— Mike Torres, a former government at Amazon, Microsoft and Google, has joined Dropbox as the corporate’s first chief product officer.
“As a product chief, becoming a member of an organization that helped pioneer product-led development is energizing…” Torres mentioned on LinkedIn. “On this function, my focus will probably be easy: assist Dropbox ship the proper issues on the proper time for our prospects.”
Seattle-based Torres involves Dropbox from Google, the place he served as vp of product for Chrome. Earlier than that, he spent greater than a decade at Amazon, most not too long ago as VP of Kindle. At Microsoft, he led groups engaged on OneDrive, Home windows Film Maker and different merchandise.
— T-Cellular appointed Chris Sambar as chief enterprise officer, efficient no later than Oct. 14. Sambar will lead the Bellevue, Wash.-based firm’s small- and medium-sized enterprise, enterprise and authorities items.
Sambar joins from Public Storage, the place he serves as chief working officer. He was beforehand at fellow communications big AT&T for greater than 20 years, most not too long ago as a president of the corporate’s world community group overseeing structure, engineering, development, operations, tower technique and program administration.
“Chris is a seasoned wi-fi trade chief with confirmed expertise together with increasing high-growth companies and seizing market alternatives,” mentioned Srini Gopalan, CEO of T-Cellular.
— T-Cellular made two further C-suite adjustments:
- Chief Enterprise & Product Officer Mike Katz has resigned to “pursue new skilled pursuits,” in accordance with a press launch. Katz was with the corporate for greater than 28 years and can stay in a strategic advisory function by means of the top of the 12 months. Gopalan provided his “honest gratitude to Mike for his unbelievable contributions to T‑Cellular.” Learn extra about his departure on this GeekWire story.
- André Almeida‘s C-suite function has expanded and his title has been up to date to chief advertising, model and broadband officer. He beforehand served as chief broadband, enterprise and rising enterprise officer. Within the new place, Almeida will assist oversee the corporate’s shopper wi-fi and broadband companies.
— After 37 years with Microsoft, Xbox Vice President Kevin LaChapelle was amongst these laid off this week, with the cuts hitting the gaming division notably laborious as the corporate goals to overtake the division.
LaChapelle was employed by the Redmond, Wash.-based tech big in 1989 as a software program design engineer and joined the Xbox staff in 2012.
“I’ll say my fondest reminiscences are of main the staff of very gifted engineers who constructed the Xbox Backward Compatibility program,” LaChapelle mentioned on LinkedIn. When Phil Spencer, then head of Xbox, introduced this system on the Digital Leisure Expo in 2015, LaChapelle added, “The viewers’s response was unbelievable.”
— Adam Schoenfeld has resigned as chief advertising officer for Inflection.io. In April, the B2B advertising automation firm acquired Keyplay, a Seattle startup co-founded and beforehand led by Schoenfeld. The deal reunited Schoenfeld and Inflection CEO Aaron Fowl, who’ve recognized one another for a few years and have collaborated and invested in one another’s firms.
Schoenfeld mentioned on LinkedIn that he “had the most effective of intentions” when he dedicated to the acquisition, however then burnout hit him. “I used to be embarrassed and disillusioned in myself. I dreaded telling the staff. I didn’t need to bail and let folks down… I’m positive others have been on this place,” he added. “After going through the laborious conversations, I’m excited to look forward.”
Schoenfeld stays a part-time CMO advisor for the enterprise and likewise produces Adam’s GTM Report, which supplies data-backed analysis, maps and instruments for leaders and builders within the house.
— Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Area Applied sciences named former OpenAI government Kevin Weil to its board. Weil has held management roles at Planet, Meta, Instagram and Twitter and likewise serves on the boards of Cisco and The Nature Conservancy.
Stoke Area builds reusable rockets and raised $860 million from buyers in its newest spherical. It’s No. 6 on the GeekWire 200, a ranked index of the Pacific Northwest’s high startups.
— Skippy Shaw has joined fusion startup Helion Vitality as director of Washington authorities affairs. The Everett, Wash.-based firm is working to construct what could possibly be the world’s first industrial fusion facility in Central Washington. Shaw joins Helion from The Nature Conservancy, the place she led state governmental relations for TNC’s Washington chapter.
— David Langworthy introduced that he has resigned from Microsoft after almost 25 years, leaving the function of architect for Azure OpenAI. Langworthy, who labored as a founding member of Azure OpenAI, GitHub Copilot, GenAI, MAC, and Azure AI Providers, is the founder and CTO of a stealth startup primarily based in Bellevue.
— Carissa Allen has additionally left Microsoft, departing as director of technique for the corporate’s occasions, together with Ignite and AI Tour. On LinkedIn, Allen known as her resignation after almost 30 years “my Valiant Reboot Mission (no “retirement” right here) as a result of I’m not completed but.”
— And in case you missed it:
- Invoice Colleran, a veteran expertise government who beforehand led Impinj, has joined Seattle-based AI coding startup Adronite as CEO. Edward Rothschild, who co-founded and beforehand led the corporate, is transitioning to chief expertise officer. Learn extra on this GeekWire story.
- Nick Parker, a 26-year Microsoft veteran who led the corporate’s worldwide industrial gross sales enterprise, is leaving to develop into Nvidia’s new gross sales chief, efficient Aug. 24. Learn extra right here.
