Sep 02, 2020

Art Anderson

Werner

Art Anderson a Bremerton-based multidisciplinary engineering services firm, hired Jeremy Werner as a naval architect/marine engineer in its marine division. He will carry out design efforts as a team member with senior engineers, architects and designers; and will be responsible for the independent execution of engineering design solutions. Assignments include naval architect/marine engineering design services related to supporting projects focusing on vessel stability, structural analysis and vessel constructability.

PACE Engineers

Archibald

Anderson

PACE Engineers promoted Chris Anderson to branch manager in its Lake Oswego, Oregon office and Jonathan Archibald to manager of the Lake Oswego land development group. Anderson has 15 years of experience in structural engineering and project management for public and private organizations. His specialty is designing non-building structures to support large equipment and utilities in high seismic zones. Archibald's 23 years of civil engineering experience includes property development, hydraulic modeling, stormwater management design, dam and flood control systems, and city program management. He specializes in FEMA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resource permitting and repairs to hydroelectric facilities. PACE is a civil and structural engineering, planning and surveying firm with offices also in Kirkland, Everett and Wenatchee.

Scott | Edwards Architecture

Meuwissen

Corah

Grothen

Portland, Oregon-based Scott | Edwards Architecture hired Kara Grothen as a project architect, Phil Corah as a designer and Alexi Meuwissen as director of marketing and business development. Grothen, an architect, has over 13 years of design experience with a focus in Revit Management and Standards. Most recently, she was a senior associate at a Portland firm where she designed high tech, mixed use, industrial, tenant improvement and hospitality projects. She is working on Rose Villa senior living retirement community in Portland and the new Wilsonville Public Works. Corah has a bachelor of environmental design and a masters of architecture from Montana State University. He has worked in construction design-build and has a portfolio of design-build furniture. He is working on Banfield Pet Hospital clinics. Meuwissen has a decade of marketing and business development experience in the Portland-Metro community. Most recently, she was director of marketing for nine years for an Oregon general contractor. She will direct all marketing efforts for the 90-person S|EA, strategizing project pursuits and building relationships in the industry. Scott | Edwards Architecture provides architecture, planning and interior design.

Dorsey & Whitney

Dorsey & Whitney announced that it has named corporate Partner Jill McLeod as head of the firm's Anchorage office. McLeod succeeds Mike Mills as Office Head. McLeod has more than 20 years of U.S. and international legal experience. Prior to joining Dorsey she was in-house counsel for ConocoPhillips. Before joining ConocoPhillips, McLeod served as in-house counsel for United Companies, an Alaskan Native-owned corporation, and its subsidiaries, which provided electrical and telecommunications services to communities in rural Alaska. Dorsey has locations across the United States and in Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region,

Western Governors University

Western Governors University announced the appointment of Carolyn Douglas as regional manager of communications and outreach. Douglas brings more than 25 years of experience as a broadcast journalist and communications professional to the online, nonprofit institution. Douglas will guide the strategic direction of the university's public relations, social media and local marketing efforts across a nine-state territory, which includes Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. WGU Washington is an online, competency-based university designed to expand access to higher education for Washington residents. In 2011, the Washington State Legislature created WGU Washington in partnership with nationally recognized Western Governors University.

Ossia

Ossia, based in Bellevue, announced a strategic investment by ENEOS Innovation Partners. ENEOS HD is a $94B USD Japanese petroleum, oil and gas exploration, and metals conglomerate that is one of Japan's top ten largest companies. The partnership with Ossia includes a strategic investment in the company to bring Cota Real Wireless Power to market. Ossia and ENEOS HD will work together to explore wireless power opportunities in Japan and Asia. Ossia's flagship Cota technology is a patented smart antenna technology that delivers remote, targeted energy to devices at a distance and automatically keeps multiple devices charged without any user intervention.

Sep 01, 2020

Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) and the Betty Bowen Committee, chaired by Gary Glant, announced the six artists selected as finalists for this year's Betty Bowen Award: Dawn Cerny, Roland Dahwen, Elijah Hasan, Marilyn Montufar, Christian Alborz Oldham, and Tariqa Waters. The juried award honors a Northwest artist for their original, exceptional, and compelling work. The award was founded in 1977 to honor the legacy of Betty Bowen (1918–1977), Founded by Bowen's friends, the award is administered by SAM. The Betty Bowen Committee — comprising Northwest curators, collectors, and artists — reviewed 615 applications from visual artists residing in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Last year's winner was Lynne Siefert, the first filmmaker to win the award. The winner of the 43rd Betty Bowen Award will be announced in September.

PEMCO

Halfon

Seattle-based PEMCO Mutual Insurance announced that Josh Halfon has been named as a new manager of pricing analytics. Halfon joined PEMCO in 2017 as a product analyst, In 2019, Halfon transitioned to the Pricing Analytics team. In his new role, Halfon will support PEMCO's ongoing pricing strategies. Before joining PEMCO, Halfon served as an analyst and consultant at Third Sector Intelligence and as a CMM Programmer at Exotic Metals Forming Co.

Convoy

In Seattle, Convoy announced that Mark Okerstrom has been appointed as the company's President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), In this newly created role, Okerstrom will work closely with Co-Founder and CEO, Dan Lewis, Okerstrom will directly oversee Convoy's finance, operations, sales, marketing, supply, and marketplace growth teams. Most recently Okerstrom was President & CEO of Expedia Group, and prior to that was Expedia Group's CFO and EVP of Operations. Convoy is a digital freight network.

Terreno Realty

In San Francisco, Terreno Realty Corporation announced that it has completed the redevelopment of its property at 8615 S. 192nd St. in Kent and leased 100% of the property. The redeveloped property consists of a newly developed 220,000-square-foot rear-load industrial distribution building on approximately 12.7 acres adjacent to state Route 167. The total cost of the redeveloped property is approximately $33.9 million. Terreno Realty Corporation has executed a lease for 100% of the property which commenced Aug. 25, 2020 and expires Nov. 30, 2027 with a provider of retail supply chain, warehousing and final-mile delivery.

Tempered

In Seattle, Tempered announced new hardware and software designed to protect data, applications, and devices across on-premise, remote, and cloud environments. The new version 2.2.8 software split tunnel includes improved user onboarding, Alibaba Cloud support, high-availability and performance enhancements. Also announced and available immediately is the Airwall 110-Series for distributed edge deployments where secure connectivity and remote access are needed. The 110e supports ethernet, while the 110g includes support for cellular modems for last-mile connectivity. Both can be deployed to protect, connect, and manage devices at the IoT edge or inside an operational technology (OT) environment.

Compass Construction

Rennes

Seeb

Turay

Kirkland-based Compass Construction promoted Taylor Turay to superintendent and Jeff Seeb to project manager, and hired Isaiah Rennes as project engineer. Turay started with Compass in 2009 as a laborer, returned in 2011 as a labor foreman and worked his way up to assistant superintendent in 2014. Seeb joined the company in 2016 as a project engineer and was promoted in 2018 to senior project engineer. Rennes interned with Compass in his junior and senior years at the University of Washington. He graduated earlier this year with bachelor's degrees in construction management and architectural design.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Karr

In Seattle, Todd Karr joined Lease Crutcher Lewis as healthcare director for Washington. Karr has 24 years of construction management experience, with a focus on health care projects. He previously was a project executive with Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Co., and worked at GLY Construction for nearly two decades. At Lewis, he is serving clients such as SCCA, Seattle Children's, EvergreenHealth and Kaiser Permanente.

BMC Stock Holdings

Builders FirstSource and BMC Stock Holdings, both national building material suppliers with operations in the Pacific Northwest, will merge to create a company with over $11 billion in sales and about 26,000 employees in 42 states. Builders FirstSource is based in Dallas. Locally, it has lumber stores in Arlington, Bainbridge Island, Fife, Gig Harbor, Spanaway, Graham, Shelton and Olympia. BMC is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. It has local operations in Issaquah, Everett, Auburn, Kingston and Lakewood. The new company will operate as Builders FirstSource and will be based in Dallas, with corporate centers of excellence in Raleigh and Denver. The all-stock deal is expected to close later this year or in early 2021.