Tech Moves

Jun 25, 2019, 3:00 PM

Tech Moves: Lime’s chief program officer departs; Convoy taps Amazon vet as advisor; Versium names a new CEO; and more

— A little more than a year after joining dockless bike- and scooter-sharing startup Lime as chief program officer, Scott… Read More

Jun 21, 2019, 9:40 AM

Washington governor’s tech guru Joseph Williams leaves to run Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Seattle office

For the past three years, Joseph Williams has been advising Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on tech policy. In that time… Read More

Jun 20, 2019, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Kaiser Permanente names head of research in Washington state; Offerpad lures former Zillow exec; and more

— Kaiser Permanente landed Dr. Rita Mangione-Smith to lead its Washington Health Research Institute. Mangione-Smith is a pediatrician by training… Read More

Jun 17, 2019, 1:12 PM

Adaptive Biotechnologies co-founder leaves Fred Hutch; IPO filing warned of IP risks from dual roles

Dr. Harlan Robins, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies, stepped down from his role as head of… Read More

Jun 14, 2019, 10:02 AM

Tech Moves: Social Venture Partners CEO departs for BECU; Zipwhip adds general counsel; and more

Solynn McCurdy left his role as CEO of nonprofit Social Venture Partners and joined credit union BECU as senior vice president… Read More

Jun 12, 2019, 1:44 PM

Techstars Seattle leader Chris DeVore to step down, will focus on Founders’ Co-op venture capital firm

After nearly five years leading Techstars Seattle as managing director, Chris DeVore is stepping down on July 1. In an… Read More

Jun 12, 2019, 8:58 AM

Tech Moves: Appsheet staffs up leadership; GitHub welcomes a new COO; voice startup Jargon grows; and more

No-code app development startup AppSheet brought on Daisy dePaulis as chief revenue officer and Thierry D’Hers as vice president… Read More

Jun 12, 2019, 5:00 AM

Whitepages splits into two separate entities, forms new enterprise-focused company Ekata

Seattle-based Whitepages is splitting into two separate companies — Whitepages and Ekata — as it looks to expand growth around… Read More

Jun 7, 2019, 8:39 AM

Tech Moves: Ex-Juno CEO Hans Bishop takes over at Grail; Amazon Business chief departs; Shyft co-founder jumps to Ally; and more

— The former head of Juno Therapeutics, Hans Bishop, signed on as CEO of Grail, a Bay Area biotech focused… Read More

Jun 6, 2019, 4:11 PM

Tech consulting giant Avanade names veteran exec Pam Maynard as its next CEO; Adam Warby to step down after 11 years in the role

Avanade’s CEO is stepping down, but the tech consulting and services company born out of a joint venture between Accenture… Read More

Jun 3, 2019, 10:17 AM

Tech Moves: Google snags Georgia Tech AI professor; Apptio hires exec from AWS; The Riveter names Portland leader; and more

— Natural language processing expert Jacob Eisenstein is taking a gig as a research scientist with Google AI in Seattle.… Read More

May 29, 2019, 5:00 AM

Tech Moves: Amazon hires former Washington state senator; RealSelf names two editorial leaders; and more

Cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf named two new senior editorial hires. Tara Kraft has joined as editorial director and Carolyn… Read More

May 28, 2019, 4:31 PM

Ex-Instagram exec departs Howard Schultz’s team after 5 months as presidential endeavor goes quiet

Mike Develin, a former Instagram and Facebook analytics chief, has left Howard Schultz’s team just five months after he was… Read More

May 23, 2019, 9:48 AM

Tech Moves: Convoy grows its data science team; Seattle Genetics adds a chief commercial officer; and more

Trucking startup Convoy has been busy building out its data science team, which now counts more than 40 members —… Read More

May 21, 2019, 5:00 AM

Tech Moves: Vacasa names ex-OpenTable CEO to board; Pixvana brings on sales VP; and more

— Vacation home rental company Vacasa added former OpenTable CEO Matt Roberts to its board of directors. Roberts led OpenTable… Read More

May 16, 2019, 4:25 PM

Tech Moves: Docugami unveils exec team; marketing firm April Six opens in Seattle; Snap! Raise gets a president; and more

— Document engineering startup Docugami revealed its full team after it emerged from stealth mode earlier this month. Joining CEO… Read More

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