— Seattle-based digital media company RealNetworks named Chris Wheaton as president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer. Wheaton joined RealNetworks in March and was previously CFO at Bsquare and the Pacific Science Center.
RealNetworks also announced that longtime leader Michael Parham is stepping down June 30. He is currently senior vice president and general counsel.
RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, who started the streaming audio pioneer in 1995, took the company private in December. The company now focuses on SAFR, a computer vision platform for live video, Kontxt, a text and media analysis tool, and GameHouse, its longtime mobile games business.
— Microsoft Alumni Network announced that Ali Spain, executive director, will be stepping down at the end of this year. Spain, who worked at Microsoft for 11 years starting in 1992, became executive director in 2017. She helped increase membership of the alumni network by 80%. “She will be very hard to replace, and she will be missed,” Dawn Trudeau, board president, said in an email update announcing the news.
— Silicon Valley Bank promoted Seattle-based leader Natalie Steck to managing director. She was previously director and head of enterprise technology for the bank now owned by First Citizens Bank.
— Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company Athira Pharma hired Andrew Gengos as CFO and CBO. Gengos was most recently CBO for Cyteir Therapeutics. He replaced Glenna Mileson, who is retiring.
— Seattle M&A advisory firm Meridian Capital added Matt Rechtin as managing director. He was previously in leadership at EY and Wells Fargo.
— Seattle-based debt financing firm SaaS Capital hired Rob Spangler as managing director. He was previously a vice president for Bigfoot Capital.
— Tegria, a spinout of healthcare giant Providence that launched in 2020, named Jen Morgan as chief financial officer and Prasanna Gunjikar as chief growth officer.
— Seattle payments company Member Access Processing added Jay McCracken as senior vice president of sales. McCracken was previously with Fidelity Information Services (FIS).
— Seattle tech vet Russ Mann joined the board of Ignite Visibility, a San Diego marketing agency.
