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Neil Lindsay is stepping down as SVP of Amazon Health Services after five years, succeeded by telehealth veteran Dr. Roy Schoenberg. Concurrently, Avalara co-founder Scott McFarlane is resigning as CEO, with Hugo Sarrazin taking the top executive role. These significant leadership changes mark new eras for two prominent tech companies and their respective ventures.
Yunyan Wang, a former Amazon VP, has been appointed CTO of Chewy, while Smartsheet named Josh Schauer as its new CFO. Additionally, NetApp brought in longtime Microsoft executive Alvaro Celis as Chief Partner and Ecosystem Officer. These moves are part of a broader wave of executive shifts across the tech industry.
Microsoft's quantum lead, Jeff Henshaw, joins IonQ as SVP of quantum compute products. Heptio co-founder Joe Beda becomes CTO at Seattle AI startup Stacklok, returning from semi-retirement. Additionally, Amazon’s Air Science & Tech executive director, Stefan Karisch, is departing, among other significant personnel changes across the tech industry.
Microsoft veteran Eric Boyd has joined AI leader Anthropic to head its infrastructure team, marking a major personnel shift in the competitive AI sector. Concurrently, Tagboard, a Redmond-based live broadcast production company, announced Marty Roberts as its new CEO, succeeding Nathan Peterson. Expedia Group also promoted Ryan Desjardins to Vice President of Technology, bolstering its efforts in AI integration.
Smartsheet has announced four C-suite changes, including two new hires and two promotions, as CEO Rajeev Singh continues to build his leadership team after recent layoffs. Separately, fashion rental startup Armoire has appointed Morgan Cundiff as head of product and machine learning. Additionally, long-time Microsoft director Javier Páramo has launched AIQLinea, a new Redmond-based startup focused on guiding companies through AI adoption strategies.
