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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

After nearly a decade at Madrona, Elise Hebb sets sail for Seattle venture capital firm Maveron

Elise Hebb is moving from one Seattle venture capital firm to another. After nearly a decade working at Madrona Venture… Read More

Nordstrom

In latest digital initiative, Nordstrom names longtime exec to lead new innovation team

Nordstrom continues to shuffle the ranks of it top leaders as it looks for new ways to attract and engage… Read More

Tech Moves: Onvia appoints new CEO; Tableau adds New Relic president to board; and more

Russ Mann, a longtime fixture in Seattle’s tech scene, is taking on another leading role. He was announced this morning… Read More

Nordstrom

Nordstrom CTO Kumar Srinivasan leaving retailer in latest departure for digital team

After a year in which Nordstrom navigated layoffs, departures and revamped strategies related to its digital efforts, the Seattle-based retailer announced… Read More

Connie Bourassa-Shaw, ‘heart and soul’ of UW entrepreneurship program, to step down as director

Connie Bourassa-Shaw, who spent nearly two decades helping the University of Washington grow its student entrepreneurial programs, is stepping down as… Read More

Jeremy Korst

Tech Moves: Avalara adds Microsoft exec as CMO; Janrain announces VP of marketing; and more

Seattle-based Avalara, a cloud-driven tax automation startup, announced today that former Microsoft and T-Mobile exec Jeremy Korst will join the company… Read More

Tech Moves: PayScale promotes VPs; ex-Trulia CEO emerges at startup accelerator; and more

PayScale, a fast-growing, Seattle-based company that offers online salary comparison services, announced the promotions of two new vice presidents this… Read More

Madrona Labs hires startup vet Jay Bartot as VC incubator focuses on ‘deeper’ technical ideas

Madrona Labs, the “startup studio” housed inside of Madrona Venture Group, wants to focus on deeper, more technical startups —… Read More

Tech Moves: Zonar appoints former T-Mobile exec as CEO; NetMotion adds new leadership; etc.

Zonar Systems, a Seattle-based company providing automotive fleet tracking systems, announced the appointment of T-Mobile vet Ian McKerlich as its new… Read More

Former Isilon executive Bill Richter named CEO of Qumulo, says new job was a ‘no brainer’

Peter Godman and Bill Richter have known each other for 10 years, dating back to the time when the two… Read More

Tech Moves: uZoom CEO Dean Graziano steps aside; Concur’s Ben Brewer joins LiquidPlanner; and more

uZoom, an on-demand, one-to-one live video streaming service, announced this week that CEO Dean Graziano is stepping down from his role, to… Read More

Hillel Cooperman rejoins Microsoft, Jenny Lam goes to Amazon, as UX vets put tech design company into ‘hibernation’

Two user experience and design veterans, Hillel Cooperman and Jenny Lam, are putting their technology startup and agency Jackson Fish… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia exec Jason Moss joins Avvo as CMO; Fred Hutch names new VP; Amazon vet lands at Swurveys; etc.

Avvo, the Seattle-based online marketplace for connecting lawyers to consumers, announced that Expedia executive Jason Moss will join the company… Read More

Tech Moves: Recruiting vet Kerry Van Voris leaves Madrona; Chef adds three executive positions; etc.

Seattle tech vet and talent expert Kerry Van Voris has left her position as director of talent at Madrona Venture Group,… Read More

DocuSign founder Tom Gonser joins Seven Peaks Ventures, looks to find the next ‘market-bending unicorn’

It’s been a long journey for entrepreneur Tom Gonser, who founded electronic signature and paperwork startup DocuSign in Seattle 13… Read More

Tech Moves: Outreach brings on former Linkedin, T-Mobile and Salesforce execs; Avvo names new VP of sales; and more

It’s been a big year for sales technology startup Outreach — the company raised $17.5 million in new funding in June… Read More

Tech Moves: New additions to Redfin’s board; DocuSign adds former Microsoft exec as SVP of engineering; and more

Seattle real estate brokerage Redfin announced two additions to its board of directors today: Julie Bornstein, COO of San Francisco-based… Read More

Elena Donio

Former Concur president Elena Donio named CEO of legal services company Axiom

A day after it was announced that Elena Donio was stepping down as president of Concur, the technology executive has… Read More

Tech Moves: Amplero adds Santo Criscuolo as VP of sales; ReachNow hires marketing vet Leigh McMillan; and more

Amplero, a Seattle-based machine learning marketing platform, added marketing veteran Santo Criscuolo as vice president of sales this week. Criscuolo comes to… Read More

Concur president Elena Donio leaving company after 18 years; Mike Eberhard assumes role

Elena Donio, an 18-year veteran of Concur, and president of the company since December 2014, is leaving after accepting a… Read More

Simply Measured co-founder joins marketing automation startup Siftrock

Adam Schoenfeld already helped grow one marketing company into a top Seattle startup. Now he’s trying to do it again. The Simply… Read More

Michael Wasyluka

Tech Moves: Simply Measured names Michael Wasyluka as new CEO; AWS adds VP of cloud architecture; and more

Simply Measured, the Seattle-based social media analytics company, has named current COO Michael Wasyluka as the new CEO. Sameer Kazi, who… Read More

Why this prominent Seattle entrepreneur decided to take a job on Amazon’s fast-growing Alexa team

Seattle entrepreneur Ford Davidson has been around the startup block a few times, selling his phone backup service Dashwire to… Read More

Jennifer Agustin

Tech Moves: DreamBox Learning adds new VP of marketing; Fred Hutch names executive VP; etc.

— DreamBox Learning, the Bellevue, Wash.-based digital education company, has added Jennifer Agustin, a former LinkedIn marketing executive, as its… Read More

Edward Nevraumont

Tech Moves: General Assembly names marketing, revenue officer in Seattle; Qualtrics adds Microsoft vet as COO; and more

General Assembly, the New York-based education company with an outpost in Seattle, has hired Edward Nevramount as chief marketing and… Read More

Todd Pierce

Tech Moves: Todd Pierce out as chief digital officer at Gates Foundation; Remitly adds chief product officer

Todd Pierce, chief digital officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is departing from that role after 18 months,… Read More

James Keblas

Tech Moves: Longtime Seattle music and film advocate James Keblas joins ShareGrid

James Keblas knows a thing or two about the creative side of Seattle. A longtime advocate for the city’s music… Read More

Harish Naidu

Tech Moves: Accolade names longtime Microsoft GM as CTO; Smartsheet adds worldwide sales leader; and more

High-level appointments just keep coming at Accolade, as the health care company announced on Wednesday that it had appointed Harish Naidu,… Read More

Dr. Ivor Horn

Tech Moves: Accolade appoints Dr. Ivor Horn as chief medical officer; Getty Images names two new EVPs; and more

Accolade, the Philadelphia-based healthcare company with an office in Seattle, has appointed Dr. Ivor Horn as its new chief medical… Read More

4C Insights hires Mixpo founder Anupam Gupta, will expand Seattle office after raising $26M

Things are rolling at 4C Insights, which just raised a $26 million investment round and added an experienced entrepreneur to… Read More

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