Tech Moves: Microsoft exec leaves Azure; Xealth acquires first CRO; Slalom calls the leader of the Pacific NW
– Microsoft technology friend Marcus Fontoura is leaving the company after serving as Azure Core’s chief technology officer for more than a year. At that time he also published Platform Mindseta book that examines how to build scalable systems and functional teams.
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Fontoura spent eight years at Microsoft, where he worked as an expert on Azure and as an associate designer for Bing before leaving in 2022 to join fintech company Stone as CTO and head of engineering. Prior to Microsoft, he held positions at Google, Yahoo and IBM.
“I leave with great gratitude and great respect for the people and culture that make Microsoft such a special place,” he said on LinkedIn. Fontoura, who is based in Boca Raton, Fla., did not share his next move.
– Travis Moore he is now the first revenue officer Xealtha Seattle-based digital lifestyle startup acquired last year by Samsung Electronics.
“The challenge is no longer just finding more technology. It’s connecting that technology to clinical practice and turning disparate tools into integrated, meaningful care,” Moore said on LinkedIn.
Moore began her career in healthcare 25 years ago as a pediatric nurse before transitioning to healthcare technology, where she worked in product management, sales and marketing and transitioned into commercial leadership. He joins Xealth from Eleos Health, a North Carolina behavioral health company, where he served as head of sales.
– Judson Althoffthe CEO of Microsoft Commercial Business, was appointed to be GE Aerospace’s Board of Directors. Althoff has owned a technology company for 13 years.
– Eric Foster participated in Slaloma Seattle-based business and technology consulting firm, as its Pacific Northwest market leader. Foster comes from Accenture, where he spent 14 years in three stints, most recently as managing director.
– Digimarca Beaverton, Ore.-based company that provides digital watermark technology, called Paul Carreiro as CEO, effective July 6. Carreiro joins from Atlanta’s Elemica, where he was CEO and president for two years. He succeeds Riley McCormack, who will remain on the board of directors.
The AI boom is driving business, says a Digimarc release, as “both people and intelligent systems need critical ways to verify reality, protect what’s important, and move forward with confidence.”
– Jose Calzada joined VP at Microsoft with a promotion to VP software engineer. Calzada works on the company’s AI platform and has worked with Microsoft for 17 years. He joined as an intern and was later hired permanently on the Outlook team.
– Soracoma Japanese IoT communications company, named it Richard Halliday as CEO of its operations in North and South America. The US publicly traded company is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash. Halliday has been with Soracom for more than four years.
– Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson he has reorganized his leadership team, he is leaving Nicole Vallestero Soper from his current role as director of policy and innovation to director of affordability, housing, and economic development, Publiola reports. Before joining city leadership, Soper was the principal consultant at Transformative Shifts.
– Scott Whalen of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was honored as the National Innovator of the Year by the Department of Energy. Whalen serves as principal scientist in PNNL’s Materials and Manufacturing group and leads its Thermomechanical Processing group. He holds 23 US patents and 13 more are pending.
