Expedia hires former Twitter and CBS execs – GeekWire

— Expedia Team introduced two hires to its executive group. Katrina Lane, former vice president at Twitter, and Lauri Metrose, former executive vice president at CBS Studios, joined as senior vice president of world buyer engagement and senior vice president of world-wide PR and social media, respectively.

Lane previously served as a vice president at Amazon for extra than 5 many years. Metrose labored at CBS Studios in communications for extra than 17 a long time.

These hires observe Expedia’s addition of 6 tech leaders earlier this year. The Seattle-primarily based journey large observed Q1 income rise 81% to $2.2 billion following a slowdown in leisure journey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Expedia rolled out a new technological know-how system previously this yr to offer the underlying on the web infrastructure for other companies to establish their have vacation firms.

Other staff modifications across the Pacific Northwest tech market:

• Andrew Sandler, previous chief health-related officer at Kiadis Pharma, joined Alpine Immune Sciences as chief health-related officer.
• Ramón Solís, former senior director at Standard Assembly, joined Boundless Immigration as head of world wide client achievements.