Tech Moves – Page 25 of 44

Feb 6, 2020, 9:46 AM

Tech Moves: Boeing exec lands at Blue Origin; UW names innovation lead; InkHouse opens Seattle hub

— Former Boeing exec Linda Mills is Blue Origin’s first vice president of communications. Mills held the same title at… Read More

Feb 3, 2020, 6:21 PM

Tech Moves: Propio expands leadership team; Jama hires CEO; Nordstrom’s new accounting chief

— Seattle health-tech startup Propio expanded its leadership team with three new additions: Amish Patel, vice president of product. Patel… Read More

Jan 29, 2020, 2:56 PM

Tech Moves: Adaptiva names CEO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Pantheon board; and more

— Former Tableau CMO Elissa Fink joined the board of directors of San Francisco-based website operations platform Pantheon. During her… Read More

Jan 27, 2020, 2:42 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-BMW ReachNow CEO Steve Banfield joins Madrona Venture Labs; Starbucks hires sustainability chief; and more

— Former BMW ReachNow CEO and INRIX executive Steve Banfield has joined Seattle-based “startup studio” Madrona Venture Labs as founder-in-residence.… Read More

Jan 21, 2020, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: Amazon ad exec departs; PwC Labs hires director; AI2 names entrepreneur-in-residence

— PwC Labs, the multinational firm’s technology innovation group, is growing its team in Seattle. Jill Beck, previously a senior… Read More

Jan 15, 2020, 6:30 AM

Ex-Concur CEO Steve Singh joins Madrona as a managing director — here’s how he plans to invest

Steve Singh wants to find the next Concur. The longtime tech executive is joining Madrona Venture Group as a managing… Read More

Jan 14, 2020, 3:28 PM

Tech Moves: Smartsheet taps leader for new Sydney office; Payscale adds CMO; Vulcan names CFO; and more

—Former Microsoft general manager Adrianna Burrows is now chief marketing officer at Seattle-based compensation startup PayScale. Burrows is one of… Read More

Jan 10, 2020, 1:01 PM

Tech Moves: CFO shuffle at RealNetworks; Avalara, RFPIO, Hiya add execs; and more

— Cary Baker, currently chief financial officer at RealNetworks, will leave the company in February to join Seattle-based RFID maker… Read More

Jan 7, 2020, 3:05 PM

Tech Moves: Create33’s original executive director departs; new leaders at Ada Developers Academy and TiE Seattle; and more

— Startup founder and advisor Micah Baldwin has left Create33 and Madrona Venture Group. “Together, we built something special,” Baldwin… Read More

Jan 7, 2020, 9:18 AM

Fred Hutch names Thomas Lynch new president: ‘We’re going to make remarkable leaps’

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found its next leader, announcing Tuesday that Dr. Thomas J. Lynch Jr. will… Read More

Jan 3, 2020, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: ExtraHop adds execs; Simply Measured co-founder returns to startups; and more

— Network security startup ExtraHop added two new executives ahead of a potential IPO in 2020. Sri Sundaralingam joined as… Read More

Dec 19, 2019, 4:00 PM

Tech Moves: Accolade hires HR exec; EnergySavvy vet joins UW Clean Energy Institute; and more

— Former EnergySavvy COO Scott Case was named entrepreneur-in-residence at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, part of the University of… Read More

Dec 18, 2019, 6:30 AM

Harvey Mudd’s Maria Klawe joins Glowforge board, ushering in new era for 3D laser printing startup

Glowforge, the Seattle startup that rebounded from early setbacks to become a fast-growing 3D laser printer maker, announced high-profile hires… Read More

Dec 13, 2019, 3:10 PM

Tech Moves: Microsoft IP chief Erich Andersen is leaving; Kristen Hamilton joins board of education software startup; and more

— Entrepreneur and startup advisor Kristen Hamilton joined the board of Toronto-based Top Hat, an education software company. Since selling… Read More

Dec 11, 2019, 5:01 PM

Tech Moves: RealNetworks adds board members; LegUp CEO joins FFA advisory board; and more

— LegUp co-founder and CEO Jessica Eggert has joined the Female Founders Alliance’s board of advisors. Her startup, inspired by… Read More

Dec 6, 2019, 5:04 PM

Tech Moves: Placed founder named Foursquare CEO; Pro.com hires CFO; and more

— David Shim, founder and former CEO of Seattle startup Placed, was appointed CEO and a member of the board… Read More

Dec 5, 2019, 4:25 PM

Tech Moves: Puppet adds CMO and board member; Tableau PR leader departs; and more

— Keyana Corliss, Tableau’s director of corporate communications & global public relations, is departing to join female-founded unicorn Guild Education.… Read More

Dec 4, 2019, 2:25 PM

Tech Moves: Avalara names new CFO; Smartsheet adds board member; Banzai hires execs

— Avalara announced Wednesday that CFO Bill Ingram is retiring in March and will be replaced by Ross Tennenbaum, Avalara’s… Read More

Dec 4, 2019, 9:37 AM

Tech Moves: PATH taps Nikolaj Gilbert as new CEO; Concur co-founder Steve Singh joins Clari board

— PATH, a Seattle nonprofit organization with more than 1,400 employees across 22 offices worldwide who work on global health… Read More

Dec 3, 2019, 2:53 PM

Tech Moves: Tech policy adviser Kate Garman leaving City of Seattle; Starbucks hires new diversity leader; and more

— Technology Policy Adviser Kate Garman will be leaving the City of Seattle and moving to Washington, D.C., she told… Read More

Nov 27, 2019, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Seattle office for Sweden’s Sinch; Glossier hires CTO from Amazon

— Swedish cloud communications platform Sinch named Vikram Khandpur, a 13-year Microsoft veteran, as chief product officer. He’ll be based… Read More

Nov 21, 2019, 12:47 PM

Fred Hutch loses data chief in latest leadership shakeup for Seattle cancer research powerhouse

— Matthew Trunnell is stepping down from his post as chief data officer at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.… Read More

Nov 13, 2019, 3:44 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft legal head joins UW health initiative; Amazon mints another startup CFO

— Microsoft’s longtime head lawyer Bill Neukom will chair the advisory board for the University of Washington’s Population Health Initiative.… Read More

Nov 8, 2019, 10:58 AM

Tech Moves: MagniX CEO named chair of Israeli electric plane venture; Cascadia Capital hires managing director

— Roei Ganzarski, the CEO of Redmond, Wash.-based electric propulsion startup MagniX, is the new chairman of the board at… Read More

Nov 6, 2019, 8:00 AM

Tech Moves: OneLogin snags ex-DocuSign security leader; Hootsuite’s longtime CEO steps down

— Identity management startup OneLogin hired Vanessa Pegueros, the former chief information security officer of DocuSign and Expedia, to lead… Read More

Nov 1, 2019, 10:42 AM

Tech Moves: Accolade names chief medical officer; Apptio hires marketing lead; Rigado has a new CEO

— Health technology company Accolade landed Dr. Shantanu Nundy as chief medical officer. Nundy formerly worked on digital health initiatives… Read More

Oct 30, 2019, 2:03 PM

Tech Moves: Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann steps down from Facebook’s board

— Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is stepping down from Facebook’s board at the… Read More

Oct 29, 2019, 1:40 PM

Tech Moves: Maveron partner departs; Boeing adds Navy vet to board; Saykara hires president

— Elise Hebb left Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron, where she was COO and partner, and is planning to launch… Read More

Oct 23, 2019, 10:15 AM

Tech Moves: PayScale exec joins Amperity as COO; NPR hires former Microsoft and Amazon AI leader

— Former PayScale CFO Mark Klebanoff signed on with Amperity as chief operating officer. Klebanoff, who joined PayScale in 2013, previously… Read More

Oct 21, 2019, 4:56 PM

Tech Moves: Google names ex-Cortana chief to lead G Suite; Twitch hires ex-Zynga exec as CMO

— Amazon-owned Twitch hired Doug Scott as chief marketing officer of the live streaming platform, based out of San Francisco.… Read More