Nov 02, 1995

The Pacific Institute

The Pacific Institute has published a new book by Lou Tice titled "Smart Talk for Achieving Your Potential, 5 Steps to Get You From Here to There". It is available at Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton and Waldenbooks. Based on the concepts of the popular program, Investment in Excellence for the 90s, the book guides the reader through a five-step process, which leads to permanent changes in attitudes and behaviors. The Smart Talk concepts, derived from the latest research in cognitive psychology and grounded in 25 years of practical application, are illustrated in Tice's story of his successful battle with cancer, which is woven throughout the book.

Xerox of the Pacific Northwest

Seattle-headquartered Xerox of the Pacific Northwest has promoted Karen Burke to employee development manager and Denis Keller to controller in charge of financial and fiduciary activities for the company. Burke joined Xerox 21 years ago as a marketing services assistant and has held management positions throughout the Seattle district. Keller has held management positions throughout the country since joining the company in 1972. Most recently, he served as business manager for the Pacific North District.

IDD Aerospace

The assets of the Illuminated Displays Division of Bell Industries have been acquired by IDD Aerospace Corp., a manufacturer and designer of lighted displays, keyboards and integrated switch panels for commercial and military aerospace, and automotive applications. The division will remain in Redmond and be known as IDD Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe Intertechnique, a French company publicly traded on the Paris Stock Exchange.

Univar

Paul H. Hough has been elected president and chief executive officer of Univar Corp., a Kirkland-headquartered multi-national distribution services company dealing in a broad range of chemicals and related services to industry. Hough succeeds James W. Bernard who has retired after 35 years with the company. Hough also has been named president of Van Waters & Rogers Inc., Univar's U.S. operating subsidiary, succeeding James P. Alampi. He had been president of Univar's Canadian operating unit since 1991. Hough, a 35-year career veteran with Van Waters & Rogers Ltd., has broad experience in sales and sales management, serving as executive vice president and general manager for Western Canadian operations from 1988 to 1991.

MWW/Savitt

Communications agency MWW/Savitt has added Olympic Capital Partners to its client base. The Seattle-based financial consulting firm was established in March to meet the corporate needs of middle-market companies ($10 million to $250 million in annual revenues).

Nov 01, 1995

Tippett Marine Services

Tippett Marine Services, a local boatbuilder and supplier of hydraulics systems services, has appointed Don Mattingly to the position of sales estimator. Mattingly most recently worked for Marcom Inc. of Seattle, and before that, was with Unimar Shipyard and Lockheed Shipbuilding. He also has more than 30 years of experience working with the Navy's Supships department.

Advertising Production Association

The Advertising Production Association has elected Karen Flory president and Valerie Prescott secretary/treasurer. Flory, a 14-year veteran of the advertising production industry, is a global project specialist at Microsoft. Prescott is a logistics and operations manager at Cole & Weber/The Rodeo, the electronic production division of Seattle-based Cole & Weber Advertising.

Excell Data

Bellevue-headquartered software and system integration company Excell Data has opened an office in Portland, in the Lincoln Tower Center. For the past two years, Excell Data has been serving numerous Portland-based companies, including Nike and Consolidated Freightways, from its Bellevue base. With the new office, the company expects to double its service in Portland over the next year. The office will be headed up by Greg Welch. Welch has managed major accounts for Excell Data Corp. for the past two years. He has more than eight years of senior level technical account management experience.

MWW/Savitt

David Tindall has been promoted to account executive in the Seattle office of communications firm MWW/Savitt. Tindall's most recent work at the agency has included managing the research component of a major employee communications project for a national client and conducting media relations campaigns. He came to Seattle from Washington, D.C., where he held positions with public relations and government affairs agencies such as Beckel Cowen and Powell Tate, and the government relations office of Nissan North America. He also served as a staff assistant at the White House in 1994.

Midcom Communications Inc.

Seattle-headquartered Midcom Communications Inc., a national provider of long-distance telecommunications services to small-and medium-sized business, has named Teresa Attoinese director of revenue accounting and promoted Ruth Lowe from senior systems analyst to senior systems manager. Attoinese most recently was employed by US West Communications as a global acceptance test team leader. She previously was US West's billing programs manager and alternative billing consultant. Lowe most recently led the design, development, testing and implementation of Midcom's new billing system. Before joining Midcom full time, she was a consultant for Aris Corp.