Working Geek: Fresh Chalk CEO Liz Pearce on the power of seeking new challenges and experiences It can seem rather pro forma to thank mom for the role that she has played in one’s success. But… Read More
How this HR technology leader is guiding businesses through the tumult of COVID-19 When COVID-19 hit, CEO Nathan Christensen was in the midst of merging Mammoth HR, his Portland, Ore.-based business, with California’s… Read More
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Downtown Seattle Association CEO sees tech holding us together as pandemic keeps us apart While some point to past pandemics as driving people apart, thanks to technology, Jon Scholes sees the novel coronavirus pulling… Read More
M12 co-founder Lisa Nelson on discovering the excitement of startups from inside Microsoft In her 14 years in leadership at Microsoft, Lisa Nelson held five different positions. But it was perhaps her favorite… Read More
Ramona Pierson turns nearly fatal accident into success as startup founder and tech leader In 1984, at age 22, Ramona Pierson went out for a run with her dog and was hit by a… Read More
After tackling energy utilities, entrepreneur Scott Case is eager to mix it up with electric vehicles Entrepreneur Scott Case knows which big thing in tech he’s most excited about: electric vehicles and the batteries that power… Read More
What this former Microsoft exec-turned-nonprofit leader learned from Satya Nadella Jim McCorkle worked for three decades in corporate roles, feeding his need to do good in the world by engaging… Read More
How surviving a civil war in Sri Lanka fostered startup passion for this Usermind executive An upside to surviving nightmarish life experiences: it’s great for keeping things in perspective. At least that’s the case for… Read More
Expedia VP Sandy Anuras on managing a team spanning 15 offices and 12 time zones As vice president of Global Marketing Technology at Seattle’s Expedia, Sandy Anuras is managing a team of 300 employees spread… Read More
Accolade’s Britt Provost on HR as anthropology and the role of culture in a company’s success Britt Provost was interested in studying anthropology when she went to university, but wound up pursuing an undergraduate degree in… Read More
Pursuit of her family’s traditional trade propelled Hulu VP Julie Madhusoodanan into media’s future Julie Madhusoodanan credits family tradition for giving her the nudge to leave a comfortable gig and almost two decades at… Read More
‘It’s not control and command’: Changepoint’s Matt Scheuing on the mythology of the CEO What do companies working on project and business management, navigation technology, tax preparation, documentation automation software, on-demand transportation, telecom services,… Read More
Tech’s his instrument: How Code Fellows CEO Jeff Malek reprogrammed his rock star dreams In the early 1990s, Jeff Malek moved to Seattle to find his fortune and make a name for himself in… Read More
WeWork Labs’ Elizabeth Scallon is ready to tackle world’s big, scary challenges: ‘It’s up to us’ Elizabeth Scallon sees potential and opportunity everywhere. Now the head of WeWork Labs for Northern California and the Pacific Northwest,… Read More
How Amperity CFO Amy Pelly overcame her apprehension about joining another startup After 25 years in the tech trenches, Amy Pelly knows a thing or two about startups. Pelly’s career includes early… Read More
How Karat’s engineering chief gets things done and runs effective meetings by talking less Zach van Schouwen, vice president of engineering for Karat, landed his job through a Craigslist ad. It was 2016 and… Read More
How fun, Frisbee and horses shaped the career of Intellectual Ventures’ deep science guru Brian Holloway Some candidates decide whether to take a job based on its title or compensation, the nature of the work, or… Read More
UW President Ana Mari Cauce on being a threefold ‘first’ and the most important lessons of college In the not-so-distant past, the idea of becoming president of the University of Washington was unimaginable to Ana Mari Cauce.… Read More
Microsoft VP Gretchen O’Hara on helping launch Women in Cloud, the work-life continuum, and more Gretchen O’Hara is a diehard Microsoft fan. You might have guessed as much given that she’s worked for the Redmond,… Read More
How Pixvana COO Rachel Lanham plotted a career course along the frontiers of technology At a glance, Rachel Lanham’s career appears to have zigzagged, moving from digital advertising to optimizing healthcare to the latest… Read More
How Yapta CEO James Filsinger maintains culture while growing corporate travel startup When James Filsinger took over as president and CEO of Yapta, the Seattle-based online travel company had 15 employees. Seven… Read More
Puppet CEO Yvonne Wassenaar on Portland vs. the Valley, scaling a business, and diversity Not only has Yvonne Wassenaar worked in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay area most of her career, it’s… Read More
USAFacts President Poppy MacDonald resists the clickbait in favor of fostering honest debate When former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched USAFacts, a nonpartisan clearinghouse of government data, the site was a great fit… Read More
Fuel Talent CEO and employment matchmaker Shauna Swerland wants to know what fuels you Sure, machine learning tools can bring efficiency to companies searching for new employees. But after 25 years helping businesses build… Read More
How life lessons learned from baseball help drive Avalara exec Liz Armbruester Liz Armbruester clearly remembers her moment of reckoning. She was dropping off the oldest of her two sons for his… Read More
How does a kid on an Alaskan homestead learn to code in the ’80s? Ask Slalom Build’s Ian Cook Slalom Build‘s Ian Cook grew up in a house that his family built in Kenai, Alaska, population 7,800. There was… Read More
How Jarod Greene went from teaching math to running product marketing at Apptio A gig in a call center might not strike one as a likely launch pad for a successful tech career,… Read More
Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO Chad Robins on the power of mom and being a good listener Adaptive Biotechnologies‘ CEO and co-founder Chad Robins can attribute some of his company’s notable success — see its $300 million… Read More
CFO-turned-VC Hope Cochran on music degrees, managing chaos and the reality behind her resume Sure, you can look at Hope Cochran‘s LinkedIn page and follow her path through Stanford University degrees in economics and… Read More
