Sep 29, 2020

Carney Badley Spellman

Hanson

Eric Hanson has joined Carney Badley Spellman's litigation and insurance groups. His practice concentrates on insurance issues with a focus on the prosecution of property damage claims. Prior to entering private practice, Hanson clerked for Justice Charles Johnson at the Washington State Supreme Court. Hanson works throughout the West handling cases in Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho and California.

F5 Networks

F5 Networks announced the appointment of Elizabeth Buse, former CEO of Monitise, a global mobile banking and payments company, to its board of directors. With Buse's appointment, F5's board expands to 12 members, 10 of whom are independent. Buse served as co-chief executive officer and chief executive officer of Monitise after retiring from Visa as executive vice president of global services. In addition, Buse has served on the board of U.S. Bancorp since 2018.

OpenMarket

OpenMarket has been named the “Best Overall Mobile Marketing Company” in the third annual MarTech Breakthrough Awards. The awards program is conducted by MarTech Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global marketing, sales and advertising technology industry. OpenMarket recently launched indigo, a new mobile engagement platform. The company is headquartered in Seattle, with regional offices in Detroit, London, Sydney, Pune, and Guadalajara.

Intercity Transit

Intercity Transit is accepting applications for surplus vanpool vans. Multiple vans are available for granting to qualifying non-profit organizations. Applications are due Oct. 23 and are available on Intercity Transit's website. Non-profit organizations located within and serving residents of the Intercity Transit's Public Transportation Benefit Area, which includes the cities of Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater and Yelm are eligible to apply. Now in its 17th year, Intercity Transit's Van Grant program has awarded 65 vehicles to meet the transportation needs of local organizations.

Sep 25, 2020

Key Family Wealth

Ken Kilbreath has joined Key Family Wealth as a wealth strategist and senior vice president for the West Region. He will be based in Key Private Bank's Seattle office. Previously, Kilbreath served as a wealth advisor at Wells Fargo, and prior to that was an estate planning attorney with Inslee Best Doezie & Ryder. Key Family Wealth, am arm of Key Private Bank, specializes in serving first generation entrepreneurial business owners.

Cyemptive Technologies

Cyemptive Technologies, a provider of pre-emptive cybersecurity products and technology, named former Hitachi and Hewlett Packard executive Lynn McLean as senior vice president of sales. McLean brings more than 35 years of experience in high technology sectors, most recently at 3D Systems. McLean served as the vice president of partner development for MTM Technologies, and spent more than eight years with Hewlett Packard. Founded in 2014, Cyemptive is the winner of the Department of Homeland Security's Border Security Technology Consortium competition for most innovative border security-related solution.

Attunely

Seattle-based Attunely announced it has received $9 million in financing. Investors include: Framework Venture Partners, Anthos Capital, Vulcan Capital, and additional independent investors. Andrew Lugsdin, partner at Framework Venture Partners, will join the Attunely board of directors. Attunely offers a machine learning platform for recovery of receivables.

Sep 24, 2020

State of Washington

The state Salmon Recovery Funding Board announced that Jeff Breckel will be the new chair of the board. Before joining the board in 2016, Breckel served for 18 years as the executive director of the Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board. He also served as a charter member of the Lead Entity Advisory Group, and as past chair of the Council of Salmon Recovery Regional Organizations. He currently co-chairs the state Salmon Recovery Network. Breckel will replace retiring Phil Rockefeller who has been a member of the Salmon Recovery Funding Board since 2011 and chair since 2019.

Lighter Capital

Lighter Capital, a fintech lender to tech startups, announced that it has appointed Melissa Widner as its CEO. Widner brings experience from the technology and finance sectors, both as an investor and startup founder. Prior to joining Lighter Capital, she served as the managing partner at NAB Ventures, the venture capital arm of the National Australia Bank. Widner was also a general partner at Seattle-based venture capital firm, SeaPoint Ventures.

Banner Bank

The Banner Bank executive leadership team announced the retirement of Richard Barton, executive vice president and chief credit officer. Jill Rice, currently executive vice president and senior credit officer, will assume the role of chief credit officer. Rice joined the Bank in 2002, first as a regional credit risk manager, then as senior credit officer. Earlier this year Rice was promoted to executive vice president, Banner Bank is a subsidiary of Banner Corporation, headquartered in Walla Walla.