Oct 20, 2020

Thayer Manca Residential

Cairns

Thayer Manca Residential announced the addition of investment analyst Lucas Cairns. Cairns will support the acquisitions team in the pursuit of investment properties, as well as the asset management team. Based in Seattle, Thayer Manca is a sponsor of partnership, multifamily investments specializing in value-add opportunities.

ISOutsource

ISOutsource, a provider of technology consulting and services, announced that Rob Lilleness has joined its board of directors. Most recently, Lilleness formed Richmond Capital Partners; prior to that, he was the CEO of Medio Systems and president and COO of Universal Electronics. ISOutsource is headquartered in Bothell, with additional offices in Seattle, Phoenix, Portland, and Spokane.

Wayne's Roofing

The Engineering News Records (ENR) named Sumner-based Wayne's Roofing No. 454 for specialty contractors in the ENR 600, that is up eight spots over last year. Wayne's Roofing was named No. 15 among roofing contractors in the country and No. 1 in the Pacific Northwest.

Oct 16, 2020

Smartsheet

Bellevue-based Smartsheet was recognized by Comparably for its company culture and workplace benefits. Smartsheet was awarded in categories for happiest employees, best companies for compensation, best companies for perks and benefits, and best companies for work-life balance. Comparably awards are derived from ratings anonymously provided by employees about their workplaces during a 12-month period. Winners are determined on employee feedback in nearly 20 culture metrics, from leadership and work environment to compensation and outlook.

Tyler Technologies

Tyler Technologies signed an agreement valued at $16 million with the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts for Tyler's Odyssey suite of technology products, including Odyssey Case Manager, Odyssey Clerk Edition, Odyssey Judge Edition, Tyler Supervision, and Odyssey File & Serve solutions. This agreement expands the use of Odyssey, already used for most of the state's superior courts, to include the courts of limited jurisdiction. Washington's limited jurisdiction courts process 2 million cases every year, approximately 87% of the state's judicial caseload. Tyler Technologies is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo acquired Clickagy, a provider of artificial intelligence-powered buyer intent data. Along with this acquisition, ZoomInfo is launching Streaming Intent, a solution that identifies companies with above-average search volume on business-to-business topics within minutes of their web activity. Clickagy was founded in 2013 and is based in Atlanta. The entire Clickagy firm is joining ZoomInfo, including founder and CEO Harry Maugans, who will serve as vice president of product management. ZoomInfo provides go-to-market intelligence solutions for more than 15,000 companies worldwide, and has an offices throughout the U.S., including Vancouver.

Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor announced that both its Lattice Propel design environment and Lattice CrossLink-NX won medals at the 2020 Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program Awards. Propel received a gold medal in the software category and CrossLink-NX won a bronze medal in the embedded computing category. Presented by WTWH Media, the LEAP Awards honor outstanding products for use in industrial application design. This year's winners were chosen by an independent panel of 14 industrial engineering and academic professionals. Lattice Semiconductor is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Oct 15, 2020

Liberty Bank

Preston

Liberty Bank, which recently changed its name from Liberty Bay Bank and expanded from Poulsbo to open a new office in Bellevue, has named investor Susan Preston to its board of directors. Preston is managing partner of SeaChange Fund. She taught in the MBA program at the University of Washington and is former chair and lead instructor for the Angel Resource Institute.

Takeda Pharmaceutical

Takeda Pharmaceutical, Accenture and Amazon Web Services have entered into a five-year agreement to accelerate Takeda's digital transformation. This collaboration will leverage cloud and data-driven insights to accelerate drug development, increase operational agility and reduce technology costs. Takeda is headquartered in Japan, Accenture is a professional services company, providing a range of services in strategy and consulting, technology and operations.

Alaska Power & Telephone

Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) announced that its subsidiary AP&T Wireless, has been selected to receive a $21,545,167 grant award through USDA Rural Utility Service's ReConnect grant program for the “SEALink” broadband project. AP&T will provide over $7 million in matching funds. Funds will be used to construct local networks which will provide high-speed broadband to all premises in Kasaan and Coffman Cove, and to develop and install an estimated 214-mile fiber optic cable between Prince of Wales Island, Petersburg, and Juneau.

Slow Grind Publishing

Seattle-based Slow Grind Media, the media production firm founded and led by NBA-All Star Isaiah Thomas, announced its expansion into publishing with Slow Grind Publishing. Hoops Heist written by Jon Finkel, will be the first offering under Slow Grind Publishing. The book will revolve around Seattle, the Super Sonics and the players who came from this region. Slow Grind Media was founded in 2016.