Tech Moves

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

Oct 18, 2019, 5:29 PM

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s M12 director departs; Nordstrom loses accounting chief to another retailer

— Lisa Nelson is leaving her role as managing director of M12, the corporate venture arm of Microsoft. Nelson is… Read More

Oct 16, 2019, 4:47 PM

Tech Moves: DocuSign hires trust and security chief; Opendoor beefs up leadership; Avanade names chair

— DocuSign landed former United Airlines executive Emily Heath as chief trust and security officer. Before she led information security… Read More

Oct 14, 2019, 5:33 AM

Mixer co-founders depart as Microsoft’s game streaming service battles Amazon’s Twitch

Mixer has lost both of its co-founders as the Microsoft-owned streaming service looks to mount a challenge to the incumbent… Read More

Oct 11, 2019, 10:58 AM

Tech Moves: Seahawks legend Doug Baldwin joins Intellectual Ventures; Microsoft’s Dona Sarkar changes roles; Adaptiva lands marketing exec

— Former NFL receiver Doug Baldwin is now a senior advisor of product concepts at Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More

Oct 6, 2019, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: Algorithmia lands former Atlassian and InfluxData execs; GitHub hires former Google Cloud leader

Rachel Potvin signed on with Microsoft-owned GitHub as vice president of engineering. Potvin most recently led the data insights group… Read More

Oct 2, 2019, 10:59 AM

Tech Moves: F5 CIO departs, replaced by WeWork exec; Zillow leader jumps to eXp; Gates Foundation promotes lawyers

— Former Zillow executive RJ Jones joined real estate brokerage eXp World Holdings as executive vice president. Jones was most… Read More

Sep 27, 2019, 4:49 PM

Tech Moves: Dave Asprey steps down as Bulletproof CEO; Microsoft names chief U.S. digital officer; Accolade adds former Microsoft CFO to board

Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof 360, is stepping down from his role as CEO. Asprey announced that he’d be handing… Read More

Sep 25, 2019, 2:00 AM