Seattle-based tech company Zipwhip has hired a former executive for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Chase & Co. as its general counsel.

Zipwhip announced Wednesday it had appointed Faye Ricci as senior vice president and GC. Founded in 2007, the company sells software that businesses use to send texts to customers. It raised $51.5 million in a Series D investment round earlier this year.  

Ricci succeeds Hillery Nye, now a technology and transactions attorney at Australian software company Syntonic, according to her LinkedIn profile. Nye joined Zipwhip in August 2017 and left in April.