Nov 13, 2020

Bordeaux Wealth Advisors

Bordeaux Wealth Advisors, an investment advisory and wealth management firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, announced it moved to a new and larger office space in Bellevue earlier this month to support its continued growth in the Seattle market. The firm opened a Bellevue office in January and hired Jon Snare as managing partner. Three additional wealth advisors – Jave Ragan, Martin Sobolewski, and Gregory Camperos – have been hired to support the firm's clients in the Pacific Northwest. Bordeaux's new offices are in Plaza East, located at 11100 NE 8th Street. The new 2,500 square-foot space doubled Bordeaux's existing office footprint in Bellevue.

Planar

Visualization technology company Planar hired Sandra Kanardy and Kit Shugrue to the its U.S. government division. The company is also expanding Planar's product security program. Kanardy will support state, local and education business development for the company's U.S. government team. Shugrue will support Planar's government business development for the West Coast. Founded in 1983, Planar is headquartered in Oregon, with offices and manufacturing facilities in Oregon, Europe and Asia.

The Fearey Group

The Fearey Group's CEO Aaron Blank has been announced as a recipient of PRWeek's 2020 40 Under 40 honorees. The annual list profiles the top U.S. public relations professionals across all sectors and industries. Blank worked as a radio reporter, anchor, producer and promoter in New York and Connecticut before beginning his career in public relations and joining The Fearey Group. In 2014, he became the owner of the Seattle-based firm. Launched in November 1998, PRWeek US is a trade magazine for PR professionals in the US.

Spaceflight

Seattle-based Spaceflight, a satellite rideshare and mission management provider, announced that it is developing two additional next-generation orbital transfer vehicles that will debut in 2021. Its first, Sherpa-FX, will fly on a fully dedicated rideshare mission with SpaceX, dubbed SXRS-3 by Spaceflight. The next two ESPA-class space vehicles in the company's portfolio are designed to provide more orbital diversification, including flexible manifest changes, deployment to multiple altitudes and orbital planes, and rapid launch solutions. Spaceflight has launched more than 300 satellites across nearly 34 rideshare missions.

Nov 12, 2020

Kochava

Kochava, a real-time data solutions company for omni-channel attribution and measurement, announced the acquisition of Thalamus, a research database of ad vendor data. The rebranded Kochava Media Index will be a comprehensive source for digital media purchasing decisions. Kochava is headquartered in Sandpoint, Idaho, with additional sales offices worldwide.

TableSafe

Kirkland-based TableSafe announced the election of David Selby to its board of directors. Selby will play a strategic role in advising TableSafe on the national expansion of its payment platform which includes a touchless payment option. Selby is the co-chairman and former CEO of Schafer Condon Carter. Earlier in his career, he had served as the senior vice president, marketing for Sears, Roebuck, and chief marketing officer for Potbelly Sandwich Works. The TableSafe board of directors also includes chairman Bill Ruckelshaus, former CEO of Blucora and current CFO of ExtraHop; George Overholser, a founding management member of Capital One; Julie Barbo, a private investor; and Gordon Gardiner, TableSafe's CEO. TableSafe provides a pay-at-the-table technology designed for the hospitality industry.

Sequitur Labs

Sequitur Labs announced that its EmSPARK 2.0 Security Suite has been selected among the finalists of the SDC Awards 2020 in the Cloud Security Innovation of the Year category. Winners will be announced during a virtual ceremony Dec.3. Now in its 11th year, the SDC Awards recognize products and services that serve as the foundation for digital transformation. Winners are selected by the readers of Digitalisation World's multimedia platform as well as peers, clients and others.

Lithia Motors

Tina Miller, senior vice president and CFO of Lithia Motors, has been named to the 2020 list of Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry by Automotive News. Every five years, Automotive News compiles the list of 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry, recognizing top female executives at automakers, suppliers, dealerships and vendors. Miller got her start in public accounting in California's Silicon Valley before moving to Medford, Oregon, and beginning her career at Lithia Motors as a manager in internal audit.