Aug 09, 2000

PictureIQ

PictureIQ announced that it has hired Joe Arnone as vice president of development, consumer device solutions to help further strengthen the consumer device strategy. Arnone brings 14 years of embedded software and imaging experience to PictureIQ Corp. after being responsible for the deployment of embedded software in products from Sony, Panasonic, Nokia, Philips, Motorola, and Palm Computing.

Deloitte & Touche

Deloitte & Touche, a professional services firm, announced that David Gautschi has joined its Seattle office as director of its e-Center practice in the Pacific Northwest. Gautschi, who recently joined Deloitte & Touche specializes in strategy, pricing, and market systems analysis in telecommunications and e-business environments. Before joining Deloitte and Touche he founded two software development firms, Prism SA of Fontainebleau, France and Janus Enterprise International of New Providence, New Jersey.

Zebra Hill Marketing

Zebra Hill Marketing, a Bellevue-based promotional products and services company, announced that it has hired Timothy Owens as its new information technology manager. In his new position, Owens will project, plan, and budget IT expenditures; deploy new hardware/software; and configure and maintain the various servers and networks operating within Zebra Hill. Prior to joining Zebra Hill, Owens developed an expertise in information technology serving as IS Supervisor in the US Army.

Edmonds Community College

Edmonds Community College has been awarded a $1,050,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, which will help shape the teaching of materials technology in manufacturing for high school and community college students. The three-year grant will establish a permanent materials technology laboratory and a resource center at the Edmonds-based college, gathering the latest in training and curriculum information from around the country. This is the second major grant the college has received from the National Science Foundation. The first grant created the ChemCore training program for chemical laboratory technicians.

West Coast oyster growers

A $60,000 grant will fund a project to help oyster growers in Washington, California, Oregon and Alaska build the marketing knowledge they need to compete in the marketplace. Oysters constitute the largest shellfish crop in Washington, with an annual yield of 77 million pounds, yet 65 percent of the oyster farmers in all four states average gross sales of less than $50,000 a year. To help these small farmers market their oysters, the U.S.Department of Agriculture awarded the grant to the state Department of Agriculture, which will work with the Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association. The grant will be used for critical market research and assessment of consumer trends. An interactive database also will be developed to provide oyster growers with a means for exchanging information about product availability, market expansions, and the success of value-added products. Washington is one of 14 states to receive a matching grant.

FSi

FSi consulting engineers, a mechanical engineering firm that provides mechanical engineering, fire protection engineering and project management services, announced the promotion of Roy Nudo to the level of associate. Nudo has eighteen years of experience in HVAC design, drafting, balancing and commissioning. As an associate, he will increase his focus on client contact. Martha Rowland has joined FSi as a mechanical engineer and project manager. Rowland has 15 years experience in HVAC and plumbing design for health care, industrial, institutional and commercial facilities. Danielle Frye has joined FSi as marketing coordinator.

Hewitt

Jeff Benesi has been promoted to the level of senior associate with Hewitt Architects. His professional experience includes landscape architecture, land use design, urban design and environmental analysis. Benisi has been with the frm for three and a half years and is currently at work on the Sound Transit LINK light rail station at South 200th Street in SeaTac and and for the City of Seattle's South Lake Union Park master plan update for the South Lake Union Wharf project, and the University of Washington campus master plan.

Christina Gonzalez has joined the firm as a graphics designer and graphics production manager. She holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University

Reid Middleton

Doug Wilson has joined Reid Middleton's structural engineering group as a design engineer, and will work on structural design and seismic evaluation for buildings and bridges and for industrial and waterfront facilities. He comes to the firm from the Boeing Co., where he provided structural design and analysis support to delivered and in-production airplanes.

DLR

Connie Wai-Yin Tam has joined the Seattle office of DLR Group. Tam, originally from Hong Kong, is a graduate of Iowa State University with a fine arts degree in interior design and has accumulated design experience from Rome to New York. At DLR Group, she has contributed to an Oregon Department of Corrections project and is currently helping design the interior of Huntington Tech Park in West Virginia.

Kathryn Hawkins has joined the firm with a diverse background in engineering. As a mechanical engineer, Hawkins will be working on the Oregon Department of Corrections facility as well as assisting in the Presidio renovation for Alexa Internet, based in San Francisco.

Coughlin Porter Lundeen

James A. Sprott has returned to the civil engineering team at Coughlin Porter Lundeen after a year at another firm. Since initially joining the firm in 1997, his project experience includes many large site developments for commercial office complexes, multi-family residential projects and educational facilities. He is also responsible for the design of private residences.

Brian J. Harris joins the structural group after four years with a Dallas-based firm where he was responsible for the structural design and analysis of new buildings, renovations and additions. He joins the Quadrant Lake Union Center team.

Brian Y. Matsumoto, a former intern, graduated from Seattle University with a degree in civil engineering with structural emphasis, and now joins the structural team.

Penhallegon

Alan Lobdell has joined the Federal Way office of Penhallegon Associates Consulting Engineers as engineering manager. Prior to joining PACE, Alan was principal owner of Lobdell Engineering, which provided engineering, construction management and inspection services to local cities and private companies. Alan has served as interim city engineer for several cities including the newly incorporated city of Sammamish. A registered engineer, he is currently working on a master's degree in business and in public administration.

Criterium

Jack A. Panzica has joined Portland, Maine-based Criterium Engineers as director of national accounts. The firm provides engineering services in the evaluation of commercial, industrial and multi-family real estate and specializes in due diligence property condition investments