Feb 10, 2000

Washington State Liquor Control Board

Gov. Gary Locke has appointed Vera Ing to the Liquor Control Board. Ing has experience as a Seattle City Council legislative assistant, a partner of Ing & Associates Architects/Planners of Seattle and principal of Mulvanny's Ing Associates Division of Seattle, as well as owning and operating Prima Vera Cafe. Her term expires Jan. 15, 2001.

Siemens Medical Systems

The Issaquah office of Siemens Medical Systems announced the appointment of John Pavlidis as president of its Ultrasound Division. Pavlidis joined Siemens in 1990 as a MRI product specialist, and recently served as vice president of the U.S. MRI Division. The company also announced David S. Quist is vice president of marketing and John Benson is vice president of product creation. Wolfgang Reim, company president for two years, will leave for other business opportunities. Siemens Medical Systems develops and manufactures medical equipment.

Washington Hills Cellars

Washington Hills Cellars of Kirkland announced the relocation of Brian Carter, vice president of winemaking operations and principal winemaker, to the Kirkland headquarters. He will continue to supervise winemaking at the Sunnyside winery as well as direct special projects. Day-to-day winemaking activities will be headed by Tom DiBello.

Publicis Dialog

Publicis Dialog announced the appointment of Jeff Hasen as president of the agency's Seattle office. Hansen has been with the company for five years, most recently as senior principal/managing director of public relations operations in Salt Lake City. Publicis offers integrated communications in advertising, public relations, direct marketing, sales promotion, design and Internet marketing.

Delta Computer Systems

Plant automation and motion control application veteran Herb Johanson was recently given additional duties in sales management at Delta Computer Systems of Vancouver. Johanson has 16 years experience in automation and motion control. Delta Computer Systems provides advanced capability motion controllers, color sensors and custom industrial control products for production line automation

Feb 09, 2000

DLR Group

Robert Hoffman has been appointed principal in DLR Groups Seattle office. Hoffmans 14-year career with DLR Group began in the firms Tampa office. Hoffman is working on projects for The Boeing Co. and Amazon.com.

Jay Gelose is a mechanical designer with 20 years of experience. His focus is on business development in the corporate/retail design markets.

Steve McKay is a team manager with professional experience in the United States, Europe and the Caribbean, in both the public and private sectors.

Kimberly Paulson is a mechanical engineer and project manager. Her experience includes HVAC design, project engineering and the creation of company-wide design standards. She is a project manager in the corporate design studio.

Larry Seeley, a DLR employee of 25 years, has worked on sports, medical, educational, office, housing and industrial projects. He has experience in numerous aspects of project development including zoning and code research, fee proposals, budgeting and bidding.

Promoted to associate are Ivan Chabra, Deborah Conway, Theresa Daniel, Steven Gray, Sarah Kontny, Mike Mackie, LeAnn Mercer, Joe Millsaps and David Walsh.

Hopper & Dennis

Gregory Jellison, a senior engineer with Hopper & Dennis, has been promoted to a principal of the company. Jellison has been with the company since 1996 as a project manager and coordinator for several large public projects.

Hopper & Dennis is a civil engineering, traffic engineering and planning firm based in Vancouver.

Schreiber & Lane Architects

Ross Whitehead has joined Schreiber & Lane Architects in Seattle as a project architect. Prior to joining the firm, Ross served as project manager for ECI General Contractors. His projects include Seaview Elementary School in Edmonds, the Submarine Weapons Systems Shop in Everett and the "Fremont Troll," a local landmark in Seattle.

Whitehead will join the design team working on the new Plant Services Building for Olympic College in Bremerton and will lead the restoration of the historic Raymond Post Office.

GeoEngineers

Sally Cox was hired as the corporate marketing manager in GeoEngineer's Redmond office. She has 13 years of experience as a marketer in the architectural and engineering industry.

Tosha Vandegrift was promoted to senior marketing and proposal coordinator at the firm.

Sharae Nelson was promoted to marketing coordinator.

Leah Benson was promoted to senior corporate communications coordinator.

GeoEngineers provides geotechnical, environmental, geologic, ground water, GIS and Endangered Species Act consulting services.

Parametrix

Gerry Jones has been named chief executive officer of Parametrix and a member of the company's board of directors. He joined the firm in 1998 and worked as the office manager of its corporate headquarters in Sumner. Prior to joining the firm, Jones was the city of Seattles director of Neighborhood Planning.

Jeff Peacock was named vice president and director of environmental and infrastructure services. Formerly manager of the transportation business line, Peacock joined the company in 1989 as a design engineer.

Mel Sears was named vice president and chief operations officer. He managed the company's Portland regional operations for about four years.

Parametrix is an engineering, environmental sciences and architectural company based in Sumner.

Susan Black and Associates

Brad Shinn has been named senior associate of Susan Black and Associates, a landscape architectural firm in Seattle.

Shinn has more than 12 years of experience developing public involvement programs for public and private sector clients. He specializes in water resources and transportation planning and construction.

SB&A provides planning and design services on transportation, utility, urban development, sports and park facilities. The firm's recent work includes participation in the Landsburg fish passage project and the Enumclaw downtown improvement plan