Tech Moves: GameStop hires more Amazon execs; Twitch COO joins Karat board; CEO of Washington STEM steps down; Big Fish HR chief joins Qumulo
June 9, 2021 at 2:50 pm
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Sara Clemens (Karat Photo)
Karat added a new board member and vice president of interview delivery.
Twitch Chief Operating Officer Sara Clemens has been added to Karat’s independent advisory board. Prior to joining Twitch, Clemens was an executive at Pandora, LinkedIn and Xbox.
Rachael Granby was previously the head of product and client general manager at Wonder. As vice president of interview delivery, she will focus on improving Karat’s interviewing process to help companies stay ahead on hiring engineers.
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GameStop taps Amazon exec as CEO, says may sell shares
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Noel Randewich and Eva Mathews
Reuters
(Reuters) -GameStop on Wednesday named a former head of Amazon s Australian business as its chief executive and said it could sell new shares, the latest in a bid to transform the struggling videogame retailer whose stock has surged this year.
In a quarterly report that was stronger than analysts forecast, GameStop said it may sell up to 5 million new shares, which would be worth $1.4 billion based on its share price in after-hours trading. The stock fell 9%.
Matt Furlong, a nine-year Amazon veteran, will succeed George Sherman as chief executive officer. GameStop said Mike Recupero, who spent over 17 years at Amazon, will succeed Jim Bell as chief financial officer.
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A GameStop on North Galloway Avenue in Mesquite.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
3:26 PM on Jun 9, 2021 CDT Updated at 4:26 PM on Jun 9, 2021 CDT
After a frantic year of stock price jumps and personnel changes, GameStop had a very busy Wednesday. It held its annual meeting, elected a new chairman, held an earnings call and named a new CEO and chief financial officer.
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