Oct 05, 2000

The Silver Co.

SaveDaily.com, a Web-based savings and investment solutions provider based in Irvine, Calif., has retained The Silver Co. to provide public relations counsel and services. The Silver Co. opened an office in Newport Beach, Calif., earlier this year to serve the rapidly growing market of Internet and early-stage tech companies in Southern California.

Owen Media

Owen Media, a Seattle-based high technology public relations agency, hired Bilepo Scott as an account supervisor and Christine Loddeke as an account coordinator. Scott will manage the PR efforts for the InfiniBand Trade Association. Loddeke will provide PR support for the connected products division of Intel, PhotoWorks, an online photo services provider, and InfiniBand. Previously, Scott was an associate account executive at Imagio/JWT in Seattle. Prior to coming to Owen Media, Loddeke, a 2000 Washington State University graduate, held an internship at Quinn/Brein Public Relations.

Primus

Primus, a Seattle-based provider of eCRM software which enables companies to manage all points of contact with their customers by providing self-service and assisted service through a single integrated system, announced the appointment of Ronald Stevens to chief financial officer. Stevens joins Primus from OnHealth Network, where he served as president and chief operating officer. Prior to OnHealth, Stevens was a senior vice president at Sierra On-Line, a maker of consumer software based in Bellevue.

Vertebrae

Vertebrae, a Seattle-based Web site design firm, announced that Denis Kibby, former director of OEM Business Systems at Microsoft, has joined the firm as chief financial officer and Kyle Shepard, former senior designer with T3 Media has joined Vertebrae as an art director. Kibby spent eight years at Microsoft as controller of Microsoft's Licensing Subsidiary, director of financial operations for the OEM division and most recently as the director of OEM Business Systems. Shepard brings nearly 12 years of design and interactive media experience to Vertebrae.

Bogart Golf

Bogart Golf, a Bellevue-based golf instruction company, has named Jim Humphries vice president of business development. Humphries will oversee the company's retail operations, corporate programs and special projects. Prior to joining Bogart Golf, he was assistant vice president of e-commerce and member services at Costco

Leland Consulting Group

Shelby Edwards and Christopher Zahas became associates in the Portland office of Leland Consulting Group, which provides economic and development services. Edwards previously served as program manager for the Northwest Environmental Business Council. Zahas was project coordinator for the Portland Development Commission, working on urban renewal projects in Portland's Lents neighborhood. Zahas' first assignments at Leland are downtown redevelopment projects in Bellingham and Kirkland. Edwards is working on downtown and waterfront revitalization in Bend and Rainier, Ore.

HomeStar Lending

Christine West joined the Lake Stevens office of HomeStar Lending (formerly Qpoint Lakeside).  West, who has worked six years in the mortgage business, came from Qpoint Home Mortgage. Everett-based HomeStar is owned by Richard and Sherrie Henke.

Commercial Real Estate Women

No speaker this month. Elections instead. The Northwest chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women reserved its next monthly lunch meeting for electing the group's next board of directors. Candidates will make presentations before the vote. The event is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 12, at noon in the Crystal Room of the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle. For more information, call (206) 361-6859.

BOMA plans to rock and roll

The next general meeting -- make that "Groovin' General Meeting" -- of the local chapter of the Building Owners and Managers Association is scheduled for Oct. 16th at the Experience Music Project. It couldn't be determined who wrote the invite, but it was clear they were pumped about EMP: "Get Down -- Don't be leavin' on a jet plane instead of groovin' on a Monday noon at EMP," they wrote.

"Someone's waiting just for you to get your tickets torn in half and see the memories in bits and pieces. There's not a trace of doubt in my mind that you will be amazed by this wow thing master-minded by Paul Allen. The Turntable Restaurant is the place to meet to get something good to eat. Their special dessert will send you to Nirvana. When you're not grazin' in the restaurant, you can tour the museum and hear the sounds of renown. They say it takes 17 hours to see everything, but you'll know more than Diddley and be aware of the happening in less time."