Sep 22, 2021

Tiscareno Associates

Reef

S. Hansen

Barton

Hoss

Stine

Willis

Glass

Draves

Hahn Wagner

M. Hansen

Gilstrap

Bishop

Austin

Seattle-based architecture firm Tiscareno Associates promoted Mark Stine to Principal, Vince Hoss to Associate Principal and Bill Barton to Associate Principal. In addition, several design staff have been promoted to Senior Associate: Stacy Hansen, Kate Reef, Melissa Hansen, and Stephanie Hahn-Wagner. Several more have been promoted to Associate: Dylan Draves, Gabrielle Glass, Michael Willis, Steven Austin, and Greg Bishop. Mackenzie Gilstrap has been promoted to Marketing and Digital Arts Manager.

Stine specializes in the design of mixed-use and affordable multifamily projects and is currently working on Solera, a 686-unit mixed-income development in Renton. Hoss designs mid-rise multifamily projects and often contributes to the firm's transportation projects. He recently worked on the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal. Barton's expertise lie in project management with projects ranging from high-rise mixed-use developments to 50-acre master plans. He recently managed the Beam, a mixed-use transit-oriented development in the International District, to completion.

Stacy Hansen leads public project pursuits and works on both multifamily and tenant improvement construction administration. She is currently working on Infinity Shore Club Residences, a luxury condo project on Alki Beach. Reef works on the firm's tenant improvement, public and renovation projects. She is currently working on The Spark, a large mixed-use multifamily development in Redmond. Melissa Hansen leads the firm's BIM development efforts. She is currently working on The Coliseum, a large commercial renovation project in Everett.

Hahn-Wagner works on the firm's affordable and workforce housing projects. She is currently working on The Reserve at Portage Creek, an affordable senior housing project in Arlington. Draves expertise lie in interior design. He works on the firm's multifamily projects. He is currently working on The Spark. Glass specializes in multifamily design. She is currently working on Solera.

Willis serves as a project manager on complex multifamily and mixed-use projects. He is currently working on Solera. Austin is a project manager with vast multifamily experience. He is currently working on Redmond Square, a large mixed-use transit-oriented development in downtown Redmond. Bishop works on a variety of project types. He is currently working on Solera. Gilstrap manages the firm's marketing and communications efforts. She is currently managing the firm's digital presence, proposals and other graphic assets.

CR architecture + design

CR architecture + design welcomed Tony Gosetti, AIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C, to the team in Chicago. Gosetti brings 23 years of experience in large multi-family luxury residential, retail, and office developments. He holds a bachelor of architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology and is a licensed architect in Illinois and a LEED Accredited Professional, Building Design and Construction. CR architecture + design has offices in Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit and Seattle.

PMI Worldwide

Smith

PMI Worldwide, a global manufacturer of food and beverage container solutions, announced that Barbara Smith has been appointed vice president, supply chain operations. Smith will lead all aspects of PMI's supply chain operations in the North America and EMEA regions, including sales, demand and supply planning, sourcing, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. Smith spent three decades in leadership positions at Procter & Gamble, ultimately overseeing supply network operations, manufacturing operations, quality assurance and quality control governance. Smith will partner with PMI's supply chain executives in Asia and South America to set, execute and improve supply chain strategies and performance globally. She will also work closely with PMI customer stakeholders on supply chain solutions and service delivery. Headquartered in Seattle, PMI Worldwide has offices in San Francisco, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Amsterdam, Manila, Rio de Janeiro, and Bentonville, Arkansas.

F5 Acquisition

Seattle-based F5 has reached a definitive agreement to acquire held Threat Stack, a provider of cloud security and workload protection. F5 will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Threat Stack, a private company headquartered in Boston, for $68 million in purchase consideration, to be financed with balance sheet cash. The transaction is expected to be immaterial to F5's financial results, adding approximately $15 million in revenue for fiscal year 2022 with no change to F5's previously stated operating margin targets for fiscal year 2022. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in F5's first quarter fiscal year 2022, ending Dec. 31, 2021. Foros acted as financial advisor to F5 on this transaction. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom acted as legal advisor to F5. Boston Meridian Partners acted as strategic advisor and Choate, Hall & Stewart provided legal counsel to Threat Stack.

Convoy

Digital-freight network Convoy has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, as a participant. With this commitment, Seattle-based Convoy is joining thousands of other companies from around the world in demonstrating its support for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices. The UN Global Compact is a call to companies to align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals. In line with the Global Compact's environment principles, Convoy is reducing empty miles in transportation by leveraging technology and data to optimize how thousands of truckloads efficiently move around the United States each day via its digital freight network. Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 9,500 companies and 3,000 non-business signatories from more than 160 countries.

Sep 21, 2021

Torq

Torq has appointed Jason Chan to the company's CISO advisory board. Chan will work closely with Torq's leadership and product teams, as well as with customers seeking to modernize their security automation practices. After spending most of his 20-plus year career in cybersecurity, Chan recently retired from his role leading information security at Netflix. Prior to Netflix, he led the security team at VMWare and spent most of his earlier career in security consulting. This announcement follows Torq's recent public launch, and announcement of a $20M Series A round led by GGV Capital, as well as a previously undisclosed $8M seed from Bessemer Venture Partners. Torq is a no-code automation platform for security and operations teams. Founded in 2020, the company has offices in Portland, Tel Aviv and New York.

Sonoma Biotherapeutics

Sonoma Biotherapeutics, an immune tolerance company focused on the development of regulatory T cell therapies, appointed Doug Sheehy as chief legal officer and secretary. Sheehy is a senior biotechnology executive who has managed global legal and compliance operations for multiple companies. Prior to joining Sonoma, he served as general counsel and secretary for Aimmune Therapeutics. Sheehy previously served as executive vice president, chief administrative officer, general counsel and secretary of Codexis, and prior to that he served as executive director, legal at CV Therapeutics. Sonoma Biotherapeutics is based in South San Francisco and Seattle.

T-Mobile

Bellevue-based T-Mobile US announced that Mark Nelson will join the company as executive vice president and general counsel in October. Current general counsel Dave Miller announced his retirement after 26 years with T-Mobile. Nelson will report directly to CEO Mike Sievert. The company also announced that its board of directors has elected Broady Hodder, senior vice president of corporate governance and strategic transactions, as its corporate secretary, reporting to Nelson. Having practiced law for over 25 years at Cleary Gottlieb, Nelson joins T-Mobile with a broad range of experience in merger work and antitrust counseling, civil and criminal litigation, and regulatory proceedings before federal and state government agencies. He has been counsel to T-Mobile US for the past two decades and has advised the company on a variety of matters, including T-Mobile US's acquisition of MetroPCS and its merger with Sprint. Hodder will oversee the company's corporate governance activities. He joined T-Mobile's legal team in early 2018.

Parcion Private Wealth

Parcion Private Wealth, a Seattle-area wealth management firm focused on helping business owners and entrepreneurs optimize wealth events, hired Sarah Kaler as chief people and culture officer. Kaler has more than 20 years of experience developing business executives and their teams at high growth startups, exclusive firms, global brands and Fortune 500 companies, including lululemon, athletica, Google, Whole Foods, Amazon, Facebook, Hulu, Disney, PepsiCo, Intel, Accenture, Cisco, Hilton Hotels, Levi's, SoFi, and Microsoft. Prior to joining Parcion Kaler spent 10 years in senior executive roles at lululemon.

Trico Companies

Kiel

Burlington-based Trico Companies hired Christopher Kiel as president. Kiel has 30 years of executive management experience, primarily in the building trades industry, including contracting, subcontracting and the supply sides of the industry. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration management with concentrations in finance and economics from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Kiel is taking over daily operations of the company from Bruce Berglin, who remains as CEO and is focusing on long-term planning and growth. Trico is a design-build general contractor.

Sequoyah

Santos

Tom Santos joined Redmond-based Sequoyah Electric and Network Services as prefabrication and manufacturing director. Santos is in charge of integrating engineering, virtual design, prefabrication and construction operations processes. He has been in the manufacturing industry for over 15 years, most recently at a large electrical contractor. Sequoyah's electrical team has expertise ranging from complex, multi-phased design-build projects to technically challenging industrial and low-voltage installations.

Ledcor Group

Vancouver, B.C.-based Ledcor Group of Companies made a few executive leadership changes: Ron Stevenson is now vice chairman of Ledcor Group of Companies; Tom Lassu is president of Ledcor Group of Companies; and Jeff Watt is president of Ledcor Industries. Stevenson has been with Ledcor for over 50 years, starting as an equipment operator and later moving into senior management. He became president of Ledcor Industries in 2002 and was promoted in 2016 to president of Ledcor Group of Companies. Lassu is a professional engineer who has been with the company for over 35 years. He previously was president of Ledcor Industries. Watt has worked at Ledcor for over 20 years and previously was president of energy, mining and infrastructure operations. Ledcor has built several projects in the Puget Sound area, and its clients included Costco and Starbucks. Years ago it had a local office in Bellevue, but its website lists U.S. offices only in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Texas and Illinois. Its U.S. head office is in San Diego.