Aug 13, 2019

Sarcos Robotics

Miller

Sarcos Robotics appointed Jim Miller as vice president of defense solutions. Miller is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces colonel who was in active duty for nearly 30 years. Sarcos makes full-body exoskeleton robots for industrial and military applications. It is headquartered in Salt Lake City, with an office in Bellevue.

University of Idaho

The University of Idaho hired Terry Gawlik as athletic director. Gawlik worked at the University of Wisconsin since 1994, holding various positions including assistant athletics director and deputy Title IX coordinator. She earned her bachelor's degree at Southwestern University and her master's at Texas State University. She played basketball and volleyball and coached those sports at three Texas colleges. Her new job starts Sept. 1.

Broadmark Capital

Trinity Merger Corp. is buying Broadmark Capital's real estate lending and management companies to create an internally managed commercial mortgage REIT. The new company will be called Broadmark Realty Capital when the deal is finalized in early November. The buyout is estimated at $1.2 billion, with 92% in newly issued Broadmark Realty stock and 8% in cash. Broadmark's executive team will continue in their respective roles in the new company, with Jeffrey B. Pyatt becoming CEO and Joseph L. Schocken becoming board chair. Trinity is a special purpose acquisition company headquartered in Honolulu. Seattle-based Broadmark provides construction, land and development financing for commercial and residential properties.

Aug 09, 2019

RealWear

Vancouver-based RealWear acquired Kopin's Golden-i Infinity Smart Screen, a voice-controlled and gesture-enabled smart screen designed to increase worker productivity. Kopin is based in Westborough, Massachusetts, with a technology center in San Jose, California. It develops wearable technologies for military, industrial and consumer products. RealWear makes wearable computing devices for light and heavy industry that are voice-driven and head-mounted.

Maven

Seattle-based Maven has closed its $16.5 million acquisition of TheStreet, a 20-year-old financial news and information provider that was co-founded by stock market guru Jim Cramer. As part of the closing, Maven and Cramer formed a new production company with content created by Cramer and his team. Maven is an expert-driven group media network platform. TheStreet is headquartered in New York City.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile and nonprofit partner Ashoka are holding the second-annual Changemaker Challenge. The nationwide contest gives young leaders, ages 13-23, a stage to share their ideas for creating social change in one of three categories: technology, environment or education. Ten winning teams from each category will receive seed funding and a three-day Changemaker Lab experience in December at T-Mobile's headquarters in Bellevue. Enter by Sept. 26 at T-Mobile.com/changemaker.

Aug 08, 2019

City of Seattle

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the winners of the 2019 Mayor's Arts Awards: Center on Contemporary Art, Dani Tirrell, Delbert Richardson, Intiman Theatre and Marcie Sillman. All five recipients have shaped Seattle's arts and cultural landscape through contributions to the community, education, arts, and race and social justice. An awards ceremony will be held Aug. 29 at Charlotte Martin Theatre.

Sweeney Conrad

Bellevue accounting firm Sweeney Conrad won four workplace awards, one each from Seattle Business Magazine, Puget Sound Business Journal, Inside Public Accounting and Accounting Today. John Forrest is Sweeney Conrad's managing shareholder.