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Fred Hutch loses data chief in latest leadership shakeup for Seattle cancer research powerhouse

— Matthew Trunnell is stepping down from his post as chief data officer at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft legal head joins UW health initiative; Amazon mints another startup CFO

— Microsoft’s longtime head lawyer Bill Neukom will chair the advisory board for the University of Washington’s Population Health Initiative.… Read More

Tech Moves: MagniX CEO named chair of Israeli electric plane venture; Cascadia Capital hires managing director

— Roei Ganzarski, the CEO of Redmond, Wash.-based electric propulsion startup MagniX, is the new chairman of the board at… Read More

Tech Moves: OneLogin snags ex-DocuSign security leader; Hootsuite’s longtime CEO steps down

— Identity management startup OneLogin hired Vanessa Pegueros, the former chief information security officer of DocuSign and Expedia, to lead… Read More

Tech Moves: Accolade names chief medical officer; Apptio hires marketing lead; Rigado has a new CEO

— Health technology company Accolade landed Dr. Shantanu Nundy as chief medical officer. Nundy formerly worked on digital health initiatives… Read More

Tech Moves: Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann steps down from Facebook’s board

— Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is stepping down from Facebook’s board at the… Read More

Tech Moves: Maveron partner departs; Boeing adds Navy vet to board; Saykara hires president

— Elise Hebb left Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron, where she was COO and partner, and is planning to launch… Read More

Tech Moves: PayScale exec joins Amperity as COO; NPR hires former Microsoft and Amazon AI leader

— Former PayScale CFO Mark Klebanoff signed on with Amperity as chief operating officer. Klebanoff, who joined PayScale in 2013, previously… Read More

Tech Moves: Google names ex-Cortana chief to lead G Suite; Twitch hires ex-Zynga exec as CMO

— Amazon-owned Twitch hired Doug Scott as chief marketing officer of the live streaming platform, based out of San Francisco.… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s M12 director departs; Nordstrom loses accounting chief to another retailer

— Lisa Nelson is leaving her role as managing director of M12, the corporate venture arm of Microsoft. Nelson is… Read More

Tech Moves: DocuSign hires trust and security chief; Opendoor beefs up leadership; Avanade names chair

— DocuSign landed former United Airlines executive Emily Heath as chief trust and security officer. Before she led information security… Read More

Mixer co-founders depart as Microsoft’s game streaming service battles Amazon’s Twitch

Mixer has lost both of its co-founders as the Microsoft-owned streaming service looks to mount a challenge to the incumbent… Read More

Tech Moves: Seahawks legend Doug Baldwin joins Intellectual Ventures; Microsoft’s Dona Sarkar changes roles; Adaptiva lands marketing exec

— Former NFL receiver Doug Baldwin is now a senior advisor of product concepts at Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More

Tech Moves: Algorithmia lands former Atlassian and InfluxData execs; GitHub hires former Google Cloud leader

Rachel Potvin signed on with Microsoft-owned GitHub as vice president of engineering. Potvin most recently led the data insights group… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 CIO departs, replaced by WeWork exec; Zillow leader jumps to eXp; Gates Foundation promotes lawyers

— Former Zillow executive RJ Jones joined real estate brokerage eXp World Holdings as executive vice president. Jones was most… Read More

Tech Moves: Dave Asprey steps down as Bulletproof CEO; Microsoft names chief U.S. digital officer; Accolade adds former Microsoft CFO to board

Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof 360, is stepping down from his role as CEO. Asprey announced that he’d be handing… Read More

Lighter Capital CEO BJ Lackland steps down after 7 years, ex-Skytap chief Thor Culverhouse takes over

When BJ Lackland first joined Lighter Capital, he had just two colleagues and there was no revenue model. Fast forward… Read More

Axon hires Amazon exec; PayScale loses another chief; Ookla, DroneSeed, Armoire add leaders; and more Tech Moves

— Axon landed former Amazon executive Jeff Kunins as chief product officer and executive vice president of software. Kunins was… Read More

Tech Moves: Auth0 adds two senior leaders; Nordstrom names COO; Amperity taps sales exec

— Identity management startup Auth0 hired Barry Plaga as chief financial officer and Shiven Ramji as chief product officer. Plaga… Read More

Microsoft shakes up board, nominating GlaxoSmithKline CEO as two longtime directors depart

Microsoft announced big changes to its board of directors today. Two longtime members of the board — Charles Noski and… Read More

Ex-Nokia CEO lands new gig at aviation startup; Create33 leadership shuffle; more Tech Moves

— Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has landed a gig as CEO at APiJET, a Seattle-area aviation analytics startup. Elop… Read More

Fred Hutch President Gary Gilliland to step down as leader of cancer research powerhouse

Gary Gilliland, president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, announced plans to step down from his post… Read More

Tech Moves: Goldman Sachs snags AWS exec; Vicis names COO; Leafly, Jama, FlavorCloud hire product chiefs

— Goldman Sachs hired former AWS exec Marco Argenti as co-chief information officer and former Verizon chief technology officer Atte… Read More

Microsoft marketing chief to lead fundraising campaign for Seattle-area United Way branch

Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela and his wife Leigh Toner will lead the United Way King County’s fundraising campaign… Read More

After leading Mars rover missions, Steve Squyres joins Blue Origin as chief scientist

Just months after closing out the 15-year-long Opportunity rover mission on Mars, Cornell University astronomer Steve Squyres is taking advantage… Read More

Tech Moves: WestRiver Group hires managing director; ex-PayScale CEO joins MediaPro; Impinj adds board member

— WestRiver Group is adding some firepower to its leadership team as the investment firm looks to put more dollars… Read More

How Stackery found its new CEO: Puppet exec Tim Zonca ‘met the spec’ for serverless startup

The board of Portland-based startup Stackery had a specific wish list in its search for a new CEO after the… Read More

Sam Altman joins Expedia Group board, bringing expertise from OpenAI and Y Combinator

Sam Altman, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor who leads the OpenAI artificial intelligence company, is joining the Expedia Group… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow vets launch marketing firm; Viacom exec joins Funko board; and more

— A trio of ex-Zillow employees today launched Kingston Marketing Group, a new communications and marketing firm based in Kingston,… Read More

Tech Moves: Military media startup Valor adds to board; Tango Card hires COO; Igneous lands revenue lead

— Media company Valor Worldwide, the publisher of OurMilitary.com, is stocking up on board members and advisors. The Seattle startup… Read More