Mar 16, 2021

Department of Corrections

Thompson

Secretary Stephen Sinclair has named Adrian Thompson as the Washington Department of Corrections' interim Equity & Inclusion Administrator. He has worked for the Department of Corrections as a staff psychologist for over two years. In his previous work, Thompson helped research mental health disparities in the court system, advocated and treated youth who were sexually abused and co-created a medical mentoring program designed to target disparities in high school achievement and medical school enrollment. He earned his doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Howard University. Thompson takes over from Karen Johnson, who was recently appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to the role of director of the Office of Equity.

ExtraHop

ExtraHop, a provider of cloud-native network detection and response, has received several product and company award recognitions in the 2021 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. ExtraHop was named a Best Cybersecurity Company and a Fastest-Growing Cybersecurity Company. Additionally, Reveal(x) was recognized for two product awards including a Gold Award in Artificial Intelligence Security and a Silver Award in AWS Cloud Security. These awards recognize the company for its demonstrated excellence and innovation in improving hybrid and cloud security for the enterprise. ExtraHop is headquartered in Seattle.

Smartsheet

Bellevue-based Smartsheet appointed Alissa Abdullah its board of directors. Abdullah currently serves as deputy chief security officer at Mastercard. Prior to Mastercard, she served in several executive roles including vice president, chief information security officer at Xerox, chief information security officer at Stryker and deputy chief information officer for the White House during the Obama administration. Smartsheet is an enterprise platform for dynamic work.

Mar 12, 2021

City of Tacoma

Tacoma District 1 Councilmember John Hines received a Certificate of Municipal Leadership from the Association of Washington Cities (AWC). AWC's Certificate of Municipal Leadership program recognizes city and town elected officials for accomplishing training in four core areas: roles, responsibilities and legal requirements; public sector resource management; community planning and development; and effective local leadership. Hines completed more than 30 hours of training credits to earn this distinction. He has served on the Tacoma City Council since January 2020. Founded in 1933, AWC is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation that represents Washington's 281 cities and towns before the state legislature, the state executive branch, and with regulatory agencies.

Fortive

Fortive has appointed Daniel Comas to its Board of Directors. Comas served as executive vice president of Danaher from April 2005 through December 2020, including as chief financial officer through December 2018. Comas currently serves as an advisor to Danaher and is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Fortive also announced that Steven Rales and Mitchell Rales will not seek re-election to the board at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in June 2021 when their current terms will expire. Fortive is a provider of technologies for connected workflow solutions across a range of end-markets, and is headquartered in Everett.

Smartsheet

Bellevue-based Smartsheet announced Sonnedix, a global solar Independent Power Producer, selected Smartsheet to help implement new initiatives around training, remote work, and health and safety. Sonnedix develops, builds, owns and operates more than 330 solar plants in eight countries. In response to the shift to remote working, Sonnedix's HR team created a portal with resources that allow employees to request and receive training. Global employees can now book and be approved for training sessions with Smartsheet automation.

Mar 11, 2021

Lockton Washington

Lockton Companies, an independent insurance brokerage and risk management firm, hired Peter Tran, a property risk management expert, as senior vice president. Since opening its Washington practice last year, Lockton has bolstered its local presence and Seattle-based Real Estate and Employee Benefits client service teams. Tran most recently served as a vice president and Real Estate Practice Group lead with Seattle brokerage firm Parker, Smith & Feek. With 20 years of experience developing risk management solutions for property owners, developers, contractors, and managers, Tran specializes in affordable housing insurance and non-profit housing development.

BitTitan

BitTitan, the developer of MigrationWiz and a provider of managed services automation, announced Manoj Kalyanaraman as the company's new vice president of product and engineering. Kalyanaraman will be headquartered in BitTitan's Singapore office. He joined BitTitan in 2019 as a director of engineering and site leader. Prior to joining BitTitan, Kalyanaraman held the role of chief technology officer for the hospitality industry's Next Story Group. His experience includes an extended tenure with Intuit in India and the United States. At Intuit, he led a global engineering organization, heading the TurboTax suite of products for the United States and Canadian markets. BitTitan has offices in Seattle and Singapore.

JND Legal Administration

Legal management and administration company, JND Legal Administration has again been named as the Best Class Action Claims Administrator by U.S. attorneys and legal service providers, as published in the National Law Journal's ‘Best of 2021' annual reader survey. The NLJ ‘Best of 2021' is the 10th annual edition of the national survey and lists the nation's top providers across more than 60 legal service categories. The survey recognizes best-in-class service providers and functions as a vendor guide for law firms and businesses in search of peer-approved legal products and services. The ‘Best of' survey is open to readers of the Journal. Survey winners are determined by popular vote. Founded in 2016 by Jennifer Keough, Neil Zola and David Isaac, JND has offices in Washington, California, Minnesota, New York and Washington, D.C.

Plunk

Bellevue-based Plunk, a mobile app using AI, machine learning, and computer vision to help homeowners increase their home's value, announced its launch. Plunk is led by tech, data science, and real estate industry veterans Brian Lent, David Bluhm, and Mike Shapiro. The Plunk app features include real-time valuation and recommendations of specific remodeling projects that will have the most impact on a home's value and provide the greatest returns. Plunk co-founder and CEO Lent has worked with companies such as Amazon, Nokia, IBM, and HERE Technologies. Bluhm, co-founder and president, has spent over three decades building and growing tech startups. Shapiro, investor and managing director at Plunk was the co-founder and CEO of HOM, which later merged with Pacific Sotheby's International Realty. As part of its initial rollout, Plunk will be available in the greater Seattle area.