Dec 15, 2000

Returns Online

Returns Online, a Seattle-based business-to-business company providing multi-channel returns management solutions for the retail industry, announced the expansion of its management team with the addition of David Ashton as director of North American sales, and the internal promotions of Craig Eidem to vice president of engineering and network operations, and Christy Adkinson to vice president of marketing. Both Eidem and Adkinson have been named officers of the company. As a former sales director for Ernst & Young, Ashton brings more than 15 years of sales management and business development experience to Returns Online. Eidem brings more than 15 years of experience in systems and software engineering for the Internet, telecommunications and avionics industries. Adkinson has 14 years of experience in engineering design and strategic marketing management.

Dec 13, 2000

Berger/ABAM

Berger/ABAM, a civil and structural engineering firm, has promoted several employees in its home office in Federal Way.

Amie Walton was recently promoted to grade II engineer. Walton has been working in the company's waterfront division for the past year and a half. Most recently, she has been involved with the firm's seismic upgrade and new construction projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Matt Bollinger has been promoted to CAD operator III. Bollinger has been employed with the company for more than nine years. He is also a member of the firm's underwater dive inspection team.

Warren Kring has been promoted to information technology manager for the Federal Way office, as well as the Seattle and Portland offices. He has been employed with the company for about eight years.

Callison Architecture

Seattle-based Callison Architecture has promoted several senior staff members to associate principal.

As a project manager, Craig Dinkins has been involved with a number of Nordstrom projects over the years. He is working on Nordstrom stores in Florida.

Zivko Penzar is a designer working on projects all over the world. His projects have taken him to retail and entertainment centers Wola Park in Warsaw, Poland; Kerepesi Park in Budapest, Hungry; Greenbelt Pavilion in Makati, Philippines, and the Sheraton-Walker Hill in Seoul, Korea.

Project manager Sid Scarboro is working on projects for Nordstrom, including the new Nordstrom at "The Grove at Farmer's Market," an outdoor mall next to the historic Farmer's Market in Los Angeles. He is also Callison's expert on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Renate Schweiger is Callison's public relations manager.

Doug Shaw is a project manager also involved in the firm's Nordstrom projects. He is working on planning and interior design coordination for the new series of Nordstrom stores.

Senior designer Laurie Aznavoorian is directing several projects for Vantas and Telegis.

Designer Rick Phillippe is working on the 800 Stewart office building project and Vantas executive suites across the country.

Carter & Burgess

Carter & Burgess, an architecture and engineering firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, has hired several new employees in its Kirkland office.

Senior engineer Tom Corcoran has experience in the coordination of mechanical, electrical and plumbing design concepts and design consistency.

Douglas Erickson, who has 22 years of experience in the building industry, will be responsible for expanding the firm's biotechnology market in Seattle and the Northwest.

Douglas Smith will also help develop the firm's biotechnology projects. He has more than 20 years of professional experience, with a recent specialization in the design of clean and high-technology manufacturing plants, biopharmaceutical laboratories and technology facilities, including semiconductor fabrication plants.

Reid Middleton

Terrie Flaming has been hired as the new human resources manager at Reid Middleton, a civil and structural engineering firm in Everett. Before joining the firm, she worked for Landau Associates in Edmonds.

Dec 06, 2000

Hanson Engineers

Julie Rodwell has joined the Bellevue office of Hanson Engineers as the business development/project manager. The firm, headquartered in Springfield, Ill., offers engineering and architecture services. Before working for Hanson, Rodwell was program manager for the city of SeaTac, where she was liaison to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Sound Transit and the Olympic Pipeline Co. Previously, she was airport planning manager for King County International Airport (Boeing Field).

Pacific Architects

Pacific Architects, a Seattle design firm specializing in health care and institutional projects, has added three new employees.

Buthaina Gorham, project architect, is working on the surgery suite renovation for Children's Hospital in Seattle. Previously, she worked for TGA Architects in San Francisco.

Robert Hoskins has joined the firm as a senior project manager. Formerly director of architecture for Heery International Northwest region, he will be working on the Children's Hospital project, as well as new imaging centers in Everett and Federal Way.

Nestor Madeja joins the team as job captain, where he is involved in several projects for Children's Hospital. Prior to working for Pacific Architects, he was with the Johnson Braund Design Group in Seattle and Fletcher Pacific Construction in Guam.

Thompson Vaivoda Architects

Marc Labadie has been promoted from senior associate to principal at Thompson Vaivoda Architects in Portland. Since joining the firm in 1986, he has been the project manager for the Nike headquarters and the Wilsonville High School. He is working on the final phase of the north expansion of the Nike campus.

Korn/Ferry International

The Seattle office of Korn/Ferry International, an executive search firm, has named Elizabeth Cummings a principal and Pam Golightly director of recruiting for the global advanced technology practice. Cummings specializes in assisting biotechnology, pharmaceutical, biomedical device and e-health organizations to identify and fulfill their executive needs. Golightly is responsible for recruiting managing directors and principals with experience in technology fields to Korn/Ferry offices throughout the western U.S.