Tech Moves

Mar 22, 2018, 7:00 AM

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sudip Chakrabarti joins Madrona, will invest in Seattle cloud startups

Sudip Chakrabarti is bullish about Seattle’s future as a startup city — particularly given his experience in Silicon Valley. The… Read More

Mar 21, 2018, 12:08 PM

Tech Moves: PicMonkey co-founder Lisa Conquergood joins Ripl; Starbucks hires tech vet as general counsel; and more

Lisa Conquergood has taken quite a journey in the startup world. She was the chief marketing officer of photo-editing service… Read More

Mar 14, 2018, 10:57 AM

NFL COO Tod Leiweke departs, will reportedly team up with brother to lead Seattle’s NHL franchise

NFL COO Tod Leiweke stepped down Tuesday and reports indicate that the former Seahawks CEO will team up with his… Read More

Mar 14, 2018, 10:51 AM

Tech Moves: Ex-Expedia exec joins Madrona as founder-in-residence; Boeing drone maker Insitu taps Adidas exec as CEO; Funko names CMO

Former Expedia, Concur and Alaska Airlines executive Steve Jarvis has taken on a new role, GeekWire has learned. Jarvis, who… Read More

Mar 9, 2018, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft CIO joins Ignition Partners; Amazon voice VP lands at Uber

Ignition Partners added two high-profile names to its roster, including former Microsoft chief information officer Jim DuBois. DuBois and Datasphere CEO Satbir… Read More

Mar 7, 2018, 4:19 PM

Longtime Uber Seattle leader Brooke Steger steps down, replaced by Uber Mexico GM Alejandro Chouza

Uber has a new leader in the Pacific Northwest. After five years of managing Uber’s transportation service across Seattle, Portland,… Read More

Mar 6, 2018, 10:45 AM

Tech Moves: Head of Amazon Prime joins Airbnb to lead Homes business; Azuqua hires Appuri CEO; and more

Update: Airbnb announced Tuesday afternoon that Greg Greeley, a longtime Amazon executive who most recently led Amazon Prime and delivery… Read More

Mar 1, 2018, 10:56 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet heading new data-focused game publisher; Cortana under new management; and more

There’s plenty of data in mobile technology and games, but the mobile games world struggles to translate it into insightful… Read More

Feb 28, 2018, 9:08 AM

Alexa AI leader Ashwin Ram leaving Amazon to head up Google’s Cloud AI

Ashwin Ram, the head of Amazon’s Alexa AI research and development team, has jumped ship to lead AI development at… Read More

Feb 27, 2018, 2:14 PM

Tech Moves: OfficeSpace taps former Microsoft GM as CEO; new CTO at drone maker Insitu; and more

OfficeSpace, a leading commercial real estate listing service based in Seattle, is under new leadership. The company appointed longtime tech… Read More

Feb 22, 2018, 11:15 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft expands Teams into government clouds; Unified Logic taps Dell EMC exec as CRO; T-Mobile COO joins board

Microsoft Teams is expanding into a new market: Government employees. The company hired Avanade technical evangelist David Rosenthal for the initiative, Rosenthal… Read More

Feb 21, 2018, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Insitu CEO departs; Thunder hires Microsoft vet to expand Seattle office; BitTitan taps Dell EMC exec to lead marketing

San Francisco-based Thunder is making a big investment in Seattle. The company announced Wednesday that it has hired longtime Seattle… Read More

Feb 20, 2018, 9:27 AM

Tech Moves: Algorithmia adds AI vet to board; Heart experts to advise Cardiac Insight

Algorithmia, a Seattle based marketplace for AI and machine learning algorithms, named prominent artificial intelligence executive Andy Jacques to its board… Read More

Feb 18, 2018, 7:54 AM

Former Starbucks chief digital officer Adam Brotman lands at J. Crew

Updated with statements from J. Crew and Brotman. Adam Brotman, who led Starbucks digital business, including its Mobile Order and… Read More

Feb 15, 2018, 9:00 AM

Tech Moves: Longtime Seattle tech vet Peter Wilson to lead Blockchain engineering team; Madrona adds Ignition Partners vet

Peter Wilson, a fixture on the Seattle tech scene for more than 20 years, is on his way to London… Read More

Feb 9, 2018, 2:23 PM

Tech Moves: NBC Entertainment exec takes over Amazon Studios; Seattle Art Museum hires first CTO; and more

Amazon Studios has named NBC Entertainment executive Jennifer Salke as its new leader, several months after Roy Price was forced… Read More

Feb 7, 2018, 4:18 PM

Tech Moves: RealNetworks exec named CEO of Napster parent; Tableau adds Starbucks CTO to board; and more

Bill Patrizio, formerly the president of consumer media for RealNetworks, was appointed CEO of Rhapsody International, the parent company of… Read More

Feb 5, 2018, 11:42 AM

Tech Moves: Seattle startup vet Gaurav Oberoi joins Paul Allen’s AI initiative; Axon scoops up Nokia vision team; PitchBook hires Marchex exec

Gaurav Oberoi, an entrepreneur and startup executive known for co-founding Precision Polling, BillMonk and SurveyMonkey Audience, has joined the Allen… Read More

Feb 1, 2018, 2:45 PM

CFOs of Tableau and Impinj step down amid Q4 earnings reports

Two leading Seattle tech companies announced the departures of their chief financial officers Thursday, tied to their fourth-quarter earnings reports.… Read More

Jan 31, 2018, 1:06 PM

Seattle Chamber of Commerce names former Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland as CEO

Former Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland is taking the helm as President and CEO of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.… Read More

Jan 31, 2018, 11:40 AM

Tech Moves: Heyou Media appoints Mary Jesse as CEO; TraceMe adds to leadership team; and more

Heyou Media, the Seattle-based mobile media platform founded by actor and filmmaker Tom Skerritt, unveiled its new CEO Wednesday: Former… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 12:28 PM

Tech Moves: Leadership changes at Tune and Convoy; LevelTen adds new exec; and more

Jennifer Wong, formerly Tune‘s VP of Marketing, has joined on-demand trucking startup Convoy as the company’s head of marketing. Tune… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 3:29 PM

Tech Moves: Amazon hires top doc; Geir Hansen leaves SVB; Acumatica board adds ex-Microsoft Business Solutions chief

Amazon is continuing to bolster its health care game. The company recently hired Dr. Martin Levine, a longtime Seattle doctor… Read More

Jan 19, 2018, 1:38 PM

Seattle CTO Michael Mattmiller resigns to return to private sector

Michael Mattmiller has resigned from his post as chief technology officer for the City of Seattle. Mayor Jenny Durkan announced… Read More

Jan 17, 2018, 12:00 PM

Amazon-owned Twitch scoops up executives from Pandora, Slack and Rubicon to bolster leadership

Twitch, the game streaming service owned by Amazon, snagged three key executives with experience at many of the world’s top… Read More

Jan 16, 2018, 2:00 AM

Tech Moves: Concur co-founder Mike Hilton joins Apptentive board; Samsung cloud leader lands at AWS; and more

Mike Hilton, the longtime Seattle tech executive best known as the co-founder of expense management company Concur, has signed onto… Read More

Jan 12, 2018, 2:49 PM

Tech Moves: Hillel Cooperman named SVP at Oracle; Seattle architecture leader Karen Thomas promoted at Gensler; CrowdCow taps startup vet Fioca; etc.

Longtime Seattle tech design leader Hillel Cooperman has joined Oracle as the company’s senior vice president of user experience and design,… Read More

Jan 8, 2018, 10:08 AM