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Working Geek: To botox or not to botox? RealSelf’s Tom Seery helps consumers find their answer

More than a decade ago, Tom Seery’s wife was the inspiration for the launch of RealSelf, a site featuring public… Read More

Working Geek: Act-On CEO Kate Johnson on the tech talent upsides of a Portland headquarters

For Act-On Software CEO Kate Johnson, Portland is a perfect fit. She loves her walkable West Coast city that boasts… Read More

Working Geek: ConDati co-founder and chief marketer Linh Ho reminds us to dream big

Linh Ho has some cool ideas, some bigger and some smaller, some realized and some still just dreams. One was… Read More

Working Geek: For Amazon’s Alex Kravis, passion and practicality combined for role of a lifetime

Not only is Alex Kravis’s job as head of product and creative teams for Amazon’s Prime Video X-Ray a gig… Read More

Working Geek: Eugenio Pace’s journey from failed startup to CEO of Auth0 with $110M in funding

Eugenio Pace was destined to be a tech entrepreneur. He just jumped the gun. After earning a degree in electrical engineering… Read More

Working Geek: Microsoft’s Justin Spelhaug is drafting a new blueprint for tech philanthropy

Justin Spelhaug likes to make lists, to enumerate things. Maybe it’s because he has a big role running the Tech… Read More

Working Geek: Marketing leader Jeremy Korst is at home in the board room – and the dude ranch

Jeremy Korst has serious Ivy League, Fortune-500, city-slicker bona fides. He earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the… Read More

Working Geek: As PitchBook soared, so did career of employee No. 5 Adley Bowden

Sure Adley Bowden has been with the same company for a decade. But the PitchBook that hired him practically straight… Read More

Working Geek: UW computer scientist Jennifer Mankoff channeled adversity into a career path

Jennifer Mankoff faced a slate of challenges that could have derailed her academic aspirations. It started with a repetitive stress… Read More

Working Geek: A diverse workplace creates conflict – and that’s the goal, says COO Nat Cartwright

People talk a lot about building a diverse workplace with employees who vary by gender, race, socioeconomic background, age, abilities… Read More

Working Geek: ‘Consummate networker’ Heather Redman connects tech, VC, civic circles and raises millions

If you’ve seen venture capital investor and Seattle tech veteran Heather Redman work a room or present at an event,… Read More

Working Geek: Dr. Christopher Murray’s mission to make the world healthier through better data

There’s a Seattle-based enterprise that has a worldwide reach that few organizations can match. And no, we’re not talking about… Read More

Working Geek: Crowd Cow CEO Joe Heitzeberg finds startup success off the ‘narrow path’

Joe Heitzeberg is a serial entrepreneur, launching and running Snapvine, which was acquired by Whitepages, and then MediaPiston, which UpWork bought.… Read More

Working Geek: Sage Bionetworks’ Lara Mangravite brings scientists together to speed discovery

Scientists aren’t known for playing well with others. After all, their world is set up to reward individual accomplishments through… Read More

Until there’s telepathy, Zipwhip CEO John Lauer says texting is the king of communications

John Lauer, CEO and co-founder of business texting-software provider Zipwhip, says there’s no faster, easier way to communicate than text… Read More

Working Geek: Stephanie Gowing aids clean energy entrepreneurs and companies eager to go green

As the Green Business Advocate for the city of Seattle, Stephanie Gowing is working to boost the city’s eco enterprises… Read More

Working Geek: Inclusive-design UX whiz Kat Holmes has tips for serving a broader audience

Kat Holmes became aware of inclusive design when working a few years back on Cortana, Microsoft’s voice-activated assistant. She was… Read More

Working Geek: Axon CEO Rick Smith aims to curb gun deaths by making bullets ‘obsolete’

Many people concerned about gun violence want to alter laws. Rick Smith is focusing on a tech solution. “Our track record… Read More

Working Geek: Flexe’s COO Ed Yue finds startup inspiration in warehouses, and everywhere else

Ed Yue‘s first foray into the world of warehouses was not particularly auspicious. “I almost got run over by a… Read More

Working Geek: For Code.org’s Alice Steinglass, writing software can be a kid’s 21st Century ‘voice’

It’s hardly possible to imagine schools not teaching kids how to write. No essays, no poetry, no reports or creative… Read More

Working Geek: A star in science ed, astrophysicist Dennis Schatz wants to expand minds

Dennis Schatz, president-elect of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and senior advisor at the Pacific Science Center, draws inspiration… Read More

Working Geek: F5’s security chief Mike Convertino fights weaponized ‘fear, uncertainty and doubt’

Mike Convertino was not surprised by Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election through its weaponization of social media, allowing… Read More

Working Geek: Skilljar CEO Sandi Lin taps insights from Amazon to help run her startup

Sandi Lin left Amazon five years ago to launch her own startup, but her experience at the retail and cloud… Read More

Working Geek: This CenturyLink exec turns family and friends’ feedback into systemic fixes

As CenturyLink’s vice president of operations for Washington, Sue Anderson bears the responsibility of maintaining the telecommunication company’s voice, internet and video… Read More

Working Geek: Unearth co-founder Amy Hutchins on hiring women engineers and the rush of startup life

As chief technology officer for Unearth Technologies, Amy Hutchins thought it would be easy to get women to apply for… Read More

Working Geek: After decades at Microsoft, Tammy Savage applies big-picture thinking to startup that connects volunteers

When it came to volunteering, Tammy Savage wondered what prevented people from jumping in to help. Was it a failure… Read More

Working Geek: From rap fans to immigrant families, Remitly’s Kevin Nakao taps customers for answers

One of Kevin Nakao’s earliest marketing gigs sent him on tour almost 30 years ago with Puff Daddy, Jodeci and Mary… Read More

Working Geek: How Chris Capossela went from Bill Gates’ speechwriter to Microsoft’s chief marketer

About six years into his career at Microsoft, one of Chris Capossela’s colleagues suggested that he apply for a very… Read More

Working Geek: Lizza Miller believes in the smart use of tech to make people healthier

“I’m still just floored by how little technology is actually used in the entire healthcare market,” said Lizza Miller, co-founder… Read More

Working Geek: Long-time techie Raghu Murthi of GoDaddy aims for a big impact in massive markets

Over Raghu Murthi’s career, he’s worked for leading tech companies in key sectors, including hardware-maker Intel, software giant Microsoft and… Read More

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