Feb 11, 2021

JND Legal Administration

JND Legal Administration, a legal management and administration services provider serving plaintiff and defendant firms, corporations and government entities, hired Shandarese (Shandy) Garr as vice president of operations. Garr has over 25 years of experience in class action administration. Garr served as both vice president of securities and Midwest operations at Garden City Group. Garr is a former administrator for the National Association of Shareholder & Consumer Attorneys and has been a Mobilization for Justice board member since 2016. JND was founded in 2016 by Jennifer Keough, Neil Zola and David Isaac, and has offices in Washington, California, Minnesota, New York and Washington, D.C.

Ekata

Seattle-based Ekata, a provider of digital identity verification data, announced that in 2020 the company grew its global customer base and revenues, gained momentum in the financial services and payments sector, expanded its product portfolio, and drove growth in Europe and Asia-Pacific through its global offices and data infrastructure despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic lead to an increase in demand among global eCommerce providers for customer onboarding and fraud prevention solutions. In addition, a rapidly changing regulatory environment in the financial services and payments industry has led to increased demand for identity verification solutions, particularly in pre-credit-card-authorization use cases in Europe, according to CEO Rob Eleveld.

City of Bellevue

The city of Bellevue is presenting a series of virtual events for Black History Month, including a museum exhibition and panel on the history of racism. Now through March 31 the public is invited to explore a virtual adaptation of the American History Traveling Museum: The Unspoken Truths. The traveling museum is a collection of artifacts and information detailing elements of the history of racism in the U.S. and the Pacific Northwest, and sharing the experiences and innovations of the Black community. Museum creator Delbert Richardson chose select artifacts from his traveling exhibit to share as part of the virtual museum experience being presented in partnership with the city of Bellevue. On Feb. 18 a panel discussion will feature leaders in the community who will discuss the historical and current impacts of race in our communities. Registration information is available at https://bellevue-blackhistorypanel.eventbrite.com.

Feb 10, 2021

Taste Washington

Taste Washington unveiled its 2021 programming, a month-long celebration of Washington wine and food. In its 24th year, Taste Washington is adjusting to meet the needs of public safety by offering an entire month of new promotions encouraging people to directly support Washington wineries and restaurants. Taste Washington 2021 will introduce Taste Washington To Go and Taste Washington At Home, along with unique winery and restaurant activations and hotel packages. Taste Washington To Go, presented by Alaska Airlines, highlights some of Washington's top produced wines, paired with different themed menus. Each week, chefs will create a special takeout pairing crafted for the specific theme. Wineries across the state will offer promotions highlighting the week's featured variety, and local restaurants will offer their own spin on the theme. Taste Washington At Home is presented by Whole Foods Market. Each week Whole Foods will share a different recipe and Washington wine pairing. The program runs March 1 through April 4. Additional information is available at http://www.tastewashington.org.

Club Champion

Custom golf club fitter Club Champion has opened a new fitting studio, located at 5849 Tacoma Mall Blvd, Tacoma. The store is open and accepting fitting appointments. This is Club Champion's second location in the state of Washington. Club Champion fits, sells and builds custom golf clubs using brands like Callaway, TaylorMade, Ping, Titleist, Cobra, Fujikura, Golf Pride and many more. The new studio features two indoor hitting bays with TrackMan launch monitors for analyzing performance, a SAM PuttLab system, and a build shop for repairing and assembling golf clubs by hand. Club Champion has been ranked by Golf Digest as one of the 100 Best Club Fitters for the last ten years. Club Champion was established in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago.

Protego Trust Bank

Protego Trust Bank, a bank designed and built specifically for institutional clients seeking opportunities within the world of digital assets, announced that it has received conditional approval from the Untied States Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The new federal charter will allow Protego to convert from a Washington State chartered trust company into a nationally chartered trust bank and will enable Protego clients nationwide to hold, trade, lend and issue digital assets. Protego is the first financial institution to receive such approval from the federal regulator. Protego is backed by Science Blockchain, an investor in RealBlocks and Wave Financial Group, and has a leadership team with experience from Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, State Street, BNY, and Morgan Stanley.

Feb 09, 2021

Qumulo

Seattle-based Qumulo announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Gregg Machon, vice president of worldwide channels and OEMs for Qumulo, a Top Channel Chief for 2021. The annual list recognizes top IT channel leaders who continually demonstrate leadership, influence, innovation and growth for the IT channel. This is the third consecutive year Machon has been named to the CRN Channel Chiefs list. CRN's 2021 Channel Chiefs list will be featured in the February 2021 issue of CRN Magazine and online at http://www.CRN.com/ChannelChiefs.

Tanium

Matt Thompson has joined Tanium's Board of Directors as an independent director. Thompson was most recently the executive vice president of worldwide field operations at Adobe, overseeing global sales, partnerships, ecommerce, consulting and services, and customer success operations. Tanium also recently appointed Mark Fields, former CEO of Ford Motor Company, and David Rowland, executive chairman of Accenture, to its Board of Directors. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list of Top 100 Private Companies in Cloud Computing for five consecutive years and ranks 4th on FORTUNE's list of the Best Workplaces in Technology 2020.

JND Legal Administration

JND Legal Administration, a legal management and administration services provider serving plaintiff and defendant firms, corporations, and government entities, has again been recognized for excellence in claims administration by readers of the New York Law Journal. Having been named a Best Claims Administrator for three consecutive years, JND has been admitted to the Journal's ‘Best of 2020' Hall of Fame. Readers of the Journal ranked JND as the #1 Claims Administrator in both 2018 and 2019. JND was Founded in 2016 and has offices in Washington, California, Minnesota, New York and Washington, D.C.

T-Mobile

This Black History Month, Bellevue-based T-Mobile is introducing three programs with the goal of helping create more opportunities for Black communities across the nation. The initiatives — Magenta Scholars, the NextTech Diversity Program and Magenta Edge — will provide resources and support to Black students, tech workers and business owners. T-Mobile's Magenta Scholars program will donate $500,000 to create 18 scholarships for students attending historically Black colleges and universities. The program is a partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The application period opens Feb. 18 and scholarships will be awarded in the fall of 2021. Over the next five years the NextTech Diversity Program aims to provide career training and placement for candidates to take on roles as 5G network technicians. Telecom trade school The Learning Alliance will oversee recruitment, training, certification and job placement of candidates. Magenta Edge offers advice and insight and provides free educational programming on subjects such as best practices for entrepreneurs while addressing systemic barriers to Black small-business success.