Apr 07, 2021

AAA Washington

Wilson

Bellevue-based AAA Washington, provider of emergency road service in Washington and North Idaho has promoted Carrie Wilson to chief financial officer, following the retirement of CFO John Iwanski. Wilson has been AAA Washington's director of finance since joining the company in March 2019. Prior to AAA Washington, Wilson worked as a CFO consultant through CFO Selections for various small to mid-sized public and private companies in the greater Seattle area. Prior to consulting work, Wilson was the CFO of Zetec. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. In June, Wilson will join the Junior Achievement of Washington Board. Wilson received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a focus in accounting from the University of Washington's Foster School of Business. She is also certified as a CPA in Washington State.

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Frazier Healthcare Partners announced that Jeremy Janson and Shyamal Swami have been promoted to vice president on the growth buyout team. Janson joined Frazier in 2016, and prior to that was an analyst in the investment banking group at Robert W. Baird in Chicago. In 2018 he joined Frazier portfolio company Leiters, a manufacturer of compounded sterile pharmaceuticals, as their director of strategic initiatives before re-joining the investment team in 2019 as a senior associate. Swami also joined Frazier Healthcare in 2016. Prior to that, Swami was an analyst in the healthcare investment banking group at Harris Williams in San Francisco, where he worked with middle-market companies on a variety of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions engagements. Founded in 1991, Frazier Healthcare Partners is a provider of growth and venture capital to healthcare companies. Frazier has offices in Seattle and Menlo Park, CA, and invests across the United States, Canada and Europe.

ReadySub

Tyler Technologies has acquired Seattle-based ReadySub, a cloud-based platform that assists school districts with absence tracking, filling substitute teacher assignments, and automating essential payroll processes. ReadySub serves approximately 1,000 school districts across the United States, approximately 20 of which overlap with Tyler's 2,000 school district clients. Founded by David Vail and Vince Zanella, ReadySub management and staff will become part of Tyler's organization and its current employees are expected to remain working remotely. Tyler Technologies provides integrated software and technology services to the public sector, and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

Apr 06, 2021

Liberty Bank

Georgieva

Arnold

Balthazar

Liberty Bank hired three new relationship team members to round out its staff in Poulsbo. MaryDennise Balthazar brings more than 25 years of experience in banking to her new role as first vice president and bank operations officer. She has worked for banks in Hawaii and Washington. Loreen Arnold joins Liberty Bank as vice president and senior relationship manager. Arnold previously worked for banks in Oregon, California and Washington. Galina Georgieva joins Liberty Bank's Poulsbo branch as relationship manager after working elsewhere as a teller, customer service specialist, operations supervisor, credit analyst and consumer loan officer. Liberty Bank is headquartered in Poulsbo and has an office in Bellevue.

PACCAR

PACCAR announced that the current semiconductor shortage has reduced its truck deliveries in the first quarter of 2021 by approximately 3,000 vehicles. PACCAR's first quarter 2021 truck deliveries are estimated to be approximately 42,000 vehicles, compared to 40,800 vehicles delivered in the fourth quarter of 2020. PACCAR anticipates that the semiconductor shortage will continue in the second quarter. North American and European truck industry orders continue to be strong. PACCAR's forecast for 2021 truck industry retail sales remains unchanged.

Paint Recycling

A new paint recycling program in the state of Washington allows households and businesses to recycle leftover paint, stain, and varnish conveniently and sustainably. The program is operated by PaintCare, a nonprofit organization created by the paint industry through the American Coatings Association to manage leftover paint in states that have enacted paint stewardship laws. PaintCare will provide more than 200 drop-off sites across Washington, which include paint retail stores and locally managed government facilities. Washington's paint recycling program was made possible under the paint stewardship law, which was passed by the Washington State Legislature, and signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2019. The law ensures that everyone who produces, sells, and uses paint work together to manage its entire life cycle. Visit http://www.paintcare.org/WA for more information about the PaintCare program or to find a drop-off site.

State of Alaska

The Alaska Legislature unanimously passed Senate Bill 24, and it has been signed into law by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The new law allows corporate shareholder meetings and nonprofit member meetings to be held via remote communications. Previous Alaska Statutes required these meetings to be held in-person. Earlier, International law firm Dorsey & Whitney helped obtain an emergency order from the governor to temporarily suspended certain state laws during the coronavirus public health crisis and allow all Alaska corporations to hold virtual and hybrid annual shareholder meetings on short notice. Every Alaska corporation must have an annual shareholder meeting, and the previous Alaska Statutes required that corporations hold these meetings in-person. Dorsey attorneys Jill McLeod, Bonnie Paskvan and Siena Caruso worked closely with sponsors of Senate Bill 24 to comprehensively amend existing state statutes governing how corporations of all types may “meet.”

Apr 02, 2021

Brightwork Consulting

Rogers

Brightwork Consulting has hired Rob Rogers as vice president, business development. Rogers has more than 20 years of experience in business development, advisory services, and strategy for healthcare information technology clients. Rogers will lead Brightwork's business development and sales efforts. Seattle-based Brightwork Consulting is a healthcare IT consulting firm specializing in business/IT strategy, change management, risk mitigation and project management.

State of Washington

Duffy

Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Megan Duffy as the new director of the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), the largest state agency grantor of funding for outdoor recreation and habitat conservation efforts in Washington. She replaces Kaleen Cottingham, who is retiring and has served the agency since 2007. Duffy has more than 20 years of experience working in natural resources in Washington. She has served as the department supervisor for the Washington Department of Natural Resources, where she oversaw the daily operations of the agency and its 1,500 employees. Duffy also was the executive coordinator of the Governor's Salmon Recovery Office. She currently is the deputy director of the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board. RCO is a state agency that awards grants to cities, counties, tribes, nonprofits and state and federal agencies to build and improve parks, trails, boating facilities, water access sites and firearm and archery shooting ranges. The agency also awards grants to preserve working farms and forests and to conserve fish and other wildlife habitat.

Clearwater Analytics

Boise-based Clearwater Analytics has named Microsoft veteran Suraj Poozhiyil as senior vice president of product. In this capacity, Poozhiyil will lead the company's end-to-end product development strategy, including the addition of new features and expansion into new markets. Prior to his role at Clearwater, Poozhiyil held a wide variety of product and engineering leadership roles at Microsoft for over 20 years. Most recently, he served as partner director of product management for the Dynamics 365 Connected Store. Poozhiyil is an inventor with over 30 worldwide patents in data analysis, visualizations and data security.

Funko

Funko, a pop culture consumer products company, announced it has acquired a majority ownership stake in TokenWave, the developer of TokenHead, a mobile app and website for showcasing and tracking Non-Fungible Token (“NFT”) holdings. TokenHead is available on iOS and Android. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. The investment accelerates Funko's initial entry into the NFT market and will extend the Company's pop culture platform to include digital assets. Funko expects to launch its initial NFT offerings in June. Headquartered in Everett, Funko designs, sources and distributes licensed pop culture products across multiple categories, including vinyl figures, action toys, plush, apparel, board games and housewares.