Tech Moves

Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

— Law enforcement technology company Axon added former HTC Vive exec Chris Chin as vice president of immersive tech. In… Read More

Microsoft hires former Uber product chief Manik Gupta to build ‘world-class consumer experiences’

Manik Gupta, an investor and startup advisor who worked previously as Uber’s chief product officer and a Google product leader,… Read More

Amazon exec Wei Gao, a former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, latest to leave tech giant

Wei Gao, an Amazon executive who helped lead the company’s grocery efforts, is leaving the Seattle tech giant after more… Read More

Tech Moves: The Riveter’s Amy Nelson to lead new SaksWorks venture; Funko’s leadership transition

— Amy Nelson is getting back into co-working. The founder and former CEO of The Riveter announced Tuesday that she… Read More

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech hires commercial officer; Instacart names new president; and more

— Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies announced Nitin Sood as its first-ever chief commercial officer. Sood will report to Adaptive Biotech CEO… Read More

Seattle spam-call blockers Hiya add Salesforce President and CMO Sarah Franklin to board

Hiya, the Seattle startup whose tech helps block unwanted spam and fraud calls, has added Salesforce President and CMO Sarah… Read More

Tech Moves: Outreach adds CMO; new execs at startups ShelfEngine and Kaskada; and more

— Outreach, the Seattle sales enablement startup now valued at $4.4 billion, named Melton Littlepage as its new chief marketing… Read More

Tech Moves: Portland’s Act-On adds two new execs; Tanium adds public sector SVP; and more

—Act-On, a Portland, Ore.-based marketing automation platform, added Gregg Ames as chief commercial officer and Syed Ahmed as senior vice… Read More

Tech Moves: Life Science Washington CEO to retire; Hootsuite hires new CMO; and more

— Life Science Washington President and CEO Leslie Alexandre will retire at the end of the year. She has led… Read More

Tech Moves: Techstars Seattle adds director; Redfin’s head of industry relations departs; more

— Former Impact Hub Seattle Managing Director Sarah Studer is joining Techstars Seattle as the director of platform. Studer was… Read More

Tech Moves: Twitch names CTO; Highspot adds board member; Apptio promotes sales leader

— Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch named Christine Weber as its new CTO. Weber was most recently chief information officer… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Tableau sales chief Kelly Breslin Wright joins Gong; Slalom expands board; more

— Former Tableau executive Kelly Breslin Wright was named president and COO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Gong, an AI sales… Read More

Tech Moves: DreamBox Learning appoints 5 execs; UW names new vice provost of research; more

— Education platform DreamBox Learning appointed five new executives: Lakshmi Nidamarthi as chief product officer. Nidamarthi was most recently director… Read More

Tech Moves: Edifecs names new CEO; Absci adds execs ahead of IPO; and more

— Biotech company Absci, which filed to go public last week, added Nikhil Goel as chief business officer and Sarah… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft presidents to depart; Boeing names new CFO; and more

— Microsoft’s U.S. President Kate Johnson and U.S. Government & Regulated Industries President Toni Townes-Whitley are leaving the company. The… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s general counsel joins Cisco; Outreach adds execs; Avalara expands board

— After 14 years at Microsoft, Dev Stahlkopf is joining Cisco in August as executive vice president and chief legal… Read More

Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

— T-Mobile appointed former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Letitia Long to its board. Long served as the director of… Read More

Amazon vet Dorothy Li joins trucking startup Convoy as CTO, says company is at ‘inflection point’

Dorothy Li, a 23-year Amazon vet who helped launch game-changing innovations such as Prime to Kindle, is the latest experienced… Read More

Seattle tech vet Amit Mital takes new cybersecurity job role at the White House

Amit Mital picked a heck of a time to take an appointed cybersecurity job at the White House. The Seattle… Read More

Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

— Kim Swift has been named the senior director of cloud gaming for Xbox Game Studios Publishing. Swift is a… Read More

Tech Moves: Adriane Brown joins KKR board; AI2 adds HR exec; Ossia and LevelTen hire CFOs; more

— Adriane Brown, managing partner at Seattle VC firm Flying Fish, joined the board of global investment firm KKR. This… Read More

OfferUp hires former Booking.com managing director Todd Dunlap as new CEO

Seattle-area startup OfferUp has a new CEO. The popular mobile marketplace hired former Booking.com managing director Todd Dunlap to lead… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle AI experts join national task force; Boundless co-founder departs; and more

— DefinedCrowd founder and CEO Daniela Braga and Allen Institute for AI CEO Oren Etzioni are part of the newly… Read More

Tech Moves: GameStop hires more Amazon execs; Twitch COO joins Karat board; CEO of Washington STEM steps down; Big Fish HR chief joins Qumulo

— Seattle startup Karat added a new board member and vice president of interview delivery. Twitch Chief Operating Officer Sara… Read More