Industry Moves - AllThingsD

Exclusive: Groupon Hires Amazonian as VP of Engineering, Opens Seattle Office

Tricia Duryee in Commerce May 16, 2012 at 9:45 am PT

Twilio Taps Say Media Vet Kirkpatrick as CFO

Arik Hesseldahl in News May 14, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

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King.com Appoints EA Social Games Producer to Rule New London Studio

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 21 at 3:10 pm PT

King.com, one of the fastest-growing social games companies on Facebook, has opened a new game studio in London that will be led by Electronics Arts and Playfish veteran Catharina Lavers Mallet. While an executive producer at EA, Lavers Mallet worked on major titles like The Sims Social. The London studio is expected to hire about 40 employees and to work with the company’s headquarters there in addition to other offices in Hamburg, Stockholm, Milan, Romania, Malta and San Francisco.

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

Kara Swisher in News on May 13 at 8:59 am PT

The final shoe — shoe store, really — drops.

Exclusive: Workday Picks Its Bankers for a Fall 2012 IPO

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 10 at 11:04 am PT

Having started a search for bankers in December, Workday has settled on four who will take it through the IPO process, starting with an S-1 filing expected in mid-July.

Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

Kara Swisher in News on May 8 at 8:50 am PT

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.

Key Strategic — And Digitally Inclined — CBS Exec Lurie Departs

Kara Swisher in Media on May 8 at 6:00 am PT

Zander says goodbye to the media giant.

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Rdio Head of Design Wilson Miner Goes to Facebook

Mike Isaac in Social on May 7 at 12:17 pm PT

Wilson Miner, the lead designer at streaming music application Rdio, has left the company for a design position at Facebook, according to a message Miner posted from his Twitter account on Monday. Miner was most recently responsible for a complete redesign of the Rdio web application launched at South by Southwest in March, and had been at the company for more than two years. Facebook also recently snagged two other prominent hires to work on design: Ex-YouTuber Margaret Stewart, and Elizabeth Windram, formerly of Quora.

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American Express Hires Mobile Payments Exec David Yoo of Boku

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 2 at 11:30 am PT

American Express said today that David Yoo, formerly of mobile payments company Boku, will join the company as SVP of its Commerce Innovation team. At Boku, Yoo was SVP of Strategy, Product and Marketing. American Express also hired Katrina Lane, who will be EVP in charge of the company’s Consumer Cards and Experiences team. Most recently, Lane served as CTO of Caesars Entertainment.

Exclusive: Hewlett-Packard Shakes Up Enterprise Group. We Got Your Memo.

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 2 at 10:23 am PT

New group almost the same as the old. Enterprise head Dave Donatelli streamlines his sales team and names a batch of senior VPs to head the new group.

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Axcient Adds CFO From ShoreTel and Two VPs From WebEx

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on May 1 at 4:28 pm PT

Axcient, a start-up that specializes in a hybrid data backup that keeps corporate systems running, said it has named John Finegan, the former CFO of ShoreTel and Cornerstone, as its new CFO. It also named Jeff Teddleton, a former exec with Cisco Systems unit WebEx, as its VP of Operations, and Pam Lyra, another WebEx veteran, as its VP of Customer Satisfaction.