Several key leadership changes have occurred across the Pacific Northwest tech sector. Smartsheet, the Bellevue-based enterprise software company that went private in an $8.4 billion deal earlier this year, has appointed Ravi Soin as its new chief information security officer. Soin brings over 14 years of leadership experience from Edifecs and previously spent nearly a decade at Microsoft managing Bing social initiatives. Smartsheet’s CTO Cynthia Tee emphasized Soin’s crucial role in advancing the company’s AI capabilities while maintaining security standards.
Mark Hoffman is departing Amazon after nearly 16 years, where he most recently served as vice president and associate general counsel of corporate and securities, as well as head of legal operations. Before Amazon, Hoffman was a partner at both Gray Cary and DLA Piper, and began his career at Riddell Williams. He expressed gratitude for working with “smart, dedicated, creative, fun, and honorable people” at Amazon and plans to focus on travel, family, board service and personal interests.
In other moves, Derek Tu has taken on the role of director of product management at Stacklok, a Seattle startup developing AI assistants and models. Tu previously co-founded Carbon, which was acquired by Perplexity in December, and held positions at Italic, Wayfair, Flywire and 6sense.
Additional transitions include Himanshu Tayal joining AI House as resident expert after working in generative AI at AWS, Joseph Sunga’s promotion to director of product management at autonomous vehicle startup Waabi, and Sarah Bell becoming pipeline and portfolio lead at climate-focused E8 Angels.
The clean energy sector saw changes with Christin Camacho departing as vice president of marketing at LevelTen Energy after nearly seven years, during which the company facilitated over $25 billion in clean energy transactions. The startup recently announced layoffs affecting 60 employees.
Ross Kenyon, co-founder of carbon removal marketplace Nori, has taken an executive in residence position at Washington Maritime Blue. Nori, which raised $17.25 million before closing last year, focused on connecting farmers with carbon credit buyers. Kenyon continues to support climate tech startups in various capacities.
These leadership changes reflect ongoing evolution across the Pacific Northwest’s technology landscape, particularly in areas like enterprise software, artificial intelligence, clean energy, and climate technology.