Sep 28, 2017

BakerHostetler

Andreas Kaltsounis has joined the BakerHostetler's privacy and data protection team as a partner in the Seattle office. Kaltsounis has 18 years of experience as a state and federal law enforcement officer, consultant and attorney. He was with Stroz Friedberg overseeing the Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices' work on major data-security incidents.

Startup Washington 365 Program

Inland Northwest Partners, an economic development and educational nonprofit in Liberty Lake that is focused on eastern Washington and northern Idaho, was awarded a two-year contract with the state Department of Commerce to continue the Startup Washington 365 Program for Whitman and Asotin counties. INP will now hire a program manager for the Startup Washington 365 Center. Applications are due by Oct. 6. Information is at http://inwp.org/startup-washington-365/.

Sep 27, 2017

Sarcos Robotics

Beaufait

Sarcos Robotics, a Salt Lake City-based firm that designs robots to improve efficiency and reduce occupational injuries, said Chris Beaufait is the new chief commercial officer and general manager of exoskeleton and humanoid systems. Beaufait will introduce exoskeleton robots to industrial customers. Ryan Bateman has been named vice president, finance; Kevin Grundy is chief operating officer and vice president, operations; Scott Hopper is vice president, corporate and business development; Kristi Martindale is chief marketing officer; and Julie Wolff is general counsel. Beaufait was president of Asia Pacific-China for Vestas and also worked at GE. Bateman was CFO at Suncrest Solar. Grundy worked on NeXT Computer and Hopper was at Clearwire. Sarcos has an office in Bellevue.

America's Automotive Trust

Langsbard

America's Automotive Trust in Tacoma announced that Adam Langsbard will join its national team as chief executive officer. His responsibilities will including managing America's Car Museum in Tacoma, RPM Foundation, Concours Club and Club Auto. David Madeira is now vice chairman. Langsbard worked at Petersen Automotive Museum as chief marketing officer.

Sep 26, 2017

Port of Seattle

Airports Council International-North America, the trade association for commercial airports, elected Lance Lyttle, managing director of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, to its board of directors for 2018. He joined the Port of Seattle as airport managing director in January 2016, and now is leading a major revitalization program that includes the International Arrivals Facility, North Satellite modernization and baggage handling system upgrade.

NW Energy Coalition

Michael Breish, a senior utility analyst at the Oregon Public Utility Commission, will join NW Energy Coalition in Seattle as a policy analyst. He has also worked at Boston Pacific Co. on wind energy generation.

Sep 22, 2017

Ignition Partners

Ignition Partners, an early stage, business software venture capital firm, added Cameron Borumand to its investment team in Bellevue. Borumand was with Seattle-based Curious Capital, and also worked at Vaquero Capital.

Orbit Law

Orbit Law, a Seattle firm that focuses on immigration, has expanded to offer business and employment law with the addition of two partners as affiliated/of-counsel: Linda Fang and Jeff Liang. They have more than 10 years of experience. Orbit Law is now also offering flat-fee general counsel services.

HomeStreet

Seattle-based HomeStreet named Mark Ruh executive vice president and CFO if the $6.6 billion institution. He has been interim CFO since April. Before joining HomeStreet, he was with Commerce Street Investment Management in Dallas and Mission Community Bancorp in San Luis Obispo, California.