May 30, 1996

Rubicon Games, Inc.

Rubicon Games, Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase the Everway Roleplaying Game line from Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Rubicon Games will maintain game designer Jonathan Tweet's original vision while continuing to develop a new product line. Tweet will join Rubicon Games' board of directors, allowing him an active role in the development of Everway.

May 29, 1996

Showplace Kitchens & Baths

Showplace Kitchens and Baths of Redmond has two designers who won awards in the 1996 National Kitchen and Bath Association Design Contest. Delores Hyden, CKD, CBD received an Honorable Mention Award for her universal bath design entry, and Marie Thompson, CKD, CBD received an Honorable Mention Award for her residential kitchen design.

McGowan Broz

Rudy A. Ing has joined McGowan Broz engineers as manager of mechanical engineering. Ing, formerly of HNTB, has specialized in managing power plant, petrochemical and aviation fueling projects. Vicky L. Hemphill has joined McGowan Broz Engineers as an electrical designer. Hemphill, formerly of Boeing's facilities design support group, has 16 years of experience in the engineering field. Joe Wintermuth has joined McGowan Broz Engineers as a senior electrical engineer, with over 25 years of experience.

Meng

Michael W. Biggs, director of engineering at Meng, has now joined four others as a principal with the firm. Biggs has over 25 years of experience in the management of large, multi-disciplinary projects for public and private clients, including the Seattle District Corps of Engineers, Boeing and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He will be responsible for leading the firm's multi-disciplinary services and expanding design/build capabilities for public and private clients. Lee Bogard has joined the firm as a mechanical engineer. He has extensive experience in mechanical design applications and preparing energy studies for commercial, educational and governmental projects. Current projects include a life cycle cost analysis for the $8.4 million Bioscience Research Building at Montana State University and mechanical design of the new Talbot Hill Elementary School for Renton School District. Linda Nohavec has joined Meng as office manager, with over 15 years of administrative management experience with architecture firms in the Seattle area, and has worked as an interior designer. She will provide interior design services, office management and project administration. Mark Biggs is a new CAD designer with Meng. He has served since 1994 as a consultant to Autodesk, makers of AutoCAD, for the AutoCAD certification exam. He has also served as a AutoCAD instructor at Olympic Community College and Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce.

Reid Middleton

Kylie Yamatsuka has joined Reid Middleton's engineering staff. Yamatsuka is a recent civil engineer summa cum laude graduate from Seattle University and the recipient of the prestigious McNulty Award, presented to the outstanding graduate in the School of Engineering. He has been assigned to the firm's waterfront engineering division, where he is currently involved with the preliminary design of the building and docks at the U.S. Navy's Ship Model Engineering and Support Facility at Bayview, Id. He is also providing assistance to the firm's Anchorage office for various projects. Prior to joining the firm, Yamatsuka provided paralegal research assistance for Kingdome roof litigation.

Daly

Daly & Associates has added three new employees to the staff. Doug Hofius has recently relocated form Houston, and will be working on the Seattle Water Department's meter testing facility as project architect. Andrew Hoyer has been hired as project manager and will oversee the design and documentation of several multifamily projects located in Seattle. Chris Haddad has been added to the firm's production and design staff and will be involved in multifamily and biotech projects.

May 27, 1996

Sleeping Lady

Werner Janssen has been named manager of the Sleeping Lady resort and conference center in Icicle Canyon near Leavenworth. He was a member of the construction management team for Sleeping Lady and has over 20 years experience in management and operations. He was formerly project, business and facility operations manager at Holden Village on Lake Chelan and also worked as a research engineer for Boeing.

May 24, 1996

Cole & Weber

After a national search for an executive to lead Cole & Weber's integrated marketing group, the agency announced that Brian Ribbey has been hired as Group Director, Integrated Marketing. He will manage the agency's interactive, design and direct marketing divisions. Ribbey will partner with agency CEO Austin McGhie and Creative Director Ron Hawkins as part of the senior management team at the Seattle-based shop.

CREW - Northwest

Commercial Real Estate Women-Northwest will feature the major downtown retail changes, headlined by the renovation of the Frederick & Nelson store, at its June 12, luncheon. The feature speaker will be Matt Griffin, partner and co-manager of Pine Street Development, which is renovating the Frederick & Nelson Store, reconfiguring the current Nordstrom building, and developing a new retail complex at Sixth and Pine. Griffin will discuss the project in detail, particularly the joining of city government, commercial enterprise, and private development. The luncheon will be held at the Harbor Club, with registration starting at 11:45 am and lunch beginning at noon. The cost of the lunch is $22.50 for members, $30 for non-members. CREW will also be hosting a how-to-session on cold calling at its June 28 lunch. The presenter will be Jerry Hocutt, a leading salesman and the creator of the "Just a Thought..." cards, a networking program designed to establish and build relationships with prospects and customers. His presentation teaches simple strategies for cold calling, how to create a prospect list, and how to identify types of prospects. The breakfast will be held at the Broderick Building, 615 Second Ave., 6th floor conference room. The cost is $15 for members and $17.50 for non-members. For more information call on either luncheon, call CREW Northwest at 441-3966.