Sep 21, 2000

Imagio|JWT Technology

Imagio|JWT Technology, a Seattle-based marketing and commincations company specializing in the high-tech industry, has created a new wireless/telecom public relations division. The new division will provide public relations counsel and strategic planning to clients developing wireless infrastructure and new telecom technologies. Ray Vincenzo, vice president of public relations, will head up the new division. Vincenzo has more than a decade of experience in high-tech public relations, with a background in wireless and telecom technologies.

Port of Olympia

John Wolfe has been named manager of the marine terminal at the Port of Olympia. Wolfe joins the Port after a 10-year career with Maersk Sealand steamship company. The Port is a speciality cargo terminal serving a range of shipping needs.

HomeSight

HomeSight, a Seattle-based non-profit corporation that builds affordable ownership housing, announced that it has received two grants totaling $95,000 for U.S. Bank. The grants will ultimately help low- and moderate-income households purchase homes in King and Snohomish counties. Funds will go toward operating and down-payment assistance grants for qualifying first-time buyers.

Pike Place Market

Andrew Hanson-Krueger has been named director of communications and marketing for Pike Place Market's Preservation and Development Authority (PDA). Hanson-Krueger has been employed in the Market for more than 10 years. He began in the PDA's parking department and most recently served as the public education coordinator for the Market Foundation.

Management Engineering Associates

The Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service selected Management Engineering Associates of Camus to deliver facility support services to all IRS offices in the western U.S. The objective of this five-year contract is to support facilities planning, programming, space utilization, relocation management and information resource requirements. Management Engineering Associates has specialized in engineering, management and behavioral sciences since 1979

Northwest Suites

Dave Caple was promoted to senior vice president of operations for Northwest Suites Inc., a Redmond-based provider of corporate and extended-stay apartments. Northwest's clients include Microsoft, Washington Mutual, Amazon.com, GE Financial and State Farm Insurance. Caple, who was vice president for operations, is responsible for executive team management and leading the company's growth beyond the Puget Sound region. Before joining Northwest, Caple worked eight years with Cendant Mobility as an operations manager on-site at Microsoft in charge of Microsoft's domestic relocation operations. Caple is also studying for an MBA at Seattle University.

CB Richard Ellis

Scott Davis was promoted to vice president for office and high-tech properties in CB Richard Ellis Seattle-area offices. Davis' clients have included Helly-Hansen USA, AT&T Corp. and L3 Communications.

Fisher Properties

Cathleen Meyer was hired as commercial leasing manager for Seattle-based Fisher Properties. Meyer is responsible for Fisher's commercial real estate portfolio. She starts with focusing on Fisher Industrial Technology Center in Auburn and Fisher Commerce Center and Fisher Industrial Center, both in Kent.

Wells Fargo Bank

Toai Nguyen became a business development officer in charge of generating small business loans on the Eastside for Wells Fargo Bank. Nguyen previously worked in commercial lending at Fremont Investment & Loan and GE Capital, and as an associate client manager at Cornerstone Advisers. He also holds a fourth-degree black belt in Taekwon-Do.

NAIOP spruces up T.T. Minor

Members of the local chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties will spend Saturday helping spruce up T.T. Minor Elementary School in Seattle's Capitol Hill area. NAIOP expects about 200 volunteers to help paint the outside of the main classroom building, build the Children's Gardens and landscape.

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects

John Kennedy and Janice Webb have been named associates at Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects.

Kennedy was project architect for the Frye Art Museum and the School of Law for Seattle University. He is working on the Museum Tower condominium building in Seattle for Nitze-Stagen. Kennedy has been with the firm since 1991.

Webb was project architect for the Chapel of St. Ignatius at Seattle University. She is working on a private residence in Seattle. Her recent work has included several residences in the Seattle area. Webb has been with the firm since 1992.

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects is a Seattle-based firm.