Accolade hires head of security; Blue origin comms leader rises; Redfin Names Director of Industry Relations; And more – GeekWire

– Kelly Burns has joined Seattle-based healthcare company Accolade as its new chief information security officer.

Burns came from Bellevue, Wash.-based financial services company Symmetra, where she held a similar role.

Burns previously worked as a cybersecurity consultant for Ernst & Young.

She leads the information security business unit at Accolade, a health benefits platform that launched in 2020. Burns also supports the company’s overall compliance and risk management function.

Other employee changes in the Pacific Northwest technology industry:

• Redfin He was elevated. Joe Rath, director of industrial relations with a real estate company for seven years. Roth helped Redfin launch brokerage services in the Cleveland and Columbus markets. Most recently, he was the director of real estate operations.
• Linda MillsVice President of Communications at Blue originHe stepped down last week. Mills previously led communications teams at Boeing and Starbucks, and was a vice president at Waggener Edstrom. She will be joining a new company later this month.
• Healthcare software company Edifice Four appointed New executives To the leadership team: Raymond BonnetVice President Professional Services, former executive at NextGen Healthcare; Mark FiliaultVice President of Payer Sales, former Vice President of Sales at AI health company Diagnostic Robotics; Paul “Chip” Acton, Vice President of Solutions Consulting, formerly TriZetto Healthcare Products; And Brian HanleyFormer Vice President of Public Sector Sales at digital services company Nava.
• Politico reported Amazon He was hired Jude SmithA senior Republican staffer on the US Senate Judiciary Committee, a lobbyist for Amazon Web Services. Smith was key in drafting an antitrust bill that would have prevented Amazon and other big tech companies from prioritizing their own products on the platform over those of competitors.
• Profound Bio, It recently raised $70 million, Employed medical oncologist Naomi Hander As Chief Medical Officer.
• Joe Braidwood He is now Chief Strategy Officer. Vektor therapyA San Diego-based company develops a way to easily map cardiac arrhythmias. Braidwood co-founded social TV platform Scener in Seattle with other VectorXers and was chief marketing officer at SwiftKey, an AI-driven text input company acquired by Microsoft in 2016 for $250 million.
• Cannabis banking company Shield compliance He was elevated. Tony Repanich As the new CEO. Repanich was previously the company’s chief operating officer and continues in his role as president. Shield raised $5 million in 2019 and works with 50 financial institutions serving cannabis-related businesses. Founder Noah CareyFormer CEO, now Executive Chairman of the Board.
• AdvataIt was recently introduced to the establishment of six health care companies Corinne storm For Senior Vice President, Head of Product, and Jamie Snell to Chief Customer Success Officer. Ken Halaby He was hired as the director of production, public health and Christine Henderson As Director, Channel Partnerships.
• Vancouver, BC clean energy conversion, providing marine and industrial customers with energy storage solutions; He was appointed Mark Hughes As Chief Operating Officer.
• Michael Griffiths He became a consultant Diamond InsightIt is developing a game-based tool to assess the potential of employees and candidates. Almas raised $1.5 million in seed funding in February.
• Mark Brelov Left added writing platform TextioGo back to your previous role as a freelance global corporate communications consultant when you were the Communications Director.
• Magnolia Medical Technologies He was hired Matuizek woman As Senior Director, Quality and Control. Matuiszek was previously vice president of quality at Just Biotherapeutics and is a veteran of Immunex, a major Seattle biotech company that was acquired by Amgen.