GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2021

Axon maintains a significant engineering presence in Seattle. Former NASA Systems Engineer Nitin Arora is leaving Blue Origin to join SpaceX, according to a post on LinkedIn. Arora spent more than two years at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, most recently as part of the team building the space venture’s human landing system.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’ve learned so much … most importantly, I think, that I love being a fractional CTO, a role that allows me to make use of everything I’ve learned and experienced over a long technology-focused career. What’s changing, rather, is the entity I’m delivering through – a new company called Crafty CTO.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 3, 2018

No offense to software contractors, but given the choice I usually prefer to build software with hired employees. By signing on as employees, engineers demonstrate belief in the mission and commitment to the long-term success of the company.

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GeekWire

JUNE 14, 2023

Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering. He previously worked as VP of platform engineering at Paris-based carpooling platform BlaBlaCar and was an engineer at Chef Software. based startup Smarsh named Vinay Mehta as its new CTO. Portland, Ore.-based

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Apple hasn’t been all that vocal about its electric car project, but according to Bloomberg , the iPhone maker is hiring Tesla’s Autopilot software engineer to work on its EVs. He’ll report to Stuart Bowers, another Tesla ex-pat who previously served as the vice president of engineering.

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TechEmpower - Information Technology

MARCH 4, 2024

At TechEmpower , we’ve used LLMs as part of marketing strategies where you can find and classify companies, personalize outreach campaigns and have personalized drip campaigns. By automating routine and complex tasks alike, AI allows engineers to focus on innovation and strategic tasks.

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2023

From left: Lexion CTO and co-founder Emad Elwany; CEO and co-founder Gaurav Oberoi; and Chief Legal Officer Jessica Nguyen. Lexion Photo) Lexion gained a foothold by using artificial intelligence to help legal departments manage contracts. Lexion has established itself as a leader in the legal tech and contract management sectors.

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GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2021

After executive stints at Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Nike, Courtney Kissler is now the CTO and senior vice president of technology at Seattle online retailer Zulily. My goal is to help Kalshi achieve its full potential by combining the agility and focus of a startup with battle-tested engineering practice.”. Courtney Kissler.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. They’re all these brilliant individuals who have a lot to add beyond coding their part of the technical system.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Karat Image). — Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews , hired two new executives. Its software is used by tech companies such as Compass, Intuit, Indeed, Ford and others that need help interviewing engineers. Amy Sennett (left) and Scott Bonneau recently joined Karat.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Qumulo does not have an overall CTO. Technical interview startup Karat appointed Amazon vet and former Expedia executive Werner Koepf as SVP of engineering. The Seattle startup offers clients a community of “Interview Engineers” who use its software to conduct first-round technical interviews. Fukiko Ogisu. 98point6 Photo).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Prophia , a startup building a platform that scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised $10.2 Prophia’s users can upload PDF contracts that are analyzed by its software. Lexion , Advocat , and Clearbrief help legal teams sift through different types of contracts. Cameron Steele. million.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2022

— Mobile marketplace OfferUp hired former Splunk VP of Engineering Melissa Binde as its new CTO. Binde previously held senior engineering roles at Google, Nordstrom and Persistent Systems. She oversaw Splunk’s cloud engineering business while CTO at the software giant. based startup in June.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Seattle-based marketing software giant Marchex hired Holly Aglio as chief marketing officer. Seattle AI development studio Simply Augmented hired Larry Arnstein as CTO and Ashwin Kadaru as vice president of engineering. Kadaru spent time at Meta and Accenture. Penta previously worked at Amazon and Microsoft.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

“Cabin noise is drastically reduced as a result of not having a [gas-fueled] engine on the front of this thing. million, five-year contract from NASA to demonstrate electric propulsion technologies for aircraft, and has branched out to build hydrogen fuel cells as well as electric motors. She’s got the engine background.

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2023

He spent more than 23 years at Microsoft in various engineering roles, then was part of the leadership teams at UiPath and Apptio during their initial public offering runs. Kummert will join Madrona’s investment team, advising product and engineering founders, the firm said. Shape Therapeutics named Adrian Briggs as CTO.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Temporal co-founders Samar Abbas, CTO, and Maxim Fateev, CEO. Founded a year ago by former Uber engineers who previously worked at Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, Temporal has built an open-source microservices orchestration platform that can replace ad-hoc systems currently used by developers. Temporal Photo).

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2023

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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GeekWire

MARCH 15, 2022

The new positions in Seattle will primarily be data scientists and software engineers according to a career page list of current openings. Walmart is hiring right in the backyard of rival Amazon, which is based in Seattle and last year surpassed Walmart as the largest retail seller outside China. Its total headcount is 2.3

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The UK study also revealed that women of all backgrounds and ethnicities make up around 22% (approximately 424,000), compared to 48% of the entire UK workforce, with Black women in particular facing a wide range of obstacles, including discrimination and being accused by colleagues or superiors of being merely ‘diversity hires.’

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GeekWire

APRIL 5, 2023

Payscale Photos) — Compensation data company Payscale hired two new executives: Nolan Farris as president and chief operating officer, and Raj Cherukuri as chief technology officer. He took on that role after BeyondTrust acquired Bomgar Corporation, where Cherukuri was vice president of engineering.

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GeekWire

APRIL 3, 2023

From left: CTO Sriram Sankaran; CEO and founder Shashwat Srivastav; and Founding Engineer Igor Medvedev. Aivot Photo) A trio of former Dell EMC engineers are building a fleet of rentable robots to help companies crank out monotonous tasks amid a lingering labor shortage.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Preeti Somal joined Seattle startup Temporal as SVP of engineering. Temporal Photo) — Temporal, a Seattle-based developer productivity startup, hired Preeti Somal as senior vice president of engineering. She also held vice president roles at Yahoo, VMWare, and Oracle. billion after raising $103 million in funding.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The company, Yardstick , is making its debut today with a browser-based app that leads companies and hiring managers through the process of structured job interviews. The goal is to make better hiring decisions using consistent questions and processes, while incorporating culture and competencies in a way that can persist as a company grows.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 20, 2015

Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC) are pre-competed vehicles that enable any government agency to buy cost-effective, innovative solutions to meet information technology requirements. These vehicles are easy and fast for government to use, offering quick access to qualified IT service providers via streamlined contracting.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 9, 2021

Instacart has been building out its advertising business and reportedly hired more than 50 former Facebook employees based on LinkedIn data compiled by Silicon Valley tech news site The Information. The 9-year old company also turned to the Pacific Northwest for talent hiring former Porch executive Asha Sharma as COO in February.

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GeekWire

JUNE 24, 2021

She will oversee engineering teams building Convoy’s digital freight network that matches shippers with truck drivers. Last August the company hired former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom as president and COO. Goodale was previously CTO; he will transition to a new role overseeing the company’s carrier marketplace. .

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

“Ada was at a transitional point given the dramatic contraction in the tech talent market, and I am a builder/growth stage leader,” Sato told GeekWire. Britt Stromberg was hired as CMO at Seattle menopause health startup Gennev. . Britt Stromberg was hired as CMO at Seattle menopause health startup Gennev.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Jonathan Watson , previously VP of engineering at Clio, as CTO. Madrona Venture Group hired Sabrina Wu as an investor. Seattle recruiting startup Candidate hired Sean B House as VP of engineering and Krista Place as head of marketing. The company is now remote-first and hiring in the Seattle region.

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2021

Clubhouse has hired Justin Uberti, creator of the WebRTC standard and the Google Duo video chat app. He leaves Google after nearly 15 years at the company, where he was most recently the engineering lead for Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service and led the team that made the Stadia iOS web app. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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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. per month and $69.99

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 14, 2022

As a result, many corporate leaders who are used to hiring for IT now have to learn what makes a good product manager as they seek to fill these roles. We spoke to a host of experts, including product managers and those who supervise, hire, and mentor them, about what you should be looking for if you’re hiring a new PM for your team.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Cognitio is a strategic consulting and engineering firm established and managed by a team of former senior technology executives from the U.S. Government clients can now leverage all of what Cognitio offers by easy to use, pre-competed, Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC). Intelligence Community.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 13, 2023

Recruiting and hiring high-end IT talent is among the most challenging tasks IT leaders face today. The IT skills shortage is critical, with CIOs losing talented employees faster than they can hire them,” said Mbula Schoen, senior director analyst at Gartner, in a recent Q&A. “IT CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 3, 2023

In a LinkedIn post , Glick said that he was “passing the torch” to Anthony Girolamo , Flexe senior vice president of engineering. Seattle real estate startup FlyHomes , which helps people buy homes using a cash offer program, hired Andrea Collins as chief marketing officer and Dan Richards as executive vice president of mortgage.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

. — Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. The advisory council currently has 14 members including Microsoft Tech for Social Impact CTO Erik Arnold ; Vulcan CEO Bill Hilf; and King County CIO Tanya Hannah.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. 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. Lara Rogers. Flexe Photo).

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