Working Geek: When Adobe Marketing Manager Dana McAlexander isn’t in the air, you’ll find her on horseback Most new hires spend their first day learning software tools and hanging pictures. On Dana McAlexander’s first day with Adobe,… Read More
Working Geek: Gates Foundation Chief Strategy Officer Mark Suzman takes leadership cues from former boss Kofi Annan Mark Suzman’s resume includes a doctorate from Oxford to top off a bachelor’s from Harvard, a correspondent gig for the… Read More
Working Geek: How Gabe Frost balances building a startup and running a Microsoft engineering team With two full-time jobs and a toddler, Gabe Frost knows a thing or two about the importance of time management.… Read More
Working Geek: How Amplero’s Olly Downs is ‘learning to be a good CEO’ In early 2016, Globys spun out its A.I. marketing software business Amplero. The plan was to hire a new CEO… Read More
Working Geek: New DocuSign CEO Dan Springer returns to tech after 3 years as a stay-at-home dad Just two weeks ago, DocuSign named cloud tech veteran Dan Springer CEO after more than a year searching for the… Read More
Working Geek: TINYpulse Chief Product Officer Matt Hulett’s 11 tips for running meetings and making time for family About a year ago, Seattle startup vet Matt Hulett returned from a two-year stint as CEO for ClickBank in Boise,… Read More
Working Geek: Why DomainTools’ CEO Tim Chen rejects social networks For the CEO of a cybersecurity firm, Tim Chen has some surprisingly luddite tendencies. “I’m old school,” he says, explaining… Read More
Working Geek: How Google Maps product manager Liz Hunt unplugs Details about Liz Hunt’s work as a product manager for Google are kept tightly under wraps. That’s because she’s working on… Read More
Working Geek: From elephants to Seahawks, Vulcan’s Keith Rosema has a hand in it all Keith Rosema calls his job “probably one of the most diverse opportunities anywhere.” As the head of the technology group… Read More
14 busy tech leaders share their tips for managing everyday work and life With the New Year approaching, you’re probably thinking about what you can improve on in 2017. If your resolution is… Read More
Working Geek: How these 13 tech execs run their meetings Meetings get a bad rap. They’re time-consuming, labor-intensive, and they can easily get off-topic. But it’s difficult to run a… Read More
Working Geek: PayScale’s data guru Katie Bardaro shares tips for managing work and life For the past eight years, Katie Bardaro has been working her way up PayScale’s ladder. Today, she’s vice president of… Read More
Working Geek: BoldIQ CEO Roei Ganzarski’s 3 principles for managing everyday work and life As a father, president and CEO of BoldIQ, and a member of the UW Global Business Advisory and WTIA boards, Roei… Read More
Working Geek: For Cairn co-founder Ali Alami, getting back to nature is part of the job Ali Alami and his co-founder Tove Martin got the idea for Cairn after struggling to meet up for a hike.… Read More
Working Geek: This CEO takes his staff — and their families — to the tropics one month out of the year Bonanza CEO Bill Harding is, admittedly, not great at work-life balance. Ordinarily, that can mean headaches for a manager’s team,… Read More
Working Geek: Donuts CTO Chris Cowherd has been coding since he was 13 Chris Cowherd’s programming career began out of necessity. He was a kid and he couldn’t afford all of the video… Read More
Working Geek: Skyward co-founder Eric Ringer’s 4 tips for managing work and life Eric Ringer wears a lot of hats. On any given day, his role could be R&D engineer, product manager, drone… Read More
Working Geek: How Her Interactive Marketing Director Jared Nieuwenhuis went from professional soccer to tech Jared Nieuwenhuis’s long and varied career all goes back to his first passion: Games. He began playing soccer as a… Read More
Working Geek: Allrecipes VP Justin Law’s family secret for work-life balance As Vice President of Product for Allrecipes.com, Justin Law saw the Seattle online cooking giant through a bit of a… Read More
Working Geek: Peach COO Gary Cowan’s 4 principles for guiding meetings As COO for Seattle lunch delivery startup Peach, Gary Cowan hosts dozens of meetings each week to check in with… Read More
Working Geek: Why Trupanion’s chief data officer TJ Houk still buys CDs TJ Houk leads data and analytics for Trupanion, a Seattle-based health insurance service for pets. “We study trends to make… Read More
Working Geek: How Convoy CTO Grant Goodale gets his best ideas A few years ago, Convoy co-founder and CTO Grant Goodale took up running after a close friend suffered a coronary… Read More
Working Geek: For 47 Degrees Co-founder and CTO Raúl Raja Martinez, less is more Raúl Raja Martinez is all about simplicity. Everything, from his conforming workstations to modest mobile device, is intended to help… Read More
Working Geek: The surprising daily ritual that helps Koru tech guru Justin Beals de-stress At Koru, a Seattle startup that helps companies vet talent using predictive analytics, Justin Beals has a tall order. “My… Read More
Working Geek: Dolly co-founder Jason Norris’ tips for keeping calm in a crisis Jason Norris is the man behind Dolly — an on-demand app for requesting a vehicle and a hand when moving big,… Read More
Working Geek: Where Ookla CEO Doug Suttles gets his best ideas Doug Suttles believes in wearing many hats. As CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based Ookla, he prefers a hands-on strategy for managing the decade-old company.… Read More
Working Geek: Zulily chief merchant Lori Twomey helped build a $1.4B business As Zulily’s chief merchant, Lori Twomey oversees a merchandising team of 500 people. But that wasn’t always the case. She… Read More
Working Geek: Rover CTO Scott Porad gets his best ideas when walking his dog, naturally Scott Porad leads the technology team at Rover, a Seattle startup that connects dog owners with boarders and walkers. So… Read More
Working Geek: How Black Pixel Design Director Tom Carmony manages a team across 5,000 miles You may not know Tom Carmony by name, but you’ve likely used one of his apps. He’s the design director… Read More
Working Geek: How Brianna Wettlaufer manages her time while running Stocksy By her own admission, Brianna Wettlaufer is “not particularly great at balance.” And yet, the Stocksy co-founder still manages to curate… Read More
