— Salesforce-backed cybersecurity startup Oleria hired Siva Garudayagari as its chief technology officer.
Garudayagari has more than 20 years of enterprise software experience. He worked in various roles at Microsoft, where he helped build the SQL server, incubated multiple Azure platform services, and integrated third-party services onto the cloud.
Garudayagari’s most recent position was at Amazon Web Services, where he monitored and managed the health of the cloud giant’s multi-million machine EC2 fleet.
“Siva is a leader who attracts talented engineers and is committed to creating a psychologically safe environment,” Oleria co-founder Jim Alkove wrote in a blog post.
Oleria, which landed $8 million in March, sells access management software. The platform is designed to continually evaluate and verify the individuals, applications, and assets involved in every digital interaction within an enterprise. The startup plans to release a pilot version of its tech to customers in the coming months.
— Bill Cox, a longtime Microsoft business leader, joined Lyra Health as its vice president of product marketing. Cox spent nearly 20 years at Microsoft and co-founded Microsoft Health & Life Sciences.
— Seattle-area startup Data Literacy announced Alli Torban is joining as its senior data literacy advocate. She is also the podcast host for Data Viz Today, as well as an independent information design consultant.
— Allen Institute for Brain Science Executive Vice President and Director Hongkui Zeng was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. She is among 120 new members and 23 international members inducted into the prestigious scientific society this year.
— Portland, Ore.-based VertueLab named Aina Abiodun as president and executive director. She founded Just & Green Partners, a climate tech consultancy firm, and is an advisor of Climate Vine.
— Franz Schaub joined Phase Genomics as director of business development. He previously worked as a senior director of field science and biopharma partnerships at Unified Patient Network.
— Grady Williams is joining Seattle autonomous all-terrain vehicle startup Overland AI as one of its first few engineers. He previously worked as the planning and controls lead at publicly traded autonomous trucking company Embark Trucks.
