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Can you hear them now? Windows Phone hires Verizon campaign vet

Microsoft’s newest Windows Phone marketing executive, Thom Gruhler, is no stranger to advertising in the mobile industry. In fact, you’ve… Read More

Activision hires Microsoft game exec as new finance chief

Game publisher Activision Blizzard just named a new chief financial officer: Microsoft veteran Dennis Durkin, a key executive from the… Read More

Roving CEO Matthew Schiltz lands at the helm of Symform

Matthew Schiltz sure gets around. The Seattle technology executive just three months ago was named CEO of Powerit Solutions, a… Read More

Drugstore.com CEO Dawn Lepore to depart following Walgreens buy

Walgreen Co. has completed its $409 million purchase of drugstore.com, the Bellevue online seller of medicine, vitamins and beauty products.… Read More

Tech moves: New hires at Point Inside, RescueTime, etc.

We’ve been tracking some key hires in the Seattle tech industry in recent days. Here are a few… Jason Grimes,… Read More

Zulily lands a Big Fish, hooks Michael Vernon as finance chief

Zulily just hooked one of Seattle’s best known high-tech CFOs, a possible sign of big things to come at the… Read More

Tech Moves: Fascitelli and Barokas together again, and other recent hires

We’ve been tracking a number of key appointments in the Seattle tech industry in recent weeks. Here are a few… Read More

Morrison tapped to lead Verizon Wireless operations in the NW

Verizon Wireless has named Bobby Morrison as president of the Pacific Northwest Region. He’ll replace Kelly Kurtzman, a 10-year vet… Read More

Former Microsoft GM Anna Collins named president of PhotoRocket

Anna Collins, a former general manager at Microsoft, has been tapped as president of PhotoRocket. Collins spent the past seven… Read More

Ignition Partners’ Steve Hooper joins board of InfoSpace

Steve Hooper, one of the founding members of Ignition Partners and the former CEO of AT&T Wireless, has joined the… Read More

Lockerz taps former Amazon exec, plans deeper Facebook integration

Fast-growing, youth-oriented social networking site Lockerz has been undergoing a serious growth spurt since moving its headquarters from Pittsburgh to… Read More

Meet Microsoft’s new marketing boss: Chris Capossela

The guy who previously headed marketing for Microsoft’s Office products is now taking on that role for the entire company.… Read More

RogueSheep CEO leaves the flock

Chris Parrish has left the CEO post at RogueSheep, the Seattle mobile application development shop best known for its work… Read More

Former Microsoft GM David McCann takes CEO reins at Varolii

Former Microsoft general manager David McCann has been named the new CEO of Varolii, a 224-person Seattle company that provides… Read More

DoubleDown touts casino game growth, taps former RealNetworks exec

DoubleDown Interactive, maker of the DoubleDown Casino game, said that it has surpassed more than one million monthly users on… Read More

Jaech out as CEO of Verdiem

Jeremy Jaech has stepped down as CEO of Verdiem, the heavily-funded Seattle company that helps businesses and government organizations better… Read More

Feedburner co-founder joins BigDoor

Feedburner co-founder Matt Shobe has joined BigDoor, a Seattle startup that helps online publishers engage with readers and viewers by… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Chris Liddell to step down as CFO of General Motors

Former Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell plans to resign as CFO of General Motors after getting passed over for… Read More