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Mar 28, 2017
SMH has hired Joshua Nelson as chief technology officer, which is a new position. He will oversee tech investments such as the electronic medical record system myAvatar from Netsmart Technologies. Nelson has tech experience at Carney Badley Spellman, Perkins Coie, Swedish Medical Center and the University of Washington. The nonprofit SMH provides mental health and related services in King County.
Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Olympia resident Dr. Alan Burke to the State Board of Education. Burke has served in public education for more than 40 years, including state-level education policy. He fills Position 5 on the 16-member board.
In its Seattle office, Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted Jarrett Moore and Jon Strickling to superintendents and Justin Grindol to field superintendent; and hired Bill Sweeney and Zach Amende as superintendents. Moore has been with Lewis since 2007 and has focused on life sciences projects. Strickling has been with the company since 2009 and graduated from the Superintendent Career Training Program through the Carpenters International Training Fund. Grindol has been at Lewis for a year and has 16 years of industry experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Washington. Sweeney has been in construction for 30 years and has focused on healthcare projects. He holds a construction management certificate from the UW. Amende has 19 years of construction experience.
Gary Chubb has become a project executive at Swinerton Builders Seattle, where he is rolling out the Sustainable Living Innovations Program. Chubb has over 27 years of experience in managing design and construction, and is a graduate of the University of Washington.
Devin Page and Anders Bjorn formed Colvos Construction in Tacoma. The firm offers pre-construction, general contracting, construction management and design-build services. Page is president and Bjorn is vice president. Page previously was vice president at Rush Commercial Construction, and also worked at Andersen Construction and Skanksa. Bjorn has 14 years of construction experience and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Brigham Young University Idaho. He previously was a project manager at Andersen, and also worked at Advanced Technology Construction and Turner Construction. Other team members are superintendent Jeff Bird, operations support manager Michelle Cartwright and project engineer Tim Callahan. Bird previously worked at Sellen Construction. Cartwright and Callahan came from Rush Commercial. Colvos intends to hire a project manager, project engineer and two superintendents this year.
A handful of Northwest firms recently won Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Awards from the Associated General Contractors of America: Guy F. Atkinson Construction of Renton won first place in the Highway & Transportation category for under 400,000 worker hours; Cobra BEC of Spokane won first place in the Specialty category for 300,000-500,000 worker hours; Omega Morgan Millwright of Hillsboro, Oregon, won first place in the Heavy category for 200,000-1 million hours; and Goodfellow Bros. of Portland won second place in the Heavy category for under 200,000 hours.
Mar 24, 2017
Madrona Venture Group, an early-stage venture capital firm, said Maria Karaivanova is joining as a principal focused on new investment opportunities, and Alice Ryder is joining as director of investor relations and business development. Karaivanova has nearly a decade of tech experience at Cloudflare, Intel and Boeing. Ryder was most recently VP of investor relations at King Digital Entertainment, the maker of Candy Crush, and also worked for Clearwire, Expedia and Nextel Partners.
Nancy Swanger, associate dean and director of the Washington State University School of Hospitality Management and an associate professor with the Carson College of Business, is the new faculty athletic representative. Swanger succeeds Agricultural Economics Professor Ken Casavant, who has held the position since 1999.