Nov 01, 2018

Versive

Seattle-based cybersecurity company Versive was bought by eSentire, a provider of managed detection and response services based in Ontario, Canada. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

City of Kent

The city of Kent joined Green Direct, Puget Sound Energy's renewable energy program. The city will buy power for nearly all of its facilities from local renewable energy resources under the program.

Oct 31, 2018

Syntonic

Seattle-based Syntonic, a software developer focused on mobile apps, hired Ricardo Cidale as head of sales in the Americas and managing director of its new Brazil subsidiary. Cidale is a serial entrepreneur who has held executive positions at RealNetworks, Compaq Computer and Dell Technologies.

Monster Squad

Four former Runic Games staffers formed Monster Squad, a Seattle-based developer of community-driven games. The crew includes CEO Allen Fong, studio head Marsh Lefler, creative director Patrick Blank and gameplay director John Dunbar. The four worked on developing Torchlight and Borderland games while at Runic and Gearbox Software.

Oct 30, 2018

BitTitan

Bellevue-based BitTitan named Gregg Erickson vice president of customer success. BitTitan helps IT professionals deploy and manage cloud technologies through automation. He was director of customer success and experience at Seattle-based Zipwhip, which provides a cloud-based software platform for business texting, and also worked at K2 Sports and Tableau.

TrueBlue

TrueBlue chief marketing officer Maggie Lower was named a global outstanding LGBT role model by the Financial Times. Lower joined Tacoma-based TrueBlue in January as the company's first CMO. She was recognized for driving cultural change and creating a supportive workplace. TrueBlue also won an award from the National Association of Corporate Directors for its commitment to diversity and inclusion. The company provides workforce solutions.

Accordo Group

Eric Martorano was appointed CEO and board member of Auckland, New Zealand-based Accordo Group. Martorano will be based in the Bellevue office. He has over 25 years of industry experience, including stints as chief revenue officer at Intermedia and general manager of U.S. channel sales at Microsoft. Accordo uses data analytics to help businesses with marketing.

Oct 26, 2018

Washington Federal

Thomas J. Kelley is the new board chair of Seattle-based Washington Federal. Kelley succeeds Roy M. Whitehead, who retired last year as CEO but is serving as executive board chair until year end. Kelley has been a board member since 2005. He was managing partner at Arthur Andersen in Eastern Europe and taught accounting at Seattle University. Washington Federal operates 236 branches in the West and Texas.

Zipwhip

Zipwhip, a Seattle cloud software startup for two-way business texting, appointed Bob Chamberlain as CFO and Kirsten Spoljaric as senior vice president of people. Chamberlain was CFO of Big Fish and PopCap Games. Spoljaric was co-founder and vice president of human resources at Mashery, a tech company that was acquired by Intel.

JND Legal Administration

JND Legal Administration is moving its headquarters from Belltown to 35,000 square feet at 1100 Second Ave. JND provides legal management and administration for law firms, corporations and government entities. It has offices in California, Minnesota, New York and Washington, D.C.