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From left: Impinj executives Gahan Richardson; Christina Balam; and Alberto Pesavento. (Impinj Photo)
Seattle RFID-maker Impinj announced new promotions and additions to its executive leadership team.
Gahan Richardson is now an executive vice president. Richardson joined the company in 2017. He is also now on the executive leadership team.
Alberto Pesavento, a longtime technology leader and currently CTO, is also now on the exec leadership team.
Christina Balam, who joined Impinj in 2022, was promoted to senior vice president of human resources. Balam is on the executive team.
Impinj on Wednesday reported revenue of $102.5 million for its most recent quarter, up nearly 20% year-over-year. Net income came in at $25.3 million.
Founded in 2000, Impinj manufacturers radio-frequency identification devices that are used by companies in various industries to track everything from apparel to medical supplies to food.
Sarah Gavin. (LinkedIn Photo)
— Sarah Gavin is now chief communications officer at customer support software giant Zendesk. She was previously head of Google Cloud Storytelling and held exec roles at Expedia and WE Communications. “I’m joining Zendesk at a special moment when we are uniquely positioned as the long-standing experts in customer experience and the cutting edge innovators defining how AI will impact humans around the world,” Gavin wrote in a LinkedIn post.
— Qumulo co-founder Neal Fachan is leading a new developer tools startup called Maelstrom Software that describes its product as an “open-source, clustered test runner.” Fachan, a former Isilon and Amazon engineer, co-founded data storage company Qumulo in 2012, and left a decade later.
— Seattle tech vet Russ Mann joined Los Angeles-based private equity firm Diversis Capital as senior operating partner. Mann previously led wine auction startup WineBid as CEO and held exec roles at Onvia, EcoATM, and Nintex.
— Tiffany Rogers joined Seattle health insurance company First Choice Health as its chief sales and marketing officer, while Dr. Olan Soremekun joined its board of directors. Rogers’ past experience includes leadership roles at Delta Dental of Washington and Aetna.
