May 11, 2023

Tanium

Kirkland-based Tanium, a provider of converged endpoint management (XEM), announced that four of its channel leaders have been named to the 2023 CRN Women of the Channel list. CRN annually recognizes women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations whose expertise and vision are leaving a mark on the technology industry. The CRN 2023 Women of the Channel offer creativity, strategic thinking, and leadership to various roles and responsibilities while remaining focused on driving success for partners and customers. Tanium's 2023 Women of the Channel are: Jennifer Axt, vice president of U.S. state & local government and education (SLED); Sheila Luskin, regional vice president, partner sales; Kim Mackey, regional vice president, federal partners; and Kim Harris, senior director, global partner marketing. Axt, a 25-year industry veteran, has contributed to the success of several SLED-focused programs during her tenure at Fortune 100 companies. As a channel veteran with decades of partner management and leadership experience, Luskin brings to Tanium knowledge from her roles at multiple technology companies and partners. Mackey has 30 years of tech industry experience, and has focused on federal law enforcement agencies for the past 12 years. With a career spanning more than two decades, Harris has been recognized as a leader for her go-to-market strategies.

NIKE

Maria Henry has been appointed to NIKE's Board of Directors. Henry was chief financial officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation from April 2015 through April 2022, and served as executive vice president and senior advisor of Kimberly-Clark from April 2022 until her retirement in September 2022. Prior to Kimberly-Clark, Henry was executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Hillshire Brands Company, formerly known as Sara Lee, and prior to that she was the chief financial officer of Sara Lee's North American Retail and Foodservice business. Henry began her career at General Electric and has held various senior leadership positions since then, specifically across strategy and finance at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio companies including as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Culligan International, and senior finance roles in several technology companies. In addition to joining NIKE's Board, Henry serves as a member of the Board of Directors of General Mills.

Vacasa

Vacasa appointed Bruce Schuman as chief financial officer, effective June 1. Schuman will succeed Jamie Cohen, who is stepping down to pursue other opportunities. Schuman joins Vacasa with nearly 30 years of financial leadership experience within the technology sector. Most recently, Schuman served as the CFO of Kiavi, Inc., a technology-driven real estate lender. Prior to Kiavi, Schuman spent more than 25 years at Intel Corporation, where he served as the financial lead for various business units. Cohen has served as Vacasa's CFO since joining the company in March of 2021, building out its core finance functions and overseeing its business combination with TPG Pace Solutions, that resulted in Vacasa becoming a publicly traded company. Vacasa is a vacation rental management platform based in Portland.

May 10, 2023

Betacom

Betacom was named the winner of a Gold Stevie Award in the Best Business Technology Pivot category in The 21st Annual American Business Awards. All organizations operating in the United States are eligible to submit nominations for the American Business Awards. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners in New York on June 13th. More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Thought Leader of the Year, and App of the Year, among others. Betacom is the first-time winner in a first-time category – Best Business Technology Pivot. Betacom was established in 1991 as a wireless infrastructure provider to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. Having completed more than 800 large-scale design and deployment projects, Betacom saw an opportunity to pivot its business model to embrace the end-to-end delivery and deployment of high speed, low latency networks using private 4G/5G technology for future-looking Industry 4.0 initiatives such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, and AR/VR. In addition, Betacom's customer Teltech Group won a Silver Stevie for Minority-Owned Business of the Year. More than 230 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year's Stevie Award winners. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Bellevue, Betacom has regional offices throughout the country.

T-Mobile

Bellevue-based T-Mobile US announced that T-Mobile USA, its direct wholly-owned subsidiary, plans to offer, subject to market and other conditions, senior notes in a registered public offering. T-Mobile USA intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include among other things, share repurchases and refinancing of existing indebtedness on an ongoing basis. Barclays Capital, Citigroup Global Markets, Goldman Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities are the joint book-running managers for the offering of the notes. The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering of the notes. These documents are available by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

May 09, 2023

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

Carruthers

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest winery in the Pacific Northwest, appointed Robert Carruthers as the new vice president, East Region. In this role Carruthers will lead the company's sales organization in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, and South Carolina. Carruthers comes to Ste. Michelle with two-plus decades in the wine industry. Most recently he served as a senior vice president for national/strategic accounts for Foley Family Wines. Previously, he served in leadership roles at Terlato Wines, as well as E&J Gallo Winery. Carruthers replaces Derek VanTine who was recently named vice president of customer marketing for Ste. Michelle. The Ste. Michelle Wine Estates portfolio includes: Chateau Ste. Michelle, 14 Hands, Columbia Crest, Col Solare and Spring Valley Vineyard from Washington; A to Z, Erath, and REX HILL from Oregon; Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and Patz & Hall from Napa and Sonoma, respectively; Marchesi Antinori of Italy; and Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte of France.

Banner Bank

Newsweek named Banner Bank as one of America's Most Trustworthy Companies 2023. This list is compiled by Newsweek, in collaboration with market research partner Statista, a statistics portal and industry ranking provider. Mark Grescovich is president and CEO of Walla Walla-based Banner Bank. America's Most Trustworthy Companies were identified in an independent survey based on a sample of U.S. residents who rated companies they know in terms of three touchpoints of trust: customer trust, investor trust, and employee trust. A total of 95,000 evaluations were submitted. All U.S. public and private companies with more than $500 million in revenue were considered in the study. Newsweek and Statista teams selected the most trustworthy companies across 23 industries. In the banking industry category, Banner ranked seventh of the 37 companies that made this year's list.

Washington Federal

Washington Federal, Inc., the parent company of Washington Federal Bank, and Luther Burbank Corporation, the parent company of Luther Burbank Savings, jointly announced that at special meetings of their respective shareholders held on May 4, 2023, Washington Federal shareholders approved the issuance of shares of Washington Federal's common stock to the shareholders of Luther Burbank pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, (The Merger Agreement), dated as of November 13, 2022, and Luther Burbank's shareholders approved the Merger Agreement, the merger of Luther Burbank with and into Washington Federal, with Washington Federal as the surviving corporation. The final results on the proposals voted on at the special meetings of each company's shareholders will be set forth in the companies' separate Form 8-Ks to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after certification by each company's inspector of election. The consummation of the Merger remains subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of required regulatory approval. Washington Federal is headquartered in Seattle, and has 199 branches in eight western states. Washington Federal conducts its business primarily through its wholly-owned subsidiary, WaFd Bank. Luther Burbank is headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, and operates 10 full service branches in California, 1 full service branch in Washington, and several loan production offices located throughout California.