Tech Moves – Page 9 of 44

Sep 26, 2024, 1:46 PM

Tech Moves: GE healthcare exec joins startup; Nautilus taps new CMO; WRF investor steps down

— Symbl, a generative AI startup for conversation analysis, is reshaping its leadership ranks. Selvan Senthivel is the new chief… Read More

Sep 23, 2024, 10:10 AM

Tech Moves: Madrona expands Bay Area team, Microsoft vet returns, Veeam adds tech experts

Anna Chen is joining Madrona’s Bay Area office as the longtime Seattle investment firm strengthens its presence in Silicon Valley.… Read More

Sep 20, 2024, 1:17 PM

23 years and 65 million square feet later, Amazon’s global real estate leader is retiring

John Schoettler, the Amazon global real estate leader who oversaw the extraordinary growth of the company’s footprint for more than… Read More

Sep 18, 2024, 3:02 PM

Smartsheet COO Stephen Branstetter resigns amid reported acquisition talks

Stephen Branstetter, the chief operating officer at Smartsheet who joined the company in 2013, resigned on Wednesday, according to a… Read More

Sep 17, 2024, 2:30 PM

Tech Moves: Fortive SVP joins Microsoft; Pictory hires CMO; Starbucks exec retires

Kirsten Paust, a longtime leader at publicly traded manufacturing giant Fortive, took a new job at Microsoft as a corporate… Read More

Sep 17, 2024, 8:59 AM

Athira Pharma laying off 49 employees, about 70% of workforce, as part of restructuring

Seattle-based biotech company Athira Pharma is laying off 49 people, or about 70% of its workforce, as part of cost-cutting… Read More

Sep 16, 2024, 6:00 AM

Why the former Tableau CEO just joined the board of a Zurich-based AI data analytics startup

Seattle-based technology investor and business leader Mark Nelson, the former Tableau CEO, has joined the board of Veezoo, a company… Read More

Sep 13, 2024, 2:51 PM

Tech Moves: SheerID adds revenue chief; Sana CFO stepping down; Seattle HR vet launches new firm

Portland, Ore.-based identity verification company SheerID named Rebecca Grimes as its new chief revenue officer. Grimes previously was chief sales and marketing… Read More

Sep 12, 2024, 9:35 AM

Microsoft names new COO who played a key role in GE’s turnaround

Microsoft named General Electric’s former chief financial officer, Carolina Dybeck Happe, as its new executive vice president and chief operations… Read More

Sep 11, 2024, 8:57 AM

Tech Moves: Peter Kern leaves Expedia’s board; RealSelf names CEO; PATH adds AI chief

Former Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern stepped down as vice chairman and is leaving the company’s board, the travel giant… Read More

Sep 10, 2024, 6:00 AM

Microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome lands $25M and hires former Amazon leader as COO

Viome, a company selling microbiome products and health diagnostics, announced Tuesday that it raised $25 million from investors and hired… Read More

Sep 6, 2024, 7:58 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins UiPath board; Trupanion names COO; and more

S. “Soma” Somasegar, a longtime former Microsoft leader, joined the board of directors at robotic process automation company UiPath. Somasegar,… Read More

Sep 3, 2024, 8:47 AM

Tech Moves: F5 chief product officer Kara Sprague named CEO at security company HackerOne

Kara Sprague, chief product officer at F5, was named CEO at San Francisco-based cybersecurity company HackerOne. Sprague spent the past… Read More

Aug 28, 2024, 9:41 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft leader joins Shopify as CTO; StraighterLine taps Seattle tech vet as CEO

— Shopify hired one of Microsoft’s top engineering leaders as its new chief technology officer. The Toronto-based e-commerce giant called Mikhail… Read More

Aug 27, 2024, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet named CEO at Vouched; Sana hires chief scientific officer

— Peter Horadan, a seasoned Seattle tech executive who was an executive at Avalara and later founded an accounting software startup… Read More

Aug 22, 2024, 1:26 PM

Tech Moves: Remitly’s new CFO; Zillow adds SVP; Aquagga CEO steps down; Proprio hires exec

Vikas Mehta knows how to assess the financial health of a business, having been a finance leader at companies including… Read More

Aug 22, 2024, 12:58 PM

Former Living Computers Museum director returning to Seattle to lead National Nordic Museum

Lāth Carlson, the former executive director of Seattle’s Living Computers Museum + Labs, is returning to the city to head… Read More

Aug 19, 2024, 6:00 AM

Gaming startup Mudstack raises $4M from top VCs, taps industry vet James Gwertzman as CEO

Mudstack is adding a veteran Seattle-based gaming exec as its new leader and raising capital from top venture capitalists as… Read More

Aug 16, 2024, 9:01 AM

Tech Moves: Avanade CEO to join Microsoft; Seattle gaming vet’s new project

— Pamela Maynard, the longtime CEO of IT services and consulting firm Avanade, is joining Microsoft in a new role… Read More

Aug 14, 2024, 10:49 AM

Tech Moves: TerraClear’s new CEO; CoreWeave hires ex-Oracle SVP; Amperity adds revenue chief

Devin Lammers, a longtime leader in the agriculture technology industry, joined rock-mapping and picking technology startup TerraClear as its new… Read More

Aug 13, 2024, 3:15 PM

Meet Margi Tooth, the new CEO at Seattle-based pet insurance giant Trupanion

We’re loving our pets more than ever. Driven in part by a pandemic boom in pet ownership, spending on animal… Read More

Aug 5, 2024, 1:54 PM

Tech Moves: Former GitLab exec Chris Weber joins Amazon’s Project Kuiper team

Chris Weber, former chief revenue officer at GitLab, has joined Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite business as its new vice president… Read More

Aug 2, 2024, 9:16 AM

Tech Moves: AI researcher Yejin Choi leaves Univ. of Washington and Allen Institute for AI

Yejin Choi, who was named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and one of Time’s Most Influential People in AI for her… Read More

Aug 1, 2024, 8:00 AM

Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs recruits tech experts for new advisory board

Pioneer Square Labs is tapping some of Seattle’s leading technology researchers and innovators with the creation of a new advisory… Read More

Jul 31, 2024, 4:55 PM

Tech Moves: CFO shuffles at Remitly and F5; Flexport exec joins DoorDash; and more

Seattle-based digital financial services firm Remitly hired Vikas Mehta as its new chief financial officer, the company announced Wednesday. Mehta… Read More

Jul 31, 2024, 10:39 AM

Boeing chooses its next CEO — and he will reportedly be based back in Seattle

Opening up a new chapter in its century-long history, Boeing says its next CEO and president will be Kelly Ortberg,… Read More

Jul 24, 2024, 12:22 PM

Tech Moves: Impinj promotes execs; Zendesk hires comms vet; Qumulo founder leads new startup

Seattle RFID-maker Impinj announced new promotions and additions to its executive leadership team. Impinj on Wednesday reported revenue of $102.5… Read More

Jul 18, 2024, 8:09 AM

Longtime World of Warcraft leader John Hight named president at Wizards of the Coast

John Hight, a longtime exec at Blizzard Entertainment who led the Microsoft-owned gaming giant’s World of Warcraft arm, has joined… Read More

Jul 17, 2024, 3:13 PM

Tech Moves: Syndio hires LinkedIn product vet; Microsoft chief scientist joins Shutterstock board

— Mitali Pattnaik, a former head of product management and senior director at LinkedIn, joined Seattle startup Syndio as its new… Read More

Jul 9, 2024, 8:58 AM

Tech Moves: TiE Seattle names leader; ex-Flexport president joins General Catalyst in new role

— Prashant Mishra, a longtime Seattle-area tech leader and founder of Click2Cloud, was named president of TiE Seattle. Mishra founded Click2Cloud… Read More