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Tech Moves: ExtraHop’s new CEO; Gates Foundation shuffles its C-suite; Amazon vet joins CreatorsAGI

— Rob Greer is now CEO of Seattle cybersecurity company ExtraHop. Greer is ExtraHop’s third CEO since Patrick Dennis took… Read More

Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M, names new execs

Cybersecurity company ExtraHop announced $100 million in new funding from existing investors, as well as the hiring of two C-suite… Read More

Tech Moves: VMware exec joins Darktrace; Zillow hires Twitter marketing leader; Oregon Venture Fund adds partner

— Seattle-area tech executive Denise Walter was appointed chief revenue officer at cybersecurity firm Darktrace. Walter will join the company… Read More

A list of Seattle cybersecurity companies as international conflict fuels industry demand

Cybersecurity continues to be top of mind for IT professionals between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and record-breaking breaches. Investors are… Read More

Seattle cybersecurity startup ExtraHop to be acquired by private equity firms in $900M deal

Private equity firms Bain Capital and Crosspoint Capital will acquire cybersecurity startup ExtraHop for $900 million. It’s one of the… Read More

Tech Moves: Ad Lightning CEO Scott Moore steps down; Amazon Prime Video adds Nike vet

— Ad Lightning co-founder Scott Moore is stepping down from his CEO role for personal reasons but will remain on… Read More

‘The week has literally exploded’: Tech security startups grapple with SolarWinds fallout

Ah, the week before the holidays. A great moment to take a breather after a difficult year, cut out early,… Read More

More tech startup layoffs: Seattle-based security company ExtraHop cuts staff

ExtraHop laid off an undisclosed number of employees on Wednesday, GeekWire has learned, becoming the latest tech company to trim… Read More

Who’ll be the Next Tech Titan at the GeekWire Awards? Your vote will boost one of these startups

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. How do you handicap a unicorn… Read More

GeekWire 200 update reveals trending startups in edtech, consumer tech, B.C. and more

There’s a growing cohort of education tech companies across the Pacific Northwest. A flurry of up-and-coming startups are sprouting up… Read More

Seattle security company ExtraHop touts $150M in 2019 bookings ahead of potential IPO

Cyber attacks against companies are becoming increasingly common and more expensive. Those troubling stats help explain the rapid growth of… Read More

Tech Moves: ExtraHop adds execs; Simply Measured co-founder returns to startups; and more

— Network security startup ExtraHop added two new executives ahead of a potential IPO in 2020. Sri Sundaralingam joined as… Read More

Tech Moves: Blokable exec leaves for Expedia; ExtraHop names new finance chief

— Sandy Anuras is leaving Blokable, a Seattle startup with a mission to develop low-cost housing at scale, to join… Read More

CEO Panel - GeekWire Cloud Summit 2019

Multicloud is here, and it will level the playing field for everyone, according to Seattle cloud CEOs

As cloud computing matures, more and more companies are looking to diversify their IT spending across different vendors, and that’s… Read More

Kristina Bergman

Is AI overhyped? Cloud startup CEOs call out proliferation of trendy technology

The world’s biggest technology companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing sophisticated artificial intelligence capabilities, but its usefulness in… Read More

Tech Moves: Leafly hires Amazon Prime Video vet as CEO; Former F5 CEO joins ExtraHop Board

Marijuana review and discovery platform Leafly has a new CEO in Tim Leslie, who was previously VP of Amazon Prime… Read More

Seattle hybrid cloud security startup ExtraHop touts bookings growth, says it’s on an IPO path

After plunging into the network security market nearly two years ago, Extrahop’s bookings have topped the $100 million mark, and… Read More

Tech Moves: Pioneer Square Labs hires ExtraHop CFO; Kymeta adds 3 sales execs; and more

Pioneer Square Labs hires CFO ExtraHop CFO Palvi Mehta has joined Pioneer Square Labs as CFO. Mehta spent more than seven years at… Read More

How do you succeed in tech? ExtraHop CEO Arif Kareem thinks you must invest in people

Tech startups tend to break through in their early days with a game-changing product or an irresistible service, but companies… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Redfin expands engineering and data teams as it prepares to go public

Seattle-based real estate company Redfin made waves a few weeks ago when it filed for an initial public offering, possibly… Read More

ExtraHop’s network analysis technology gets a boost from Cisco partnership

Networking giant Cisco plans to draw on technology developed by Seattle’s ExtraHop in a new partnership aimed at improving network… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Kenworth seeks engineer to develop electronic systems and architecture

Trucking may not be top of mind when it comes to technology innovation, but Kirkland-based Kenworth Truck Company is bucking… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet scoops up AWS VP; theMaven adds new co-chairman; and more

Smartsheet has some serious momentum. Fresh off a $52 million funding round, the Bellevue-based collaborative work management technology company brought… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Limeade seeks engineers for its corporate wellness platform

“Wellness” can be a bit of a fuzzy concept, but it’s an important one to think about when it comes… Read More

Ryan Corder

Geek of the Week: ExtraHop’s Ryan Corder says something special is brewing at work and at home

Something about working for a company called ExtraHop just begs the question: Do you like beer? The Seattle-based IT analytics… Read More

There’s no avoiding it: Intense dodgeball tourney is a hit at the GeekWire Bash

Seattle has become known as one of the top tech hubs in the country, but it was a company from… Read More

DDoS denied: ExtraHop’s newest product detects security breaches and other network anomalies with machine learning

Last October, when a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks knocked out major websites like Amazon and Twitter, one… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia vet joins talent management startup; Life Science Washington taps new board chairman; and more

Ajai Sehgal, an early and longtime Expedia employee, is embarking on a slightly different trip than the ones he is familiar… Read More

ExtraHop hires former Fluke president as CEO in bid to become next major enterprise tech company

ExtraHop Networks, a Seattle-based company that monitors complex computer networks in real-time, has appointed former Fluke Networks President Arif Kareem as… Read More

Rod Diefendorf

Tech Moves: PitchBook names new COO to drive continued growth; ExtraHop adds two tech vets; Vulcan hires CIO

— PitchBook, the Seattle startup that collects data on venture capital and private equity financings, has hired Rod Diefendorf as the company’s… Read More

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