The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology is receiving a $10 million grant to support the training of new scientists and the launch of biotech startups pursuing therapies for human diseases.… Read More
Cynthia Tee is now chief technology officer for Smartsheet. Tee was previously senior vice president of engineering at the Bellevue, Wash., company for nearly three years. Tee worked at Microsoft… Read More
Expedia Group has appointed Scott Schenkel as its new chief financial officer, effective in early February. Schenkel was at eBay for more than 13 years ending in April 2020. He… Read More
— Pirasenna Thiyagarajan joined Seattle warehousing logistics and shipping startup Flexe as its chief technology and product officer. Thiyagarajan in recent years held multiple CTO roles at Bay Area startups.… Read More
— Symbl, a generative AI startup for conversation analysis, is reshaping its leadership ranks. Selvan Senthivel is the new chief technology officer for the 6-year-old Seattle startup. Senthivel was most… Read More
Seattle data analytics startup MotherDuck is expanding its nest with two new leadership hires. Frances Perry has taken the role of engineering manager. She was previously at Google for 16… Read More
Washington Research Foundation, a Seattle-based nonprofit that funds research and scholarship in Washington state, awarded more than $1.2 million for entrepreneurship training programs at the University of Washington and Washington… Read More
— Former Expedia executive Preethi Ramani was appointed chief product officer of Peerspace, a San Francisco-based marketplace for hourly venue rentals. Ramani was previously interim head of product at wellness… Read More
William Canestaro has nurtured a lot of startups. As managing director of Washington Research Foundation and WRF Capital, the foundation’s investment arm, Canestaro helps oversee a portfolio of 40 companies.… Read More
Washington Research Foundation has appointed a new CEO: Tom Daniel, former chairman of the University of Washington’s Department of Biology. Daniel will take the helm of WRF on Oct. 1… Read More
— Kate Johnson will become the new CEO of Lumen Technologies, formerly known as CenturyLink. She was also appointed president and will join the board of directors of the 35,000-employee company,… Read More
Somalytics, a University of Washington spinout developing tech to sense human gestures, body functions and eye movement, raised $1.9 million. The seed round was led by IP Group, with participation from… Read More
— Maggie Brady, previously a human resources group leader at fintech company Fiserv, is now head of people at trucking marketplace Convoy. Brady previously also led human resources teams at… Read More
Here’s a rundown of the top life sciences and health news across the Pacific Northwest this week. Sana Biotechnology will build a cell therapy manufacturing facility in Woodinville, Washington, nixing… Read More
When Juno Therapeutics launched in 2013, cell therapy was a nascent field. Early clinical studies were showing dramatic rates of remissions in leukemia patients treated with their own immune cells,… Read More
— Scott Torrey stepped down as CEO of compensation data company Payscale. A SAP Concur veteran, Torrey took over as CEO from longtime leader Mike Metzger in 2019. The company’s… Read More
— Law enforcement technology company Axon added former HTC Vive exec Chris Chin as vice president of immersive tech. In his new role, Chin will be responsible for Axon’s virtual… Read More
— Seattle startup Karat added a new board member and vice president of interview delivery. Twitch Chief Operating Officer Sara Clemens has been added to Karat’s independent advisory board. Prior… Read More
As the new director of the grants program at the Washington Research Foundation, David Shoultz joins at a unique time for an organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in science and… Read More
William Canestaro is keenly aware of the risk startup founders take when they go all in to start a company. But as a father of four, he’s more interested in… Read More
—NetMotion Wireless appointed Christopher Kenessey as president of the Seattle-based mobility management solution provider. He’ll lead the company’s global business operations, sales, marketing and engineering efforts. “Christopher has built an impressive track record… Read More
A local investment group would like to see the hometown research university commercialize its inventions, and now the Washington Research Foundation is handing over some funding to help make that happen. The WRF today… Read More
More innovations coming out of the University of Washington could reach commercialization thanks to a new grant from Washington Research Foundation (WRF). Xconomy reports today that the WRF plans to… Read More
