— Jon Jones, a former Amazon Web Services vice president, is now chief revenue officer for CoreWeave, the New Jersey-based AI computing company that went public earlier this year.
Jones joined AWS in 2017 and left the position of VP of global startups and venture capital. He will remain in Seattle.
Jones’ three-decades long career includes roles from startup founder to enterprise executive leadership.
“I’m thrilled to join CoreWeave at such an important moment,” Jones said in a statement. “AI adoption is advancing at an extraordinary pace, and lasting success depends on pairing world-class technology with the right go-to-market strategy to move new ideas from inception to implementation and scale-out.”
— Michael Montoya is now chief technology operations officer for F5, taking the role the same week that the Seattle company disclosed a major security breach linked to nation-state hackers.
F5, whose hardware and software sit in the middle of much of the world’s internet traffic, reported the breach on Wednesday, saying the attackers maintained “long-term, persistent access” to some of its product development and engineering systems before the incident was contained.
To take the F5 role, Montoya resigned as chief operating officer at the cybersecurity company BlueVoyant and left the F5 board of directors, which he joined in 2021. Earlier in his career, Montoya worked for Microsoft during two stints that collectively spanned nearly 13 years. He also previously served a chief information security officer for Equinix and Digital Realty.
— Longtime Expedia Group executive Umang Choudhary is now vice president of product for Traveloka, a Singapore-based travel platform.
Choudhary was with Seattle-based travel giant Expedia for more than 14 years, leaving the position of VP of product and content in 2022. He then took a role at logistics startup Convoy and served as a contractual chief product officer for Moxee Technologies for less than a year.
— Seattle University President Eduardo Peñalver — credited with “a legacy of growth and innovation” — is leaving to become president of Georgetown University. Peñalver, has led the Jesuit university since 2021 and will step down in March. He begins his new role at Georgetown in Washington, D.C., on July 1.
Peñalver holds a law degree from Yale Law School and clerked for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Prior to joining Seattle U. he was dean of Cornell Law School.
— Phil Gousman, a former director at marketing company Tune, is now head of product operations for Casium, a Seattle-based immigration solution startup that launched last year out of the AI2 Incubator.
Gousman joins Casium from LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) where he led strategy and operations for data products related to fraud prevention and identity verification. Gousman is an attorney and provided in-house counsel at Tune, later moving to the role of director of corporate and business operations where he managed partnerships and acquisitions.
Casium expedites the immigration process, using algorithms to assess the best visa and green card options for an applicant; gathering information and helping prep required documents; and working with immigration attorneys.
“[W]e’re going to make ‘immigration’ and ‘delightful user experience’ belong in the same sentence,” Gousman said on LinkedIn.
— Simran Suri has been promoted from senior associate to principal at the venture capital firm Maveron, which has offices in Seattle and San Fransisco. Suri joined the firm last year and was previously a senior associate at Equal Ventures.
— Joel Beherndt is the head of market development and client strategy for the Bellevue, Wash.-based office of SEI Seattle. SEI, which operates nationally, provides consultancy services for AI applications; data and analytics; and security, risk and compliance. Beherndt was previously with Point B for 14 years.
“[Beherndt’s] proven ability to drive growth through top tier delivery, executive relationships, and brand expansion makes him the right leader to help grow our presence here. We’re thrilled to welcome him to the team,” Bonnie Coté, SEI Seattle’s managing director, said in a statement.
