Sep 11, 2019

Visit Spokane

Minor

Visit Spokane hired Kyle Minor as a director of national accounts. Minor was senior manager of citywide convention sales at Destination Cleveland, and has worked for many years in the hospitality and convention industries. Visit Spokane markets the Spokane region as a destination for conventions and tourists.

Sound Community Bank

Erin Nicolaus joined Sound Community Bank as senior vice president of human resources and talent management. Nicolaus has over 15 years of experience in human resources, working in industries from insurance to manufacturing to banking. Seattle-based Sound Community Bank has branches in King, Pierce, Snohomish, Clallam and Jefferson counties. It is a subsidiary of Sound Financial Bancorp.

Tideworks Technology

Seattle-based Tideworks Technology entered into an agreement with Liebherr Container Cranes to offer their integrated products to marine terminal operators. Tideworks develops terminal operating system software, including equipment control systems and a data platform. Liebherr Container Cranes makes container cranes and handling equipment at its factory in Ireland. It is part of the Liebherr Group, a maker of construction and mining equipment.

U-Haul

West Coast Self Storage in Portland has become a U-Haul neighborhood dealer of rental trucks, trailers, towing equipment and moving supplies. The company is at 4970 S.E. 16th Ave. John Eisenbarth is the owner.

Sep 10, 2019

City of Sammamish

Stevens

Andrew Stevens, emergency manager at the city of Sammamish, graduated from FEMA's National Emergency Management Advanced Academy at the FEMA Region 10 headquarters in Lynnwood. The academy trains emergency management professionals to lead dynamic and resilient programs.

Laika

Burke

Film industry veteran David Burke is the new chief marketing officer at Laika, an animation studio in Hillsboro, Oregon. Burke comes from Universal Pictures, where he was general manager for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Prior to that, he worked with Irish independent film distributor Clarence Pictures. Laika created the animated movies “Coraline,” “ParaNorman” and “The Boxtrolls.”

OpenSesame

Tounsi

Portland-based OpenSesame opened an office in London and hired Mehdi Tounsi to lead it as senior regional director of Europe. Tounsi has over 20 years of experience in the learning industry. OpenSesame provides online corporate training. The new office will strengthen e-learning partnerships and customer support in Europe.

Impinj

Cathal Phelan joined the board of Seattle-based Impinj, a provider of radio frequency identification products. Phelan has 30 years of engineering experience, with a focus on semiconductors. He is CEO of Rapt Touch, a provider of touchscreen technologies.