Tech Moves – Page 16 of 38

Ex-Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn leaves venture capital post after 5 weeks on job

When Jeff Blackburn announced his retirement from Amazon in February after 22 years, the longtime Jeff Bezos lieutenant stressed that… Read More

Tech Moves: Ad Lightning CEO Scott Moore steps down; Amazon Prime Video adds Nike vet

— Ad Lightning co-founder Scott Moore is stepping down from his CEO role for personal reasons but will remain on… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Rover CTO joins moving startup Dolly; Egencia’s CFO to depart; and more

— Former Rover CTO Scott Porad joined peer-to-peer moving service Dolly as its first-ever chief technology officer. The Seattle startup… Read More

Fuse raises more than $100M, adds Bay Area tech vet Brendan Wales as third founding partner

The news: Brendan Wales, a longtime Bay Area tech startup investor, has joined Seattle-based venture capital firm Fuse as its… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Sec. of Defense Ash Carter joins Tanium board; SheerID adds exec; and more

— Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense from 2015 to 2017, has joined the board of Tanium, a… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Chef Software and Impinj CFO Evan Fein lands at phone service startup TextNow

Evan Fein, a finance exec who previously was CFO at Impinj and Chef Software, is now CFO at TextNow. Fein… Read More

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech co-founders join life sciences SPAC; new edtech execs; and more

— Adaptive Biotechnologies co-founders and brothers Chad and Harlan Robins are among the directors of a new life sciences SPAC.… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon leader Jeff Wilke joins Scale AI as advisor to CEO; Skilljar and Auth0 hire execs; T-Mobile board shuffle

— Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, has joined Scale AI as advisor to the CEO. Founded… Read More

Tech Moves: Rad Power Bikes co-founder resigns; WRF CEO Ron Howell to retire; and more

— Rad Power Bikes co-founder Ty Collins has stepped down from the rapidly growing e-bike startup. Collins, who was chief… Read More

Expedia adds SoftBank deputy general counsel Patricia Menendez-Cambo to board

Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group named Patricia Menendez-Cambo, deputy general counsel of SoftBank Group and general counsel of the SoftBank… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

— Former Amazon Web Services and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and… Read More

Tech Moves: Magic Leap adds another Microsoft vet; GameStop hires Amazon and Zulily execs

— Magic Leap continues to hire from the Seattle region. Anuj Gosalia, a veteran of Microsoft, Facebook and Google, joined… Read More

Seattle venture capitalist Daniel Li leaves Madrona to launch new startup Plus, which just raised $5.5M

Daniel Li is leaving Seattle venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group to launch a new startup. Li, who joined Madrona… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

— Startup Haven, a community for entrepreneurs founded by Seattle startup vet Bob Crimmins, launched an investment fund called Startup… Read More

Tech Moves: Sea.citi adds board members; another Microsoft vet joins Magic Leap; and more

— Sea.citi, an organization that works to connect tech sector employees with civic life, announced three new board members: Zillow… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft hires activist fired by Amazon; ex-Sprint CEO leaves F5 Networks board

— Maren Costa, one of two former leaders of the Amazon Employees for Climate Justice group who was fired by… Read More

JetClosing closes $11M investment round, names Seattle tech vet Anna Collins as CEO

New funding: Seattle digital home closing service JetClosing closed an $11 million Series B round. Funds and accounts advised by T.… Read More

Tech Moves: Facebook engineering lead joins gaming unicorn Playco; Bright.md names new CEO

— Former Facebook Director of Engineering Calvin Grunewald has left the social media giant after nine years and joined Playco,… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft distinguished engineer joins Eclipse Ventures; Outreach adds evangelist

— Former Microsoft VP and Azure Distinguished Engineer Kushagra Vaid is now a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm… Read More

Xbox co-founder J Allard left Intellivision after short stint, hints at project with gaming vet brother

J Allard, the onetime Microsoft executive who was a co-founder of Xbox, left Intellivision Entertainment last year, shortly after joining… Read More

Hello, Texas: Seattle venture capital firm Madrona hires first partner outside of the Pacific Northwest

Madrona Venture Group has hired its first investment partner based outside of the Pacific Northwest as the firm broadens its… Read More

Tech Moves: Former AT&T Vice Chairman Ralph de la Vega joins Outreach board; Flyhomes adds VPs

— Seattle startup Outreach has a new board member: Ralph de la Vega, the former vice chairman at AT&T and… Read More

Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

— After executive stints at Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Nike, Courtney Kissler is now the CTO and senior vice president of… Read More

Health data startup Truveta hires Seattle Foundation CEO Tony Mestres as president

Tony Mestres, a former Microsoft vice president who has been president and CEO of the Seattle Foundation for seven years,… Read More

Tech Moves: WTIA elects new board leadership; Adriane Brown joins American Airlines board

— The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) elected Dave Cotter as the new chair of its board of directors and… Read More

Amazon entertainment exec Marc Whitten departs, joins Unity as senior vice president

Amazon exec Marc Whitten has left the company to take a position at Unity Technologies in Bellevue, Wash. Whitten joined… Read More

Zillow Group promotes Jeremy Wacksman to COO and Susan Daimler to president

Zillow Group is promoting two longtime leaders as part of an “organizational realignment” to reflect the company’s new focus on… Read More

Tech Moves: Wyze names first CFO; OutSystems exec relocates to Seattle; Flying Fish adds partner

— Smart home startup Wyze Labs named Francis Lee as its first chief financial officer. A longtime Nike exec, Lee… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow exec Racquel Russell joins Bird’s board; new gig for startup vet Rebecca Lovell

— Zillow’s VP of Partner Success Racquel Russell joined the board of micro-mobility company Bird, known for its scooter sharing… Read More

Microsoft’s M12 venture fund chief Nagraj Kashyap departs for SoftBank

Nagraj Kashyap, the global head of Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, has taken a new job at SoftBank’s Vision Fund as… Read More