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Microsoft’s former head of Windows and Devices design to lead Amazon Devices & Services design

Ralf Groene, a key figure in the design of Microsoft’s devices for more than 17 years, has emerged from a short-lived retirement with a new role, as the vice president… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet and Zillow add VPs; Zenoti hires CFO; Meta taps product leader

Eva Schoenleitner joined enterprise software giant Smartsheet as vice president of partner. Schoenleitner has extensive experience working in Europe and was previously the CEO of Crate.io, an enterprise software startup… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft chip VP goes to Google; WTIA gets exec chair; Era Software founder departs

— Rehan Sheikh, Microsoft’s vice president of silicon manufacturing, has left the company for rival Google. Sheikh called his almost four years with the Redmond, Wash., tech giant “the most… Read More

Tech Moves: Washington senator with Microsoft roots to lead Commerce Dept.; Remitly VP retiring

State Sen. Joe Nguyễn will become the next director of the Washington state Department of Commerce. Commerce manages economic and community development programs and plays important roles in issues including… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names CFO; former Microsoft AI VP leads new startup; Avante gets sales VP

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

Tech Moves: Allen Institute names new VP; Nordstrom board member steps down; and more

Julie Harris has been appointed vice president of The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group at the Seattle-based Allen Institute. Harris previously spent nearly 10 years at the Allen Institute for… Read More

Cloudflare VP joins Statsig as chief revenue officer at fast-growing Seattle startup

William da Cunha, a longtime tech exec who was most recently a vice president at Cloudflare, joined Seattle startup Statsig as its new chief revenue officer. da Cunha spent the… Read More

Former Amazon leader’s supply chain tech startup Auger names 11 execs after $100M Series A round

Dave Clark isn’t fooling around. Auger, the supply chain technology startup founded by the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO, named its initial 11-person executive team this week, two months after… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Expedia as new product chief; Avanade names president

Shilpa Ranganathan is back at Expedia Group as its new chief product officer. Ranganathan spent the past 16 years at Microsoft, most recently as a corporate vice president on the… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 and Esper hire marketing leaders; Amperity adds chief revenue officer

— Seattle-based networking and security giant F5 hired John Maddison as chief product marketing and technology alliances officer. Maddison was previously at California-based computer and network security company Fortinet for… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Google director unveils investment management firm; Treasury4 names new CFO

— Manish “Manny” Sainani, a former Google product management director, recently launched Hushh Technologies, a startup that uses artificial intelligence, statistics and other tools to generate investment insights and guidance.… Read More

Julie Sandler, managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, will shift to venture partner role

Longtime tech startup investor Julie Sandler plans to transition away from her role as managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, the Seattle venture firm that runs an investment fund and… Read More

Tech Moves: Former leaders at Qualtrics and AWS land CEO roles; VertueLab adds board member

— Jay Choi is now CEO of Typeform, a San Francisco startup helping companies create digital forms. Choi joins Typeform from Glia, where he was chief product officer. Previous to… Read More

WTIA CEO Michael Schutzler retiring after 11 years leading Washington state tech group

Michael Schutzler, CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), is retiring at the end of this year after more than a decade leading the group. Kelly Fukai, WTIA’s current COO, will… Read More

Amazon hires former Microsoft and SAP exec Julia White as new AWS marketing chief

Julia White, a longtime Microsoft executive who spent the past four years at SAP, has been named the chief marketing officer and vice president at Amazon Web Services. Raejeanne Skillern,… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow Group names new COO as longtime execs depart

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

Meet Amperity’s new CEO: Former Salesforce exec takes reins at customer data startup

Tony Alika Owens, a longtime tech exec who previously spent a decade at Salesforce, was named CEO at Amperity, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies collect and manage customer data.… Read More

Tech Moves: iSpot’s new CTO; VMWare exec returns to Microsoft; Expedia CFO to resign

— Nipun Dureja is now chief technology officer for iSpot, a Bellevue, Wash., company that measures the impact of advertising campaigns on TV and video streaming. Dureja was previously a… Read More

Expedia beats Q3 profit estimates as stock jumps; CFO to step down

Expedia Group topped profit expectations and met revenue estimates for its third quarter, reporting $4.1 billion in revenue, up 3% year-over-year, and earnings per share of $6.13, up 13%. The… Read More

Former Intellectual Ventures exec named CEO of startup destroying PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

After five years, four in-the-field clean-up demos, and more than a dozen lab tests, the “forever chemical” destruction startup Aquagga is ready to commercialize its technology with a new CEO… Read More

Tech Moves: Qualtrics taps Microsoft vet as CFO; F5 names innovation chief

— Qualtrics appointed Microsoft veteran Rachita Sundar as its chief financial officer and member of the executive leadership team. Sundar comes to Qualtrics from HubSpot, where she was senior vice… Read More

Ex-Zipwhip leaders back Ambassador, a ‘conversational commerce’ software startup

Ambassador, a Seattle startup that helps brands acquire customers via “conversational commerce” software, recently added former Zipwhip leaders to its team to fuel growth. Ambassador targets brands who use its… Read More

F5 reports $747M in quarterly revenue as stock surges 10%; company names new CFO

Shares of F5 were up more than 10% in after-hours trading Monday after the company beat estimates for its fourth fiscal quarter earnings report. The Seattle-based application security and delivery… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon grocery exec will join Marc Lore’s Wonder; AI2 Incubator adds venture partner

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

Tech Moves: Ex-Yahoo CMO joins Starbucks; Shape Therapeutics’ CEO steps down; Read AI grows team

Tressie Lieberman is Starbucks’ new executive vice president and global chief brand officer. Lieberman is coming to the coffee company from Yahoo, where she was chief marketing officer for the past… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names new CTO; F5 adds board members; Humanly hires sales exec

Ramana Thumu has taken the role of chief technology officer for Expedia Group. Thumu will oversee engineering operations at Seattle-based company, whose brands include vrbo, Orbitz, Hotwire, Trivago, and Hotels.com… Read More

Tech Moves: OpenAI nabs top Microsoft AI researcher; Lime taps Amazon VP as CTO

Sebastien Bubeck, a top researcher from Microsoft who was most recently vice president of AI and a distinguished scientist, is joining OpenAI. The Information first reported on Bubeck’s departure, describing… Read More

Amazon Web Services VP of AI, Matt Wood, is leaving the company

Matt Wood, the Amazon Web Services vice president who was a longtime champion of the cloud giant’s machine learning and artificial intelligence initiatives, is leaving the company after 15 years.… Read More

Tech Moves: Meta leader for Pacific NW steps down; Phase Genomics adds to C-suite

Paresh Rajwat this summer stepped down from his role as the Pacific Northwest head of office for Meta, which has more than 8,000 employees in the region. Rajwat held the… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS Startups gets a new leader; Zoom taps Microsoft vet as CFO

Amazon executive Jon Jones was named the new vice president and global head of AWS Startups. Jones was previously vice president for GTM (go to market), AWS Products and Services.… Read More