Apr 17, 2012

Fran's Chocolates

Bigelow

Founder and owner Fran Watson Bigelow received the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women's Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest award for professional achievement. Bigelow has been in business since 1982. It has three Seattle stores, an online business and retail partners.

College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Orr

Lane Powell shareholder Heidi Orr has been elected a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Members focus on laws, procedure and standards while working with other professional organizations.

SpaceCurve

SpaceCurve hired Charlie Barbour as senior vice president of development and Hans-Martin Will as senior member of technical staff. SpaceCurve founder Andrew Rogers resumes his work with the firm as CTO. Barbour worked as leader of development teams for startups and public companies for 30 years. Will worked as software architect at Microsoft. SpaceCurve is an analytical database technology company.

Apr 13, 2012

Association of Legal Administrators

Sterritt

Puget Sound chapter of the association of legal administrators hired Lisa Sterritt as director of education, Sterritt worked as office administrator for the Seattle office of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.

Columbia Bank

Holverson-Cherney

Tacoma-based Columbia Bank hired Rebecca Holverson-Cherney as vice president and private banking relationship manager for King County. Holverson-Cherney has worked as vice president and branch manager for the Renton office for eight years.

Guaranteed Rate

The Chicago-based mortgage company Guaranteed Rate hired Jason Oelrich as vice president and regional manager of the Bellevue office and Douglas Schaumburg as vice president and branch manager of the Bend, Ore., office.

Apr 12, 2012

Stoel Rives

Revelle

Seattle law firm Stoel Rives partner Geoffrey Revelle was appointed to serve a two-year term as board member for the Washington State Access to Justice. Revelle works in business law, focused on corporate, M&A and executive employment, and was past president of the King County Bar Association.

Accelerator Corp.

Seattle-based Accelerator Corp. hired David McElligott, Ph.D. as chief scientific officer. McElligott worked as chief scientific officer at Groove Biopharma, an Accelerator company. Accelerator identifies, evaluates, finances and manages emerging life sciences opportunities.

Medio Systems

Seattle-based Medio Systems hired Ewa Dominowska as chief architect. Dominowska worked as principle software architect for development and analytics for the Microsoft adcenter division. Medio Systems is a predictive analytics company.