Sep 10, 2003

Northwest Hospital & Medical Center

Northwest Hospital & Medical Center has added PacifiCare to its list of accepted health plans. Northwest Hospital accepts more than 50 plans for patient care. The not-for-profit medical center is located at N. 115th St. in Seattle.

First Heritage Bank

Deborah Rice has joined the Everett branch of First Heritage Bank as an SBA lender. Previously, Rice was an SBA lender for Zions, an eight-state bank based in Utah.

KCTS

The KCTS Northwest business series Serious Money starts its 15th season on Sept. 19. The show covers investment strategies, assessment of Northwest stocks and bonds, and consumer news. Tom Cox, a Northwest business journalist, will return to host the show for a third season.

Loudeye

Loudeye appointed John Martin as senior vice president of technology and development. Most recently Martin was general manager of Microsoft's Windows Media Services where he led the development efforts of the Internet-based services of Windows Media Player and Windowsmedia.com. Martin was also an Internet developer for the NASA Science Internet project. Seattle-based Loudeye provides business infrastructure and services for managing, promoting and distributing digital content for entertainment and corporate markets.

RealNetworks

Seattle's RealNetworks and Sun Microsystems have signed a deal to have RealNetwork's RealPlayer bundled with Sun's Mad Hatter desktop solution for PC and workstation users. The companies will also collaborate on development of the Helix Player, an open source-based, next-generation media player for Linux, Solaris and Unix. Sun Microsystems is based in Santa Clara, Calif.

Sep 09, 2003

Crowley Maritime

Jerry Dowd has been promoted to vice president of labor relations at Crowley Maritime and will be responsible for Crowley's labor strategy. Dowd joined Oakland-based Crowley in 1984 as director of personnel and labor relations, most recently serving as director of human resources and labor relations for Crowley Marine Services' West Coast operating groups. Dowd will be based in Seattle.

EvergreenBank

EvergreenBank named Brenda J. McKelvie as relationship manager for its new Federal Way office. McKelvie has over 25 years of banking experience, most recently with U.S. Bancorp where she served as vice president and team leader for small business banking. Evergreen's Federal Way office will offer personal banking, internet banking access, and a center for financial news.Evergreen currently operates three offices in Seattle, Lynnwood and Bellevue. The Federal way office will open in mid-September at 1300 S. 320th St.

Hamilton/Saunderson

Carrie Zerone has joined Hamilton/Saunderson, a Seattle-based integrated marketing firm, as an account coordinator. Zerone will focus on retail marketing and major event planning for the Factoria Mall. Hamilton/Saunderson provides advertising, branding, event production, public relations and strategic planning.

City of Woodinville

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada honored the city of Woodinville for its 2003 budget document with a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.  Independent reviewers evaluate budgets from government and institutional entities nationwide. Winners are evaluated on how well the budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device. Woodinville was among 28 participants in Washington to receive the award. The city's finance director is Jim Katica.

MSNBC.com

Todd Herman has been hired as "streaming evangelist" in MSNBC.com's sales and business development department. He will be responsible for generating revenue from streaming products for MSNBC.com. Herman founded and served as CEO of theDial, which is now Loudeye Radio, and worked as a radio talk show host. MSNBC.com works with partners such as NBC News, MSNBC cable and CNBC to provide free video news coverage including hourly video news updates and business day updates.