Tech Moves – Page 11 of 38

After flying with SpaceX, citizen astronaut Chris Sembroski joins Blue Origin as engineer

Seattle-area data engineer Chris Sembroski got his first taste of space last year during an orbital trip in SpaceX’s Crew… Read More

Tech Moves: Vimeo hires Seattle execs; Microsoft corporate VP retires; and more

— Vimeo appointed Lynn Girotto as chief marketing officer and Ashraf Alkarmi as chief product officer for the New York… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams leader lands at Lyft; General Fusion hires new CEO

— Jason Vogrinec joined Lyft as head of engineering, moving from Microsoft, where he was vice president of engineering for… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft economist joins DOJ antitrust team; AWS director lands at StackOverflow

— Stanford professor Susan Athey, a former consulting chief economist at Microsoft, will join the U.S. Department of Justice as… Read More

Tech Moves: RealNetworks president resigns; Costco security exec departs; and more

— Mike Ensing, president and COO of RealNetworks, resigned this week. Ensing joined the publicly traded Seattle software company in 2020… Read More

Former Amazon senior leader Alicia Boler Davis lands at Alto Pharmacy as CEO

Alicia Boler-Davis, previously a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team, will become CEO at Alto Pharmacy in September. Boler Davis… Read More

Tech Moves: Glassdoor hires former Convoy chief economist; Kineta adds exec; and more

— Maggie Brady, previously a human resources group leader at fintech company Fiserv, is now head of people at trucking… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia hires chief security officer; Microsoft technical fellow departing; and more

— Kurt John, former chief cybersecurity officer for Siemens USA, joined Expedia as global chief security officer. John will be… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft hires cloud security VP; Expedia board member resigns; and more

— Shawn Bice returned to Microsoft to serve as corporate vice president of cloud security. Bice left a general manager… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime Zillow VP Annie Rihn departs after 17 years; AWS VP jumps to Google; Remitly names CFO; UiPath exec joins new VC firm

— Annie Rihn, one of the earliest employees at Zillow Group who led recruiting, has left the Seattle real estate… Read More

Two Amazon senior Black execs will depart in latest leadership shuffle

A pair of top Black leaders at Amazon who helped oversee the company’s e-commerce operations are departing: Alicia Boler-Davis, senior… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet joins Plenty of Fish; DocuSign CEO steps down; and more

— Christina Kozloff joined Vancouver, B.C.-based dating app company Plenty of Fish as chief marketing officer. Kozloff was previously VP… Read More

Tech Moves: Health tech startup Opala names CEO; Madrona adds a new investor

— Palak Goel, a former product manager at Microsoft, has joined Madrona Venture Group as its newest investor. Goel previously spent… Read More

Tech Moves: Blue Origin hires Air Force vet to lead foundation; ‘grandfather’ of VR retires; and more

— General John Hyten, a 40-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was named executive director of Blue Origin’s foundation, Club… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia hires former Twitter and CBS execs

— Expedia Group announced two hires to its executive team. Katrina Lane, former vice president at Twitter, and Lauri Metrose,… Read More

Tech Moves: Peloton hires AWS exec as CFO; Uplevel co-founder lands at Microsoft; and more

— Liz Coddington, former vice president of finance at Amazon Web Services, joined Peloton as chief financial officer. Coddington worked… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Expedia exec named Remitly CFO; Beckett hires Seattle exec as CEO; more

— Hemanth Munipalli, a longtime finance exec most recently at Expedia Group, joined Remitly as CFO effective July 18. Munipalli… Read More

Tech Moves: Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta; Qualtrics CTO retiring; and more

— Longtime Meta leader Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down this fall. Sandberg, chief operating officer and the No. 2 in… Read More

Tech Moves: Meta engineering director lands at Seattle startup Mason

Brian Hook joined Seattle startup Mason as chief technology officer after nearly eight years at Meta. Hook was most recently… Read More

Tech Moves: Elizabeth Scallon departs Amazon for HP; Fauna hires marketing exec; and more

Elizabeth Scallon, a Seattle tech veteran who was most recently at Amazon, is now at HP as director of Incubation… Read More

Tech Moves: Flying Fish adds investor to lead new Canada office; Panopto, magniX hire CEOs

— Flying Fish hired Tiffany Linke-Boyko as principal to lead a new Alberta hub, its first office outside of Seattle.… Read More

Tech Moves: Hiya CTO lands at Amazon; ex-Splunk president joins Karat board; and more

— Seattle tech vet Marcelo Calbucci is heading to Amazon after a 4-year stint as CTO at Whitepages spinout Hiya. Calbucci… Read More

Former Microsoft Viva and Teams leader Vineet Taneja joins Brex as vice president of product

Vineet Taneja, former general manager at Microsoft, joined fintech giant Brex as vice president of product. Taneja worked at Microsoft… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime Microsoft leader James Phillips leaves Stripe; and more

— James Phillips is stepping down as president of financial services at Stripe, just one month after joining the company.… Read More

Former Amazon, Peloton exec Ariel Dos Santos joins Redfin as vice president of product

Ariel Dos Santos, former vice president of product and technology at Peloton, has joined Seattle real estate giant Redfin as… Read More

Tech Moves: SoundCommerce adds CRO after acquiring Outlier.ai; Qumulo hires execs; and more

— Seattle startup SoundCommerce acquired Outlier.ai and brought on Steve Davis as chief revenue officer. Founded by Amazon vets in… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft CVP Rish Tandon lands at Meta; Accolade hires HR exec; more

— Rish Tandon, former corporate vice president at Microsoft, joined Meta as vice president of engineering for remote presence. Tandon,… Read More

Tech Moves: Remitly CFO will step down; OfferUp hires former Kellogg exec; and more

— Susanna Morgan is stepping down as CFO of Remitly. Morgan joined the Seattle-based digital remittance company in 2018, following finance… Read More

Tech Moves: TaxBit adds engineering leaders; Vouched hires three execs

— Cryptocurrency tax and accounting company TaxBit hired a chief technology officer and vice president of engineering. Tramale Turner, CTO,… Read More

Rajeev Rajan, former engineering lead for Meta in Seattle, is joining Atlassian as CTO

— Rajeev Rajan, who most recently led engineering efforts in Seattle for Meta, is joining Atlassian in May as the company’s… Read More