Tech Moves – Page 6 of 44

Jun 26, 2025, 8:58 AM

Tech Moves: Avanade AI chief steps down; Amazon vet joins Shipium; Tanium names CMO

— Florin Rotar is leaving Avanade after a 25-year career at the Seattle-area IT services and consulting firm. Rotar joined Avanade… Read More

Jun 25, 2025, 6:00 AM

Former Amazon Devices VP joins Wyze as president and COO of smart-home hardware startup

Melissa Kirmayer Eamer, who spent nearly 20 years at Amazon, including as vice president of the company’s Devices division, is… Read More

Jun 20, 2025, 1:37 PM

Tech Moves: Washington broadband head departs; Suplari co-founder leaving Microsoft; and more

Aaron Wheeler is stepping down after nearly a year and half as the director of the Washington State Broadband Office… Read More

Jun 18, 2025, 1:26 PM

Tech Moves: Wizards of the Coast VP departs; Seeq hires CFO; nLight adds board member; and more

— Magical minds from the Renton, Wash., tabletop gaming company Wizards of the Coast are casting new career paths. Jess… Read More

Jun 12, 2025, 10:55 AM

Rover CEO Aaron Easterly stepping down after leading pet-sitting giant since 2011

After 14 years building Rover from a Seattle hackathon idea into a pet care empire, Aaron Easterly is stepping down… Read More

Jun 12, 2025, 9:56 AM

Tech Moves: USAFacts president stepping down; Starbucks’ new COO; WSOS names leader

Steve Ballmer is hiring. USAFacts, the data-sharing nonprofit founded by the former Microsoft CEO, is looking for a president to… Read More

Jun 6, 2025, 9:34 AM

Tech Moves: Dating giants add Seattle tech vets to boards; SeekOut and Slalom name new leaders

— Bala Vishwanath is now chief marketing officer for SeekOut, a Bellevue, Wash., startup that sells recruiting software. Vishwanath, a… Read More

Jun 4, 2025, 8:15 AM

Microsoft taps LinkedIn CEO for dual role leading Office in AI strategy shift

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will take on a second role under a new Microsoft organizational structure, overseeing Office apps in… Read More

Jun 2, 2025, 9:00 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft privacy chief to depart; TerraPower adds execs; Keystone hires president

— Julie Brill, chief privacy officer and corporate vice president for Global Privacy, Safety, and Regulatory Affairs at Microsoft, is… Read More

May 30, 2025, 9:55 AM

Seattle solar startup Omnidian names former Impinj leader as CFO after raising $87M

Omnidian, a startup specializing in solar power performance management, has hired Evan Fein as its new chief financial officer as… Read More

May 22, 2025, 3:29 PM

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts hires new CTO, who calls access to non-biased data ‘everything right now’

Megan Winfield has been named the new chief technology officer at USAFacts, the nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization started by former Microsoft… Read More

May 22, 2025, 10:28 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft CVP joins Home Depot board; Impinj COO resigns; Amazon vets depart

— Hussein Mecklai has left the role of chief operating officer for Impinj. The Seattle-based RFID company disclosed his departure… Read More

May 15, 2025, 12:04 PM

Tech Moves: Typeface hires CMO; Microsoft adds CVP; WellSaid names new CEO; Expedia’s new CISO

Benjamin Dorr is the new CEO at Seattle-area AI voice technology startup WellSaid Labs. Dorr, who joined the company last… Read More

May 9, 2025, 10:05 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft AI adds CVP; WatchGuard CEO steps down; Amazon vet joins Hims & Hers

Former Meta and Time Warner exec Mark D’Arcy is joining Microsoft as a corporate vice president working on the tech… Read More

May 3, 2025, 6:51 PM

Longtime T-Mobile exec joins Amazon’s Project Kuiper business as new CMO

Former T-Mobile exec Clint Patterson joined Project Kuiper as its new chief marketing officer at a pivotal time for Amazon’s… Read More

May 2, 2025, 4:31 PM

Shannon Loew, Amazon’s head of global real estate, is leaving after succeeding longtime leader

Shannon Loew, Amazon’s global real estate leader, is leaving the role he assumed last year after the retirement of longtime… Read More

May 2, 2025, 12:05 PM

Tech Moves: Google VP joins Tenable; Semperis hires Microsoft vet; DexCare names CEO; and more

— Longtime Microsoft leader Eric Doerr is now chief product officer for Tenable, a Maryland-based cybersecurity company. Doerr most recently… Read More

Apr 24, 2025, 10:14 AM

Tech Moves: F5 taps new CISO; Auger gets a chief AI scientist, WRF CEO retiring

— Christopher Burger is now chief information security officer for F5, a Seattle-based networking and security giant. Burger will lead… Read More

Apr 17, 2025, 8:49 AM

Tech Moves: Smartsheet names chief product officer; Meta vet joins Tech Alliance; and more

— Pratima Arora has been named chief product officer at Smartsheet, a new senior executive role at the Bellevue, Wash.-based enterprise… Read More

Apr 14, 2025, 10:02 AM

Tech Moves: T-Mobile names chief accounting officer; Plug and Play picks leaders; and more

— Daniel Drobac has been promoted to chief accounting officer at T-Mobile, effective May 1, according to a regulatory filing. Drobac… Read More

Apr 8, 2025, 11:46 AM

Tech Moves: Convoy co-founder lands new trucking gig; Shipium names CFO; Graham & Walker grows

— Grant Goodale is jumping back into trucking. The Convoy co-founder announced Tuesday that he is now chief product and technology… Read More

Apr 7, 2025, 1:14 PM

Tech Moves: Former Expedia CTO joins Varo Bank; Point B gets CEO; and more

— Rathi Murthy, former chief technology officer for Expedia, is now CTO for Varo Bank, a digital financial institution based… Read More

Apr 4, 2025, 11:57 AM

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff rejoins Amazon in new VP role

Jamie Siminoff has returned to Amazon as a vice president of product overseeing the company’s home security camera arm and… Read More

Apr 3, 2025, 11:53 AM

Tech Moves: Gennev founder steps down; Aurion Biotech CEO is out; Temporal adds president

— Jill Angelo, founder and CEO of Seattle menopause startup Gennev, announced that her chapter with the business is ending.… Read More

Mar 28, 2025, 10:19 AM

Tech Moves: Amazon leaders depart; Zenoti adds CCO; Seattle U names business dean; and more

— Dr. Vin Gupta, chief medical officer for Amazon Pharmacy, has resigned after five years in his role. Gupta is… Read More

Mar 25, 2025, 1:27 PM

Tech Moves: Microsoft CVP leads new ‘Trusted Technology Group’; MicroVision adds CTO

Microsoft’s Teresa Hutson has taken the role of corporate vice president for the company’s newly created Trusted Technology Group. “We… Read More

Mar 19, 2025, 10:16 AM

Longtime Microsoft HR chief Kathleen Hogan shifts to corporate strategy role for CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft named Kathleen Hogan, its longtime chief people officer, to the new role of executive vice president of strategy and… Read More

Mar 19, 2025, 7:43 AM

Tech Moves: Logixboard names new CEO; consulting vets launch Built for Leaders; and more

Agasthya Upadhya is the new CEO of Logixboard, a Seattle startup that sells software to freight forwarding companies. Upadhya was… Read More

Mar 13, 2025, 1:04 PM

Tech Moves: Rad Power Bikes names former Bartell Drugs leader Kathi Lentzsch as its new CEO

Seattle-based e-bike maker Rad Power Bikes named Kathi Lentzsch as its new CEO. Lentzsch previously ran Bartell Drugs as CEO… Read More

Mar 11, 2025, 6:00 PM

Tech Moves: Longtime Google leader Umesh Shankar joins Microsoft as new corporate VP

After nearly 19 years at Google, Umesh Shankar has joined Microsoft AI as a corporate vice president of engineering. Shankar,… Read More