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Tech Moves

Tech Moves: Skytap taps HP exec as CEO; Bsquare’s board changes; RF Surgical names CEO; and more

—Seattle cloud automation startup Skytap has named Thor Culverhouse as CEO. Culverhouse is the former president of Stratavia, which was acquired by… Read More

Tech Moves: Doug Aley leaves Zulily for Room 77; Vittana taps CEO; Ex-RealNetworks CEO lands at Brightcove; UserMind; etc.

Doug Aley is jumping back into the online travel business, taking a new job as vice president of product development… Read More

Taking a step closer to IPO, Redfin hires former Zappos exec as CFO

Redfin is bolstering its executive team, hinting that the Seattle real estate company may be getting more serious about an… Read More

Tech Moves: Kirby Winfield named Dwellable CEO; changes at TiE Seattle; and more

Kirby Winfield is jumping back into the startup game after his previous company, AdXpose, was sold to comScore for $22… Read More

The last supper: The final Urbanspoon founder set to depart

It’s the end of an era at Urbanspoon, the wildly popular online restaurant recommendation service that was sold to IAC… Read More

Tech Moves: WhitePages names CFO; Virl Hill joins Microsoft; and more

WhitePages has tapped Jason Eglit as its chief financial officer, overseeing the Seattle company’s financial team and assisting with mergers and acquisitions and… Read More

Marchex co-founder John Keister announces resignation

Marchex co-founder John Keister, who has served as the company’s chief operating officer and president over the years and most… Read More

Microsoft CIO Tony Scott leaves to ‘focus on personal projects’

[Updated below with Microsoft confirmation and statement.] Tony Scott, who oversaw Microsoft’s internal IT operations for more than five years… Read More

Tech Moves: Dave Parker joins UP Global; Jeff Seely named to Lighter Capital board; and more

Seattle entrepreneur Dave Parker has been named vice president of product at UP Global, the new entity that comprises Startup… Read More

Transforming takeout: Madrona’s Brian McAndrews named chairman of merged GrubHub and Seamless

Brian McAndrews, the former aQuantive CEO who now serves as a venture partner at Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group, is already… Read More

Tech Moves: Joanna Lord named CMO at BigDoor; Brian Arbogast joins the Gates Foundation; and more

—Online marketing whiz Joanna Lord has left her VP job at SEOmoz to become chief marketing officer at BigDoor, the Seattle… Read More

CEO of IAC’s CityGrid Media hits the road after 14 months

Jason Finger, who was appointed CEO of IAC’s CityGrid Media 14 months ago, has left the company to “pursue other… Read More

Microsoft names Amy Hood its new chief financial officer

Microsoft just named Amy Hood its new chief financial officer, replacing its departing CFO Peter Klein, who announced his plan… Read More

Microsoft hunts internally for CFO: Report suggests it’s Tami Reller vs. Amy Hood

Microsoft is on the hunt for a new chief financial officer, and a report out from Bloomberg suggests that two… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon vet joins Relaborate; MG Siegler leaves CrunchFund; Jawfish; and more

Last week, we noted how difficult it is for startup companies to compete against Amazon.com and other tech giants in… Read More

In ‘bittersweet’ decision, Susan Sigl to step down as CEO of the WTIA

In a blog post titled “Transitions,” Washington Technology Industry Association CEO Susan Sigl has announced that she plans to step… Read More

Seattle tech vet Matt Hulett named CEO of ClickBank

Matt Hulett, the Seattle startup veteran who was most recently president of RealNetworks’ video-game division, has been named the CEO… Read More

Virtual assistant startup lands $16 million to help sales pros cultivate hot leads

A fast-growing Bellingham startup has landed $16 million in venture capital from Kennet Partners and named former NexTag president Mark Bradley… Read More

Brian Krzanich named CEO of Intel as headwinds hit PC market

After an exhaustive months-long search, Intel has its new CEO. And the chip maker didn’t have to go far to… Read More

Tech Moves: Xbox vet joins 9Slides; Blessington lands at ExtraHop; Mixpo bolsters team

Aaron Khoo has joined Redmond online presentation startup 9Slides as director of engineering. Khoo is the former CTO at PaidPunch,… Read More

Outdoor gear retailer REI gets its geek on, names several techies to board

REI may be known for ice axes and backpacks. But the Seattle online retailer is getting a little geeky in… Read More

Tech Moves: Changes at SEOmoz; Polaris picks CEO-in-residence; Microvision names CFO; etc.

Jamie Steven has stepped down as chief marketing officer at SEOmoz, taking on the same role at Speedtest.net operator Ookla. “I’ve… Read More

Microsoft’s Craig Mundie joins board of Institute for Systems Biology

We’re getting a better idea of how longtime Microsoft executive Craig Mundie is going to spend some of his time… Read More

GoDaddy plans engineering outpost in Seattle region, hires key Microsoft vets

Internet domain giant GoDaddy is expanding to the Seattle region in search of technical talent, GeekWire has learned — becoming… Read More

GameHouse chief Matt Hulett leaving RealNetworks for mystery job

Matt Hulett, the Seattle startup vet who overhauled RealNetworks’ GameHouse games division, is leaving the company to accept an unspecified… Read More

Ex-Facebook engineer Ari Steinberg’s stealthy travel startup makes first hire: A former Redfin and Microsoft coder

Ari Steinberg has been pretty quiet ever since he left Facebook last year to start a new online travel startup.… Read More

Tech Moves: Wiki creator Ward Cunningham joins New Relic; John Doerr named to Zynga board; and more

Ward Cunningham, the Portland software developer who is credited with developing the wiki, has joined New Relic as a staff… Read More

Tech Moves: Oracle sales vet joins Microsoft; Zynga changes; SNUPI snags Paulsen from Impinj; etc.

Judson Althoff has been named president of North American sales and marketing at Microsoft, joining the company from Oracle where he… Read More

Domain name operator Donuts passes background checks, names new CTO

Donuts, the heavily-funded Bellevue startup, has made it through initial evaluation tests conducted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and… Read More

PopCap Games’ Bejeweled executive producer departs

PopCap Games is losing the executive producer of its Bejeweled franchise. Giordano “Gio” Contestabile is stepping down from the EA-owned property,… Read More

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