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Tech Moves: Zillow Group names new COO as longtime execs depart

Seattle real estate tech company Zillow Group promoted Jun Choo to the role of chief operating officer. Choo replaces Jeremy… Read More

Meet Amperity’s new CEO: Former Salesforce exec takes reins at customer data startup

Tony Alika Owens, a longtime tech exec who previously spent a decade at Salesforce, was named CEO at Amperity, a… Read More

Tech Moves: iSpot’s new CTO; VMWare exec returns to Microsoft; Expedia CFO to resign

— Nipun Dureja is now chief technology officer for iSpot, a Bellevue, Wash., company that measures the impact of advertising… Read More

Expedia beats Q3 profit estimates as stock jumps; CFO to step down

Expedia Group topped profit expectations and met revenue estimates for its third quarter, reporting $4.1 billion in revenue, up 3%… Read More

Former Intellectual Ventures exec named CEO of startup destroying PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

After five years, four in-the-field clean-up demos, and more than a dozen lab tests, the “forever chemical” destruction startup Aquagga… Read More

Tech Moves: Qualtrics taps Microsoft vet as CFO; F5 names innovation chief

— Qualtrics appointed Microsoft veteran Rachita Sundar as its chief financial officer and member of the executive leadership team. Sundar… Read More

Ex-Zipwhip leaders back Ambassador, a ‘conversational commerce’ software startup

Ambassador, a Seattle startup that helps brands acquire customers via “conversational commerce” software, recently added former Zipwhip leaders to its… Read More

F5 reports $747M in quarterly revenue as stock surges 10%; company names new CFO

Shares of F5 were up more than 10% in after-hours trading Monday after the company beat estimates for its fourth… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon grocery exec will join Marc Lore’s Wonder; AI2 Incubator adds venture partner

Tony Hoggett, the Amazon senior vice president overseeing the company’s worldwide grocery stores business, is joining Wonder, a delivery- and… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Yahoo CMO joins Starbucks; Shape Therapeutics’ CEO steps down; Read AI grows team

Tressie Lieberman is Starbucks’ new executive vice president and global chief brand officer. Lieberman is coming to the coffee company from… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names new CTO; F5 adds board members; Humanly hires sales exec

Ramana Thumu has taken the role of chief technology officer for Expedia Group. Thumu will oversee engineering operations at Seattle-based… Read More

Tech Moves: OpenAI nabs top Microsoft AI researcher; Lime taps Amazon VP as CTO

Sebastien Bubeck, a top researcher from Microsoft who was most recently vice president of AI and a distinguished scientist, is… Read More

Amazon Web Services VP of AI, Matt Wood, is leaving the company

Matt Wood, the Amazon Web Services vice president who was a longtime champion of the cloud giant’s machine learning and… Read More

Tech Moves: Meta leader for Pacific NW steps down; Phase Genomics adds to C-suite

Paresh Rajwat this summer stepped down from his role as the Pacific Northwest head of office for Meta, which has… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS Startups gets a new leader; Zoom taps Microsoft vet as CFO

Amazon executive Jon Jones was named the new vice president and global head of AWS Startups. Jones was previously vice… Read More

Former Microsoft Xbox leader J Allard joins Amazon in latest surprise career twist

J Allard, Amazon VP? Yes, it’s true, according to the former Microsoft Xbox leader’s LinkedIn profile, which was updated Tuesday… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexe taps new CTO; Talus adds head of biology; Vouched names a sales VP

— Pirasenna Thiyagarajan joined Seattle warehousing logistics and shipping startup Flexe as its chief technology and product officer. Thiyagarajan in… Read More

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy gets new CEO; more C-suite changes at Outreach

Tina-Marie Gulley is now CEO for Ada Developers Academy after serving as interim chief executive since April. “Her passion for… Read More

Tech Moves: GE healthcare exec joins startup; Nautilus taps new CMO; WRF investor steps down

— Symbl, a generative AI startup for conversation analysis, is reshaping its leadership ranks. Selvan Senthivel is the new chief… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona expands Bay Area team, Microsoft vet returns, Veeam adds tech experts

Anna Chen is joining Madrona’s Bay Area office as the longtime Seattle investment firm strengthens its presence in Silicon Valley.… Read More

23 years and 65 million square feet later, Amazon’s global real estate leader is retiring

John Schoettler, the Amazon global real estate leader who oversaw the extraordinary growth of the company’s footprint for more than… Read More

Smartsheet COO Stephen Branstetter resigns amid reported acquisition talks

Stephen Branstetter, the chief operating officer at Smartsheet who joined the company in 2013, resigned on Wednesday, according to a… Read More

Tech Moves: Fortive SVP joins Microsoft; Pictory hires CMO; Starbucks exec retires

Kirsten Paust, a longtime leader at publicly traded manufacturing giant Fortive, took a new job at Microsoft as a corporate… Read More

Athira Pharma laying off 49 employees, about 70% of workforce, as part of restructuring

Seattle-based biotech company Athira Pharma is laying off 49 people, or about 70% of its workforce, as part of cost-cutting… Read More

Why the former Tableau CEO just joined the board of a Zurich-based AI data analytics startup

Seattle-based technology investor and business leader Mark Nelson, the former Tableau CEO, has joined the board of Veezoo, a company… Read More

Tech Moves: SheerID adds revenue chief; Sana CFO stepping down; Seattle HR vet launches new firm

Portland, Ore.-based identity verification company SheerID named Rebecca Grimes as its new chief revenue officer. Grimes previously was chief sales and marketing… Read More

Microsoft names new COO who played a key role in GE’s turnaround

Microsoft named General Electric’s former chief financial officer, Carolina Dybeck Happe, as its new executive vice president and chief operations… Read More

Tech Moves: Peter Kern leaves Expedia’s board; RealSelf names CEO; PATH adds AI chief

Former Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern stepped down as vice chairman and is leaving the company’s board, the travel giant… Read More

Microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome lands $25M and hires former Amazon leader as COO

Viome, a company selling microbiome products and health diagnostics, announced Tuesday that it raised $25 million from investors and hired… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins UiPath board; Trupanion names COO; and more

S. “Soma” Somasegar, a longtime former Microsoft leader, joined the board of directors at robotic process automation company UiPath. Somasegar,… Read More