More than a decade ago, Tom Seery’s wife was the inspiration for the launch of RealSelf, a site featuring public reviews of more than 400 cosmetic procedures — but not… Read More
For Act-On Software CEO Kate Johnson, Portland is a perfect fit. She loves her walkable West Coast city that boasts terrific restaurants and bars, plus plenty of parks for her… Read More
Linh Ho has some cool ideas, some bigger and some smaller, some realized and some still just dreams. One was to create an app to connect kitchen-challenged people like herself… Read More
Not only is Alex Kravis’s job as head of product and creative teams for Amazon’s Prime Video X-Ray a gig that blends her passions for film and TV with her… Read More
Eugenio Pace was destined to be a tech entrepreneur. He just jumped the gun. After earning a degree in electrical engineering and a master’s in computer science in Buenos Aires, he… Read More
Justin Spelhaug likes to make lists, to enumerate things. Maybe it’s because he has a big role running the Tech for Social Impact group within Microsoft Philanthropies. Perhaps helping lead… Read More
Jeremy Korst has serious Ivy League, Fortune-500, city-slicker bona fides. He earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. His resume includes leadership roles… Read More
Sure Adley Bowden has been with the same company for a decade. But the PitchBook that hired him practically straight out of the University of Washington back in 2008 bears… Read More
Jennifer Mankoff faced a slate of challenges that could have derailed her academic aspirations. It started with a repetitive stress injury from a poorly designed keyboard during graduate school in… Read More
People talk a lot about building a diverse workplace with employees who vary by gender, race, socioeconomic background, age, abilities and life experience, and how those differences can fuel innovation.… Read More
If you’ve seen venture capital investor and Seattle tech veteran Heather Redman work a room or present at an event, you’re unlikely to guess that she’s actually somewhat shy by… Read More
There’s a Seattle-based enterprise that has a worldwide reach that few organizations can match. And no, we’re not talking about Amazon, Microsoft or Starbucks. The Institute for Health Metrics and… Read More
Joe Heitzeberg is a serial entrepreneur, launching and running Snapvine, which was acquired by Whitepages, and then MediaPiston, which UpWork bought. He co-founded Madrona Venture Labs, a startup studio and incubator.… Read More
Scientists aren’t known for playing well with others. After all, their world is set up to reward individual accomplishments through journal publications, professorships and grants. Lara Mangravite, president of Sage… Read More
John Lauer, CEO and co-founder of business texting-software provider Zipwhip, says there’s no faster, easier way to communicate than text messages. Or at least, he says, that’s true until someone… Read More
As the Green Business Advocate for the city of Seattle, Stephanie Gowing is working to boost the city’s eco enterprises and help interested business become more environmentally friendly. Recently that’s… Read More
Kat Holmes became aware of inclusive design when working a few years back on Cortana, Microsoft’s voice-activated assistant. She was part of a perfectly talented team of engineers and designers,… Read More
Many people concerned about gun violence want to alter laws. Rick Smith is focusing on a tech solution. “Our track record for solving major problems with technology is really good,” said… Read More
Ed Yue‘s first foray into the world of warehouses was not particularly auspicious. “I almost got run over by a forklift,” said Yue, who is co-founder and chief of operations… Read More
It’s hardly possible to imagine schools not teaching kids how to write. No essays, no poetry, no reports or creative writing. For Alice Steinglass, president of Code.org, that scenario isn’t… Read More
Dennis Schatz, president-elect of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and senior advisor at the Pacific Science Center, draws inspiration from an encounter that saddened him. Schatz was shooting photos… Read More
Mike Convertino was not surprised by Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election through its weaponization of social media, allowing it to sow fear, uncertainty and doubt among voters. And… Read More
Sandi Lin left Amazon five years ago to launch her own startup, but her experience at the retail and cloud behemoth made a lasting impact. Lin is CEO and co-founder… Read More
As CenturyLink’s vice president of operations for Washington, Sue Anderson bears the responsibility of maintaining the telecommunication company’s voice, internet and video services for the state. Despite her high-pressure role on the… Read More
As chief technology officer for Unearth Technologies, Amy Hutchins thought it would be easy to get women to apply for engineering jobs at her Seattle startup. She wasn’t exactly envisioning… Read More
When it came to volunteering, Tammy Savage wondered what prevented people from jumping in to help. Was it a failure of leadership? A lack of interest? Or, Savage asked herself,… Read More
One of Kevin Nakao’s earliest marketing gigs sent him on tour almost 30 years ago with Puff Daddy, Jodeci and Mary J. Blige. He needed to discover how fans were plugging… Read More
About six years into his career at Microsoft, one of Chris Capossela’s colleagues suggested that he apply for a very unusual gig: speech writer for then-CEO Bill Gates. His friend… Read More
“I’m still just floored by how little technology is actually used in the entire healthcare market,” said Lizza Miller, co-founder and president of Seattle-based DatStat. More than 20 years ago,… Read More
Over Raghu Murthi’s career, he’s worked for leading tech companies in key sectors, including hardware-maker Intel, software giant Microsoft and enterprise and consumer behemoth Amazon. Most recently he’s taken the… Read More