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Tech Moves: Ex-Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews joins Placed board; Moovel names CTO; and more

Location-based data startup Placed is having a good year. The company announced Thursday that it is now working with over… Read More

Tech Moves: Institute for Systems Biology names president to replace Lee Hood; Seattle VC moves to Silicon Valley; new F5 CEO gets started

Seventeen years after founding the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), spurring the creation of systems biology as a field, genomics… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon hires community engagement director; Marchex’s CRO resigns; and more

Amazon doesn’t have a great reputation when it comes to community engagement. It’s been at the center of public rancor… Read More

Tech Moves: Crowd Cow adds Julep and Blue Nile vet as COO; VRstudios gets a new CEO; and more

Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based startup focused on the delivery of sustainable meat products, announced a big new addition this week: retail… Read More

Tech Moves: Amplero names AWS vet as CTO; Allen Institute hires CFO from RealNetworks; and more

Amplero, a marketing platform fueled by artificial intelligence, announced the addition of Microsoft and Amazon vet Andrew Toner as the company’s CTO… Read More

Starbucks hires Cranium and Golazo founder Richard Tait for unique entrepreneurial role

Richard Tait, one of Seattle’s most accomplished entrepreneurs, has landed an interesting gig at the world’s largest coffee retailer. Tait,… Read More

Tech Moves: Jeff Bezos picks new top advisor; Glowforge adds Amazon hardware vet; and more

Jeff Bezos has a new “shadow.” According to his LinkedIn bio, former VP of Kindle Jeffrey Helbling has taken over… Read More

Tech Moves: Cheezburger vet Peter Denton joins Pioneer Square Labs; Museum of Flight names executive VP; and more

“Startup studio” Pioneer Square Labs has added another big name to its leadership board: Peter Denton, who is serving as… Read More

Tech Moves: Appuri appoints Todd Owens as CEO; Zipwhip adds to leadership; and more

Seattle-based Appuri, a startup using big data in an attempt to predict customer dissatisfaction, has appointed a new CEO: former… Read More

Virgin Orbit satellite launch spin-off created with ex-Boeing exec at the helm

Virgin Galactic says it’s spinning off its satellite launch operation, including the LauncherOne rocket development program, as a new commercial… Read More

Tech Moves: Simply Measured co-founder will lead Alexa Accelerator; Donuts names new CRO; more

Startup incubator TechStars announced late last year that it is partnering with Amazon for the Alexa Accelerator, an incubator specifically… Read More

Tech Moves: Limeade adds former Microsoft exec; Bezos’ first female advisor moves to new role; and more

Wellness technology company Limeade announced this morning that former Microsoft exec Lee Rossini is joining the company’s leadership team as VP… Read More

After growing Starbucks’ digital news operation, veteran journalist Linda Thomas joins Amazon as director of ‘Amazon Stories’

After spending more than three years helping grow Starbucks’ digital news operation, Linda Thomas is shifting gears to do something similar at another Seattle-based corporate giant.… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow adds Slack VP to board as Trulia co-founder departs; Utrip names COO; etc.

Seattle online real estate powerhouse Zillow Group announced today that Slack executive April Underwood has joined the company’s board of directors.… Read More

Tech Moves: Apple poaches Amazon Fire exec; Tune promotes Koch to CTO; Nohla names CEO; etc.

—Apple and Amazon are on a collision course in many industries, but the battle for tech talent looks to be… Read More

Ossia hires new CEO to help commercialize its wireless charging technology

Ossia has hired a new leader as the Bellevue, Wash.-based company prepares to commercialize its wireless charging technology. Long-time tech… Read More

Tech moves: Qumulo adds former AWS and Chef exec; Shiftboard adds to leadership team; and more

It’s been a busy year at Qumulo: the data storage and data informatics company announced a new CEO in November, and… Read More

Convoy keeps on trucking, hires former Uber Seattle engineering chief

Convoy is putting a little more gas in the tank. The Seattle startup, which matches trucking companies with shippers that need… Read More

Tech Moves: Syntonic adds ex-Microsoft exec to leadership team; Juno adds VP to oversee clinical trials; and more

Mobile services startup Syntonic announced the addition of Microsoft and DTS vet Randy Smith to its leadership team this week. Smith will… Read More

F5 Networks names new CEO; McAdam set to retire again

Capping a year-long search, Seattle’s F5 Networks today announced that Francois Locoh-Donou, an engineer and former top network-technology executive, will… Read More

AI sportswear startup Sensoria adds former Microsoft president to board

Sensoria is adding two former Microsoft execs to its leadership team. The Redmond, Wash.-based startup today announced that former Microsoft… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia vet joins talent management startup; Life Science Washington taps new board chairman; and more

Ajai Sehgal, an early and longtime Expedia employee, is embarking on a slightly different trip than the ones he is familiar… Read More

Zillow co-founder Rich Barton and MTV creator Bob Pittman join board of NY-based fine art startup

Rich Barton has a resume that would make even accomplished entrepreneurs swoon. He started his career as a Microsoft executive… Read More

Domain registry Donuts names Bruce Jaffe new CEO as co-founder Paul Stahura steps aside

Donuts, the Bellevue, Wash.-based domain registry, announced a change in leadership on Thursday with the appointment of Bruce Jaffe as chief executive… Read More

Nordstrom CIO Dan Little announces plans to retire as retailer looks to fill several roles on tech team

The technology team at Nordstrom got more news on Wednesday about an impending departure, this time from Dan Little, the… Read More

Voyager Capital adds Silicon Valley vet to Seattle office, shifts investing focus to Pacific Northwest

In some ways, James Newell is a hometown Seattle boy. He was born and raised on the Kitsap Peninsula, just an… Read More

Digital signature giant DocuSign lands new CEO, more than a year after search began

In October of 2015, DocuSign CEO Keith Krach announced he would be stepping down from the top job at the digital… Read More

Tech Moves: WTIA names new chairman; Amazon poaches talent to lead Prime overseas; and more

The Washington Technology Industry Association‘s Board of Directors has a new chairman: John Suk, a Harvard and University of Chicago graduate… Read More

Tech Moves: Cray hires new SVP of R&D; RealSelf adds former Amazon, Microsoft execs; and more

Cray, the Seattle supercomputer maker, announced a new addition to its leadership team: tech veteran Stathis Papaefstathiou has joined the… Read More

Madrona adds ex-King Digital CFO as partner; promotes ‘Soma’ Somasegar to managing director

Madrona Venture Group today announced three internal promotions and the hiring of a new venture partner. Hope Cochran, a long-time… Read More