Dec 14, 2012

Lane Powell

Beneski

Wesner

Seattle law firm Lane Powell hired Gregory Wesner and Kristin Beneski as shareholders in the intellectual property and technology practice group and associates in the litigation practice group. Wesner was a partner at Frommer Lawrence & Haug and K&L Gates. Beneski worked as a judicial intern for judge Joseph Beshouri in the District of Columbia Superior Court and judge John Coughenour in the U.S. District for the western district of Washington.

PACCAR

The PACCAR board of directors elected Robert Christensen to chief financial officer and executive vice president, effective January 1, 2013. Christensen has 29 years with PACCAR, most recently as executive vice president. He joined PACCAR in 1983 and has had senior management roles with PACCAR parts, Kenworth and Peterbilt.

iJet Onboard

Seattle-based iJet Onboard hired Steve Forte as chief executive officer. Forte worked as CEO of Naverus, a global leader in performance-based navigation. Prior to that, general manager of GE Aviation PBN Services and senior executive with United Airlines. iJet Onboard is a privately held provider of platform-based software services enabling the intelligent aircraft.

Dec 13, 2012

Lane Powell

Marquez-Garrett

Seattle law firm Lane Powell attorney Laura Marquez-Garrett has been appointed a trustee and committee chair on the board of directors of Washington State Bar Association's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification Legal Issues Section. The group supports the legal needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered residents of Washington.

Tacoma Public Utilities

Tacoma Public Utilities hired Clark Mather as a senior manager for external affairs. Mather worked as district director for U.S. Representative Norm Dicks for six years, and prior to that worked on the staff of U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell.

Moss Adams

Seattle-based Moss Adams, an accounting and business consulting firm, said that it has agreed to combine with Silicon Valley-based accounting firm Mohler, Nixon & Williams effective Jan. 1, 2013. Mohler is one of the largest local CPA firms in California, with 25 partners and more than 160 personnel. Next spring, the Santa Clara office of Moss Adams will move into the Mohler office in Campbell, and the San Francisco office of Mohler will share space with Moss Adams' office. All Mohler partners and most of its employees are expected to join Moss Adams.

Dec 12, 2012

Big Fish

Stephenson

Seattle-based Big Fish promoted Dave Stephenson from CFO to president and CFO. He joined Big Fish in 2011, after 11 years at Amazon.com, most recently as vice president of finance. Big Fish provides Internet media software and game services.

King County Housing Authority

Palmer

King County Executive Dow Constantine appointed Susan Palmer to a five-year term as a King County Housing Authority commissioner. Palmer is the district secretary-treasurer of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 751 in Seattle.

Gage Design & LaBreche

Tom Belle, president and CEO of Seattle-based Gage Design, and Beth LaBreche, CEO of LaBreche, said LaBreche's firm will join Gage Design to expand marketing and communications services. LaBreche will be vice president of strategic development. Gage Design is a digital marketing firm; Minneapolis-based LaBreche is a marketing agency.