GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2022

And then today, another blockbuster unicorn boosted its valuation, with Seattle-based sales engagement software company Highspot raising $248 million at a $3.5 Of the 15 companies on the list, nine of the companies employ CEOs who spent time at the software giant, many in high-level executive roles. Founded : 2016.

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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2023

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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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Former FlyHomes VP of Marketing Amy Sellers was hired as chief marketing officer. Augmented writing startup Textio hired Jackye Clayton as vice president of talent acquisition and DEI. Tech leader and Microsoft Deputy CTO Lila Tretikov to lead Cervest Board of Directors. Katrine Fritz has been promoted to chief merchant.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. Roopesh Pujari has been promoted to CTO at marketing and advertising firm Publicis Groupe India. February 2022. Goel has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. Kamal Goel Web Werks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 6, 2022

CTO Juergen Mueller, SAP’s board member responsible for technology and innovation, has adopted it within his team, while Thomas Saueressig, SAP’s head of product engineering, has also tried it out with the team working on SuccessFactors, said Younosi.

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GeekWire

MAY 19, 2021

The news: DevHub , the Seattle software-as-a-service startup that is used by more than 179 brands and/or their agencies to build websites and landing pages, has acquired New York-based Brickwork, a retail tech company that powers local consumer experiences for leading brands. DevHub Photo). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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GeekWire

MARCH 24, 2021

NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. He left to join Tableau as CEO in 2016, Read the full story. . Gilbert is a co-founder of PSL Studio.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Kashyap joined Microsoft in 2016 after spending 12 years leading Qualcomm Ventures. Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Polyverse hired Curtis Brown as chief product officer. He was previously EVP and global chief technology officer for AOL and CTO for educational service companies Kaplan Test Prep, McGraw-Hill and The Princeton Review.

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GeekWire

MARCH 23, 2021

Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. He left to join Tableau as CEO in 2016. Seattle angel investor and cloud technology guru Charles Fitzgerald said the hire makes a lot of sense.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2020

Another heavily-funded Seattle-based startup, sales engagement software provider Outreach, announced plans to open a New York City office led by David Rubinstein. tax automation software company Avalara, search business InfoSpace, drugstore.com, and Nextel. “I The Seattle office will initially hire 10 employees.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

He served as CTO before stepping into the CEO role in 2014, two years before the company went public in 2016. The manufacturer of radio-frequency identification devices and software reported revenue of $65 million in the third quarter, down slightly from the year-ago period but ahead of analyst estimates.

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CTOvision

MARCH 14, 2017

Lustig and Sabett put it this way: Historically, M&A due diligence focused on “traditional” risk areas such as tax, employment and benefits, intellectual property protection, and contracts (inbound and outbound).

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GeekWire

MAY 20, 2020

During his time at Microsoft, Waldher held various roles on the Office 365 team. At the time of his departure, he was general manager of Microsoft 365. Seattle sales engagement software startup Outreach added Sue Bostrom , former EVP and chief marketing officer of international technology conglomerate Cisco Systems, to its board.

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2021

Seattle sales software startup Outreach, now valued at $4.4 Outreach has not yet opened its physical office in Atlanta but is already hiring there. Prior to working for the Redmond tech giant, Ollmann was CTO at NCC Group, IOActive and Damballa. From left: Mohan Achar, Neil Amrhein and Vlad Melnik. Outreach Photos). Damon Corey.

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GeekWire

MAY 29, 2020

Seattle-based Hiya, a caller ID startup that spun out of Whitepages in 2016, named Hillery Nye as general counsel and John Novak as SVP of marketing. Banfield’s co-founder is Bruce Roberts , who is CTO of the new startup. John Novak (left) and Hillery Nye. Hiya Photo). Vancouver, B.C.-based

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

He previously lead engineering and R&D at Houston, Texas-based BMC Software. “The PK founders have built a great company and I’m excited to be a part of the next phase of its rich history and growth,” said Venugopal. Event management software startup Hubb announced Dan Sperring joined the Vancouver, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

. — 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. Michael Morgan (left) and Preston Woo. Ossia Photos).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2023

CEO Satya Nadella, in a memo last week to employees about the job cuts , said the company “will continue to hire in key strategic areas. Microsoft said last week it will soon make ChatGPT available as part of its Azure OpenAI Service. Microsoft is one of many tech companies that have made layoffs in recent weeks and months.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Jeffrey Spector , co-founder of Seattle startup Karat which helps companies conduct technical interviews for software engineers. Prior to StrikeGraph, Beals was CTO at Seattle startups NextStep , which he also co-founded, and Koru. She joined the Seattle SaaS startup in 2016. Ada Developers Academy Photos). Tune Photo).

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

But rather than continue to retrofit existing Navistar trucks, Lu said TuSimple wants to build a driverless truck from the ground up so it can ensure its sensors and self-driving software can withstand the heavy conditions associated with long-haul trucking. It’s going through a lot of wear and tear,” Lu said. The roads are bumpy.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Seattle health tech startup Optimize Health has hired Todd Haedrich as CEO. million in September 2020 and hired three other new executives in August. Founded in 2016, CityBldr makes software that analyzes zoning and land data to assess properties redevelopment potential. Todd Haedrich. Optimize Health Photo).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2022

A company spokesperson confirmed Grosse’s departure and said the company would not be hiring a CMO in the foreseeable future. Oregon Venture Fund Partner Scott Sandler left his full-time role at the Oregon and southwest Washington-focused investment firm. Real estate property management startup Doorstead hired Philip Lee as CTO.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2021

Mason’s solution provides clients with custom-built hardware and software for single-purpose Android devices. The company originally launched in Detroit, participated in YCombinator in 2016 and relocated to Seattle. Reddit hired Jonathan Flesher as vice president of business development. DEI #BeCOME [link]. Reddit Photo).

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

He is the former CTO of Canadian startups Checkfront and Foodee. He is also a Hootsuite alum and was director of software development for the social media management tool after it acquired Brightkit, which McGuire co-founded. Chris McGuire. Thinkific Photo). McGuire joined Thinkific earlier this year as vice president of engineering.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 13, 2020

When Oracle Cloud Infrastructure launched in 2016, aiming to compete against the likes of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, it practically redefined the concept of minimally viable product, or MVP — with just one cloud region and a handful of cloud services. The Redwood Shores, Calif.,

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Vox

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

It’s putting some of the brightest engineering minds in the world to work on this project, acquiring virtual reality and augmented reality companies, hiring over 10,000 people to work on it, and backing the initiative with tens of billions of dollars. Facebook designs its mobile app software to run on Apple’s and Google’s operating systems.

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

It was inspired by an Onion headline, Yang explained: “ American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In Congress.”). He touted the time he hired a chief blockchain architect, Thaddeus Batt, for the state. Masks weren’t required indoors in Denver, and few people wore them. Thank you, GM.” “GM”

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CTOvision

JANUARY 23, 2015

But don’t worry, the company just hired a novelist as its Chief Futurist.). Mark Zuckerberg at the time indicated patience and the long-view in his strategy, but industry watchers don’t expect a device release until late 2015 or 2016. Let me know your ideas. He also writes at www.ShepherdsPi.com.

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CTOvision

JUNE 15, 2016

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