Oct 21, 2020

DOWL

Hughes

DOWL hired Ben Hughes as a civil project engineer in its Redmond office. Hughes has over 12 years of design and project management experience. That includes commercial, educational, healthcare and mixed-use development, as well as stormwater management treatment, parking lots, Americans with Disability Act ramps and other elements related to civil design projects. Most recently, he worked for King County reviewing building and construction permits and doing on-site field checks for projects. DOWL is a civil engineering and related professional services firm.

Reyes Engineering

Agrimson

Matalucci

Ritenour

Marquardt

Fisher

Allahverdi

Nelson

Elhasan

Ruiz

Sharifi

Reyes Engineering was on a hiring streak this summer. The electrical engineering company hired 10 people for the Seattle and Portland offices as well as the first employee for its Los Angeles office. It now has a staff of 20. In Seattle, the company hired Byron Fisher as a senior low voltage/telecom specialist and Nick Marquardt as a senior low voltage specialist. In Portland, it hired Adam Ritenour as a senior electrical engineer, Anna-Marie Matalucci as marketing manager, Julie Agrimson as a project assistant/marketing assistant, Navid Sharifi as an electrical engineer and Lorena Ruiz, Salam Elhasan and Spencer Nelson as electrical designers. In Los Angeles, it hired Agapeh Allahverdi as a lighting designer. The company designs electrical systems, architectural lighting and daylighting fire/safety and telecommunications systems. The new hires fill some open positions and build the team for Reyes, which also includes a Honolulu office. The company said it is growing because of planning put into motion in 2014 by its president, Flaviano Reyes, who wanted to slowly grow the company to be resilient in an economic downturn. He has been deliberate with the expansion of service offerings and continued to diversify markets and solidify the company's share of the transportation market. Reyes Engineering also covers education and healthcare facilities.

PCS Structural Solutions

Olszko

Reijm

In Tacoma, PCS Structural Solutions promoted Tanner Reijm and Evan Olszko to project manager. Reijm is managing the Chelan County PUD Service Center project, which includes a four-story administration building and seven operations buildings in Wenatchee. He has worked on K-12 projects, including Foster High School, and special projects. Olszko did design and construction administration for buildings at the Chelan County PUD Rock Island Dam and designed industrial and operations buildings for the Chelan County PUD Rocky Reach Dam. He has worked on Sound Transit Tacoma Link and K-12 projects. Both engineers joined PCS in 2016. The 75-person structural engineering firm also has offices in Seattle and Portland.

ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo announced it has won three Comparably Awards for company culture excellence. In considering nearly 60,000 companies for its Best Places to Work Awards, Comparably ranked ZoomInfo in the top 25 on the 2020 Happiest Employees list for large companies. ZoomInfo was also named to the large company lists for Best Compensation and Best Perks & Benefits. A workplace culture and compensation monitoring site, Comparably evaluates companies based on ratings anonymously provided by employees about their workplace during a 12-month period.

Panopto

Seattle-based Panopto, a video management system provider for higher education, announced that all eight Ivy League schools are now using Panopto for secure video library management. Panopto enables universities to use secure video for all types of academic courses. Universities around the world use Panopto for flipped learning, traditional lecture capture, and Zoom class recordings. Panopto was founded by technology entrepreneurs and software experts at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science.

Oct 20, 2020

Thayer Manca Residential

Cairns

Thayer Manca Residential announced the addition of investment analyst Lucas Cairns. Cairns will support the acquisitions team in the pursuit of investment properties, as well as the asset management team. Based in Seattle, Thayer Manca is a sponsor of partnership, multifamily investments specializing in value-add opportunities.

ISOutsource

ISOutsource, a provider of technology consulting and services, announced that Rob Lilleness has joined its board of directors. Most recently, Lilleness formed Richmond Capital Partners; prior to that, he was the CEO of Medio Systems and president and COO of Universal Electronics. ISOutsource is headquartered in Bothell, with additional offices in Seattle, Phoenix, Portland, and Spokane.

Wayne's Roofing

The Engineering News Records (ENR) named Sumner-based Wayne's Roofing No. 454 for specialty contractors in the ENR 600, that is up eight spots over last year. Wayne's Roofing was named No. 15 among roofing contractors in the country and No. 1 in the Pacific Northwest.

UMC

Hemphill

Bonnie Frye Hemphill joined UMC as director of policy and partnerships. At UMC, Hemphill is providing strategic policy leadership on the next generation of the built environment, with a focus on the clean economy. She also is using her expertise in partnership development and external communications. Prior to joining UMC, Hemphill opened new markets for solar in the Northwest at A&R Solar and Solar Installers of Washington. UMC is a mechanical engineering and construction company based in Mukilteo.

ABC of Western Washington

Firepower of Spokane joined the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. Firepower is a contractor focusing on fire safety, CCTV, access control and security.

Wayne's Roofing

Sumner-based Wayne's Roofing placed 454th in Engineering News-Record's Top 600 Specialty Contractors list. That's up eight places from last year and 15th among roofing contractors nationally and first in the Pacific Northwest.

The Rush Companies

Puget Sound Business Journal ranked Gig Harbor-based The Rush Companies as the No. 4 large company in Washington's Best Workplaces. The list was created by Quantum Workplace, which scored candidates in 30 items across six categories, including trust in leadership and team dynamics. The Rush Companies is comprised of five real estate focused businesses, including Rush Commercial Construction and Rush Residential.