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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

GeekWire

Widner, based in Sydney, Australia, joined the Lighter board in 2018. ” — Uber appointed Sukumar Rathnam as its new chief technology officer. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. based Vettd.ai’s board of advisors.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

CIO Business Intelligence

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. By 2018, the Trainline platform was hosting more than 80 million customer visits a month, with more than 80% coming through mobile devices. “The

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Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

GeekWire

NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. Mehta joined PSL in 2018 from ExtraHop Networks, where she was CFO. David Zager is now a partner and chief design officer for PSL Studio. He joined PSL in 2015 as chief design officer. com CEO Jay Westerdal is a senior venture partner.

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Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

GeekWire

Former Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and chief growth officer effective April 19. Uber board member and former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns joined the advisory board of contract management startup Icertis. Teresa Carlson. Splunk Photo).

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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

GeekWire

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. A Microsoft alum, Grant has worked as a consultant and is a former Zillow director of product marketing. Sajo Jacob.

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Young and visionary: Meet the finalists for Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

Khanna previously co-founded Glia Intelligence, a machine learning consultancy for physical retail. He also worked as an AI engineer at Amazon Web Services and interned at Microsoft Azure. Neu participated in the 11th Techstars Seattle cohort and made it to the finals of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch series in 2018.

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Tech Moves: Smartsheet CFO joins Auth0 board; Outreach opens NYC office; Concure Oncology adds CEO; and more

GeekWire

He was lured back to gaming to work on the Intellivision Amico, a new game console with a retro look and feel first announced in 2018 and intended to make gaming a family friendly affair again. office in Seattle and hired Microsoft alum Benjamin Gauthey as VP of global strategy and business development. Vanessa Brewster Laughlin.

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