Mar 20, 2024

AIA National

Borys

Ito

Scott

Hanford

Shoesmith

Simonen

Misel

The 2024 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects has elevated seven AIA Seattle Members to its College of Fellows.

The elevated architects are: Ann Marie Borys (University of Washington Department of Architecture); Douglas Ito (SMR Architects); J. Todd Scott (King County Historic Preservation Office); Jim Hanford (The Miller Hull Partnership); John Shoesmith (Perkins Eastman); Kathrina Simonen (University of Washington/Carbon Leadership Forum); and Robert Misel (The Miller Hull Partnership).

The fellowship program was developed to elevate architects who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level.

Columbia Helicopters

Oregon-based Columbia Helicopters appointed David Balevic as president and CEO, effective immediately. Balevic will succeed Michael Tremlett, who is departing the company to pursue other opportunities. Columbia Helicopters manufactures, provides sustainment services for, and operates the Model 234, CH-47D Chinook, and Model 107-II tandem-rotor helicopters. The company's principal customers include the U.S. military, foreign allied militaries, U.S. and foreign civil protection agencies, and a broad range of commercial customers. Balevic brings more than 35 years of leadership experience across the aviation industry to Columbia. He previously spent eight years at CHC Helicopter, where he served as the senior vice president for engineering and operations before being promoted to president and CEO in August 2019. During his tenure, Balevic oversaw all aspects of the business, including aircraft flight operations, supply chain, and the global MRO services. Additionally, Balevic has over two decades of experience at GE in its Aircraft Engine, Power, and Oil & Gas business units.

Sundance Consulting

Sundance Consulting, a full-service environmental consulting firm, announced that it has joined Halle Capital-backed True Environmental, a platform focused on collaborating with founder and employee-owned environmental consulting and engineering firms to provide capital solutions to accelerate growth and facilitate ownership transitions. September Myres is the founder of Sundance and Mark Rigatt is the president of the Pocatello, Idaho-based firm. Founded in 2005, the Sundance team of more than 70 professionals have expertise in environmental assessments, natural and cultural resources, planning, compliance, and remediation serving federal, state, and local governments and agencies and commercial clients throughout the U.S. Halle Capital is a lower-middle market, growth-oriented private equity firm based in New York.

Mar 19, 2024

Smartsheet

Garg

Long

Bellevue-based Smartsheet, an enterprise work management platform, announced a series of changes to its executive team. Max Long was named to lead a newly unified and expanded Go-to-Market team composed of Worldwide Field Operations and Marketing. As president, GTM, Long will join the Smartsheet senior leadership team to enable and support the company's expanding global customer base throughout their entire lifecycle. Long joins Smartsheet as a tenured executive with over three decades of experience growing and scaling commercial teams for global technology firms including Microsoft, Adobe, and NetApp. After many years of engineering and product leadership at Smartsheet, Praerit Garg will assume the new title of president, product & innovation. He will accelerate business innovation and product execution and enable more effective marketing of Smartsheet solutions to customers, prospects, and partners. Mike Arntz, currently chief revenue officer, will retire on March 31st after seven and a half years with Smartsheet. Arntz will serve as an advisor to the company until mid-May to support Long in his transition. Andrew Bennett, chief marketing officer, closed out his almost ten-year tenure at Smartsheet on March 15th to pursue an opportunity outside of Smartsheet.

Strong Tower Consulting

Strong Tower Consulting, a Washington state-based management-consulting firm, has been named to the list of Inclusive Workplaces compiled by Best Companies Group in 2024 in collaboration with COLOR Magazine. This recognition underscores Strong Tower's commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion through its underlying virtues of creating value by bringing more perspectives and ideas to the table. Best Companies Group, partnered with COLOR Magazine, a publication dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the corporate world, to identify organizations that prioritize inclusivity in their workplaces. The evaluation process included a thorough assessment of workplace policies, practices, and employee feedback. Strong Tower's workforce is comprised of more than 75% female employees. Strong Tower is a certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprise, and a Women Owned Business Enterprise.

Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor has been recognized with multiple 2024 Globee Cybersecurity Awards. The Lattice Sentry solution stack won a Gold award in the ‘Embedded Security' category; Lattice SupplyGuard service won a Silver award in the ‘Software Supply Chain Security' category; and the Lattice Security Seminar series won a Bronze award in the ‘Thought Leadership in Strengthening Cyber Resiliency' category. The Globee Cybersecurity Awards recognize cybersecurity companies and professionals for their innovative approaches and effective solutions in ensuring security in the digital age. The awards cover various categories and the program aims to raise awareness about cybersecurity issues and honor those who have made significant contributions in protecting organizations and individuals from cyber threats. Lattice Semiconductor is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Herzog Glass

Seattle-based Herzog Glass has become the first glazing contractor in Washington state and 70th overall to earn North American Contractor Certification. NACC is an ANSI-accredited, third-party credential that recognizes architectural glass and metal contractors who adhere to best practices for quality, safety and business operations. During six months of preparation, Herzog underwent a series of rigorous assessments to document and implement written procedures in a quality management system, a requirement of all certified contractors. To maintain certification, Herzog will be reevaluated annually. Herzog's work includes interior and exterior glazing projects for commercial, industrial and residential clients. Since its 2015 launch, the NACC program has certified 70 glazing subcontractors in 23 states and Canada. Over 25 more companies are progressing toward certification in 2024.

ABC of Western Washington

Pella Windows & Doors of Western Washington and Painters Unlimited have joined the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. The Bothell branch of Pella offers custom windows and doors. Painters Unlimited is based in Kirkland. It offers commercial painting and wall covering services.

Bobcat

The city of Auburn is one of five communities nationwide to receive a $50,000 grant to support park improvement projects. The grants came from a partnership of Bobcat Co. and the National Recreation and Park Association. Bobcat reports that the five projects have been completed. Auburn's project created new ADA-compliant pathways at Auburndale Park by removing outdated asphalt from two existing paths and replacing it with crushed gravel. Bobcat of Seattle provided in-kind volunteer aid and Bobcat equipment to demo the asphalt and help install the paths to proper grade.