Jun 26, 2007

GMI

Mercer Island-based GMI, a global market intelligence solutions provider, hired Michael A. Brochu as CEO. Brochu has 20 years of experience and was recently the president and CEO of Loudeye.

Electronic Evidence Discovery

Kirkland-based Electronic Evidence Discovery, an eDiscovery software and services provider, hired David McCann as president and chief executive officer. McCann worked for FileNet, an IBM company. He replaces CEO and company founder John Jessen, who now assumes the title of chairman of the board.

Washington Mutual Leadership Center

Washington Mutual Leadership Center at Cedarbrook, a leadership development center in SeaTac, hired David Cecil as its new executive director of operations. Cecil was the general manager and chief operating officer of Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh.

King County

Pam Bissonnette, director of King County's Department of Natural Resources and Parks, is retiring after a 30-year career in government. Bissonnette has been the department's only director and led the merger between Metro Wastewater Services and King County Utility Services to create the department 11 years ago. Theresa Jennings has been appointed to serve as acting director.

Intermec

Everett-based Intermec hired Phil Danner as vice president of engineering. Danner worked with General Electric for 15 years. He succeeds Mike Abel, who has taken a position as vice president, program management with the company. Intermec develops, manufactures and integrates chain asset technologies.

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General Rob McKenna announced Gretchen Leanderson has been promoted to division chief of the Tacoma Division. Leanderson has 16 years experience with the office and has served as assistant attorney general in the Torts Division and the Labor and Industries Section. She replaces Linda Moran as chief.

Jun 25, 2007

Lane Powell

The Seattle office of law firm Lane Powell hired Timothy Jones as an associate in the Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group. Jones worked as an associate with Williams Kastner & Gibbs. Lane Powell has more than 180 attorneys in Washington, Oregon, Alaska and London.

Earth Class Mail

Seattle-based Earth Class Mail, a global service that delivers postal mail online, hired Donald Bloodworth as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Bloodworth spent 16 years at PacifiCorp and most recently served as a consultant to emerging-stage companies.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Attorney Fredric C. Tausend of Seattle is the 2007 recipient of the Ninth Circuit's John P. Frank Award. The award recognizes an outstanding lawyer practicing in the federal courts of the western United States. Tausend has been a senior counsel at Seattle's Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis since 1990.

Seattle Economics Council

The Seattle Economics Council elected next season's officers. They are Betsy Minden, Stephen Land, Desirèe Phair and Marcel Badart. Alexander Rist is the outgoing president, and Robin Klemm is the outgoing treasurer.

Alfa Tec

Alfa Tec, a Seattle-based marine sales and service distributor, will open a second location in Tampa, Fla., by the end of the month. It will have expanded service capabilities for centrifuges, watermakers, heat exchangers, oily water separators, Omnipure MSD Systems and pumps.

Heathman Hotel Kirkland

The Heathman Hotel in Kirkland hired Carl Turpin as director of private dining and Belinda Jensen as senior private dining sales manager. Turpin has 25 years experience in the hospitality industry. Jensen worked at the Hilton Bellevue. The hotel will open in July.

Confirma

Bellevue-based Confirma, a developer of CAD systems and accessories for medical imaging, hired Ward Sparacio as vice president of sales. Sparacio was director of sales for SonoSite.