Seattle-based Alaska Airlines has appointed Lindsay-Rae McIntyre as its new chief people officer. McIntyre transitions to the airline after spending eight years at Microsoft, where her most recent position was corporate vice president of Talent and Learning and chief diversity officer.
In a LinkedIn message addressing both her former and current employers, McIntyre reflected on her tenure at the tech giant. “I am honored to have been part of this transformation for the past eight years,” she wrote, asking colleagues to “take good care of one another, and of our customers.”
Speaking to her new teams at Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines, McIntyre revealed personal connections to the aviation sector. Her grandfather and uncle flew for Air Canada, while her aunt worked as a flight attendant. “I grew up in awe of airplanes and of the extraordinary people who make air travel possible,” she shared.
Before her Microsoft tenure, McIntyre held senior leadership positions at IBM for over 18 years.
In other personnel changes, Armon Dadgar, co-founder and chief technology officer of HashiCorp, is departing the infrastructure software firm. Dadgar and co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto established HashiCorp in 2012 following their graduation from the University of Washington. Last year, IBM completed a $6.4 billion acquisition of the San Francisco-based company.
“For me, HashiCorp was always more than a job, and I’ve always felt a deep sense of responsibility for the people, products, customers, and community,” Dadgar wrote on LinkedIn. “The role I’ve played has always been rewarding, but equally it has been demanding.”
With his final day at HashiCorp on Friday, the Seattle-based Dadgar plans to relocate to New York City and spend time recharging.
Damon Lanphear has joined Artera as chief technology officer. The Santa Barbara, California-based company develops agentic AI solutions for healthcare provider-patient communication. Lanphear arrives from Amazon, where he worked across two separate periods totaling over five years, concluding as a director of engineering. He previously held the same directorial position at AWS.
A seasoned veteran of Seattle’s health-tech ecosystem, Lanphear served as CTO of pioneering telehealth company 98point6 for nearly seven years from its founding. He will work in a hybrid capacity for Artera.
Atul Deo has taken on the role of senior vice president and global head of AI Product Management and Partnerships at SAP, leading development of the company’s AI assistant and broader AI platform. The Seattle-based executive will work in a hybrid arrangement for the German software corporation.
Deo’s previous role was at Amazon, where he spent approximately 12 years and founded Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Web Services’ flagship generative AI platform.
“This next chapter is a deliberate shift. It brings together my experience with a deeper focus on how AI is applied to business processes and outcomes,” Deo explained on LinkedIn. “The opportunity to make AI genuinely useful in real systems of record and
decision-making is what drew me here.”
John He is leading the establishment of PixVerse’s inaugural U.S. office in Bellevue, Washington, serving as U.S. general manager, builder and chief of staff for the Singapore-based video generation startup.
He’s career includes over a decade at Microsoft early on, ending in 2018, with his most recent position before PixVerse at Salesforce. His professional history also encompasses co-founding MinMax AI and working at Alibaba Group.
In board changes, Abdurazak Mudesir is stepping down from T-Mobile’s board of directors, effective immediately, according to a recent SEC filing by the Bellevue, Washington-based wireless carrier.
Starcloud, a Redmond, Washington-based startup developing
solar-powered, space-based data centers, has added Benchmark general partner Chetan Puttagunta to its board as part of a $170 million funding round announced Monday. The company has reached unicorn status with a $1.1 billion valuation.
Additional moves include Glynis Thakur joining Normandy Park, Washington-based Inmedix as chief revenue officer. The startup develops medical diagnostic tools related to stress biology.
Nicholas Anderson, previously chief technologist for Cool Amps, has joined Seattle startup Emerald Battery Labs as materials chemist. Anderson’s background includes serving as director of R&D for BlueDot Photonics.