Feb 04, 1999

Wing Luke Asian Museum

The Wing Luke Asian Museum has received a four-year grant of $400,000 from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, a national foundation. The grant will be used to expand and update community-based programs, outreach and exhibitions, performances and educational programs. The museum is a 33-year old non-profit multidisciplinary cultural center in Seattle's International District.

Alert Technology Group Inc.

Alert Technology Group Inc., an Acme, Wash.-based crisis management and hazard prevention company, recently implemented a "Y2K Hazard Checkups" program for small to mid-sized businesses concerned with detecting and preventing problems related to the millennium computer bug. For more information, contact Alert.

Laird Norton Trust Company

Laird Norton Trust Company, a Seattle-based private trust and investment management firm, has hired Todd Morton as human resources director. Morton formerly served as a human resources manager at Continental Mills Inc.

encoding.com

Mike McHenry was recently hired as vice president of sales and Gary Onn has been added as chief financial officer and vice president of operations at encoding.com. encoding.com is a Seattle-based provider of audio and video encoding and optimization for the Internet. McHenry formerly served as vice president of sales at iCat Corp. Onn formerly served as vice president of finance/chief financial officer for Heartstream Inc.

Rapigene Inc.

Rapigene Inc., a Seattle-based genomics and services subsidiary of Chiroscience Group, has appointed Nick McCooke as president and chief operating officer and Karen Hedine as vice president for business development. McCooke formerly served as president of Innovex Japan. Hedine formerly served as vice president of business development for Canadian-based Phytogen Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Feb 03, 1999

URS Greiner Woodward Clyde

URS Greiner Woodward Clyde has named Nabil M. Jammal national director of airport terminal design and airport services manager for its Seattle office. Jammal has spent that last 26 years working on aviation planning and design projects in the United States and the Middle East. He directed the planning of the new $600 million Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv; three midfield concourses at the new International Airport in Denver; the Albuquerque International Sunport Improvement Program in New Mexico; and the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport terminal facilities study in Minnesota. Jammal is currently the terminal planning and design lead for the new Guangzou International Airport in China. He is also leading the Seattle offices's airport services group in the programming and communication, security and baggage handling systems for the south terminal expansion project and the central terminal renovation at Sea-Tac International Airport. Jammal was educated in Egypt and at the University of Washington. URS Greiner Woodward Clyde has more than 6,600 employees in a network of 130 offices worldwide.

ABKJ

Kelly Strand Anderson has joined Andersen Bjornstad Kane Jacobs as marketing manager. She was recently editor for a business-to-business newspaper for the telecommunications industry. Her previous experience also includes marketing, public relations and graphic design for companies such as Wolfe Internet Access. Michael Finnegan as joined the firm's program management department as an engineer. He was most recently employed by the Washington State Department of Transportation. He is currently working on several bridge replacement projects for Snohomish County.

PN&D

Floyd E. Holcom has joined Peratrovich, Nottingham & Drage as a senior staff engineer. He has been a consultant with the firm for the last two years. He is a senior special forces engineer with the U.S. Army and remains active in the Army Reserve with over 18 years of military experience. He is now working in the Astoria, Ore. office of PN&D on a harbor rehabilitation project for the city of Kodiak, Alaska. He recently completed work on the Cornelius Pass Railroad Bridge for the Portland and Western Railroad near Portland, and a submarine fiber optic project for WCICI Cable.

Otak

Touta Phengsavath has joined the Kirkland office of Otak as an engineer-in-training. He spent seven years with Roth Hill Engineering Partners. Al Torrico has joined Otak's planning department in the Kirkland office. He recently worked for the City of Sumner as an associate planner. Mark Fluss has joined the engineering department in the Kirkland office. He specializes in hydrology and transportation management. Karin Magnelli has joined the administrative staff as receptionist in Kirkland. Otak has also added three new staff members to the Seattle office. Lindell Alderman has joined the information systems department as a computer support technician. He was previously an independent computer consultant. Michael Anderson has joined the architecture department at Otak. He was previously a project architect at Hewitt Isley. Keith Bates recently joined the landscape architecture department. He comes from Michigan, where he was a landscape design and drafting assistant.