Feb 13, 2020

The Standard

Prakash

Chandler

Portland-based Standard Insurance Co. (The Standard) promoted Greg Chandler to vice president of information technology and Laxman Prakash to assistant vice president and chief information security officer. Chandler was vice president of IT solutions delivery. He joined the company in 2008 as director of infrastructure operations and was promoted a year later to assistant vice president of IT infrastructure. Prakash joined The Standard in 2011 as director of information security and business continuity, and was promoted in 2017 to second vice president of information security.

Arctic Information Technology

Bailey

Dave Bailey is the new president and general manager of Arctic Information Technology in Anchorage, Alaska. Bailey's appointment comes on the heels of Arctic IT winning contracts with the National Park Service, city of Seattle and King County. Arctic IT is a Doyon Government Group subsidiary that manages IT networks and provides business application services. It has local offices in Seattle and Federal Way.

Vacasa

Portland vacation rental management company Vacasa appointed independent board member Matt Roberts as interim CEO. Roberts is former CEO of restaurant booking service OpenTable and former CFO of online consumer lending group E-Loan. Vacasa founder Eric Breon is stepping down as CEO but will remain on the board. Executive search firm Reynolds Associates has been hired to find a permanent replacement.

Frazier Healthcare Partners

In Seattle, Frazier Healthcare Partners acquired EPTAM Precision Solutions and appointed Mark Kemp as CEO of EPTAM. Kemp is an operating partner at Frazier and has over 30 years of business experience, with expertise in the medical device market. He replaces Dana Waterman, who is pursuing other interests. EPTAM makes medical devices, implants and high-precision components. It has operations in New Hampshire, Colorado and New Jersey. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Frazier invests in health care companies.

Port of Seattle

The Port of Seattle created a stand-alone department responsible for equity, diversity and inclusion. It says it's the first port authority in the nation to do so.

Feb 12, 2020

Madrona Venture Group

Singh

Seattle venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group appointed Steve Singh as a managing director. Singh co-founded and led Concur, a corporate travel and expense management firm that was acquired in 2014 by SAP for $8.3 billion. He then served on the executive board of SAP and later was CEO of open source software company Docker.

The Standard

Quetel

Dykhouse

Portland-based Standard Insurance Co. (The Standard) promoted Jans Dykhouse to assistant vice president of sales operations and dental, and Kathleen Quetel to second vice president of risk underwriting. Dykhouse joined the company in 1999 and has been senior director of sales operations and service, and second vice president of employee benefit sales operations. Quetel has been with the company since 1992, moving up the ranks from associate underwriter to senior director of risk management.

Davis Wright Tremaine

Seattle-based Davis Wright Tremaine said a six-lawyer group focusing on energy matters joined its Washington, D.C., office. The group comes from Alston & Bird and is led by partners Sean Atkins and Michael Kunselman. It includes former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission senior executive Andrea Wolfman. The group is rounded out with Jamil Nasir, Bradley Miliauskas and Michael Kellermann, as well as several staff.

RH Strategic

Seattle-based Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications acquired MIX Public Relations of Seattle. The move deepens RH Strategic's expertise in cybersecurity, enterprise and emerging technology. It also grows the firm to 30 professionals with staff in cities coast to coast, including an office in Washington, D.C. MIX was founded in 2009 by Hally Wax and Matthew Mors.

Docugami

Kirkland startup Docugami secured $10 million in seed funding led by venture fund SignalFire, with participation by NextWorld Capital and others. The company also announced that Bob Muglia, former CEO of Snowflake and former head of Microsoft's Office and Azure businesses, is joining the company as a major investor and board member. Docugami uses artificial intelligence to help businesses create and manage documents for greater productivity, compliance and insight.