Tech Moves: iSpot’s new CTO; VMWare exec returns to Microsoft; Expedia CFO to resign
— Nipun Dureja is now chief technology officer for iSpot, a Bellevue, Wash., company that measures the impact of advertising campaigns on TV and video streaming.
Dureja was previously a global vice president at Docusign for nearly four years and has held engineering leadership roles at Smartsheet, Providence Health and Services, Salesforce, Amazon and Microsoft.
Dureja will oversee engineering, quality assurance, infrastructure, security and data science teams at iSpot.
“Throughout my career, I’ve focused on building intelligent solutions to real-world challenges. At iSpot, I’m dedicated to enhancing our systems to become even more efficient, customer-centric, and impactful,” he said in a statement.
iSpot was a finalist for Next Tech Titan at the 2023 GeekWire Awards, and ranks No. 6 on the GeekWire 200, our list of the top privately held startups in the Pacific Northwest. Last year the company acquired New York-based 605, which was its fourth acquisition in less than three years.
— Julie Whalen is resigning as chief financial officer for Expedia Group. Whalen will remain in her role until her successor is appointed, which is expected to take place before Feb. 17 of next year. She will continue with the company until that date to “facilitate a smooth transition,” according to a recent SEC filing.
Whalen has also resigned from Expedia’s board of directors.
Whalen was named CFO and executive vice president in September 2022. She was previously at the home retail company Williams-Sonoma for 21 years.
Expedia has seen big changes in its C-suite this year. CEO Peter Kern left the company in May, and was replaced by Ariane Gorin, who was previously president of Expedia for Business. Last month, former Fanatics exec Ramana Thumu was named chief technology officer.
The Seattle company’s brands include vrbo, Orbitz, Hotwire, Trivago, and Hotels.com in addition to the flagship Expedia.com.
Expedia last week beat profit expectations and met revenue estimates for its third quarter.
— Isabell Sheang rejoined Microsoft as group product marketing and go-to-product manager.
She will lead a team working on global strategies for Windows Commercial, including work creating a new category of Copilot+ PCs focused on AI capabilities.
Sheang came to the role from VMWare, where she was director of product marketing and GTM. She was previously at Microsoft from 2008 to 2016. Other past roles include adjunct professor at the University of Washington teaching software go-to-market classes and career coaching, and jobs at Docugami, Kavout and Allytics.
— Adil Wali this month is joining Klaviyo as chief product officer. The Boston-based company provides digital messaging services.
Wali is based in Seattle and is leaving the role of head of product for the Meta FinTech product team. He worked for the social media platform for more than five years.
Wali is a serial entrepreneur and was previously the founder of the Merit Foundation, an invite-only cryptocurrency firm; Crowd Interactive, a software design business focused on e-commerce; the software company FoxCommerce; and others.
In announcing his career move on LinkedIn, Wali wrote that the role at Meta was his “first real job” after working for two decades as an entrepreneur.
“I took a leap of faith on Meta, and it certainly took one on me,” he said. “As I look back over my tenure, I can say it is one of the best professional decisions I have ever made. I’ve grown tremendously as a leader and have had a front-row seat to what world-class execution, strategy and people management looks like.”