Jan 05, 2022

Hargis Engineers

Young

Helms

Kavulla

Roper

Jamison

Raebel

Sutton

Hargis Engineers announced the promotion of three professionals within the company's leadership team, and the recognition of four new associates. Grant Jamison has been promoted to principal along with two new senior associates: David Roper (electrical) and Josh Kavulla (telecommunications/ security). Ben Helms (telecommunications/ security), Brian Young (security/ telecommunications), Josh Sutton (commissioning) and Mark Raebel (mechanical) have been made associates. Team lead and client program advocate, Jamison is contributing to Fortune 100 clients' capital investments on a national scale. Roper, a project manager and ACE Mentor Program volunteer, is engaged with commercial and high-tech R&D developments throughout the Americas. Kavulla supports global clients' North American metropolitan campus expansion efforts. Helms works with public agencies to address their campus infrastructure upgrade needs. Young balances the security postures of public and private entities to develop solutions that align with large-scale enterprise operations. Sutton, a degreed professional and former electrical journeyman utilizes his experience to bridge design intent with performance expectations. Advancing public institution's system performance goals, Raebel is leading projects within higher education, K12 and civic spaces.

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Peyroux

Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) announced that Juliette Peyroux, PE, SE, has been named one of Building Design + Construction (BD+C) magazine's 40 Under 40 honorees for 2021. A Senior Associate at MKA, Peyroux, 32, focuses on promoting structural solutions for seismically safe and resilient airport terminals, concourses, and inspection stations in areas known for high seismic activity, such as San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.

She acquired the advanced training necessary to become a WAsafe Program Certified Instructor and State Coordinator—an achievement that allows her to teach building safety evaluation classes to her co-workers at MKA, her industry colleagues, and Seattle-area university students who represent the next generation of engineering professionals. Peyroux leads MKA's in-house Earthquake Technical Specialist Team in its efforts to research the latest developments in earthquake engineering, develop training and tools to improve the design process, and facilitate office-wide dissemination of the latest information and trends surrounding earthquake engineering. She has also co-written in-house seismic hazard and ground motion guides that are essential reference tools for her structural engineering colleagues.

Peyroux earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington and a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She serves on the Structural Engineers Association of Washington Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Preparedness & Response Committees.

BD+C magazine editors selected 40 Architecture, Engineering, and Construction professionals from around the world to comprise this year's list of honorees. Successful and well-rounded individuals under the age of 40 are chosen based on criteria such as leadership, community outreach, sustained career progress, personal integrity, inventiveness, academic training, and other qualities and characteristics.

Skagit County

Kane

The Skagit County Board of Commissioners announced the appointment of Grace Kane to the position of Public Works Director. Kane will officially take on the position on January 18, 2022. Her appointment follows the retirement of current Public Works Director Dan Berentson.

Kane has worked for Skagit County since May 2021 and has been serving as Engineering Division Manager. Prior to working with Skagit, she served as the City Engineer for the City of Lake Stevens. She has also worked as a Project Manager/Associate Engineer for the City of Everett, a Project Engineer for Snohomish County Public Works and as a project engineer in private industry.

Kane graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and is a certified Mediation Practitioner with the Volunteers of America Dispute Resolution Center. Berentson is retiring on January 31, 2022 after 20 years of public service.

Lyn Health

Marcotte

Seattle-based Lyn Health, a healthcare start-up focused on people with multiple chronic conditions, announced the addition of Brian Marcotte, former president and CEO of the Business Group on Health, to its board of advisors. At the Business Group, Marcotte established the Health Innovations Forum, which helped accelerate market traction for digital health startups, and the Executive Committee on Value Purchasing, a cross-industry council focused on shifting the market toward value-based pricing and provider accountability. Prior to the Business Group, he was the vice president of compensation and benefits for Honeywell International. Rick Abbott is the founder and CEO of Lyn Health.

Metrist

Apella Capital, a financial advisory and wealth management firm, announced Metrist Wealth Advisors, a registered investment advisor headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, has joined the firm. Metrist brings over $130 million in assets under management to Apella Capital. Metrist provides clients with financial planning, portfolio creation, asset management, and income management. Founded in 2004 by CEO Taylor Drake, the Metrist team brings more than 34 years of collective experience. Prior to becoming an advisor, Drake managed 401k bond portfolios and developed investment products as an investment banker. This is Apella's first transaction in 2022. Apella Capital, with over $2.5 billion in assets under management and administration, is headquartered in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and now has 12 offices around the country in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Colorado, and California. Apella was founded in 2014 by financial advisors Patrick Sweeny and David Connelly.

Library Piracy Lawsuit

The U.S. Court for the Western District of Washington awarded $7.8 million in statutory damages to 12 Authors Guild members, Amazon Publishing, and Penguin Random House for 52 acts of copyright infringement in a default judgment against Kiss Library, shutting down the Ukraine-based piracy ring. Judge Marsha Pechman, senior district judge for the Western District, decided all claims for the plaintiffs and awarded $150,000 per infringed book, the maximum penalty allowed under U.S. law. The plaintiffs filed suit against the book piracy entity and its operators on July 7, 2020.“We could not be happier with the decision,” said Mary Rasenberger, CEO of the Authors Guild. “Authors rarely have the necessary resources to fight commercial-scale piracy and take on protracted litigation, so we are extremely grateful to Amazon Publishing and Penguin Random House for their collaboration on this action.” Kiss Library did business through dozens of domain names that illegally sold pirated ebooks at discounted prices to unsuspecting readers. The Authors Guild is the nation's oldest and largest professional organization for writers. Its mission is to empower working writers by advocating for the rights of authors and journalists. The Guild protects free speech and authors' copyrights, fights for fair contracts and a living wage and provides a community for all published authors.

Jan 04, 2022

Carney Badley

Cosgrove

Haveman

Zachary Haveman and Rory Cosgrove have been voted in as shareholders at Carney Badley Spellman. Haveman's practice focuses on corporate and business law, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, and trademark and intellectual property. His practice involves significant work in new entity start-up formations, financing and corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions of businesses. Cosgrove's practice focuses on civil appeals in state and federal courts. He has argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and in all three divisions of the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington. He has filed amicus briefs in the Supreme Court of Washington on behalf of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, national trade associations, and insurance companies. Before joining the firm, Cosgrove clerked for the Honorable James R. Verellen at the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division One, for two years.

Office Ally

Office Ally, headquartered in Vancouver, announced its acquisition by Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses. Office Ally is a healthcare technology company that offers cloud-based solutions to healthcare providers, independent physician associations and health plans. Office Ally's platform supports both the management of care and facilitates payments between providers, health plans and patients. Office Ally's platform is paired with a clearinghouse that enables the exchange of healthcare information including claims, remits, and eligibility information between covered entities and across the healthcare market. In conjunction with the closing of this transaction, Brian O'Neill, Office Ally founder and CEO will be retiring, and industry healthcare technology veteran Chris Hart will become CEO of the company. Since its launch over 20 years ago, Francisco Partners has invested in more than 300 technology companies. Lazard and Meridian Capital served as financial advisors and K&L Gates served as legal advisor to Office Ally. Kirkland & Ellis served as legal advisor to Francisco Partners.

Cowden

LafargeHolcim in the United States announced the acquisition of the ready-mix concrete and aggregate assets held by Cowden, a longstanding supplier in Washington state, via its wholly-owned subsidiary Aggregate Industries (AI). Cowden, established in 1945, is based in Bellingham, and has grown in the region to include ready-mix concrete plants, aggregate facilities and a hauling fleet, supplying both large commercial and small residential projects. More than 100 Cowden employees will join AI's organization. The organization will operate as Cowden, a division of Aggregate Industries Pacific Northwest, and will become a member of the LafargeHolcim family of companies in the US. LafargeHolcim US is part of Holcim, a global provider of sustainable building solutions.

Hanford Mission Integration Solutions

Richland-based Hanford Mission Integration Solutions committed over $96,000 to student scholarships and local educational programs in an effort to support development of the future Hanford workforce. Through the HMIS scholarship program, $29,000 was awarded to dependents of HMIS employees and co-op interns. A partnership with Washington State University Tri-Cities resulted in $2,500 scholarships for 10 WSU Tri-Cities students pursuing STEM degrees. HMIS also donated over $22,000 to support Columbia Basin College’s Pathways to Hanford program, which assists students exploring careers at Hanford. Finally, HMIS donated $20,000 to The STEM Foundation to help expand the STEM Like ME! educational programs at middle and high schools in the Tri-Cities area. HMIS is the team of Leidos, Centerra Group and Parsons. It has the essential services contract at the Hanford Site.