Rover appoints CFO; Smartsheet adds board member; Nautilus Biotechnology is hiring execs – GeekWire

– Pet-sitting marketplace Rover has appointed Charlie Vickers as chief financial officer. Vickers joined Rover in 2017 and most recently served as Vice President of Finance. He will be replaced. Tracy KnoxShe announced her retirement earlier this year.

Prior to Rover, Wickers was director of financial planning and analysis at IT software company Evanti and network security vendor Netmotion. He was also a finance manager at Sprint and Clearwire. He will start his new position on September 1.

Other employee changes in the Pacific Northwest technology industry:

• Dennis Durkin The board of directors of the work management software company was appointed Smart sheet. Durkin was previously chief financial officer of Activision Blizzard and chief operating and financial officer of Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business. Both Durkin and Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader graduated from Dartmouth College.
• Online notarization company Notarize He was hired Darren Louis, previously senior director of product management at DocuSign, as vice president of product. Louis, a former Microsoft product manager, will remain in the Seattle area.
• A Seattle-based probiotics company Nautilus Biotechnology He was hired Eric Spence As vice president of equipment engineering and Ken Kuhn. as Vice President of Regent and Platform Development. Spence was previously a director at GenapSys; Kun was at Incodia.
• Madrona Venture Group He was hired The storm As a talent manager. Aulabau was previously head of people operations at Poly, a Madrone-backed Seattle startup that builds polling software.
• Seattle Tech Vet Kyle Kesterson Now Chief Operating Officer at Best XRKesterson wrote on LinkedIn: “It’s about creating a bridge between ancestral traditions and new technologies for health and well-being.”
• Technology service provider Northern They added two Seattle-based VPs: Judy Mirkin As Vice President of Customer Services and Ben Burke Senior Vice President as Advisor.
• John Prentice Leaving the place on Simple capital As a director of the investment group.
• Brett Goodwin. He is now vice president of marketing at an ag tech startup. Carbon Robotics.
• Emmanuel Hannon.Formerly Head of Global Research and Development at ViomeHe is now CEO of Brussels-based Visebio.
• Lizelle van Vuuren He joined Seattle-based Life and Career Pathway as a consultant. OwnTrail.