— Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant.
Alfonso Paredes, who joined Expedia 14 years ago, was named president of Private Label Solutions. Paredes, based in London, was most recently a senior vice president for Expedia Partner Solutions.
Greg Schulze, an 18-year Expedia vet, was named president of Travel Partners and Media. Schulze previously was a senior vice president for Strategic Travel Partners.
“Alfonso and Greg are proven leaders with global experience and deep travel partner relationships across the industry,” Ariane Gorin, incoming Expedia CEO, said in a statement. “Their experience is ideal for these new divisions, and I’m confident they will continue to advance our company’s mission and deliver exceptional value to partners and travelers.”
Expedia announced earlier this month that Gorin, currently president of Expedia for Business, will replace Peter Kern in May as the company’s CEO.
— Antoine Leblond, a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer.
Leblond previously spent 25 years at Microsoft leading various engineering teams working on Windows, Office, and other products. He joined audio giant Sonos in 2014.
Bumble, which recently hired new CEO Lidiane Jones, announced several new exec hires, including a new chief product officer, chief people officer, and chief marketing officer.
— Seattle-based digital remittance company Remitly hired Bobby Wilkinson as vice president of global DEI and Darren Challey as vice president and chief information security officer.
Wilkinson previously was a managing director and head of DEI at Charles Schwab. He also held leadership roles at USAA and TIAA/Nuveen.
Challey was a security exec at Expedia, Amazon, and GE. He spent the past four years as director of security operations technology at Amazon.
Remitly went public in 2021. The company, which helps people send and receive money abroad, reports its fourth quarter earnings later today. It has more than 2,700 employees.
— Nate Milner, who helped lead grocery delivery efforts at Amazon, joined Alphabet’s drone subsidiary Wing as head of operations. Milner spent five years at Amazon and left in 2019 to join The Howard Hughes Corporation as a logistics exec. He was most recently a vice president at global IT consulting company Capgemini. Wing recently announced an expansion of its delivery partnership with Walmart.
— Amith Nair, a former marketing leader at Microsoft, HashiCorp, and Cohesity, joined Washington D.C.-based enterprise AI company Clarifai as president and COO. Nair, based in the Seattle region, was most recently senior vice president of marketing at Cohesity. Founded in 2013, Clarifai raised $60 million in 2021.
