Tech Moves – Page 32 of 44

Aug 7, 2018, 10:35 AM

Mike Davidson, former VP of design at Twitter and founder of Newsvine, takes new role at InVision

After four years as the VP of design at Twitter — and two years on his couch — Mike Davidson is… Read More

Aug 6, 2018, 3:50 PM

Tim Wagner, leader of Amazon Web Services’ Lambda serverless team, moving over to Coinbase

Thanks to its early start, Amazon Web Services is pretty far ahead of its cloud competitors when it comes to… Read More

Aug 6, 2018, 10:50 AM

Looking to reboot digital efforts, Nordstrom taps Edmond Mesrobian as new CTO

Nordstrom is doubling down on its technology efforts, naming Edmond Mesrobian as the retailer’s new chief technology officer. A veteran of… Read More

Aug 2, 2018, 1:35 PM

Former Amazon smart home executive Charlie Kindel reveals his next gig

Charlie Kindel, founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division, has found his next gig, and he ended up there in… Read More

Jul 31, 2018, 2:48 PM

Nintex acquires New Zealand process mapping company Promapp

Bellevue, Wash.-based Nintex has acquired Promapp, a New Zealand firm that helps companies identify and automate their business processes. The companies… Read More

Jul 30, 2018, 4:37 PM

Tech Moves: Nohla Therapeutics hires chief medical officer; Apptio adds to board; and more

Seattle biotech startup Nohla Therapeutics has an ambitious goal: Make umbilical stem cell transplants, currently a rare procedure, the new… Read More

Jul 25, 2018, 4:11 PM

Tech Moves: Amazon Studios film head leaves; Nextdoor CEO steps down; and more

In a tumultuous year for Amazon Studios, Amazon’s motion picture and video division, head of film Jason Roppell has stepped… Read More

Jul 25, 2018, 2:20 PM

Marketing vet Shauna Causey joins Madrona Venture Labs, heads up new kids clothing startup

Long-time Seattle marketing veteran Shauna Causey has joined Madrona Venture Labs. Causey will become a partner at the startup studio… Read More

Jul 25, 2018, 6:00 AM

Ignition’s John Connors: Seattle is becoming the most important tech market behind Silicon Valley

Seattle’s tech scene has a lot of mojo going on right now. That’s the word from John Connors, managing partner… Read More

Jul 24, 2018, 11:20 AM

Tech Moves: Google director moves to Facebook; Amperity adds first chief revenue officer; and more

Former Google director Darcy Nothnagle has started a new role at Facebook, GeekWire has learned. Facebook confirmed Nothnagle’s new role… Read More

Jul 19, 2018, 4:02 PM

Tech Moves: Tune hires VP of product management as director of product leaves for Rover, and more

Seattle-based mobile analytics and marketing company Tune hired Bhavana Mathur from Apptio to be its new vice president of product management.… Read More

Jul 12, 2018, 4:16 PM

Tech Moves: F5 hires information security executive; DomainTools hires to expand globally; and more

Seattle-based security technology company F5 Networks hired Mary Gardner, a veteran information security executive, to be its new chief information… Read More

Jul 11, 2018, 1:48 PM

DocuSign founder and chairman leaving board in ‘planned transition’, replaced by execs from IBM, Docker and GoDaddy

DocuSign’s board of directors is undergoing a major shakeup as part of what the company calls a “planned transition” that… Read More

Jul 10, 2018, 4:00 AM

Tech Moves: D-Wave sets up shop in Seattle with new VP; BuildDirect adds Amazon and Microsoft vets; and more

Quantum computing company D-Wave Systems, which claims to be the first company with a commercially available quantum computing system, has… Read More

Jul 2, 2018, 1:06 PM

Tech Moves: Icertis taps Caradigm CEO as new COO; UiPath adds another Microsoft vet; and more

Icertis, maker of cloud-based contract tracking and management software, has hired two new top executives. The first is Neal Singh,… Read More

Jul 2, 2018, 8:00 AM

Big Fish lands a new boss: Former EA and Zynga exec named president of casual games company

Former Electronic Arts and Zynga executive Jeff Karp is joining Big Fish Games as managing director and president, responsible for… Read More

Jun 29, 2018, 9:45 AM

AI2 taps University of Washington researcher to lead $125M ‘common sense AI’ initiative

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle is making an ambitious bid to give AI common sense, a major factor… Read More

Jun 26, 2018, 10:00 AM

Tech Moves: SEEVA taps Intellectual Ventures vet as CTO; Expedia appoints new vice chair; and more

SEEVA, a Seattle startup creating new technologies for autonomous vehicles, tapped Intellectual Ventures veteran Geoff Deane to serve as its first… Read More

Jun 20, 2018, 1:40 PM

Redfin’s first chief economist, Nela Richardson, leaving real estate company after four years in role

Nela Richardson, the first chief economist at Seattle-based Redfin, is leaving the real estate technology company it was announced on… Read More

Jun 20, 2018, 1:12 PM

Tech Moves: Buerk Center director resigns; UiPath taps Microsoft vet to lead new office; and more

Rob Adams, the director of the University of Washington’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, has resigned from that role, GeekWire has… Read More

Jun 15, 2018, 1:25 PM

Tech Moves: Microsoft vets move to Amazon; NurseGrid expands executive team; and more

In one of two recent Microsoft-to-Amazon moves, Brian Schultz, who has worked on-and-off at Microsoft since 1999, is now working on… Read More

Jun 15, 2018, 9:00 AM

Technology Alliance CEO Carol Rava departs, takes new job at higher education startup AstrumU

Technology Alliance CEO Carol Rava is leaving the Seattle-based trade organization. Rava became CEO in 2016, heading up the non-profit… Read More

Jun 14, 2018, 4:09 PM

T-Mobile promotes Mike Sievert to president as Sprint acquisition process continues

T-Mobile has promoted its Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert to the role of president, according to a filing with the… Read More

Jun 12, 2018, 11:15 AM

Tech Moves: Tableau adds Microsoft vet as VP of product marketing; New executives at RealNetworks; and more

Tableau, the Seattle maker of data visualization software, has quietly hired away a senior Microsoft marketing executive to lead product… Read More

Jun 11, 2018, 12:05 PM

Jeremy Wacksman named first Zillow president as three executives take on new roles

Jeremy Wacksman, a nine-year veteran of Zillow Group, has been appointed president of the company’s flagship Zillow brand, it was… Read More

Jun 8, 2018, 12:32 PM

Expedia CTO Tony Donohoe is leaving in another big executive departure from travel giant

Tony Donohoe, Expedia Inc.’s chief technology officer, is leaving the Bellevue, Wash.-based online travel giant after seven years as one… Read More

Jun 8, 2018, 8:00 AM

‘Intersections of innovation:’ Madrona director Matt McIlwain named Fred Hutch chair as more tech execs join board

In Seattle’s South Lake Union — a short walk from Amazon’s headquarters and the offices of Facebook and countless other technology… Read More

Jun 7, 2018, 6:30 AM

Blue Nile and Wetpaint founder Ben Elowitz joins Madrona Venture Labs as co-managing director

Madrona Venture Labs is adding some entrepreneurial firepower to its leadership team. The “startup studio” housed inside of Seattle-based Madrona… Read More

Jun 5, 2018, 8:32 PM

Nikki Krishnamurthy, Expedia’s chief people officer, to depart travel giant after 8 years

Expedia Chief People Officer Nikki Krishnamurthy is leaving the travel giant, GeekWire has learned. Krishnamurthy led the company’s global human… Read More

Jun 5, 2018, 11:47 AM

Tech Moves: Remitly hires first chief people officer; Amazon VP of finance leaves for Snap; and more

Remitly, the Seattle-based digital remittance startup, hired its first chief people officer as it expands to more than 700 employees… Read More