— Elizabeth “Liz” Hamren is now CEO of AllTrails, a company that connects people with outdoor experiences through trail and national park information.
“Throughout my career, I’ve been inspired by the power of technology to make people’s lives better. The benefits of time outside are universal, and AllTrails is unique in its ability to connect the two, helping people find joy and fulfillment by exploring the outdoors,” Hamren said on LinkedIn.
Seattle-based Hamren joins AllTrails from Ring, the home security company that was acquired by Amazon in 2018 for a reported $1 billion. Hamren was CEO of the company for two years, taking the helm from Ring founder Jamie Siminoff.
Earlier in her career, Hamren was at Microsoft for nearly a decade, split between two stints. During her second tenure, she served as a leader of Xbox product and engineering. Hamren was also chief operating officer for Discord before going to Ring.
— Adam Selipsky, former CEO of Amazon Web Services, is joining the investment firm KKR as a senior technology and AI strategy advisor.
Selipsky said he’ll work closely with KKR leadership “on strategy, capital allocation, and governance, with a focus on the convergence of compute, data centers, fiber, and energy required to scale AI globally” while also supporting portfolio companies.
KKR reports that it has $42 billion of equity in digital infrastructure through 23 investments, plus an additional $20 billion backing ventures in power and renewables.
Selipsky joined AWS in 2005 and departed 11 years later to become CEO of Seattle-based Tableau Software. He led Tableau for more than five years, then returned to AWS as CEO of the Amazon cloud unit. Selipsky left AWS again last year.
In July, he was appointed to the board of directors for Circle Internet Group, an international financial technology company.
— Florin Rotar is now executive vice president and group chief technology officer for Atos, a France-based cloud and information technology company.
“I sought a challenge defined by profound impact and the opportunity to drive significant change” alongside talented colleagues and “world-class leaders,” Rotar said on LinkedIn. “I believe I have found that mission at Atos.”
In June, Rotar left Avanade after a 25-year career at the Seattle-area IT services and consulting firm. Rotar joined Avanade as its first employee in Europe and held roles including chief AI officer and chief technologist. Avanade provides various digital, cloud and AI-related services across the Microsoft ecosystem.
— Harshitha Amit is now director of engineering for AI and machine learning infrastructure at the cloud company CoreWeave.
“After a decade building AI/ML infrastructure at leading companies, I’m now at the heart of AI innovation — where the infrastructure itself is the product,” Amit said on LinkedIn.
This spring, Seattle-based Amit launched HA Arts, which blends AI and human artistry to produce commissioned artwork. She was previously head of engineering for the digital payment platform Stripe, and earlier spent 12 years at Microsoft where she worked on machine learning efforts within Azure.
Last week, CoreWeave’s Chetan Kapoor shared that he was stepping down as CoreWeave’s chief product officer.
— University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design has appointed two leaders:
- Jenny Cronin has joined as director of translational research, helping scientists commercialize their discoveries. Cronin is also a venture partner at Pack Ventures, and was previously a venture partner with the AI2 Incubator and a former product manager at NanoString.
- Roseanne Hampton Reich is now assistant director of administration at IPD. Past positions include manager of technology business operations at lululemon and leadership roles at the UW’s Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children’s and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
— Amy Harder, a former vice president of Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy and executive editor of Cipher, is now the national energy correspondent for Axios. Harder led Cipher for nearly four years, until the climate change publication funded by Breakthrough Energy wound down operations in July.
Seattle-based Harder previously worked for Axios in Washington, D.C., and reported on energy for the Wall Street Journal.
— Mary Agnes “Maggie” Wilderotter resigned from the board of directors for Sana Biotechnology, a Seattle-based cell and gene therapy company. Wilderotter’s career includes CEO roles at Grand Reserve Inn, Wink Communications and Frontier Communications, as well as a senior vice president of global strategy at Microsoft in the early 2000s.
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