New Austin tech jobs seem to never stop emerging. As local startups rise and companies continue to move their headquarters from California and elsewhere to join Austin's tech and innovation ecosystem, top talent continues to cycle through the city.
We’ve rounded up the the most interesting moves of November below. And you can get more of this type of information on the regular by subscribing to our daily newsletter, the Beat.
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Austin-based home health testing company Everlywell has a brought on P.J. Tanzillo as its newest head of product, the business announced in an email. Tanzillo, formerly of Favor, joins Everlywell as it nears an employee count of 100 – a number double its size this time last year.
Samsung Austin Semiconductors, the Austin-based arm of the Korean tech giant, said in a filing Friday with the Texas Workforce Commission that it plans to cut 290 jobs in Austin. According to the Austin Business Journal, layoffs will begin Dec. 31 when Samsung shuts down its Austin-based Central Processing Unit project.
Snow Software, a Stockholm-based software company with a large office in Austin, announced Sanjay Castelino was appointed as chief product officer. Castelino has been CMO of Snow since 2018. Before that, he was VP of marketing and revenue operations at Austin-based Spiceworks and VP of product marketing and management at Austin’s SolarWinds.
Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company owned by Google, closed down its Austin operations. Waymo’s small tech team of fewer than 10 employees in Austin are being offered transitions to Waymo’s other operations. CNBC reported later in the month that the layoffs were sudden and affected about 100 contractors.
Jack McDonald, CEO of and chairman of local enterprise work management software company Upland Software, joined the board of directors of BigCommerce, an e-commerce platform with offices in Austin. The move gives BigCommerce some significant experience in acquisitions and IPOs. McDonald helped lead Upland’s IPO in 2014. He has also overseen 24 acquisitions during his tenure at Upland.
ESO, a locally based company that makes software for emergency responders, announced it has added Matt Curtin as its chief revenue officer. He was previously chief commercial officer at Stack Sports and chief revenue officer at Kinnser Software. He’s also worked at Bazaarvoice and FreeMarkets.
The Central Texas Angels Network, the most active angel investment network in the nation, announced it added Laurie Cercone, Wayne Heideman, Joseph Liu and J.D. Stanley to its board. Returning board member Kelsey August is now board chair, and David Veal is treasurer. Meanwhile, CTAN promoted Claire Hansen to investment director, which puts her in charge of initial deal vetting. The group also added Victoria Dominguez-Edington in a newly crated position – program associate.
Austin consumer packaged goods startup accelerator SKU announced Michelle Breyer as its new COO, overseeing the organization’s national expansion and local build out, SKU’s newest newsletter reported. Breyer founded TextureMedia, a social media platform for hair that reached 16M influencers a month and sold to Essence Ventures. She’s also a former business reporter. SKU’s eight track starts in January.
Austin real estate tech startup OJO Labs added Charles Myslinsky as its chief product officer. He was previously VP of product management at Walmart eCommerce and VP of product at Jet.com. The new hire comes on the heels of OJO’s acquisition of fellow Austin real estate startup RealSavvy.
Locally based SourceDay, which makes order fulfillment and supplier collaboration software, appointed Jim Hilbert as its chief customer officer and Peter Feldman as its chief technology officer and Josh Tong as VP of product. Hilbert was previously CRO atCradlepoint and Aryaka Networks. Feldman was previously COO at Carnegie Technologies. And Tong has held roles at SpareFoot, Shelfbucks and Tallwave.
Austin-based parking technology startup FlashParking appointed Neil Golson as its executive VP of marketing and strategic partnerships. He was previously Tesla‘s head of marketing and sales operations. Before that, he was senior director of business development at SolarCity.
Austin legal discovery startup DISCO added four people to its executive team. That includes Tim Alvarez as VP of lead generation and inside sales. He was previously with Web.com, Yodle and Profit Fuel. Matt Dussling was appointed VP of sales for North America. He was previously in sales at Vonage Applications Group, Spredfast and Lombardi Software. Carolyn Pawelek was added as VP of client success. She was previously in sales at Hello Soda, Spredfast, Socialware and Affiniscape. Finally, Marcelo Vieira joined the team as VP of corporate development. She was previously with Intel and Texas Instruments.
Former Austin Technology Council CEO Barbary Brunner accepted a new role as executive VP of Denary, a local corporate development and strategic transactions advisory firm. Prior to ATC, Brunner was senior VP at Experian. She has also been CMO and head of strategy for Yahoo! Media and director of global planning for Microsoft’s MSN business, among other roles.
Austin-based startup Cloudsnap, which helps businesses integrate their applications with automation software, announced its new CEO is Matt Bradley, former chief strategy officer at Rackspace, a San Antonio-based managed applications company. Cloudsnap’s founding CEO, Rick Barkley, will become CTO, focusing on building out new products. The startup has now raised a total of $4.1M.
Sony is opening an AI division that will be headquartered in Japan but will have a U.S. HQ that’s led by a University of Texas professor, the Statesman reported. The Austin location will have an AI lab and be led by Peter Stone, a computer science professor.
NUVIA Inc., a silicon design company, plans to open new offices in Austin near the Pennybacker bridge for 75 employees, adding to the 10 it already has here. A news release the company’s CEO, Gerard Williams III, has lived in the area previously. Along with that news, the company appointed Jon Masters (formerly of IBM/Red Hat) as VP if software and Jon Carvill (formerly of Intel) as VP of marketing. NUVIA is based in Santa Clara, Calif., and recently raised $53M in Series A funding, which included backing from Dell Technologies Capital.
Aviat Networks, a wireless transport company, is moving its HQ from Milpitas, Calif., to Austin. As part of the move, interim CEO Stan Gallagher will be relocating to Austin. He joins an Austin team that has been here for some time. The company plans to keep an office in Milpitas.
Mike Rollins, CEO of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, is planning to retire in March, the ABJ reported. He joined the organization in 2002. Members of the chamber’s board of directors will work with Jorgenson Consulting, an executive search firm, on a national search for the organization’s next president and CEO.
