Rowena M. Branch bought a three-bedroom, two-bath home at 24022 S.E. 21st St. in Sammamish from Kevin A. Plourde for $436,000 on July 30.

Plourde bought the property for $334,853 in November 2003. The 1,830 square-foot property was built in 2003 in Sammamish East. It is located in the Laurels subdivision.

Ms. Branch is a senior global program manager for community interaction and feedback at Microsoft. She previously was a senior global CS commercial release program and product manager at Microsoft. She also held positions as a business development manager at Apple Computer, a senior global program manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc. and a senior global customer service specialist at Cisco Systems.

She attended the Monterey Institute of International Studies, the Fisher Graduate School of International Business and Kwansei Gakuin University.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 737 home sales in Sammamish during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $510,000.

Address: 24022 Southeast 21st Street
Buyer(s): Rowena M Branch
Seller(s): Kevin A Plourde
Sale date: Jul. 30, 2010