Tech Moves – Page 42 of 44

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

Mar 27, 2015, 5:18 PM

Tech Moves: Sandell leaves Tableau’s board; Lisa Chin to depart Year Up; and more

—Tableau Software revealed in a regulatory filing that Scott Sandell will not stand for re-election to the company’s board of directors. Sandell, a… Read More

Mar 17, 2015, 9:54 AM

Apptio CFO departing for new gig at Fortune 50 tech company

Apptio CFO Sean Boyle is stepping down after 16 months on the job, leaving for an undisclosed finance executive position… Read More

Mar 10, 2015, 11:43 AM

Tech Moves: LivingSocial adds former eBay exec to board; TV news anchor joins Amazon; INRIX taps CMO; etc.

—LivingSocial, the Washington, D.C.-based daily deals company, has appointed former eBay executive Lorrie Norrington to its board, where she will serve as an… Read More

Mar 4, 2015, 8:08 AM

Tech Moves: Vern Fotheringham named CEO of satellite venture; Paul Shoemaker leaving SVP after 17 years; and more

—Telecommunications entrepreneur Vern Fotheringham has been named CEO of Leosat, an Arlington, Virginia-based company developing a constellation of low-earth orbit… Read More

Feb 24, 2015, 12:24 PM

Tech Moves: Trulia’s Chief Economist Departs; eBay names new Seattle GM; etc.

—Trulia Chief Economist Jed Kolko has left the company following its acquisition by Zillow last week. According to an internal email… Read More

Feb 16, 2015, 6:05 PM

Tech Moves: Tune gets new engineering VP; Flock founder lands at Whitepages; Skytap taps HR vet

—Fresh off last month’s $27 million venture capital round, Seattle mobile marketing analytics startup Tune has named Steve McQuade as… Read More

Feb 9, 2015, 11:59 AM

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft exec takes U.S. CIO job, Placed gets new engineering VP, and more

—Tony Scott has been named the Chief Information Officer of the United States. He was most recently the Chief Information Officer… Read More

Jan 29, 2015, 6:30 AM

Tech Moves: Madrona names new Director of Talent, EnergySavvy gets new execs, and more

—Madrona Venture Group named Kerry Van Voris its new Director of Talent. She joins Madrona from Amazon, where she led executive recruiting… Read More

Jan 14, 2015, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft exec joins DocuSign as CMO; EMC vet leaps to ExtraHop; and more

—Brad Brooks joined DocuSign as its Chief Marketing Officer, bringing new marketing leadership to a firm that has been expanding its… Read More

Dec 19, 2014, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: ExtraHop recruits F5 exec as CIO, Move gets new CEO, and more

—John Matthews has been named ExtraHop’s Chief Information Officer. Matthews, who most recently served as the CIO of F5, will be… Read More

Dec 11, 2014, 11:50 AM

Tech Moves: Yammer founder lands at Zenefits, Concur CFO joins Limeade board

—Yammer co-founder David Sacks has been named the Chief Operating Officer at Zenefits. As COO, all operations, finance and product teams… Read More

Nov 25, 2014, 8:00 AM

Tech Moves: Liz Powell lands at Pro.com; Juno bolsters board ahead of IPO; etc.

—Liz Howekamp Powell, the former vice president of marketing at WhitePages, has landed a new gig as head of organic… Read More

Nov 18, 2014, 4:18 PM

Tech Moves: Sprint shakes up management; Nintex hires Russ Mann; McAfee VP joins IID; and more

— Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is now making his mark on the leadership team after cutting 2,000 jobs just weeks ago. As part… Read More

Nov 11, 2014, 8:44 AM

Tech Moves: Zillow’s Bohutinsky joins HotelTonight board; Groupon and Drugstore.com vet Kal Raman lands at Solutionstar; and more

—HotelTonight, the fast-growing mobile-based hotel booking service, has named Zillow chief marketing officer Amy Bohutinsky to its board. It marks… Read More

Oct 30, 2014, 8:48 AM

Tech Moves: Amazon’s top ad exec leaving for Yahoo; Bsquare names CFO

—Amazon.com’s top online advertising executive, Lisa Utzschneider, is leaving the company to join Yahoo, reports AdAge. The news follows a report… Read More

Oct 22, 2014, 10:24 AM

Tech Moves: Shauna Causey joins EveryMove; Ex-Dropcam exec named to SNUPI board; and more

—Startup vet Shauna Causey — a former marketing executive at UP Global and Decide.com — has landed a new gig… Read More