Tech Moves – Page 25 of 38

Long-time Amazon exec Dave Stephenson to join Airbnb as its new CFO

Veteran Amazon executive — and one-time president of Big Fish Games — Dave Stephenson is joining Airbnb as its chief… Read More

Jeff Bezos has a new ‘shadow:’ Amazon forecasting executive Wei Gao

Jeff Bezos has appointed a veteran Amazon manager as his new technical adviser, also known as his “shadow”: Wei Gao, the… Read More

Tech Moves: Rep the Squad CEO joins Bulletproof as startup closes; Banzai adds AI2 exec; and more

As sports jersey rental startup Rep the Squad winds down operations, its founder and CEO is on to a new… Read More

Tech Moves: Karat names SVP sales; Phytelligence taps VP operations; SigmaDesign adds new office

Karat has named John Besteman as its senior vice president of sales. Besteman earlier ran sales teams at Forrester Research and… Read More

Tech Moves: Amplero founder tapped to lead Zillow AI efforts; new Tesla chair replaces Elon Musk

Olly Downs, who previously founded AI-powered marketing startup Amplero, has joined Zillow Group as the company’s new senior director of… Read More

Zillow Group hires Amazon veteran Allen Parker as new CFO

Zillow Group today announced the hiring of Allen Parker as the company’s new chief financial officer. Parker previously spent more than… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana chief Javier Soltero is leaving the company

Javier Soltero, the leader of Microsoft’s Cortana division, is leaving the company. Soltero confirmed his departure on Twitter after it… Read More

Tech Moves: New CFOs at Crowd Cow, Echodyne, and Icertis; Olis Robotics taps scientist; and more

Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based marketplace for craft meat straight from farm to consumer, has added its first chief financial officer… Read More

Seattle startup mainstay Rebecca Lovell leaves city economic development role to join Madrona’s Create33 ‘founder center’

After nearly five years helping drive economic development initiatives at the City of Seattle, Rebecca Lovell is jumping back into… Read More

Tech Moves: Qumulo taps Amazon exec to lead HR; Lighter Capital appoints CMO; and more

Qumulo, a fast-growing file storage technology company, has hired a new VP of people to oversee its growing workforce. Robyn… Read More

Tech Moves: Marchex taps natural language processing expert as AI chief; Snap adds Amazon sales leader as CBO; and more

Marketing analytics company Marchex is upping its focus on artificial intelligence. Dr. Junmei Zhong, a longtime AI researcher and former Pitchbook leader, is… Read More

Tech Moves: Zipwhip adds finance vet Bob Chamberlain as CFO; NetMotion adds exec in Canada expansion; and more

Zipwhip, the Seattle-based maker of the landline and internet texting service, added two new executives to its leadership team — including Bob… Read More

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is leaving Facebook, the latest in a series of founder departures

Brendan Iribe, co-founder and former CEO of Oculus, is leaving Facebook’s virtual reality arm, marking another key founder departure from… Read More

Grab hires Amazon vet Mark Porter as CTO of ride-hailing operation at growing Seattle R&D center

Grab’s presence in Seattle continues to grow as the Southeast Asia ride-hailing giant today announced the hiring of Amazon veteran… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft for Startups founder to open Seattle office for New York’s Quake Capital; OfferUp taps Amazon vet as COO

Jim Brisimitzis, a longtime Microsoft leader, is leaving the company to establish a Seattle office for New York-based venture capital… Read More

Zillow COO Amy Bohutinsky leaving as former Starbucks exec joins real estate giant as CMO

Zillow announced several executive changes Wednesday, as COO Amy Bohutinsky will leave the company early next year, while former Starbucks senior… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia hires Cortana design lead; Saykara adds VP of growth

Longtime Microsoft design leader Sam Moreau is leaving the company for a new position at Expedia, GeekWire has learned. Moreau will lead… Read More

Amazon hires top UW computer science prof as new robotics director, a year after he arrived from CMU

Amazon is tapping one of the world’s leading human-robot interaction experts to help manage a robotics operation that has become… Read More

CEO of domain name registry Donuts is stepping down

Bruce Jaffe is stepping down from his role as CEO of the domain name registry company Donuts Inc., about a… Read More

Tech Moves: Indochino adds Lululemon CTO Julie Averill to board of directors; and more

Indochino, the Vancouver, B.C., based custom clothing company, has added its first independent board member: Lululemon CTO Julie Averill. “Indochino’s… Read More

Redfin hires Amazon behavioral economist Daryl Fairweather to lead housing market research team

Daryl Fairweather is joining Redfin as chief economist, bringing with her wide-ranging credentials that include studying behavioral science at Amazon… Read More

Tech Moves: Make.TV appoints Bay Area exec as COO; Gap adds Zillow COO to board; and more

Make.TV, the Seattle-based maker of a cloud-based video management platform, added Bay Area executive Tricia Iboshi as its new chief… Read More

Tableau marketing chief Elissa Fink leaving after 11 years with data visualization company

Elissa Fink, the marketing leader who helped Tableau Software grow from ambitious tech startup to international public company with more than… Read More

Tech Moves: REI names tech vet as first chief digital officer; new CEO at Element Data; and more

REI is hoping technology can play a bigger role in better connecting people to the outdoors. The Seattle co-op announced… Read More

Leafly removes CEO Chris Jeffery, less than one year after he joined marijuana review startup

Seattle-based marijuana strain and dispensary review startup Leafly says it removed CEO Chris Jeffery on Monday. Privateer Holdings, the Seattle marijuana investment firm… Read More

T-Mobile hires CenturyLink CFO to lead planned merger with Sprint

T-Mobile has hired a high-profile telecommunications executive to oversee its planned merger with Sprint. Sunit Patel, most recently the chief… Read More

Tech Moves: Cloudability hires former Chef and Qumulo exec; Kymeta adds sales execs; and more

Portland-based Cloudability has hired a new vice president of marketing: Cloud marketing leader and early Chef executive Jay Wampold. Wampold… Read More

Tech Moves: OfferUp hires its first CFO from eBay Americas; Porch adds CMO and two VPs; and more

OfferUp has named its first chief financial officer. The Seattle-based mobile ecommerce marketplace announced Tuesday that Rodrigo Brumana is joining… Read More

Tech Moves: Pioneer Square Labs hires ExtraHop CFO; Kymeta adds 3 sales execs; and more

Pioneer Square Labs hires CFO ExtraHop CFO Palvi Mehta has joined Pioneer Square Labs as CFO. Mehta spent more than seven years at… Read More

Tech Moves: MDMetrix taps Caradigm co-founder as new CEO; Amazon VP takes helm at Delta Dental; and more

Seattle health technology startup MDMetrix has a new CEO: Caradigm co-founder and longtime healthcare executive Warren Ratliff. He joins the company… Read More