Qualtrics is cutting about 14% of its workforce to reduce costs and restructure its organization, citing a need to address the internal complexity created by its past hiring and growth.… Read More
Experience management company Qualtrics will become a private company again. Silver Lake plans to buy the company in a $12.5 billion deal that includes Canada’s largest pension fund. The sale… Read More
As concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic recede, companies are still feeling their way through the future of work. Who’s coming into the office, how often, for what purpose and… Read More
How can business and tech leaders navigate the new world of hybrid work? As the country and the world emerge from the pandemic, this is one of the biggest unanswered… Read More
New research published Monday quantifies the growing sense of caution among U.S. startup leaders, as economic turmoil creates concerns about cash, and causes some companies to scale back their hiring… Read More
— Publicly-traded software company Qualtrics added Omar Johnson and Ritu Bhargava to its board of directors. Johnson is a marketing executive and founder of the firm ØPUS United. He previously… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: How the pandemic is changing attitudes toward work, jobs, and geography. Plus, the market for IPOs and acquisitions, and the future of downtown Seattle… Read More
— Future For Us co-founder and former CEO Sage Ke’alohilani Quiamno is now a diversity, equity and inclusion business partner for Amazon Prime Video and Studios. “I was drawn to… Read More
Experience management software giant Qualtrics has acquired Usermind, a Seattle marketing startup that helps companies acquire, retain, and service customers. Founded in 2013, Usermind is a leader in the “Journey… Read More
The shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic caused plenty of technological headaches for families and educators. But one large company and one small one provide a glimpse into… Read More
Julie Larson-Green, an engineering leader and executive who spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, is retiring from her position as the chief experience officer at Qualtrics. Her announcement follows… Read More
A little more than two years ago, days before Qualtrics was set to go public, SAP swooped in with a deal to acquire the experience management technology company for $8… Read More
— Brad Anderson, a longtime Microsoft corporate vice president, has joined Qualtrics as president of products and services. A 17-year veteran of the Redmond company, Anderson was most recently a key… Read More
Qualtrics, which splits its headquarters between Seattle and Provo, Utah, is aiming to go public at a valuation of $12 billion to $14.4 billion, according to a report by CNBC.… Read More
SAP announced Sunday that it will spin out its Qualtrics unit with an IPO, less than two years after acquiring the experience management company for $8 billion. SAP plans to… Read More
— Microsoft alum Kelly Waldher has joined Google as vice president of marketing for G Suite. Waldher most recently served as EVP and general manager for experience management technology company… Read More
Qualtrics today unveiled a series of new features to beef up its “experience management” platform through the infusion of artificial intelligence, automation and machine learning. The new techs comes at… Read More
Qualtrics, the experience management company owned by SAP, is preparing to embark on a rapid growth plan in its co-headquarters cities of Seattle and Provo, Utah. Qualtrics said today it… Read More
Tech company Qualtrics, which two years ago designated Seattle as its co-headquarters, doubled down Wednesday with the announcement of a huge new lease in a striking skyscraper under construction in the… Read More
We’re not ready for summer to end, so we are squeezing in one last party. GeekWire Sounders Day is taking place Wednesday evening, and below is everything you need to… Read More
After months of discussions between the two companies, SAP announced Sunday afternoon that it has agreed to acquire user experience software vendor Qualtrics just before it was expected to make… Read More
Qualtrics, which sells software that helps companies understand how to keep customers satisfied, is going public. The company, which has co-headquarters in Provo, Utah and Seattle, plans to raise $200… Read More
A tropical island-themed tiki bar. A colorful pop art paradise. An innovative invention lab. And stunning rooftop decks. Those are some of the attributes of the inspiring and super cool… Read More
The Oscars and the Grammys have passed, but awards season is far from over. We’re just a few weeks away from the 2018 GeekWire Awards, and today we’re opening voting… Read More
Less than two months after leaving Microsoft, former executive Julie Larson-Green has found her next gig. Experience management company Qualtrics is bringing aboard Larson-Green to be its chief experience officer,… Read More
Two years after “experience management” company Qualtrics set down roots in Seattle, the office has grown rapidly enough to become its co-headquarters. Close to 200 people work out of the… Read More
— Apptio, the Bellevue, Wash. company that makes software to help CIOs better understand spending in IT departments, has added Zillow Chief Financial Officer Kathleen Philips to its board. According to a… Read More
General Assembly, the New York-based education company with an outpost in Seattle, has hired Edward Nevramount as chief marketing and revenue officer based in that downtown location. Nevraumont has “focused his career on… Read More
— Qualtrics, makers of software that helps measure employee engagement, gather website feedback and perform market research, has named Webb Stevens as the new head of product. With previous roles at… Read More
John Thimsen, a former engineering director at Amazon.com who most recently worked on the Amazon Echo device, has established a new engineering office in Seattle for Provo, Utah-based Qualtrics. Thimsen… Read More
