Two former members of the Google Maps team have navigated their way to Microsoft, joining the Redmond company as corporate vice presidents on its Maps and Local team, part of its Web Experiences (WebXT) group. Nicholas Lee, former senior director of engineering for Google Maps, who worked at Google for nearly 17 years, was named…
John Case, left, will replace Jon Roskill, right, as CEO of Acumatica. (Photos courtesy Acumatica) Business technology company Acumatica, maker of cloud-based enterprise resource planning software, named John Case as its new CEO effective March 1. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company said its CEO of more than eight years, Jon Roskill, will move into an advisory…
Rendering of the proposed Longacres soccer training facility (Via Sounders FC) RENTON, Wash. — Longacres, the storied property that once boasted a famous horse racing track and the former headquarters of Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes group, now is home to the Seattle Sounders FC. But the new Renton-based facility for Major League Soccer’s winningest team in…
Paris Hilton with a Viome kit. (Viome Photo) Celebrity, model and socialite Paris Hilton has joined Viome Life Sciences as an investor and ambassador, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wellness and diagnostics company announced Wednesday. With its at-home test kit, Viome determines the microbial composition of stool samples and recommends “precision” supplements and probiotics based on an…
This photomicrograph shows a chain of barium ions in an IonQ quantum computing system. The width of the chain in only slightly bigger than the width of a human hair. (IonQ Photo) Dare we say it? Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has teamed up with IonQ to come up with a method for producing barium ions…
Manish Bansal. (Wiliot Photo) — San Diego, Calif.-based company Wiliot named Manish Bansal as chief product officer. He joins the IoT startup from Amazon, where he spent 15 years, most recently as director of product management for supply chain technology. Bansal will be responsible for Wiliot’s IoT platform used to manage the company’s “Pixels,” a…
As the Omicron variant recedes, tech companies are eyeing a return to the office. But for those with offices in downtown Seattle, there’s a new question looming front and center: With crime rates rising to levels not seen in years, how safe is returning to in-person work in the city? A few weeks ago, an…
As the Omicron variant recedes, tech companies are eyeing a return to the office. But for those with offices in downtown Seattle, there’s a new question looming front and center: With crime rates rising to levels not seen in years, how safe is returning to in-person work in the city? A few weeks ago, an…
The Uh-Oh Labs team, from left to right, starting at the top row: Cameron Ball, founder and CEO; Alex Jiao, president and chief business officer; Dr. Joshua Torrey, co-founder and chief medical officer; Annette LaBauve, chief science officer; Julianne Averill, chief financial officer; Kim-Yen Nguyen, director of software; Marlene Johnson, director of quality assurance; Kylie…
The Uh-Oh Labs team, from left to right, starting at the top row: Cameron Ball, founder and CEO; Alex Jiao, president and chief business officer; Dr. Joshua Torrey, co-founder and chief medical officer; Annette LaBauve, chief science officer; Julianne Averill, chief financial officer; Kim-Yen Nguyen, director of software; Marlene Johnson, director of quality assurance; Kylie…
