Jul 08, 1999

Netdesk

Kate Chan has been hired as Microsoft sales specialist at Netdesk Corp., a Seattle-based certification and training center for advanced Microsoft applications. Chan will be working with state government, The Boeing Co. and employment agencies. Prior to joining Netdesk, she was an employment consultant at Business Management Services in Bellevue.

Phoenix Savings Bank

Jaime Olivarez has joined Phoenix Savings Bank as a loan officer in its Mt. Vernon office. Also joining the bank is Rosario Reyes, a loan officer who will be working in its main office in Lynnwood. Both Olivarez and Reyes are Spanish speakers hired by the bank to assist Hispanic customers seeking home loans.

KUBE 93

Shellie Hart has been named the operations manager at KUBE 93-FM in Seattle. Prior to joining KUBE 93, Hart was the program director and host of her own show at KEDJ-FM in Phoenix. She had worked as an on-air personality for KUBE 93 from 1990 to 1993.

DataLink Concepts

Jason Tyer has been named director of sales and marketing for DataLink Concepts, an Internet development company based in Seattle. Previously, Tyer was development manager for local exchange service at International Telcom in Seattle.

Jul 07, 1999

Tallman & Severin

A new law partnership has been put together by former Bogle & Gates lawyers Richard C. Tallman and Linda C. Severin. The pair formerly practiced in the White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group of Bogle & Gates. They also served as federal prosecutors. The new firm is called Tallman & Severin. It represents companies, corporate officers and employees whose business activities are under government administrative, civil or criminal investigations. Tallman & Severin is located at 1011 Western Ave., Suite 803, Seattle.

Reed McClure

Kent Caputo and Kristin Jorgensen have joined the law firm of Reed McClure. Caputo is a principal at the firm, leading its public policy practice, and representing clients in transactional and litigation matters. He also counsels and coordinates legal, policy and media efforts. Jorgensen is a non-attorney professional specializing in public policy concerns at the local, state and federal levels. Both come from Patton Boggs of Washington, D.C.

Tully's Coffee

Tully's Coffee has appointed Lisa Burgess Alm as creative director. Alm is responsible for the company's visual identity. She formerly was the visual merchandising consultant for Noah's Bagels and the Pike Place Market. She holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Kansas City Art Institute.

Hawkins & Company

Seattle public relations agency Hawkins & Co. has hired Melissa Jones as an account coordinator. She is assisting account staff with writing and publicity projects for several clients. She previously worked in the corporate communications department at LifeCenter Northwest Donor Network. She is a graduate of the University of Washington.

DBM/CM

Federal Way-based Donald B. Murphy Contractors has hired Troy A. Edwards as a project manager and promoted Charlie DeGasparis to head of its Cooney McHugh division. Edwards holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Central Washington University. DeGasparis holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Santa Clara University. He has nine years of experience as an estimator, project engineer and project manager.

The Robinson Co.

Sharon Kennedy has become a partner at The Robinson Co. Kennedy has 20 years of construction industry experience, 10 of those with Robinson. She is the firm's chief estimator and is in charge of a six-person estimating group that specializes in schools, medical facilities and libraries. Seattle-based Robinson specializes in preconstruction services, cost estimating and project management.

Rod Hahn Co.

Residential remodeler Rod Hahn Co. is reorganizing its business structure. Effective July 1, the company incorporated and proprietor Rodney C. Hahn assumed the position of president. The firm is based in Seattle.

Tech-Fast

Tech-Fast Metal Systems of Tacoma has added to its staff. The new hires include: Dave Lopez as lead detailer, Matt Jordan as checker-detailer, and Darryl Dragich and Eric Phillips as detailers. Lopez has seven years of experience in the CADD industry, specializing in commercial structures. Jordan holds an associate degree in mechanical en-gineering design with continuing education in management of technical operations. Dragich has over 22 years of experience in construction design and drafting, including mechanical and structural design and CADD. Phillips has 10 years of CADD experience and holds an associate degree from Lower Columbia College. Tech-Fast is a designer and builder of self-storage structures.

Triad

Bob Wallis has joined Triad Associates as a project surveyor. Wallis is currently working on the Sterlingwood development in the Sammamish plateau and the West Village development in Mill Creek. Wallis has over 20 years of public and private sector experience in commercial, multi-family, single-family, school and city development projects. Katherine Russell has joined the firm as a planner. Russell is working on East Village, a master planned community in Issaquah, and Wildwood, a multi-family development in Snohomish County. Jordan Al-Kahtani has joined the firm as an engineering CADD technician. He is working on Seaway Tract 3 and The Villages at Smugglers Cove.

Sverdrup

Ted Bell, a civil engineer, has joined the Bellevue office of Sverdrup Civil. Bell will be managing Sverdrup's South 277th Street Reconstruction Design Project in Auburn. Before joining the firm, he was a manager for Terminal Engineering for Washington State Ferries. Tim Nordin, a civil engineer, has joined the firm. Nordin is working on design improvements to roads, lighting and landscaping at Sea-Tac Airport and on design for King County's Mill Creek Relief Sewer and relocation of the Auburn receptor. Scott Holloway, a civil engineer, will be assigned to Sverdrup's on-call contract for engineering services to Washington State Ferries. San-Lih Lok has also joined the firm. San-Lih provided design for Vancouver, B.C.'s Alex Fraser Cable Bridge and the West Seattle High-Level and Low-Level Bridges. Steve Wittman-Todd, a senior structural/civil engineer, is assigned to the firm's on-call contract with Washington State Ferries for passenger-only ferry facilities. Laura Cooper, an environmental planner, has been recently hired by the firm. Cooper is providing services for a new transit center and park-and-ride facilities in Federal Way for Sound Transit.

Nakano Associates

Brad Kurokawa has joined Nakano Associates LLC as a senior associate. Kurokawa has over 18 years of professional experience encompassing a diverse range of projects, from large-scale master planning to detailed design and construction of small courtyards. His areas of expertise include design, planning, illustrative graphics, project management, construction documentation and construction administration. Also joining Nakano is Rob Fazio, who has been hired as an associate landscape designer. Fazio has three years of professional experience. His main professional interests include native planting and urban open spaces.

R.W. Beck

R.W. Beck has hired Brooke Dutka, an electrical engineer, to work on project planning and design and to provide engineering support during project construction. Dutka received her engineering degree from the University of Victoria. Ross Guttromson, an electrical engineer, is also joining the firm. Guttromson will be supporting the firm's infrastructure practice. A graduate of Washington State University, Ross was an electrical design engineer for Westinghouse in Orlando, Fla.

NCA

Nelson-Couvrette & Associates Inc. (NCA) has hired Ralph Isaacs as a senior geotechnical engineer. Before joining NCA, Isaacs was president of Cascade Pacific Engineering in Portland. He has experience in project management, particularly of linear transportation projects, such as pipelines (water, gas and oil) and roadways and railways. Mark Dunton joins NCA as a senior staff geologist. Dunton has 13 years of experience with field monitoring and investigations for geotechnical and environmental sites. Bala Dodoye-Alali and David Boyer join NCA as staff geologists and laboratory technicians.

AKB

AKB Engineers Inc. has hired Audrey Wilson as an administrative assistant. The firm has hired Nick Saari, a structural engineer. Saari is working on military housing and bank projects. He specializes in materials such as concrete, steel and timber. Chase Pense joins the firm as a structural engineer. Pense has experience in retail, commercial and correction projects. Also joining the firm is Gloria Ramirez, marketing coordinator. Ramirez has 10 years of sales and marketing experience, with the last three years in the engineering field.

Pacific Engineering Design

Chan Chou has joined Pacific Engineering Design Inc. as a senior planner. Chou will complete feasibility and alternative analyses, development schedules and cost estimates. He has planning experience with local large master-planned projects, including Providence Pointe, West Campus and Canterwood.

AGI

AGI Technologies Inc. has promoted Patrick Evans to principal chemical engineer. Evans, who has been with AGI for five years, manages the firm's environmental technologies laboratory, where he develops and evaluates technologies to clean up contaminated soil, water and industrial wastes. He holds a master's degree in biochemical engineering and a doctorate in chemical engineering. The firm has also promoted Richard Goode to project engineer. Goode, who has been with AGI for five years, specializes in designing and managing construction of remedial action projects. He is providing the engineering analysis and design for a 750 gpm groundwater treatment system in Portland. AGI has also hired several new employees. Joining the firm are Jessica Garofalo, staff geologist, Louis Le, staff engineer, Jolyn Leslie, staff engineer, Karin Mainzhausen, staff engineer, Lua Olsen, staff geologist, Aaron Sundberg, staff engineer, and Bruce Johnston, information systems manager.

Associated Earth Sciences

Associated Earth Sciences Inc. (AESI) has promoted several employees. Carl Hadley has been promoted to senior scientist. Hadley specializes in design and construction of fish habitat and passage structures in both urban and forested stream settings. Jill Wheeler has been promoted to senior project geologist. Wheeler has provided geological know-how on large-scale projects, including the Snoqualmie Ridge development. She has experience in the areas of geologic hazards, environmental impact statements, non-metallic economic resource evaluations, geomorphology, hydrology and geophysical studies. Dave McCormack has been promoted to senior project geologist. McCormack is project manager for the Cedar Moraine Monitoring Well Improvements Project, which will involve evaluating and upgrading Seattle's monitoring well network within the Cedar River watershed. He will also be in charge of training geologists at the firm's Bainbridge Island office. He has experience in engineering, environmental, economic and periglacial geology. Melissa Magnuson has been promoted to senior staff geotechnical engineer. Magnuson's project experience includes supervision of field activities at environmental and geotechnical sites. Fred Huston has been promoted to senior project biologist. Huston's professional background includes forest and wildlife management and vegetation and wetlands studies.

Several new employees have joined AESI.

Gary Stevens, project hydrologist, is working on the MountainStar development in eastern Washington. Stevens has been providing hydrologic services in Washington and Idaho since 1992. His project experience includes evaluation and development of municipal well supplies, sea water intrusion investigations, de-watering projects and environmental site studies. Michele McGrady, senior staff biologist, is a fisheries biologist with experience in environmental planning, fisheries enhancement projects and wetlands delineation. She has worked on several fisheries projects for Puget Sound Energy. Robert Hanford, senior staff geologist, has experience in environmental projects including EPA Superfund sites and U.S. Navy projects. Steve Stresky, senior staff geologist, is working on a ground water project for the Lummi Indians and the Port of Seattle's ground water study at Sea-Tac International Airport. Stresky's areas of geological expertise include oil and gas. Greg Cox, staff engineering geologist, is from Sydney, Australia, where he acquired five years of experience in his field. Other additions to AESI's staff include Joe Lubischer, staff scientist, Michael Scrafford, technical aide, Laura Saunders, summer intern, Andy Glandon, staff geologist, Brad Kernan, staff scientist, Brian Taylor, staff geologist, Lloyd White, staff technician, and Ryan Tuomitso, summer intern.

King County Bar Association

Lucy Isaki has been elected president of the King County Bar Association. She is a lawyer with the state Attorney General's Office and served as a partner at Bogle & Gates for 20 years prior to that. The bar association also elected new officers. Included are: Frederick Noland as first vice president, Ralph Maimon as second vice president, David Kerruish as secretary and Catherine Shaffer as treasurer. Newly elected trustees include: John Carey and Sharon Sakamoto for the Central District, David Kahn for the East District and Jennifer Stevens Payseno for the South District.