Apr 23, 2024

Hensel Phelps

Petersen

Cummins

Davis

May

Hensel Phelps promoted Morgan May to operations manager, Christie Davis to design manager and Kyle Cummins to virtual design and construction manager; and hired Michael Petersen as a design manager in the Pacific Northwest region. May has been with Hensel Phelps for 14 years and joined the Pacific Northwest team in 2019. He spent much of his career working on alternative project delivery health care projects in Southern California, delivering over $1.6 billion in work. Davis, an 11-year industry veteran, has been with Hensel Phelps for six years, where she has been an integral part of managing the design/preconstruction phase of the progressive design-build SEA Alaska North Main Terminal redevelopment team over the past two years. She also has a background in architecture. Since starting with the company in 2015 — and throughout his time in field, office and VDC roles — Cummins has been driving innovation and finding solutions to deliver project success. He has experience across many vertical markets including higher education, aviation, ground transportation and health care. Petersen is working on the ARS/WSU Biosciences Research Building, collaborating with project stakeholders to prepare the design for construction. He has comprehensive experience as a construction administrator with LMN Architects, and has been working on projects in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Varnes

BCLP (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner) appointed Trevor Varnes as the firm's new chief financial officer. Varnes joins BCLP from Perkins Coie, where he served as CFO for the past seven years. At BCLP, Varnes will work closely with the leadership team to pursue the firm's goals around financial operations and business performance. As CFO, he will oversee the firm's accounting and financial reporting, financial analysis, budgeting, billing and collections, treasury functions, taxes, and audits. With more than 25 years of experience in the legal industry, Varnes spent two decades at Perkins Coie, where he began his career with roles in the conflicts, business development, practice management, and finance departments. He went on to join Seattle-based law firm Ogden Murphy Wallace, serving as executive director for three years, before rejoining Perkins Coie and going on to lead its financial operations as CFO. Varnes will be based in BCLP's Seattle office. Earlier this month, BCLP tripled its presence in Seattle, combining with law firm Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen, while also adding litigator Erin Ehlert. BCLP has 31 offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

SheerID

Miller

SheerID promoted Dave Miller to chief financial officer. In his new role, Miller will oversee all global aspects of SheerID's accounting, finance, and investor relations. Miller has been with SheerID for almost 3 years, and will continue to report directly to Jake Weatherly, SheerID's chief executive officer. Previously, Miller was head of finance & corporate controller at AWS Elemental and vice president of finance & accounting at FinancialForce. Prior to that, he held various accounting and finance leadership roles at Ernst & Young and Zynga. Portland-based SheerID is a global provider of identity verification for commerce.

Floor & Decor

Floor & Decor, a retailer specializing in hard-surface flooring for homeowners and professionals, announced the grand opening of its fourth warehouse location in Washington, with the addition of its newest location in Bremerton at 4324 Wheaton Way. The warehouse store and design center will open on April 26th with a team of about 36 full-time and part-time associates led by Tommy Paasche, the store chief executive merchant. Floor & Decor is one of Fortune's 100 fastest-growing companies, and in April 2023, Floor & Decor was named to Yelp's “Most Loved Brands” list, which honors the most loved brands on the consumer reviews platform. Founded in 2000, Atlanta-based Floor & Decor operates more than 220 warehouse-format stores and five design studios across 36 states.

ABC of Western Washington

Seattle Pacific Construction is the newest member of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. The general contractor specializes in siding, interior and exterior painting, repairs, decks and remodeling.

Apr 19, 2024

Harborstone Credit Union

Harkley

Harborstone Credit Union selected Jimese Harkley as its new chief community engagement officer. In this role, Harkley will shape the organization's community engagement strategies and corporate social responsibility initiatives. Harkley most recently served as vice president of membership for CUES and brings over 15 years of industry experience to her new position. She began her career as a teller for America's First Federal Credit Union and progressed to serve as the group's philanthropy and community relations manager. Harkley earned her juris doctorate from Birmingham School of Law and her bachelor's degree in mass communication/media studies from Jacksonville State University. Lakewood-based Harborstone has 15 branches across western Washington.

Lane Powell

Flickinger

Jesse Flickinger joined Lane Powell as an associate on the Commercial Litigation team. Flickinger counsels individuals and businesses in commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining Lane Powell, Flickinger dedicated several years developing his legal skills as a law clerk at the appellate and trial court levels, where he conducted comprehensive research and analysis across various federal and state cases. Flickinger's experience as a law clerk provided him with an understanding of the appellate process and considerable exposure to all stages of litigation. Flickinger obtained his juris doctorate from the University of Montana School of Law.

Lighthouse

Seattle-based Lighthouse, a provider of technology-enabled eDiscovery, compliance, and information governance services, announced the launch of its new antitrust practice and related technology offerings. The Lighthouse Antitrust Practice (composed of attorneys, technologists, linguists, eDiscovery project managers, and document review consultants and staff) develops and uses technology that manages antitrust compliance, including merger clearance, competitor disputes and regulatory compliance. Earlier this year, the company launched Lighthouse AI Privilege Review, which uses generative and predictive AI to identify privileged content and create privilege logs. Lighthouse was founded in 1995 as a local document copy shop, and has evolved with the legal technology landscape. Ron Markezich is the firm's CEO.