Jun 30, 2021

ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo has released the ZoomInfo Recruiter platform. ZoomInfo Recruiter is built specifically for recruiting teams to identify, target, and connect with top talent so they can fill open requisitions with the right individuals quickly and efficiently. Through the platform, staffing agencies, executive recruiters, corporate recruiters, and sourcers can uncover data such as work history, educational background, and department organizational charts to better understand candidates' managerial, functional, and technical experience. Recruiters can apply preset filters in order to focus on specific initiatives, including diversity, equity, and inclusion. Headquartered in Vancouver, ZoomInfo is a go-to-market intelligence solution for more than 20,000 companies worldwide.

LeoStella

LeoStella, a specialized satellite constellation design and manufacturing company, delivered its first satellite to Loft Orbital Solutions. LeoStella delivered the “Yet Another Mission-3” (YAM-3) satellite to Cape Canaveral for an upcoming SpaceX launch. The YAM-3 satellite will host a variety of payloads, including a demonstration for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Blackjack program and an Internet of Things payload for Eutelsat. The satellite is part of a broader contract to build and integrate satellite buses for several upcoming Loft Orbital missions. Based in Tukwila, LeoStella is a joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and BlackSky. Loft Orbital deploys and operates space infrastructure, providing access to orbit for customer missions.

Remote Medical International

Seattle-based Remote Medical International, a provider of workplace health and safety services for Fortune 100 corporations and government services prime contractors, announced it received the Vanguard Award for medium companies from the International Stability Operations Association. The award recognizes businesses that go above and beyond in the government contracting community and exemplify the association's ideals, including accountability, transparency, and ethics. The award recognized RMI for providing health and safety support to companies operating in remote locations worldwide. RMI won the Vanguard Award for small companies in 2019. It is the fourth ISOA award RMI has received. The ISOA is the only worldwide association representing the stability sector exclusively. The nonprofit association serves as the primary point of strategic engagement for the government and private sector in support of global stability operations. Remote Medical International protects the health and wellbeing of workers in diverse job sites, from remote pipeline installations to offshore wind and maritime operations.

Jun 29, 2021

Accelerator Life Science Partners

Accelerator Life Science Partners (ALSP), an early-stage life science accelerator and investment firm, has promoted Alice Chen, Ph.D., to executive vice president and added Ronald Howell as senior advisor. Chen has more than 15 years of research, drug development, and executive management experience. She joined ALSP as a principal in 2013 to support ALSP portfolio company operations and to provide executive oversight over a broad range of preclinical development activities across the ALSP portfolio. Howell most recently served as president and CEO of Washington Research Foundation (WRF), where he led the expansion of WRF from primarily an intellectual property management organization into one of the largest private foundations in the state of Washington. ALSP, headquartered in Seattle, is a minority-owned firm that seeks to promote diversity and inclusion in the health care industry.

AWS BugBust

Amazon Web Services announced the AWS BugBust Challenge, a global competition for developers to collectively eliminate 1 million software bugs. Developers from around the world can join the challenge by creating an AWS BugBust event for their organization in the Amazon CodeGuru console—and compete for prizes by identifying and fixing bugs in their applications. By fixing bugs and achieving cost savings for their organizations, developers climb the AWS BugBust leaderboard to receive achievement badges, prizes, and a chance for an expense-paid trip to attend AWS Invent 2021 in Las Vegas. Additional information about the AWS BugBust Challenge is available at aws.amazon.com/bugbust.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile US announced that Letitia “Tish” Long has been appointed to its board of directors. Long has also been appointed to the board's nominating and corporate governance committee and will serve as the company's national security director as part of national security commitments connected to its merger with Sprint. Long has nearly 40 years of experience in security and intelligence as well as organizational leadership, business functions and global operations. She served as the fifth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and was the first woman to lead a major U.S. intelligence agency. She previously served as the deputy director of Naval Intelligence, the first deputy undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (Policy, Requirements and Resources), the first chief information officer, and later, deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Jun 25, 2021

Convoy

Li

Seattle-based digital freight network Convoy appointed Dorothy Li as chief technology officer. As CTO, Li will oversee Convoy's engineering teams and technology strategy, shaping and scaling the company's innovation and technology platforms. Convoy co-founder Grant Goodale, who served as the company's previous CTO, will move into a new role overseeing the company's carrier marketplace. Prior to Convoy, Li held several leadership roles at Amazon, and most recently was vice president of BI and analytics at Amazon Web Services. During her 23 years at Amazon, Li helped build out Amazon's ecommerce platform and launch Amazon Prime.

Climate Pledge Arena

Climate Pledge Arena and the Seattle Kraken named Ste. Michelle Wine Estates as the official wine partner of both the team and the arena. Ste. Michelle will showcase wines from its Chateau Ste. Michelle and 14 Hands wineries. Climate Pledge Arena will feature a Chateau Ste. Michelle branded wine bar named The Chateau in the arena's Mount Baker Hall for club level season ticket holders. The arena will also have a 14 Hands Marketplace near the main entrance that will sell two new Kraken white and red blend cans. Chateau Ste. Michelle will release a 2017 Collector's Edition Reserve cabernet sauvignon sourced from vineyards in the Columbia Valley. In celebration of the partnership and in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Stanley Cup champion Seattle Metropolitans, Chateau Ste. Michelle has also produced two 9-liter bottles of 2017 cabernet sauvignon. One of these custom bottles will be cellared at Climate Pledge Arena, to be opened when the Kraken win their first Stanley Cup. The other bottle will be auctioned off at this year's Auction of Washington Wines. Climate Pledge Arena will open in October as the home of the Seattle Kraken, Seattle Storm and over 100 nights of live entertainment a year.

Central Washington University

The Central Washington University College of Business is launching a new minor/certificate program in food and agribusiness management and marketing this fall, in response to the workforce and education needs identified around the region. The minor/certificate is open to all CWU students, and focuses on preparing for careers in the food and ag sectors, specifically in the areas of marketing and management, human resources, operations management, food service management and product management. Associate professor of marketing Claudia Dumitrescu led the effort to launch the program.

Amazon

Amazon announced 14 new renewable energy projects in the U.S., Canada, Finland and Spain to advance its goal to power 100% of company activities with renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of the original target of 2030. Amazon says it is now the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the world. The latest utility-scale solar and wind projects will supply renewable energy for Amazon's corporate offices, fulfillment centers and Amazon Web Services data centers. Amazon will now have a total of 232 renewable energy projects globally, including 85 utility-scale wind and solar projects and 147 solar rooftops on facilities and stores worldwide.