Sep 27, 2018

Fisher Phillips

Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, hired Ralph Hua as an associate in its Seattle office. Hua focuses on immigration law and its impact on employers. He comes from MacDonald Hoague & Bayless. Fisher Phillips has more than 370 attorneys in 32 offices.

King County Business Awards

Seven small businesses won King County Executive's Small Business Awards. Tomboy X is small business of the year; Concord Engineering is minority-owned small business of the year; Triangle Associates is woman-owned small business of the year; Pier2 Marketing is exporting small business of the year; Green Cleaning Seattle — Otium-Maid Services is green/sustainable small business of the year; Cognission Corp./Sponge School is workforce development small business of the year; and Reber Ranch is rural small business of the year.

Stoel Rives

In Portland, Stoel Rives won a 2018 Law Firm Award from Construction Lawyers Society of America and a 2018 Law Firm Diversity Award from Diversity Law Institute.

Sep 26, 2018

T-Mobile US

Sunit Patel joined T-Mobile US in Bellevue as executive vice president and merger and integration lead. Patel was executive vice president and CFO at CenturyLink, and CFO and co-founder of Looking Glass Networks. He will lead T-Mobile's effort to merge with Sprint, which is expected to close by mid-2019.

DKS Associates

Portland-based DKS Associates formed a partnership with HAAS Alert of Chicago to deploy connected vehicle technology for emergency responders, utility crews and other city workers who perform dangerous operations in the roadway. HAAS Alert streams digital alerts to warn motorists when emergency crews and road service operators are nearby. DKS provides transportation safety solutions to municipalities.

Bullitt Foundation

In Seattle, Bullitt Foundation awarded the 12th Annual Bullitt Environmental Prize to Nicola Smith, a doctorate candidate in marine biology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Smith's research focuses on invasive species, coral reef fish ecology and data-poor tropical fisheries in her native Bahamas. The $100,000 award recognizes people who bring new perspectives to environmental work.

Seattle Art Museum

Seattle Art Museum and the Betty Bowen Committee picked multidisciplinary artist Natalie Ball of Portland as the winner of the 2018 Betty Bowen Award. Ball gets $15,000 and a solo exhibition at SAM next spring. Amy Bernstein won the Kayla Skinner Special Recognition Award and Deborah Faye Lawrence won the Special Recognition Award.

Sep 25, 2018

City of Redmond

Chambers

Van Winkle

The city of Redmond appointed Rachel Van Winkle as Parks and Recreation director and Jonny Chambers as Technology and Information Services director. Van Winkle has been interim Parks director since July. She joined the city in 2015 and previously worked for Seattle YMCA, and Apex Park and Recreation District in Arvada, Colorado. Chambers comes from the University of Washington and Microsoft.

Heyou Media Holdings

In Seattle, Heyou Media Holdings added Wendy Bernfeld and Pete Bryant to its advisory board. Bernfeld is founder and CEO of Rights Stuff and former CEO of Canal + International. Bryant is managing partner at Pioneer Venture Partners in Kirkland. Heyou is actor Tom Skerritt's digital mobile media company that produces all content within Washington state.

Sound Credit Union

Tacoma-based Sound Credit Union is buying Lynnwood-based Bank of Washington. The combined company will operate 29 branches throughout King, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties. The deal is expected to close in early 2019.

Ideoclick

Ideoclick, a Seattle ecommerce agency serving manufacturers selling online, has acquired Wintr, a Seattle-based design and technology company working in ecommerce. Terms of the deal were not announced.