Feb 14, 2008

Kibble and Prentice

Kibble & Prentice, an insurance and financial services company, promoted Marty Andrews to senior vice president in the Employee Benefits Division. He will design employee benefit programs for Northwest employers.

ÁegisLiving

ÁegisLiving, a Redmond-based operator of retirement and assisted living communities, hired John Spaid to the new position of chief financial officer. Spaid has 25 years experience and worked with Americana Enterprises. Áegis operates 32 communities in Washington, California and Nevada.

Bridgeways

Everett-based Bridgeways made a series of promotions and new hires. It promoted Kenneth Beecher to director of finance and administration, Nancy Elliott to human resources director and Dawn Gray to administrative supervisor. It also hired Virginia Sprague as director of fund development. Bridgeways is a private non-profit agency that serves Snohomish County adults with chronic mental illness.

SBC Development

SBC Development, a partnership between Colorado-based Eagle Resort Development and Yakima-area developers Craig Shultz and Gary Scott, has chosen KemperSports as manager of The Vineyards Resort Golf Course in Yakima. The golf course will be the centerpiece of The Vineyards Resort, a 500-acre master-planned wine and golf community.

Feb 13, 2008

The Seattle Hotel Group

The Seattle Hotel Group, developer of the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Seattle, hired Ben Trodd as general manager of the hotel and residences. Trodd has been with Four Seasons for 10 years and was hotel manager at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles in Beverly Hills.

Infinia Corp.

Kennewick-based Infinia Corp. promoted Terry Smith to vice president of engineering and product development. Smith has 20 years experience and joined Infinia in 2003 as program manager for Infinia's Space Generator Program. He had previously worked at Boeing. Infinia is a solar technology company.

D.A. Davidson & Co.

D.A. Davidson & Co., an investment firm based in Great Falls, Mont., hired David Trageser, Jack Eaton, Chad Cowan and Suzanne Eide as vice presidents of public finance in the company's Fixed Income Capital Markets Group in Seattle. Eaton and Cowan will focus on K-12 education transactions. Trageser and Eide will focus on general municipal finance.

Azaleos Corp.

Seattle-based Azaleos Corp., a managed Microsoft Exchange services company, hired Matt Bell as vice president of worldwide sales and business development. Bell has 13 years of enterprise technology sales and management experience and worked with RealNetworks and SourceLabs.

Neah Power Systems

Neah Power Systems promoted Gerard C. D'Couto to president and chief executive officer and elected Paul Abramowitz as the new chairman of the board of directors. D'Couto will also hold a seat on the board and Daniel Rosen, who has served as executive chairman, will serve as director. D'Couto has been Neah Power's chief operating officer since September 2007. Neah Power Systems is a Bothell-based developer of fuel cells.