Tech Moves

Boeing’s top HR leader to leave company in latest departure from aerospace giant

Boeing’s top human resources executive, Heidi Capozzi, will leave the company next month to pursue another opportunity, the company said… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime Amazon leader Greg Hart joins Compass; Icertis and Avanade hire execs

Amazon veteran Greg Hart, a former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, is joining Compass as its new chief product officer.… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Nintendo president joins GameStop board; Vacasa hires OpenTable vet; and more

— Former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Amié joined the board of video game retailer GameStop. Also joining the board… Read More

Tech Moves: Vulcan’s VP shuffle; new associate at Madrona; Pulumi adds execs; and more

— Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group announced Ishani Ummat as an associate. Ummat was most recently based in… Read More

Tech Moves: Lighter Capital adds executives; Tech PR vet launches new business; Accolade names talent leader to board; and more

— Seattle-based Lighter Capital announced Patricia Elliott as chief sales officer and Kevin Fink as chief technology officer. The “alternative… Read More

Tech Moves: Allen Institute adds former governor to board; Starbucks hires a CMO; and more

—The Allen Institute, a nonprofit research organization founded by the late Seattle billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, announced… Read More

Tech Moves: PayScale hires legal chief; Amazon’s first Distinguished Engineer departs; and more

— Compensation software provider PayScale named Kristin Boraas its new general counsel, responsible for the growth of the Seattle-based startup’s… Read More

Tech Moves: Vacasa appoints interim CEO; Amazon names head of video entertainment; and more

— Portland, Ore.-based vacation rental platform Vacasa appointed Matt Roberts as interim CEO. Roberts is the former CEO of restaurant… Read More

Tech Moves: Impinj president to depart; Zulily’s new CMO; ‘Gears of War’ studio head leaving; and more

— Seattle-based RFID technology provider Impinj announced Friday that President and Chief Operating Officer Eric Brodersen will leave the company… Read More

Tech Moves: Boeing exec lands at Blue Origin; UW names innovation lead; InkHouse opens Seattle hub

— Former Boeing exec Linda Mills is Blue Origin’s first vice president of communications. Mills held the same title at… Read More

Tech Moves: Propio expands leadership team; Jama hires CEO; Nordstrom’s new accounting chief

— Seattle health-tech startup Propio expanded its leadership team with three new additions: Amish Patel, vice president of product. Patel… Read More

Tech Moves: Adaptiva names CEO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Pantheon board; and more

— Former Tableau CMO Elissa Fink joined the board of directors of San Francisco-based website operations platform Pantheon. During her… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-BMW ReachNow CEO Steve Banfield joins Madrona Venture Labs; Starbucks hires sustainability chief; and more

— Former BMW ReachNow CEO and INRIX executive Steve Banfield has joined Seattle-based “startup studio” Madrona Venture Labs as founder-in-residence.… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon ad exec departs; PwC Labs hires director; AI2 names entrepreneur-in-residence

— PwC Labs, the multinational firm’s technology innovation group, is growing its team in Seattle. Jill Beck, previously a senior… Read More

Ex-Concur CEO Steve Singh joins Madrona as a managing director — here’s how he plans to invest

Steve Singh wants to find the next Concur. The longtime tech executive is joining Madrona Venture Group as a managing… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet taps leader for new Sydney office; Payscale adds CMO; Vulcan names CFO; and more

—Former Microsoft general manager Adrianna Burrows is now chief marketing officer at Seattle-based compensation startup PayScale. Burrows is one of… Read More

Tech Moves: CFO shuffle at RealNetworks; Avalara, RFPIO, Hiya add execs; and more

— Cary Baker, currently chief financial officer at RealNetworks, will leave the company in February to join Seattle-based RFID maker… Read More

Tech Moves: Create33’s original executive director departs; new leaders at Ada Developers Academy and TiE Seattle; and more

— Startup founder and advisor Micah Baldwin has left Create33 and Madrona Venture Group. “Together, we built something special,” Baldwin… Read More

Fred Hutch names Thomas Lynch new president: ‘We’re going to make remarkable leaps’

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found its next leader, announcing Tuesday that Dr. Thomas J. Lynch Jr. will… Read More

Tech Moves: ExtraHop adds execs; Simply Measured co-founder returns to startups; and more

— Network security startup ExtraHop added two new executives ahead of a potential IPO in 2020. Sri Sundaralingam joined as… Read More

Tech Moves: Accolade hires HR exec; EnergySavvy vet joins UW Clean Energy Institute; and more

— Former EnergySavvy COO Scott Case was named entrepreneur-in-residence at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, part of the University of… Read More

Harvey Mudd’s Maria Klawe joins Glowforge board, ushering in new era for 3D laser printing startup

Glowforge, the Seattle startup that rebounded from early setbacks to become a fast-growing 3D laser printer maker, announced high-profile hires… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft IP chief Erich Andersen is leaving; Kristen Hamilton joins board of education software startup; and more

— Entrepreneur and startup advisor Kristen Hamilton joined the board of Toronto-based Top Hat, an education software company. Since selling… Read More