Square 1 Bank, a specialized technology banks, said Wednesday that it has bolstered its Seattle presence, to help grow the company's business in the Pacific Northwest. According to Square 1 Bank, Rilus Graham has relocated to Seattle to gro...

Portland-based Urban Airship, the developer of push messaging software for mobile software developers, said last week that it has named John Schroeder as its Vice President of Customer Success. Schroeder joins the firm from Nike, where he w...

The former CEO of Seattle-based Zumobi, Eric Hertz, has perished in a plane crash in New Zealand, according to Hertz's current company, 2degrees. Hertz apparently crashed his twin engine Beechcraft Baron into the ocean near Auckland, New Ze...

Seattle-based supercomputer developer Cray said this morning that it has named Prith Banerjee as a new member of its board, as well as Chair of the Strategic Technology Assessment Committee. Banerjee is the Chief Technology Officer of ABB G...

Seattle-based cloud automation software developer Opscode announced today that it has named Barry Crist, the former CEO of Likewise, as its new Vice President, Enterprise. Crist headed up Likewise until its acquisition by EMC Isilon last Se...

Todd Sawicki, the former Chief Revenue Officer at Seattle's Cheezburger, has moved on to blog monetization startup Zemanta. According to Sawicki, he has become President of Zemanta, which helps publishers and advertisers with their content ...

Bellevue-based Dreambox Learning, the developer of educational and math software for the elementary school market, has set a new CFO, the firm said today. The company said it has named Peter Biere as its Chief Financial Officer. Biere was f...

Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron, the developer of smart utility meters, said Thursday that it has appointed Lynda Ziegler to its board of directors. Ziegler worked at Southern California Edison (SCE) for 30 years before retiring last S...

Zettics, a developer of big data-based, mobile analytics software which has offices in Seattle, said today that it has hired a trio of telecom and big data veterans as VPs. The firm said it has named John Gillespie as SVP, Worldwide Sales a...

It looks like number thirteen is the lucky number for Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff, who was named one of the top 20 most powerful CEOs under 40 in a list by Forbes. The listing placed Rascoff at number 13 of the CEOs with the most power and i...

Portland-based Gigapan, the developer of hardware and software which enables very high resolution photography, said today that it has named Josh Friedman as its new President and CEO. Friedman was most recently COO and a board member at Rum...

Portland-based startup incubator Upstart Labs said this morning that it has invested in two companies, in a partnership with Rogue Venture Partners. According to Upstart, the two have invested in Juked, a music discovery platform, and Measu...

Seattle-based venture investor Madrona Venture Group is bolstering the firm's experience in the big data and cloud area, with the new hire of a Venture Partner. Madrona said it has added Ted Kummert, a 23 year Microsoft veteran, as Venture ...

Seattle-based enterprise cloud software firm Tier 3 said Wednesday that it has named Matthew J. Schiltz, the former CEO of Symform, as its new CEO. Schiltz has also served as CEO of DocuSign and CourtLink. Tier 3 is venture backed by Intel ...

Rover.com, the online marketplace for dog owners and sitters headed by Gregg Gottesman, has hired a trio of executives, saying it has named Scott Porad as Senior Vice President of Product Development, Susan Koehler as Chief Marketing Office...

Seattle-based Hark, the online site which lets people find and share sound bites from movies and other sources, said today that it has snagged the former head of Bing's homepage efforts as its new Director of Product Development. Hark said ...

Blake Krikorian, the co-founder and former CEO of Sling Media, and former member of Amazon.com's board, has officially been appointed Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, the company said today. According to Microsoft, the buy comes as a ...

Seattle-based F5 Networks said this morning that it has named two directors to its board. The provider of network shaping and traffic management devices said it has added Sandra Bergeron and Steve Smith to the board. Smith is CEO, President...

Seattle-based Airbiquity, which develops wireless services for connected vehicles, said Thursday afternoon that it has named Yusuf Nahmiyas as its Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Nahmiyas has 17 years of experience in inv...

Seattle-based Black Pixel, the developer of iOS and Mac applications, said this morning that Chris Clark has rejoined the company as Chief Designer at the company. Clark had most recently been at mobile payments firm Square, where he had sp...

Real estate site Zillow said this morning that it has named Chris Crocker as the firm's new Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, heading up the company's initiatives for the industry and developing strategic partnerships with brokers. ...

Silicon Valley investor Blake Krikorian has left the board of Amazon.com, the firm revealed in a filing over New Year's. Krikorian was the founder of Sling Media, the maker of the Slingbox. According to the filing, Krikorian resigned from A...

Portland-based software developer Urban Airship said this week that it is expanding its international efforts, and has opened up a new office in London. The firm, whose push messaging software is used by mobile developers, said it has poene...

Kirkland-based INRIX, the provider of traffic information and services, said this week that it has named Saul Gates as its new CFO. Gates joins the company from Coinstar, and also served at Microsoft and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. INRIX also ...

Portland-based Compli, which develops human resources and compliance management software, said today that it has named Jason Porter as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Porter was most recently at ID Experts, and also has served at Cin...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said this morning that it has named Michael T. Galgon, co-founder of aQuantive, to its board of directors. Galgon helped co-found aQuantive in 1997, and was there until its purchase by Microsoft in 2007. He then s...

Hark, the online site featuring entertainment sound bites, said this week that it has hired a Hollywood vet as its new Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy. The company said that Jeremy Laws was most recently Head of M...

Troubled security and access control systems maker Intellicheck Mobilisa's new CEO, Nelson Ludlow, has a message for his shareholders: things aren't looking so good for the end of 2012. In an unusual move, the firm released a letter from Lu...

Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron said this morning that it has named Philip Mezey as its new President and CEO. Mezey suceeds LeRoy Nosbaum. Mezey was most recently President and COO of Itron's global Energy segment, and also has served...

Bellevue-based Motricity said late Friday that it has ended the employment of Interim CEO Jim Smith, and appointed a new CEO and executive team. The mobile data service provider said that Richard Stalzer has been named CEO; Nathan Fong has ...

Port Townsend, Washington-based Intellicheck Mobilisa said this morning that it has replaced its CEO, naming Dr. Nelson Ludlow as President and CEO. Ludlow as most recently Chairman of the company's board. Intellicheck Mobilisa said that it...

Portland-based Elemental Technologies said this morning that it has added Sujal Patel, the founder of Isilon Systems, to its board of directors. Elemental develops video encoding and transcoding hardware, used to convert video content in re...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games announced this morning that it has set the new head of its free-to-play unit, Chris Williams. Williams was most recently at PlayFirst, serving as Vice President of Products & Strategy. He also has served at Luca...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said today that it has named Edmund O. Belsheim, Jr. as its new Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Belsheim was previously at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and also had served as President, COO, a...

Seattle-based F5 said this morning that it has tapped the Chief Information Officer and Global Head of Technology for Visa Inc., Michael L. Dreyer, as its new board member. Dreyer also has served as CIO of Inovant, Visa's technology divisio...

Apple has snagged Amazon.com executive William Stasior to oversee its Siri unit, according to a report Monday from AllThingsD. Amazon's A9 unit is based in Palo Alto, and provides all of the search technology for Amazon's websites. ...

Reed Hastings, the founder and CEO of Netflix, will not seek re-election to the board of Microsoft, Microsoft said Tuesday afternoon. Hastings will serve on the firm's board through his term, which ends in November. Hastings and Microsoft d...

Seattle-based lifesciences tool developer NanoString Technologies said this morning that it has named James A. Johnson as its new Chief Financial Officer. Johnson joins the firm from Relypsa, where he also served as CFO' he also has been at...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based embedded wireless products firm Radisys said Monday that it has named Brian Bronson as its new President and CEO, replacing Michael Dagenais, who the firm said has left the firm, as well as its board. Bronson was mos...

Redmond-based miniature projection display technology developer MicroVision said this morning that its CFO, Jeff Wilson, has resigned. The publicly traded firm did not say why Wilson is resigning, but did say that he will remain with the fi...

T-Mobile, which runs its U.S. operations from Bellevue, said this morning that it has named John Legere, the former CEO of Global Crossing, as its new CEO. Legere replaces interim CEO Jim Alling, who will return to his role as Chief Operati...

Seattle-based Zumobi, the developer of mobile apps that connect publishers with mobile advertising, said this morning that it has named John Flinn as its Vice President of Publishing Operations. Flinn has previously served at MSN and MSNB, ...

Internet portal Yahoo has snagged a new Chief Marketing Officer: Lockerz CEO and founder Kathy Savitt. Yahoo announced the hiring of Savitt Monday evening, saying that Savitt will directly report to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Savitt also has ...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor said Wednesday afternoon that it has named Roderick Nelson as a new, independent director at the RF IC provider. Nelson is at consulting practice Tritech Sales and SErvice, having previously se...

Kirkland-based UIEvolution, the developer of mobile interfaces and applications, said this week that it has named Tracy Wright Knox as its Chief Financial Officer. Knox was most recently CFO at drugstore.com. The company said Knox has nearl...

Seattle-based online real estate site Redfin said Wednesday that it has promoted Bridget Frey to the position of Vice President of Engineering. Frey was previously Director of Data and Analytics Engineering. Redfin said the new position put...

Portland-based startup Chirpify is setting its sights on the music business today, with the announcement of a new VP specifically aimed at the music industry. The company--which provides a system to enable e-commerce over Twitter--said it h...

Ashland, Oregon-based electric motorcycle maker Brammo said this morning that it has appointed Ron Luttrell as its new Director of Global Sales. Brammo said that Luttrell has previously worked with motorcycle brands Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Hyo...

Seattle-based mobile and social games developer Z2Live said Monday that it has named Lou Fasulo as its new CEO. Fasulo, who was COO, replaces co-founder David Bluhm, who becomes Chairman of the company. Z2Live said that Fasulo oversaw launc...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron is bolstering its San Francisco presence today, saying that it has named David Wu as a Venture Partner in its San Francisco office. Wu is an angel investors and entrepreneur. Maveron said that Wu w...

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies, the developer of molecular diagnostic tools, said this morning that it has named a new member to its board. The company said it has named Greg Norden, the former Chief Financial Officer of Wyeth, to th...

Renton-based Parallels, the developer of desktop virtualization and cloud services software, said early this morning that it has snagged an Apple vet for its board of directors. Parallels said it has added Bertrand Serlet, the former Senior...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said this morning that it has added John E. Cunningham, IV, the Seattle investor, to its board of directors. Cunningham also serves on the boards of Blucora (InfoSpace), AudienceScience, Qliance, and a number of o...

Portland-based Chirpify, the startup developer of a Twitter-focused, payment system, has hired on an American Express vet for its new vice President of Corporate Development on Wednesday. Chirpify said it has named Rayburn Chan as its VP of...

Bellevue-based DreamBox Learning, the developer of educational software technology, said this morning that it has named Jason Bedford as its new Vice President of Sales and Client Success. Bedford was previously VP of Global Sales for Black...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said late Tuesday that Thomas Nielsen, its CEO, has resigned. According to the firm, founder and Chairman Rob Glaser has been appointed interim CEO. Reasons for the resignation were not given by the company, with ...

Portland-based Forkfly, the startup which helps businesses provide their own deals and rewards, said last night that it has added Merrill Brown and Scott Kveton to its board. Brown is the founder and rincipal of MMB Media, a business and ma...

Portland-based AppFog announced this morning that it has appointed John Purrier, a former HP executive, as its new Chief Technology Officer. The developer of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) products said Purrier was most recently Vice Presiden...

Bellevue-based Atigeo, a developer of semantic discovery and data software, said today that it has added Gregory Akers, Senior Vice President of Advanced Security Initiatives and Chief Technology Officer within the Global Government Solutio...

Redmond-based PlayNetwork, the provider of music, messaging, video, and other content to businesses, said today that it has named Peter Lee as its Chief Technology Officer. Lee was previously at Technicolor, and has served at The Walt Disne...

Seattle-based Revenue Management Systems, the developer of software used by the airline industry to manage ticket pricing and inventory, reported today that it has named Eric Nordling as its new Chief Operating Officer. Nordling has previou...

Seattle-based Optify, the developer of search engine optimization and social marketing tools, reported Thursday that it has named Rob Eleveld as its new Chief Executive Officer. Eleveld also joins the company's board. Current CEO Brian Goff...

Deep Dhillon, the former CTO of Seattle-based Evri, the developer of real time news and discovery software, has joined a new startup in the health space. According to Alliance Health Networks, the operator of a network of health related soc...

Seattle-based GameHouse, the gaming arm of RealNetworks, said Tuesday that it has named a new Vice President of Operations. GameHouse said that Keela Robison is joining the company to oversee its mobile and downloadable games business. Robi...

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies, the developer of life sciences tools used for molecular diagnostics, said today that it has named Bruce J. Seeley as its Senior Vice President and General Manager, Diagnostics. Seeley joins the firm fr...

Seattle-based Big Fish, the developer of casual gaming titles, said yesterday that it has named Silicon Valley investor Bill Lee to its board of directors. Lee was CEO and co-founder of Remarq, whcih he sold to Critical Path in March of 200...

Seattle-based RealNetworks has named two new executives, to bolster its digital media strategy and product development. According to the firm, it has named Torrie Dorrell as Senior Vice President of Digital Media and Strategy, and named Rob...

Seattle-based SpaceCurve, which is developing big-data tools to enable the location-based services market, said yesterday that it has create a new, commercial advisory board to help it bring its products to market. SpaceCurve said it has ad...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec, the developer of bar code printers, RFID systems, and other products, said this morning that Patrick J. Byrne, its President, CEO, and board member, has resigned. Intermec said that its Chairman, Allen J....

Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, has resigned from the board of Groupon, after a board shuffling by the company yesterday. According to a filing from Groupon, which has been facing some issues with the firm's accounting, Schultz notifi...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games said Friday that Jeremy Lewis, the CEO of the firm, is stepping down and handing the company back over to Paul Thelen, the founder, and former President and CEO of the company. Big Fish said that Lewis will rema...

Kirkland-based INRIX, the provider of traffic information and data, said today that it has named Tracy Dow, the former Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Office rof RealNetworks, as General Counsel. Dow had been at RealNetworks since 200...

Seattle-based supercomputer maker Cray said this morning that it has appointed William C. Blake as its Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Blake, who has been on Cray's board of directors since 2006, was most recently Genera...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Radisys, which develops embedded wireless products, said earlier this week that it has named Hubert de Pesquidoux to its board of directors. De Pesquidoux is the former CFO of Alcatel-Lucent, having spent nearly 20 y...

Kirkland-based patent licensing firm Pendrell Corporation said Monday evening that it has named Mario Obeidat as its new Vice President of Licensing. Pendrell snags Obeidat from fellow patent licensing firm Intellectual Ventures, where he w...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said late Monday that it has named Tim M. Wan as its Chief Financial Officer, replaces Michael Eggers. Wan has been at Realnetworks for 12 years. The firm said that it selected Wan after a "thorough internal and e...

Seattle-based SpaceCurve, the venture backed developer of big data software for the location-based information market, said today that it has bolstered its development team. The firm said it has hired Charlie Barbour as its new Senior Vice ...

Seattle-based Zillow is ramping up its social media outreach efforts with a new hire, saying Thursday that t has named Jay Thompson, a real estate blogger, as its new Director of Industry Outreach and Social Media. Thompson was the founder ...

Microsoft veteran Dennis Durkin, who was most recently Corporate Vice President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer for the company's Interactive Entertainment Business--in charge of the Xbox--has left for game maker Activision Blizzard,...

Seattle-based Extrahop Networks, the developer of network analysis and performance management products, said today that Isilon Systems founder Sujal Patel has joined its board, and that former Isilon sales exec Eric Scollar has become Senio...

Portland-based Compli, which provides human resources, safety, and compliance management software, announced today that it has appointed David Childers as its new Chief Executive Officer. Childers joins the firm from EthicsPoint, where he w...

Portland-based ReVolt Technology, which is developing rechargeable, Zinc-Air batteries for the automotive and energy storage markets, said this week that it has named Tibor Kalnoki-Kis as its VP of Research and Development. Kalnoki-Kis was ...

Bothell-based Vertafore, which develops software for the insurance industry, has had a major executive shakeup. The firm reported Thursday afternoon that both its CTO and CFO are leaving the firm, and that it is looking for replacements for...

Seattle-based Redfin, the online real estate brokerage service headed by Glenn Kelman, has snagged Tom Vogl, the former Senior Vice President of Marketing for REI, as its new Chief Marketing Officer. The company announced the hiring on Mond...

Seattle-based Integrated Diagnostics, the developer of molecular diagnostic products, said this morning that it has closed on $10M in a third tranche of its Series A financing. The funding was led by Interwest Partners, and also included Th...

Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it has added a new member to its board of directors, John W. Thompson, the former CEO of Symantec. Thompson is currently CEO of Virtual Instruments, and has also served at IBM. Thompson was Cha...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based ClearEdge Power, the developer of fuel cell energy systems, said today that it has named Neil Starling as its Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Starling joins the company from TE Connectivity, and also has ...

Bothell-based Vertafore, which develops software for the insurance industry, said today that it has named Mark Craig as its Senior Vice President of Product Management, and named Bruce Winterburn as Vice President of Industry Relations. Cra...

Bellevue-based Tecplot, a developer of visualization software for engineering and scientists, said this week that it has named Rich Stillman as its President and CEO. Stillman has been at Tecplot since April of 2011, and previously served a...

Seattle-based real estate site Zillow is looking to strengthen its partnership with other companies in the real estate industry, by hiring a new VP to head up industry relations. According to Zillow, it has named Robert (Bob) D. Bemis to th...

Portland-based Elemental Technologies, the provider of video transcoding products and hardware, said today that it has named David Godfrey as its Vice President of Sales in Asia. Godfrey is based in Hong Kong. Elemental said that Godfrey jo...

Seattle-based thePlatform, which provides white-label, video publishing tools for broadcasters, said yesterday that it has promoted Alex Glass to CIO, promoted Marty Roberts to SVP Sales and Marketing, and appointed Michael Horwitz as its S...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Voyager Capital's Enrique Godreau, who co-founded the firm, is leaving the company, according to emails to Godreau to contacts. Godreau had co-founded Voyager Capital with Bill McAleer and Tony Audino back...

Redmond-based Microsoft said this week that it has appointed a new head of its public sector efforts, covering sales and marketing to government, public safety and national security, education, and other public sector customers. Microsoft s...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has added a new board member, Jamie S. Gorelick, to its board of directors, the firm disclosed this morning. Gorelick is a partner with law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, and also has previously hel...

Bellevue-based Limeade, which develops health and wellness software, said Tuesday that it has named three new executives to the firm. The firm said that it has named Brett Rubin as Sales Director, Sameer Halai as Director of User Experience...

Seattle-based Yapta, the online airfare tracking service, said this morning that it has appointed Matt Hulett, former President of Expedia Corporate Travel, to its board of directors. Hulett is currently President of the GameHouse division ...

Seattle-based Apptio, a provider of tools used to manage information technology services, planning, budgeting, and other processes, said today that it has named Dione Hedgpeth as its Vice President of Customer Success. Hedgpeth was previous...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games, the developer of casual games headed by Jeremy Lewis, made a high visibility hire Wednesday, hiring away former Rovio VP Wibe Wagemans as Vice President, General Manager, Mobile. Wagemans was most recently SVP ...

Seattle-based Zumobi, which develops mobile applications for media properties, said today that it has named Marla Schimke as its Vice President of Marketing. Schimke was previously at AudienceScience, and also has served at Microsoft and Er...

Seattle-based The TAS Group, a developer of sales performance automation software, said this morning that it has named Will Wiegler as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Wiegler was previously at BigMachines, a cloud software firm, and also h...

Kirkland-based Hipcricket, the provider of mobile marketing and advertising which is now a unit of Augme Technologies, said it has appointed Alan Sultan as its new Senior Vice President of Business Development, Channel Sales. Sultan was pre...

Seattle-based venture investor Maveron has promoted Jason Stoffer to Partner at the firm, the company said Thursday, from his prior role as Principal. Stoffer has been at Maveron since 2007, and has been involved in such companies as zulily...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of electronic design automation software, said yesterday that it has named three new execs. The firm said it has named John Lenyo as Vice President and General Manager of its Design V...

Seattle-based venture capital investor Madrona Venture Group announced this morning that it has promoted Scott Jacobson, Len Jordan and Tim Porter to Managing Director. Jacobson has been at Madrona since 2007, Jordan joined in 2010, and Por...

Portland-based Compli, which develops HR and compliance management software, said today that it has named Darrel Young as its Vice President of Development. Young has previously served at Epicore, along with other firms; the company said Yo...

Portland-based Urban Airship, which develops mobile notification software for mobile app providers, has snagged a former Skype executive as its new Chief Revenue Officer. The firm has hired Christopher Dean, who formerly had been Chief Stra...

Seattle-based Oncothyreon, which is developing treatments for cancer, said yesterday that it has promoted Diana Hausman, M.D., to the position of Chief Medical Officer. Hausman has been Vice President, Clinical Development at the firm since...

Seattle-based RealNetworks disclosed Thursday that its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Michael Eggers, has resigned. According to RealNetworks, Eggers has resigned to "pursue other career opportunities". Eggers had been w...

Seattle-based Calico Energy, the provider of energy data management and analytics software and services, said today that it has expanded its board of advisors. The firm said it has added Jesse Berst, Managing Director of Global Smart Energy...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based ClearEdge Power, the developer of fuel cell power systems, said this morning that it has named David B. Wright to its board of directors. Wright is executive vice chairman of GridIron Systems, and also has served at ...

Seattle-based BigDoor, the developer of web site gamification software backed by Foundry Group and Founder's Co-Op, has promoted two people to VP level. BigDoor said it has promoted Carrie Peters to Vice President of Marketing, and promoted...

Seattle-based Opscode, which develops cloud infrastructure automation software, announced today that it has named co-founder Adam Jacob as Chief Customer Officer, and hired George Moberly as Vice President of Product Management. The firm sa...

Electronic design automation products firm Mentor Graphics said late Friday that it has named Michael Vishny as its new Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Visny joins the company from Conexant Systems, inc., where he was SVP ...

Portland-based AppFog, which provides a platform-as-a-service for the cloud computing market, announced this week that it has named John Higgins as its Vice President of Business Development. Higgins joins the firm from Salesforce.com, and ...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace said today that it has named Eric Emans as its Chief Financial officer and Treasurer. Emans has been interim CFO and Treasurer for the company since August, and has been at the firm for seven years. Emans has previo...

Seattle-based online jewelry retailer Blue Nile said Tuesday evening that its CEO, Diane Irvine, has resigned from the company. The firm said taht Vijay Talwar, currently Senior Vice pReisdent and General Manager of International, will serv...

Portland-based ShopIgniter, the developer of e-commerce and social commerce software, said Tuesday that it has named Kevin Tate as its Chief Marketing Officer. Tate joins the firm from Dachis Group, where he was Vice President of Business D...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said Tuesday that it has named Thomas Nielsen as its new President and CEO, as well as board member. Nielsen was most recently VP of the Digital Imaging Group at Adobe Systems, which is in charge of Adobe Photosho...

Seattle-based Symform, the operator of an online, cloud storage service, said today that it has named Margaret Dawson as its Vice President of Marketing. Dawson was previously at Hubspan, and also has served at Microsoft, Amazon.com, Aventa...

Seattle-based F5 Networks announced this morning that it has named Manny Rivelo as the firm's Senior Vice President, Security and Strategic Solutions. Rivelo joins the company from Cisco Systems, where he was Senior Vice President, Enginee...

Kirkland-based Clearwire said late Friday in a filing with the SEC that former CEO and current board member Benjamin G. Wolff has resigned. Wolff had been on the board, and served in a variety of positions, including EVP, President, Co-CEO,...

Seattle-based BigDoor, the developer of web site gamification software, said Monday that it has boosted its team, adding for executives to the firm, and also said it has plans to hire 15 more employees over the next six months. The firm sa...

Seattle-based Skytap, which develops cloud automation software, said today that it has named Brett Goodwin as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Goodwin was previously at Isilon, and also served at RealNetworks and McCaw ...

Seattle-based Immune Design Corp., a biotechnology firm focused on molecular immunology, said today that it has named Guy F. Cipriani as its Chief Business officer. Cipriani was most recently at Cardiome Pharma Corp., and also has served at...

Kirkland-based Cardiac Dimensions, a developer of minimally invasive treatments for heart failure, announced this morning that it has named Omari V. Bouknight as its Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Bouknight was most recently at Thor...

Portland-based Rumblefish, which operates an online music licensing service, allowing users to add licensed soundtracks for online videos, said today that it has named Harry DeMott to its board of directors. DeMott is the General Partner of...

Seattle-based Qliance Mediacal Management, the operator of membership-based primary care medical services, said today that it has named Erika Bliss, MD as its President and CEO. Bliss replaces co-founder Norm Wu. Bliss was most recently Chi...

Seattle-based Korrio, which develops online software for managing youth sports teams, said today that it has snagged Steve Banfield as its Chief Product Officer. Banfield was most recentlyat Screenlife, a division of Paramount Pictures, hea...

TripAdvisor, the online travel reviews site owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, said Monday that it has named Julie M. B. Bradley as its Chief Financial Officer. Bradley joins the firm from Art Technology Group (ATG), and also previously serve...

Seattle-based thePlatform, the Comcast subsidiary which develops white label video publishing tools, announced today that it has named Michael (Mike) Horwitz as its Vice President of Engineering, and Tina Santos as In-House General Counsel....

Seattle-based ValueAppeal, the online property tax appeal service headed by Charlie Walsh, said Friday that it has named Eric Brown as its Chief Operating Officer. Brown joins the firm from Radiant Asset Management, where he was co-founder ...

Seattle-based RealNetworks announced this morning that it has appointed Judith Bitterli as its Senior Vice President of its Unifi, cloud services division. Bitterli has been at RealNetworks since last year, when the company said she joined ...

Seattle-based Powerit Solutions, a developer of energy management technology for the smart grid market, said that it has named Kevin Klustner as its new CEO. Klustner also joins the company's board. Kluster was most recently managing partne...

Bellevue-based Atigeo, the developer of semantics and data analysis software, said today that it has added Dave Olson, the co-founder and former SVP of Culture and Leadership Development of Starbucks, to its board of directors. Atigeo also ...

Seattle-based Docusign, the provider of electronic signature software-as-a-service, said today that it is expanding in Europe. Docusign said it is moving "key" staff and executives to Europe, including transferring its VP of U.S. Sales to E...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based ClearEdge Power, the developer of fuel cell energy systems which convert natural gas into electricity and heat, said today that it has named Phil Angelides to its Board of Directors. Angelides is president of Rivervi...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games, the casual videogame developer, said Tuesday that it has named David Stephenson as CFO. Stephenson was most recently VP of Finance for Amazon.com's North American Retail division, and also had served at Amazon'...

Bellevue-based Expedia said Thursday that its chief financial officer, Michael Adler, has decided to leave the firm. Expedia did not give any details on Adler's departure, however, said that Adler will remain with the company during a trans...

Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron, the maker of smart utility meters, said Wednesday afternoon that it has named Leroy D. Nosbaum as President and CEO. Nosbaum, who has previously served as Chairman and CEO, has been at Itron since 1996,...

Seattle-based Appature, which develops marketing software for the healthcare industry, said Tuesday that it has named Chris Broyles as Vice President of Customer Success. Broyles was previously at Microstrategy, and also served at Daptiv as...

Portland-based ReVolt Technology, a developer of rechargeable, Zinc-Air batteries, said yesterday that it has added two new members to its advisory board. The firm said it has added Mr. Helmut Waltersdorfer and Dr. Tibor Kalnoki-Kis, both a...

Bellevue-based DreamBox Learning, the developer of K-3 math education software, said this morning that it has hired on two new executives to bolster its executive ranks. The firm said it has named Greg Long as Senior Vice President of Produ...

Portland-based Urban Airship, the developer of mobile notification software for the iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry, said today that it has racked up its 5 billionth mobile message. The service--which is used by app developers to handle rea...

Bellevue-based Motricity, the mobile data services firm, said this morning that Ryan Wuerch, the firm's CEO, has left the company. According to the company, the firm and Wuerch mutually agree to terminate his employment with Motricity. Reas...

Bothell-based Vertafore, a developer of software for the insurance industry, said Thursday that it is shuffling its VPs. The firm said it has named Mark Sonders as Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Services, and that two of its VPs,...

Kirkland-based Clearwire said this morning that it has named Erik Prusch, the firm's Chief Operating Officer, as its new President and CEO, replacing interim CEO John Stanton. According to the provider of 4G wireless services, Stanton becom...

Seattle-based electronic signature firm Docusign said today that the firm's chairman is taking over as CEO of the company. DocuSign said it has appointed Keith Krach, the company's chairman of the board, as CEO. Krach has been Chariman of t...

Seattle-based Opscode, the developer of cloud infrastructure automation tools, said this morning that it has named Mitch Hill as its Chief Executive Officer. Hill replaces Jesse Robbins, who becomes Chief Community Officer. Hill was previou...

Seattle-based Zipline Games, a developer of game development software for iOS and Android, said this morning that it has named Shane Kim to its board. Kim is the former VP of Microsoft Game Studios, where he managed Halo, Gears of War, Fabl...

BlueKai, the provider of data management and analysis software which has offices in Bellevue, said today that it has named two executives. The firm said it has named Jon Ingalls as Chief Marketing Officer, and Sam Wolff as Chief Financial O...

Bellevue-based Coinstar said last night that Mitch Lowe, the President of the firm's Redbox video rental subsidiary, has resigned. The firm said Lowe has resigned to "pursue entrepreneurial and other interests." The company said that it has...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace has shuffled Eric Emans into its CFO position, after its former CFO, David Binder, departed to Blue Nile. InfoSpace said that Emans will serve as Interim CFO until the company finds a permanent successor. Emans is t...

Seattle-based Blue Nile, the online diamond and jewelry retailer, said Thursday that it has named David Binder as its Chief Financial Officer. Binder takes over from Vijay Talwar, who had been serving as interim CFO. The firm said Talwar re...

Seattle-based Livemocha, the online site focused on language learning, said this week that it has named Damon Lanphear as its Vice President of Engineering and Technology. Lanphear has previously served at such firms as RealNetworks and Med...

Seattle-based Skytap, which develops cloud automation software, said Monday that it has named Brian White as its Vice President of Products. White has previously been involved with Amazon Web Services (AWS), HP, Opsware, iConclude, Microsof...

Bellevue-based Likewise, the developer of security and storage software, said Thursday that it has named Gerald (Jerry) Carter as its Chief Technology Officer. Carter has previously served at such firms as HP and VA Linux, and also is the a...

Kirkland-based ICO Global Communications, the provider of telecommunications services, said today that it has added a slew of new executives to the firm. According to the company--which is in the midst of renaming itself the Pendrell Corpor...

Seattle-based thePlatform, the provider of white-label, video publishing tools which is owned by Comcast, said Wednesday that it has named Simon McGrath as its General Manager of Europe. McGrath joins the firm from SeaChange International, ...

Bellevue-based Coinstar said today that it has named the former CEO of GPS equipment firm Magellan Corporation to its board. Coinstar said Nelson C. Chan joins its board of directors effective Tuesday. Nelson was CEO of Magellan from Decemb...

Bellevue-based Tier 3, a provider of a cloud computing platform, said today that it has named Mark Adams, Chief Development Officer at Equinix, to its board of directors. Adams has been at Equinix since 2008, and also has served at Electro...

Vancouver, Washington-based Panther Systems, a developer of quality control and automation software for the pulp, paper, and tissue industry, said last week that it has named Phil Farmer as its new CEO. Farmer has previously served at paper...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said this morning that it has promoted Scott Uomoto to Senior Vice President. Uomoto has been at RealNetworks for more than nine years, and oversees the firm's sales, marketing, and operations of its RealPlayer, S...

Seattle-based Symform, which offers up cloud-based, data storage services, reported Monday evening that it has named Matthew Schiltz as its new CEO. Schiltz was previously President and CEO of DocuSign, and also has served at CourtLink and ...

Seattle-based Media Systems, the developer of mobile Internet software and predictive analytics technology, said Thursday that it has named Prabuddha Biswas as its Senior Vice President, Engineering. Biswas joins the firm from VMware, leadi...

Bellevue-based Her Interactive, which develops the line of Nancy Drew-themed videogames aimed at female videogame players, said Wednesday that it has named a new CEO. The firm said it has added Stuart Moulder as CEO. Former CEO Megan Gaiser...

Seattle-based PitchBook, which provides private equity research and data, said today that it has named Matt Bell as its Chief Operating Officer. Bell joins the firm from Skytap, the cloud computing provider. Bell has also served at Azaleos,...

The Northwest Entrepreneur Network said today that it has named Daniel Rossi as its new Executive Director. Rossi was most recently co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Nanocel, and also had served at the Seattle Times and Morris Visitor...

Portland-based ReVolt Technology, a developer of Zinc-Air battery technology, said today that it has added three to its advisory board. The firm said it has added Richard Doisneau, Norm Allen, and David Dornheim to the advisory board. Doisn...

Seattle-based Optimum Energy, a developer of software used for managing energy efficiency in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, said today that it has named Mark Bretl as Vice President of Products and technology. Br...

Seattle-based AdXpose, which provides advertising optimization and verification services, announced today that it has named Jeff Lanctot, the former Chief Strategy Officer of Razorfish, to its board. Lanctot was most recently an exec at Mic...

Bingen, Washington-based Insitu, the maker of unmanned aircraft systems, has a new CEO, according to parent firm Boeing. The Boeing Company said that it has named Steve Morrow as President and CEO of the firm, succeeding Steve Sliwa. Morrow...

Bellevue-based Internet search service firm InfoSpace said today that it has made Bill Ruckelshaus its official President and CEO. Ruckelshaus has been serving as President and Acting CEO of the firm since November. Ruckelshaus was previous...

Seattle-based casual gaming firm WildTangent said last night that it has promoted Bill Clifford to Senior Vice President and General Manager, WildTangent Media. Clifford--who has been at WildTangent for 10 years--was most recently VP of Adv...

Bellevue-based Global Market Insite (GMI), the provider of global market research technology and services, reported this morning that it has promoted Jon Puleston to VP of Innovation, Mitra Asilzadeh to VP of International Service Operation...

Port Townsend, Washington-based Intellicheck Mobilisa, the developer of identification systems and technology, said this morning that it has named a new CEO and appointed current CEO Nelson Ludlow to Chairman. The firm has named Steve Willi...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace announced Monday that it has added Steve Hooper, founding partner of venture capital firm Ignition Partners, to its board of directors. Hooper is the eighth board member for the firm, which says it is also seeking a...

Seattle-based EveryMove, a developer of personal technology aimed at helping people manage and improve their health, said today that it has added Marcelo Calbucci as Chief Technology Officer of the firm, along with inking a deal with Premer...

Redmond-based Microsoft announced this morning that it has named Chris Caposella as Senior Vice President of its Consumer Channels and Central Marketing Group. The new group includes all of Microsoft's Retail, Mobile Operator and Distributi...

Bellevue-based eMagin, a developer and manufacturer of active matrix, OLED microdisplays, said today that it has named Jerome T. Carollo as Senior Vice President, Business Development. Carollo joins from Intevac Vision Systems, and also has...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec, the developer of barcode, RFID, and other supply chain tracking products, reported today that its CEO, Patrick J. Byrne, underwent a minimally invasive coronary bypass procedure on Friday. Intermec said B...

Bothell-based Vertafore, which develops software for insurance agents, said this morning that it has named Sharath Dorbala as Senior Vice President of Product Management. Dorbala joins the firm from Amdocs, where he was for the last nine ye...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said Monday afternoon that CEO Robert Kimball has resigned. Kimball had been since January of last year. RealNetworks said its board has appointed Mike Lunsford as interim CEO, while it searches for a new CEO. Lun...

Seattle-based Blue Rooster, a provider of interactive technology consulting and web site development, said today that it has opened up a New York office. The company also said it has hired William 'Kip' Wagner as Vice President of Sales, No...

Seattle-based supercomputer maker Cray said Tuesday that it has cut approximately 52 employees, as part of a workforce restructuring. According to an SEC filing by the firm, the cuts were needed to "rebalance headcount" into areas of future...

Seattle-based Varolii, the developer of employee and customer communications services, said Tuesday that it has named David McCann as its President and CEO. McCann was most recently at Microsoft, serving as general manager of the Windows Se...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based RadiSys, the publicly held developer of hardware and software for the networking market, said yesterday that it has added a new board member. The firm said that it added David Nierenberg, President of shareholder Nie...

Seattle-based BigDoor, which develops "gamification" software to encourage users to interact with web sites, said today that it has added Matt Shobe as Chief Design Officer. Shobe was most recently at Google, and was a co-founder of FeedBur...

Seattle-based BigDoor, which develops "gamification" software to encourage users to interact with web sites, said today that it has added Matt Shobe as Chief Design Officer. Shobe was most recently at Google, and was a co-founder of FeedBur...

Kirkland-based Clearwire said Thursday afternoon that CEO Bill Morrow has resigned from the firm's board and as CEO. Clearwire said that Morrow departs for "personal reasons", and will be replaced by John Stanton, current the Chairman of th...

Portland-based Compli, the developer of HR and compliance management software, announced this morning that it has appointed Jeremy Davey as Vice President of Engineering. Compli says that Davey joins the firm from Vesta Corporation, and als...

Social gaming firm Zynga has bolstered its new Seattle offices, hiring away Neil Roseman, the former CEO of Evri, to lead its engineering and product development office here, according to a story at BusinessWeek. Roseman has previously serv...

Renton, Washington-based Parallels, which develops desktop virtualization software which allows Mac users to run Windows, said today that it has named Birger Steen as CEO. Steen was most recently President of the company, and had previously...

Bend, Oregon-based G5, a provider of search marketing services for mid-market companies, said Monday that it has appointed Ilene Vogt as Senior Vice President of Sales and Services. Vogt joins the firm from Accelerys Corporation, and also s...

Seattle-based doxo, the provider of online billing and bill management services headed by Steve Shivers, said this morning that Thomas Layton, the former CEO of OpenTable, participated in the firm's latest venture capital funding round. Dox...

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies, a developer of life sciences tools, said today that it has named two VPs. the firm said it has hired Chris Grimley as Vice President of Marketing and Katherine Webster as Vice President of Worldwide Sa...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron has joined the list of investors in daily deals site Groupon, Maveron said Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Maveron purchased shares of the firm from employees and existing...

Seattle-based Opscode, a developer of cloud automation software, said today that it has named Christopher BRown as the firm's Chief Technology Officer, and shifted founder Adam Jacob to the position of Chief Product officer. Brown was most ...

Bellevue-based Ignition Venture Management announced this morning that it has added Frank Artale as a Managing Director and general partner at the firm. Artale was CEO of Consera, an Ignition portfolio firm, and also served at XenSource, Re...

Portland-based Rentrak, a provider of media measurement services for the advertising, television, and entertainment industry, said today that it has named Chris Wilson as President of Linear Television. Wilson was most recently CEO and Pres...

Bend, Oregon-based Alchemy Solutions, a developer of software to help companies migrate their mainframe software to Microsoft .NET, said today that it has named Jim Harrer as President of the firm. Harrer has previously served at Mustang So...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games said this morning that it has added Geoff Entress to its board of directors. Entress is a venture partner with Voyager Capital and an active investor in the local area. According to Jeremy Lewis, president and C...

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies, a developer of molecular diagnostics equipment being developed to count large sets of target molecules in biological samples, said it has named J. Wayne Cowens, M.D., as its Chief Medical Officer. Cowe...

Seattle-based Enprecis, an online information provider for the automotive industry, said today that it has named Vincent Dupray General Manager for Europe. Enprecis said that Dupray joins from TNS, and has also worked for Novalys, Polk, and...

Seattle-based Opscode, a developer of software used for automating configuration and infrastructure in enterprises, announced Wednesday that it has named Todd Feinroth as Chief Revenue Officer, and Jay Wampold as Director of Marketing and C...

Seattle-based Calypso Medical Technologies, a developer of technology to track tumors, announced yesterday that it has named Edward Vertatschitsch as its President and CEO. Vertatschitsch has been at the firm since 2003, and was most recent...

Portland-based Elemental Technologies, a provider of massively parallel video processing products based on graphical processing unit (GPU) cores, said today that it has scored new funding from stratic investor Citrix Systems. The firm also ...

Infratel, a provider of call center software for small and mid sized businesses, said Friday that it has set up shop in Seattle. The firm said that Seattle will serve as the firm's North America headquarters, headed by Jim Southwell. Infrat...

Seattle-based AdReady, which provides display advertising software, said today that it has named Matt Carr Senior Vice President of Product and Business Development, and Randy Wootton Senior Vice President of Sales, Service, and Marketing. ...

Craig O. McCaw, the chairman of Kirkland-based Clearwire, is resigning from the firm's board, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. According to Clearwire, McCaw is resigning from the company's board, effective December 31, 2010. Ac...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace said Monday that it has named John E. Cunningham, IV, as Chairman of its board. Cunningham is a general partner at Clear Fir Partners, and has served on InfoSpace's board since July of 1998. InfoSpace said the move ...

Portland-based Integra Telecom said late Thursday that it has named Steve Zimba as the firm's Chief Marketing Officer. Zimba joins the firm from Cbeyond, where he was Vice President of Marketing and Products. Zimba also has served at BellSo...

Seattle-based Mixpo, a provider of video advertising products, said Tuesday that it has named Naomi Kagan as its Senior Vice President of Client Operations. Kagan was most recently Senior Director of Microsoft's Customer Service and Support...

Seattle-based RealNetworks announced today that it has named Judith Bitterli as the firm's new Chief Marketing Officer. The firm said Bitterli was most recently providing strategic marketing consulting for Real, focused on its upcoming laun...

Bellevue-based Apptio said this week that it has named two new executives. The firm, which develops technology business management software, said it has named Jeff Saling as Vice President of Customer Success, and Jeff Gerber as Enterprise ...

Seattle-based AppStoreHQ, which develops a smart phone application discovery engine, said today that it has named Scott Blanksteen as CEO. Blanksteen was most recently at IceBreaker, and also has served at QPass and Amdocs. AppStoreHQ was f...

Portland-based Elemental Technologies, which is developing massively parallel, video processing products, said today that it has named Lyman Potts as Chief Operating Officer of the company. Potts joins Elemental from Fios, where he was COO ...

Seattle-based online diamond and jewelry retailer Blue Nile said Thursday that its CFO, Marc Stolzman, has resigned. The firm said that Stolzman has left to "pursue other interests" effective November 24th. Blue Nile said it has appointed V...

Bellevue-based Lagotek, the developer of building and home automation and energy management systems, said Tuesday that it has named Phil Herres as the firm's new Chief Executive Officer. Herres takes over from Eugene Luskin, who remains Cha...

Portland-based Lynguent, a designer of software used to simulate analog and mixed signal IC designs, said last night that it has added Jack Saltich to its advisory board. Saltich is interim CEO and chairman of the board of Vitex Systems, an...

Seattle-based Off & Away, the startup online travel auction site backed by Madrona Ventures, said this morning that it has added Brad Gerstner to its board of directors. Gerstner is founder and CEO of Altimeter Capital Management, and also ...

Seattle-based Vulcan Inc., the investment firm of Paul G. Allen, said this morning that it has named Paul Ghaffari as the Chief Investment Officer of Vulcan Capital. Ghaffari was most recently at Palatine Hill Partners, an investment firm h...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace said today that William J. Lansing, the firm's CEO, has left the company, and will be replaced by board member William (Bill) J. Ruckelshaus. According to InfoSpace, Lansing will be "pursuing other interests"; no ot...

Bend, Oregon-based G5, a provider of local marketing servies for companies, said today that it has named Coby Randquist as the firm's new Vice President of Engineering. Randquist was most recently at AT&T Interactive, managing that firm's d...

Bothell-based OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals said this morning that it has named Michelle Burris as Executive Vice President, Operations, and Chief Financial Officers. Burris is currently a member of the firm's board, and previously served at SV...

Portland-based Lynguent, a developer of simulation software for the analog and mixed signal integrated circuit market, said late Monday that it has added Erroll Moore to its board of directors. Moore is currently Corporate Vice president an...

Seattle-based Uptake Medical, a developer of treatments for emphysema, said today that it has named Dr. Steven Kesten as its Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. Uptake said that Dr. Kesten has previously served at Boehringer Ingelheim...

Tom Munro, the former CFO of Seattle-based Ontela, has officially been named CEO of Denver-based Photobucket, Photobucket said Tuesday. Photobucket, which offers up photo sharing services, had merged with Ontela back in December of 2009, wi...

Bellevue-based Coinstar said Thursday that it has named Mary A. Leonard as the firm's Chief Performance Officer. Leonard was most recently Senior Vice President of Operations for Coinstar's redbox subsidiary. Coinstar said that Leonard repl...

Portland-based ShopIgniter said today that it has named Dave Hersh, CEO and Chairman of Jive Software to its board of directors. ShopIgniter, which makes e-commerce software which taps into social media and social networks, said Hersh's soc...

Seattle-based Geospiza, the developer of genetic analysis software, announced today that it has added Dr. Bruce Montgomery to its board of directors. Montgomery was most recently Senior Vice President of Respiratory Therapeutics at Gilead S...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron has snagged a former executive of social gaming firm Zynga as its newest entrepreneur-in-residence. According to Maveron, it has added Andrew Trader, the former Vice President of Sales and Business...

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect, is stepping down from his position, but will remain at the firm, according to an email from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that was released to the press Monday afternoon. According to the email...

Seattle-based Adapx, the developer of digital pen capture technology, is announcing this morning that it has added Chris Weber to the firm's board of directors. Weber is the former Corporate Vice President for the U.S. Enterprise and Partne...

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies, a developer of equipment for counting target molecules in biological samples, said this morning that it has named Barney Saunders, Ph.D., as its Chief Commercial Officer. Saunders was most recenlty at ...

The "small investment" in Seattle-based Redfin by CarMax CEO Austin Ligon last week was worth $269,495, according to recent regulatory filings from the real estate site. The funding looks to be an extension of the last funding announced by ...

Kirkland-based Clearwire just announced this morning that three of its directors--Daniel R. Hesse, Keith O. Cowan, and Steven L. Elfman--have resigned from its board, all of whom are officers of Sprint Nextel, and who were nominated to its ...

Seattle-based Apptio, which develops software-as-a-service for managing IT operations, said today that it has added Rajeev Singh, the president and COO of Concur, to its board. Singh is a co-founder of Concur, and also sits on its board. Si...

Seattle-based real estate website Zillow said today that it has promoted Spencer Rascoff from COO to CEO. According to the firm's former CEO, Rich Barton, he has become Executive Chairman of the company's board. Rascoff has been at Zillow f...

Portland-based Lynguent, a provider of software simulation tools for analog and mixed signal semiconductors, said today that it has named Sam Young as its new President and CEO. Young joins the firm from Contour Semiconductor. Founder and f...

Seattle-based F5 Networks, a provider of load balancing and other networking hardware, said this morning that it has added John Chapple, President of Hawkeye Investments, to its board. Chapple also sits on the boards of Leap Wireless, CBeyo...

Seattle-based Onvia said Friday, via a regulatory filing, that the firm has named Henry Riner as its President and CEO. Riner was most recently CEO of OSG Billing Services, a provider of web-based invoice and statement printing services, an...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said Thursday that it has added Janice Roberts, a managing director at venture capital firm Mayfield Fund, to its board of directors. Roberts has also served at 3Com Ventures, 3Com, and other firms. RealNetworks s...

Bellevue-based DreamBox Learning, a supplier of educational math instruction software, announced this morning that it has added Ms. Jessie Woolley-Wilson as the firm's Chief Executive Officer. The firm said the appointment is directly relat...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based RadiSys, a developer of embedded hardware platforms used in the telecom industry, said Thursday that it has added Niel Ransom to its board of directors. Ransom was the CTO of Alcatel, and also has served at BellSouth...

Seattle-based Enprecis, a supplier of software to automotive OEMs, reported today that it has named Mike Berry as Director of Finance at the firm Berry was most recently a Technology Investment Banker at KeyBanc Capital Markets, and has als...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Micro Power Electronics, a developer of mission critical custom battery systems, said Monday that it has named Brett Dickson as the firm's Vice President of Operations. Dickson joins the company from Prairie Technica...

Seattle-based Getty Images announced Monday afternoon that it has appointed Bart Catalane as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Catalane was most recently at webloyalty.com, and also has served at TMP Worldwide, Capital Cities/ABC's Te...

Bothell-based ultrasound developer SonoSite said Thursday thta Kirby L. Cramer, the firm's Chairman of the board, has retired. The firm said that Cramer will be replaced on the board by Robert G. Hauser, M.D. Cramer has been involved in Son...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Virtensys, a developer of PCI-express based I/O virtualization systems, said today that it has named Peter Hayden to its board of directors. Hayden was the co-founder of storage firm EqualLogic, which was acquired by...

Seattle-based PopCap Games announced today that it has added Rick Fox to the company's board. Fox has previously served at Ernst & Young, Wall Data, and CyberSafe Corporation, and also currently sits on the boards of Orbitz, Premera Blue Cr...

Portland-based ClearEdge Power, which is developing energy equipment which converts natural gas to electricity and heat, said today that it has named Dane C. Smith as Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development. Smit...

Bellevue-based UC4 Software, a developer of IT service automation software, announced today that it has named Siddharth (Sidd) Mallannagari as its Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development. Mallannagari joins the firm from...

Seattle-based Doxo, which is developing a paperless billing service, said today that it has hired Kevin Frisch as Vice President of Marketing. Frisch joins the firm from Blue Nile, where he was Senior Vice President of Marketing. He also ha...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Virtensys, a developer of I/O virtualization products for the data center market, said today that it has named Mark Christensen to its board of directors. Christensen has previously been at Intel, including managing ...

Portland-based Integra Telecom announced Thursday that it has promoted Steve Wachter to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Wachter was most recently SVP of Integra Telecom of Minnesota and North Dakota. Integra said Wacht...

Seattle-based RPI, which provides automated manufacturing and fulfillment for customized, on-demand printed products, said today that it has closed on a financing round. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The firm said the funding cam...

Seattle-based Isilon said last week that it has named Eric Brodersen as its new Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. The developer of data storage products said that Broderson joins the firm from Quantum, where he wa...

Seattle-based data storage firm Isilon announced this morning that it has appointed Don Listwin, former CEO of Openwave, to its board of directors. Listwin was also previously and EVP at Cisco Systems. Listwin was President and CEO of Openw...

Seattle-based AdReady, a provider of display advertising software, said today that it has added Madrona's Brian McAndrews to its board of directors, and also appointed aQuantive co-founder Mike Galgon to its advisory board. AdReady announce...

Bellevue-based UC4 Software, a developer of service automation and IT process automation software, said today that it has named Jason Liu as its new Chief Executive Officer. Liu was most recently at Univa UD, where he was President and CEO....

Seattle-based Cheezburger Network said this morning that it has named Pearl Chan as Chief Financial Officer of the firm. Chan joins the firm from CFO Selections, an interim CFO firm, where her clients included Picnik. Chan has also served a...

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies said this morning that it has named Brad Gray as its President and CEO, and Nalini Murdter, Ph.D. as its Chief Business Officer. Gray joins from Genzyme Genetics, and also has served at McKinsey & Compa...

Redmond-based Nintendo of America, the U.S. arm of videogame firm Nintendo, said Friday that it has hired Ingvar Petursson as the firm's Senior Vice President of Administration. Petursson was most recently SVP and CIO for Expedia, and also ...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec, a developer of barcode printers, mobile computing, and RFID products, said today that it has named Peter Fausel as its Vice President of North American Sales. Fausel joins the firm from I.D. Systems, wher...

Portland-based Compli, which develops workforce and compliance management software, reported today that it has named Jeanette Slepian as its Chief Operating Officer. Slepian was SVP Sales and Marketing at Fios, President at BetterManagement...

Seattle-based Visualant, a developer of security and authentication products, said today that Paul R. Bonderson, Jr., co-founder, former VP of Engineering, and Chief Technology Officer of storage area networking firm Brocade Communications ...

Venture-backed, Portland-based Elemental Technologies announced yesterday that it has named Keith Wymbs as its Vice president of Marketing. Wymbs was most recently at an un-named wellness product company, and also has served IPTV firm Tut S...

Bellevue-based Unify Square has added Hari Natarajan as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, the firm said recently. Unify2 is a provider of consulting for Microsoft's Unified Communications platform. Natarajan was most recently with outsourc...

Bellevue-based Livemocha, an online site focused on learning languages, announced today that it has hired Michael Schutzler as CEO of the firm. Schutzler was most recently head of business coaching firm CEOSherpa, and also has served as an ...

Seattle-based DocuSign, a developer of software-as-a-service electronic signature products, said today that it has named Mike Dinsdale as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Dinsdale joins the company from Lithium, where he was also CFO...

Silicon valley venture capital firm Accel Partners has snagged Rob Glaser, chairman and founder of RealNetworks, as its newest venture partner, the firm said late last night. According to Accel, Glaser will serve as a Venture Partner focuse...

Seattle-based WhitePages, the online people search and directory service headed by Alex Algard, said today that it has promoted Kevin Nakao to Chief Operating Officer at the firm. Nakao was most recently Vice President of Mobile and Busines...

Seattle-based casual games maker PopCap Games said today that it has added Steve Raymond, former CEO of Tech Data, to its board of directors. According to PopCap, Raymond joins as the sixth member of its board. Raymund currently is chairman...

Jive Software, the Portland-based maker of social networking software for businesses, said today that it has moved its headquarters to Palo Alto, California, and appointed interim CEO Tony Zingale as permanent CEO. According to Jive, the mo...

Seattle-based Zulily, the online daily deals site for children's products, said today that it has named Marc Schneider as its Chief Operating Officer, and Angy Merola as Vice President of Finance. The firm, which is headed by Darrell Cavens...

Maple Valley, Washington-based Etelos, a developer of applications used by software firms to migrate their products to software-as-a-service, said Thursday that it has tapped Kevin Pritchard, the General Manager of the Portland Trailblazers...

Redmond-based Concur, a maker of expense report management software, said last night that it has named Frank Pelzer as its Chief Financial Officer. Pelzer replaces former CFO John Adair, who the firm said is planning to retire for family re...

Portland-based ReVolt Technology, which is developing a rechargeable, zinc-air battery, said today that it has named Wade Guindy as its COO and EVP of Technology. Guindy was previously a Technical Advisory Board Member for the firm, and was...

Seattle-based Dendreon said today that it has named Richard Ranieri as the firm's Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Ranieri joins the firm from Sepracor, where he was Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Administration. A...

Bellevue-based Atigeo, a developer of semantic data software, said today that it has appointed Robert A. Strickland as the firm's President and as a Director of the firm. Strickland was most recently SVP and Chief Information Officer at T-M...

Seattle-based PopCap Games announced today that it has named Frits Habermann, former a VP at Adobe, as its new Chief Technical Officer. According to PopCap, Habermann was most recently VP of Core Technologies at Adobe, where he had been for...

Seattle-based Dendreon announced today that it has added Varun Nanda as its Senior Vice President of Global Operations. Nanda joins the firm from Roche/Genentech, where he was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Oncology. Nanda has als...

Bellevue-based Infospace has tapped a former investment banker as a new Vice President of Corporate Development, the firm said late Monday. According to InfoSpace, it has named Stephen P. Hawthornthwaite to the position, heading up merger a...

Seattle-based Mpire, a firm providing advertising analytics and optimization products, announced today that it has named Kirby Winfield as President of the firm, hired Ryan Polley as SVP of Strategic Development, is moving its headquarters,...

Seattle-based Mpire, a firm providing advertising analytics and optimization products, announced today that it has named Kirby Winfield as President of the firm, hired Ryan Polley as SVP of Strategic Development, is moving its headquarters,...

Seattle-based RealGames, the game division of RealNetworks, announced this morning that it has appointed Wilf Russell as its Chief Technology Officer, and Jeffrey Revoy as its Vice President of Social Games. Revoy was most recently at Centu...

Seattle-based Amazon.com is losing long time board member and venture capitalist L. John Doerr, the firm reported in an SEC filing Tuesday. According to the filing, Doerr informed Amazon.com that he would not stand for re-election to its bo...

Redmond-based FiatLux Imaging, a developer of an Internet-based service for storing and sharing medical imaging data, announced that it has named Max Lyon as its CEO. Lyon has served as CEO and President of BioControl Systems, Bainbridge Sc...

Seattle-basd Envision Telephony, a provider of contact center software used for workforce management, said today that it has named Mark C. Perrin as its Executive Vice President of Sales and Service. Perrin joins the firm from Brandwell Int...

Seattle-based MOD Systems, which develops retail kiosks for distributing digital music, television, music, and games, is announcing Monday that the firm has added former Microsoft exec Will Poole and former Coinstar CEO Dan Gerrity to its b...

Bothell-based OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, a firm developing and commercializing cancer therapies, said late Wednesday that its CFO, Steve Anderson, is leaving the firm. The company said that the company has launched a search for a new CFO. O...

Portland-based Jive, a developer of social networking software for business, said Monday that it has named board member Tony Zingale as its new CEO. The firm said that current CEO Dave Hersh has become Chairman of the firm. Zingale will ser...

Kent, Washington-based LaserMotive, a firm providing research and development into lasers, said Thursday that it has named Tom Nugent, a co-founder of the firm, as President, and David Bashford as Vice President of Operations for the firm. ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics said Thursday that it has named Serge Leef as Vice President of New Ventures. Leef was most recently the firm's General Manager of its System Level Engineering division. Mentor said that Leef will h...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Virtensys, a developer of PCI Express virtualization technology, said late Wednesday that John Nicholson has been named Chairman of the firm's board. Nicholson has been on the firm's board since 2006. Nicholson has p...

Seattle-based MOD Systems said today that it has hired a slew of new executives, and opened up a Los Angeles office. According to MOD Systems, it has hired Robert DeLucia as Chief Financial Officer; Larry Smith as Senior Vice President of S...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Micro Power Electronics reported today that it has named Ron Pitchel as the firm's new Vice President of Engineering and Continuous Improvement. The firm, which develops power supplies and battery systems for the med...

Kirkland-based Hipcricket, a provider of mobile marketing services, said today that it has named Doug Stovall as the firm's new Senior Vice President of Sales. Stovall has previously served at Acuity Mobile, Merkle, and TeleCommunications S...

Seattle-based BlueKai, a provider of online advertising analytics and related services, said Monday that it has raised $21M in a funding round. The Series C funding round was led by GGV Capital, and also included prior investors Redpoint Ve...

Bellevue-baesd Edifecs, a developer of healthcare software used to exchange information between hospitals and insurance companies, reported this week that it has hired three new executives to the firm. The company said it has hired Dr. Joe ...

Redmond-based Microvision announced this morning that it has expanded its board of directors, adding Perry Mulligan, an executive from storage networking firm Qlogic, to its board. Mulligan is current Senior Vice President, Operations for Q...

Seattle-based Vendaria Media, a provider of digital marketing services, said Wednesday that it has appointed Jennifer Hurshell as CEO. Hurshell joins the firm from GoGo Images, a provider of stock photography, and had also served at Marketf...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Voyager Capital announced this morning that it has added Steve Singh, Chairman and CEo of Concur, to its advisory board. According to Voyager, Singh will provide his experience and track record to its port...

Kirkland, Washington-based INRIX, a provider of traffic data and related services, said Monday that it has named Don Butler as the firm's new Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Product Planning. Butler joins the firm from OnStar....

Portland-based Compli, a developer of workforce and compliance management software, said yesterday that it has named Lon Leneve as the firm's new President and CEO. Leneve was most recently the firm's President and CFO. According to the fir...

Redmond-based Microsoft announced this morning that it has named Susan Hauser as Vice President of Worldwide Industry and Global Accounts. The firm said that Hauser, who has 20-years of experience, will be relocating from New York to Redmon...

Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures, the patent licensing firm run by Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO of Microsoft, said earlier this week that it named Adriane M. Brown as its President and CEO. Brown joins the firm from Honeywell Internation...

Seattle-based RealNetworks is in a major executive shuffle, announcing late Wednesday that CEO and founder Rob Glaser has stepped down. According to RealNetworks, Glaser is being replaced by the board of directors by Robert Kimball, who has...

Seattle-based RealNetworks disclosed Tuesday that the firm's Chief Operating Officer, John Giamatteo, is resigning from the company. Reason for the resignation was not given, and the firm quietly disclosed the move in an 8-K filing with the...

Nathan Kaiser, the co-founder of nPost, was named Chief Operations Officer at managed web and Ruby on Rails hosting service Blue Box Group, the firm said over the weekend. According to the firm, Kaiser will assist the company in managing it...

Seattle-based F5 Networks, a provider of load balancing hardware and related products, said today that it has named two vice presidents today. The firm said it has named John Dionne as VP of Worldwide Data Solutions Sales, and Kathleen Ferr...

Everett, Washingotn-based Intermec, a developer of supply chain tracking products, said today that it has named Jim McDonnell as the firm's Senior Vice President of Global Sales. McDonnell joins the firm from Hewlett-Packard, where had serv...

Portland-based iovation, a developer of security services which use Internet device information to prevent fraud and abuse, said this week that it has named Scott Waddell as the firm's Vice President of Technology. Waddell has been at the f...

Seattle-based F5 Networks, a developer of load balancing and other related networking equipment, said today that it has named Gary Abad as the firm's Vice President North American Channel Sales. Abad was most recently VP Channel Sales for P...

Portland-based Integra Telecom is swizzling its board after last month's debt restructuring, saying Thursday that it has added seven new directors to the board after the effort. Integra Telecom said it has added Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. of ...

Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron said Wednesday afternoon that its Executive Chairman, LeRoy Nosbaum, will retire at the end of the year. Itron, which makes "smart meters" for the utility industry, said that independent director Jon Eli...

Seattle-based biotech Dendreon said Thursday that it has named Hans Bishop as the firm's Chief Operating Officer. Bishop joins the company from Bayer, where he was president of that firm's specialty medicine business. Dendreon said that Bis...

Spokane Valley-based Purcell Systems, a manufacturer of electronics equipment enclosures and power supplies, said Thursday it has named Lyle Jordan as the firm's new President and CEO, as well as Chairman of the board of directors of Purcel...

Seattle-based AdReady, a developer of technology for aiding in online display advertising placement, said today that it has handed the reins of CEO to President Karl Siebrecht. AdReady said that current CEO and founder Aaron Finn has become...

Portland-based Web Analytics Demystified, a provider of web analytics consulting, said today that it has added John Lovett as a Senior Partners. Lovett joins the firm from Forrester Research, where he was a Senior Analyst. Lovett has also s...

Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday afternoon that the firm's CFO, Chris Liddell, is leaving the company at the end of the year, and that it has appointed Peter Klein as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Klein has been at Micro...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron is in an expansion into the Bay Area, the firm announced this morning, saying it has opened up a new office San Francisco. According to Maveron, Partner Amy Errett is leading the new San Francisco ...

Seattle-based Enprecis, a provider of software for helping manufacturers perform marketing research, announced this morning that it has hired Viktor Grabner as its EVP of Engineering and Operations. Grabner joins the firm from Microsoft, w...

Seattle-based Trubion Pharmaceuticals is in the midst of an executive shakeup, saying Monday that Peter Thompson, the firm's Co-founder, President, CEO, and Chairman, has retired to "pursue other interests." The firm said that Steven Gillis...

OVP Venture Partners has led a $30M investment in a San Diego, California firm focused on stem cell therapy, according to Fate Therapeutics. Fate said that OVP Venture Partners led the firm's latest, Series B funding round, and will be addi...

Seattle-based Mpire, which provides online ad optimization technology, said Thursday that it has appointed Will Hodgman, Executive Vice President of International Operations at comScore, to its board of directors, as well as hiring a number...

Bellevue-based Estorian, a developer of e-discovery archiving and compliance software, announced today that it has appointed a new leadership team. The firm said that Kevin Riegelsberger is now the firm's President and CEO, and David A. Web...

Kirkland-based wireless firm Clearwire said Thursday afternoon that it has named two new senior executives, who will help the firm with its market expansion plans. Clearwire said that David D. maquera has joined as Senior Vice President and...

Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group said Wednesday that Len Jordan, General Partners at Frazier Technology Ventures, is joining the firm, as FTV winds down its investing activities. According to Madrona, Jordan will join the firm effective ...

Bellevue-based Atigeo, a provider of ad personalization technology, announced today that it has named Patrick Quigley as the firm's Executive Vice President of Sales. Quigley was most recently Global Vice President of Sales at SPSS, where h...

Seattle-based Airbiquity said earlier this week that it has hired Leo A. McCloskey as its Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. The firm, which provides vehicle telematics products, said that McCloskey joins the firm from Inte...

Vancouver, Washington-based New Edge Networks, now a unit of EarthLink, said Thursday that it has hired on Mike Schonberger as its Vice President of Sales. Schonberger was most recently at Hyperquality, and also has served at National Cinem...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said Thursday afternoon that it has appointed Hank Skorny as its Senior Vice President, Media Cloud Computing and Services. Skorny has previously served as CEO of Thumbspeed, and also at InfoSpace Mobile, AOL Mobi...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games said late Wednesday that it has hired Michael Vernon as its Chief Financial Officer, and Ian Hurlock-Jones as its Chief Technology Officer, as the firm bolsters its leadership team. Vernon joins the company from...

Seattle-based Mixpo, a provider of online video advertising technology, said Wednesday that it has hired Adam Kapel as its Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. According to Mixpo, Kapel joins from Microsoft Advertising, where he wa...

Seattle-based Dendreon announced today that it has added Ian Clark and Pedro Granadillo to the firm's board of directors. Clark is Head of Global Product Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at Roche, Pharma Division, and is becoming CEO of...

Seattle-based AdReady, a provider of Internet advertising services, said this morning that it has named Karl Seibrecht as the firm's President and Chief Operating Officer. Siebrecht joins the firm from Atlas, the online technology unit of a...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Micro Power Electronics, a developer of battery systems for the portable medical, handheld, and military market, disclosed today that Mike DuBose has been appointed chairman, president, and CEO of the firm. The compa...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group said earlier this week that it has promoted Tim Porter and Scott Jacobson to Partner. Managing Director Greg Gottesman said that the move came to "recognize all that Tim and Scott are...

Seattle-based Cheezburger Network, the firm behind the Icanhascheezburger.com web site, said Monday that it has named Todd Sawicki as its Chief Revenue Officer. The firm also said it has passed 1 billion page views. Sawicki has served as su...

Seattle-based Oncothyreon, a firm developing synthetic vaccines for treating cancer, said this morning that it has named Douglas E. Williams, the CEO of ZymoGenetics, to its board of directors. Williams has also served at Seattle Genetics, ...

Seattle-based Earth Class Mail said Wednesday that it has named Sarah G. Carr as CEo. Carr was most recently the firm's President, and has been at the firm since September of 2008. Carr has also served at Print Inc., Bowne Global Solutions,...

Seattle-based Daptiv, a developer of business collaboration software, said Monday that it has named Chase Franklin as its Chief Executive Officer. Franklin was most recently at Amdocs, which he joined after the firm acquired Qpass in 2006. ...

Portland-based Rentrak, a provider of media measurement services for the entertainment industry, announced today that it has hired Steven Walsh as Senior Vice President of Sales, and Jeremy Gabor as Director of Sales. The firm said the two ...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Voyager Capital reports this morning that it has added Bruce Chizen, the former CEO of Adobe Systems, as a Venture Partner at the firm. Chizen has previously been involved with Voyager as a member of its A...

Port Townsend-based Intellicheck Mobilisa, a developer of wireless devices and access control and security systems, said Friday that it has appointed Marc Dalby Vice President of Wireless Business Development. Dalby joins the firm from Mikr...

Seattle-based RealNetworks reported late Friday that board member John Chapple has resigned. According to a statement from Chapple, he is leaving the board to focus on other responsibilities, particularly his role as Chairman of the Syracus...

Porland-based Fios, a provider of electronic discovery software, said today that it has named Christopher Junker as CEO of the firm. Junker was most recently General Manager of Autonomy Corporation plc's iManage business unit, and also serv...

Kirkland-based Clearwire has made some big executive changes this morning, saying that it has hired Erik Prusch as the firm's Chief Financial Officer, and Teresa Elder as the firm's President of Strategic Partnerships and Wholesale. Prusch ...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace said Friday that one of the firm's directors, George Tronsrue III, has resigned. According to the firm, Tronsrue is leaving to spend more time with his charitable organization, The Jericho Alliance, a provider of hu...

Portland-based Rentrak, a provider of media measurement services, said today that it has named Richard Hochhauser and Anne MacDonaldto its board of directors. Hochhauser is an Adjunct Professor at New York University, and was formerly Presi...

Yapta co-founder Brett Allsop was killed Tuesday night, after running into a tree near Bellingham. According to the Bellingham Herald, Allsop--38--went off the road around 10:15 p.m. and died at the scene. Yapta, which tracks airfare and ho...

Seattle-based PopCap Games reported today that it has hired on Robert Chamberlain as its Chief Financial Officer. Chamberlain joins from F5 Networks, and has also served at Onyx Software and Watchguard Technologies, PhotoDisc, ElseWare Corp...

Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group reports this morning that it has added former aQuantive CEO Brian P. McAndrews as a Managing Director of the firm. Madrona said that McAndrews will identify and lead investments out of its recent $250M fu...

Seattle-based Oncothyreon, a biotech firm developing treatments for cancer, reported this morning that it has appointed Diana Hausman as Vice President Clinical Development. Dr. Hausman joins the firm from Zymogentics, where she was most re...

Seattle-based F5 Networks has promoted Dean Darwin to the position of VP of Worldwide Channel Sales, the company said this morning. F5 Networks, a developer of hardware for loan balancing web requests and traffic, said that Darwin was most ...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace is shuffling its in-house legal expert, saying Wednesday afternoon that it has appointed Alesia Pinny as its new General Counsel and Secretary. Pinney replaces Alex Torres, who the firm said is leaving the company t...

Seattle-based HomeSavvi, which operates an online web site focused on home remodeling, said Wednesday afternoon that it has named Jay Boswell as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Boswell was most recently at home improvement product firm ...

Seattle-based RealGames, the game division of RealNetworks, said Tuesday that it has appointed Matt Hulett as Chief Revenue Officer. Hulett was most recently Chairman and CEO of Mpire, and was also President and CEO of Expedia Corporate Tra...

Seattle-based data storage firm Isilon Systems reported this morning that it has hired a pair of sales leaders for its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and in Japan. The Seattle-based firm said Mark Stevens has come aboard a...

Seattle-based Evri, the Vulcan Capital incubated startup which is developing content discovery and recommendation technology for web publishers, said today that it is tapping Will Hunsinger as the Chief Executive Officer of the firm. Hunsin...

Seattle-based All Star Directories, a publisher of online and career school directories, said Friday that it has promoted human resources manager Peggy Ball to director of Human Resources. Ball has been at All Star Directories since 2007, a...

Kirkland-based 1Cast, a broadcast news and information service for desktop and mobile computer users, reported this morning that it has hired Jack Hallahan as vice president of global advertising sales. The firm said Hallahan boasts more th...

Portland, Ore.-based media measurement and research firm Rentrak reported Wednesday that it has hired Bill Livek as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Rentrak said Livek, who was also named to the company's board as a director,...

Seattle-based Marchex reported Monday that Jonathan Fram, a venture capitalist at Maveron, has resigned from the firm's board of directors. According to Marchex, Fram's decision to resign was "not as a result of any disagreement with the Co...

Seattle-based Oncothyreon reported today that it has hired Dr. Scott Peterson as vice president of research and development, effective Aug. 1. The Seattle-based biotechnology firm said Peterson will oversee its pre-clinical and non-clinical...

Seattle-based Airbiquity, a provider of wireless services to the automotive and personal navigation device market, said this week that it has named Robert R. Crawford as its Director of Sales. Crawford joins the firm from NAVIGON North Amer...

Portland, Oregon-based Fios, a provider of electronic discovery services, said this week that it has expanded its operations in Chicago. As part of that expansion, the firm said that it has hired on Juliann Schneller as a sales manager in t...

Seattle-based Earth Class Mail said Wednesday that the firm has named Sarah Carr, currently COO, as President of the company, with President and CEO Ron Wiener becoming Chairman of the board. Carr has been at Earth Class Mail since October ...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec reported Tuesday afternoon that it has hired on John O'Rourke as the firm's Vice President of Global Marketing. Intermec said that O'Rourke joins from Microsoft, where he was a general manager working on c...

Bellevue-based mobile data software publisher Motricity reported today that it has hired Jim Ryan as chief strategy and marketing officer. The firm described Ryan as a mobile data industry pioneer who possesses more than 15 years of senior ...

Bothell, Washington-based MDRNA reported Thursday that it has cut its board size to five people, as part of a cost containment effort. The firm said Dr. Steven Quay, Dr. Alex Cross, and Mr. Jack Pollack have all resigned from the firm. The ...

Bellevue, Wash.-based GoAhead Software reported today that it has named John Hansen chief executive officer. Hansen, GoAhead said, succeeds Jim Ewel, who resigned after serving as CEO for six years. GoAhead said Hansen previously was CEO fo...

Seattle-based Vulcan Capital, the private investment firm of Microsoft's Paul G. Allen, said late Thursday night that it has promoted Chris Temple to President. Temple has been a Vice President at Vulcan since September of last year. Accord...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace reported Wednesday that it has appointed Elizabeth Huebner to its board of directors. InfoSpace said Huebner previously worked for Getty Images, where she retired in 2006 after a 26-year career in the finance sector...

Industrial waterjet manufacturer Flow International reported Monday that it has promoted Allen Hsieh to vice president and chief financial officer. The Kent, Wash.-based business said Hsieh has been with the company since Dec. 4, when he wa...

Seattle-based Isilon Systems said today that James G. Richardson, one of the firm's directors, is stepping down from the firm. Reason for the departure was not given. Isilon said that the move was "not due to any disagreement with the Compa...

RealNetworks reported Thursday that it has appointed John Chapple to its board of directors. The Seattle-based provider of digital entertainment services said Chapple succeeds Jeremy Jaech, whose resignation was also announced Thursday. Rea...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Micro Power Electronics, a manufacturer of custom battery systems, reported Wednesday that it has named Paul Ross to its board of directors. The firm said Ross is the former president of defense contractor ATK (forme...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics has bolstered its executive staff with a new hire, the firm disclosed Wednesday. Mentor said it has hired Alan Friedman as Vice President of Human Resources, heading up the firm's organizational pla...

Seattle-based MOD Systems reported Monday that it has opened up a Japanese subsidiary, MOD Systems Japan Incorporated. According to the firm, the move--made in cooperation with Toshiba and NCR Corporation--will drive business development ef...

Seattle-based SeaMobile, a provider of satellite communications services for the maritime industry, announced Monday that it has named Jonthan Weintraub as its Chief Executive Officer. Weintraub was most recently CFO and acting CEO of the f...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec, a developer of supply chain management products, said Friday that it has named Ian Snadden as the firm's Vice President of Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Intermec said that Snadden joins th...

Tacoma-based Konnects, publisher of a social media platform for the newspaper industry, reported Wednesday that it has hired Jay Gallinatti as president and chief operating officer. Gallinatti, Konnects said, boasts more than a quarter cent...

Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile data software publisher Motricity reported this morning that it has hired Allyn Hebner as chief financial officer. Hebner was most recently chief accounting officer for T-Mobile USA. Motricity said Hebner has al...

Bellevue-based enterprise applications developer Minecode reported Tuesday that it has hired Christopher Mayer as vice president of client services. In this role, Minecode explained, he will oversee the company's client service functions an...

Prolifiq Software Inc., a publisher of mobile marketing applications for sales professionals, reported Tuesday that it has hired Maureen A. Shaffer as vice president of healthcare. In this role, the Beaverton, Ore.-based firm explained, she...

Daticon Electronic Evidence Discovery, a publisher of information management software for the legal industry, reported Monday that Tom Haug has been promoted to president. The Kirkland, Wash.-based firm described Haug as a management, engin...

Portland-based hosted business communication software provider Ontier reported Wednesday that it has designated Dom Virgilio as its first vice president of engineering. In this newly created role, Ontier explained, Virgilio will supervise t...

Bellevue, Washington-based Coinstar said Tuesday that the firm has made a number of executive appointments, including appointment of Gregg Kaplan to President and Chief Operating Officer of the firm. Kaplan is the former CEO of Redbox Autom...

Seattle-based Global Market Insite, which provides information for the research industry, said this morning that it has hired on three new executives. According to the firm, it has hired Sean O'Neill as its Vice President of Product and Pro...

Corvallis, Oregon-based NuScale Power, which is developing technology for creating modular nuclear power plants, said today that it has hired on John "Jay" Surina as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. NuScale said that Surina joins the fir...

Seattle-based Point It, a pay-per-click and search engine optimization firm, reported Monday that it has hired on Frank Coyle as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Point It said that Coyle was most recently head of a internet marketing con...

Redmond, Washington-based Concur, a developer of employee spending and reimbursement management software, said over the weekend that its board of directors supports the firm's CEO, after the disclosure that the firm's Chairman CEO, Steve Si...

The TAS Group, a Seattle-based firm specializing in sales training and effectiveness, reported today that it has promoted Matt Close to fill the newly created position of vice president of global sales. The TAS Group said Close has held num...

Portland, Oregon-based Compli, a developer of compliance management software, said Friday that the firm has named Chris Grebisz as its Chief Operating Officer. Grebisz joins the firm from Welocalize, Inc., where he was also COO. Compli said...

Verdiem reported Monday that it has filled two executive openings with the hirings of Brett Goodwin and Jim Flatley. The Seattle-based publisher of computer power management software said Goodwin has been named vice president of marketing a...

Seattle-based OVP Venture Partners announced Thursday afternoon that it has added stem cell expert and scientist Irving L. Weissman, M.D. to its technical advisory group. Weissman said that Weissman is the founder of SyStemix, Inc., StemCel...

Executives who inflate their corporate bios do so at the risk of deflating their company stock. Barry Minkow is banking on that. Minkow is the founder of the Fraud Discovery Institute of San Diego and the pastor of a Community Bible Church....

Tacoma-based data encryption software publisher Vadium Technology Inc. reported Tuesday that it has hired Jose Antonio Rios as chief executive officer. The business said Rios, who was also named to the company's board of directors, possesse...

Kirkland, Washington-based Clearwire has shuffled its executives, saying Monday afternoon that it has named William T. Morrow as the firm's new CEO. According to Clearwire, Morrow replaces co-founder and current CEO Benjamin G. Wolff, who w...

Bellevue, Washington-based Coinstar reported Wednesday that the firm has added Daniel W. O'Connor to the firm's board of directors. According to Coinstar, O'Connor is the President and CEO of Retailnet Group, and will act as an independent ...

Mentor Graphics Corp., a maker of electronic hardware and software design applications, reported Monday that it has elevated three executives. The Wilsonville, Ore.-based company said it has promoted Robert Hum to vice president and general...

Hillsboro-based FEI Company, which manufactures high resolution imaging and analysis products, said Friday that it has added Richard H. Wills to the firm's board of directors. Wills was most recently Chairman, President, and CEO of Tektroni...

Portland, Ore.-based iovation Inc. reported this morning that it has hired Max Anhoury as vice president of sales. According to the publisher of hosted Internet fraud prevention software, Anhoury will be responsible for inside and outside s...

Wilsonville, Pregon-based InFocus, which manufactures digital projectors, said Tuesday that it has added Michael Nery, of Nery Capital Partners, to the company's board of directors. InFocus explained that Nery Capital Partners owns approxim...

Microsoft said late Thursday that the firm is looking to create a chain of Microsoft-branded retail stores, and has appointed a new VP to head up the efforts. According to Microsoft, it has hired on David Porter as Corporate Vice President ...

Bellevue, Washington-based Apptio, a provider of IT cost management solutions, reported Wednesday that it has hired Stan Shull as vice president of business development. Shull, the business said, will supervise its strategic alliances and p...

Seattle-based Visible Technologies, a developer of social media software, announced Monday that it has hired on Dan Vetras as CEO of the firm. Current CEO Adam Selig becomes Divisional President of Strategic Alliances. Vetras was most recen...

Redmond, Washington-based Caliber Data, a provider of online advertising services, said this week that it has added John H. Bauer to the firm's board of directors. Bauer is currently the Chief Financial Officer of DigiPen Insitute of Techno...

Bellevue, Washington-based InfoSpace is reporting today that it has hired William Lansing as the firm's new President, CEO, and member of its board. Lansing replaces Jim Voelker, who the firm said will retire as President and CEO of the com...

UtilX Corp., a provider of cable maintenance and repair solutions, reported Friday that John Connolly has joined the Seattle-based firm as president and chief executive officer. Connolly, UtilX noted, succeeds Tom Van Horn, who has accepted...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron's Brody Stout is joining one of the firm's investments, CitizenHawk, and will become Chief Operating Officer at the firm. Stout, who was a Senior Associate at Maveron, is moving back over to the op...

Iovation Inc., a provider of online fraud prevention services, reported today that Doug Shafer has joined the company as chief financial officer. The Portland, Ore.-based firm said Shafer boasts more than 30 years of financial and operation...

Seattle-based SEOmoz, a provider of search engine optimization and related services which is venture backed by Ignition Partners and Curious Office Partners, said Friday that it has bolstered both its consulting and product management. The ...

Seattle-based Wetpaint said today that it has hired on Rob Grady as the firm's new Senior Vice President of Marketing. Grady joins the firm from Starbucks, where he was most recently the firm's Vice President, Global Beverage. Wetpaint deve...

Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile data services provider Motricity Inc. announced Monday that it has added four names to its executive roster. The company said it has hired Jim Smith as president and chief operating officer, Richard Leigh as sen...

Jive Software, a publisher of social networking applications for businesses, reported Monday that it has added a new board member and completed its search for a senior vice president of worldwide sales. The Portland, Ore.-based firm introdu...

Everett, Washington-based supply chain tracking products firm Intermec said Friday that the firm has hired on a new Senior Vice President and CFO, as the firm's current CFO leaves the company. The firm said that Lanny H. Michael, the firm's...

OnRequest Images, a provider of custom photography production services and related software, reported Tuesday that it has appointed John Elkins to its board of directors. The Seattle-based firm said Elkins recently spent five years as chief...

EagleView Measurements reported this morning that former Motorola and Sun Microsystems executive Edward Zander has joined its board of directors. Zander was Motorola's chief executive and chairman for four years, from January 2004 until Jan...

Kartik Raghavan, most recently a venture partner and special advisor to Bellevue, Washington-based venture capital firm Trilogy Partners, has left the company for another venture capital firm, Shasta Ventures. Shasta made the announcement e...

Seattle-based DotNetNuke, a developer of web development tools, said Monday that Larry Augustin, a prominent angel investor and former founder of VA Linux, has joined the company's board of directors. According to DotNetNuke, Augustin had b...

Seattle-based venture capital firm OVP Venture Partners said late Friday that it has promoted Carl Weissman to Managing Director, starting in 2009, and is losing Managing Director John Hull. Weissman has been at the firm since February of 2...

Portland, Oregon-based WebTrends, a developer of web analytics software, said today that it has named Casey Carey as the firm's Vice President of Products. Carey joins the firm from Abacus, and has also served at Customer Insight Co., Exper...

Bainbridge Island, Wash.-based Avalara, provider of software for sales tax automation, said this morning that it has hired on Bryan Wiggins as its Vice President of Marketing. Wiggins joins the firm from Watson Furniture, where he was Vice ...

Isilon Systems, a Seattle-based manufacturer of clustered data storage devices, reported today that Ram Appalaraju has joined the company as vice president of marketing. In this role, Isilon explained, Appalaraju will direct its marketing a...

Seattle-based Verdiem, a developer of software for reducing energy consumption of office PCs, said Wednesday that the firm has hired on Jerey Jaech as CEO. Jaech has served as CEO at Trumba and Visio. Jaech replaces Kevin Kluster, who was V...

Portland, Oregon-based Electro Scientific Industries, a manufacturer of equipment for the semiconductor industry, disclosed Tuesday in a filing with the SEC that the firm is cutting pay for its President and CEO and Vice Presidents. Accordi...

Visible Technologies, a developer of customer feedback and social media-monitoring applications, reported Monday that it has hired Geoff Farris as senior vice president of sales. The Seattle-based company said Farris will lead its direct an...

Portland-based Tripwire, a provider of configuration management software, said this morning that it has promoted Dan Schoenbaum, the firm's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development, to Chief Operating Officer of Products...

Portland-based WebTrends said today that it has hired on Jascha Kaykas-Wolff as the firm's Vice President of Marketing. Kaykas-Wolff has previously served at Microsoft, and was most recently at Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting. Accordin...

Kirkland, Wash.-based 1Cast, a white-label provider of online and mobile news broadcasts, reported Wednesday that it has hired Travis McElfresh as vice president of technology. McElfresh, 1Cast said, hails from MSNBC.com, where he oversaw p...

Local search and advertising firm Marchex Inc. reported Tuesday that it has added M. Wayne Wisehart to its board of directors. Wisehart, whose appointment took effect Monday, was most recently chief financial officer for aQuantive, a digita...

Seattle-based Earth Class Mail, which is developing a service to digitize and deliver postal mail to email inboxes, has tapped a former New Zealand post office official as an advisor. Earth Class Mail said Monday that it has appointed Elmar...

Bellevue-based online travel site Expedia has shuffled its executives, in what the firm says is a new organizational structure based on its brands. The firm said the moves are a shift from its prior organization around geographic regions. A...

Bothell, Wash.-based biopharmaceutical firm Cardiac Science Corp. reported Tuesday that it has appointed a new board member and accepted the resignation of two others. The company said the changes, which will leave the board with seven dir...

Seattle-based Visible Technologies, a provider of internet brand monitoring services, said Friday that it has added David J. Moore to its board of directors. Moore is chairman and founder of 24/7 Real Media, Inc., and has served on the boar...

InfoSpace Inc. reported Wednesday that Stuart West has joined the company as vice president of corporate development and chief strategy officer. The Bellevue, Wash.-based provider of online search services said West will report to Jim Voelk...

Seattle-based data storage provider Isilon Systems said Thursday afternoon that it has hired on Leonard Iventosch as the firm's Vice President of Global Channels and OEM. Iventosch joins the firm from NetApp, where he was VP of Global Chann...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said Wednesday that it has appointed John Barbour as President of the firm's games division. Barbour joins the firm from Toys "R" Us, where he was president of the firm's U.S. operations. Barbour has also served a...

Cdigix Inc., a provider of digital curriculum for colleges and universities, reported Tuesday that it has promoted Mark Brodsky to president and chief operating officer. The Seattle-based company said Brodsky will oversee sales, account man...

Global Market Insite Inc., a provider of services for the market research industry, reported Tuesday that it has hired Luis J. Salazar as chief marketing officer. The Seattle-based company said Salazar hails from Microsoft Corp. where he sp...

Seattle-based WidgetBucks, a provider of advertising widget software, said Monday that it has added Jeff Bergstrom as the firm's CFO. According to WidgetBucks, Bergstrom joins the firm from The PowerTech Group. Bergstrom also served at Go2N...

Intellicheck Mobilisa, a manufacturer of handheld wireless identification systems, reported Monday that it has designated John W. Paxton Sr. chairman of its board. The Port Townsend, Wash.-based company said Paxton succeeds Jeffrey Levy, wh...

Rentrak Corp. has appointed Brent Rosenthal to its board of directors, the Portland, Ore.-based company said today. In addition to his role as one of the information management firm's seven board members, the company said Rosenthal will ser...

Intermec Inc., a manufacturer of supply chain management hardware and software, reported Tuesday that Jeanne Lyon has joined the company as vice president of human resources. The Everett, Wash.-based firm said Lyon will report to Patrick J....

Seattle-based Calistoga Pharmaceuticals said today that it has appointed Carol G. Gallagher, Pharm. D., as its CEO. According to Calistoga, Dr. Gallagher joins the firm from Metastatix, and has also served at Cancervax, Biogen Idec, Pfizer,...

Web advertising platform publisher Caliber Data Inc. reported Wednesday that it has appointed regional U.S. Bank chief William Keiper and former Hypercom CEO Ken Kirkpatrick to its board of directors, effective immediately. Headquartered in...

Seattle-based Adaptis, which provides business process outsourcing for the healthcare market, said Monday that it has named Bruce Pym to its board of directors. Pym is currently founder of the Bruce Pym Company, LLC, and has previously was ...

Prolifiq Software Inc., a publisher of email marketing software, reported Wednesday that it has opened three new offices and expanded its board and staff. The Beaverton, Ore.-based company said its newest locations are based in Seattle, the...

Device reputation and fraud prevention specialist iovation Inc. reported Wednesday that it has appointed former JPMorgan Chase senior executive Harry DiSimone to its board of directors. The Portland, Ore.-based company described DiSimone as...

Tableau Software Inc. reported Tuesday that it has promoted Kelly Breslin Wright to vice president of sales. The Seattle-based publisher of analytics and visualization software said Wright will supervise its worldwide sales performance with...

Bellevue-based SecondSpace, an online marketplace for vacation and second homes, said today that the firm has named Satbir Khanuja as the firm's President and CEO. Khanuja replaces founder and former CEO Anil H.P. Pereira, who the firm says...

Traffic data analysis provider INRIX reported this morning that it has made two additions to its executive staff and established an office in Europe. The Kirkland, Wash.-based company said it has hired Hans-Hendrik Puvogel as general manage...

Integra Telecom Inc., a provider of telecommunications and Internet services for businesses, reported Wednesday that it has hired Tom Lamb as chief financial officer. Integra said Lamb will be based out of its corporate offices in Portland,...

Pharmacy automation firm Talyst Inc. reported Wednesday that it has promoted Carla Corkern to chief executive officer. Corkern, who also sits on the Bellevue, Wash.-based company's board of directors, had been serving as interim CEO since M...

Airbiquity Inc. reported Tuesday that it has hired Ralf Hug as vice president of product management and marketing. The Seattle-based wireless communications services provider said Hug will direct its marketing and product management efforts...

IntelliCheck Mobilisa Inc. reported Tuesday that Rick Sykes has joined the company as director of government business development. The Port Townsend, Wash.-based business, which manufactures handheld identity and wireless devices for milita...

Whrrl, a social media application that allows users to track and keep in contact with friends from their mobile phones, reported Wednesday that it has hired John Kim as vice president of advertising products. Whrrl, a property of Seattle-ba...

QL2 Software Inc., a publisher of market intelligence applications, reported Wednesday that it has hired Russ Aldrich as chief executive officer. The Seattle-based company described Aldrich as a veteran of the software and venture capital i...

Tyfone, a provider of mobile financial services infrastructure, reported Monday that it has hired Don Bloodworth as chief financial officer. The Portland, Ore.-based business described Bloodworth as a seasoned executive with decades of fina...

Portland, Oregon-based WebTrends said Monday that its CEO, Dan Stickel, has resigned from the firm, and has been replaced by Alex Yoder, the firm's VP of Sales. No reason for Stickel's departure was given. Yoder has been at WebTrends since ...

Teseda Corp., a publisher of semiconductor design diagnostic and debugging software, reported Thursday that it has hired Mark Moore as vice president of engineering. The Portland, Ore.-based company also announced the opening of a new sales...

Seattle-based OpenMarket Inc., a publisher of hosted mobile-messaging and payment-processing applications, reported Thursday that it has hired Jay Emmet as general manager. OpenMarket described Emmet as a 15-year wireless industry veteran w...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron said today that it has added a new partner, Amy J. Errett, to the firm. According to Maveron, Errett will be based in San Francisco, and will focus on consumer digital media, Internet services, and...

Seattle-based Marchex, a provider of local search and advertising services, said Wednesday that it has made a number of executive hires and changes. According to the firm, it has named Sloan Seymour as the firm's VP of Marchex Adhere, Ed O'...

Seattle-based business process outsourcing firm Adaptis reported today that it has promoted Scott McLeod to director of sales development. Adaptis said McLeod, who previously had served as the company's director of marketing, will now focus...

Seattle-based biopharmaceutical firm Omeros Corp. reported Wednesday that it has appointed David A. Mann to its board of directors. A 20-year veteran of the biotechnology industry, Mann will chair the board's audit committee, Omeros said, a...

Iovation, a publisher of online fraud and abuse prevention software, reported Wednesday that it has appointed former Novell executive Chris Stone to its board of directors. The Portland, Ore.-based company described Stone as a 28-year veter...

Seattle-based Visible Technologies, a publisher of social media- and customer feedback-monitoring software, reported Tuesday that it has hired Microsoft veteran Bill Baker as chief technology officer. Baker, whose Visible tenure begins in S...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said yesterday that it has named Pradeep Jotwani to the company's board of directors. Jotwani was most recently SVP and GM of Hewlett-Packard's Printing Supplies Business; he served at Hewlett-Packard for 17 years...

Seattle-based Wishpot, an online gift tracking and social shopping service, said Friday morning that Todd Humphrey has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer. Wishpot also said that Humphrey has been named a Venture Partner at Mo...

Jive Software, a Portland, Ore.-based publisher of social productivity software, reported Wednesday that it has hired Bryan LeBlanc as chief financial officer. Jive described LeBlanc as a 20-year veteran of technology- and software-related ...

Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday evening that it is splitting up its Platforms & Services Division, the group which handles its Windows operating system and Internet efforts, and has lost President Kevin Johnson, who is leaving the firm. No r...

Electronic Evidence Discovery Inc., a provider of litigation-based digital documentation, reported Thursday that it has appointed Mike Lehoux as vice president of product and program management. Lehoux joined the Kirkland, Wash.-based compa...

Portland-based SplashCast said today that the firm has opened up a new national sales office in Los Angeles, and hired on an executive from MySpace. SplashCast, which operates an online advertising network focused on social networking web s...

CompView Medical, a manufacturer of audiovisual equipment for use in operating rooms, reported Monday that it has hired Steve Heniges as vice president of sales and marketing. CompView said Heniges will work to expand the company's sales ch...

Seattle-based Isilon Systems, a provider of clustered storage systems and related software, reported Wednesday that it has hired Mary Godwin as vice president of operations. In this role, Isilon said, Godwin will direct the company's supply...

Seattle-based Napera Networks has appointed Margaret Dawson as the firm's Vice President of Marketing, the firm said today. Napera said that Dawson joins the firm from Microsoft, where she led a product management team for two network secur...

Seattle-based Visible Technologies, a venture backed provider of social media monitoring tools for brands, has added Rowland Hanson to the company's advisory board, the firm said Monday. Rowland Hanson is CEO of The HMC Company and Chairman...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor, a manufacturer of RF semiconductors, said Thursday that the firm has hired on Steven R. Grant as the firm's VP of Worldwide Operations. According to TriQuint, Grant joins the firm from Intel C...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said late Tuesday that the firm has reorganized its operating structure, and promoted three of its executives. RealNetworks said that it has promoted John Giamatteo to Chief Operating Officer, Harold Zeitz to Chie...

Seattle-based Revenue Science, a provider of behavioral targeting technology for Internet advertising, said Thursday that it has appointed Jeff Hirsch as its new President and CEO. Hirsch was most recently the firm's President, and replaces...

Bellevue-based Resolution Solutions Corporation, a provider of IT consulting, said Friday that it has named Frank J. Costa as CEO of the firm. Costa succeeds founder John Fallou. Costa joins the company from Perlego Systems, where he was pr...

Seattle-based Geospiza, which develops software for managing genetic analysis workflows, said Tuesday that it has named Dr. Leroy Hood to its' board of directors. Hood is President and Co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, and we...

Seattle-based digital marketing firm Avenue A | Razorfish reported Wednesday that it has appointed Darin Brown to the newly created position of president of its European operations. The company, which operates in Europe under the names Duke...

Hosted business intelligence software provider PivotLink Corp. reported Wednesday that it has hired Nan Froisland as director of product strategy. The Seattle-based business said Froisland will focus on developing product strategy as she ma...

OnRequest Images, a Web-based distributor of licensed photography and other imagery, reported Tuesday that it has hired Carla Stratfold as chief executive officer. The Seattle-based company said Stratfold will succeed founder David Norris, ...

Interactive marketing and technology consulting firm Ascentium Corp. reported today that it has hired Romi Mahajan to fill the newly created position of chief marketing officer. In this role, Ascentium said, Mahajan will promote the company...

Bothell, Washington-based SonoSite said Thursday afternoon that it has appointed Richard O. Martin, PhD. to its board of directors. SonoSite develops hand held ultrasound medical devices. Martin was most recently President of Medtronic Phys...

Seattle-based sales intelligence provider Onvia reported Thursday that it has hired Craig Lakey as vice president of marketing. Onvia described Lakey as a 20-year marketing veteran with expertise in the business information, data management...

Seattle-based casual video game publisher Big Fish Games reported Monday that it promoted Laurent de Segur from vice president of technology to chief technology officer on May 1. Big Fish described de Segur as a 20-year veteran of the gamin...

Risk-based authentication software publisher AdmitOne Security reported Monday that it has hired Martin Yam as vice president of business development. In this role, AdmitOne explained, Yam will strive to expand the company's partner program...

Sausalito, California-based Glassdoor.com, a stealth startup funded by Zillow's Rich Barton and former Expedia exec Robert Hohman, said earlier this week that t has added Eric Blachford, CEO of TerraPass and former President of CEO of Exped...

Kirkland, Washington-based Electronic Evidence Discovery said this week that it has appointed Robert Cruz as the firm's Director of Business Alliances. Cruz joins the firm from Enterra Solutions, where he was VP of Sales and Business Develo...

Seattle-based biopharmaceutical firm Fate Therapeutics reported Wednesday that it has hired Paul A. Grayson as president and chief executive officer and appointed John Mendlein as executive chairman. Prior to joining Fate Therapeutics, Gray...

Seattle-based business analytics software firm PivotLink has snagged the former CEO of Postini as its new CEO, the company said today. PivotLink said that Quentin Gallivan, who led Postini's acquisition by Google last year, will serve as th...

HipCricket, a publisher of marketing software that targets mobile users, reported Tuesday that it has hired Greg York as vice president of engineering. The Kirkland, Wash.-based company described York as a mobile technology veteran who most...

Seattle-based online jeweler Blue Nile Inc. reported Tuesday that it has named Marc Stoltzman its next chief financial officer. Blue Nile said Stolzman, whose official start date will be June 9, will supervise the company's accounting and r...

Hosted IT optimization software publisher Apptio reported today that it has added three people to its executive staff and one more to its board of directors. Specifically, the Bellevue, Wash.-based business said it has hired Eric Berg as vi...

Concur, a publisher of hosted employee spend management software, reported today that it has appointed Rajeev Singh to its board of directors. Singh has served as Concur's president and chief operating officer since 2005. Since co-founding ...

Seattle-based startup Pelago Inc., operator of the mobile social-networking service Whrrl.com, reported Monday that it has appointed Bill Gossman to its board of directors and hired Jeff Ayars as vice president of engineering. Pelago descri...

Intelli-Check – Mobilisa Inc., a manufacturer of mobile and handheld wireless devices for the government, military and commercial markets, reported Monday that it has appointed John Lange as General Counsel. The Port Townsend, Wash.-based c...

Seattle-based Verdiem said Thursday that it has appointed Steve Gordon as the firm's Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations. Gordon joins the firm from Visio, where he was also CFO. Gordon has also previously served at Dat...

Seattle-based biopharmaceutical firm Cell Therapeutics Inc. reported Thursday that it has hired Craig W. Philips as president, effective Aug. 1. CTI said Philips will oversee drug development, drug sales and marketing, medical affairs, scie...

Seattle-based Dipiti, a firm which operates an online web site focused on helping consumers with "urgent life issues," said today that it has added two strategic advisors to the firm. The company said that it has added Ken Schroeder , curre...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace said Wednesday afternoon that it has promoted Michael Glover to the position of Vice President of Business Development, reporting to Chairman, President, and CEO Jim Voelker. According to InfoSpace, Glover will be r...

Electronic Evidence Discovery Inc., a publisher of electronic discovery software for the legal industry, reported Tuesday that it has hired Tim Wassman as senior vice president of field operations. EED described Wassman as a 25-year veteran...

Itron Inc., a provider of meters and other data collection and communications equipment and software for the energy and water industries, reported Tuesday that it has promoted two of its senior-level executives. Specifically, Itron said it ...

Adapx, a Seattle-based publisher of digital writing and recording software, reported Monday that it has hired Ted Gauld as vice president of product management and marketing. Adapx said Gauld's responsibilities will include expanding its fl...

Seattle-based Adaptis announced this morning that it has promoted Roya Rezai to Chief Compliance Officer. Adaptis--which provides business process outsourcing for the healthcare industry--said that Rezai has previously served as Chief Compl...

Neural Audio Corp., a developer of advanced audio and surround sound technologies, reported Monday that it has hired James D. "JJ" Johnston as chief scientist. The Kirkland, Wash.-based business described Johnston as the "Father of Perceptu...

Online business travel agency Expedia Corporate Travel, a division of Expedia Inc., reported Tuesday that Simon Tam has rejoined the company as senior vice president of product and technology. Tam, the Bellevue, Wash.-based business said, h...

WebTrends Inc., a provider of web analytics and online marketing software, reported Monday that it has hired Daniel E. Stickel as chief executive officer. Stickel previously worked for Google Inc., where he managed the search giant's syndic...

Business process outsourcing firm Adaptis reported Monday that it has hired Jan Claesson as senior vice president and chief business development officer. The Seattle-based company said Claesson has more than 20 years of senior management ex...

Cancer research firm Light Sciences Oncology Inc. revealed Monday that it has appointed David P. Holveck to its board of directors. Holveck, who becomes the boar'’s eighth member, is currently president, chief executive officer and a direct...

Casual video game publisher PopCap Games reported Monday that it has hired Ben Rotholtz as vice president of marketing, effective immediately. In the newly created role, Rotholtz will manage the Seattle-based company's Web site, as well as ...

Concur, a publisher of on-demand employee spend management automation software, reported Tuesday that it has appointed Randall H. Talbot to its board of directors. The Redmond, Wash.-based business described Talbot as a 33-year veteran of t...

Verdiem, a Seattle-based publisher of power management software for PC networks, reported Tuesday that it has added four executives to its leadership team. Specifically, Verdiem said it hired Allison Cornia as vice president of marketing, J...

Seattle-based Pluggd said Monday that it has hired on Alex Alben as the firm's Vice President of Corporate Strategy, and Fred Tietze as VP of Sales and Business Development. The firm, which provides audio and video search technology, said t...

Concur, a publisher of on-demand, employee expense management software, reported Thursday that it has hired Suzanne Fletcher as director of travel management. Concur noted that Fletcher's primary function will be to establish and grow Concu...

Seattle-based online book community Shelfari said Wednesday that it has named David Nudo as the firm's Director of Sales and Marketing. Nudo was most recently VP and Publisher at Publishers Weeklky, and has also served at the New York Times...

Entellium, a Seattle-based publisher of on-demand customer relationship management software, reported Wednesday that it has hired Paul Graves to lead its newly created Customer Experience Design unit. As vice president of customer experienc...

REvolution Computing, a publisher of computational statistics software, reported Tuesday that it has opened offices in Seattle and added two vice presidents to its executive staff. The New Haven, Conn.-based firm said it hired Colin Magee a...

Online jewelry and gemstone retailer Blue Nile Inc. revealed Monday that Robin Easton is resigning as chief financial officer to pursue other interests. The Seattle-based company said it will launch a search to find a replacement for Easton...

Seattle-based AdReady, developers of a self-service display advertising platform, reported Monday that it has hired executives from AOL and Microsoft to serve as vice presidents. Specifically, the company said Mark Feldman, formerly vice pr...

Kirkland, Washington-based Pathway Medical Technologies said Thursday that it has named Paul Buckman as the firm's Chairman. Buckman replaces acting chairman Dan Galles. Buckman is currently CEO an ddirector of DeVax, and has also served at...

Seattle-based RIPL, which is developing a service which pushes content to multiple social networking and other social websites, said today that it has made two new hires and appointed a number of advisors to the firm. RIPL said that it has ...

Internet security specialist iovation reported Wednesday that it has hired two new vice presidents. The Portland, Ore.-based company said Chris Reid will step in as vice president of sales while Emmett Zahn will serve as vice president of t...

Portland-based Jive Software, which develops software used for employee collaboration, said this morning that it has added Tony Zingale ato the firm's board of directors, and also released customer numbers. Zingale was most recently Preside...

Infinia Corp., a manufacturer of solar energy concentrators and converters, reported Monday that it has hired Gregg Clevenger as chief financial officer. Infinia described Clevenger as a financial industry veteran who spent 10 years as an i...

Zynchros Inc., a Seattle-based publisher of compliance and operations software to health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, reported Tuesday that it has hired Jim Tinney as chief technology officer. Tinney, Zynchros said, hails from Be...

Kentrox Inc., a manufacturer of automated network maintenance and control devices for mobile service providers and large businesses, reported Tuesday that it has hired Richard S. Cremona as chief executive officer and appointed him to the c...

Visible Technologies, a publisher of Internet monitoring, analytics and social media participation software, reported Wednesday that it has hired Todd Friesen as vice president of search strategies. The Seattle-based company said Friesen wi...

Seattle-based biotechnology firm Koronis Pharmaceuticals Inc. reported Thursday that it has hired David Drajeske as director of business development. According to Koronis, Drajeske boasts more than a decade of business development experienc...

Isilon Systems, a Seattle-based manufacturer of clustered storage systems, revealed Tuesday that it has appointed two directors to its board—Peter H. van Oppen and Matt McIlwain. Isilon noted that van Oppen is a former chief executive offic...

Planar Systems Inc., a manufacturer of flat-panel LCD displays, reported Tuesday that it has hired John Major as vice president of global operations and supply chain. Planar said Major succeeds John J. Ehren, who is leaving the company to p...

PivotLink Corp., the Seattle-based publisher of business intelligence applications formerly known as SeaTab Software Inc., reported Thursday that its board of directors has selected Frank Fulton as chief executive officer. PivotLink said Fu...

Seattle-based Azaleos said Wednesday that it has appointed Matt Bell as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Business Development. Bell joins the firm from SourceLabs, and has also previously served at Plumtree Software and RealNetworks. A...

Seattle-based casual video game developer PopCap Games reported Tuesday that it has hired Martin Gannholm as vice president of engineering. In the newly created position, Gannholm will report directly to David Roberts, the company's chief e...

Portland, Oregon-based Electro Scientific Industries said today that it has added a new board member, Edward C. Grady. Grady currently serves on the board of directors of Brooks Automation Board, Evergreen Solar, Verigy, Integrated Material...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based InFocus, a developer of digital projection systems, said Thursday evening that it has named Lisa K. Prentice as the firm's Senior VP, Finance. InFocus said that Prentice will become the firm's CFO when it files its...

Seattle-based game publisher Hidden City Games said Thursday that it has named Joshua Howard as the firm's Senior Vice President of Bella Sara Online. Bella Sara Online is the firm's horse-themed, online world for girls. Howard joins from M...

Audio Precision, a manufacturer of audio test instruments, reported Wednesday that it has promoted David Schmoldt as president. Schmoldt, who had served as the Beaverton, Ore.-based business' vice president and chief financial officer since...

SchemaLogic, a publisher of business semantics management software, reported Tuesday that it has hired Tom Pietryga as vice president of worldwide sales. Pietryga, SchemaLogic said, hails from Documentum, where he spent 11 years, ultimately...

MessageGate Inc., a publisher of e-mail management software, revealed Monday that it has made key changes to its executive leadership. The Bellevue, Wash.-based business said Norbert Orth, formerly MessageGate's vice president of sales and ...

Chockstone Inc., a provider of marketing technology and services, reported today that it has hired Al Hooton as vice president of engineering and product management. Chockstone said Hooton hails from Cayuse Inc., where he was vice president...

Coaxis Inc., a developer of software applications for the construction and beverage-distribution industries, reported Monday that it has hired Jim Paulson as group vice president. Paulson, who officially joined Coaxis on Jan. 2, will overse...

Tualatin, Oregon-based video processing chip firm Pixelworks reported Thursday that the firm's CEO and President, Hans Olsen, will go on a temporary leave of absence starting in January due to a health issue. The firm said that Bruce A. Wal...

Seattle-based DocuSign, a provider of Web-based electronic signature services, reported Thursday that it has hired Grant Peterson as vice president of engineering and technical operations. DocuSign described Peterson as a 22-year veteran of...

Seattle-based business-process outsourcing firm Adaptis reported earlier this week that it has promoted Leanne Hughes-Mickel to vice president of business services. Adaptis said Hughes-Mickel, who previously served as managing director of b...

Ensequence, a publisher of interactive software for television advertisers and programmers, reported Tuesday that it has hired Wayne Graham as chief financial officer. The Portland, Ore.-based company described Graham, who will report to CE...

Lucid8 LLC, a publisher of automated disaster prevention and recovery software for Microsoft Exchange Server, reported today that it has hired Christian Stark to fill the newly created position of vice president of marketing and business de...

Seattle-based Xeround Systems, a provider of database management software and services, revealed Monday that it has hired Charlotte Yarkoni as chief executive officer. Xeround said Yarkoni succeeds founder and former CEO Dr. Gilad Zlotkin, ...

Seattle-based Hubspan Inc., a provider of business-to-business integration services, announced Monday that it has promoted Trisha Gross to the role of president and chief executive officer. Hubspan said Gross succeeds Al Higginson, who is n...

Seattle-based Zumobi, which is developing software for the mobile phone market, said Friday that it has added Pat Binkley as Vice President of Engineering. Binkley joins the firm from Modiv Media, where he also was VP of Engineering. Accord...

Seattle-based Internet monitoring and analytics firm Visible Technologies said today that it has appointed Alan Schanzer to its board of directors. Schanzer is managing partner of MEC Interaction North America. According to Visible Technolo...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries, a manufacturer of photonic and laser systems, said MOnday that it has named Paul R. Oldham as Chief Financial Officer, VP of Administration, and Corporate Secretary. ESI said that Oldham replace...

Seattle-based Onvia, a provider of government bid and contract procurement opportunities, reported Tuesday that it has hired Mike Tannourji as senior vice president of sales. Onvia said Tannourji's primary responsibility will be leading the...

EED, a provider of eDiscovery software and services, reported Tuesday that it has hired Skip Lindsey as vice president of sales for the company's western region. EED said Lindsey hails from Iron Mountain, where he served as vice president o...

The PowerTech Group, a publisher of enterprise security software for IBM System i and AS/400 servers, revealed Tuesday that it has promoted Brendan Patterson to the newly created position of vice president of marketing. PowerTech said Patte...

Technology consulting firm Resolute Solutions Corp. reported Tuesday that it has appointed three individuals to its board of directors. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company said the new directors are L. Martin "Marty" Brantley, Kevin Pritchard...

Intermec Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of asset-tracking and supply chain-management devices, reported earlier this week that it has hired Earl Thompson as vice president and general manager of its printer and media business. The Everet...

Visible Technologies, a publisher of Web-based software that monitors and studies the Internet content posted by consumers, reported Thursday that it has added two individuals to its executive staff. The Seattle- and New York City-based com...

Seattle-based F5 Networks Inc., a provider of application delivery networking hardware and products, reported Wednesday that Tom Hull is resigning his post as senior vice president of worldwide sales. F5 noted that Mark Anderson, who is cur...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Serveron, a developer of products for preventing transformer failures in power systems, said today it has named Mike Deal as Vice President of Operations. Serveron said that Deal joins the firm from Clarity Visual Sy...

Isilon Systems, a provider of clustered-storage systems and software, reported Wednesday that it has promoted company founder Sujal Patel to the position of president and chief executive officer. Isilon said Patel, whose appointment is effe...

Bellevue, Washington-based SinglePoint said today that it has named Philippe Poutonnet as Director of Marketing. The firm, which provides mobile messaging campaigns for the entertainment industry, said that Poutonnet joins the firm from Qpa...

Abacast Inc., a provider of peer-to-peer streaming technologies and services, reported Wednesday that it has added Rob Green to its board of directors. Abacast described Green as an 18-year veteran of the content delivery network and softwa...

Casual video game publisher PopCap Games reported Monday that it has hired Pamela Sampel to fill the newly created position of vice president of human resources. PopCap described Sampel as a human resources veteran with more than 20 years o...

Adaptis, a provider of business-process integration services for health care insurers, announced Tuesday that it has hired three executives to work at its Seattle headquarters. Adaptis said Darryl Thompson steps in as director of data manag...

NanoString Technologies Inc., a developer of molecular-tagging technology, reported Monday that it has hired Lianne McLean as vice president of marketing. NanoString said McLean comes to the firm from Applied Biosystems, where she served as...

Expedia Inc., operator of travel Web site Expedia.com, reported Wednesday that it has appointed Cyril Ranque as vice president of the company's Partner Services Group, Asia Pacific. Expedia said Ranque, working from the company's Hong Kong ...

SeaTab Software Inc., a publisher of on-demand business analytics applications, reported yesterday that it has hired two senior vice presidents. Greg Brown will take over as SVP of sales and business development, while Frank Fulton will ser...

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies Inc., a developer of molecular-tagging technology, reported Tuesday that it has hired Alan Dance as its chief commercial officer. NanoString described Dance as an industry veteran with more than 24 year...

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., a manufacturer of wireless modules and components, revealed Monday that Steve Sharp, chairman of the company’s board of directors, will serve a two-year term as chairperson of the Oregon Council of the AeA. Form...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based MathStar Inc., a semiconductor firm which develops programmable logic chips reported Wednesday that it has hired Russell Corvese as its vice president of worldwide sales. Corvese hails from Fairchild Semiconductor, w...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games, a developer of casual games, said Thursday that it has promoted Jeremy Lewis, the firm's current President and COO, to President and CEO. Paul Thelen, the firm's founder, will become Chairman and Chief Strategy...

Biotechnology firm CG Therapeutics announced today that it has named Christopher S. Henney, Ph.D., D.Sc., as chairman of its board of directors. CG Therapeutics described Henney as a biotechnology entrepreneur and scientist who co-founded a...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor has appointed a new CFO, saying this morning that Steven J. Buhaly has been appointed to the position, replacing currently CFO Stephanie Welty. Buhaly was most recently CFO at Longview Fibre, a...

VLST Corp., a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, revealed Monday that it has made two new appointments to its executive staff. The Seattle-based company said ...

Digital projector manufacturer InFocus Corp. reported Tuesday that it has hired Robert G. O'Malley as its chief executive officer. O'Malley, whose tenure will begin Oct. 1, has also been appointed to the InFocus board of directors, the Wils...

ZenZui, a start-up company that has developed a free, Web-browsing application for mobile phones, announced today that it has hired Michael Vernon as its chief financial officer. Vernon, the company said, boasts more than 20 years of financ...

Attenex Corp., a provider of digital legal documentation software, reported Tuesday that it has hired J.R. Jesson as its senior vice president of product development. Attenex said Jesson has more than 20 years of relevant experience. Prior ...

Business and technology consulting firm Resolute Solutions Corp. revealed Wednesday that it has hired Russell L. Cooper as its director of legal affairs. Resolute said Cooper will oversee legal affairs, advise the company on regulatory matt...

Seattle-based visual analysis software developer Tableau Software announced Tuesday that it has added three vice presidents to its executive staff. Tableau said it has promoted Kevin Brown to the position of vice president of alliances and ...

SignaCert Inc., a provider of information technology management software and services, revealed Monday that it has hired Randal Skipper as its vice president of sales. SignaCert described Skipper as a direct and indirect sales veteran with ...

Azaleos Corp., a provider of turnkey, on-premises consulting for Microsoft Exchange, reported Monday that it has hired Scott Gode as vice president of marketing. The company said Gode will oversee the company’s overall marketing and product...

Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies Inc., a provider of network security appliances and software, reported yesterday that it has hired Eric Aarrestad as its next vice president of marketing. WatchGuard said Aarrestad, who will report dire...

Business and technology consulting firm Resolute Solutions Corp. reported Monday that it has appointed Wes Swenson to its board of directors. The Bellevue, Washington-based company said it selected Swenson, who is a venture partner, because...

Portland, Oregon-based Compli, a provider of compliance management software for the auto dealership industry, said Friday afternoon that it has opened up a midwest sales office in Ohio. The firm said that as part of the move, it has appoint...

Seattle-based Medio Systems said Thursday that it has hired an executive from Yahoo! Search Marketing to serve as the firm's new Vice President of Product Management and Product Marketing. The firm, which develops mobile search and advertis...

Business and technology consulting firm Resolute Solutions Corp. reported yesterday that it has promoted Mark Thompson to the role of chief operating officer. The former chief technology officer’s responsibilities now focus on driving marke...

Business and technology consulting firm Resolute Solutions Corp. reported earlier this week that it has hired Eric Blankenburg as its chief technology officer. Resolute said Blankenburg will lead the company's go-to-market strategy while ov...

MyStrands, a provider of social music recommendation services, announced Monday that it has added four executives to its management staff. MyStrands said Gary Geller joins the company as senior vice president of sales and marketing, Scott L...

A Place for Mom, a senior health care referral service, reported Saturday that it has hired Erich Wuhrman as its vice president of recruiting. A Place for Mom said Wuhrman's primary role will be to oversee the growth of the company's adviso...

Expedia Inc., operator of the online travel site Expedia.com, reported Tuesday that it has promoted Pierre Samec to chief technology officer. Expedia said Samec, who previously was senior vice president of worldwide product development, suc...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Micro Power, a manufacturer of portable power systems, said Tuesday that it has expanded its executive team. The company said that it has named Paul Brown as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and also named...

Perlego Systems Inc., a provider of end-to-end mobile device lifecycle management software, reported Monday that it has hired Alan Beauchamp as its chief financial officer. Perlego said Beauchamp will oversee the company’s strategic and fin...

QL2 Software, a developer of business intelligence software, announced Wednesday that it has hired Glenn Hasen as its president and CEO. Prior to joining QL2, Hasen was CEO of Kapow Technologies. Before that, he was CEO and co-founder of Bl...

Insitu Inc., a developer of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, reported Tuesday that it has hired Mark R. Kent as its chief financial officer. Insitu said Kent will be responsible for directing all aspects of the company's financial manageme...

IceBreaker Inc., a developer of mobile social-networking software, revealed earleir this week that it has hired David Laub as chief financial officer. IceBreaker said Laub joins the firm after serving 10 years as president of U.S. operation...

Avenue A / Razorfish, an interactive marketing and technology services agency, reported Wednesday that Clark Kokich has been promoted to chief executive officer. Avenue A / Razorfish said Kokich, who joined the company in 1999, previously s...

SecondSpace Inc., an online services company, announced Monday that it has appointed one industry executive to its board of directors and two more to its strategic advisory board. SecondSpace said it has named Colleen Brown as an independen...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec said Thursday afternoon that it has named Patrick J. Byrne as the firm's President and CEO. Byrne replaces Larry D. Brady, who is retiring. Byrne was most recently Senior Vice President of Agilent Technolo...

WatchGuard Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of networking security appliances, reported Monday that it has hired Thom Linden as its vice president of engineering. WatchGuard said Linden, who boasts more than 25 years of engineering archite...

Tyfone Inc., a developer of mobile financial services software, announced Thursday that it has appointed three new executive team members to three separate, worldwide locations. Guru Sankar assumes the role of Tyfone's chief financial offic...

Insitu Inc., a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft for commercial and military applications, reported yesterday that it has hired Charlie L. Guthrie as its new vice president and chief technology officer. The company said Guthrie boasts more ...

Medio Systems, a developer of embedded mobile search and mobile advertising software, revealed today that it has hired Robert P. Lilleness as its new chief operating officer. Medio said Lilleness, who previously worked for Universal Electro...

Tualatin, Oregon-based Pixelworks, which develops semiconductors for the flat panel display and digital projection market, said today that it has named Steven L. Moore as VP Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of the firm. Pixel...

Bellevue, Washington-based SecondSpace said Thursday that it has added two new executives to the firm's team. SecondSpace said that it has named Terron Lindholme as Director of Sales, and Alexander Barnett as Director of Corporate Marketing...

Portland, Oregon-based Compli, a developer of compliance software for the auto dealership market, said Thursday that it has named Mark Lawler as SVP and Chief Technology Officer. Lawler joins the firm from Primavera, was a co-founder at Pro...

Intermec Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of identification and tracking equipment, announced Wednesday that it has hired Phil Danner as its vice president of engineering. Intermec said Danner, who joins the company after 15 years with Gen...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based InFocus, a manufacturer of projection displays, said Monday afternoon that its CFO, Roger Rowe, has resigned. The firm said that Rowe has accepted another local position, effective July 2nd. The company has appoint...

WatchGuard Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of security appliances for small- to mid-sized businesses, reported Thursday that it has hired two industry veterans to its executive staff. Terry Haas, formerly CEO of Solera Networks, has been ...

Online meta-shopping service Mpire announced Tuesday that Rob Solomon, president and CEO of Sidestep.com, has joined Mpire's board of directors. The company also said it has hired Sean Crotty as vice president of product marketing. Prior to...

Mobile marketing firm HipCricket Inc. announced Tuesday that it has added two individuals to its executive team. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company said it has hired Jeff Hasen as chief marketing officer and Tom Virgin as chief financial off...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Cascade Microtech said Thursday that it has named a new director of worldwide sales and service for the firm's Engineering Products Division. Dr. Tariq Alam was promoted to the position. Alam has been at the firm sin...

Chockstone Inc., a provider of gift cards and other customer loyalty marketing solutions, announced Tuesday that it has hired Troy Landers as vice president of client operations. Chockstone said Landers arrived from Corillian, where he serv...

Mobile message delivery service provider SinglePoint announced some significant changes to its executive staff this week. The company said Michael Skoff will take over as chief financial officer, while Tom Cast will assume the role of vice ...

Seattle-based Getty Images said today that it has hired John McKay, former United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, as senior vice president and general counsel. Getty Images is a provider of photography and other visu...

Bellevue, Washington-based drugstore.com named a new executive today, saying that it has appointed There du Pont as Senior Vice President, Operations, and Chief Financial Officer. du Pont was most recently President and CFO of Wawa. du Pont...

FEI Company announced Monday that it has named Benjamin Loh Gek Lim as its executive vice president of worldwide sales and service. The 43-year-old Loh, who is fluent in English, Japanese and Mandarin, will be based in Singapore once he joi...

Projection equipment manufacturer InFocus Corp. announced Wednesday that Kyle C. Ranson, company president and CEO, is leaving the firm to pursue other interests. Ranson, whose decision is effective immediately, also resigned from Infocus' ...

Bothell, Washington-based Dexterra has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer, saying wednesday that it has appointed Leo Jolicoeur to the position. Jolicoeur joins the firm from @Road, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Marke...

Electronic Evidence Discovery Inc., a provider of electronic discovery services for the legal industry, has hired Kurt Walker as its vice president of client services, the company revealed Wednesday. Walker's responsibilities will include s...

Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies has named Joe Wang, former CEO of LANDesk Software, as President and Chief Executive Officer. The firm said that Wang will replace Bruce Coleman, who was appointed interim CEO when WatchGuard was acquir...

NewCross Technologies, a wholesale provider of hosted Voice-over-IP operations, has hired three new executives, the company recently reported. Stanley P. Hanks will assume command as CEO and chairman, Steven Owens will function as chief ope...

Portland, Oregon-based Chockstone, a provider of loyalty marketing programs for retailers, said today that it has promoted Marc Edmondson to Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Edmondson was most recently VP of Professional Serv...

Bellevue, Washington-based SinglePoint, a provider of outsourced wireless data services, said today that it has named Stephen Davis to its board of directors. Davis was most recently President of Mobile and Online Media at InfoSpace, and ha...

Seattle-based Attenex, a provider of e-discovery software for the legal market, said today that it has added a new VP and general counsel. Ashley B. Watson has joined the firm in the position from BellSouth, where she was senior litigation ...

Bellevue, Washington-based Captaris, a provider of document automation software, said today that it has named Paul M. Yantus as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Development. Yantus joins the firm from ScanOptics, where he w...

Seattle-based Farecast announced this morning that it has hired Krista Pappas as VP of Business Development for the firm. Farecast provides an online site that predicts airline airfares and allows users to book flights. Pappas was most rece...

Seattle-based Visible Technologies said today that it has named Eli Weir as Chief Technology Officer. Weir was most recently VP of Technology at Virtuoso. Visible Technologies develops services for tracking online consumer-generated media f...

Seattle-based interactive media firm Avenue A | Razorfish announced Tuesday that it has promoted Colin Kinsella to president of the West region. Kinsella will lead the firm's Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles offices. Kinsel...

Seattle-based Visible Technologies, a provider of Internet brand and reputation management services, has appointed D. Blake Cahill as Vice President of Corporate Marketing. Cahill joins the firm from SafeHarbor Technology Corporation, and h...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec, a provider of RFID and other supply chain management tracking products, said Thursday that the firm's Chairman and CEO is planning to retire. Larry Brady, CEO of the firm, has held the position since 2000...

Seattle-based Zillow announced this morning it has appointed a new VP of Sales. Greg Schwartz has joined the firm from CNNMoney.com, and will be responsible for the firm's national advertising sales team. Schwartz has also served at Yahoo! ...

Portland, Oregon-based Learning.com said today it has appointed Candace Petersen as President and Chief Operating Officer. Petersen was most recently VP and Chief Strategy Officer for Wilsonville, Oregon-based InFocus Corporation. Learning....

HyperQuality, the Seattle-based customer service quality assurance firm, has appointed Jude Kavalam as its chief technology officer, the company announced Tuesday. Kavalam's hiring continues a wave of expansion that began in December 2006 w...

Kirkland, Washington-based GrapeCity, a provider of custom software services, said today that it has appointed Dave Watts as Senior Sales Director. Watts was most recently at Advantros Corporation, and has also served at Legent, Digital Equ...

Bothell, Washington-based Northwest Biotherapeutics said Thursday that the firm has appointed a new CFO. Jim Johnston, J.D., has been appointd as Chief Financial Officer of the firm. Johnston has served as General Counsel of the firm since ...

Seattle-based Entellium announced today that it has appointed David Scott as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Scott has previously served at Intermec Technologies and PeopleSoft. Entellium is a maker of hosted, on-demand custom...

Portland, Oregon-based Electro Scientific Industries has added a new VP of Marketing, saying that it has hired Dr. R.A. Srinivas to the firm. Srinivas was most recently at Applied Materials, where he was Chief Marketing Officer. ESI is a su...

Seattle-based Ontela said Wednesday that it has opened up a new 5,000 square foot headquarters in Smith Tower in Seattle, and has appointed a number of executives. Ontela said it has hired Charlie Butt as VP North American carrier sales; Mi...

Seattle-based RealNetworks announced last night that it has named Philip W. O'Neil as Senior Vice President of the firm's music business. O'Neil was most recently at Vivendi Universal Games, where he was responsible for the firm's sales, bu...

Bellevue, Washington-based Talisma today said that it has reorganizes its management team, promoting CFO Wade Pfeiffer to COO and CFO, and also named Brad Birnbaum, formerly the firm's VP of Product Development, as Chief Technology Officer....

Bellevue, Washington-based Captaris is reporting that its COO, Matthias M. Scheuing, will leave the company. No reason for Scheuing's departure was given, although the firm said that it expects Scheuing to remain in his role through March 3...

Kirkland, Washington-based OVP Venture Partners said late last night that it has appointed Carl Weissman as a Venture Partner at the firm. Weissman will focus on investments in digital biology, and the convergence of IT, nanotechnology, and...

Gig Harbor, Washington-based Perlego Systems said today that it has named a new CEO. Frank J. Costa has joined the firm in the position of Chief Executive Officer, replacing founding CEO Todd Ostrander. Ostrander will become Chief Strategy ...

Portland, Oregon-based ERP-Link, a software firm that develops software that connects Microsoft .NET with SAP, said today it has named Sebastian Rapport VP of Engineering. Rapport joins from Revionics, where he was CTO. Rapport has previous...

Bellevue, Washington-based iConclude has added a new member to its board of directors. iConclude said that David Murphy, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mercury has joined the firm's board of directors. iConclude develo...

Kirkland, Washington-based Clearwire has appointed Scott Richardson as Chief Strategy Officer, the firm said today. Richardson was most recently a VP at Intel's Mobility Group, and was reponsible for Intel's broadband wireless efforts. Clea...

Seattle-based Ontela announced today that Chase Franklin, a co-founder of Qpass, has joined the firm's board of directors. Franklin is currently at Amdocs, the firm that acquired Qpass. Franklins has also served at Microsoft. Ontela is deve...

Bellevue, Washington-based Talyst said Wednesday that it has named Jason French to the position of controller. French was most recently VP Finance and Accounting for Utilx Corporation in Kent. He has also served at Aiphone Corporation and P...

Portland, Oregon-based web analytics provider WebTrends has appointed a new Vice President of Sales and Client Services. The firm said it has named Darc Dencker-Rasmussen to the position. Rasmussen was most recently Senior Vice President a...

Bellevue, Washington-based eMagin, a developer of OLED microdisplay technology, said Thursday afternoon that the firm's founder, CEO, and President, Gary Jones, is leaving his position to become a consultant to the firm. Dr. K. C. Park, Exe...

Seattle-based HyperQuality has named a new VP, saying Wednesday that it has named Joe Caliro as Executive Vice President of Quality. Caliro has served at AOL, Verizon, GTE, and Pearle Vision. Caliro will manage the firm's Professional Servi...

Portland, Oregon-based WebTrends said today that it has named a new Chief Marketing Officer. The firm said that Tim Kopp has been named to the position, reporting to CEO Greg Drew. Kopp joins the firm from the Coca-Cola Company, where he le...

Vancouver, Washington-based New Edge Networks has named a new president, saying this week that Linda Beck has been appointed to the position. Beck has been serving as interim President of New Edge since August, and was most recently executi...

Bellevue, Washington-based SecondSpace said today that it has appointed two members of its management team for the new online services firm. SecondSpace said that it has appointed Gary Cowan as Director of Product Management, and Keith Pick...

Bellevue, Washington-based InfoSpace has announced a new executive lineup, after going through a restructuring. InfoSpace said that Steve Elfman will oversee the firm's Mobile business unit, and Brian McManus will oversee the firm's online ...

Kirkland, Washington-based Electronic Evidence Discovery said today that it has appointed Thomas Haug as Senior Vice President of Software Engineering. The firm, which provides electronic discovery services for the legal industry, said that...

Kirkland, Washington-based SchemaLogic said yesterday that it has appointed a new VP of Professional Services and Support. Tom Pacholke has been appointed to the position. Pacholke joins the firm from CapitalStream, and has also served at T...

Seattle-based Cogneto, a provider of authentication technology for the security industry, said today that it has appointed Chris Gielnik as VP of Global Sales. Gielnik has previously served at Nokia Internet Communications, Qualys, Netscale...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Serveron, a company developing online monitoring of electric power operations, said today it has named a new executive. Tim Weaver has been appointed as Vice President of Operations. Weaver was most recently at Accel...

Seattle-based Medio Systems said Tuesday that it has named Omar Tawakol to the position of Chief Advertising Officer. Tawakol joins the firm from Revenue Science, where he held the position of Chief Marketing Officer. Tawakol has also serve...

Seattle-based Isilon Systems, a provider of clustered storage systems, said this morning that it has appointed James Richardson to its board of directors. Richardson is Senior Vice President of Cisco's Commercial Business, and has also serv...

Bellevue, Washington-based SecondSpace, a online services company that is developing a service for connecting consumers with services, said this week that it has named two new executives. The firm appointed Satbir Khanuja as VP of Marketing...

Seattle-based Global Market Insite, a provider of market intelligence software and products for market research, said this week that it has hired a new CFO and VP. GMI has hired Michael Vernon as Chief Financial Officer of the firm, and Jud...

Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies has shuffled its executive staff, naming today a new CEO and VP. The firm said that it has named Bruce T. Coleman as its new chief executive officer, and also appointed a new VP of Marketing, Kathleen B...

Walla Walla, Washington-based Key Technology, a provider of process automation systems for the food and manufacturing industries, has named a new President and CEO. Key has named David M. Camp to the positions. Camp was most recently at The...

Hillsboro-based Serveron, a provider of equipment for monitoring power transformers and batteries, said it is expanding into China and Europe. The firm announced Monday that it has opened an office in the People's Republic of China, and app...

Bellevue, Washington-based online health and beauty retailer drugstore.com said yesterday that it has added Jeffrey Killeen, chairman and CEO of GlobalSpec, to its board of directors, and that Melinda French Gates has resigned from its boar...

Bellevue, Washington-based eMagin has appointed a new member of its board of directors, saying today that it has named Dr. Radu Auf der Heyde to its board. Dr. Auf der Heyde is president of Lightridge Capital, an investment management firm....

Bellevue, Washington-based InfoSpace has named a new Vice President of Marketing. The firm said today it has appointed Russell Arons to the spot. Ms. Arons joins from Mattel, where she was most recently vice president of marketing and gener...