Aug 22, 2019

Chef

Seattle-based Chef promoted Corey Scobie to chief technology officer. Scobie joined the company last year as senior vice president of product and engineering. Chef co-founder Adam Jacob was CTO, but transitioned earlier this year to focus on board-related duties. The company also hired John Wyss as vice president of product management. Wyss has 26 years of engineering leadership experience, with stints at Cisco, ServiceNow, Intuit and Microsoft. Chef develops continuous automation software.

City of Kent

The city of Kent is forming a transportation advisory board to help it update its transportation master plan. Kent residents that have a passion for transportation — whether it is transit, traffic congestion, bicycle and pedestrian options or a related interest — can apply. The deadline is Sept. 1. The application is at https://tinyurl.com/Kent-TB.

Yapta

Inc. Magazine ranked Seattle-based Yapta as one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. This is the second year in a row that Yapta has been named to the Inc. 5000 list, which this year ranked companies according to percentage revenue growth from 2015 to 2018. Yapta ranked 1,330th nationally and 48th in the state. The company tracks airfare and hotel prices.

Aug 21, 2019

Leafly

Kirk Beardsley is the new COO of Leafly, a Seattle-based cannabis technology company. Beardsley has more than 20 years of experience in digital commerce, most recently as executive vice president of strategic growth and head of Trunkclub at Nordstrom. Leafly also opened an office in Austin, Texas, with over 30 employees coming from online retailer Spreetail. Brandon Elliott, former head of engineering at Spreetail, leads the new office as vice president of technology.

Northwest Seaport Alliance

Readers of Logistics Management magazine picked Northwest Seaport Alliance as the top port on the West Coast. Readers evaluated North American ports for the 2019 Quest for Quality awards using five criteria: ease of doing business, value, ocean carrier network, intermodal network, and equipment and operations. The alliance is a marine cargo partnership of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma.

Steepologie Teas

Seattle-based Steepologie Teas will open its fifth store in November, at 3420 Fremont Ave. N. The 2,000-square-foot store will have over 300 loose leaf teas, as well as hot and iced tea made to order. It also will become the company's headquarters.

Aug 20, 2019

SCCA

Rengan

The American Society for Radiation Oncology selected Dr. Ramesh Rengan as a fellow for his service to the organization and contributions to radiation oncology. Rengan is medical director at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance's Proton Therapy Center. The fellow honor requires commendable contributions in one of four areas: leadership/service, research, patient care or education.

Seattle Public Schools

Greg Narver was appointed chief legal counsel for Seattle Public Schools. Narver has been chief counsel for the past four years for the Civil Division of the Seattle City Attorney's Office, and has been with that office for 13 years. He will start his new job on Sept. 3, replacing Noel Treat, who joined public affairs firm Strategies 360. Ronald Boy has been acting chief legal counsel for the school district.

CPA Consulting

BPM LLP, an accounting and advisory firm based in California's Bay Area, combined with CPA Consulting of Bellevue. Founded in 1997, CPA Consulting works with clients in western Washington, Hawaii and Alaska. Its 10-person team continues to work out of Bellevue, with former president Jeff Mock now partner-in-charge of the new BPM regional office.