Tech Moves

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

Oct 30, 2018, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Qumulo taps Amazon exec to lead HR; Lighter Capital appoints CMO; and more

Qumulo, a fast-growing file storage technology company, has hired a new VP of people to oversee its growing workforce. Robyn… Read More

Oct 24, 2018, 1:29 PM

Tech Moves: Marchex taps natural language processing expert as AI chief; Snap adds Amazon sales leader as CBO; and more

Marketing analytics company Marchex is upping its focus on artificial intelligence. Dr. Junmei Zhong, a longtime AI researcher and former Pitchbook leader, is… Read More

Oct 24, 2018, 5:00 AM

Tech Moves: Zipwhip adds finance vet Bob Chamberlain as CFO; NetMotion adds exec in Canada expansion; and more

Zipwhip, the Seattle-based maker of the landline and internet texting service, added two new executives to its leadership team — including Bob… Read More

Oct 22, 2018, 11:33 AM

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is leaving Facebook, the latest in a series of founder departures

Brendan Iribe, co-founder and former CEO of Oculus, is leaving Facebook’s virtual reality arm, marking another key founder departure from… Read More

Oct 18, 2018, 4:00 PM

Grab hires Amazon vet Mark Porter as CTO of ride-hailing operation at growing Seattle R&D center

Grab’s presence in Seattle continues to grow as the Southeast Asia ride-hailing giant today announced the hiring of Amazon veteran… Read More

Oct 18, 2018, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft for Startups founder to open Seattle office for New York’s Quake Capital; OfferUp taps Amazon vet as COO

Jim Brisimitzis, a longtime Microsoft leader, is leaving the company to establish a Seattle office for New York-based venture capital… Read More

Oct 17, 2018, 3:33 PM