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Tech Moves: Context Relevant names new CEO; Puppet Labs appoints first president and COO ahead of possible IPO

—Context Relevant, a big data analytics startup which underwent a management shakeup last year, named Joseph Polverari as the company’s new chief executive… Read More

Tech Moves: Unify Square snags former Microsoft M&A manager; TimeXtender continues VP hiring spree and more

—Unify Square added two new executives to its team; Charlie DiBona was hired as the chief financial officer, while Chris Vaughn joined as the… Read More

Tech Moves: Ossia hires new CEO; Avvo taps Spotify exec as CTO; and more

— Ossia, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that makes wireless charging technology, has appointed Didier Le Lannic as CEO. He will take on leadership of Ossia… Read More

Tech Moves: New CEOs at Phytelligence, Healionics Corp., Northwest Center; Socrata adds execs; Limeade hires VP of sales; and more

— Bellevue-based corporate wellness technology company Limeade has appointed Mitch Risner as its new vice president of sales. Before Limeade, Risner was the Group VP… Read More

Tech Moves: ExtraHop names Palo Alto Networks exec to board; Pincus steps down as CEO of Zynga; Cray snags CMO

—ExtraHop, the Seattle-based IT operations analytics company, has appointed Mark Anderson to its board of directors. Anderson is the executive VP of worldwide field operations… Read More

Tech Moves: Donuts names new execs; Microsoft hires director for data center sustainability; T-Mobile expands digital team; and more

— Donuts Inc., the Bellevue-based Internet domain name registry, announced that a new board member and two new executives will join their… Read More

Tech Moves: Remitly names ex-Amazon exec CFO; Allen Institute for Cell Science announces new research directors

— Krish Srinivasan will become the new CFO for Remitly, the Seattle-based digital money transfer service, taking over for Andy Larson… Read More

Tech Moves: UIEvolution CEO replaced by founder; Concur president named to Twilio board; and more

— UIEvolution confirmed with GeekWire today that founder Satoshi Nakajima has returned to the company’s executive team and is replacing Chris Ruff… Read More

Former Xome CEO and Groupon exec Kal Raman takes new gig at Samsung as chief digital officer

Kal Raman is taking on another high-level position at a large tech company. The former Groupon COO and Drugstore.com CEO… Read More

Tech Moves: VC Julie Sandler chosen as Presidential Leadership Scholar; Flowroute hires former Amazon Local Commerce head; Shippable bolsters team

—Madrona Venture Group‘s Julie Sandler has been chosen as a presidential leadership scholar. Over the next six months, she’ll spend time… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 gets its first chief information security officer, Stylyze hires former MyWebGrocer SVP, and more

—F5 Networks hired Mike Convertino as its first chief information security officer. In the role, Convertino will oversee both company and… Read More

Tech Moves: Trulia promotes McLaughlin to chief economist; Smartsheet hires ex-Microsoft engineering leader

—Trulia promoted Ralph McLaughlin to the position of chief economist, leading its housing economics research team. In his new role, McLaughlin will provide Trulia… Read More

Tech Moves: NetMotion appoints former Cisco director as president; Cascadia Capital co-founder joins WRF board; and more

—NetMotion Wireless appointed Christopher Kenessey as president of the Seattle-based mobility management solution provider. He’ll lead the company’s global business operations, sales, marketing… Read More

Madrona bolsters team, names former Isilon president Bill Richter venture partner

Madrona Venture Group, the Seattle venture capital firm that raised a $300 million fund last year, continues to add horsepower… Read More

Tableau sales chief Kelly Wright announces retirement, calls decision ‘bittersweet’

Kelly Wright, a sales whiz who helped build Tableau Software into a powerhouse in data visualization, announced today that she… Read More

Tech Moves: Adaptive CFO joins Trupanion board; Avvo lands recruiting bigwig; Automic names CTO

— Pet insurance company Trupanion announced changes to its board of directors on Friday, as Adaptive Biotechnologies CFO Chad Cohen was appointed to the board. He… Read More

Xome CEO Kal Raman resigns one year after taking top post at online real estate company

It was heralded as a big move in online real estate when former drugstore.com CEO and Groupon executive Kal Raman… Read More

CenturyLink loses two executives in shakeup at cloud unit

Two key executives are leaving CenturyLink in a move that may show the telecom provider’s shifting attitude on the cloud.… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon hires film music vet Bob Bowen; Former PopCap exec Karla Horwitz joins 8Stem; and more

—Amazon hired Bob Bowen as head of music for the company’s Amazon Studios division. The film music veteran will oversee strategy, partnerships… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft VP Bob Stutz heads to Salesforce, former Porch exec lands new gig, and more

—Microsoft vice president Bob Stutz is leaving his position running Microsoft Dynamics CRM, according to a memo obtained by MSDynamicsWorld. According to Re/code,… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon tech vet joins Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence; Envelop VR hires Magic Leap developer

—The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence hired Ruben Ortega as chief technology officer for the two-year-old AI research foundation. Ortega, who previously served… Read More

Tech Moves: Techstars mentor Rebecca Conner joins Lighter Capital; Ivycorp names telecom vet as CEO

—Lighter Capital appointed Rebecca Conner as a director of its investment team. The Techstars mentor will work with companies in the Pacific Northwest,… Read More

Simply Measured names ExactTarget vets as CEO and CRO in bid to supercharge growth

Simply Measured, the Seattle-based social media analytics startup, is adding some horsepower to the executive offices. The five-year-old company this… Read More

Wireless veteran John Stanton named to Costco board

Costco’s newest board member is former Voicestream Wireless CEO John Stanton, the warehouse retailer announced today. It is not the only… Read More

Tech Moves: Moonraft expands in U.S. with Seattle office; Dolly names ex-Code Fellows CEO Kristen Smith as COO; etc.

—Moonraft, an India-based technology design firm, is opening a new Seattle office, marking its first expansion in the U.S. Moonraft co-founder and… Read More

Tech Moves: Co-founder of women-only developer school steps down, UrbanSpoon CTO lands at Apptentive; and more

—Elise Worthy left Ada Developers Academy, the women-only coding school she co-founded, to get back into building software. “Founding Ada was a passion… Read More

Tech Moves: thePlatform’s Marty Roberts out as co-CEO; City of Seattle hires new startup advocate

— ThePlatform confirmed to GeekWire on Monday that longtime executive and current co-CEO Marty Roberts is leaving the Comcast-owned video… Read More

Tech Moves: IBM names Blue Box founder distinguished engineer; Avvo recruits former Microsoft ad manager; and more

—IBM named Blue Box CTO and founder Jesse Proudman as one of IBM’s distinguished engineers. The executive-level position means Proudman will serve as a technical consultant for… Read More

Twitter co-founder Ev Williams on why Jack Dorsey as CEO ‘is exactly what Twitter needs at this time’

View image | gettyimages.com Twitter announced on Monday that Jack Dorsey, on of the company’s co-founders and current CEO of mobile payments… Read More

Tech Moves: INRIX hires Vodafone analytics leader; VC firm KPCB hires younger Zuckerberg sister; and more

—INRIX hired Chris Handley as vice president of product management and analytics. The former group head of analytics at Vodafone will lead the development of… Read More