Tech Moves

May 14, 2019, 10:47 AM

Tech Moves: Impinj hires IT exec; Fraxion opens Seattle office; Echo Health Ventures partner departs; and more

— Stanton Jandrell, co-founder and CEO of business spend management company Fraxion, is relocating to Seattle to head up Fraxion’s… Read More

May 10, 2019, 1:21 PM

Wave Broadband shakes up leadership and operations with new north and south divisions

Wave Broadband is splitting its headquarters into a pair of regional locations to serve its internet and TV customers across… Read More

May 9, 2019, 1:10 PM

Tech Moves: Nordstrom hires Expedia tech vet; Univ. of Washington names head of new clean tech center; and more

— The University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute named Kevin Klustner as executive director of the Center for Advanced Materials… Read More

May 7, 2019, 2:53 PM

Tech Moves: F5 Networks lands former Marketo and J.P. Morgan execs; AI2 adds managing director; Groupon snags REI vet; and more

— It’s a big day for Seattle-based F5 Networks, which just named two senior executives. Mika Yamamoto joined the firm… Read More

May 3, 2019, 2:00 PM

Tech Moves: T-Mobile’s TV lead departs; Madrona Venture Labs adds Seattle startup marketing vet; and more

— T-Mobile‘s head of home and entertainment, Jeffrey Binder, has left the company. Binder was the CEO of television technology… Read More

May 2, 2019, 9:00 AM

Tech Moves: PicMonkey adds to C-suite; RealNetworks hires exec for facial recognition team; and more

Seattle-based graphic design and photo editing platform PicMonkey appointed Pearl Chan as chief financial officer and Judith McGarry as chief… Read More

Apr 30, 2019, 9:40 AM

Internal memo: T-Mobile shakes up marketing leadership to integrate Metro and launch ‘confidential new initiative’

T-Mobile is making changes to its marketing leadership to further integrate the newly named Metro by T-Mobile into the broader… Read More

Apr 30, 2019, 5:00 AM

Tech Moves: Smartsheet lands its first CMO; Eatsa hires former Starbucks digital exec; and more

Smartsheet, the Seattle-area maker of work collaboration software, appointed Anna Griffin as its first chief marketing officer. Griffin was previously… Read More

Apr 26, 2019, 9:26 AM

Tech Moves: DocuSign CISO departs; Estately founder moves on; Zillow hires engineering leaders; and more

— DocuSign’s chief information security officer Vanessa Pegueros has left the company. Pegueros previously served as SVP of enterprise information… Read More

Apr 24, 2019, 9:46 AM

Wizards of the Coast hires games industry vet James Ohlen to open new studio in Austin

Gaming veteran James Ohlen has been lured back to the industry he took a break from last year with an… Read More

Apr 23, 2019, 4:09 PM

Tech Moves: Madrona Venture Labs staffs up; Washington State Opportunity Scholarship executive director departs; and more

— Naria Santa Lucia announced that she’ll be stepping down from her role as executive director of the Washington State… Read More

Apr 22, 2019, 1:15 PM

Facebook taps former Vulcan and Gates Ventures exec John Pinette to run global communications

Facebook has a new point person for its global communications, and he’s a familiar figure in the Pacific Northwest tech… Read More

Apr 19, 2019, 9:45 AM

Tech Moves: Former Intellectual Ventures exec joins Madrona; JetClosing names Zillow alum to board; and more

— Investor Patrick Ennis plans to join Madrona Venture Group at the end of May. Ennis worked at Intellectual Ventures… Read More

Apr 17, 2019, 9:02 AM

Tech Moves: Flexe adds former Amazon, Zulily execs to C-suite; Amazon Game Tech hires development lead; and more

— Flexe, a Seattle startup that provides flexible, on-demand warehouse space to companies, added two new members to its leadership… Read More

Apr 16, 2019, 6:01 AM

Tech Moves: Amperity hires marketing leader; New York VC firm associate relocates to Seattle

— Seattle-based customer data platform Amperity hired Lynn Girotto to be the company’s first chief marketing officer. Girotto was most… Read More

Apr 12, 2019, 9:21 AM

Tech Moves: OceanGate lands a COO; Alder hires chief commercial officer; and more

OceanGate, the maker of deep-sea submersibles, hired Robert Shuman as chief operating officer. Shuman previously held senior business roles at… Read More

Apr 9, 2019, 6:01 AM

Tech Moves: Coding Dojo co-founder returns; Zillow hires former Glassdoor exec; PATH CEO steps down; and more

— Richard Wang has returned to Coding Dojo as president following his departure as CEO in 2017. Michael Choi has… Read More

Apr 8, 2019, 1:54 PM

Tech Moves: Microsoft Healthcare lands ex-Google leader; StubHub hires Amazon legal vet; and more

Dr. Gregory Moore has joined Microsoft as corporate vice president of health technology and alliances. Moore made the jump from… Read More

Apr 5, 2019, 8:36 AM

Tech Moves: Easy Metrics lands new CMO; Rakhi Voria jumps to IBM from Microsoft; and more

— Jill Keto signed on to be chief marketing officer at Easy Metrics, a supply chain operations startup that helps… Read More

Apr 2, 2019, 9:21 AM

Tech Moves: Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel joins Bay Area VC firm; Wrench adds Redfin exec to board

Sujal Patel, a longtime Seattle-area investor and co-founder of Isilon Systems, has joined Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture capital firm Defy… Read More

Mar 28, 2019, 9:31 AM

Tech Moves: New Engen lands marketing chief; Cray hires product exec; Tableau exec joins Qumulo board; and more

Seattle marketing tech startup New Engen added Ryan Turner as vice president of marketing. Turner comes from Amazon, where he… Read More

Mar 26, 2019, 12:36 PM

Tech Moves: Online disinformation researcher Kate Starbird gets tenure; Expedia board member Scott Rudin resigns; and more

The University of Washington awarded tenure to Kate Starbird, an associate in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering.… Read More

Mar 21, 2019, 6:00 AM