Dec 13, 2022

NuScale Power

Fujino

Chung

NuScale Power, a provider of small modular reactor nuclear technology, appointed two new board members, Bum-Jin Chung and Shinji Fujino. Chung is a professor in the Nuclear Engineering Department at Kyung Hee University in South Korea. He is an expert in nuclear thermal hydraulics and safety and began his career at South Korea's Ministry of Science and Technology. While at Kyung Hee University, Chung has served on various government and industry committees on nuclear safety, research and development, and national energy and electricity planning. Fujino works as a senior advisor at Unison Capital. From 2016 to 2021, he worked as the managing executive officer and global head of Equity Finance Group at Japan Bank for International Cooperation, a Japanese governmental agency. Previously he served at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan. Founded in 2007, NuScale is headquartered in Portland, and has offices in Corvallis, Oregon; Rockville, Maryland; Richland; and London.

Skytap

Tripathi

Seattle-based Skytap appointed Rahul Tripathi as chief product and technology officer to lead the company's Product and Engineering teams. Tripathi was the CTO and general manager of services and solutions engineering at Nutanix. Before Nutanix, Tripathi was VP of product management and engineering at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He also worked at Cisco for over a decade, where he brought the first cloud router and virtualization-enabled branch servers to market. Skytap is a cloud service purpose-built to natively run traditional systems in Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud. Skytap was recently named to the Microsoft Global Independent Software Vendor Program and certified by SAP for Cloud and Infrastructure Operations. Skytap is also used by hundreds of enterprises worldwide to run virtual labs for training, sales demos and POCs.

Cyemptive Technologies

Snohomish-based Cyemptive Technologies announced a business expansion, including the opening of a new regional office in North Carolina to support its growing East Coast customer base. The new office, which is the second in a series planned by the company, is located in Wilson, North Carolina, near the Raleigh-Durham business corridor. This is part of a set of strategic actions, including building infrastructure, the company is taking to position itself for its next level of growth. Rob Pike, founder of the company and recently named “Cybersecurity CEO of the Year” by CEO Monthly Magazine, is overseeing the opening and implementation of the office. Assisting him is Gary Zelanko, former chief computer architect for the NSA and Cyemptive chief information security officer.

Dec 09, 2022

Laird Norton

McGuigan

Seattle-based Laird Norton Company appointed Brian McGuigan as chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2023. McGuigan will follow current CEO, Jeff Vincent, who is retiring after 22 years. Vincent will remain as an advisor to the Laird Norton Board of Directors to assist with the transition until he formally retires on June 30, 2023. McGuigan joined the seventh-generation family-owned firm in 2012. He and Vincent are the only non-family member CEOs since the company's inception in 1855. During Vincent's tenure, which began in 2001, the 167-year-old company has changed significantly. Vincent strengthened LNC's investment approach, diversifying into new lines of business, and leading the successful sale of Lanoga, a building material retailer. Today, Laird Norton Company focuses on real estate (Laird Norton Properties and Heartland) and wealth management (Laird Norton Wealth Management), and actively seeks to acquire profitable, capital efficient businesses. McGuigan, who most recently has been serving as the company's chief operating officer, started as LNC's manager, corporate investments; advanced to director, corporate investments in 2015; VP corporate investments and compliance in 2017; VP strategy and corporate development in 2018; and executive vice President, enterprise strategy and corporate development in 2021. As CEO, McGuigan will oversee the company's organization, investments, and strategic initiatives. Additionally, McGuigan will serve on the boards of Laird Norton Wealth Management and Heartland, and as chair of the Laird Norton Properties Real Estate Committee.

AIM Consulting

Mallahan

AIM Consulting, an Addison Group company, and technology consulting firm, promoted Mike Mallahan to president. Mallahan, based in Seattle, oversees the brand's technology solutions and strategic national geographic expansion. Mallahan, a 24-year veteran in consulting, has been with AIM for five years, starting as managing director of consulting prior to his current role as vice president of consulting. Mallahan led AIM Consulting to receive multiple recognitions, including Consulting Magazine's “Fastest Growing Firms for 2022,” American Business Association Silver Stevie Award for “Healthcare Technology Solution,” and National Association for Business Resources Pacific Northwest “2022 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.” Mallahan holds a degree in Management Information Systems from Washington State University and is a board member of CougsFirst!, a WSU business network. AIM Consulting will continue to maintain its headquarters in Seattle. With its new leadership structure, AIM plans to expand into new markets in alignment with Addison Group and its partner brands. Founded in 199, Addison Group is a professional services firm specializing in talent solutions and consulting.

Taqtile

Schwartz

Decorated 4-Star General Thomas Schwartz, USA, Ret., has joined Seattle-based Taqtile as a strategic advisor in Taqtile's growing global defense business. Schwartz will advise and support the evolution and adoption of the company's Manifest platform for use in the defense industry. Current usage of Manifest by military customers includes the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, the Royal Australian Navy, and other Allied defense forces, as well as OEMs and systems integrators around the globe. Manifest is designed to empower industrial workers and military personnel to complete often complex procedures more consistently and accurately by decreasing cognitive load and stress. Schwartz has held numerous leadership positions in Korea, Germany, and the U.S. Among his roles was the command of Fort Hood in Texas, the third largest military base in the U.S. Schwartz graduated from West Point in 1967, and received a Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart during his service in Vietnam.

Dec 08, 2022

Oggvo

Seattle-based Oggvo announced that Maureen Ezekwugo joined the company as chief executive officer. Ezekwugo brings experience at driving revenue growth, building high-performing teams, and delivering customer value in competitive business markets, having served most recently as chief customer officer at RealSelf, an online destination for consumers shopping in the aesthetic medicine space. Ezekwugo succeeded outgoing CEO Sam Cohen Brown. Cohen Brown will assume the role of president and remain active in the business along with Jordan Richter, who will continue as chief financial officer. Oggvo was founded in 2018 by Cohen Brown and Richter. The Oggvo platform simplifies the customer experience with tools that enable small to medium-sized businesses to grow their online reputation and increase visibility.

NAVEX

NAVEX, a provider of integrated risk and compliance management software, hired Florian Haarhaus as the company's international general manager, reporting directly to CEO and president, Sean Thompson. Haarhaus is responsible for leading NAVEX's international business, spearheading strategic initiatives to extend NAVEX solutions across high growth markets. Prior to joining NAVEX, Haarhaus was the general manager and vice president, sales EMEA at Seattle-based Nintex, where he directly oversaw all go-to-market activity across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Haarhaus has 30 years of international experience in the software and SaaS industry, having built and run teams across Europe, the Middle East and Asia for companies like Oracle, Lotus-IBM, Salesforce, Box and, most recently, Nintex. His key areas of focus include setting international go-to-market strategies, M&A integrations, international expansion and developing partner ecosystems. NAVEX is based in the Portland area.

Lasher Holzapfel

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson announced that Amanda Kuehne has joined the firm's Corporate & Business Law, Estate Planning Trusts & Probate and Tax Law practice groups. Kuehne will assist clients on a range of estate planning, trust and business issues. In addition, she will advise business clients on entity selection and formation as well as negotiating business agreements and related transactions. Lasher Holzapfel was founded nearly 50 years ago in Seattle.

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

Festival of Trees, the largest annual fundraiser for Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, returned in person this year for its two signature events, Tinsel on the Town and Festival Gala. The events raised over $1.97 million for critical programs and services at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital. Festival of Trees is organized by the Mary Bridge Children's Foundation in partnership with the Mary Bridge Brigade. The Brigade is the hospital's largest donor and, since its founding in 1921, has raised more than $50 million for Mary Bridge Children's Hospital programs and services. Presenting sponsors for this year's Festival of Trees were E9 Brewing Company and Tom & Meg Names Family Foundation. The Mary Bridge Children's Foundation supports uncompensated care and clinical and community programs not covered by insurance for patients and families at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma. Mary Bridge Children's serves more than 300,000 children each year. More than half of the families served at Mary Bridge Children's are low-income, and more than 60 percent of families are on Medicaid. Founded in 1955, Mary Bridge Children's Hospital is the state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washington, and also provides primary, specialty and urgent care services at its outpatient centers and clinics across the South Sound, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Gig Harbor, Olympia, Auburn, Covington, Maple Valley, Federal Way, Bonney Lake and Poulsbo.