Andy Sack (left) and Keith Smith. (Solvency Photos) – Longtime Seattle startup leader and investor Andy Sack joined the board of directors of Payability, a New York City-based fintech startup. Sack previously ran Techstars Seattle and co-founded Founders’ Co-op, where he was previously a managing partner. He also founded Lighter Capital and is currently the … Read more
The top executives at Emergent BioSolutions, who ruined millions of Johnson & Johnson doses of coronavirus vaccine at their Baltimore facility in March, will testify before a House subcommittee on Wednesday. A 13-page report released by the Food and Drug Administration in April found that the Baltimore plant was too small, poorly designed, and dirty. … Read more
Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, at the GeekWire Summit 2017. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) – Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, joined Scale AI as an advisor to the CEO. The San Francisco startup, founded in 2016, supports companies in the development and management of their AI and machine … Read more
Anuj Gosalia. (Magic Leap photo) – Magic Leap continues to hire in the Seattle area. Anuj Gosalia, a veteran of Microsoft, Facebook, and Google, joined the company as Chief Software and Cloud Officer. This is the third recent hiring of executives from the Seattle area by the augmented reality company based in Plantation, Florida. Gosalia … Read more
The Startup Haven team (clockwise from top left): Bob Crimmins, Claudius Mbemba, Jay Westerdal, David Malcolm and Arry Yu. (Startup Haven photo) – Startup Haven, an entrepreneurship community founded by Seattle-based startup veterinarian Bob Crimmins, has launched a mutual fund called Startup Haven Ventures. With the new fund, Startup Haven has also expanded its team: … Read more