Jan 23, 2001

Qpass

Qpass, a Seattle-based provider of digital commerce services, has named Murray Laidley as vice president of product development, Norman Guadagno as vice president of marketing and Chris McQueen as vice president of client services. Laidley is responsible for product management, engineering and quality services. He has more than 20 years of business management and technical design and development experience. Guadagno joins Qpass from Primus Knowledge Solutions, where he served as vice president of worldwide marketing. At Primus he held responsibility for corporate marketing, product marketing, and overall company branding. McQueen is responsible for rolling out account management programs, implementation of the Qpass service and on-going customer support. He joins Qpass from Brilliant Media, where he served as managing director.

Immunex Corp.

Immunex Corp., a Seattle-based biopharmaceutical company, announced that Dr. Daniel Burge has been promoted to vice president of clinical development. Burge will oversee all phases of clinical development several product development projects, aside from oncology indications. A licensed rheumatologist, he joined Immunex in 1997 as medical director for Enbrel, responsible for designing, implementing and analyzing several key clinical trials.

Jan 18, 2001

Turk's Head Productions

Gustafson

Lo

Andrew Gustafson was recently named project manager for Turk's Head Productions, a Seattle-based ad agency. Gustafson will act as client liaison for major projects and provide support for the design and photography staff. Allie Lo has joined the agency as a graphic designer.

Jan 17, 2001

Thompson Vaivoda & Associates

Portland architectural design firm, Thompson Vaivoda & Associates Architects, Inc. has promoted Clark Brockman, AIA and Andre DeBar, AIA to senior associates. Brockman was senior project manager for the Nike North Expansion and the Corvallis Osborn Aquatic Center. DeBar heads up sustainable design at TVA and is senior project manager for the Newport Community Center and the Pearl Block mixed-use project and was project architect for the Fox Tower. Seven other employees have been promoted to associate: John Heili, senior project manager for Viridian Place office building and Hoyt Park Condominiums; Joann Hermance, senior project manager for the Nike Athletic Center; R.J. Johnson, project manager for the Pearl Block; Monty Hill, project manager for design development; Ellen Morrison, business manager; Chuck Salvador, quality control manager; and Noel Snodgrass, information systems manager. Thompson Vaivoda has gained a national reputation for corporate campus design. Noteworthy among its corporate campuses under construction is the 1.2 million square foot, North Campus expansion for Nike in Beaverton, Ore., and Ericsson Village. The Nike expansion recently received an AIA Merit Award for design excellence and an honor award for design excellence from the American Society for Interior Designers and the International Interior Design Association.

Other projects under construction include: the Nike Athletic Center and Conference Center, and the Pearl Block mixed-use development in Northwest Portland

Advanced Structural Concepts

Mike Tennyson has joined Advanced Structural Concepts as a CAD draftsman. He has 11 years of experience in architectural and structural drafting. He has been involved with larger commercial projects such as schools, casinos, hotels, and hospitals as well as smaller commercial projects. Current projects include: White Sands Condominiums, Yarrow Bay Offices, Starbucks and Albertson’s. ASC provides structural engineering design, investigation and construction phase services for all types of new construction as well as modification of existing structures.

Mulvanny.G2

Mulvanny.G2 Architects has promoted Brian Fleener to principal at its Portland office. Fleener joined Mulvanny.G2 in 1996 and has 14 years of architectural experience. He is responsible for operations at Mulvanny.G2's Portland office and is also the team leader for sports facilities, Nike, Sears and Fred Meyer projects.

McGranahan Architects

McGranahan Architects, a Tacoma-based architecture, planning and design firm, announced the addition of Marlena Marshall, who brings 15 years of experience in the construction industry to her role as technical administrator for the firm. She is supporting technical production in all project phases with particular emphasis on the Pierce County jail expansion, Redmond Junior and Senior high schools. Steve Mann will contribute to the firm's design work as an intern architect. A 2000 graduate of the University of Idaho, he has experience in tenant improvements and store planning. Mann is contributing to design development of the new Transportation Trades Building for Clover Park Technical College.

INCA Engineers

Kevin Axt, E.I.T., recently joined INCA Engineers in Bellevue as a design engineer in the transportation department. Prior to joining INCA, he worked for a consulting firm in Richland, performing design for various infrastructure and civil site projects. His responsibilities at INCA include design of large site civil and highway projects. He received his bachelor's of science degree in civil engineering from Walla Walla College.

CG Engineering

CG Engineering announced that Jeff Haynes has been promoted to principal. Haynes has been with the firm since 1998. He will be managing a team of four civil engineers and technicians.

Perteet Engineering

Dan Rude, former deputy director of the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board, has recently joined Perteet Engineering as a senior project manager in the company's South Puget Sound Regional office in Lakewood. Rude brings more than 30 years of transportation engineering and project management experience to the multi-disciplinary engineering firm.

David Evans and Associates

David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA), a professional services consulting firm providing multidisciplinary environmental and engineering services, has hired Cindy Baker, a 25-year environmental professional and program/project manager, as Environmental and Planning Group Manager. Previously, Baker was acting department manager at Berger/ABAM Engineers, department manager for URS Greiner, and supervising engineer for King County. She specializes in environmental analysis and assessments, management and planning, surfacewater management, land use development, engineering design review, and public involvement. Michael Booth, ACIP has joined DEA as a senior environmental planner. Booth previously worked as the senior transit planner at the city of SeaTac. Booth is currently managing private development projects, environmental/permitting work on fiber-optic projects with WSDOT, Jefferson County and private firms.