How playing ‘all the sports’ as a kid helped this tech leader avoid getting pigeonholed in his career While many kids these days go all-in on a single, competitive sport, Chonchol Gupta’s mom had a different idea. “When I… Read More
What this former Microsoft exec-turned-nonprofit leader learned from Satya Nadella Jim McCorkle worked for three decades in corporate roles, feeding his need to do good in the world by engaging… Read More
How surviving a civil war in Sri Lanka fostered startup passion for this Usermind executive An upside to surviving nightmarish life experiences: it’s great for keeping things in perspective. At least that’s the case for… Read More
Early riser or night owl? A Textio data geek doesn’t sleep on chance to study which is more productive With a list of tasks she hoped to accomplish before leaving town for the holidays, Julie Yue set her alarm… Read More
How Karat’s engineering chief gets things done and runs effective meetings by talking less Zach van Schouwen, vice president of engineering for Karat, landed his job through a Craigslist ad. It was 2016 and… Read More
Microsoft VP Gretchen O’Hara on helping launch Women in Cloud, the work-life continuum, and more Gretchen O’Hara is a diehard Microsoft fan. You might have guessed as much given that she’s worked for the Redmond,… 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
Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO Chad Robins on the power of mom and being a good listener Adaptive Biotechnologies‘ CEO and co-founder Chad Robins can attribute some of his company’s notable success — see its $300 million… Read More
Erik Chelstad on ‘grinding’ at startups and how avalanche safety led to launching Observa Erik Chelstad wants you to pay a little more attention to the person using the bathroom — not literally, but… 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
Leafly CTO Paul Barry on the fast growing cannabis industry and how to talk to kids about pot Leafly is a leading source of information on cannabis products, explaining everything from the type of high experienced from Blue… Read More
ACLU’s Shankar Narayan brings transparency to tech — with help from poetry and a giant dog After Shankar Narayan graduated from Yale with a law degree, he needed a job that would help pay off his… Read More
DocuSign exec Loren Alhadeff says this unique trait is key to the company’s success Some companies point to cutting-edge innovations for their success while others boast their customer-centric strategies. Chief Revenue Officer Loren Alhadeff… Read More
How Rob Girling, a champion of the infamous Clippy, became a leader in ethical tech For those who remember Clippy — Microsoft Office’s animated paperclip assistant — would you have liked him better as a… Read More
From curbing malaria to better food carts, Xinova’s David Kraft believes in innovation David Kraft is downright giddy for innovation. “I’m often naive enough to think there is no problem that can’t be… Read More
Working Geek: Banzai CEO Joe Davy on how to take the hard knocks and come out stronger When he was still a very young man — like not even old enough to drink legally — Joe Davy… Read More
Working Geek: Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson uses social media ‘like a stethoscope’ in public health crusade It didn’t take long for Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson to realize that if she wanted to effectively provide a research-based… Read More
Working Geek: Eugenio Pace’s journey from failed startup to CEO of Auth0 with $110M in funding Eugenio Pace was destined to be a tech entrepreneur. He just jumped the gun. After earning a degree in electrical engineering… Read More
Working Geek: Threshold Communications’ Rick Crabbe can recruit talent everywhere by letting employees work anywhere Since Threshold Communications opened its (virtual) doors in 2001, the global voice and data service provider has operated almost entirely… Read More
Working Geek: The surprising stress-reliever that helps Fjuri co-founder Paulo Resende unplug In February, Paulo Resende left a 15-year career at Microsoft to start a marketing firm helping Fortune 500 companies improve… Read More
Working Geek: 9 technology execs share their favorite apps and software tools Slack, Evernote, Microsoft Office, Google Suite. Those are a few of the most popular apps that the busy executives featured… Read More
Working Geek: Bitlume CEO Lakshmi Shankar is building a new type of video startup When Lakshmi Shankar was working as a technology consultant she noticed a recurring problem. Clients often had trouble integrating paid… Read More
Working Geek: Brian Paulen leads tech consulting firm West Monroe Partners’ Seattle operation Brian Paulen has been advising clients on how they can use technology to improve their business operations for nearly 20… Read More
Working Geek: Renaissance woman Anna Hong is a rocket scientist, entrepreneur and nonprofit founder Anna Hong has worn a lot of hats over the course of her career. After interning for Microsoft Research’s Asia… Read More
Working Geek: StrataCore founder Aaron Loehr doesn’t believe in the open floor plan As CEO and president of StrataCore, Aaron Loehr manages a team of about 20 IT professionals dedicated to helping enterprise… Read More
Working Geek: Socrata product lead Franklin Williams makes it easier for citizens to access public data Franklin Williams believes he has “the best job in the world.” That’s because he spends his days leading Socrata‘s product… Read More
Working Geek: Amazon manager MaryBeth Pecha and colleagues create card game to break down gender barriers During nearly a decade working in finance and accounting, MaryBeth Pecha experienced the challenges that come from gender inequity at… Read More
Working Geek: With $10M in new cash, LiveStories CTO Eric Dillon is ready to take the civic data startup to the next level As Chief Technology Officer of LiveStories, Eric Dillon has spent that last two years deeply immersed in code so that… Read More
Working Geek: Why Remitly Product Chief Karim Meghji has different workspaces for different tasks When Karim Meghji joined Remitly in late 2016, CEO Matt Oppenheimer said he was “ecstatic” that someone with such a… Read More
Working Geek: Redfin VP of Engineering Jennifer Chao relieves stress by playing hooky every few weeks Jennifer Chao has an unconventional strategy for relieving stress from her demanding job as Redfin’s vice president of engineering. Taking… Read More
