Feb 03, 2021

Fortive

Fortive announced the appointment of Read Simmons as senior vice president of strategy and the promotion of Jonathan Schwarz to senior vice president of corporate development. Simmons will report to Jim Lico, Fortive's president and chief executive officer, and will lead Fortive's strategic development efforts, as well as growth strategies across all segments. Schwarz will continue to lead Fortive's corporate development function, and will also oversee Fortive's tax and treasury teams. Simmons comes from Vista Equity Partners, a private investment firm focused on software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. Prior to joining Vista, Simmons was a partner at Bain & Co. Fortive is a provider of technologies for connected workflow solutions and is headquartered in Everett.

Lighthouse

Lighthouse launched Lighthouse Prism, an in-house technology that uses proprietary AI and machine learning algorithms to analyze text, metadata, and prior attorney work product of documents for a contextualized understanding across an entire portfolio. Seattle-based Lighthouse provides software and services to manage enterprise data for compliance and legal teams.

Kochava

Kochava has earned the TikTok Marketing Partner designation. TikTok is a destination for short-form mobile video. TikTok For Business is the company's global platform for marketing solutions designed to give brands and marketers the tools to engage with the TikTok community. The TikTok For Business Marketing Partner Program helps connect advertisers with technology providers who can help them find success on TikTok. Kochava is a real-time data solutions company offering omni-channel measurement and attribution solutions for data-driven marketers. Kochava also hosts an independent mobile data marketplace, the Kochava Collective. Headquartered in Sandpoint, Idaho, the company has offices globally.

Feb 02, 2021

TrueBlue

Tacoma-based TrueBlue announced that its PeopleReady, PeopleScout and PeopleManagement segments all earned the Top Workplaces USA Award issued by Energage. Winners of the Top Workplaces USA list are chosen based solely on employee feedback gathered through an employee engagement survey conducted by Energage. This is the inaugural year for Top Workplaces USA, and more than 1,100 companies participated in the survey. TrueBlue is a provider of specialized workforce solutions. Its PeopleReady segment offers on-demand, industrial staffing; PeopleManagement offers contingent, on-site industrial staffing and commercial driver services; and PeopleScout offers recruitment process outsourcing and managed service provider solutions.

Klamath River Dams

RES, headquartered in Bellaire, Texas, and the Klamath River Renewal Corp. have signed a contract for RES to provide restoration services in connection with the removal of four dams on the Klamath River. The primary goal of the dam removal is the restoration of more than 400 miles of native vegetation and fish habitat along the historical, pre-dam path of the Klamath River. The design and management plans described in the agreement fulfill the criteria of regulatory agencies involved in the project, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, fisheries agencies in California and Oregon, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

City of Tacoma

The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and their partner the American Beverage Foundation for A Healthy America, have selected Tacoma as the first place winner of the 2021 Childhood Obesity Prevention/Environmental Health and Sustainability Grants Award in the Medium City category. The City of Tacoma's Solid Waste Management will be awarded a grant for $175,000 to improve environmental health and sustainability. Through funding from the USCM, the city's Recycle Reset Project can expand its programs and offer training for residents in how to properly use the city's food and yard waste program, as well as food waste reduction techniques. Through partnerships with community organizations such as Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Pierce Conservation District, Safe Streets, and VT Radio Universal, staff will be able to offer these additional trainings in six languages.

Ellensburg Film Festival

The 2021 Ellensburg Film Festival will be a hybrid event with online ticketed screenings and, if allowed, a live encore screening later in the fall. Organizers have added new judging categories open to regional filmmakers. The Best Pacific Northwest Film Short and Best Pacific Northwest Film Feature categories were created to put the focus of the festival back on Northwest Filmmakers. To be eligible, a narrative or documentary film must have been produced in the Pacific Northwest and feature a cast and crew of at 50 percent Pacific Northwest residents. Tickets go on sale in March.

Jan 29, 2021

City of Tacoma

Selected along with five other participating municipalities across the country, the city of Tacoma has partnered with the National League of Cities (NLC) to facilitate job creation and economic opportunities for Tacoma residents. The city of Tacoma's participation in NLC's Cities of Opportunity initiative, led by Mayor Victoria Woodards, will focus on the Tacoma Anchor Institution Network, a collaborative of the largest place-based employers in Tacoma such as hospital systems, universities, colleges, and governmental and non-profit partners. The Tacoma Anchor Institution Network is among the strategies listed in the city's Tacoma 2025 strategic plan, and focuses on building a stronger, more resilient economy and workforce in Tacoma.

Traction Guest

Traction Guest, a provider of enterprise visitor management systems and employee safety tools, announced Maris Berzins has been appointed vice president of engineering. Berzins is a veteran software engineering and product management executive. At Traction Guest, Berzins will drive the ongoing development of the company's workforce security platform. Prior to joining Traction Guest, Berzins led engineering for Starbucks' loyalty and mobile ordering commerce platform. At global enterprise software company Agilysys Berzins served as the VP of product engineering. Previous roles include a decade-long tenure at Microsoft, where Berzins oversaw the delivery of multiple software products and web services to millions of Microsoft customers around the globe. Most recently, he was the vice president of engineering for Nav.