— Washington STEM declared Milton Lang as the education and learning nonprofit’s new CEO. He has a doctorate in increased training administration from Washington State University and was most lately vice president of university student solutions at Ohlone University in Fremont, Calif.

Lang succeeds former Washington STEM CEO Angela Jones right after a nationwide research funded in aspect by Jones’ new employer, the Invoice & Melinda Gates Basis.

“Milton delivers seasoned management, deep knowledge in training, and a longtime commitment to paving the way for learners of colour and all those who have been systemically underserved or excluded,” reported Liz Tinkham, Washington STEM board chair.

Prior to Ohlone Higher education, Lang was VP of university student affairs and chief diversity officer at California Condition University, Chico. He also held roles overseeing scholar existence at University of California, Davis and Washington Condition College.

Washington STEM is a nonprofit firm centered on statewide education and learning and social change. Launched in 2011, the Seattle-based mostly nonprofit has 10 spouse networks across Washington state, gives communities with investments and open up-sourced tools, as very well as advocating at the state and federal degree.

— James Phillips, president of Microsoft’s Electronic Transformation Group, joined Madrona Enterprise Group as a strategic director.

Phillips is the co-founder and previous CEO of Couchbase and Akimbi Systems, which was obtained by VMware. He just lately joined F5’s board of directors and is at the moment an angel investor and startup mentor.

Madrona’s strategic directors enable its portfolio corporations and financial investment workforce. Other strategic administrators include things like Apptio co-founder and CEO Sunny Gupta Tableau CEO Mark Nelson Truveta CEO and former Microsoft exec Terry Myerson and VMware Chief Folks Officer Betsy Sutter.

— Startup advertising and marketing vet David Greenberg joined Foster City, Calif.-dependent Conversica as chief promoting officer. He was most not long ago CMO at marketing and advertising automation startup Act-On.

Based in Portland, Ore., Greenberg…