Feb 23, 2024

AAA Washington

AAA Washington has opened two fleet operations centers in Seattle and Spokane. The new locations will improve response times and coverage in these high-demand regions. AAA Washington's Seattle Fleet Center has relocated from the Magnolia neighborhood to the SoDo area near the Interstate 5 corridor. The expanded facility has areas for continued job training, learning and development; and a smooth flow to ease daily operational activities while providing all materials, tools and on-site mechanical services. It will also be home to AAA Washington's first EV light service truck, a Ford Lightning, and fleet charging stations. Fleet charging stations will soon be installed at the club's Renton facility, which went through a complete refresh last year, and its Spokane and Newport facilities. AAA Washington's Spokane Fleet Center in the Trent Industrial District is the club's first fleet location in the market. This location is fully refurbished in line with employee and operations-centric design and amenities. AAA Washington now has fleet locations in Seattle, Spokane, Renton, Bellevue, Vancouver and Lynnwood.

Sound Transit

Sound Transit has launched a pilot project with GoodMaps to offer digital wayfinding for its Westlake and International District/Chinatown stations on the 1 Line. The GoodMaps app uses light detection and ranging (LiDAR) mapping technology to create highly accurate 3D maps of large public spaces' interiors. It can also provide real-time, turn-by-turn directions for all passengers, including those who have visual or hearing impairments, are neurodivergent, or have limited mobility, as well as anyone who feels anxious or uncomfortable in new or complex environments. GoodMaps also supports different languages and multimodal integrations. If the pilot is successful, Sound Transit plans to launch GoodMaps to all Link light rail stations. GoodMaps is available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, GoodMaps provides technology for universal and inclusive entrance-to-destination wayfinding.

Feb 22, 2024

Boise Cascade

Broesch

Nuxoll

Little

Brown

Boise Cascade announced two executive leadership transitions. Mike Brown, executive vice president of wood products, will retire effective May 3. The board of directors approved the promotion of Troy Little as his successor. Brown joined Boise Cascade in 1999, serving in several leadership positions throughout his tenure. Little has 33 years of service with the company. He provides a broad range of experience in finance, strategy, commodity sales, and operational leadership, including serving as region manager for six manufacturing facilities in Oregon. He was promoted to vice president in 2021 and senior vice president in 2023. Erin Nuxoll, senior vice president of human resources, will also retire effective May 3. The board of directors approved the promotion of Angella Broesch as her successor. Nuxoll has 30 years of service with Boise Cascade, and she most recently guided the implementation of a new companywide HR technology platform. Broesch began her career with Boise Cascade's internal audit team in 2013. In 2020, she transitioned to lead the HR center of expertise for benefits and compensation. She was promoted to senior director of corporate HR in 2022. Prior to joining the company, she worked at MarkMonitor and KPMG. Boise Cascade produces engineered wood products and plywood, and is a wholesale distributor of building products.

Cambia Health Solutions

Foxley

Cambia Health Solutions has promoted Stephen Foxley to serve as its next vice president of state affairs. In this role, Foxley will lead state government and regulatory affairs teams across Cambia's four-state footprint. Under Foxley's leadership, Cambia teams will continue their focus on transforming the health care experience through political, legislative and regulatory policy strategies. Since 2017, Foxley has served Cambia as the public affairs and government relations director in Utah. Before joining Cambia, he was an associate at Foxley & Pignanelli, a Utah-based government relations law firm. Cambia Health Solutions is headquartered in Portland.

Qumulo

Seattle-based Qumulo appointed Brian McCloskey as senior vice president, North America sales. McCloskey brings over 20 years of go-to-market experience to his new role, where he will drive the adoption of Qumulo's offerings across North America. Prior to Qumulo, McCloskey was CRO at Fungible, where he led the field and marketing teams. Previously, he held leadership positions at Pure Storage, EMC, NetApp, and SolidFire. Qumulo's Scale Anywhere platform for hybrid enterprises is a 100% software solution to store and manage file and unstructured data.

Feb 21, 2024

Electric Era Technologies

Electric Era Technologies announced new grant funding to bring its proprietary PowerNode EV fast charging stations to three additional locations in Washington state. The three grant awards, which Electric Era helped secure with its partners and customers, will leverage Electric Era as the supplier for new fast charging installations in rural and Tribal communities in Snohomish, Kitsap, and Yakima counties. The Washington State Department of Commerce awarded more than $1M to fuel installation of the three PowerNode fast charging stations. These new installations, two of which are on Tribal lands in Wapato and Kingston, will connect EV drivers with Electric Era's battery-backed fast charging technology in grid-constrained locations. A PowerNode charging station can deliver a 100-mile charge for a typical EV in less than 10 minutes, with the power to service more than 100 vehicles per day per charging station. Grants were secured on behalf of convenience store and gas station location owners. Other project partners include a local nonprofit and area utilities. Locations for the new PowerNode charging stations are: A1 Gas, located in Snohomish County at 2216 WA-530, Arlington; Gliding Eagle Market, located in Kitsap County at 8000 NE Little Boston Rd, Kingston; and Wolf Den, located in Yakima County at 61 W Wapato Rd, Wapato. The grants are a part of the Washington State Department of Commerce effort to install 5,000 EV chargers in Washington, more than half of which are planned for communities experiencing disproportionate health risks from fossil fuel pollution. Electric Era currently has more than 10 EV fast charger sites either active or under construction in seven states, with additional installations and grant awards expected. Electric Era Technologies was founded by former SpaceX engineers in 2019.

Vimly Benefit Solutions

Seattle-based Vimly Benefit Solutions has secured a strategic majority investment from Rubicon Technology Partners, a private equity firm based in Boulder, Colo. that is focused exclusively on investing in and growing software companies. The investment will accelerate growth through go-to-market expansion, product innovation, and the pursuit of acquisition opportunities. Founded in 1993, Vimly is a benefits technology company, serving third-party administrators, general agents, brokers, employers and employees. Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, served as exclusive financial advisor to Vimly on the transaction.

Verasonics

Verasonics, an ultrasound research firm, announced the expansion of its management team with the appointments of Christian Coviello, Ph.D. as director of ultrasound science, and Andrew Lundberg as director of hardware engineering and operations. Coviello holds a Ph. D from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor's degree from Bucknell University, both in electrical engineering. Most recently, Coviello served as chief technology officer at OxSonics Therapeutics, a spin-out company he co-founded focused on ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery. Prior to OxSonics, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Oxford and a senior scientist with SAIC (Leidos) in the Advanced Systems and Technology Division working on image and signal processing algorithm development. He currently serves on the board of the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound and is a member of the International Electrotechnical Commission Cavitation Standard Project Team. Lundberg holds a master's degree in medical engineering and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. He has over 26 years' experience in the design of medical ultrasound systems. Prior to Verasonics, Lundberg was director of hardware engineering at FUJIFILM SonoSite. Verasonics is a privately held company founded in 2001, headquartered in Kirkland. Verasonics is focused on providing researchers and developers with the tools to enable them to develop new algorithms and products used in biomedical ultrasound, materials science, earth sciences, and the physics of acoustics and ultrasonics. Verasonics also licenses its technology to companies for use in their commercial products.

B9 Architects

Zeien-Perez

B9 Architects has promoted Megan Zeien-Perez from project designer to associate. Zeien-Perez joined the firm in December 2019. She has worked on a diverse range of projects, including townhouses, small apartments and a nearly completed 107-unit Passive House certified apartment building in the Central District.

In her new role as associate, Zeien-Perez will be taking on expanded responsibilities, with a focus on championing the firm's design standards and brand.

Herrera

Packman

Herrera has welcomed James Packman as an associate scientist. Packman has 25 years' experience in surface water science and engineering helping clients — municipal, governmental, non-governmental/institutional, and private — with needs related to stormwater and drainage issues, sediment and site evaluation, environmental monitoring, and project management.

His skillset includes watershed science, regional stormwater management effectiveness evaluation, identification and source control of surface water pollution, sediment monitoring methods research, statistical modeling, and expert witness support for litigation involving forensic hydrology.

Packman has overseen the execution of notable projects, including as the principal investigator for six western Washington Stormwater Action Monitoring (SAM) studies. These SAM studies have supported the 130 municipal stormwater permittees in western Washington with resources for managing stormwater and surface water on topics including pollution identification, source control, and operations and maintenance of best management practices. He also supported Seattle Public Utilities with a fatal flaw analysis for reconnecting a diverted creek back to its natural watercourse in the Cedar River municipal watershed, which provides drinking water for the city of Seattle.

Parametrix

Horntvedt

Michael Horntvedt has been selected to serve as Bremerton operations manager at Parametrix. He has 30 years of industry experience serving public agencies across the Puget Sound and Kitsap Peninsula.

Horntvedt has been at Parametrix for over 20 years and worked on a variety of critical infrastructure projects such as the Washington State Department of Transportation's SR 520 Bridge Replacement, Olympic Region Fish Passage projects, and city of Bremerton's SR 303 Corridor Study.

As operations manager, he will lead the firm's Bremerton office, which includes approximately 25 staff providing transportation, water, survey, and environmental services to public agencies across the peninsula such as the cities of Bremerton and Poulsbo, Kitsap County, Kitsap Transit, Ports, Tribes, and others.

Wood Harbinger

Carter

Andy Brown

Montgomery

Bollen

Leonidas

Noi Brown

Del Mundo

Provera

Bellevue-based engineering consulting firm Wood Harbinger, Inc. recently transitioned to its sixth generation of leadership, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

Former president/CEO Tom Leonidas has started a new chapter and former executive vice president Sean Bollen is now Wood Harbinger's new president.

Bollen brings a nearly 30-year history with Wood Harbinger as an electrical engineer and project manager. He has been managing principal of Wood Harbinger's electrical engineering group for four years.

CEO Bollen is joined by a leadership team including controller Courtney Montgomery and director of operations Andy Brown.

Montgomery has been with Wood Harbinger for 15 years in roles of increasing responsibility in business and financial management. Brown has also been with Wood Harbinger for 15 years, starting out in CAD and electrical design. He has led the firm's business operations for more than five years.

Wood Harbinger also welcomed four new team members in 2023: senior mechanical engineer James Carter, III; electrical designer Michael Provera; electrical designer Tim Del Mundo; and electrical designer Noi Brown.

Carter joined the firm as a senior mechanical engineer. He spent 10 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard prior to launching his consulting engineering career in the Seattle Area. He served in a variety of management and leadership roles in the Coast Guard, including as the Port State Control Branch Chief at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, as a mechanical engineer at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, and as the auxiliary mechanical and electrical engineering division head aboard a high-endurance warship. He holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington (UW), and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the United States Coast Guard Academy. He is currently pursuing a master's in business administration, also at UW.

Provera joined the firm as an electrical designer with six years' experience designing electrical systems for luxury residential, multifamily housing, hotel renovations, healthcare facilities, and office renovations. He holds a master's degree in biological engineering from the University of Hawaii and a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Del Mundo is an electrical designer with more than six years of experience. He graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from UW. Recent experience includes several healthcare facility renovation projects. His achievements include top-three rankings in American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges' Student Mathematics League competitions while attending Bellevue College.

Brown is an electrical designer with six years of experience, including working for the FAA as a resident electrical engineer in addition to consulting. She has worked on a variety of electrical distribution systems for commercial buildings, transportation infrastructure, and aviation facilities. Prior to a career change into engineering, Noi Brown owned and managed a remodeling company. She holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and a minor in computer science engineering.

Trico Companies

Lautenbach

Burlington-based Trico Companies promoted McKenna Lautenbach to accounting assistant. Lautenbach joined the company as an HR assistant, providing support across various departments including human resources, safety, IT, accounting and reception. Trico says Lautenbach, while excelling in various responsibilities, discovered her passion and aptitude for accounting, setting a solid foundation for her new role.

Core Plus Construction

Cornerstone General Contractors and Absher Construction have teamed with local trade unions to help fill the skilled labor shortage by engaging students via outreach efforts at Highline Public Schools. Both contractors have projects with Highline: Cornerstone is building the new Evergreen High School in White Center, and Absher is building the new Tyee High School in SeaTac. The contractors are partnering with educators from the Core Plus Construction program to introduce students to construction through hands-on learning. Core Plus offers pre-apprenticeships to students seeking construction career paths. As part of the program, Cornerstone and Absher on Thursday will host a group of 50 students who will visit the Northwest Carpenters Institute's facility in Burlington. Here, students will hear from veteran carpenters, participate in demonstrations, tour the facility, ask questions and make connections with industry professionals.