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Tech Moves: Remitly CFO lands in the grocery world; Amazon finance VP joins Robinhood

Krish Srinivasan, former CFO of Seattle international money transfer startup Remitly, has found his next gig, and it’s in a… Read More

Tech Moves: Rep the Squad CEO joins Bulletproof as startup closes; Banzai adds AI2 exec; and more

As sports jersey rental startup Rep the Squad winds down operations, its founder and CEO is on to a new… Read More

Tech Moves: Karat names SVP sales; Phytelligence taps VP operations; SigmaDesign adds new office

Karat has named John Besteman as its senior vice president of sales. Besteman earlier ran sales teams at Forrester Research and… Read More

Tech Moves: Amplero founder tapped to lead Zillow AI efforts; new Tesla chair replaces Elon Musk

Olly Downs, who previously founded AI-powered marketing startup Amplero, has joined Zillow Group as the company’s new senior director of… Read More

Zillow Group hires Amazon veteran Allen Parker as new CFO

Zillow Group today announced the hiring of Allen Parker as the company’s new chief financial officer. Parker previously spent more than… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana chief Javier Soltero is leaving the company

Javier Soltero, the leader of Microsoft’s Cortana division, is leaving the company. Soltero confirmed his departure on Twitter after it… Read More

Tech Moves: New CFOs at Crowd Cow, Echodyne, and Icertis; Olis Robotics taps scientist; and more

Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based marketplace for craft meat straight from farm to consumer, has added its first chief financial officer… Read More

Seattle startup mainstay Rebecca Lovell leaves city economic development role to join Madrona’s Create33 ‘founder center’

After nearly five years helping drive economic development initiatives at the City of Seattle, Rebecca Lovell is jumping back into… Read More

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is leaving Facebook, the latest in a series of founder departures

Brendan Iribe, co-founder and former CEO of Oculus, is leaving Facebook’s virtual reality arm, marking another key founder departure from… Read More

Grab hires Amazon vet Mark Porter as CTO of ride-hailing operation at growing Seattle R&D center

Grab’s presence in Seattle continues to grow as the Southeast Asia ride-hailing giant today announced the hiring of Amazon veteran… Read More

Zillow COO Amy Bohutinsky leaving as former Starbucks exec joins real estate giant as CMO

Zillow announced several executive changes Wednesday, as COO Amy Bohutinsky will leave the company early next year, while former Starbucks senior… Read More

Bruce Jaffe

CEO of domain name registry Donuts is stepping down

Bruce Jaffe is stepping down from his role as CEO of the domain name registry company Donuts Inc., about a… Read More

Tech Moves: Pioneer Square Labs hires ExtraHop CFO; Kymeta adds 3 sales execs; and more

Pioneer Square Labs hires CFO ExtraHop CFO Palvi Mehta has joined Pioneer Square Labs as CFO. Mehta spent more than seven years at… Read More

Former Amazon smart home executive Charlie Kindel reveals his next gig

Charlie Kindel, founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division, has found his next gig, and he ended up there in… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 hires information security executive; DomainTools hires to expand globally; and more

Seattle-based security technology company F5 Networks hired Mary Gardner, a veteran information security executive, to be its new chief information… Read More

DocuSign founder and chairman leaving board in ‘planned transition’, replaced by execs from IBM, Docker and GoDaddy

DocuSign’s board of directors is undergoing a major shakeup as part of what the company calls a “planned transition” that… Read More

Technology Alliance CEO Carol Rava departs, takes new job at higher education startup AstrumU

Technology Alliance CEO Carol Rava is leaving the Seattle-based trade organization. Rava became CEO in 2016, heading up the non-profit… Read More

T-Mobile promotes Mike Sievert to president as Sprint acquisition process continues

T-Mobile has promoted its Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert to the role of president, according to a filing with the… Read More

Tech Moves: Remitly hires first chief people officer; Amazon VP of finance leaves for Snap; and more

Remitly, the Seattle-based digital remittance startup, hired its first chief people officer as it expands to more than 700 employees… Read More

Avalara brings in former Oracle exec to be new CTO as sales tax automation company preps for IPO

Avalara hired Danny Fields, an experienced engineering leader and cloud tech veteran, to be its new chief technology officer and… Read More

Vacasa hires chief legal officer as vacation rental company prepares for IPO

Portland-based vacation rental company Vacasa today announced the hiring of Lisa Jurinka as its new chief legal officer in preparation for an… Read More

Calbucci’s comeback: Longtime tech exec joins Whitepages spinout Hiya, plans to return to Seattle from London next year

Marcelo Calbucci is getting back into the Seattle startup scene. The longtime technology entrepreneur and executive, known for his past… Read More

Amazon Alexa Smart Home founder Charlie Kindel departs tech giant after 5 years

After five years at Amazon, Charlie Kindel is ready for a break. The founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division… Read More

Amplero taps Jamie Miller, former chief of thePlatform, as new CEO; founder Olly Downs remains as chief scientist

Amplero has a new leader. The Seattle AI marketing startup has tapped veteran tech executive Jamie Miller as its new… Read More

Pioneer Square Labs adds T.A. McCann as managing director, bolstering startup studio leadership team

Pioneer Square Labs just added some serious entrepreneurial clout to its managing director lineup. The Seattle startup studio today named T.A.… Read More

CFOs of Tableau and Impinj step down amid Q4 earnings reports

Two leading Seattle tech companies announced the departures of their chief financial officers Thursday, tied to their fourth-quarter earnings reports.… Read More

Seattle CTO Michael Mattmiller resigns to return to private sector

Michael Mattmiller has resigned from his post as chief technology officer for the City of Seattle. Mayor Jenny Durkan announced… Read More

Amazon-owned Twitch scoops up executives from Pandora, Slack and Rubicon to bolster leadership

Twitch, the game streaming service owned by Amazon, snagged three key executives with experience at many of the world’s top… Read More

Avalara CTO and EVP leaving as fast-growing tax automation startup shuffles engineering leadership

Two prominent executives are leaving tax automation startup Avalara next year, while a familiar face will return to lead the… Read More

Qualtrics hires ex-Microsoft exec Julie Larson Green, further cementing Seattle ‘co-headquarters’

Less than two months after leaving Microsoft, former executive Julie Larson-Green has found her next gig. Experience management company Qualtrics… Read More

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