Auger, a startup constructing logistics and provide chain software program, introduced Yuqing Solar as its chief information and AI enablement officer. Solar joins the Bellevue, Wash.-based firm from Johnson & Johnson the place she has labored for almost 20 years in quite a lot of provide chain, analytics and information science roles.
“Yuqing brings the uncommon combo of deep technical chops, operational scar tissue, and the calm that solely comes from having seen each sort of supply-chain hearth drill,” stated Dave Clark, Auger’s founder and CEO and a former Amazon government.
Clark famous on LinkedIn that whereas at Johnson & Johnson, Solar labored to modernize “some of the complicated provide chains on the planet by means of information and AI improvements. She constructed and scaled greater than 30 AI-driven merchandise throughout optimization, simulation, IoT, machine studying, laptop imaginative and prescient — you identify it.”
Final month Auger appointed Justine Hastings as chief AI economist. The corporate, ranked No. 48 on the GeekWire 200 record of high Pacific Northwest startups, raised a $100 million Sequence A spherical final December.
— Amy Harris is the brand new public coverage and authorities relations director for the Washington Expertise Trade Affiliation (WTIA).
For the previous 9 years, Harris has been a principal for Pink Methods, which payments itself as offering “fundraising consulting and occasion planning for proper of heart candidates and organizations.” She has additionally labored as an government assistant for 2 members of Congress.
Randa Minkarah, CEO of the WTIA consortium, praised Harris’ “deep expertise in bipartisan coalition-building, strategic advocacy, and navigating complicated political landscapes,” noting the abilities will probably be instrumental in working in Washington state and the nation’s capitol.
— Marc Brown, a former company vp at Microsoft who helped lead the acquisition of corporations together with LinkedIn, GitHub and Minecraft, has joined the board of administrators for Syncro, a software program platform for IT professionals.
Seattle-based Brown was with Microsoft for greater than twenty years, managing greater than 185 acquisitions and 80 fairness investments.
— Pyramid Communications, a longtime Seattle-area public relations agency, named Emily Ryan as its first CEO. Ryan was with Pyramid for almost 14 years earlier than taking a year-long function as chief communications officer for Our Youngsters’s Belief in 2024.
“Throughout a tumultuous interval on the planet, Pyramid is doubling down on our dedication to assist changemakers main daring motion for a greater world,” the corporate posted on LinkedIn. “Emily’s trusted, artistic management will maintain our staff and our shoppers as we proceed to work alongside all of you…”
— Carbon Direct, a carbon administration agency primarily based in New York and Seattle, introduced two management hires because of its current acquisition of local weather tech startup Pachama.
- Greg FitzGerald, primarily based in Vancouver, B.C., is now vp of provide and can assist supply and commercialize carbon credit that organizations buy to offset their emissions.
- Diego Saez Gil, co-founder and former CEO of Pachama, has taken the function of senior vp of strategic engagement and is predicated within the Bay Space.
