Oct 23, 2019

Carney Badley Spellman

Clement

Neuman

Lawyers Daniel I. Neuman and Sommer B. Clement are new shareholders at Carney Badley Spellman in Seattle. Neuman advises on entity formation, securities, corporate finance, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and general corporate matters. Clement practices in construction and real estate transactions and litigation, civil litigation and insurance defense.

The Standard

Bruechner

In Portland, Standard Insurance Co. (The Standard) hired Susan Bruechner as vice president and chief human resources officer. Bruechner comes from PeaceHealth, where she was senior vice president and chief human resources officer. At PeaceHealth, she co-led diversity and inclusion initiatives and worked with the executive team to expand its succession planning. Prior to that, she held various human resources leadership roles at Goldman Sachs' commercial real estate division. The Standard provides financial protection products and services.

Verity Solutions

Express Scripts bought Kirkland-based Verity Solutions, a software and services provider for users of the federal 340B drug pricing program. Verity will operate as a stand-alone company under the Express Scripts umbrella. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Verity is a portfolio company of Ignition Partners, an early stage, business software venture capital firm based in Bellevue. Express Scripts is a Cigna company.

T-Mobile

Bellevue-based T-Mobile signed agreements with five clean energy sources in the U.S. — four solar farms and one wind farm — as part of its effort to use 100% renewable energy by 2021. The company also announced its second wind farm partner, Engie US Wind, turned on a wind energy project in Kansas. These initiatives bring the company to 95% sourced clean energy.

Tacoma Venues & Events

Tacoma Venues & Events won a 2019 Venue Industry Award from the International Association of Venue Managers. The awards honor venues and individuals who have demonstrated leadership and innovation within the industry. Tacoma Venues & Events manages the Tacoma Dome, the Greater Tacoma Convention Center, Cheney Stadium, Pantages Theater, Rialto Theater and Theatre on the Square.

Oct 22, 2019

Comcast

Tashjian

Comcast named David Tashjian as regional vice president for the Oregon/southwest Washington region. Tashjian was vice president of sales and operations of the company's West division in the Denver area and has 23 years of industry experience. He replaces Rodrigo Lopez, who now leads the company's Washington region.

Nytec

Global professional services company Accenture signed a deal to acquire Kirkland-based product innovation and engineering company Nytec. Under the deal, Nytec will become part of Accenture Industry X.0, which drives the digital reinvention of industry. Financial terms of the deal were not released. Nytec has 250 employees and was founded in 1975. It operates a product innovation center that offers design, prototype development, engineering and support services for manufacturing.

King County Search and Rescue

King County Executive Dow Constantine selected King County Search and Rescue for the Executive's Award for Community Resilience, citing KCSAR for its exemplary service during February's snow emergency, in which the nonprofit's members volunteered nearly 1,000 hours and drove more than 7,800 miles in personally owned vehicles. KCSAR is an independent, nonprofit group of more than 600 trained volunteers that partners with the King County Sheriff's Office during emergencies.

CERB

The state Community Economic Revitalization Board approved $252,000 in loans and $409,000 in grants for economic development, public infrastructure development and economic feasibility studies. Here's where the money will go: $50,000 grant to the Port of Port Angeles for the Clallam County broadband feasibility study; $252,000 loan and $84,000 grant to the Port of Royal Slope in Grant County for a waterline extension; $50,000 grant to Okanogan County for development of a broadband strategic plan; $50,000 grant to Pend Oreille County Public Utility District No. 1 for a broadband feasibility study; $50,000 grant to the Port of Anacortes in Skagit County for a marine terminal modernization study; $25,000 grant to the city of Spokane Valley for the Appleway Trail economic development study; $50,000 grant to the city of Chewelah in Stevens County for the Sand Canyon development study; and $50,000 grant to the Nisqually Indian Tribe in Thurston County for a broadband feasibility study.