GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2025

LinkedIn) — The nonprofit Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) appointed Randa Minkarah as the its executive chair. Todd Persen, co-founder of Era Software. Era Software Photo) — Era Software co-founder and CEO Todd Persen has left ServiceNow , which acquired his startup in 2022 for an undisclosed sum.

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GeekWire

JUNE 25, 2021

Another longtime Amazon exec, Dorothy Li , took a job at Seattle startup Convoy as its new CTO. The former head of engineering and science at Amazon Web Services Health Jean-Olivier Racine joined Outset Medical as its chief technology officer. Read the story. Tim Collins (left) and Sharad Sundaresan. Gopuff Photos).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Choo was previously Zillow’s senior vice president of real estate software. ” Neal Oman, chief technology officer for Vouched. LinkedIn Photo) — Identity verification startup Vouched named Neal Oman as chief technology officer. Oman was previously CTO at Plunk, a Bellevue, Wash.,

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Bumble Photo) — Antoine Leblond , a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer. Leblond previously spent 25 years at Microsoft leading various engineering teams working on Windows, Office, and other products.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

She was most recently VP of finance at InterDigital, a mobile and video technology company. Figliolia was previously based in Shanghai where she held senior roles at software companies PTC and Autodesk. E-commerce startup Fabric hired Val Rupp as the Seattle company’s first chief people officer. . Oakland, Calif.-based

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Lockstep , a Seattle accounting software startup, has emerged from stealth mode. 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. • million seed round.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 26, 2024

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2023

UiPath also recently promoted Munil Shaw from senior vice president of engineering to chief technology officer of cloud. — Seattle biomedical research nonprofit Sage Bionetworks appointed Luca Foschini as president. Freed will continue to serve on the board of Bamboo Learning and as an advisor.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

Swift is a longtime Seattle-area gaming industry vet whose resume includes Valve Software (she helped lead development of Portal), Airtight Games, Amazon, EA, and most recently Google Stadia, where she was a game design director for the tech giant’s cloud gaming service. Paulen will continue to lead West Monroe’s Seattle office.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2022

Atlas Health’s software is built on a proprietary database of more than 20,000 medical financial aid programs. Atlas links customers with organizations that can alleviate some of these expenses, such as nonprofits that help cancer patients afford costly drugs. Software engineer Bryan Andrade is a co-founder and serves as CTO.

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GeekWire

MAY 18, 2020

The software is able to determine if the therapist is empathetic, detecting changes in vocal pitch and identifying phrases where the therapist shares their understanding of what a patient has said. The nonprofit is publicly funded and many of its patients are experiencing homelessness and other difficulties.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

Keiser was most recently COO of CRM software company Zendesk. He led technology and product operations at retailers Gap Inc and L Brands, and spent more than a decade as a consultant at EY. Intellectual Ventures named former TiVo executive Arvin Patel as chief operating officer of the Bellevue, Wash. . Arvin Patel.

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GeekWire

JUNE 14, 2023

He previously worked as VP of platform engineering at Paris-based carpooling platform BlaBlaCar and was an engineer at Chef Software. headquarters in Seattle, appointed Isabelle Guis as its new CEO of North America and global chief marketing officer. based startup Smarsh named Vinay Mehta as its new CTO. Portland, Ore.-based

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Founded in 2016, CityBldr makes software that analyzes zoning and land data to assess properties redevelopment potential. Satellite startup Xplore added former astronaut Paul Richards as co-CTO and chief engineer, based out of the company’s 22,000-square-foot facility in Redmond, Wash. . -based startup CityBldr.

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A CIO's Voice

JULY 1, 2014

I requested an application list to begin research and got a fragmented list of software. This was followed by more phone interviews with junior IT staff and a technology consultant. I also discovered that they were loosing contract work due to the lack of technology experience. Does this happen to the CEO or CFO?

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2021

. — Uber board member and former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns joined the advisory board of contract management startup Icertis. billion and sells its contract management software in 90 countries. billion and sells its contract management software in 90 countries. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., Icertis is valued at $2.8

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The infamous Israel-based NSO Group, known for its hacking spyware Pegasus, was placed on the United States Government's Entity List for engaging in malicious cyber activities, along with three other foreign companies, Candiru, Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE (COSEINC), and Positive Technologies.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Kelly-Rae left Amazon in September after just 10 months; she is now focused exclusively on a consulting business she founded 20 years ago, Chanin Kelly-Rae Consulting. Chanin Kelly-Rae now runs her own consulting business based in Seattle. She told me when I was at Amazon longer, then I could talk to her,” Kelly-Rae told Recode.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Kelly-Rae left Amazon in September after just 10 months; she is now focused exclusively on a consulting business she founded 20 years ago, Chanin Kelly-Rae Consulting. Chanin Kelly-Rae now runs her own consulting business based in Seattle. She told me when I was at Amazon longer, then I could talk to her,” Kelly-Rae told Recode.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2024

Never pass up the opportunity to have a conversation with someone, regardless of their level or area of expertise,” suggests Kevin Miller, CTO of IFS North America. “If Ross Meyercord, CEO of Propel Software, adds, “An accurate CIO job description should list two core attributes: thick skin and excellent listening skills.

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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. He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute. ambassador to China and secretary of commerce.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blaise Judja-Sato , founder of Seattle-based global health nonprofit VillageReach. 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. Vigeo Alliance President and CEO Cassandra Chandler.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

And then they started sending me to, you know, get training on how to formally do forensics and get all the software and all that kind of stuff. And then, you know, not pay any fair, fair market prices on any consulting. I went to a private school, and so did our CTO, Elliot Anderson. And so I started doing that.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

Steve Grobman, CTO with Intel’s security group had this to say: CNBC: Yeah, so I think that nothing is ever impossible. Roberts: All the research we have done -- both myself and fellow security consult all science and research In this area from retired retired pilots and Engineers and other individuals indicates otherwise.

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