May 19, 2021

Rice Fergus Miller

Miller

Architect Mike Miller is retiring this month after 19 years as a principal and owner of Bremerton-based architecture, interiors and planning firm Rice Fergus Miller. Miller has led the design of healthcare and senior living facilities. He joined RFM from Seattle architecture firm NBBJ, where he was a leader in senior living and healthcare. Miller came to realize that senior living, healthcare and hospitality design each serve a similar core audience. So at RFM he integrated those practices into a studio known as H3. His senior living projects at RFM have included Emerald Communities' Emerald Heights in Redmond, Heron's Key in Gig Harbor and Timber Ridge at Talus in Issaquah. His healthcare work has included St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale, where he planned and designed projects. His other medical clients have included Olympic Medical Center, Jefferson Healthcare, Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan. He was on St. Michael's board for two years and its foundation board for 14 years, leading it for three years. He won LeadingAge Washington's Award of Honor in 2016 and received a University of Washington Milgard School of Business Leader of the Year award in 2006.

Coffman Engineers

Schultz

Barker

Coffman Engineers, a national multidiscipline engineering firm, named Fred Barker and Trevor Schultz in the Seattle office as principal owners. Barker has more than 10 years of experience and is a structural engineer who has done design and project management for commercial, federal, industrial, residential and renovation projects. He has worked with national retailers, large commercial clients and major industrial clients across North America. Schultz has more than 13 years of experience in mechanical engineering with a focus on industrial facilities and commercial buildings. He has a background in hydraulic power, industrial ventilation, bulk material handling, compressed air systems, pneumatic controls, dust collection and commercial HVAC.

WSP USA

Diaz-Carreras

Shannon

WSP USA hired water resource professionals Alex Shannon and Juan H. Diaz-Carreras, who are based in Seattle and Los Angeles. They will be water line leaders in their respective geography, responsible for providing clients water, wastewater and surface water solutions and continuing to build WSP's water business. Shannon has a decade of experience developing water solutions for communities around the country. In his new role, he will continue to provide thought leadership in economic modeling, risk analysis, decision science, funding strategies and optimizing the implementation of utilities' capital improvement programs. Diaz-Carreras has project management experience in consulting and working for a water district on Florida Everglades restoration projects. He lobbied Congress with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and consulted with Native Americans on sensitive issues. WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, an engineering and professional services firm.

ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo, a provider of go-to-market intelligence solutions, announced that Chetna Mahajan has joined the company as chief information officer. With nearly two decades of experience in technology and operations, she will lead ZoomInfo's information technology strategy. Mahajan will serve on ZoomInfo's executive leadership team and report to Chris Hays, ZoomInfo's chief operating officer. Mahajan was most recently vice president of business systems and data analytics at Conga. Prior to Conga, Mahajan served as senior director of business systems, intelligent automation, and digital experience for Symantec, a cybersecurity software company. She also held senior roles at Delta Dental of California, the Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology, Boeing, and Sun Microsystems. ZoomInfo is headquartered in Vancouver.

RocketReach

Bellevue-based RocketReach, an intelligence platform used by sales, marketing and recruiting teams, appointed Tom Hale to its board of directors. Hale currently serves as president of SurveyMonkey, a provider of software solutions for customer experience, market research, and survey feedback, where he is responsible for overseeing engineering, infrastructure, product marketing, user experience and growth. Before joining SurveyMonkey in 2016, he spent six years at HomeAway, an internet marketplace for vacation rentals, first as chief product officer and then as chief operating officer. Hale currently serves on the boards of Cars.com and NoiseAware.

Folklife Festival

With support from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, the 50th annual Northwest Folklife Festival will take place virtually on Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31. The full schedule is now available. There are many ways to engage with programming at this year's virtual festival. Streaming channels such as 50 Years of Folklife, Folklife Premieres, and The Roadhouse all feature regional artists while On-Demand and Family Fun channels provide any time access to performances. New this year, the Gathering Room provides live workshops in an intimate virtual space. Additional information is available at http://www.nwfolklife.org/festival/home.

Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor announced that the Lattice Sentry solution stack and the Lattice SupplyGuard supply chain security service won the 2021 Global InfoSec Cutting Edge in Embedded Security Award from Cyber Defense Magazine. Lattice's Sentry solution stack is a combination of customizable embedded software, reference designs, IP, and development tools for accelerating the implementation of secure systems compliant with NIST platform firmware resiliency guidelines. The Lattice SupplyGuard service extends the system protection provided by the Sentry stack throughout the supply chain by delivering factory-locked devices protected against attacks like cloning and malware insertion. Lattice is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

May 18, 2021

PCL Construction

Orquiola

In Los Angeles, PCL Construction promoted Cathy Orquiola to regional vice president, now overseeing operations in Seattle and Hawaii along with California. Orquiola began her 26-year construction career as a project engineer, progressing through the field to senior project manager before moving into executive leadership. In 2015, she rejoined PCL as director of corporate development in Denver and was promoted in 2017 to district manager of the California Buildings office in Los Angeles. The following year, she become vice president. In her new position, Orquiola also became a board member of PCL.

Synergy Contractors Group

Woodinville-based Synergy Contractors Group, a wood-framing company, has expanded into prefabricated wall panels, stairs and floor systems. Synergy says the systems can be installed by third parties or as a turnkey package by Synergy. Synergy is a state and federally recognized minority business founded by Joshua C. Schaaf, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota. Schaaf has over 20 years of experience in rough carpentry, specializing in types 3 and 5 construction.

Chambers Bay Roofing

Chambers Bay Construction launched Chambers Bay Roofing, a new division of the general contractor based in University Place. A company news release says the decision came after several years of observing poor quality roofing jobs in the Tacoma area, with many roofers not assessing the condition of a roof's foundation. Mark Carter II is the founder and CEO of Chambers Bay Construction.

Carney Badley

Tribe

Sidney Tribe has been elected shareholder at the Seattle law firm Carney Badley Spellman. Her practice is primarily civil appeals in both state and federal courts, which has been her focus for the last twelve years. She has litigated more than 130 appellate cases, including more than 60 as lead counsel. Before entering private practice, Tribe was a law clerk for the Honorable William Baker at Division One of the Washington State Court of Appeals.

ExtraHop

Seattle-based ExtraHop announced Inc. Magazine has listed ExtraHop on its annual list of Best Workplaces for the second consecutive year. Inc. Magazine received thousands of applications and developed a list of 429 organizations, who elevate company culture and employee experience, whether in the office or at home. Each nominated company took part in a third-party employee survey on topics including trust, management effectiveness, and benefits, which Inc. Magazine then gathered, analyzed, and audited to determine its 2021 honorees. ExtraHop is a provider of cloud-native network detection and response with 30 recent industry awards including Forbes AI 50, Cybercrime Ransomware 25, and SC Media Security Innovator.

Amazon

Amazon is hiring 75,000 people in its fulfillment and logistics network across the U.S. and Canada. Amazon recently announced pay increases across its fulfillment and transportation networks, and these open roles offer an average starting pay of over $17 per hour, plus sign-on bonuses in many locations of up to $1,000. Hiring for the 75,000 roles is already underway. Interested candidates can visit amazon.com/apply to learn more. The locations with the most open roles include Washington.

POSaBIT

POSaBIT Systems has appointed Matthew Fowler as chief financial officer of POSaBIT. As CFO, Fowler will be responsible for oversight and management of finance, legal, human resources, and operations. Fowler was most recently senior vice president of finance and accounting at AuthenticID, where he directed the finance, accounting, and reporting of a rapidly growing fraud prevention and identity verification SaaS platform. Prior to that, he was vice president of finance and reporting at Phytelligence, and director and corporate controller in charge of accounting and reporting for Rhapsody International, an international streaming music company. POSaBIT is a financial technology company that delivers blockchain-enabled payment processing and point-of-sale systems for cash-only businesses.