Apr 03, 2020

Pyramid Analytics

Johnson

Business intelligence platform developer Pyramid Analytics hired Spencer Johnson as vice president of North America sales. Johnson has over 25 years of experience selling and managing sales teams, from small startups to large enterprises. He was senior vice president of sales and marketing at GoodData and led teams at Couchbase and Oracle. Pyramid is based in Amsterdam and its U.S. headquarters is in Seattle. Pyramid enables large companies to analyze data in a modular, easy and fast way.

Paccar

Bellevue-based Paccar extended the closure of its truck and engine production lines worldwide to April 20. The company initially said the closure would last until April 6. The latest move comes in response to recent changes in customer demand and a weaker outlook for the global economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Apr 02, 2020

Bordeaux Wealth Advisors

Snare

Menlo Park, California-based Bordeaux Wealth Advisors named Jon Snare as managing partner of its newly opened Bellevue office. Snare has nearly 30 years of financial advisory experience, lastly as senior investment strategist at Wells Fargo Private Bank. Bordeaux is a boutique investment advisory and wealth management firm. It opened the Bellevue office and expanded its senior leadership in a strategic growth initiative.

Boeing

Chicago-based Boeing received a $1.5 billion contract from the U.S. Navy for 18 Poseidon aircraft, which are made in Renton. The contract includes eight of the P-8A models for the U.S. Navy, six for the Republic of Korea Navy and four for the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Poseidon is the military version of the 737 Next-Generation airplane.

Cropland Audits

Los Gatos, California-based Procurant Partners formed a partnership with Cropland Audits, an Idaho-based food safety consultant to the agriculture industry. Under the partnership, Cropland Audits becomes a reseller of Procurant's SureCheck, a food safety and task management app that provides growers and shippers with checklists, documented procedures and food safety program support.

The Standard

Portland-based Standard Insurance Co. (The Standard) is contributing $250,000 to the Oregon Community Recovery Fund in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Standard is donating the funds through its charitable foundation. The recovery fund is run by Oregon Community Foundation and fills gaps in funding not covered by the public or private sectors. During the outbreak, it is targeting child care, small businesses, seniors and education.

Apr 01, 2020

OneEnergy Renewables

Booth

Tobin Booth is the new CEO of OneEnergy Renewables, a Seattle-based developer of solar projects. Booth was CEO of Seattle-based Stokes Vannoy, which invests in operating solar projects. Prior to that, he founded and was CEO of Blue Oak Energy, a solar engineering and construction firm in California. After Coronal Energy and Panasonic bought Blue Oak, he was Coronal's chief engineering officer. Booth succeeds OneEnergy co-founder Bill Eddie, who continues as chief commercial officer to focus on business and partnership development.

Avalara

In Seattle, business tax software developer Avalara appointed Brian Sharples to its board. Sharples is co-founder and former CEO of HomeAway, an online marketplace for vacation rentals. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of IntelliQuest Information Group, a supplier of marketing data and research to large technology companies. Avalara also announced that Justin Sadrian, a managing director at Warburg Pincus, will leave the board when his term ends in June.

Maven Media Brands

Seattle-based Maven Media Brands said it is cutting 9% of its workforce and its senior managers are taking 30% pay cuts in response to the weakening economy in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. The company also is working to trim non-payroll expenses and has secured a $12 million line of credit from B. Riley Financial. Maven is a group media network platform.

Pyramid Analytics

Business intelligence platform developer Pyramid Analytics closed a $25 million funding round led by Jerusalem Venture Partners. The money will fund Pyramid's continuing growth. Sequoia Capital, Viola Growth and Maor Investments also participated in the funding round. Pyramid is based in Amsterdam and its U.S. headquarters is in Seattle. Pyramid enables large companies to analyze data in a modular, easy and fast way.