Apr 27, 2000

Herbert Research

Herbert Research, a full-service market research firm headquartered in Bellevue, has promoted Michael Link to vice president of marketing and research, Amy Ehrstine to senior research analyst and Tom Fisher to director of operations. Kenneth Klima and Tom Zbaren join the firm as research directors. In addition, the firm has added Shona Stark, Paul Kurrle, Eric Snider, Heather Ray and Yayoi Nakatani as research analysts.

TellThemNow.com

Seattle-based TellThemNow.com, a new Seattle-based Internet provider of interactive news, information and analysis services, has named Craig Parietti chief financial officer. Before joining TellThemNow, Parietti served as CFO of Applied Precision, a fast-growth company that provided an early presence on the Internet for its global base of semiconductor and biotechnology customers. At TellThemNow, Parietti will expand the company’s access to capital, structure new business relationships and manage its financial and strategic planning requirements.

Prairielaw.com

Prairielaw.com, a consumer-based legal information site headquartered in Seattle, announced the appointment of Victor J. Melfi, Jr. as CEO. Melfi will lead corporate and marketing strategy, capitalization, business and product development. Most recently, he was CEO of Virtual Spin, a Bellevue-based developer of e-commerce software solutions.

Subert-Gregory & Woodstrom

Subert-Gregory & Woodstrom, a Mercer Island-based marketing and communications firm, will soon publicly announce a change in its company name and roll out a new graphic identity. The new name of the firm will be sgwcreative. The firm is using the name change to signal its shift in focus to a creative team effort to meet clients' advertising, marketing and public relations needs.

KNCB Dave

KNCB Dave, a Seattle-based public relations and advertising agency, recently added seven new employees to its team. John Louie is vice president of finance, Dave Peterson is art director, Debra Collison is production supervisor, Kevin Glasse is a copywriter, Laurie Christomos is an account executive, and Heather Butler and Amy Neilson are account coordinators.

Cybercamps

Cybercamps, a Kirkland-based provider of technology education summer camp programs, has joined in a partnership with Stanford University's academic computing group to offer curriculum programs for high school and incoming college students beginning this July. The one-week sessions are designed to give students a head start on the skills and tools needed to compete in a technology-driven work environment.

Apr 26, 2000

Coffman Engineers

Gary Lauritsen has been promoted to principal of Coffman Engineers in Seattle.

He has been with the firm for 18 years and has experience in construction management for school districts, industrial facilities and commercial office buildings. He is working on the Lake Washington School District’s $160 million modernization program.

Coffman Engineers is a structural, mechanical, electrical and construction management firm with offices in Seattle, Spokane and Anchorage.

KPFF

Paul Brallier has been named an associate at the Seattle office of KPFF Consulting Engineers, a structural and civil engineering firm. Working as a structural engineer, he focuses on engineering designs for pedestrian bridges, vehicular bridges and park and waterfront structures. He has managed several projects, including three bridges on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail for the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and Terminal 5 public access for the Port of Seattle. Brallier is working on the Wharf Rehabilitation at Terminal 18 in Seattle and the North Proctor Street Bridge for the city of Tacoma.

McGowan Broz Engineers

Brian Roetcisoender has joined McGowan Broz Engineers of Bellevue as a senior mechanical engineer. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for CH2M Hill. At McGowan, he will be working in HVAC design, process piping design and plumbing systems for commercial and industrial projects. He is working on the combined communication and control center and the emergency power systems upgrade at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Daniel Lindsey brings biotech and computer experience to McGowan Broz. A recent electrical engineering graduate of Seattle University, he is working on a number of projects, including the AT&T Service and Operations Center in Bellingham and the Newport Library in Bellevue.

Becky Thomas has joined McGowan Broz as administrative assistant. She is a recent graduate of the University of Washington.

Betsie McLain has been promoted to office manager. She has been with McGowan Broz since 1995.

Mithun Partners

Mithun Partners has made 19 promotions. The Seattle architectural firm for the first time has changed its criteria for promotions to allow unlicensed architects and support staff to be recognized as leaders in the firm.

Steve Cox was promoted to principal. The new senior associates are Rich Franko, Casey Huang, Jay Pickering and Bryon Ziegler. The new associates are Kipepeo Brown, Naoe White, Sean Coney, Heather Hargesheimer, Brian Sullivan, Jon Rader, Brad Fanta, Steve Fischer, Dawn Romesmo, Marcy Fischer, Rudy Young, Sean Cryan, David Goldberg and Steve Swanson.

NBBJ

Seattle-based NBBJ has promoted these employees to senior associates: Cam Allen, Christian Carlson, Daniel Cockrell, Liz Granryd, Knut Hansen, Lisa Harrington, Scott J. Johnson, Andris Lapins, Nancy Lim, Charles Martin, Joey Myers, Martin Regge, Don Schuman and Jim Tully.

The firm has also named these employees as associates: Sean Airhart, Andy Bromberg, Dace Campbell, Tim Carter, Brenda Clark, Stacey Edwards, Yumiko Fujimori, Kelly Griffin, Beth Hartwick, Tim Jones, Justine Kim, Robert Leykam, Bruce Macon, Michelle Mahaney, Alex Maxim, Sarah McCain, Alfred Moreno, Gary Olson, Tom Owens, Charles Parks, William Parker, Harry Ray, Mark Sanders and Carl Tully.

Allrecipes.com

Allrecipes.com, a Seattle-based recipe and meal preparation Web site, announced that it has added Kim Wesselman and Kelly Price to its management team. Wesselman, with more than 16 years of high tech experience, joins as vice president of marketing. Price, with more than nine years of finance, investment and management experience, joins as chief financial officer.

DDB

Scott Janzen, president of Seattle-based public relations firm the Fearey Group, has left the company and joined the Seattle office of the advertising agency DDB. Janzen spent six years at DDB (then Elgin Syferd) in the 1980s before founding his own firm, Janzen & Associates in 1991. He return to DDB to help grow its public relations efforts on a national level.

Primus

Primus, a Seattle-based provider of eCRM solutions for marketing, sales and support, announced the appointment of John Connors to its board of directors. Connors currently serves as senior vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer for Microsoft.

Kindred Communications

Kindred Communications, a Bellevue-based full-service provider of integrated Web-based solutions and strategic communications, announced the appointment of Lorelie Kaid as director of technology. Kaid, with more than 13 years of technology management experience, will drive the company's technology strategy and lead its development group.

Corbis

Corbis, a Seattle-based provider of digital photography and fine art images on the Internet, announced the promotion of three executives — Leslie Hughes, Ingvar Petursson and David Rheins — to senior management positions. Hughes has been promoted to senior vice president, Corbis, and president, Corbis Images. Petursson has been named senior vice president, technology and operations. Rheins has been promoted to senior vice president, Internet ventures.

King County Civic Television

King County Civic Television recently won two Awards of Excellence in the Alliance for Community Media's Annual 2000 Video Festival. The first award was for a program about King County's Native Plant Salvage Program. The program won an Award of Excellence in the Community Involvement category. The other Award of Excellence was for "Point Rediscovery, Hamm Creek" in the documentary category.

Seattle Lab

Seattle Lab, a privately-held developer of Web-based server software for Windows located in Kirkland has been acquired by BVRP Software, a developer of innovative Internet applications headquartered in Paris. The deal will allow BVRP Software to substantially reinforce its presence in the U.S., according to Bruno Vanryb, president and CEO of BVRP Software.