Jul 14, 2022

MultiCare

James Lee has joined MultiCare Health System as executive vice president of population-based care and chief financial officer. Bringing 30 years of experience in health care, Lee will lead MultiCare's population-based care strategy and oversee financial performance. For 17 years, Lee served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Adventist HealthCare in Gaithersburg, Maryland, before transitioning to the role of chief strategy and growth officer. While at Adventist, Lee introduced employee wellness programs that aimed to identify health issues early and facilitate timely care. Lee also worked for more than a decade to bring a new hospital to a Maryland community in need of a modern health care facility. Prior to Lee's tenure at Adventist, he focused on improving operations at several hospitals and health systems by reducing length of stay and enhancing provider practice management. Lee's educational background includes a bachelor's degree from the Sao Paulo School of Business Administration in Brazil and master's degrees in public health and health administration from Loma Linda University in California. MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, and is the largest community-based, locally governed health system in the state of Washington.

ZoomInfo

Vancouver-based ZoomInfo, a software, data and intelligence firm, has hired Bryan Law as chief marketing officer. Law will lead ZoomInfo's marketing organization and will prioritize driving demand and supporting company growth, enhancing ZoomInfo's brand awareness, and expanding ZoomInfo's thought leadership. Law brings two decades of leadership experience from his time at Salesforce, Tableau, Rackspace, Google, and Monitor Deloitte. Most recently, he served as senior vice president, marketing and general manager of eCommerce at Salesforce, which he joined through the company's acquisition of Tableau. He held a similar role at Rackspace after initially leading strategy and serving as chief of staff to the CEO. Law began his career in strategy, first as a consultant and then as part of the leadership for Google's central strategy team focused on sales, marketing and partnerships.

Rent-A-Center

Rent-A-Center is opening a new store at 1620 Plaza Way in Walla Walla. The grand opening will be on July 16, with Randal Whitsitt as store manager. As a part of Rent-A-Center's mission to give back to those in need, the new store will contribute $1,000 to Blue Mountain Action Council, a local organization dedicated to delivering services and support to poverty-stricken neighbors in Southeast Washington and building stable and thriving communities. Rent-A-Center operates 36 locations in Washington. Rent-A-Center is a provider of technology driven, flexible, no debt obligation leasing solutions that offer underserved consumers access to and potential ownership of durable goods including furniture, appliances, electronics and computers.

SeekOut

Bellevue-based-SeekOut, an enterprise talent optimization platform, has hired Claire Fang as chief product officer. Fang was recently the chief product officer for the EmployeeXM product line at Qualtrics. Throughout her career, she has held various product leadership positions in the tech industry, including leading the business platform product team at Facebook, building and growing Microsoft's cloud platform Azure, consulting experience at McKinsey, and overseeing all product development efforts at a drone startup, eHang. In her new role, Fang will be responsible for product strategy and leading teams to deliver the full suite of talent optimization offerings, including talent acquisition and internal talent solutions. SeekOut has spent the past few months investing in expanding its leadership team. The company has brought on Sam Shaddox as VP of legal, Dailah Lester as VP of revenue operations, and Jana Morrelli as VP of customer success.

Jul 13, 2022

D.A. Davidson

Ramtin

D.A. Davidson announced that Nick Ramtin has joined as managing director in the Financial Sponsors Group, where he will be responsible for further developing the financial sponsor coverage platform, with a focus on broadening and deepening relationships with middle-market private equity firms in the Midwest and on the West Coast. Ramtin has 13 years of industry experience, having served as a principal investor and advisor to private equity clients throughout that time. Most recently, he was with principal Direct Lending, where he provided debt and equity financing to support leveraged buyouts, add-on acquisitions, and recapitalizations for middle-market sponsors. He began his career with BMO Capital Markets and he has worked with several middle-market focused banks including William Blair and KeyBanc. D.A. Davidson Companies is an employee-owned financial services firm offering a range of financial services and advice to individuals, corporations, institutions and municipalities nationwide. The company was founded in 1935 with corporate headquarters in Great Falls, Montana, and regional headquarters in Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Omaha and Seattle.

Strom Manufacturing

Compass Precision, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of custom, close-tolerance metal components for mission-critical applications, announced it has acquired Strom Manufacturing, located in North Plains, Oregon. Strom Manufacturing was founded in 1974 and owned solely by Bill Strom since 2008. Strom serves a select group of high-tech customers and consumer products customers, primarily in the Pacific Northwest. Bill Strom is Strom's President and will continue in his current role going forward. Strom's entire management team and workforce are remaining with the company including Mike Strom, Bill's brother who does much of the firm's CNC programming. Also joining Compass are Strom sales manager Paul Sonderen and quality manager Brian Kedroske. Strom Manufacturing will become the seventh operating company under the Compass umbrella, and the third situated outside the Charlotte area. Together, Compass's operating companies serve a diversified group of customers in the aerospace & defense, space, medical, industrial automation, power generation, telecommunications, high tech, and specialty industrial markets.

Jensen Investment Management

Jensen Investment Management, a 100% employee-owned active equity investment management firm, appointed Phil Bennett as its new director of institutional sales and client service. An industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Bennett has built and managed large, complex relationships with both consultants and plan sponsors. He joins Jensen from Thornburg Investment Management, where he spent four years as regional director of its institutional group, servicing the firm's institutional client base, as well as leading business development in the Western United States and Canada. Previously, he spent four years at Mellon Capital Management, where he was head of global consultant relations, also in the Western United States. In addition, he has held senior positions at GMO, Causeway Capital Management, and EnnisKnupp. Jensen Investment Management is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Jul 12, 2022

Zuper

Schiltz

Zuper, a solutions provider to scale and modernize fast-growing field service organizations, announced the addition of Matthew Schiltz to its advisory board. As an experienced SaaS CEO of both public corporations and private tech start-ups, Schiltz brings extensive executive management and leadership skills. Schiltz is a current member of the board of several growth SaaS companies including Conga, Symend, Showpad and Parachute Health. Zuper's advisory board connects experienced SaaS professionals and entrepreneurs to provide Zuper with intelligent counsel to better serve its customers and improve business performance. Zuper's platform integrates with industry-leading apps and CRMs and comes with personalized support, as well as reporting and analytics. Founded in 2016, Zuper is headquartered in Seattle with offices in India and the Middle East.

Carney Badley

Wiese

Matt Wiese joined Carney Badley Spellman as the chair of the Carney's Estate Planning Practice Group. He focuses primarily in the areas of trusts and estates, closely held family business structures, and international and domestic taxation for high-net-worth individuals. He helps clients through all stages of estate planning, including probate and trust administration. He advises foreign and domestic clients on U.S. federal income, gift, and estate tax matters. Wiese has also worked on significant sales of privately held companies and helps business owners with succession planning and general business law.

Nintendo

Pritchard

Nintendo of America named Devon Pritchard executive vice president of sales, marketing and communications, following her tenure as the acting executive in that role since November 2021. A member of the Nintendo of America team for 16 years, Pritchard previously served as executive vice president of business affairs and publisher relations. While serving as the acting head of sales, marketing and communications, Pritchard has overseen major Nintendo Switch game launches like Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Nintendo Switch Sports. Moving forward, Pritchard will oversee strategy and execution across the U.S. and Canada. In her new role, Pritchard will be report to Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America. Nintendo of America, based in Redmond, serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Americas.