Articles about Puppet

Tech Moves: Former Outreach CMO joins Fastly; SmartRecruiters adds ex-Tableau SVP; and more

— Fastly named Margaret Arakawa as chief marketing officer of the publicly traded San Francisco-based cloud network provider. Arakawa spent nearly 20… Read More

Puppet founder Luke Kanies wants to help leaders remember conversations with new startup Clickety

Luke Kanies loves tools. As a youngster, he learned why they matter while building homes with his father. He later… Read More

Tech Moves: Andy Sack joins Payability board; Puppet adds execs; LevelTen Energy names CCO

— Longtime Seattle startup leader and investor Andy Sack joined the board of Payability, a New York City-based fintech startup.… Read More

Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO after IPO; Asha Sharma joins Instacart as COO; and more

Julie Larson-Green, an engineering leader and executive who spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, is retiring from her position… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s new executive VP; Puppet preps for IPO; Vacasa adds tech vets to board

— Microsoft added to its senior leadership team with the appointment of Christopher Young as executive vice president of business… Read More

Portland cloud infrastructure automation startup Puppet raises $40M

Portland, Ore.-based cloud automation company Puppet today announced a $40 million funding round from BlackRock. Founded 15 years ago, Puppet… Read More

Tech Moves: GE Healthcare exec joins Microsoft; Puppet names new CTO; Adaptive Biotech expands

— Microsoft named former GE executive Tom McGuinness corporate vice president of healthcare. At GE, McGuinness was president and CEO… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet CFO to retire; Boeing exec joins Prime Air; OfferUp adds execs; and more

— Smartsheet CFO Jenny Ceran will retire after transitioning to a successor. The collaboration work management company, which went public… Read More

Tech Moves: Puppet adds CMO and board member; Tableau PR leader departs; and more

— Keyana Corliss, Tableau’s director of corporate communications & global public relations, is departing to join female-founded unicorn Guild Education.… Read More

Puppet CEO Yvonne Wassenaar on Portland vs. the Valley, scaling a business, and diversity

Not only has Yvonne Wassenaar worked in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay area most of her career, it’s… Read More

Interview: Puppet CEO Yvonne Wassenaar on her first 100 days, the shift to the cloud, and open source

At a time when lots of enterprise tech companies founded around open-source projects are reconsidering their approach, Puppet is doubling… Read More

Puppet updates its flagship product with increased support for Bolt, an open-source task automator

Puppet’s latest edition of its flagship infrastructure automation software includes additional support for Bolt, an open-source project that the company… Read More

Tech Moves: Coding Dojo co-founder returns; Zillow hires former Glassdoor exec; PATH CEO steps down; and more

— Richard Wang has returned to Coding Dojo as president following his departure as CEO in 2017. Michael Choi has… Read More

Puppet makes a change at the top with new CEO Yvonne Wassenaar

After years of buying enterprise technology from software vendors, new Puppet CEO Yvonne Wassenaar will get a chance to run… Read More

Puppet launches new product line to help companies get the most out of their DevOps efforts

Building on the work done by its most recent acquisition, Puppet plans to announce a brand new product line Tuesday… Read More

Five experts explain how software development and operations teams are adjusting to the rapid changes caused by cloud computing

While software continues to eat the world, the philosophies and tactics used to build that software are constantly changing. Getting… 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

Puppet raises $42M to fuel its software development technology for the cloud, hopes to be cash-flow positive in a year

At one point three years ago, Portland’s Puppet thought it was headed toward an IPO. That did not happen, but… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vets move to Amazon; NurseGrid expands executive team; and more

In one of two recent Microsoft-to-Amazon moves, Brian Schultz, who has worked on-and-off at Microsoft since 1999, is now working on… Read More

Puppet acquires Portland-based data visualization startup Reflect to jazz up its data presentation

Two Portland tech companies are joining forces with Puppet’s acquisition of Reflect, a small startup focused on data visualization for… Read More

How Puppet’s chief product officer is navigating the rapidly changing world of modern software development

Nobody ever believes me when I say this, but the world of enterprise technology has actually been pretty exciting over… 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

Puppet signals shift in product strategy with new tech asset inventory dashboard

Puppet is shaking up its product strategy, announcing on Wednesday the first product that will become part of an expanded… Read More

Puppet lays off three percent of workforce as it looks for more growth

Portland-based DevOps startup Puppet has laid off three percent of its workforce, around 20 people, as it gears up for… Read More

Why it might be time for Big Cloud to share the wealth with open-source startups

There’s no longer any point in ignoring the truth: during the age of open-source software, which was supposed to democratize… Read More

GeekWire 200 in 2018: Our bold predictions for the Pacific NW’s top private tech companies

Last week we wrapped up a wild year for the Pacific Northwest’s top startups. Now it’s time to look ahead and… Read More

Google and Puppet strike partnership deal designed to ease migration to the cloud

Puppet and Google announced a new partnership Tuesday designed to help Puppet customers running its DevOps software on-premises move their… Read More

Puppet acquires Distelli to bolster cloud computing automation platform

Rahul Singh started with a single focus when he launched Distelli more than two years ago: give developers a way… Read More

Cloud development company Puppet to open Seattle engineering office, escalating talent wars

It’s more than a trend at this point. Another cloud-focused company, this time Portland-based Puppet, is opening an engineering office… Read More

Tech Moves: Apple poaches Amazon Fire exec; Tune promotes Koch to CTO; Nohla names CEO; etc.

—Apple and Amazon are on a collision course in many industries, but the battle for tech talent looks to be… Read More