Tech Moves

Tech Moves: Leadership changes at Tune and Convoy; LevelTen adds new exec; and more

Jennifer Wong, formerly Tune‘s VP of Marketing, has joined on-demand trucking startup Convoy as the company’s head of marketing. Tune… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon hires top doc; Geir Hansen leaves SVB; Acumatica board adds ex-Microsoft Business Solutions chief

Amazon is continuing to bolster its health care game. The company recently hired Dr. Martin Levine, a longtime Seattle doctor… Read More

Seattle CTO Michael Mattmiller resigns to return to private sector

Michael Mattmiller has resigned from his post as chief technology officer for the City of Seattle. Mayor Jenny Durkan announced… Read More

Amazon-owned Twitch scoops up executives from Pandora, Slack and Rubicon to bolster leadership

Twitch, the game streaming service owned by Amazon, snagged three key executives with experience at many of the world’s top… Read More

Tech Moves: Concur co-founder Mike Hilton joins Apptentive board; Samsung cloud leader lands at AWS; and more

Mike Hilton, the longtime Seattle tech executive best known as the co-founder of expense management company Concur, has signed onto… Read More

Tech Moves: Hillel Cooperman named SVP at Oracle; Seattle architecture leader Karen Thomas promoted at Gensler; CrowdCow taps startup vet Fioca; etc.

Longtime Seattle tech design leader Hillel Cooperman has joined Oracle as the company’s senior vice president of user experience and design,… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft and Valve exec joins clean energy company; Jenni Hogan leaves Tagboard; and more

Monica Harrington has worked in a variety of high-profile roles in the tech industry. She was a senior marketing executive… Read More

Jesse Proudman leaves IBM to start new AI-based cryptocurrency startup, says he can’t kick the ‘entrepreneurial bug’

Blue Box founder Jesse Proudman is leaving IBM two-and-a-half years after the selling the private cloud company to Big Blue.… Read More

Tech Moves: Pioneer Square Labs adds former Faraday Future exec; Smartlabs CEO joins Panopto board; and more

Pioneer Square Labs has brought on longtime technology executive and entrepreneur Jamie Miller as an entrepreneur in residence, GeekWire has learned.… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon merges Fresh and Prime Now leadership; Apple poaches more Amazon Studios leaders

Amazon has consolidated its Fresh, Prime Now and Restaurant delivery services under one executive: Stephenie Landry. The move was reported by… Read More

Tech Moves: Uber taps former Orbitz CEO as COO; Longtime AWS leader goes to Zendesk

Former Orbitz CEO and longtime Seattle technology leader Barney Harford has been named the COO of Uber, marking yet another… Read More

Avalara CTO and EVP leaving as fast-growing tax automation startup shuffles engineering leadership

Two prominent executives are leaving tax automation startup Avalara next year, while a familiar face will return to lead the… Read More

Tech Moves: A new associate at Madrona; a change on Expedia’s board of directors; and more

Chris Picardo has joined Madrona Venture Group as the firm’s newest senior associate, GeekWire has learned. Picardo, a Seattle native, most recently served as… Read More

Internal email: T-Mobile commercial chief and ‘Uncarrier architect’ leaves for undisclosed reasons

T-Mobile Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Sherrard, a senior marketing executive who has played a key role in the “Uncarrier” initiatives… Read More

Uber taps former Axon exec Marcus Womack to lead 250-person Seattle hub

Uber has hired former Axon executive Marcus Womack to lead its Seattle hub, which is now home to 250 employees… Read More

Qualtrics hires ex-Microsoft exec Julie Larson Green, further cementing Seattle ‘co-headquarters’

Less than two months after leaving Microsoft, former executive Julie Larson-Green has found her next gig. Experience management company Qualtrics… Read More

MLS Cup prediction from Sounders legend and new Vicis employee Roger Levesque

The Sounders are bringing the MLS Cup back to Seattle if Roger Levesque’s prediction holds true. Levesque dropped by our… Read More

Tech moves: Madrona’s Paul Goodrich steps down from Redfin board; Seattle’s Office of Economic Development under new leadership; and more

— One of the original backers of Redfin is stepping off the board of directors after more than a decade… Read More

Tech Moves: Leadership changes at Tune and Convoy; LevelTen adds new exec; and more

Tech Moves: Amazon hires top doc; Geir Hansen leaves SVB; Acumatica board adds ex-Microsoft Business Solutions chief

Seattle CTO Michael Mattmiller resigns to return to private sector

Amazon-owned Twitch scoops up executives from Pandora, Slack and Rubicon to bolster leadership

Tech Moves: Concur co-founder Mike Hilton joins Apptentive board; Samsung cloud leader lands at AWS; and more

Tech Moves: Hillel Cooperman named SVP at Oracle; Seattle architecture leader Karen Thomas promoted at Gensler; CrowdCow taps startup vet Fioca; etc.

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft and Valve exec joins clean energy company; Jenni Hogan leaves Tagboard; and more

Jesse Proudman leaves IBM to start new AI-based cryptocurrency startup, says he can’t kick the ‘entrepreneurial bug’

Tech Moves: Pioneer Square Labs adds former Faraday Future exec; Smartlabs CEO joins Panopto board; and more

Tech Moves: Amazon merges Fresh and Prime Now leadership; Apple poaches more Amazon Studios leaders

Tech Moves: Uber taps former Orbitz CEO as COO; Longtime AWS leader goes to Zendesk

Avalara CTO and EVP leaving as fast-growing tax automation startup shuffles engineering leadership

Tech Moves: A new associate at Madrona; a change on Expedia’s board of directors; and more

Internal email: T-Mobile commercial chief and ‘Uncarrier architect’ leaves for undisclosed reasons

Uber taps former Axon exec Marcus Womack to lead 250-person Seattle hub

Qualtrics hires ex-Microsoft exec Julie Larson Green, further cementing Seattle ‘co-headquarters’

MLS Cup prediction from Sounders legend and new Vicis employee Roger Levesque

Tech moves: Madrona’s Paul Goodrich steps down from Redfin board; Seattle’s Office of Economic Development under new leadership; and more

Seattle Genetics COO taking the reins at stealthy biotech startup Silverback Therapeutics

Tech moves: Groupon adds former Amazon VP as CTO; Juno expands executive team; and more

Tech Moves: MicroVision appoints new CEO; Convoy adds longtime Tableau exec; and more

Tech Moves: TraceMe grows executive team with new additions from Hulu, Pioneer Square Labs and more

Montreal cloud startup Ormuco announces Seattle office, led by open source cloud vets

Tech Moves: Madrona adds new entrepreneur in residence; Amplero appoints CRO; and more

Microsoft Alumni Network announces new executive director as organization grows

LiquidPlanner CEO Liz Pearce steps down, replaced by League co-founder Todd Humphrey

Tech Moves: POP creative agency names new CEO; Marijuana database startup Leafly taps CEO; and more

Bugged by budget cuts, state aerospace chief John Thornquist says he’s ‘moving on’

Tech Moves: REI hires retail vet as new CIO; Former Fred Hutch VP joins biotech startup; and more