Oct 01, 1996

Reed McClure

Vanessa Lee has joined the Seattle law firm of Reed McClure. Lee joins the firm with extensive experience in litigation, emphasizing insurance defense, insurance coverage, and suspicious loses. Reed McClure is a professional services corporation providing businesses and individuals throughout the Northwest and Western Canada with legal expertise emphasizing cost-effective, personal service.

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bancorp has named Lynn Manley manager of Private Banking, a newly created position. U.S. Bank's Private Banking Division offers customers a comprehensive selection of banking and financial services. By working with a private banking officer, customers can access and manage deposit accounts and credit facilities, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), investment and brokerage services, personal trusts, and pension and profit-sharing plans. Based in the Northwest, U.S. Bancorp is one of the 30 largest bank holding companies in the nation. The company has over 600 branches and provides comprehensive financial products and services to consumers and businesses as well as individual and institutional investors in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Northern California and Utah.

Virazon

Virazon, formerly known as Un Deux Trois, has formerly opened its doors. The restaurant features traditional Northwest ingredients prepared with classical French techniques. Co-owners are Judy Schocken and Chef Astolfo Rueda. Located at 1329 First Avenue, Virazon will serves lunch Monday through Saturday from 11:30am to 2:30pm and dinner Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30pm to 9:30pm. For reservations call (206) 233-0123.

Medalia HealthCare

John Sashko, M.D. has joined Medalia HealthCare at St. Joseph Hospital, located at 1708 South Yakima Avenue in Tacoma. Dr. Sashko's medical interests include women's health, pediatrics and obesity issues. Medalia HealthCare is the Northwest's largest network of primary care clinics, with more than 300 providers and 41 clinics throughout the Puget Sound Region. Medalia is sponsored by the Providence and Franciscan health systems, two of the Northwest's largest Catholic health systems.

The Woodmark Hotel

The Woodmark Hotel on Lake Washington has been selected as a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, a collection of 102 independent luxury properties across the world. Preferred recognizes properties for "unparalleled distinction," in accommodations, service and cuisine. All properties are required to pass unannounced annual inspections that cover a 100-page checklist with 1,500 criteria ranging from the number of minutes required for check-in, to the number of seconds it takes to receive a greeting at the restaurant. The Woodmark Hotel on Lake Washington, located at Carillon Point in Kirkland, is the only hotel on the shores of Lake Washington.

Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Equipment Corporation has promoted Ben Schreiber to corporate consulting engineer, one of the company's highest levels of technical achievement. Schreiber served as Director of the Digital's Windows NT Systems Group both at DECwest in Bellevue, Wash. and in Acton, Mass., leading the company's technical efforts in delivering Windows NT on the Alpha platform. Digital is a world leader in open client/server solutions from personal computers to integrated worldwide information systems. Digital's scalable Alpha and Intel platforms, storage, networking, software and services, together with industry-focused solutions from business partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global marketplace.

Chronology Corporation

In an effort to expand its worldwide sales force, the Chronology Corporation, a supplier of timing verification software for electronics designers, has hired Mark Leonard as vice president of sales and James Stewart as director of strategic accounts. Two direct sales engineers, Matt Baker and Ernest Chiu, have been hired to help with sales expansion, and agreements have been made with additional U.S. and international distributors to help with the expansion. The corporation has also added six distributors to help with the company's business growth in the U.S. and abroad. The six distributors are CADSoft Solutions, Inc. (Germantown, Maryland), TriLogic (Wilmington, Mass.), ALS Design (Boulogne, France), EDA Solution (Hawthorn, Australia), Mercatek (Milan, Italy), and Tranfer EDS (Enschede, Netherlands).

Sep 30, 1996

Graham & James

Graham & James/Riddell Williams, Seattle, has added Sharon Seung and Christian Montegut to its Corporate Finance Group. Seung practices corporate finance and securities law. Montegut's experience includes securities offerings, financings, corporate acquisitions, and public utility rate applications.

Metropolitan King County Council

Metropolitan King County Council Chair Jane Hague has been named chair of the National Association of Counties' (NACo) Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee. The committee, which consists of approximately 50-60 county officials from across the nation, focuses on air, water, and noise pollution control; solid and hazardous waste management and disposal; the preservation and proper utilization of water resources; energy; and the use of land resources, including comprehensive planning, coastal zone management, energy facilities siting and recreation.

US Bank

US Bancorp and Sun Capital Bancorp have signed of definitive agreement for US Bancorp to acquire Sun Capital Bancorp and its subsidiary bank, Sun Capital Bank, a three-branch banking operation with locations in Utah and Nevada, with approximately $70 million is assets. The acquisition is expected to be completed by year-end 1996, with conversion in the first half of 1997. John Allen will remain in charge in St. George, Utah, as district manager of the Southern Utah district.

Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank has opened its first office in Washington state located in Bellevue. Art Hiemstra, a technology banking specialist, will serve as senior vice president and manager for the Bank's Pacific Northwest Division. His responsibilities will focus on emerging growth companies throughout Washington, specifically in the Seattle area, in addition to continuing to manage Silicon Valley Bank's other office in Beaverton, Ore. Other employees include Jo Surbrugg and Jim Ellison as senior vice presidents and Geir Hansen as analyst.

Warm Products buys Jel-Cel-Lite

Warm Products, Inc., a manufacturer of home decor and sewing products based in Woodinville, has acquired the fiber processing and quilting operations of the Seattle based Jen-Cel-Lite Corporation, a former supplier. The Warm Company headquarters will be moved to the Jen-Cel-Lite building at 954 E. Union in Seattle. An existing Warm Window retail store in Lynnwood will be retained along with warehouse distribution centers in Baltimore and Antwerp, Belgium. An existing Jen-Cel-Lite retail store will be moved to a new location nearby.

Olympic Capital Partners

Brad Smith has become a principal of Olympic Capital Partners. Smith was a managing director in charge of the investment banking group for the western United States at Price Waterhouse in Los Angeles. Olympic Capital is a Seattle-based investment banking firm.