Apr 13, 2021

Coppinger Carter

Coppinger Carter

Coppinger Carter, a law firm that for over a decade has focused on personal injury, insurance and employment-related legal issues, has opened a third office in Bellevue. The Bellevue office is located at 14205 S.E. 36th St. Coppinger Carter also has offices in Bellingham and Everson. Coppinger Carter primarily serves plaintiffs in matters involving wrongful death, serious injuries, auto accidents, premise liability, insurance-related disputes, medical malpractice and employment-related disputes. The firm's founder, Carrie Coppinger Carter, is a graduate of the University of Washington and the Seattle University School of Law. She has more than 20 years of legal experience as a trial lawyer. Coppinger Carter recently was added to the list of Super Lawyers in Washington state.

PEMCO

PEMCO Mutual Insurance hired Arif Arain as its new director, data governance. Arain joins the Seattle-based insurer with experience in data governance, data management, data warehousing and solutions in other data related disciplines, leading teams in the insurance, investments and banking sectors. In his role at PEMCO, Arain and his team will collaborate with other teams in information technology and business to create a new data governance discipline, establishing a foundation for data provisioning, information delivery and data quality management. Prior to joining PEMCO, Arain led data governance and information management initiatives for highly regulated institutions, including Allstate Investments, SunTrust Bank and Key Bank.

Tanium

Kirkland-based Tanium, a provider of endpoint management and security built for IT environments, announced that it ranked 26 on FORTUNE Magazine's list of 2021 Best Workplaces in Technology in the “large company” category. This marks the company's fourth consecutive appearance on FORTUNE's lists, which rank employers based on employee-reported quality and consistency of workplace experience. In early 2020 the company announced a permanent move to a remote-first workforce. Through strategic partnerships that promote the creation of equitable access to STEM education for underserved, economically disadvantaged, at risk or historically underrepresented children and young adults, Tanium is committed to donating 2% of its collective time and profits to giving back each year. This year's list of Best Workplaces in Technology is based on survey feedback from more than 122,000 employees working in the technology industry across the United States, with respondents rating their workplace culture on more than 60 elements including trust in managers, fairness of compensation and the effectiveness of leadership in creating daily experiences of innovation.

Canyon Creek Cabinet Co.

Caldas

In Monroe, Canyon Creek Cabinet Co. promoted executive vice president Max J. Caldas to president and CEO. Caldas joined Canyon Creek in early 2019, taking over responsibility for sales, marketing, customer service, product engineering and development, quality management and showroom operations. He has nearly 30 years of residential building products experience, previously as vice president at American Woodmark Corp., and in various sales and marketing leadership roles at Robert Bosch Tool Corp. and ClosetMaid. He replaces Robert Foote, who is leaving at the end of the month to pursue another opportunity.

UMC

Guizzetti

Presnell

Local mechanical engineering and construction company UMC hired Brian Presnell as senior business development representative and Eric Guizzetti as reality capture operations manager, both for the company's new Reality Capture + Equipment business line. Presnell has 20 years of experience delivering emerging industry technologies to design, engineering and construction leaders. At UMC, he is pairing Leica's scanning and positioning technology to construction ecosystems that require virtual representations of physical assets. Guizzetti is responsible for scanning projects and selling Leica products, as UMC is an authorized reseller of Leica equipment. He has been in the construction industry for 30 years, including 10 years in virtual design and construction. He previously was a project engineer, superintendent and project manager for a large general contractor in California.

John Henry's Renton Sheet Metal

Henry

John Michael “Mike” Henry, longtime Seattle mechanical contractor, passed away at his home in Henderson, Nevada, on April 4 at age 84. Henry spent his formative years in Kitsap County. In 1952, his family moved to Moses Lake and his father founded Moses Lake Sheet Metal, where John first worked as an apprentice sheet metal worker, then advanced to estimating and project management. He took over the business in 1963 after his father died in an industrial accident. Five years later, he sold the business and moved to the Bay Area, where he was a junior partner at Valley Sheet Metal. He later returned to the Seattle area to open John Henry's Renton Sheet Metal, and had stints with Sweeney Mechanical, PSF Fabricators and Key Mechanical Co. of Washington. Henry also owned TRC Inc. for 14 years until 1996, and worked as a marketing consultant to mechanical and electrical contractors until his death. He had a hand in many notable projects, including Paccar's headquarters, SeaTac Mall and the three Renton Place office buildings.

Slead Construction/Dewatering

Houston-based Griffin Dewatering bought part of Slead Construction/Dewatering of Tacoma. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Slead has been in business for over 60 years. Griffin, a portfolio company of Crossplane Capital, has provided groundwater control services and pumping equipment to the construction industry since 1934. During the past five years, Griffin has opened new locations and expanded its service offerings, with 10 locations across the country.

Apr 09, 2021

PACCAR

PACCAR announced a five-year supply agreement for battery power systems with Romeo Power, a battery technology company headquartered in Los Angeles. PACCAR will purchase Romeo Power's battery packs and battery management software for heavy-duty battery electric Peterbilt 579EV vehicles and Peterbilt 520EV refuse trucks in North America. PACCAR has become a minority shareholder in Romeo Power as part of the alliance. Production of Peterbilt zero emissions trucks featuring Romeo Power's battery packs is expected to launch in the second half of 2021.

doxo

Seattle-based doxo, a web and mobile bill pay service, was recognized as one of Comparably's 2021 Best Places to Work in Seattle. Comparably, a compensation, culture and career monitoring website, compiled its rankings from anonymous sentiment ratings provided by employees. The rankings are determined based on a series of questions that span 20 core culture categories, including work-life balance, the leadership and team, and overall workplace environment. In addition, doxo has expanded its doxoInsights program, which provides a look into household financial health and spending activity.

Contour Fence

Contour Fence, a residential and commercial fencing company, has been acquired by business partners Stacy Eakman and Paulo Albano. The deal closed on February 26, 2021, with Eakman and Albano acquiring Contour Fence for $1,250,000. The partners plan to grow the company, with goals to franchise it and expand its service reach beyond Washington. Albano is originally from Brazil but immigrated to the United States in 2018. Eakman is CEO of Eakman Construction, a custom home building company serving Kirkland, Bellevue and the Greater Seattle Area. Contour Fence, established in 1984, is located in Woodinville.

Convoy

Digital freight network Convoy has been named a 2021 BloombergNEF Pioneer, an annual award announced by Bloomberg recognizing 12 companies advancing a low-carbon economy. Convoy moves thousands of truckloads around the country each day through its optimized, connected network of carriers, using technology and data to solve problems of waste and inefficiency in the trucking industry. Now in its 12th year, BloombergNEF Pioneers recognizes the most impactful and original technological innovations with the potential to accelerate global decarbonization. Winners were selected by a panel of experts from a pool of more than 250 applicants from across the world.

Clearwater Analytics

Clearwater Analytics named Eric Lapham as senior vice president of investment management. In this role, Lapham will lead the company's business development strategy for the growing investment management market. Lapham joins Clearwater from State Street Bank where he was managing director of global strategic accounts and global head of sales for State Street Global Exchange. Lapham has over 30 years of experience in fintech and software and services sales, including over 20 years in the buy-side financial services industry with CRD, SSGX, and BISAM. Clearwater Analytics, headquartered in Boise, is a global SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting.