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Working Geek: The surprising stress-reliever that helps Fjuri co-founder Paulo Resende unplug

In February, Paulo Resende left a 15-year career at Microsoft to start a marketing firm helping Fortune 500 companies improve… Read More

Working Geek: Swatee Surve’s startup uses video games to help people manage chronic health conditions

Swatee Surve is reimagining the way patients manage chronic health conditions and keep their healthcare providers up-to-date. That’s the mission… Read More

Working Geek: 9 technology execs share their favorite apps and software tools

Slack, Evernote, Microsoft Office, Google Suite. Those are a few of the most popular apps that the busy executives featured… Read More

Working Geek: Bitlume CEO Lakshmi Shankar is building a new type of video startup

When Lakshmi Shankar was working as a technology consultant she noticed a recurring problem. Clients often had trouble integrating paid… Read More

Working Geek: Brian Paulen leads tech consulting firm West Monroe Partners’ Seattle operation

Brian Paulen has been advising clients on how they can use technology to improve their business operations for nearly 20… Read More

Working Geek: Renaissance woman Anna Hong is a rocket scientist, entrepreneur and nonprofit founder

Anna Hong has worn a lot of hats over the course of her career. After interning for Microsoft Research’s Asia… Read More

Working Geek: StrataCore founder Aaron Loehr doesn’t believe in the open floor plan

As CEO and president of StrataCore, Aaron Loehr manages a team of about 20 IT professionals dedicated to helping enterprise… Read More

Working Geek: ‘Cirkled in’ founder Reetu Gupta aims to streamline college admissions

Three years ago, Reetu Gupta found herself asking the agonizing question that plagues thousands of parents of high school students:… Read More

Working Geek: Socrata product lead Franklin Williams makes it easier for citizens to access public data

Franklin Williams believes he has “the best job in the world.” That’s because he spends his days leading Socrata‘s product… Read More

Working Geek: Amazon manager MaryBeth Pecha and colleagues create card game to break down gender barriers

During nearly a decade working in finance and accounting, MaryBeth Pecha experienced the challenges that come from gender inequity at… Read More

Working Geek: With $10M in new cash, LiveStories CTO Eric Dillon is ready to take the civic data startup to the next level

As Chief Technology Officer of LiveStories, Eric Dillon has spent that last two years deeply immersed in code so that… Read More

Working Geek: Why Remitly Product Chief Karim Meghji has different workspaces for different tasks

When Karim Meghji joined Remitly in late 2016, CEO Matt Oppenheimer said he was “ecstatic” that someone with such a… Read More

Working Geek: Redfin VP of Engineering Jennifer Chao relieves stress by playing hooky every few weeks

Jennifer Chao has an unconventional strategy for relieving stress from her demanding job as Redfin’s vice president of engineering. Taking… Read More

Where these 10 tech managers get their best ideas

Inspiration can strike at unexpected times but in the working world, we don’t always have the luxury of waiting around… Read More

Working Geek: How Seattle’s economic development guru Brian Surratt is quietly shaping the city’s business and tech future

When it comes to local government, some players shine in the limelight while others exercise their influence from the wings.… Read More

Working Geek: How this theater major became an engineering lead at Chef

Nell Shamrell-Harrington isn’t your typical software engineer. She studied theater at the University of Puget Sound and uses those skills… Read More

Working Geek: Business vet turned UW vice provost helps professionals learn in-demand tech skills

Technology is constantly changing nearly every industry and the skills professionals learn in college aren’t always current enough to keep… Read More

Working Geek: Srikant Vemparala captains the 9Logic Technologies ship, with focus on new game

It’s worth wondering whether Srikant Vemparala walks around the offices at 9Logic Technologies saying “argh” all day. After all, the… Read More

Working Geek: Arlan Collins’ architecture firm uses VR and ‘modular building’

Arlan Collins has been in architecture for more than 40 years. For the past 30, he’s owned his own firm,… Read More

Working Geek: Paul Allen’s climate change guru Spencer Reeder moonlights as a musician

It’s easy to see why Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen brought on Spencer Reeder to run Vulcan’s climate change-focused philanthropic initiatives.… Read More

Working Geek: Expedia VP Noah Tratt Snapchats his kids from around the world

As Expedia senior vice president of regional brands, Noah Tratt is constantly traveling the world. He’s been with Expedia for… Read More

Working Geek: Amazon media chief Robin Mendelson is living a childhood dream, writ large

Robin Mendelson is one of the few people who actually became what she wanted to be when she grew up,… Read More

Working Geek: How Expedia’s Local Experts VP Jen O’Twomney makes time for family

Jen O’Twomney helped Expedia navigate some of the most acquisition-hungry years of the travel giant’s life. Expedia gobbled up Orbitz,… Read More

Working Geek: Why Aravind Bala left a lead engineer role at Microsoft to launch Nextio

Aravind Bala had been at Microsoft for nearly 15 years when he met Anoop Gupta, his manager on the Office… Read More

Working Geek: Madrona’s growth guru Ryan Metzger uses data to stay organized at work and at home

As Madrona Venture Group’s in-house growth advisor, Ryan Metzger supports more than 60 companies at any given time. He’s also a… Read More

Working Geek: Ossia CEO Mario Obeidat takes organizational cues from his kids

It’s been a little over two months since Mario Obeidat took over as CEO of wireless charging company Ossia. He… Read More

Working Geek: What Fjuri’s new Chief People Officer Tammy Perkins learned from Microsoft and Amazon

A few weeks ago, Tammy Perkins joined marketing and digital strategy firm Fjuri, bringing with her more than 20 years… Read More

Working Geek: TUNE’s marketing VP Jennifer Wong moonlights as a UW instructor

During her four years at TUNE, Jennifer Wong has risen from a member of the startup’s three-person market team to… Read More

Working Geek: FlowPlay CEO Derrick Morton relieves stress by going totally off the grid

Derrick Morton knows how to keep it all in balance. He’s spent the past decade as CEO of multi-platform game… Read More

Working Geek: What Outreach CPO Andrew Kinzer thinks startups can learn from racecar drivers

Andrew Kinzer, Chief Product Officer of Seattle startup Outreach, is religious about time management. He sees time as the most… Read More