GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Rivas is the co-founder and former CTO of Limeade, an employee experience software company based in the Seattle area that went public in 2019 via the Australian stock market. He also serves as co-founder and CTO of Keme IX , a “Chakra Healing Hotel & Holistic Center” in Tulum, Mexico. .

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JANUARY 24, 2023

He spent 15 years at Boeing, starting as a chief engineer and program manager and serving the last seven years as a director. Kienberger takes over the position from Mike Hettich who served as CEO since 2019 and is retiring from the company. headquarters in Kirkland, Wash. as well as its global portfolio.

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GeekWire

MARCH 15, 2022

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Justin Friberg is an engineering leader who was previously CTO at Record360, which was acquired in 2019. Crelate, which launched in 2015 and has offices in Kirkland, Wash., million Series A round in 2019. PairTree has nine employees. million.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Vizio CTO Bill Baxter retired at the end of 2021 after seven years with the consumer electronics company. The longtime Seattle tech executive served as CTO of BuddyTV and Cozi Group, spent more than a decade on the board of the Washington Technology Industry Association, and co-founded Bsquare. — Jay Inslee. Vancouver, B.C.

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GeekWire

MAY 29, 2024

Consultation with local employee representatives, where applicable, will occur before making any final decisions.” After peaking at more than 25,000 employees in 2019, the company employed 14,800 people as of 2021, following a restructuring just prior to the pandemic.

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MAY 8, 2024

From left: Lexion founders Emad Elwany, Gaurav Oberoi and James Baird when the company launched in 2019. ” Diligent discernment From left: Lexion CTO and co-founder Emad Elwany; CEO and co-founder Gaurav Oberoi; and Chief Legal Officer Jessica Nguyen. He learned that companies were struggling to track contracts.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

She is a consultant and the former president and CEO of Laird Norton Financial Group. Adams joined the Seattle biotech giant last year as CTO. A Fred Hutch spinout, Adaptive went public in 2019 and has been leveraging its immune medicine platform in the fight against COVID-19. Bevier joined the F5 board in 2006. Mark Adams.

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GeekWire

MAY 20, 2024

Last month Overland announced that it won a two-year contract worth up to $18.6 Army and Defense Innovation Unit to develop its OverDrive technology platform for the U.S. In 2019 Boots returned to the UW, where he is currently the Amazon Professor of Machine Learning at the Paul G. million with the U.S. Byron Boots.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 8, 2023

Parkinson has served as RealWear’s CTO since co-founding the company in 2016. He also ran a RFID consulting company and was a senior engineer at Alien Technology. million in 2019, according to an investor presentation made public when the SPAC was announced. (RealWear Photo) RealWear , a Vancouver, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Dartmouth alum and world champion ultimate frisbee player later became the CEO and co-founder of Five Ultimate, an athletic brand for ultimate frisbee players that was acquired in 2019. Benn Bollay is now CTO at B2B software startup ReachSuite. based cannabis financial technology company POSaBIT promoted Chris Baker to COO.

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GeekWire

JUNE 14, 2023

It acquired Adaptive Technology Group in 2019. based startup Smarsh named Vinay Mehta as its new CTO. He previously worked as CTO and information officer at customer loyalty company cxLoyalty. Sybil Tasker was hired as the chief medical officer at Inventprise, a Seattle-area startup developing a pneumonia shot. .

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Founded in 2019, the platform provides an accounting-specific inbox for accounts receivable and accounts payable teams. The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara. Chief Technology Officer Bill Henslee , an entrepreneur and founder of e2b Teknologies. •

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GeekWire

MARCH 11, 2021

Former Facebook Director of Engineering Calvin Grunewald has left the social media giant after nine years and joined Playco , a Tokyo mobile gaming company, as chief technology officer. . Contract management startup Icertis added two new board members; Penny Pritzker, founder and chairman of PSP Partners, former U.S.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

After going public in 2016, Apptio went through a private equity buyout in 2019. Construction technology platform Katerra appointed Kris Beason as head of Pacific Northwest construction for the SoftBank-backed California company. Beason was previously a VP at HITT Contracting Inc. Kris Beason. Katerra Photo). DigniFi Photo).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

He joined SoundCommerce , an e-commerce startup founded by former Amazon executives, in 2019. based Cheq , a mobile payment platform for restaurants and concessionaires, appointed Jake Stone as chief revenue officer and Jim Castillo as chief technology officer. From left: Jake Stone and Jim Castillo.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The device has “continuous intracranial pressure monitoring supporting remote consults and new discoveries” according to the company’s website. The founders: BrainSpace CTO Stephen Morse is a mechanical engineer who has worked for a variety of companies, including global electrical and manufacturing company Flex. The Bothell, Wash.-based

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JUNE 29, 2023

billion in 2019 and Concur by SAP for $8.3 Kummert will return to Madrona as venture partner after serving as chief product development officer at UiPath. Shape Therapeutics named Adrian Briggs as CTO. She works as a biotech and pharmaceutical consultant at HH Consulting, where she helps investors perform due diligence.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Back in 2019, I launched ThinkFractional.blog and took advantage of the opportunity to learn a new platform – Ghost. Yes, I needed to replatform my blog, but I also needed a web presence for my new fractional CTOing entity. That was fun, and I found Ghost a nice improvement over Squarespace.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2022

Davidoff founded Atlas in 2019. Software engineer Bryan Andrade is a co-founder and serves as CTO. The value of its contracts with hospitals and health systems grew by 450% in 2021. He was previously VP of cybersecurity startup RiskIQ, which was acquired by Microsoft last summer.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Group14 Technologies Chief Technology Officer Rick Costantino (left) and CEO Rick Luebbe inside of the company’s commercial-scale manufacturing factory in Woodinville. Group14 Technologies , the Woodinville, Wash. billion in November 2019. It has offices in Tualatin, Ore. billion, up from $2.7

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The move was announced by Oculus’ consulting CTO John Carmack , who stepped down from his full-time role as CTO in 2019 to focus on his work as an independent AI researcher. Facebook is unlocking the bootloader of its discontinued Oculus Go headset and giving users full root access.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2022

based Dutch Bros Coffee as the retailer’s first chief technology officer. At Blue Nile, a Seattle-based online jewelry retailer, Gower was VP of technology. She was previously senior director of technology and product at T-Mobile and a consultant at Slalom Consulting. Doorstead raised $12.5

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

billion in November 2019. The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. based Puppet since January 2019. Founded in 2015, Convoy’s last valuation was $2.7 Steve Shure.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

And while the Seattle area still represents a fraction of the estimated 502 unicorns operating around the globe, Seattle venture capitalist Sheila Gulati isn’t surprised by the recent spurt. GeekWire story from November 2019 : Convoy raises $400M at $2.7B billion (as of November 2019). billion (as of July 2019).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Enterprise software startup Magnify announced Sajo Jacob as its CTO and a co-founder. Muppirala was most recently CTO and president of digital innovation at retailer Restoration Hardware, now know as RH. Pearce co-founded Fresh Chalk , a service to find local professionals through friend recommendations, in 2019. Sajo Jacob.

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Vox

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Rebellion Defense set out to disrupt the way the Pentagon handles new technologies. Founded in 2019, Rebellion wants to create AI-powered software for the military, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement. In 2019, Rebellion opened up a slick office in downtown DC, around the corner from the Apple Store.

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GeekWire

MARCH 24, 2021

NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. He began running Startup Haven full-time in 2019 and recently launched a Startup Haven accelerator. Seattle e-commerce startup Fabric added Umer Sadiq as CTO and Nevin Shetty as CFO. WTIA Blockchain Council Chair Arry Yu is a venture partner.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2022

2019 : Convoy raises $400M at $2.7B Helion co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Chris Pihl (left) with founder and CEO David Kirtley at their facility in Redmond, Wash. Industry : Sales contract management software. Founded : 2019. GeekWire story from Nov. Valuation : $3.96 billion (as of Sept.

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GeekWire

JULY 27, 2023

Wood previously worked as chief research officer at NCSolutions, a Nielsen-owned agency that helps consumer packaged goods companies target and measure advertising. Prior to NCSolutions, Wood owned and operated LWR, an industry research consulting firm. She held the position for more than a decade. iSpot ranks No.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 10, 2022

Principal accounting officer Kyle Piskel will serve as interim CFO after Cohen resigns. Cohen will work with Piskel and Adaptive in a consulting capacity during the transition, as Adaptive searches for a permanent CFO. Sirosh is currently CTO of real estate platform company Compass. That’s compared to $98.4 Vancouver, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

Rascoff, who stepped down as CEO of Zillow in early 2019, resigned from the Seattle-based real estate company’s board in April. He led technology and product operations at retailers Gap Inc and L Brands, and spent more than a decade as a consultant at EY. contract management startup Icertis. Arvin Patel. Eric Emans.

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GeekWire

JULY 19, 2023

The event went on a pandemic hiatus and is returning for the first time since 2019 under new ownership. Founded in 2021, the startup raised $8 million last year to fuel growth through partnerships and events. Lapham is the former CEO and board advisor of Asia Clean Capital, a solar panel developer in China.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Odegard joined the company in 2016 as chief scientific officer. Hunder joined Silverback Therapeutics at the beginning of 2019 and was most recently senior vice president of clinical research and development. Founded in 2016, Syndio creates HR technology that helps companies maintain equal pay and eliminate disparities.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The company: Founded in 2019, Cloud Paper makes toilet paper, paper towels, dishcloths, and tissues from bamboo. The company: Founded in 2019, Glue sells an AI-powered connection platform that uses machine learning and network analysis to find the connection opportunities among employees and teams.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 3, 2023

. “Kevin’s extensive experience across technology companies and forward-leaning approach to innovation make him the ideal leader to chart EDB’s future,” Great Hill Partners managing director Drew Loucks said in a statement. The Boston-based private equity firm acquired EDB in 2019.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

million in contracts, awards and demonstration projects that include partnerships with seven federal government agencies, and on Wednesday the startup is hosting Washington Gov. Aquagga co-founders from left: Nigel Sharp, CEO; Chris Woodruff, chief operations officer; and Brian Pinkard, chief technology officer.

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GeekWire

MAY 29, 2020

He is currently chairman of Locke Global Strategies, a consulting group, and a senior advisor and consultant for law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, specializing in doing business in China and the U.S. Banfield’s co-founder is Bruce Roberts , who is CTO of the new startup. ambassador to China and secretary of commerce.

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