May 29, 2020

ABC Legal Services

Seattle-based ABC Legal Services hired Sascha Mehlhase as vice president of product and innovation. Mehlhase has nearly 20 years of product and marketing experience in the software and technology industries. He was senior director of product management at Intrado and director of product management at Motorola Solutions. ABC Legal is a process server for law firms and corporate legal departments.

Expeditors International

In Seattle, Expeditors International of Washington promoted Kelly Blacker to senior vice president of global air operations. Blacker has held several leadership positions over her 25-year career at Expeditors, most recently regional vice president of the mid-Atlantic. She will relocate to Seattle from Atlanta. She replaces Jose Ubeda, who was appointed senior vice president of digital solutions. Expeditors is a global logistics company.

Nike

Beaverton, Oregon-based Nike announced that board director John Thompson Jr. is retiring on Sunday. Thompson has been a director since 1991 and will remain as a director emeritus after leaving the board. He was head coach of the Georgetown University men's basketball team, winning a national championship in 1984.

Nautilus Biotechnology

Nautilus Biotechnology raised $76 million in Series B financing in a round led by Vulcan Capital, the investment arm of the late Paul Allen's Vulcan Inc. Other investors were Perceptive Advisors, Bezos Expeditions, Defy Partners, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Bolt, and Madrona Venture Group. The money will be used to hire scientific and engineering staff across a variety of levels and disciplines. Nautilus is working to quantify the human proteome with higher precision and lower cost to speed development of therapeutic medicines. It is based in Seattle and San Carlos, California.

Port of Kalama

Anchorage Launch Services is leasing space on the Port of Kalama's new commercial dock to operate its maritime transportation services on the Columbia River. The port modified and refurbished components of a barge to develop the dock last year, and prepared for a maritime client by installing bulkheads, bull rails, fenders, ladders, spud piles and a gangway landing platform. Anchorage Launch Services supplies and assists ships between Astoria and Portland to keep their operations moving efficiently.

May 28, 2020

Expeditors International

In Seattle, Expeditors International of Washington appointed Jose Ubeda to the new role of senior vice president of digital solutions. Ubeda has worked at Expeditors for over 30 years, and was senior vice president of global air operations for 10 years. His new responsibilities include the development, deployment, sales and operations of Expeditors’ suite of digital solutions, such as sensor-based logistics, the Koho online shipping platform and Tradeflow trade management software. Expeditors is a global logistics company.

F5 Networks

Seattle-based F5 Networks named Tom Fountain as executive vice president of global services and chief strategy officer. Fountain joined F5 in 2018 from the security company McAfee, where he was senior vice president of strategy and corporate development. Prior to that, he was general manager of the Content & Media business unit and vice president of corporate strategy at Juniper Networks. At F5, he will succeed Steve McMillan, who was named president and CEO of Teradata, beginning June 8. He is based in F5’s offices in San Jose, California.

ZoomInfo

Vancouver-based ZoomInfo Technologies said it will offer 44.5 million shares of common stock with an expected initial public offering price of $16-$18 per share. The company has applied to list the shares on the Nasdaq market under the symbol ZI and expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 6.68 million shares. The proceeds will be used to redeem preferred stock units of a subsidiary, repay loans and buy outstanding interests from certain equity holders. J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are leading the offering. ZoomInfo sells access to its database of business people and companies to sales, marketing and recruiting professionals.

Mary’s Place

Mary’s Place opened a homeless shelter for families inside an Amazon office building in downtown Seattle. Mary’s Place Family Center in The Regrade is 63,000 square feet over eight floors and includes on-site health care. It increases the group’s overall shelter capacity in King County by 40% and is expected to serve over 1,000 family members per year. The shelter was developed in partnership with Amazon and includes its own private entrances and acoustical isolation.

City of Tacoma

The city of Tacoma opened its Rental Assistance Fund through the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation. Donations can be made to increase the amount of funding available for people who need rental housing assistance because of COVID-19 impacts. The city in April launched the program with $1.2 million from the Housing Trust Fund. It provides a one-time payment of up to $1,000 directly to landlords. More information is at https://tinyurl.com/TRAFund.