May 18, 2021

Carney Badley

Tribe

Sidney Tribe has been elected shareholder at the Seattle law firm Carney Badley Spellman. Her practice is primarily civil appeals in both state and federal courts, which has been her focus for the last twelve years. She has litigated more than 130 appellate cases, including more than 60 as lead counsel. Before entering private practice, Tribe was a law clerk for the Honorable William Baker at Division One of the Washington State Court of Appeals.

ExtraHop

Seattle-based ExtraHop announced Inc. Magazine has listed ExtraHop on its annual list of Best Workplaces for the second consecutive year. Inc. Magazine received thousands of applications and developed a list of 429 organizations, who elevate company culture and employee experience, whether in the office or at home. Each nominated company took part in a third-party employee survey on topics including trust, management effectiveness, and benefits, which Inc. Magazine then gathered, analyzed, and audited to determine its 2021 honorees. ExtraHop is a provider of cloud-native network detection and response with 30 recent industry awards including Forbes AI 50, Cybercrime Ransomware 25, and SC Media Security Innovator.

Amazon

Amazon is hiring 75,000 people in its fulfillment and logistics network across the U.S. and Canada. Amazon recently announced pay increases across its fulfillment and transportation networks, and these open roles offer an average starting pay of over $17 per hour, plus sign-on bonuses in many locations of up to $1,000. Hiring for the 75,000 roles is already underway. Interested candidates can visit amazon.com/apply to learn more. The locations with the most open roles include Washington.

POSaBIT

POSaBIT Systems has appointed Matthew Fowler as chief financial officer of POSaBIT. As CFO, Fowler will be responsible for oversight and management of finance, legal, human resources, and operations. Fowler was most recently senior vice president of finance and accounting at AuthenticID, where he directed the finance, accounting, and reporting of a rapidly growing fraud prevention and identity verification SaaS platform. Prior to that, he was vice president of finance and reporting at Phytelligence, and director and corporate controller in charge of accounting and reporting for Rhapsody International, an international streaming music company. POSaBIT is a financial technology company that delivers blockchain-enabled payment processing and point-of-sale systems for cash-only businesses.

May 14, 2021

Edifecs

Edifecs, a global health information technology company, added four executives to accelerate growth across multiple functions of the business. Dan Madden joins as chief financial officer, Lisa Anastos as general counsel, Sundar Shenbagam as senior vice president of engineering, and Scott Davis as associate vice president of product marketing and demand generation. Madden most recently was executive vice president and CFO for Ellie Mae, a cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry. Anastos has over 20 years of legal expertise advising Fortune 100 companies and industry leaders in financial services, health care and technology. Prior to joining Edifecs, she was the general counsel of Prove, Acoustic and Falconhead Capital. Shenbagam joins Edifecs from Oracle, where he spent 24 years building multiple enterprise products and cloud services. Davis most recently was head of marketing for MedeAnalytics, a health care enterprise analytics software-as-a-service provider. Edifecs recently received several awards, including Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare, Puget Sound Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies, and Best in Biz Awards' Gold winner in the Best Place to Work category. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, with additional offices in Atlanta and Mohali, India, and an engineering center in Moldova.

Spaceflight

Global launch services provider Spaceflight announced it will be launching 36 customer payloads to sun synchronous orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-2 mission, scheduled to launch no earlier than June. The company purchased three ports on the mission, dubbed ‘SXRS-5' by Spaceflight, and is managing the launch integration and mission management services for the 36 payloads, including six microsatellites, 29 cubesats and one hosted payload. The mission also represents the first time the company will fly two different orbital transportation vehicles and the launch of the industry's first-ever electric propulsion vehicle, Sherpa-LTE1. Spaceflight is managing the launch for 14 organizations' spacecraft from seven countries. Based in Seattle, Spaceflight has successfully launched hundreds of satellites and is part of the Mitsui & Co. portfolio, operating as an independent U.S.-based company.

Alaska Communications

Alaska Communications will participate in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, which will help households struggling financially during the pandemic. The Federal Communications Commission recently established the program using COVID-19 relief funds. It will give eligible Alaska households a discount on broadband service of up to $75 a month. As a participating provider, the company will receive reimbursement for delivering broadband to eligible households. A household is eligible if one member qualifies for the Lifeline program, receives government assistance such as free and reduce-priced school lunch or a Pell Grant, or has experienced a substantial loss of income due to the pandemic. Alaska Communications provides advanced broadband and managed IT services for businesses and consumers in Alaska. Information about the program is at http://www.AlaskaCommunications.com/EBB.

May 13, 2021

Summit Bank

DeVita

Angela DeVita, a 20-year Portland-based banking veteran, has joined Summit Bank as vice president, relationship banking manager for the Portland Metropolitan and Southwest Washington market. DeVita has extensive experience reviewing, analyzing and supporting the ongoing needs of complex deposit account relationships. She is a 2018 graduate of the Executive Leadership program for the Oregon Bankers Association and a member of the Association for Financial Professionals of Oregon and SW Washington. Summit Bank, with offices in Eugene/Springfield, Central Oregon and the Portland Metropolitan area, specializes in providing service to professionals and medium-sized businesses and their owners. Summit was recognized in 2020 as the Top Small Business Administration Community Bank Lender in the state of Oregon.

City of Tacoma

The Tacoma City Council has reappointed Elizabeth Pauli to the position of city manager for a two-year period beginning May 16, 2021 and ending May 15, 2023. Pauli started serving as Tacoma's interim city manager in February 2017, until she was appointed to an initial two-year term as city manager in May 2017 and reappointed to another two-year term as city manager in May 2019. Prior to her appointment as city manager, Pauli served as Tacoma's city attorney. She first joined the city of Tacoma in May 1998 as chief assistant city attorney. Prior to joining the city of Tacoma, she was a partner at Tacoma law firm McGavick Graves.

University of Washington

Jewell

Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Barack Obama and former CEO of REI, has been appointed as the Edward V. Fritzky Endowed Chair in Leadership at the UW Foster School of Business for the 2021-2022 school year. Established in 2002, this faculty position is designed to bring distinguished leaders to campus to share their expertise with faculty and students. Jewell is currently on the boards of Costco, Symetra Financial, Green Diamond Resource and The Nature Conservancy, where she recently served as interim CEO. The Edward V. Fritzky Endowed Chair in Leadership was established by Amgen as a gift honoring the career of Edward Fritzky, retired chairman, president and CEO of Immunex. Previous Fritzky Chairs include: Chris Petersen, former head football coach at the UW and Boise State University; Charles Pigott, former chairman of PACCAR; Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks North America; Dorrit Bern, former CEO of Charming Shoppes; and Paula and Steve Reynolds, former CEO's of Safeco and Puget Sound Energy, respectively.