May 04, 2000

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bank has promoted five employees to positions of relationship manager in its business banking division. They will be responsible for managing the accounts of small to mid-size businesses in the Puget Sound region. Christopher Cleary has been with the bank since 1996 and will be serving the Seattle area. Andrea Jackson joined the bank in 1992. She will be serving Snohomish County. Kellie Monette-Chapman, with the bank since 1995, will manage business accounts in Tacoma. Ian Hamad, with U.S. Bank since 1994, will be serving Seattle area clients. Gary Pickering joined the bank in 1993 and will serve clients in the North Cascades area.

Davis Wright Tremaine

Erin Smith, formerly a prosecuting attorney in the criminal division of the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office, has joined the Bellevue law office of Davis Wright Tremaine. Smith will concentrate her practice in environmental litigation.

PredictPoint

PredictPoint, a Seattle-based business-to-business application service provider focused on helping e-tailers create and measure online promotions, has appointed Kevin Wilmot as the company’s chief technology officer. Wilmot will lead a development and operations team, defining and implementing the product and technical vision, and researching emerging technologies. Wilmot spent eight years at Attachmate.

World2Market.com

World2Market.com, a Seattle-based online e-tailer, announced a partnership with 1-800-Flowers.com. Shoppers at 1-800-Flowers.com are now able to purchase candles, soaps and jewelry from two different World2Market.com artisan groups -- one in Florida and one in Bali, Indonesia. World2Market.com presents handcrafted products from around the world, framed by the stories of the people who made them. All producers of World2Market.com products must meet standards regarding payment and labor, environmental sustainability and community and business development.

inFOREtech

inFOREtech Wireless Technology, the Seattle-based developer of a GPS-based golf device, announced the expansion of its engineering team by adding Julius Farkas, Duncan Smith, Leona Neufeld and Don Boyd to its staff. Farkas will oversee quality assurance, strategic alliances and purchasing. Smith joins inFOREtech as a senior engineer with more than 20 years of system definition and development experience. Neufeld brings more than 17 years of experience in software development to her new role with the company. Boyd brings more than 12 years of experience in the development and deployment of real-time communications systems.

May 03, 2000

Think New Ideas

The Seattle office of the brand communications company Think New Ideas has added Bram Wessel, Richard Kile and Melinda Partin to its staff. Wessel comes to the company from the Insight Group in New York and joins Think New Ideas as an executive interactive producer. Kile, an 18-year advertising veteran, joins as a creative director. Partin joins as director of interactive production and was a multimedia producer for Microsoft prior to joining Think New Ideas.

First Heritage Bank

Henry Taylor was elected chairman of the First Heritage Bank board of directors. Taylor is a businessman with more than 28 years in the automotive industry. He owns a car dealership in Oregon, as well as Smokey Point Sales and Service in north Snohomish County. First Heritage Bank specializes in small business financing and construction lending and has branches in Snohomish, Monroe, Marysville, Arlington and Everett.

InterWest Bank

InterWest Bancorp, the Oak Harbor-based bank holding company for InterWest Bank, Pacific Northwest Bank and Bank of Tukwila, plans to combine its banking affiliates into a single commercial bank. As part of the consolidation, InterWest Bank has applied to convert from a Washington state savings bank to a Washington state commercial bank. The current board of directors of InterWest Bank will continue in that capacity for the consolidated bank.

PeakSoft Multinet

PeakSoft Multinet, a Bellingham-based developer of Internet research and communication technology, announced that Tim Metz has been appointed president and CEO. Metz will also join the board of directors. He has served as the company's chief operating officer since January 1998.

Digital Harmony Technologies

Digital Harmony Technologies, a Seattle-based third-party licensor of FireWire technologies, has acquired Pavo Labs, a technology and product development firm specializing in professional audio products and musical instruments. Through the acquisition, Digital Harmonies will receive intellectual property and experience in product certification testing. It will also add several digital audio and wireless technologies to the company's existing patent portfolio.

Geographics

Blaine-based Geographics will acquire most of the assets of the consumer products business of the communications papers division of Domtar. The deal largely consists of inventory, customer files and designs. The two companies have also agreed that Geographics will convert, distribute and sell products under the Domtar label to the retail market