Sep 17, 2020

United Ways of the Pacific Northwest

Olympia-based United Ways of the Pacific Northwest launched the Pacific Northwest Wildfire Relief & Recovery Fund in response to the wildfires devastating parts of Oregon, Idaho and Washington. UWPNW will work in partnership with local United Ways in impacted communities across the region. United Way will use all donations to help provide displaced families with access to food, shelter, childcare, health care and other critical services. UWPNW will distribute funds to local United Ways in areas impacted by fires.

Shannon & Associates

Kent-based accounting firm Shannon & Associates has been named one of the 2020 Best Accounting Firms to Work For by Accounting Today and Best Companies Group. Shannon & Associates was listed as the 26th Best Small Firm to Work For. This annual survey and awards program recognizes the best employers in the accounting profession across the country. Selection is determined using a two-part survey process, and the combined scores decide the top companies and their final ranking. Workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems, and demographics for each company account for 25% of the evaluation. Employee experience surveys make up 75% of the assessment. Shannon & Associates offers CPA services — accounting and bookkeeping, auditing and assurance, tax services and consulting.

Smartsheet

Smartsheet, located in Bellevue, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Brandfolder, a leader in digital asset management. This acquisition combines Brandfolder's DAM capabilities with Smartsheet's work management platform. Smartsheet paid $155 million for the acquisition, subject to certain adjustments, with a combination of cash and stock.

Resourceful HR

OneDigital, a strategic advisory firm, has acquired Resourceful, a human resources consulting company, located in Seattle.This adds to the company's growing HR consulting division throughout the Northwest. Headquartered in Atlanta, OneDigital has been named to the Inc. 5000 List of America's fastest-growing companies every year since 2007, and is currently listed as 18th on Business Insurance's list of 100 Largest U.S. Brokers.Resourceful, founded by Jennifer Olsen in 2008, provides HR services from recruiting and compliance to compensation and benefits.

TrueBlue

TrueBlue, based in Tacoma, announced Brannon Lacey has been named president of PeopleScout, a division of TrueBlue. Lacey replaces outgoing interim president Chip Holmes. Lacey most recently served as the president and chief product officer of benefits solutions at Alight, a capital and business solutions provider. Prior to Alight, Lacey spent more than four years at Rackspace, where he served as senior vice president and general manager of application services. Before that, Lacey served as a principal at Samsung Ventures. TrueBlue is a provider of specialized workforce solutions. PeopleScout offers recruitment process outsourcing and managed service provider solutions.

Sep 16, 2020

ABC Legal

ABC Legal Services appointed Brandon Fuller as chief technology officer. Fuller is the founder and CEO of Docketly, a subsidiary of ABC Legal, providing appearance counsel on a digital, custom-built platform. ABC Legal acquired Docketly in 2019 with Fuller remaining as the president of the company. Prior to founding Docketly, Fuller was a software engineer for two different Silicon Valley networking companies. The recent acquisition and Fuller's leadership as CTO will help to align services under one company. ABC Legal is based in Seattle, with more than 2,000 process servers throughout the U.S., as well as internationally in more than 75 countries.

Intercity Transit

Olympia's the Intercity Transit Authority (ITA) announced it is seeking individuals to serve on the ITA board or on the Community Advisory Committee. The ITA, a nine-member board of directors that sets policy and direction for the transit agency, is made up of elected officials who represent the Thurston County Board of Commissioners and the cities of Lacey, Tumwater, Olympia and Yelm, as well as a labor representative and three citizens. There is an opening for one citizen representative to serve a three-year term. The citizen representative must live within the public transportation benefit area. Intercity Transit is the only public transit authority in the state to allow citizen representatives full voting membership on its governing board. The CAC is a 20-member advisory group that provides input to the ITA on local public transportation issues. Nineteen members serve three-year terms. Members are selected to represent a cross-section of the community and geographical representation from throughout the public transportation benefit area.

Seattle Avionics

AFV Partners announced it has acquired Seattle Avionics, a provider of general aviation applications, FAA-certified and geo-referenced charts and flight data, and augmented reality technology. Based in Woodinville, Seattle Avionics was co-founded in 2002 by John Rutter and Steve Podradchik to offer an easy-to-use flight application for the general aviation market. Seattle Avionics creates pre-flight and in-flight user experiences with its cloud-based solutions providing direct user access to flight planning, weather, fuel prices and group document management. Rutter and Podradchik will join AFV Partner's aviation vertical in leadership positions. Tony Aquila is the founder, chairman and CEO of AFV Partners, which was formed in 2019 as a long-term permanent capital investor. The law firm of Kirkland & Ellis advised AFV Partners on the transaction. AFV Partners is headquartered in Argyle, Texas, with offices in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Zurich.