— Amarjit Kaur Sandhu joined Fred Hutchinson Most cancers Middle spinout Ozette Applied sciences as vice chairman of engineering. She beforehand was director of software program engineering at Nuance Communications, which acquired Seattle digital well being startup Saykara final 12 months. Sandhu led a crew at Saykara creating medical AI instruments as president of engineering.
“I’ve at all times admired her deep technical experience and her engineering management,” mentioned Ozette CEO Ali Ansary mentioned of Sandhu, who additionally labored in a senior position at Twistle and as an advisor to the Expertise Accomplice Community on the Invoice & Melinda Gates Basis.
Ozette just lately raised $26 million to advance its instruments to quantify and characterize immune cells from large datasets. The startup helps medical trials and different analysis with its educational and biopharma companions.
Different personnel modifications throughout the Pacific Northwest tech business:
- Rachel Thornton, vice chairman and chief advertising and marketing officer of worldwide advertising and marketing for Amazon Internet Providers, is leaving the corporate after ten years for private causes, the Puget Sound Enterprise Journal reported.
- Michael Barrett was appointed CEO of Portland-area identification authentication startup Cozera. He beforehand was founder and CEO of IT providers firm Unosquare, which he constructed out to 1,000 staff.
- Jennifer Allaway, beforehand at Bellevue, Wash.-based Hidden Path Leisure, is now a senior author at Monolith Studios, the place she’s going to work on a Marvel Girl recreation.
- Julia Nardin is now Future Universe Narrative Director at Bungie, the place she was beforehand senior narrative lead.
- Shahar Ronen, who previously held senior roles in product administration at SentiLink, Remitly, Sift and Microsoft, has joined San Francisco-based Plaid.