Nov 08, 2018

Hyatt Regency Lake Washington

Hyatt Regency Lake Washington, a 347-room hotel in Renton's Southport development, appointed Pina Purpero as general manager and Jennifer Grosclaude as director of sales, marketing and events. Purpero was general manager of Hyatt's The Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia, where she oversaw a multi-million-dollar renovation. She has been with Hyatt for over 20 years. Grosclaude was director of events at Hyatt Regency Lake Washington. She has more than 20 years of experience, including 15 years with Hyatt.

RealWear

Michael Guerchon joined Vancouver-based RealWear as vice president of human resources. Guerchon has 25 years of HR experience, with stints at Riverbed Technology, Okta, Guess, Puppet, Hollywood Entertainment and Ikon Office Solutions. RealWear makes wearable computing devices for light and heavy industry that are voice-driven and head-mounted.

Banner Bank

Walla Walla-based Banner Bank named Kenneth W. Johnson executive vice president of operations and a member of the executive management committee. Johnson joined Banner through the Skagit Bank acquisition, which was completed Nov. 1. He was Skagit Bank's president and COO and has more than 30 years of banking experience.

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson

Seattle law firm Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson hired Eric C. Reutter as an attorney in the Estate Planning Trusts & Probate group. Reutter specializes in estate planning, trust and probate administration, and operation and formation of businesses.

Marchex

Seattle-based mobile advertising analytics company Marchex paid about $13 million for Telmetrics, a Canadian call and text tracking company.

Nov 07, 2018

Seattle Metro Chamber

Allison

Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce hired Ashton Allison to direct business retention and expansion services, which were recently added when the chamber became an associate development organization for King County. Allison has over 16 years of economic development experience, most recently as a consultant for TIP Strategies in Texas. He will work with King County and its 39 jurisdictions to assess business development opportunities.

Fisher Phillips

Che

National labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips added attorney Sieu Che to its Seattle office. Che specializes in labor and employment law. He comes from the Seattle office of Jackson Lewis. Fisher Phillips has more than 370 attorneys in 32 offices.

DarkLight

Riley

Shawn Riley, chief data officer and chief information security officer at DarkLight, is a new member of Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community of technology executives. Riley will collaborate with other local leaders in a private forum through the council. Bellevue-based DarkLight develops cybersecurity solutions using artificial intelligence.

Kymeta

Mobile communications network company Kymeta announced Dr. Nathan Kundtz will step down as CEO this month but continue as a technical advisor. Kymeta President and CFO Marc Stolzman will be interim CEO while the Redmond company's board searches for a replacement.

King County Council

Metropolitan King County Council confirmed Anita Khandelwal as director of the Department of Public Defense. Khandelwal had been interim director since summer. She was deputy director of law and policy prior to that and joined the department in 2015.