Tech Moves

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

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft and Valve exec joins clean energy company; Jenni Hogan leaves Tagboard; and more

Monica Harrington has worked in a variety of high-profile roles in the tech industry. She was a senior marketing executive… Read More

Jan 2, 2018, 7:16 AM

Jesse Proudman leaves IBM to start new AI-based cryptocurrency startup, says he can’t kick the ‘entrepreneurial bug’

Blue Box founder Jesse Proudman is leaving IBM two-and-a-half years after the selling the private cloud company to Big Blue.… Read More

Dec 27, 2017, 10:28 AM

Tech Moves: Pioneer Square Labs adds former Faraday Future exec; Smartlabs CEO joins Panopto board; and more

Pioneer Square Labs has brought on longtime technology executive and entrepreneur Jamie Miller as an entrepreneur in residence, GeekWire has learned.… Read More

Dec 22, 2017, 9:39 AM

Tech Moves: Amazon merges Fresh and Prime Now leadership; Apple poaches more Amazon Studios leaders

Amazon has consolidated its Fresh, Prime Now and Restaurant delivery services under one executive: Stephenie Landry. The move was reported by… Read More

Dec 21, 2017, 9:02 AM

Tech Moves: Uber taps former Orbitz CEO as COO; Longtime AWS leader goes to Zendesk

Former Orbitz CEO and longtime Seattle technology leader Barney Harford has been named the COO of Uber, marking yet another… Read More

Dec 14, 2017, 10:39 AM

Avalara CTO and EVP leaving as fast-growing tax automation startup shuffles engineering leadership

Two prominent executives are leaving tax automation startup Avalara next year, while a familiar face will return to lead the… Read More

Dec 13, 2017, 12:09 PM

Tech Moves: A new associate at Madrona; a change on Expedia’s board of directors; and more

Chris Picardo has joined Madrona Venture Group as the firm’s newest senior associate, GeekWire has learned. Picardo, a Seattle native, most recently served as… Read More

Dec 12, 2017, 7:12 PM

Internal email: T-Mobile commercial chief and ‘Uncarrier architect’ leaves for undisclosed reasons

T-Mobile Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Sherrard, a senior marketing executive who has played a key role in the “Uncarrier” initiatives… Read More

Dec 12, 2017, 10:55 AM

Uber taps former Axon exec Marcus Womack to lead 250-person Seattle hub

Uber has hired former Axon executive Marcus Womack to lead its Seattle hub, which is now home to 250 employees… Read More

Dec 12, 2017, 5:00 AM

Qualtrics hires ex-Microsoft exec Julie Larson Green, further cementing Seattle ‘co-headquarters’

Less than two months after leaving Microsoft, former executive Julie Larson-Green has found her next gig. Experience management company Qualtrics… Read More

Dec 8, 2017, 11:45 AM

MLS Cup prediction from Sounders legend and new Vicis employee Roger Levesque

The Sounders are bringing the MLS Cup back to Seattle if Roger Levesque’s prediction holds true. Levesque dropped by our… Read More

Dec 5, 2017, 10:10 AM

Tech moves: Madrona’s Paul Goodrich steps down from Redfin board; Seattle’s Office of Economic Development under new leadership; and more

— One of the original backers of Redfin is stepping off the board of directors after more than a decade… Read More

Dec 1, 2017, 12:45 PM