— James Phillips is stepping down as president of economic companies at Stripe, only one month after becoming a member of the corporate.
Phillips landed at Stripe in April after a decade-long stint at Microsoft, the place he was most lately president of the Digital Transformation Platform Group, overseeing a workforce of greater than 15,000 folks. He joined in 2012 as a method advisor to Satya Nadella, who later grew to become CEO.
In a LinkedIn submit, Phillips known as it a “painful resolution to forego becoming a member of Stripe working their monetary companies enterprise.”
“Although I stay exceedingly bullish on the corporate and its prospects, I’ve concluded it’s simply not the appropriate transfer for me and my household at this time limit,” Phillips wrote. “Stripe is an unbelievable firm and I do know they are going to proceed to thrive!”
Phillips is at present a board member at F5 and a strategic director at Madrona Enterprise Group. He beforehand based Akimbi Techniques (acquired by VMware) and Couchbase.
— Michael Johnson, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, was appointed to JAXJOX’s newly fashioned advisory board.
JAXJOX is a well being and wellness startup based mostly in Bellevue, Wash. The corporate landed a $10 million funding in 2020 previous to the launch of its Interactive Studio, a tech-enabled exercise system.
“JAXJOX delivers essentially the most versatile and customized related exercises I’ve skilled,” Johnson stated in a press release. “I sit up for advising the workforce as they proceed to construct on a data-centric health platform.”
Different personnel modifications throughout the Pacific Northwest tech business:
- 5G Open Innovation Lab employed former Microsoft and Cisco chief Scott Waller as its first CTO. Waller continues to run Seattle-area startup Thingy.
- Seattle startup Humanly employed two execs: BJ Shannon, former vice chairman of brand name partnerships at Leafly, as chief buyer officer, and Michelle Baird, former product supervisor on Twitter Developer Platform, as founding product supervisor.
- Greg Hart, a former Amazon chief who’s chief product officer at Compass, was promoted to chief working officer at the true property large.
- Terry Fry, head of T cell therapeutics at Sana, is main a brand new cell and gene remedy institute on the College of Colorado.
- Nadia Carlsten, former head of product at Amazon Net Providers, joined SandboxAQ as vice chairman of product.
- The Invoice and Melinda Gates Basis appointed new members to its Goalkeepers advisory group: Kathryn Finney, Hervé Berville, Maryam Uwais, Kristina Lunz, Shan Huang, Prajakta Koli, Tlaleng Mofokeng, and Thoko Elphick-Pooley.
