech Moves: Adriane Brown joins KKR board; AI2 adds HR exec; Ossia and LevelTen hire CFOs; more

— Adriane Brown, managing partner at Seattle VC firm Flying Fish, joined the board of global investment firm KKR. This… Read More

Jun 17, 2021, 10:47 AM

OfferUp hires former Booking.com managing director Todd Dunlap as new CEO

Seattle-area startup OfferUp has a new CEO. The popular mobile marketplace hired former Booking.com managing director Todd Dunlap to lead… Read More

Jun 15, 2021, 9:00 AM

Tech Moves: Seattle AI experts join national task force; Boundless co-founder departs; and more

— DefinedCrowd founder and CEO Daniela Braga and Allen Institute for AI CEO Oren Etzioni are part of the newly… Read More

Jun 9, 2021, 2:50 PM

Tech Moves: GameStop hires more Amazon execs; Twitch COO joins Karat board; CEO of Washington STEM steps down; Big Fish HR chief joins Qumulo

— Seattle startup Karat added a new board member and vice president of interview delivery. Twitch Chief Operating Officer Sara… Read More

Jun 4, 2021, 8:42 AM

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner leaves Core Scientific; Magic AI founder joins ThruWave

— Kevin Turner has stepped down as CEO of Seattle-area blockchain startup Core Scientific. The former Microsoft COO told GeekWire… Read More

May 28, 2021, 4:21 PM

Tech Moves: Andy Sack joins Payability board; Puppet adds execs; LevelTen Energy names CCO

— Longtime Seattle startup leader and investor Andy Sack joined the board of Payability, a New York City-based fintech startup.… Read More

May 27, 2021, 10:40 AM

Tech Moves: Longtime Amazon HR leader joins Snap; Tableau CFO departs; and more

— Darcie Henry, a 23-year Amazon veteran, will join Snap Inc. as chief human resources officer in July. She is… Read More

May 21, 2021, 3:06 PM

Tech Moves: Icertis hires new CMO; Expedia Group board member steps down; and more

— Icertis hired longtime SAP executive Gretchen Eischen as its new chief marketing officer. She was most recently global vice… Read More

May 14, 2021, 1:14 PM

Tech Moves: Riveter CEO relocates; ex-REI CEO joins UW business school; Edifecs adds execs; more

— Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has been appointed the Edward V. Fritzky endowed chair in leadership… Read More

May 7, 2021, 2:22 PM

Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens

— Cybersecurity giant Tanium appointed Marc Levine as its new CFO, effective May 17. He was most recently CFO at… Read More

May 7, 2021, 9:59 AM

Ex-Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn leaves venture capital post after 5 weeks on job

When Jeff Blackburn announced his retirement from Amazon in February after 22 years, the longtime Jeff Bezos lieutenant stressed that… Read More

May 3, 2021, 8:00 AM

Tech Moves: Ad Lightning CEO Scott Moore steps down; Amazon Prime Video adds Nike vet

— Ad Lightning co-founder Scott Moore is stepping down from his CEO role for personal reasons but will remain on… Read More

Apr 28, 2021, 12:30 PM

Tech Moves: Former Rover CTO joins moving startup Dolly; Egencia’s CFO to depart; and more

— Former Rover CTO Scott Porad joined peer-to-peer moving service Dolly as its first-ever chief technology officer. The Seattle startup… Read More

Apr 28, 2021, 7:49 AM

Fuse raises more than $100M, adds Bay Area tech vet Brendan Wales as third founding partner

The news: Brendan Wales, a longtime Bay Area tech startup investor, has joined Seattle-based venture capital firm Fuse as its… Read More

Apr 21, 2021, 10:10 AM

Tech Moves: Former Sec. of Defense Ash Carter joins Tanium board; SheerID adds exec; and more

— Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense from 2015 to 2017, has joined the board of Tanium, a… Read More

Apr 16, 2021, 11:06 AM

Tech Moves: Former Chef Software and Impinj CFO Evan Fein lands at phone service startup TextNow

Evan Fein, a finance exec who previously was CFO at Impinj and Chef Software, is now CFO at TextNow. Fein… Read More

Apr 15, 2021, 12:55 PM

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech co-founders join life sciences SPAC; new edtech execs; and more

— Adaptive Biotechnologies co-founders and brothers Chad and Harlan Robins are among the directors of a new life sciences SPAC.… Read More

Apr 13, 2021, 12:25 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon leader Jeff Wilke joins Scale AI as advisor to CEO; Skilljar and Auth0 hire execs; T-Mobile board shuffle

— Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, has joined Scale AI as advisor to the CEO. Founded… Read More

Apr 9, 2021, 4:59 PM

Tech Moves: Rad Power Bikes co-founder resigns; WRF CEO Ron Howell to retire; and more

— Rad Power Bikes co-founder Ty Collins has stepped down from the rapidly growing e-bike startup. Collins, who was chief… Read More