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Tech Moves: Seattle startup TomboyX names new CEO; T-Mobile appoints general counsel; and more

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Prior to REI, she held senior marketing roles at Starbucks and T-Mobile. Former FlyHomes VP of Marketing Amy Sellers was hired as chief marketing officer. T-Mobile US appointed Mark Nelson as EVP and general counsel. T-Mobile also announced Broady Hodder as its new corporate secretary. million to date. He will start Oct.

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Tech Moves: Starbucks tech leader departs; former T-Mobile exec joins Ossia board; and more

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. — Starbucks Senior Vice President of Technology Wouleta Ayele has departed the Seattle coffee retailer to join California fast-casual restaurant chain Sweetgreen as CTO. She previously spent more than a decade leading IT teams at Seattle software company Attachmate. He also led T-Mobile’s financial services subsidiaries.

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GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

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Mobile remittance company Remitly remains one of the top-ranked startups at No. It recently hired longtime Amazon tech leader Dorothy Li as CTO. Founded in 2016, ShelfEngine offers grocers a tech platform to reduce oversupplying and waste. The top 10. 3 on the GeekWire 200. billion as of November 2019. Snapbar (No.

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Amperity lays off workers for second time in a year as part of restructuring

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(Amperity Photo) Seattle-based customer intelligence startup Amperity conducted another round of layoffs, its second time trimming headcount in the past six months. The company said at the time it had 375 employees and planned to hire. Derek Slager , who co-founded Amperity with Shahani, remains at the company as CTO.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s Brad Anderson jumps to Qualtrics in wave of pre-IPO hires; Elena Donio joins Databricks board; Hiya, Esper add startup vets

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A 17-year veteran of the Redmond company, Anderson was most recently a key Microsoft 365 leader, overseeing areas including engineering and deployment of Windows for large businesses, and PC and mobile device security. ” Other executive hires announced by Qualtrics include: • Stephanie Barton as managing director of the EMEA region.

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Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards

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But if they have one thing in common, it’s that they are growing their companies at a time when the broader tech economy is contracting. He served as CTO before stepping into the CEO role in 2014. Impinj went public in 2016. Ceze sold his last startup Corensic, a debugging software platform, to F5 in 2012.

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Tech Moves: Zillow exec Racquel Russell joins Bird’s board; new gig for startup vet Rebecca Lovell

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Zillow’s VP of Partner Success Racquel Russell joined the board of micro-mobility company Bird, known for its scooter sharing platform. Kashyap joined Microsoft in 2016 after spending 12 years leading Qualcomm Ventures. Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Polyverse hired Curtis Brown as chief product officer. Bird Photo).