We’ve picked a handful of leadership hires that caught our eye in the past month, at Seattle tech companies you should keep an eye on.

Moments of pure inspiration can be rare, but ideas that can spawn a successful business are even rarer. And if there’s one thing we learned from talking to the founders featured here, it’s that industry-changing light bulb moments don’t just happen overnight.

Seattle tech certainly wasn’t taking any extended summer vacations during this hot, dry July, with a flurry of high-level leadership changeups from up-and-coming startups and established industry figures alike. Here's our selection of July moves you should know about.