Tech Moves: Longtime exec Kurt DelBene to retire from Microsoft; Hiya promotes Kush Parikh to president; and more January 27, 2021 at 1:31 pm Underwritten by Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: [email protected] — Kurt DelBene‘s second stint at Microsoft will end later this year. The former Microsoft Office president, whose recent role has included leading the company’s pandemic response, will retire at the end of Microsoft’s fiscal year in June, the company confirmed this week. DelBene was originally at Microsoft for more than two decades, leaving the company amid a reorganization announced in 2013. He went on to work as a senior advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, appointed by then-President Obama to address problems with the Healthcare.gov web portal. He was also a venture partner at Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group.