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Tech Moves

Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: tips@geekwire.com

Whitepages splits into two separate entities, forms new enterprise-focused company Ekata

Seattle-based Whitepages is splitting into two separate companies — Whitepages and Ekata — as it looks to expand growth around… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Juno CEO Hans Bishop takes over at Grail; Amazon Business chief departs; Shyft co-founder jumps to Ally; and more

— The former head of Juno Therapeutics, Hans Bishop, signed on as CEO of Grail, a Bay Area biotech focused… Read More

Tech consulting giant Avanade names veteran exec Pam Maynard as its next CEO; Adam Warby to step down after 11 years in the role

Avanade’s CEO is stepping down, but the tech consulting and services company born out of a joint venture between Accenture… Read More

Tech Moves: Google snags Georgia Tech AI professor; Apptio hires exec from AWS; The Riveter names Portland leader; and more

— Natural language processing expert Jacob Eisenstein is taking a gig as a research scientist with Google AI in Seattle.… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon hires former Washington state senator; RealSelf names two editorial leaders; and more

Cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf named two new senior editorial hires. Tara Kraft has joined as editorial director and Carolyn… Read More

Ex-Instagram exec departs Howard Schultz’s team after 5 months as presidential endeavor goes quiet

Mike Develin, a former Instagram and Facebook analytics chief, has left Howard Schultz’s team just five months after he was… Read More

Tech Moves: Convoy grows its data science team; Seattle Genetics adds a chief commercial officer; and more

Trucking startup Convoy has been busy building out its data science team, which now counts more than 40 members —… Read More

Tech Moves: Vacasa names ex-OpenTable CEO to board; Pixvana brings on sales VP; and more

— Vacation home rental company Vacasa added former OpenTable CEO Matt Roberts to its board of directors. Roberts led OpenTable… Read More

Tech Moves: Docugami unveils exec team; marketing firm April Six opens in Seattle; Snap! Raise gets a president; and more

— Document engineering startup Docugami revealed its full team after it emerged from stealth mode earlier this month. Joining CEO… Read More

Tech Moves: Impinj hires IT exec; Fraxion opens Seattle office; Echo Health Ventures partner departs; and more

— Stanton Jandrell, co-founder and CEO of business spend management company Fraxion, is relocating to Seattle to head up Fraxion’s… Read More

Wave Broadband shakes up leadership and operations with new north and south divisions

Wave Broadband is splitting its headquarters into a pair of regional locations to serve its internet and TV customers across… Read More

Tech Moves: Nordstrom hires Expedia tech vet; Univ. of Washington names head of new clean tech center; and more

— The University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute named Kevin Klustner as executive director of the Center for Advanced Materials… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 Networks lands former Marketo and J.P. Morgan execs; AI2 adds managing director; Groupon snags REI vet; and more

— It’s a big day for Seattle-based F5 Networks, which just named two senior executives. Mika Yamamoto joined the firm… Read More

Tech Moves: T-Mobile’s TV lead departs; Madrona Venture Labs adds Seattle startup marketing vet; and more

— T-Mobile‘s head of home and entertainment, Jeffrey Binder, has left the company. Binder was the CEO of television technology… Read More

Tech Moves: PicMonkey adds to C-suite; RealNetworks hires exec for facial recognition team; and more

Seattle-based graphic design and photo editing platform PicMonkey appointed Pearl Chan as chief financial officer and Judith McGarry as chief… Read More

Internal memo: T-Mobile shakes up marketing leadership to integrate Metro and launch ‘confidential new initiative’

T-Mobile is making changes to its marketing leadership to further integrate the newly named Metro by T-Mobile into the broader… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet lands its first CMO; Eatsa hires former Starbucks digital exec; and more

Smartsheet, the Seattle-area maker of work collaboration software, appointed Anna Griffin as its first chief marketing officer. Griffin was previously… Read More

Tech Moves: DocuSign CISO departs; Estately founder moves on; Zillow hires engineering leaders; and more

— DocuSign’s chief information security officer Vanessa Pegueros has left the company. Pegueros previously served as SVP of enterprise information… Read More

James Ohlen

Wizards of the Coast hires games industry vet James Ohlen to open new studio in Austin

Gaming veteran James Ohlen has been lured back to the industry he took a break from last year with an… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona Venture Labs staffs up; Washington State Opportunity Scholarship executive director departs; and more

— Naria Santa Lucia announced that she’ll be stepping down from her role as executive director of the Washington State… Read More

Facebook taps former Vulcan and Gates Ventures exec John Pinette to run global communications

Facebook has a new point person for its global communications, and he’s a familiar figure in the Pacific Northwest tech… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Intellectual Ventures exec joins Madrona; JetClosing names Zillow alum to board; and more

— Investor Patrick Ennis plans to join Madrona Venture Group at the end of May. Ennis worked at Intellectual Ventures… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexe adds former Amazon, Zulily execs to C-suite; Amazon Game Tech hires development lead; and more

— Flexe, a Seattle startup that provides flexible, on-demand warehouse space to companies, added two new members to its leadership… Read More

Tech Moves: Amperity hires marketing leader; New York VC firm associate relocates to Seattle

— Seattle-based customer data platform Amperity hired Lynn Girotto to be the company’s first chief marketing officer. Girotto was most… Read More

Tech Moves: OceanGate lands a COO; Alder hires chief commercial officer; and more

OceanGate, the maker of deep-sea submersibles, hired Robert Shuman as chief operating officer. Shuman previously held senior business roles at… Read More

Richard Wang

Tech Moves: Coding Dojo co-founder returns; Zillow hires former Glassdoor exec; PATH CEO steps down; and more

— Richard Wang has returned to Coding Dojo as president following his departure as CEO in 2017. Michael Choi has… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft Healthcare lands ex-Google leader; StubHub hires Amazon legal vet; and more

Dr. Gregory Moore has joined Microsoft as corporate vice president of health technology and alliances. Moore made the jump from… Read More

Tech Moves: Easy Metrics lands new CMO; Rakhi Voria jumps to IBM from Microsoft; and more

— Jill Keto signed on to be chief marketing officer at Easy Metrics, a supply chain operations startup that helps… Read More

Sujal Patel

Tech Moves: Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel joins Bay Area VC firm; Wrench adds Redfin exec to board

Sujal Patel, a longtime Seattle-area investor and co-founder of Isilon Systems, has joined Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture capital firm Defy… Read More

Tech Moves: New Engen lands marketing chief; Cray hires product exec; Tableau exec joins Qumulo board; and more

Seattle marketing tech startup New Engen added Ryan Turner as vice president of marketing. Turner comes from Amazon, where he… Read More

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