May 02, 2023

Hermanson Co.

Stewart

Kent-based mechanical contractor Hermanson Co. promoted Wyley Stewart to project executive in the Special Projects Division. Stewart now oversees project scheduling, subcontractor coordination, quality control, mechanical system design, budgets, final estimates, construction engineering and commissioning. Stewart joined Hermanson in 2018 after graduating with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Central Washington University. He previously was a project manager in the Special Projects Division. He also is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Hermanson has offices in Seattle, Redmond and Oregon.

Aiberry

Bellevue-based Aiberry, a mental health screening platform, was awarded the Best Mental Health Technology Solution of 2023 by Health Digital Tech Awards. The awards program recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in health technology. Aiberry's platform enables mental health screenings in a wide range of settings, from doctors offices to schools, workplaces, or even homes. It offers outcomes that can be tracked over time for trend analysis. The AI-powered virtual therapeutic assistant asks questions to gather mental health information. At the end of each screening, users and clinicians are provided with a risk level assessment for mental health disorders including suicidal ideation. Led by co-founders and co-CEOs Linda Chung and Johan Bjorklund, Aiberry received $8M in seed funding in March of this year.

Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks announced a multi-year extension with Bonneville Seattle Media Group to continue with Seattle Sports 710 AM and KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM as the official flagship radio broadcast partners of the Seahawks. The announcement was made by Seahawks Executive Vice President/General Manager John Schneider. Per the agreement, Seattle Sports and KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM will continue to broadcast all Seahawks games, including pregame, play-by-play and postgame coverage. Radio coverage will also remain available for fans in the Seattle market on the Seattle Sports, KIRO Newsradio and Seahawks mobile apps. In addition, the partnership includes special programming, joint community service projects and exclusive web content. Bonneville International is an integrated media and marketing solutions company. Founded in 1964, Bonneville is headquartered in Salt Lake City.

Clark Construction

Turnbull

Rachele Turnbull will retire in June from Clark Construction, which she founded in 2006. Clark Construction is an employee-owned general contracting firm, with a team made up of nearly 50% women, minority and under-represented groups. It has offices in Sequim and on Bainbridge Island, and a projected annual volume of over $50 million that includes commercial and multifamily projects in addition to custom waterfront homes. Turnbull earned a bachelor's degree in construction engineering management from Oregon State University in 1996, then spent eight years as a project manager at Baugh Construction Oregon (now a part of Skanska) before starting her company.

“When I decided to start Clark, it was for a very different reason than to build a business and grow to where we are today,” she said in a news release. “Yes, I always knew that if I was to continue my career in construction that I wanted to do it as an owner, not just an employee, but I started Clark because my dad was beginning to suffer from early onset dementia and Alzheimer's at a very young age and his doctors did not want him working alone anymore. Dad (Fred Clark) worked the last five years of his career with me at Clark. This is where I found purpose and not just a job. As Clark began to grow, more and more people chose to join because it was different, we were different. An entire company of leaders in the industry working together, as owners, stakeholders, and as mentors building careers for themselves and others.”

Turnbull is leaving the company in the hands of the board of directors and 40 company shareholders, with Casey French as CEO, Kellen Bond as president and Chris Dykeman as vice president of construction at the helm. Turnbull will remain on the board as a consultant.

Harts Services

Tacoma-based plumbing and electrical company Harts Services will recognize a veteran or active service member at eight 2023 Tacoma Rainiers home games this baseball season through the Hometown Heroes program. Each Hometown Hero and three guests will watch the game from the Commencement Bank Summit Club, and will be introduced to fans from the Cheney Stadium field between innings. The first game they will be honored at is on May 14. One of the eight Hometown Heroes will win a free water heater from Harts at the end of the season. Harts is also donating $100 for every Rainiers home win in 2023 to the Wounded Warrior Project. The Rainiers are the AAA affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.

Apr 28, 2023

Davis Wright Tremaine

Rice

David Rice, an attorney with more than two decades of experience advising clients on a wide range of privacy and data security issues, has joined Davis Wright Tremaine as a partner in the firm's Seattle office. Over the past 20 years, Rice has counseled domestic and international organizations on emerging issues in data privacy and data security. He advises clients on compliance, handles incident response, and conducts employee training. His experience encompasses a broad range of international, federal, and state laws. Rice has also negotiated hundreds of complex information technology contracts. Rice has counseled clients across diverse sectors, including B2C, data brokers, adtech, SaaS providers, healthcare-adjacent companies, and franchise operations. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional - United States. Rice joins the firm from the Seattle office of Miller Nash, where he was a partner. He previously worked as an associate at Venable LLP and at a predecessor firm to K&L Gates. He received his B.A. from The George Washington University and his J.D. from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. He currently co-chairs the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Federal Communications Bar Association.

Bates Group

Pappas

Bates Group, a Portland-based firm that offers regulatory, compliance, anti-money laundering, and litigation consulting for the financial services industry, appointed Benjamin Pappas as chief executive officer. Previously, Pappas was Bates Group's president, where he was responsible for driving the firm's overall growth strategy. Pappas succeeds former CEO Jennifer Stout, who will be taking up new roles as vice-chair of the board of directors and senior executive advisor to the firm. Client engagement will remain a key priority for Stout. She will continue to maintain close relationships with clients and will be actively involved in conducting outreach to Bates Group's portfolio of financial firms and counsel. Pappas was appointed chief operating officer of Bates Group in 2016 and president in 2019. Before joining Bates, he was senior vice president and COO of D.A. Davidson Companies' Equity Capital Markets business, where he was responsible for implementing strategic growth initiatives and developing an annual financial budgeting and forecasting process. Stout's decades-long leadership at Bates Group includes successfully leading and diversifying Bates from a retail litigation-focused expert consulting firm to a nationwide consulting firm offering services and solutions for litigation, regulatory, AML, and compliance clients at broker-dealer, registered investment advisors, banks, insurance, money services business, and digital assets firms.

CoreStack

Bellevue-based CoreStack, a global multi-cloud governance provider, announced it that it has won five Global InfoSec Awards from Cyber Defense Magazine, an electronic information security magazine, at the RSA Conference: Market Leader Cloud Security Automation; Most Innovative Cloud Security Monitoring; Best Solution Cloud Security Posture Management; Best Product Compliance Automation; and Most Innovative SecOps-As-A-Service. CoreStack offers a suite of NextGen Cloud Governance modules that leverage AI to provide continuous and autonomous governance for FinOps, SecOps, and DevOps across multi-cloud through one unified dashboard.