Jul 10, 2003

Versata

Virgil Sweeney and Terry Yeager became loan officers at Versata, a Lacey-based mortgage broker for the South Sound region. Sweeney is a certified governmental financial planner who previously worked for 10 years in budget management for the state. Five of those years were with the Attorney General's Office, which recognized him for his outstanding effort during the tobacco litigation case. Sweeney holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Western Washington University and is a basketball coach for Tumwater Middle School. Yeager founded and owned Northwest Consultants, a new home design and project management firm, prior to joining Versata.

Jul 09, 2003

Poggemeyer Design Group

Robert Bourdages has been promoted to senior vice president of Poggemeyer Design Group. Bourdages, who has 24 years of experience in civil and structural engineering, manages the Northwest division of Poggemeyer. He is also president and as legislative committee chair of the Structural Engineers Association of Washington.

Matthew Schmitter has been promoted to vice president. An expert in wood structures, Schmitter has engineered 25 Marriott hotels throughout the West and Northwest, as well as several large-scale housing development plans. He is currently designing an 18-story residential high-rise located near a fault line in downtown San Diego.

Integrus Architecture

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Chati

Sachs

Marcy Latta, business development coordinator; Uttara Chati and Richard Sachs,

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Alvar

Integrus provides architecture, interior design, structural engineering, and planning services in the Northwest.

KJM & Associates

KJM & Associates vice president Bill Grubich was recently elected chair of the advisory board for the Washington State University Interdisciplinary Design Institute located in Spokane.

The IDI advances knowledge to enhance the quality of life in the built and natural environment through interdisciplinary instruction, research and community service. The institute facilitates interdisciplinary design education through a proactive and unique collaboration that allows faculty and students to go beyond traditional boundaries.

KJM & Associates, a Bellevue-based national project and construction management consulting firm, specializes in managing and controlling project time, cost and quality.

Espresso Specialists

Seattle-based Espresso Specialists named Mark Crawford key accounts specialist and Kelly Traw director of marketing. Crawford previously owned and operated Caffeine Machines and Real Time Roasting in Portland. Traw was marketing director for a national consulting engineering firm. Espresso Specialists is an exclusive importer of Franke, La Marzocco and Rio espresso equipment, and provides training and service nationwide.

Jul 02, 2003

AHBL

Dan Booth, Duane Dietz and Richard Hartlage were recently promoted to associate principals at AHBL.

Booth is a registered structural and civil engineer with 15 years experience with AHBL. He is currently serving as lead structural engineer on the Kitsap County Administration Building in Port Orchard and the Little Creek Hotel in Shelton.

Dietz is a registered landscape architect with 15 years experience. He leads the specialized landscape architecture division, DietzHartlage, and specializes in zoo exhibits, parks/trails, and interpretive planning and design.

Hartlage is a horticulturist with 12 years experience in public garden management. He has worked with AHBL on botanical garden projects on a national basis and is the former curator of Seattle's Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Gardens.

Parametrix

Kathleen Cassou recently joined Parametrix as land survey manager in the Olympia office. Cassou has 25 years of experience in support and management of multi-disciplined survey operations throughout the state. Cassou’s responsibilities will include project execution, overseeing corporate survey teams, equipment and technology management, and expanding both internal and external markets. Her experience includes boundary, topographic and construction survey support for site development, transportation engineering design and master planning.

Northwest Architectural Co.

Eve Carlson has joined the staff of Northwest Architectural Co. of Seattle as an interior designer for corporate, educational, health care and senior assisted-living projects.

Carlson, who is certified by the International Interior Design Association, most recently served as principal of E.C. Designs in Edmonds. Prior to that, she held senior interior design positions at architectural and interior design firms in Everett, Bellevue and Tacoma.

Carlson's expertise includes interior design, master interior space planning, furniture design and specifications, standardization programming, contract document production, and project management. Her portfolio includes the Eddie Bauer World Headquarters in Redmond, the Natural Gas Company corporate office in Seattle, Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee and the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.

Mithun

Mithun recently announced new senior associates: Brodie Bain, planner; Cathy Goldberg, CPA, chief financial officer; Naoe White, executive assistant; Scott Harkey, architect; and Simon Williams, architect.

Promoted to associates were: Darcy O’Dell, architect; David Ichikawa, network administrator; Diane Scheaffer, graphic production manager; Eric Anderson, architect; Richard Loo, architect; Tammy Frick, landscape architect; and Tom Rooks, architect.