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Tech Moves: Payscale adds president and CTO; Factor appoints CEO; and more

— Compensation data company Payscale hired two new executives: Nolan Farris as president and chief operating officer, and Raj Cherukuri… Read More

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Pay, perks, and remote work: How layoffs and the economy are changing the tech job market

The workplace and job market are a volatile mix of variables these days, including the economy, tech layoffs, inflation, pay… Read More

Payscale acquires competitor Agora as states push for pay transparency

Seattle compensation data startup Payscale announced Tuesday that it is purchasing San Francisco-based competitor Agora Solutions amid a tailwind of lawmakers… Read More

Tech Moves: Payscale CEO steps down; a16z adds Seattle-based partner; Madrona hires investor

— Scott Torrey stepped down as CEO of compensation data company Payscale. A SAP Concur veteran, Torrey took over as… Read More

Payscale acquires CURO, another compensation data provider

Payscale is hopping on the M&A train again. The Seattle-based compensation data company today announced the acquisition of CURO Compensation… Read More

Are tech employees coming back to downtown Seattle? Here’s what companies are planning for

The plywood is coming down, restaurants that survived are adding hours and vehicle traffic in Seattle is growing from the… Read More

Tech Moves: New GM at Microsoft for Startups; PayScale hires execs; former Docker CFO’s stealth startup; and more

— Entrepreneur Jeff Ma is now general manager of Microsoft for Startups. Ma founded CircleLending, Citzen Sports and tenXer, all… Read More

Tech Moves: PayScale hires legal chief; Amazon’s first Distinguished Engineer departs; and more

— Compensation software provider PayScale named Kristin Boraas its new general counsel, responsible for the growth of the Seattle-based startup’s… Read More

Seattle metro area wages grow 4.4% during Q4, second-highest in the U.S.

The Seattle metro area saw the second-highest annual wage growth during the fourth quarter of 2019, according to PayScale’s latest… 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

Tech Moves: Smartsheet taps leader for new Sydney office; Payscale adds CMO; Vulcan names CFO; and more

—Former Microsoft general manager Adrianna Burrows is now chief marketing officer at Seattle-based compensation startup PayScale. Burrows is one of… Read More

Tech Moves: CFO shuffle at RealNetworks; Avalara, RFPIO, Hiya add execs; and more

— Cary Baker, currently chief financial officer at RealNetworks, will leave the company in February to join Seattle-based RFID maker… Read More

Tech Moves: PayScale exec joins Amperity as COO; NPR hires former Microsoft and Amazon AI leader

— Former PayScale CFO Mark Klebanoff signed on with Amperity as chief operating officer. Klebanoff, who joined PayScale in 2013, previously… Read More

Seattle among tech cities showing strongest wage growth in PayScale’s latest compensation index

It pays to be in tech, and in Seattle. The city landed among the top metro areas in the U.S.… Read More

Axon hires Amazon exec; PayScale loses another chief; Ookla, DroneSeed, Armoire add leaders; and more Tech Moves

— Axon landed former Amazon executive Jeff Kunins as chief product officer and executive vice president of software. Kunins was… Read More

Convoy hires VPs of marketing and revenue, doubles workforce to 750 in bid to transform the trucking industry

Convoy is adding two new senior executives to lead marketing and revenue, capping a year of massive growth following a… Read More

Tech Moves: Meet PayScale’s new CEO; Amazon’s treasurer departs

PayScale‘s longtime CEO Mike Metzger has stepped down, and Scott Torrey will lead the company going forward. Torrey is a… Read More

Lydia Frank taps journalism skills and PayScale’s data resources to tell the wage equity story

Officially, Lydia Frank is PayScale’s vice president of corporate and product marketing — a promotion that was announced this month.… Read More

Discovering and fixing the hidden causes of pay gaps between genders and races

If you’re a woman working in the tech sector, odds are you’re making roughly the same salary as a male… Read More

Compensation data site PayScale valued at $325M after new private equity investment

As discussions swirl about gender pay disparities and more information becomes available about salary practices, PayScale keeps on growing. Now… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2019: Big Tech CEO of the Year finalists use leadership to fuel big growth

Seattle is an evolving city, so it makes sense for the GeekWire Awards to evolve, too. That’s especially evident as… Read More

GeekWire 200 June update: Bezos’ Blue Origin is No. 1 as dust settles following another IPO

For all of Jeff Bezos’ accomplishments, one accolade he hadn’t attained was leading a company sitting atop the GeekWire 200, our… Read More

Look who’s atop the GeekWire 200 now, as DocuSign and Smartsheet graduate via IPOs

DocuSign’s long reign atop the GeekWire 200 ranking of the top Pacific Northwest startups is over. The digital signature giant… Read More

Guest Post: How men can create equal opportunities for women at work

Gentlemen, consider this your formal invitation. As we recognize April 10 as Equal Pay Day – the symbolic day women… Read More

GeekWire 200 Year in Review: A high-profile IPO, plenty of acquisitions and startups on the rise

Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of… Read More

A warm feeling for tech hubs: Payscale maps the hottest counties in U.S. for employee pay

It might be chilly in Seattle this week, but a new interactive “heat map” from the folks at Payscale shows just… Read More

Tech moves: Madrona’s Paul Goodrich steps down from Redfin board; Seattle’s Office of Economic Development under new leadership; and more

— One of the original backers of Redfin is stepping off the board of directors after more than a decade… Read More

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