Dec 16, 2022

NuScale Power

Feldman

NuScale Power named Karin Feldman interim chief operating officer/chief nuclear officer, effective Jan. 6. Current COO/CNO, Dale Atkinson, will retire on Jan. 5, after more than eight years with NuScale. As interim COO/CNO, Feldman will have full responsibility for the operations, engineering, program management, quality assurance, information technology, and regulatory affairs functions and will report to John Hopkins, NuScale's president and CEO. Feldman joined NuScale in 2012 and presently serves as vice president, program management office, and is responsible for establishing and maintaining project management, project controls, cost estimating, and risk management standards. She is the primary NuScale interface for U.S. Department of Energy cooperative agreement management and is responsible for the development and oversight of the NuScale project portfolio. Feldman will maintain these duties while she assumes the role of interim COO/CNO. Prior to NuScale, Feldman spent over a decade in the aerospace industry supporting program development activities for next-generation space and launch systems. Founded in 2007, NuScale is headquartered in Portland, and has offices in Corvallis, Oregon; Rockville, Maryland; Richland; and London.

Standard Insurance

Krpan

Shervey

Standard Insurance (The Standard) announced that Jon Shervey has been promoted to second vice president for customer service in Employee Benefits. Shervey joined The Standard in 2003 and has held various roles in Employee Benefits National Accounts, including proposals and new customer implementation. Shervey has also led a team focused on scaling The Standard's market presence in the small employer segment. In his new role, he'll lead a cross-functional team dedicated to providing employee benefits to the company's largest group customer as well as small group customers. Additionally, Jessica Krpan is joining the company as second vice president of business integration for its Retirement Plans business. Krpan will lead the team charged with incorporating The Standard's recent acquisition of Securian Financial's recordkeeping business. Prior to joining The Standard, Krpan spent more than 17 years in finance, innovation and strategy roles at Allstate Insurance. The Standard, headquartered in Portland, has been in business since 1906, and provides financial products and services for groups and individuals.

Spaceflight

Global launch services provider Spaceflight announced it's preparing its final launch of 2022. Spaceflight provided the launch and integration services for Kleos Space's fourth satellite cluster, Observer, through ISISPACE Group on SpaceX's Transporter 6 rideshare mission. The four Kleos spacecraft are heading to a 525-kilometer sun synchronous orbit aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This launch represents Spaceflight's 55th launch since its inception. With the Transporter 6 mission, Spaceflight will have completed 10 missions in 2022, including the successful debut launches of its experimental OTV for hosted payloads, Sherpa-AC in May, and its chemical propulsion OTV Sherpa-LTC in September. Earlier this year, Spaceflight celebrated a major milestone – its 50th mission, which flew aboard a Rocket Lab Electron, and moved into a new 39,000-square-foot office headquarters and state-of-the-art integration facility space in Bellevue. In 2023, Spaceflight plans to execute 10-15 missions and work with more launch vehicle providers to launch customer payloads to their desired orbital destinations. Based in Seattle, Spaceflight has successfully launched hundreds of satellites and is a part of the Mitsui & Co. portfolio, operating as an independent, U.S.-based company.

Dec 15, 2022

Curi Bio

Fisher

Curi Bio co-founder and chief business officer Elliot Fisher has been listed as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in healthcare. In its 12th annual 30 Under 30 list, Forbes recognizes a set of young professionals in 20 separate categories, each of which showcase how the leaders are tackling the problems of today. Curi Bio develops platforms to build and measure functional models of human tissues for drug discovery, and aims to reduce reliance on animal models in drug development. Curi Bio is headquartered in Seattle.

Verasonics

Ultrasound research firm Verasonics expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Don Christopher as chief technology officer and Stacy Douthitt as chief business officer. In addition, the company has added Alex Exposito as director of commercial sales. Ken Linkhart,Verasonics' former CTO, is continuing as the organization's first technical fellow. Christopher joined Verasonics in April 2021 as vice president of engineering. He came to Verasonics with 35 years of experience in ultrasound product development and research leadership roles at medical imaging commercial companies including ATL Ultrasound, Philips Medical Systems, Kona Medical, FUJIFILM SonoSite, and Siemens Healthineers. Douthitt is a senior marketing leader with 30 years of experience in commercial strategy and global marketing for medical device and life science firms. Douthitt is also responsible for customer success, product marketing & communications, as well as strategic marketing & alliances. Prior to Verasonics, Exposito was vice president of sales at EchoLight Medical, a developer of bone densitometry solutions. Verasonics is a privately held company founded in 2001, with headquarters in Kirkland. Verasonics is focused on providing researchers and developers with the tools to enable them to develop new algorithms and products used in biomedical ultrasound, materials science, earth sciences, and the physics of acoustics and ultrasonics.

Aduro

Aduro, a SaaS provider of employee well-being solutions, added Amanda Conway to its executive leadership team as chief growth officer. Conway brings more than 10 years of experience in the health technology and digital healthcare industries. She is also a registered dietitian nutritionist, specializing in behavioral and lifestyle changes for healthy living. Prior to joining Aduro, Conway worked as senior vice president of employer strategy and sales at Talkspace, director of enterprise growth for Healthie Inc., and senior dietitian and program advisor at CoachCare. She also currently serves as an advisory board member for Wellory Health. Aduro is based in Redmond, and was chosen this year as a Ragan's Workplace Wellness Hot List winner, honored as among America's top 20 well-being solution providers.

Qumulo

Seattle-based Qumulo, a data storage and management firm, announced that one of its original founders, Aaron Passey, has returned to the company. In his new role, Passey will be a part of the engineering leadership team and work with chief technology officer Kiran Bhageshpur. Passey co-founded Qumulo with Peter Godman and Neal Fachan in 2012 with a shared vision of making data management easier for customers.

Dec 14, 2022

Seattle Opera

Seattle Opera has selected Shannon Rolbiecki, a seasoned development professional and Certified Fundraising Executive, as its new director of development. As a classically trained singer and opera performer, Rolbiecki brings a musical background to Seattle Opera. Rolbiecki previously served as senior director of advancement for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, where she was responsible for a portfolio of more than $3 million dollars in annual contributed revenue, as well as the $139 million A Grand Future campaign. Most recently, she was the director of development, marketing, & communications at the Tacoma Art Museum, where she oversaw the development and marketing strategy and led a team of eight in spearheading operational functions. She also guided the museum's $10 million dollar Imagine More campaign. Established in 1963, Seattle Opera is committed to serving the people of the Pacific Northwest through music, storytelling, and programs for people of all ages.

Bank of America

Bank of America named Jim Morehead president of Bank of America Seattle. The company also announced that Alex Yang will become Seattle market executive, replacing Jeremey Williams who was recently promoted to community relations manager (CRM) executive. As president, Morehead is responsible for connecting the banking and investment resources offered through the bank's eight lines of business to people and companies across King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties. He will also lead the effort to deploy Bank of America's resources to address social concerns, strengthen economic opportunity, and build strong communities, as well as support the health, safety and engagement of local employees. In addition to his responsibilities as Seattle president, Morehead will remain global commercial banking market executive for the Western Washington & Pacific Rim market at Bank of America. Morehead joined the bank in 2016, and throughout his banking career, he has held client facing and leadership roles in multiple lines of business. He currently serves on the boards of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Special Olympics Washington, and he will be taking a position on the Washington Roundtable board. Yang will work in partnership with the Seattle president and leadership team directing local market strategy, employee engagement, business integration and investments that help to drive and respond to community and economic development and needs across King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties. Yang joined Bank of America in 1997, and most recently served in the company's Global Transaction Services group. After serving as Seattle market executive for three years, Williams has accepted a national role as CRM Executive. In his new role, Williams is responsible for 49 CRMs across the company's Local Market Organization. Williams has been with Bank of America for more than 15 years, holding a variety of leadership positions.

Oregon Pacific Bank

Oregon Pacific Bank announced the hiring of a new commercial banking team as the bank expands into the Portland market. The bank has existing branch locations in Coos Bay, Florence, Eugene, Medford, and Roseburg. Joining Oregon Pacific Bank in the Portland market are: Kyle Baisch, Portland market president; Eric Deisler, senior vice president/commercial lending team leader; Stephanie Cannon, senior vice president/relationship banking officer; and Christina Evans, vice president/portfolio manager. The new commercial banking team will join Oregon Pacific Bank before the end of December. The Bank intends to secure an immediate temporary office space in the general SW metro area. Oregon Pacific Bank is committed to a full-service banking model and will proceed with the regulatory approval required to convert the temporary office to a commercial banking branch. Once the regulatory application process has been completed, the bank's full suite of lending, deposit and online treasury management services will be made available immediately, with the ability to accept in-branch deposits.