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Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon VP joins mobile energy startup Booster as CTO; 1Password hires CPO

by Taylor Soper on August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 at 8:30 am

— Andrew Hamel, a Seattle-based tech vet who spent 11 years at Amazon in various vice president roles, joined mobile energy startup Booster as chief technology officer. Hamel worked at Amazon… Read More

Tech Moves: Nuance engineering director lands at Ozette; AWS exec will depart; and more

by Charlotte Schubert on August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 at 2:04 pm

— Amarjit Kaur Sandhu joined Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center spinout Ozette Technologies as vice president of engineering. She previously was director of software engineering at Nuance Communications, which acquired Seattle… Read More

Tech Moves: Rover appoints CFO; Smartsheet adds board member; Nautilus Biotechnology hires execs

by Charlotte Schubert on August 8, 2022August 12, 2022 at 11:26 am

— Pet sitting marketplace Rover appointed Charlie Wickers to chief financial officer. Wickers joined Rover in 2017 and most recently served as vice president of finance. He replaces Tracy Knox,… Read More

Tech Moves: Accolade hires security chief; Blue Origin comms leader departs; Redfin names industry relations director; and more

by Charlotte Schubert on August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 at 11:54 am

— Kelli Burns joined Seattle-based healthcare company Accolade as its new chief information security officer. Burns comes from Bellevue, Wash.-based financial services company Symetra, where she held the same role. Burns… Read More

Tech Moves: Icertis hires CFO; Samsung exec joins CommerceIQ; and more

by Taylor Soper on July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 at 7:48 am

— Rajat Bahri, former CFO at identity management provider ID.me, joined Bellevue, Wash-based contract management software company Icertis as CFO. Bahri is a finance veteran, having worked in senior leadership roles… Read More

Microsoft Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa departing to take role at private equity firm

by Taylor Soper on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 at 4:43 pm

Lucas Joppa, who became Microsoft’s first chief environmental officer in 2018 and led the company’s sustainability efforts, is stepping down. Joppa is joining an unnamed private equity firm as senior… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon promotes two execs to SVP; Providence exec named Teladoc COO; and more

by Charlotte Schubert & Todd Bishop on July 26, 2022July 27, 2022 at 1:09 pm

— Amazon has promoted two executives to senior vice president: James Hamilton, a distinguished engineer at the company; and Drew Herdener, who leads worldwide communications. Both were previously vice presidents… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow’s former longtime economist returns; GoFundMe hires Xbox vet; ex-Nike president joins Funko board

by Taylor Soper on July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 at 8:46 am

— Dr. Skylar Olsen is back at Zillow Group. Olsen spent eight years at the real estate giant, most recently as senior principal economist, from 2012 to 2020. She returns in… Read More

Chris Sembroski in SpaceX spacesuit
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After flying with SpaceX, citizen astronaut Chris Sembroski joins Blue Origin as engineer

by Alan Boyle on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 at 2:38 pm

Seattle-area data engineer Chris Sembroski got his first taste of space last year during an orbital trip in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, but now he’s got a full-time job in… Read More

Tech Moves: Vimeo hires Seattle execs; Microsoft corporate VP retires; and more

by Charlotte Schubert on July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 at 4:32 pm

— Vimeo appointed Lynn Girotto as chief marketing officer and Ashraf Alkarmi as chief product officer for the New York City video software company. Both will be based in the… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams leader lands at Lyft; General Fusion hires new CEO

by Charlotte Schubert on July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 at 11:17 am

— Jason Vogrinec joined Lyft as head of engineering, moving from Microsoft, where he was vice president of engineering for Microsoft Teams and led a 500-person group. Prior to Microsoft,… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft economist joins DOJ antitrust team; AWS director lands at StackOverflow

by Charlotte Schubert on July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 at 2:00 pm

— Stanford professor Susan Athey, a former consulting chief economist at Microsoft, will join the U.S. Department of Justice as its top antitrust economist, Bloomberg reported. Athey consulted with Microsoft… Read More

Tech Moves: RealNetworks president resigns; Costco security exec departs; and more

by Taylor Soper on July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 at 9:24 am

— Mike Ensing, president and COO of RealNetworks, resigned this week. Ensing joined the publicly traded Seattle software company in 2020 as interim CFO, and was named president and COO later… Read More

Former Amazon senior leader Alicia Boler Davis lands at Alto Pharmacy as CEO

by Taylor Soper on June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 at 7:39 am

Alicia Boler-Davis, previously a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team, will become CEO at Alto Pharmacy in September. Boler Davis spent 24 years at General Motors and in 2019 joined… Read More

Tech Moves: Glassdoor hires former Convoy chief economist; Kineta adds exec; and more

by Charlotte Schubert on June 30, 2022June 29, 2022 at 11:04 pm

— Maggie Brady, previously a human resources group leader at fintech company Fiserv, is now head of people at trucking marketplace Convoy. Brady previously also led human resources teams at… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia hires chief security officer; Microsoft technical fellow departing; and more

by Charlotte Schubert on June 27, 2022June 29, 2022 at 3:05 pm

— Kurt John, former chief cybersecurity officer for Siemens USA, joined Expedia as global chief security officer. John will be responsible for IT security, physical security and privacy. John spent… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft hires cloud security VP; Expedia board member resigns; and more

by Charlotte Schubert on June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 at 2:55 pm

— Shawn Bice returned to Microsoft to serve as corporate vice president of cloud security. Bice left a general manager position at Microsoft in 2016 to become vice president of… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime Zillow VP Annie Rihn departs after 17 years; AWS VP jumps to Google; Remitly names CFO; UiPath exec joins new VC firm

by Taylor Soper on June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 at 5:16 pm

— Annie Rihn, one of the earliest employees at Zillow Group who led recruiting, has left the Seattle real estate giant. Rihn joined Zillow in 2005 and was the company’s… Read More

Two Amazon senior Black execs will depart in latest leadership shuffle

by Taylor Soper on June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 at 5:02 pm

A pair of top Black leaders at Amazon who helped oversee the company’s e-commerce operations are departing: Alicia Boler-Davis, senior vice president of global customer fulfillment and a member of… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet joins Plenty of Fish; DocuSign CEO steps down; and more

by Charlotte Schubert on June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 at 12:03 pm

— Christina Kozloff joined Vancouver, B.C.-based dating app company Plenty of Fish as chief marketing officer. Kozloff was previously VP of marketing at Apartment List, VP of global marketing at… Read More

Tech Moves: Health tech startup Opala names CEO; Madrona adds a new investor

by Taylor Soper on June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 at 2:47 pm

— Palak Goel, a former product manager at Microsoft, has joined Madrona Venture Group as its newest investor. Goel previously spent nearly three years at Microsoft, most recently working on the… Read More

Tech Moves: Blue Origin hires Air Force vet to lead foundation; ‘grandfather’ of VR retires; and more

by Charlotte Schubert on June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 at 2:07 pm

— General John Hyten, a 40-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was named executive director of Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future. Hyten was also appointed as strategic advisor… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia hires former Twitter and CBS execs

by Julie Emory on June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 at 2:05 pm

— Expedia Group announced two hires to its executive team. Katrina Lane, former vice president at Twitter, and Lauri Metrose, former executive vice president at CBS Studios, joined as senior… Read More

Tech Moves: Peloton hires AWS exec as CFO; Uplevel co-founder lands at Microsoft; and more

by Julie Emory on June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 at 8:43 pm

— Liz Coddington, former vice president of finance at Amazon Web Services, joined Peloton as chief financial officer. Coddington worked at Amazon for more than six years. She was previously… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Expedia exec named Remitly CFO; Beckett hires Seattle exec as CEO; more

by Taylor Soper on June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 at 2:26 pm

— Hemanth Munipalli, a longtime finance exec most recently at Expedia Group, joined Remitly as CFO effective July 18. Munipalli joined Expedia in 2016 and was CFO of Egencia before… Read More

Tech Moves: Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta; Qualtrics CTO retiring; and more

by Julie Emory on June 1, 2022June 1, 2022 at 2:14 pm

— Longtime Meta leader Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down this fall. Sandberg, chief operating officer and the No. 2 in charge behind CEO Mark Zuckerberg, joined Meta (formerly known as… Read More

Tech Moves: Meta engineering director lands at Seattle startup Mason

by Julie Emory on May 31, 2022May 31, 2022 at 8:58 am

Brian Hook joined Seattle startup Mason as chief technology officer after nearly eight years at Meta. Hook was most recently a senior director of engineering at Meta, and previously led… Read More

Tech Moves: Elizabeth Scallon departs Amazon for HP; Fauna hires marketing exec; and more

by Taylor Soper & Julie Emory on May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 at 9:19 am

Elizabeth Scallon, a Seattle tech veteran who was most recently at Amazon, is now at HP as director of Incubation enablement. Scallon joined Amazon in 2020 and helped connect entrepreneurs… Read More

Tech Moves: Flying Fish adds investor to lead new Canada office; Panopto, magniX hire CEOs

by Julie Emory & Taylor Soper on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 at 10:17 am

— Flying Fish hired Tiffany Linke-Boyko as principal to lead a new Alberta hub, its first office outside of Seattle. The firm also revealed Tuesday that it landed $7.5 million… Read More

Tech Moves: Hiya CTO lands at Amazon; ex-Splunk president joins Karat board; and more

by Taylor Soper & Julie Emory on May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 at 12:25 pm

— Seattle tech vet Marcelo Calbucci is heading to Amazon after a 4-year stint as CTO at Whitepages spinout Hiya. Calbucci is joining Amazon’s People Experience Team. He told GeekWire that… Read More

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