Tech Moves – Page 42 of 44

Oct 29, 2015, 3:40 PM

Wireless veteran John Stanton named to Costco board

Costco’s newest board member is former Voicestream Wireless CEO John Stanton, the warehouse retailer announced today. It is not the only… Read More

Oct 26, 2015, 5:01 PM

Tech Moves: Moonraft expands in U.S. with Seattle office; Dolly names ex-Code Fellows CEO Kristen Smith as COO; etc.

—Moonraft, an India-based technology design firm, is opening a new Seattle office, marking its first expansion in the U.S. Moonraft co-founder and… Read More

Oct 16, 2015, 1:55 PM

Tech Moves: Co-founder of women-only developer school steps down, UrbanSpoon CTO lands at Apptentive; and more

—Elise Worthy left Ada Developers Academy, the women-only coding school she co-founded, to get back into building software. “Founding Ada was a passion… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 4:56 PM

Tech Moves: thePlatform’s Marty Roberts out as co-CEO; City of Seattle hires new startup advocate

— ThePlatform confirmed to GeekWire on Monday that longtime executive and current co-CEO Marty Roberts is leaving the Comcast-owned video… Read More

Oct 8, 2015, 3:10 PM

Tech Moves: IBM names Blue Box founder distinguished engineer; Avvo recruits former Microsoft ad manager; and more

—IBM named Blue Box CTO and founder Jesse Proudman as one of IBM’s distinguished engineers. The executive-level position means Proudman will serve as a technical consultant for… Read More

Oct 5, 2015, 8:31 AM

Twitter co-founder Ev Williams on why Jack Dorsey as CEO ‘is exactly what Twitter needs at this time’

View image | gettyimages.com Twitter announced on Monday that Jack Dorsey, on of the company’s co-founders and current CEO of mobile payments… Read More

Sep 23, 2015, 8:15 AM

Tech Moves: INRIX hires Vodafone analytics leader; VC firm KPCB hires younger Zuckerberg sister; and more

—INRIX hired Chris Handley as vice president of product management and analytics. The former group head of analytics at Vodafone will lead the development of… Read More

Sep 21, 2015, 7:30 AM

India’s Flipkart recruits three high-level execs from Amazon, Microsoft and Google

Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce site founded by two former Amazonians, has hired three top executives, including one from Amazon, to continue… Read More

Sep 20, 2015, 7:37 AM

Getty Images taps former Yahoo exec and media veteran Dawn Airey as CEO

Getty Images has named Dawn Airey as its new CEO, replacing co-founder Jonathan Klein who is moving to the role… Read More

Sep 17, 2015, 8:54 AM

Tech Moves: Marchex bolsters executive lineup; IP law firm expands; and more

—Marchex expanded its executive team to include a new chief revenue officer, Gary Nafus, and new senior vice president of customer… Read More

Sep 4, 2015, 3:51 PM

Tech Moves: RealNetworks director resigns; Lovell takes new startup role with City of Seattle; Alice in Chains rocker joins Smashing Ideas; and more

— RealNetworks announced this week that John Cunningham has resigned from the company’s board, effective Sept. 2. The decision to leave… Read More

Aug 27, 2015, 5:01 PM

Tech Moves: Airbnb hires former Clinton adviser; Auth0 adds new board members

—Airbnb appointed Chris Lehane as head of policy. Lehane served in the White House for six years as an advisor to Bill Clinton… Read More

Aug 18, 2015, 3:57 PM

Tech Moves: Paul Maritz steps down as Pivotal CEO; Reddit hires its first CTO from Pinterest and more

—Pivotal CEO Paul Maritz is stepping down, with Pivotal Labs co-founder Rob Mee succeeding him in the position. The data analytics, cloud… Read More

Aug 13, 2015, 1:52 PM

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft exec steps down from Tinder as founder Sean Rad returns as CEO; REI names CIO; and more

—Founder Sean Rad is returning to his role as CEO of Tinder, replacing current CEO Chris Payne, a Microsoft and eBay veteran.… Read More

Aug 10, 2015, 5:30 AM

Former Zillow CFO Chad Cohen lands at Adaptive Biotechnologies

Chad Cohen, who left the CFO gig at Zillow last month after nine years at the online real estate company, has… Read More

Aug 3, 2015, 2:43 PM

Tech Moves: Zillow promotes Kathleen Phillips to CFO, Amy Bohutinsky to COO; Shauna Causey joins Galvanize; and more

— Zillow Group today announced two executive promotions, naming Kathleen Phillips as Chief Financial Officer and Amy Bohutinsky as Chief Operating Officer.… Read More

Jul 31, 2015, 9:26 AM

Former Clearwire CEO Erik Prusch takes top job at Outerwall, owner of Redbox

Outerwall, the company known for operating Coinstar and Redbox kiosks, announced on Friday it has named former Clearwire chief Erik… Read More

Jul 20, 2015, 12:04 PM

Tech Moves: Marcelo Calbucci departs EveryMove; Microsoft Azure vet joins satellite imaging startup

—EveryMove co-founder Marcelo Calbucci has stepped down as CTO of the Seattle health and fitness company nearly five years after… Read More

Jul 8, 2015, 10:45 AM

Tech Moves: Cyanogen snags Amazon exec; Veghte named SurveyMonkey CEO; Ossia expands; and more

—Cyanogen, the makers of modified versions of Android for mobile devices, has snagged two executives from Amazon and Qualcomm to expand international… Read More

Jun 16, 2015, 9:27 AM

Tech Moves: Fred Hutch names new CIO; Startup vet John Pollard lands at Amazon

—The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center continues to add heft to its management ranks, announcing today Matthew Trunnell has joined as vice… Read More

Jun 3, 2015, 5:44 AM

Tech Moves: Ex-Impinj CEO tapped for top post at AnswerDash; Microsoft marketing vet named Acumatica CMO

—AnswerDash, a spin-out from the University of Washington formerly known as Qazzow, has named former Impinj CEO William Colleran as… Read More

Jun 1, 2015, 9:49 AM

Tech Moves: Foursquare exec Rob Wilk named Microsoft search sales VP; VoiceBox adds speech recognition experts; etc.

—Rob Wilk, who previously served as vice president of sales at Foursquare, has joined Microsoft as vice president of search sales and… Read More

May 26, 2015, 10:33 AM

Tech Moves: Tableau taps statistician to bolster R&D push; WildTangent picks CEO

—Tableau, the Seattle-based maker of visual analytics software, named Leland Wilkinson as vice president of statistics. “Lee is one of… Read More

May 20, 2015, 10:00 AM

Tech Moves: Startup vet Zachary Cohn joining 18F in D.C.; Rightside taps former Socrata exec as marketing VP; etc.

—Arriving in Seattle five years ago, Zachary Cohn plugged himself into nearly every facet of the startup community. A past GeekWire… Read More

May 15, 2015, 10:18 AM

Tech Moves: LiquidPlanner co-founder leaving to join startup, Conversica adds engineering head, and more

—Charles Seybold will be joining Academy.IO, a new early-stage business e-learning startup. He’s the co-founder of LiquidPlanner, and has worked at… Read More

May 6, 2015, 1:07 PM

Tech Moves: True Ventures founder named NVCA chair, F5 names HR head, and more

—True Ventures founder Jon Callaghan has been appointed the chairman of the National Venture Capital Association. Callaghan, who currently serves… Read More

Apr 30, 2015, 5:32 AM

Tech Moves: Frey named CTO at Redfin; Skytap taps HP vet to lead London office

—Redfin has promoted Bridget Frey to CTO, replacing Sasha Aickin who stepped down from the position last December. Frey joined… Read More

Apr 14, 2015, 4:13 PM

Tech Moves: Brian Goldfarb leaves Google for Salesforce, Kymeta names CEO and CFO, and more

—Brian Goldfarb became the senior vice president for platform marketing at Salesforce, where he will oversee marketing efforts for products… Read More

Apr 8, 2015, 3:55 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Nike CIO joins bitcoin startup; Qumulo, Zumobi, LiquidPlanner add sales leaders; and more

— Qumulo, the Seattle enterprise data storage startup that raised $40 million in February, today appointed Mark Bennetts as the… Read More

Apr 2, 2015, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Intel VP Hank Skorny joins Neustar; Mike Foley’s new Bluetooth gig; Amazon hires Alaska Air pilot; and more

—Long-time Seattle executive Hank Skorny has joined Neustar as SVP of the Internet of Things (IoT). Previously, Skorny was at Intel in the Seattle… Read More