The GeekWire Awards finalists for Health Innovation of the Year are dominated by ventures that aim to outwit cancer with groundbreaking new technologies. The contenders range from a newly formed… Read More
After nearly 19 years at Google, Umesh Shankar has joined Microsoft AI as a corporate vice president of engineering. Shankar, based in New York City, has focused his career on… Read More
Leaders and researchers at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center didn’t mince words on Tuesday when describing the potential impact of the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to overhead funding. If the… Read More
The fight now unfolding over the Trump administration’s sudden limit on National Institutes of Health grant funding could have deep financial implications for Washington state’s top research institutions. Those impacted… Read More
— Seattle sales automation company Outreach added two leaders to its C-suite: Chief Revenue Officer Nadia Rashid and Chief Marketing Officer Holly Simmons. Rashid was previously a senior vice president at… Read More
Seattle real estate tech company Zillow Group promoted Jun Choo to the role of chief operating officer. Choo replaces Jeremy Wacksman, who took over as CEO in August when co-founder… Read More
Tony Hoggett, the Amazon senior vice president overseeing the company’s worldwide grocery stores business, is joining Wonder, a delivery- and takeout-focused restaurant chain based in New York led by longtime… Read More
Anna Chen is joining Madrona’s Bay Area office as the longtime Seattle investment firm strengthens its presence in Silicon Valley. Chen is taking the role of investor and focusing on… Read More
Plenty of high school students plan to make careers out of coding when they graduate from college. And plenty of other students are probably planning careers as cancer-research scientists. But… Read More
