Sep 01, 2000

Photozone.com

Lombardi

Photozone.com, a Seattle-based provider of online event photography, named Carl Lombardi Jr. vice president of sales and marketing. Lombardi will oversee the company's sales and marketing strategies. He has more than 10 years of sales and marketing experience, most recently with Spacelabs Medical.

Imagio

Leso

Johnson

Schwery

Vonderlage

Seattle public relations firm Imagio has hired four new employees. Kelly Leso has joined the company as a senior account executive. Kristen Johnson joins as an assistant account executive. Frani Schwery and Fred Vonderlage have both joined the firm as account coordinators.

DDB

DDB, a full-service communications company with offices in Seattle, has promoted Candy Cox to managing partner of the company. Cox heads up the company's issues and advocacy group. Based in Washington, D.C., she will oversee the work of approximately 25 communication professionals in the agency's D.C., New York and Seattle offices.

Ryan Instruments

Sensitech, a Beverly, Mass.-based provider of information solutions for the shipment of perishable products, announced the acquisition of Redmond-based Ryan Instruments. The acquisition will allow Sensitech to offer an end-to-end solution for monitoring in-transit shipments of environmentally sensitive products. Ryan, with offices in Fresno, Calif. and Sassenheim, The Netherlands, has 80 employees and specializes in products and services for in-transit monitoring for the produce, perishable food and horticultural industries.

Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie, a Seattle-based law firm has added six members to its trademark and copyright counseling and registration group and one to its Internet/e-commerce practice group. Lynne Graybeal, formerly a partner at Foster, Pepper & Shefelman has joined the firm's trademark and copyright counseling and registration group as co-chair. Brian Geohegan joins the same group as of counsel, emphasizing domestic and foreign trademark and copyright issues. Jessica Levy and Lalitha Mani were added to the expanded practice group. Also joining the group are Davina Childs and Grace Han as associates. James Dugan joins the firm's Internet/e-commerce practice group as a partner. Dugan focuses his practice on technology and content licensing and other transactions relating to Internet and e-commerce technology.

Aug 31, 2000

Big rental housing management conference

Trends 2000, a major trade show for apartment owners and managers, is scheduled for Dec. 5 at the state convention center in downtown Seattle. The 16th annual show is put on by the Institute of Real Estate Management, the Master Builders Association of Pierce County and the Washington Apartment Association. For more information, call 425-454-5890

Unico hires a senior vice president

Seattle-based Unico Properties hired a seasoned executive who had sold his stake in a Colorado company that managed ski resort condominiums.

Jeff Shipley joined Unico as a senior vice president in charge of property management and leasing for Unico's roughly 7 million-square-foot office portfolio.

Shipley took the job previously held by Don Wise, who moved into a new position of senior vice president of investment management services. Unico described Wise's new job as "more strategic." Wise's responsibilities will include investment performance, strategic planning and partner relations.

Shipley was a co-owner of High Country Resorts in Crested Butte, Colo., until that company's March 1999 sale to publicly traded ResortQuest International. Shipley said he worked for ResortQuest after the sale until he recently joined Unico.

High Country grew from the smallest to the largest rental manager in its market during Shipley's tenure, according to Unico. High Country managed 300 condos for short-term users, he said.

Shipley also previously worked as a senior vice president and central Atlantic region manager for LaSalle Partners, where he oversaw property and asset management for about 8 million square feet.

Shipley's daughter attended the University of Washington. Visiting her exposed Shipley and his wife to the Northwest, so he looked for a job here, he said.

Shipley served 3.5 years on the Crested Butte City Council and left before his term expired. He said he harbors no political aspirations here. He and his wife are enjoying immersing themselves in "urban life" after living the past seven years "in the mountains," he said.

Unico also promoted Larry Klatt and Pat McCabe to regional vice president. Klatt's title includes "suburban group manager" while McCabe is downtown group manager.

Klatt, a two-year Unico property manager, oversees 2.3 million square feet in Bellevue, Tacoma, Renton and Boise, Idaho.

McCabe, also with about two years at Unico, heads management of 3.5 million square feet in downtown Seattle.

Fisher Properties

Tina Pappas was promoted to director of marketing and leasing for Seattle-based Fisher Properties. Pappas, who worked previously as a broker for Colliers International, will concentrate first on leasing the new Fisher Plaza next to Seattle Center and the Fisher Industrial Technology Center in Auburn.

Kidder Mathews & Segner

Pete Norman became an investment and office broker in Kidder Mathews & Segner's Tacoma office. Norman developed and brokered commercial real estate with his own company for 20 years, then worked for Windermere Real Estate in Gig Harbor before joining Kidder. The Tacoma office also hired Peter Wooding as a runner for broker Linn Larsen. Wooding recently graduated from the University of Washington.

United Way of King County

The United Way of King County a fund-raising and health and human services delivery organization, has appointed Jonathan Fine president and CEO. Fine has led the Seattle-King County chapter of the American Red Cross for the past four years. He replaces Joanne Harrell who served as president and CEO who left the organization in June to take a position at Info Space, a Redmond-based Internet company.

Bader Martin Ross & Smith

Bader Martin Ross & Smith, a Seattle-based accounting firm announced several new hires. Carol Hinderstein joined the firm as a senior in the tax department. Patricia Bassler and Seth Milleson joined as a staff accountants in the tax department. Ariel Prizont and Sarah Rigney have joined as staff accountants in the audit department.

Primus International

Primus International, a Bellevue-based producer of aerospace structural components, announced that Jerry Howell has joined the company and will become president of its Bumstead Manufacturing division. Howell has 25 years of experience in the aerospace industry. Bumstead Manufacturing is a provider of close-tolerance machining for the aerospace industry and was named Boeing supplier of the year in 1999.

Seattle City Light

Seattle City Light has filled two positions in its communications and public affairs division. Janice Boman has been appointed strategic advisor for public relations. Boman previously held the position of energy planning analyst for City Light. Dan Williams was named strategic advisor for media relations. Williams comes to City Light from the King County Department of Transportation, where he served as media relations specialist.

employeesavings.com

employeesavings.com, a Bellevue-based provider of Web-based work/life solutions, has changed its corporate identity and URL to Xylo, Inc. and www.xylo.com, respectively. The company also announced the results of its inaugural Xylo Report, which will report monthly on employee trends and begins with the first study focused on Internet Usage in the Workplace.

Xylo work/life solutions are designed to strengthen employee commitment. Xylo focuses on helping employees manage everyday personal tasks, while remaining focused and productive at work, which strengthens their company loyalty. Customized employee Web sites, printed catalogs and point-of-purchase value cards give workers access to rich life-need information and nearly 1000 time- and money-saving products and services.