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Tech Moves

Tech Moves: Robert Wise joins MTN; RealNetworks taps CFO; REI’s promotions; and more

Robert Wise has been named chief innovation officer at MTN Satellite Communications, charged with building up the company’s product and… Read More

Roseman leaves VP post at Zynga

Whoa, this is pretty huge news. Neil Roseman, the former Amazon.com vice president who joined Zynga last year, has left… Read More

Tech Moves: Medio taps Microsoft vet as chief architect; Zooppa, PATH, etc.

Medio Systems is making a big move into the predictive analytics arena, helping gaming, financial services, entertainment and other companies better… Read More

Social media agency Banyan Branch launches media buying group, hires advertising vets

We wondered why the social media agency Banyan Branch raised a $1.7 million round of venture capital financing last fall.… Read More

Microsoft hires former Yahoo chief scientist and database guru

Microsoft confirmed today that it has hired Raghu Ramakrishnan, a former Yahoo chief scientist, as a technical fellow in its… Read More

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

Blue Nile taps retail vet as CEO

Harvey Kanter has been hired as the new president and CEO of Seattle online jewelry retailer Blue Nile. In the… Read More

Tech Moves: SEOMoz hires CTO; Milk’s Kevin Rose joins Google; and more

SEOmoz continues to grow, with CEO Rand Fishkin telling a crowd of entrepreneurs that the Seattle upstart is on pace to… Read More

Tech Moves: Mark Klebanoff named CFO of Appature; Salad Labs tosses in a new leader; and more

Appature is adding some horsepower in the executive offices as it looks to expand its marketing services for healthcare companies.… Read More

Starbucks chief geek leaves for new role at Best Buy

Stephen Gillett has stepped down as executive vice president of digital ventures and chief information officer of Starbucks to take… Read More

Tech Moves: Vernon out at Zulily; Microsoft hires FTC attorney who slammed Google; and more

Less than a year after arriving at fast-growing Seattle daily deal startup Zulily, chief financial officer Michael Vernon has left… Read More

Tech Moves: Tableau taps new board member; Flux Drive names CEO; and more

Tableau Software, a Seattle business intelligence company whose visualization tools are used by more than 7,000 customers, has named software… Read More

Redfin hires former REI marketing vet Tom Vogl: A ‘piranha with a heart’

Redfin spent more than a year trying to find the right person to lead the company’s marketing department. And the… Read More

SpaceCurve raises $2.7M for ‘big data’ service, names CEO

SpaceCurve, a Seattle startup that’s developing new ways to analyze location-based services, social media chatter and other information, has raised… Read More

Zillow names VP of partner relations to mend fences with real estate community

Zillow has been taking it on the chin in recent days from a few real estate agents and Multiple Listing… Read More

InfoSpace CTO to resign next month

InfoSpace has been going through a number of transformations lately, namely the company’s $287 million acquisition of TaxACT. Now, here’s… Read More

ClassifiedAds.com hires a VP of engineering as it pulls in profits

Fast-growing ClassifiedAds.com has named Jim Nutt — the former director of software engineering at Intellectual Ventures — to the position of… Read More

GameHouse president Matt Hulett joins board of Yapta

Yapta has named GameHouse president Matt Hulett to the board, part of an ongoing transformation of the Seattle startup from… Read More

Tech Moves: Jambool founder leaves Google; Apptio’s new hire; and more

Apptio continues to expand its executive bench, adding Dione Hedgpeth as vice president of customer success. In the role, Hedgpeth will… Read More

Tech Moves: Zumobi taps marketing VP; Motricity adds mobile marketing vet; and more

Zumobi, a maker of mobile applications for companies such as MSNBC, Motor Trend and others, has named Marla Schimke as vice… Read More

Big Fish hooks an Angry Bird: Wibe Wagemans to head game company’s mobile unit

Wibe Wagemans — who flew the coop at Angry Birds maker Rovio three months ago —  just landed at Big Fish… Read More

RIM’s new CEO states the obvious in YouTube video: ‘We have to get better at execution’

RIM, which has struggled to keep its BlackBerry line of smartphones relevant amid increasing competition from the iPhone and Android,… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft GM Kindel to advise FreePriceAlerts; Amazon gets a Yahoo; etc.

Charlie Kindel, who left his general manager job on the Windows Phone team last August, is finding plenty of stuff… Read More

Tech Moves: Here’s the guy Walmart just hired to take on Amazon.com overseas

Amazon.com grew its international sales by 44 percent during the third quarter to $4.94 billion, driven in part by the… Read More

Tech Moves: Scott Blanksteen leaves AppStoreHQ for Amazon; Maveron promotes Jason Stoffer; and more

Fast-growing Amazon.com continues to gobble up talent from the Seattle tech community. The latest addition is Scott Blanksteen who just… Read More

Expedia Worldwide president Scott Durchslag departs

Scott Durchslag has resigned as president of Expedia Worldwide after just 13 months on the job. Durchslag previously worked as chief… Read More

Imprev inks deals with real estate firms, bolsters marketing team

Real estate agents have taken it on the chin over the past few years, and as such one might imagine… Read More

Urban Airship lands former Skype executive as chief revenue officer

Urban Airship, a Portland upstart that provides behind-the-scenes services like push notifications and in-app purchasing for mobile apps, has named former… Read More

RealNetworks CFO Eggers resigns

RealNetworks continues to churn through top executives, with the Seattle digital media company announcing today in a SEC filing that… Read More

Yahoo picks PayPal president Scott Thompson as new CEO

Well, at the end of the day and after weeks of speculation, Yahoo didn’t go with a former Microsoft or… Read More

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