— Dave Clark isn’t the only former Amazon exec out at Flexport.
Five other ex-Amazonians who joined Flexport over the past few years also left the company this week, The Information first reported. A Flexport representative confirmed their departures to GeekWire.
Clark joined Flexport last year after a 23-year career with Amazon and was CEO of the logistics giant until an abrupt departure this week. He relocated to Dallas after leaving Amazon.
The five other execs that departed include:
- Teresa Carlson was president and chief commercial officer at Flexport. She most recently held executive roles at Microsoft and cybersecurity company Splunk. Before that, Carlson, based in the Seattle area, spent more than 10 years at Amazon in various roles including VP of worldwide public sector and industries.
- Darcie Henry, formerly chief people officer at Flexport, joined the logistics company in October 2021 after more than 23 years in various lead HR roles at Amazon and a stint at Snap Inc.
- Tim Collins was executive vice president of global operations at Flexport, following 1 1/2 years at Gopuff as SVP of operations and more than four years as VP of global operations at Amazon. He’s based in Seattle.
- Adrienne Wilhoit joined in January as executive vice president of product and technology. Wilhoit, based in Seattle, previously spent more than 13 years at Amazon in various tech and product leadership roles.
- Kelly Cheeseman was VP and chief of staff at Flexport. Before that, she spent more than 10 years at Amazon in various roles including technical advisor. She is based in Seattle.
Founded in 2013, Flexport provides cloud-based freight forwarding and brokerage services for ocean, air, truck, and rail, among other offerings such as insurance and customs compliance.
The startup was valued at $8 billion after raising a $935 million Series E round in February 2022. The company’s revenue hit $3.3 billion in 2021 and grew to $5 billion in 2022. It is profitable, and investors include Andreessen Horowitz, SoftBank, Shopify, and others.
Other key personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech industry:
— Pet care company Rover appointed longtime Seattle tech vet Erik Prusch to its board of directors. He previously led Information System Audit and Control Association, Outerwall (previously Coinstar), Lumension, NetMotion Wireless, and Clearwire Corporation. Prusch will serve on Rover’s compensation committee.
— Peter Ewens, executive vice president of corporate strategy and development at T-Mobile, is retiring on Feb. 1 of next year, according to a SEC filing.
— Healthcare software company Edifecs appointed Rod O’Reilly as chairman of its board of directors. He serves as non-executive chairman of Augmedix and sits on the boards of several healthcare companies, including KLAS Research, Prescryptive Health, and Rhapsody Health. O’Reilly previously worked as EVP and president of software and analytics at Change Healthcare (renamed Optum Insight) and president at McKesson Corporation.
— Ryan Polley, COO and president of marketing analytics company Marchex, will resign from his position this month to explore new career opportunities, according to a SEC filing. He joined the company in 2020 as chief product and strategy officer. Prior to that, he was chief product officer and advisor at advertising company Kargo.
— Seattle-area cybersecurity company Cyemptive Technologies named Vince Dova as vice president of security. The former U.S. Navy officer and aviator also served as branch chief for cyberspace policy at The Joint Staff.
