Several notable leadership changes are reshaping the Pacific Northwest tech landscape. Lisa Gurry, who spent over two decades at Microsoft before co-founding health tech startup Truveta, has taken on the role of chief business officer at GeneDX. The Maryland-based company maintains an extensive rare disease database connecting genomic data with patient conditions. Gurry aims to leverage this dataset to accelerate disease diagnosis and drug discovery while providing value to healthcare systems.
In other moves, Kim Baggett has joined the Cancer AI Alliance as director of operations after serving as chief operating and financial officer at Sage Bionetworks. The alliance, led by Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, includes major institutions like Dana-Farber and Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Microsoft will see board member Carlos Rodriguez depart following the December shareholder meeting. Rodriguez, who joined in 2021, previously led ADP as CEO for 12 years.
Bible study platform Logos has appointed Chris Migura as CEO, succeeding Bill McCarthy who transitions to board chair. Migura previously served as the company’s CFO since 2023.
Seattle-based Temporal has strengthened its leadership team with John Bonney as CFO and Jonathan Chadwick joining the board of directors. The developer tools startup recently reached a $2.5 billion valuation after completing a $105 million secondary transaction.
Jennifer Prenner has taken on the role of senior vice president of product marketing at NetApp, bringing extensive marketing experience from companies including Amazon and Meta.
Auger, the Bellevue logistics startup, welcomed Justine Hastings as chief AI economist. Hastings spent seven years at Amazon, most recently as chief scientist overseeing HR data. The appointment continues CEO Dave Clark’s trend of recruiting former Amazon leaders.
Additional moves include Stephen Jenkins joining Rowan Digital Infrastructure as chief development officer, Bill Platt becoming COO at Alchemy, and Austin Hay departing as co-founder of Seattle startup Clarify. Chris Duranti has joined Govstream.ai, while Zachary Cohn is now with Wizards of the Coast. The Washington Research Foundation also appointed Senator Jamie Pedersen to its board of directors.