Tech Moves: Expedia names new CTO; F5 adds board members; Humanly hires sales exec
Ramana Thumu has taken the role of chief technology officer for Expedia Group.
Thumu will oversee engineering operations at Seattle-based company, whose brands include vrbo, Orbitz, Hotwire, Trivago, and Hotels.com in addition to the flagship Expedia.com.
“Ramana’s extensive experience in successfully building and managing multi-tenant tech platforms will be invaluable for our company’s future. His passion for tackling big challenges and making meaningful impact, combined with his people-centric approach, truly set him apart,” CEO Ariane Gorin said in a statement.
Thumu joins the company following the sudden departure in May of two of former CTO Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, former senior vice president, core services product and engineering.
They were ousted due to a “violation of company policy,” according to the company, which did not provide additional details.
Thumu was previously chief product and technology officer for the global digital sports platform Fanatics, where he worked for nearly a decade. His leadership at Fanatics included the creation of the company’s shopping platform. His prior experience includes more than 10 years at eBay, among other roles.
Thumu will be based in San Francisco and begin work in December.
—- Tara Mitchell was named vice president of sales at Humanly, a Seattle startup that helps companies automate their recruiting functions.
Mitchell previously worked at multiple companies in the employment sector. She is leaving a role as associate vice president of sales at Fountain, a startup providing recruiting and onboarding services. Prior to that she was at iCIMS and CareerBuilder.
In May, Humanly acquired Teamable, a San Francisco startup offering similar AI-boosted HR tools.
— F5, a Seattle-based company providing application delivery and security technologies, announced two new members to its board of directors: Maya McReynolds, chief financial officer for the Client Solutions Group at Dell Technologies, and Julie Gonzalez, senior vice president of Business Finance at Workday.
“Maya and Julie bring a collective wealth of financial expertise and operational experience to the F5 board,” said Alan Higginson, F5’s board chair.
— Prosper Portland, a government agency promoting economic development for Portland, Ore., announced two new roles. Andrew Fitzpatrick is now interim economic development director. Fitzpatrick was previously the director of economic development for Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.
Mitch Daugherty will manage Prosper Portland’s Office of Small Business, which is launching early next year. Daugherty was is the co-founder and former director of Built Oregon.