Tech Moves – Page 30 of 44

Jan 11, 2019, 9:01 AM

Early Pinterest exec Cat Lee joins Maveron as partner, will focus on backing women-led startups

Cat Lee, a Silicon Valley veteran who was most recently head of culture at Pinterest, has joined Seattle-based consumer-focused venture… Read More

Jan 11, 2019, 7:51 AM

Former startup pals reunite as Pollen Systems taps Phil Van Etten to lead vineyard monitoring company

Keith McCall and Phil Van Etten are teaming up again in a familiar way. McCall, founder of Seattle-area startup Pollen… Read More

Jan 8, 2019, 5:01 PM

Tech Moves: Tech Alliance names new CEO; Twitter lands security leader from F5; Rubica hires marketing chief; and more

— Former Washington State Rep. Laura Ruderman is taking charge as CEO of the Technology Alliance, a non-profit organization of tech… Read More

Jan 4, 2019, 7:42 AM

Tech Moves: Koverse hires a marketing lead; Echo Health Ventures brings in a new partner; and more

—Secretive data company Koverse recruited Jennifer Bolton as its senior director of marketing. Bolton has made the rounds at successful Seattle-area… Read More

Jan 1, 2019, 5:29 PM

Jeff Bezos picks former Alexa VP Mike George to lead new education-focused philanthropic initiative

Jeff Bezos is bringing in a familiar face to run the education arm of his new $2 billion philanthropic initiative.… Read More

Dec 21, 2018, 9:55 AM

Tech Moves: Simplicity Consulting adds to all-female leadership team; media firm Maven gets a revenue and strategy chief; and more

Simplicity Consulting recently added two new members to its all-female leadership team. Stephanie Chacharon has taken over as the firm’s… Read More

Dec 18, 2018, 11:46 AM

Longtime Amazon leader Diego Piacentini reportedly departs, latest exec to leave tech giant in 2018

CNBC reported Tuesday that Diego Piacentini, a longtime Amazon executive who took a 2-year hiatus in 2016, will not return… Read More

Dec 17, 2018, 4:17 PM

Tech Moves: Voyager Capital adds new partner in Canada; Nick Hughes embarks on Founders Live world tour

— Voyager Capital has hired Meredith Powell as its dedicated Canadian venture partner, a new position the Pacific Northwest venture… Read More

Dec 14, 2018, 2:46 PM

Tech Moves: Alder gets a CFO; Eventcore snags sales VP; Redfin hires head of renovations

Carlos Campoy is the new CFO at Alder BioPharmaceuticals. The Bothell, Wash.-based drug company is developing eptinezumab, an antibody-based migraine… Read More

Dec 13, 2018, 11:30 AM

Tech Moves: Qumulo taps cloud storage vet to lead marketing; BitTitan adds head of global sales

— Molly Presley will head up product marketing at cloud storage startup Qumulo. Presley brings many years of storage marketing… Read More

Dec 12, 2018, 3:49 PM

Navigating Cancer hires long-time tech exec Bill Bunker to lead oncology patient management startup

Navigating Cancer has hired longtime technology executive Bill Bunker as CEO to help the Seattle-based company “realize the vision” for… Read More

Dec 11, 2018, 3:35 PM

Tech Moves: Bumped fills out leadership; Starbucks lawyer leaves for equal-pay tech startup; and more

—Bumped is putting last summer’s $11.5 million funding round to work. The Portland-based startup, which rewards shoppers with shares of stock… Read More

Dec 10, 2018, 11:28 AM

Tech Moves: OfferUp’s VP of product departs; UW hires Impact Hub managing director; and more

—Chloe Harford has left her position as VP of product at digital marketplace OfferUp. Harford joined OfferUp in June 2017 from… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Google cloud vet returns to Microsoft; Ex-Avalara president joins Tango Card board; Suplari soaks up talent; and more

It’s there and back again for Seattle tech veteran David Aronchick, who is returning to Microsoft after more than a decade.… Read More

Dec 5, 2018, 2:57 PM

Microsoft AI exec joins real estate tech company Compass to lead engineering efforts

Tech companies poach talent from each other all the time, but it’s not every day that you see a tech… Read More

Dec 5, 2018, 10:58 AM

Tech Moves: RealSelf snags general counsel from Avvo; Tableau loses a data evangelist; and more

—Cosmetic treatment review site RealSelf is lawyering up with Josh King as the company’s first general counsel. King is leaving… Read More

Nov 30, 2018, 10:46 AM

Flying Fish adds 4 new venture partners as it raises $80M fund for Pacific Northwest startups

Flying Fish Partners this week announced four new venture partners as the Seattle-based venture capital firm continues to raise its… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 5:37 PM

GM shifts its president, Dan Ammann, to the CEO position at Cruise Automation

General Motors has shuffled its executive team to put its president, Dan Ammann, into the CEO spot at its autonomous-vehicle… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 6:10 AM

Tech Moves: Highspot taps Adobe exec as CMO; conDati adds CMO to Seattle office; and more

After raising a $35 million Series C round in September, Highspot is adding a prominent new leader to its team: Former… Read More

Nov 28, 2018, 4:29 PM

Leading University of Washington professor joins AI2 as artificial intelligence talent wars continue

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence research organizations, has hired yet another… Read More

Nov 27, 2018, 2:32 PM

Tech Moves: Remitly CFO lands in the grocery world; Amazon finance VP joins Robinhood

Krish Srinivasan, former CFO of Seattle international money transfer startup Remitly, has found his next gig, and it’s in a… Read More

Nov 26, 2018, 6:53 AM

Long-time Amazon exec Dave Stephenson to join Airbnb as its new CFO

Veteran Amazon executive — and one-time president of Big Fish Games — Dave Stephenson is joining Airbnb as its chief… Read More

Nov 19, 2018, 4:28 PM

Jeff Bezos has a new ‘shadow:’ Amazon forecasting executive Wei Gao

Jeff Bezos has appointed a veteran Amazon manager as his new technical adviser, also known as his “shadow”: Wei Gao, the… Read More

Nov 14, 2018, 11:30 AM

Tech Moves: Rep the Squad CEO joins Bulletproof as startup closes; Banzai adds AI2 exec; and more

As sports jersey rental startup Rep the Squad winds down operations, its founder and CEO is on to a new… Read More

Nov 9, 2018, 9:57 AM

Tech Moves: Karat names SVP sales; Phytelligence taps VP operations; SigmaDesign adds new office

Karat has named John Besteman as its senior vice president of sales. Besteman earlier ran sales teams at Forrester Research and… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 7:34 AM

Tech Moves: Amplero founder tapped to lead Zillow AI efforts; new Tesla chair replaces Elon Musk

Olly Downs, who previously founded AI-powered marketing startup Amplero, has joined Zillow Group as the company’s new senior director of… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 2:04 PM

Zillow Group hires Amazon veteran Allen Parker as new CFO

Zillow Group today announced the hiring of Allen Parker as the company’s new chief financial officer. Parker previously spent more than… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 12:28 PM

Microsoft’s Cortana chief Javier Soltero is leaving the company

Javier Soltero, the leader of Microsoft’s Cortana division, is leaving the company. Soltero confirmed his departure on Twitter after it… Read More

Nov 5, 2018, 2:49 PM

Tech Moves: New CFOs at Crowd Cow, Echodyne, and Icertis; Olis Robotics taps scientist; and more

Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based marketplace for craft meat straight from farm to consumer, has added its first chief financial officer… Read More

Nov 2, 2018, 10:53 AM

Seattle startup mainstay Rebecca Lovell leaves city economic development role to join Madrona’s Create33 ‘founder center’

After nearly five years helping drive economic development initiatives at the City of Seattle, Rebecca Lovell is jumping back into… Read More