Jun 07, 2000

Ellis Paguirigan Designs

Kathleen Keeslar has been promoted to senior designer at Ellis Paguirigan Designs. She has worked with EPD as a graphic designer since the company's inception in 1997.

Harris Group

Chris Thompson has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of the Harris Group. He has been with the firm for 11 years and most recently was the chief financial officer.

Thompson, who has nearly 30 years of engineering experience, was one of the original founders of the firm's Denver office.

Based in Seattle, the Harris Group provides consulting engineering, design and construction management for companies in the pulp and paper, energy, microelectronics, oil, gas, chemical and manufacturing industries.

HOK/Burgess

Jim Burgess and Hank Weaver have been named to new posts at HOK/Burgess, a joint venture recently formed by architectural giant Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum and Seattle-based Burgess Design.

Burgess, who founded Burgess Design in 1992, will be the managing partner, and Weaver, who worked for HOK for five years, will be director of operations.

The new firm is based in Seattle and will focus on design for startups and Fortune 500 companies.

Perteet Engineering

David Browne has recently joined Perteet Engineering as senior project manager for transit planning. Browne has more than 20 years experience in transportation planning, financial planning and policy development. He specializes in public transit network development, marketing and operations, strategic planning and capital facilities location and design.

Perteet Engineering is a civil and transportation engineering firm with offices in Everett, Lakewood and Snoqualmie.

Stickney Murphy Romine Architects

Vernon Abelsen has been promoted to associate of Stickney Murphy Romine Architects in Seattle. Working at the firm for four years, Abelsen has experience in public and institutional works, schools and building rehabilitation.

Triad Associates

Several new employees have joined Triad Associates, a Kirkland-based civil engineering, surveying and landscape architecture firm.

Greg Krabbe is a project engineer. Prior to joining Triad, he managed his own engineering consulting firm in Everett and a residential development company in California. He is working on two residential development projects: Tamarack and Waterbury Meadows.

Nick Yinger has been hired as a project surveyor. He has more than 30 years of land surveying experience. He is working on the several residential development projects: Esther Glen, Ridgecrest and Wildwood Apartments, and Waterbury Meadows.

Also joining Triad is Lori Trickett-Van Brenk, an engineering CAD Technician.

Walker and Associates

Scott Hayes, a certified photogrammetrist, has joined Walker and Associates, an aerial photography firm in Tukwila. Hayes has experience with GIS base mapping, large-scale corridor mapping and developing specifications for orthophoto projects. He was most recently with Nies Mapping Group.

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers has hired Marc Egli as a senior geologist in the Portland office. He has 19 years of experience performing regional and geotechnical siting investigations for dams, state highways, residential developments, military bases, educational facilities, waste disposal facilities and commercial development.

Based in Redmond, GeoEngineers offers geotechnical, environmental, geologic, groundwater, GIS, ecological, permitting and Endangered Species Act consulting services.

SvR Design Company

Steve Burke has joined SvR Design Company as construction engineer. His projects include the Seattle Housing Authority's Holly Park Phase II Redevelopment, the Capitol Campus hillside stabilization project and legal offender's unit.

Robin Laughlin has joined the firm as a landscape architect. Her design work includes wetland and roadside restoration, bioengineering and site design. Previously, she worked for the Washington State Department of Transportation where she was a project landscape architect and environmental permit coordinator. Laughlin's projects include landscape restoration at Pickering Place business park and landscape planning and design for the redevelopment of the Aurora Village Transit Center.

Tye Simpson, civil engineer, joins SvR Design as a senior engineer. He specializes on site design projects with emphasis on lift stations and water distribution systems design. Simpson's recent projects include Redmond Senior High School, the Port of Seattle's Terminal 18 apron expansion and the Rainier Vista Garden Community Redevelopment.

Sherell Ehlers, engineer-in-training, has been hired as project coordinator and engineering technician. Her projects include Seattle Public Utilities spot drainage, Seattle Housing Authority's Holly Park Redevelopment and Port Townsend's F Street improvements.

Monica Paganini Lindmark joins the firm as marketing coordinator and graphic designer. She was formerly with Pacific Linen, where she was senior graphic designer.

SvR Design Company is a Seattle-based firm that provides civil engineering, planning, landscape architectural and environmental services to municipalities, special districts, and private clients throughout the Puget Sound region

Applied Business Solutions

Stacie Dagres has come on board as business development director with Applied Business Solutions, a Seattle-based strategic planning consulting firm. Dagres is charged with finding new markets for ABS retreats, consulting, facilator training, books and enterprise licensing.

Integra Telecom

Integra Telecom, a Beaverton, Ore.-based integrated communications provider, has announced the appointment of Keith Foltz as senior vice president and general manager for Washington operations. Foltz has more than 30 years experience in telecom management roles and will be responsible for Integra’s Washington network operating center, repair and customer service operations, technical staff, as well as the regional marketing and sales efforts.

Washington State Republican Party

Kelly Hinton, former legislative assistant to Rep. Marc Boldt, has been named executive director of the Washington State Republican Party. Hinton has long been active in Clark County Republican politics. He has worked in the Washington State House of Representatives since 1994.

Primus

Primus, a Seattle-based provider of eCRM solutions, announced the appointments of Kristopher Klein to vice president of professional services and Jacek Sadkowski to vice president of engineering. In the newly created role of vice president of professional services, Klein will be responsible for global client business development, in charge of servicing Primus' existing customer base through new services and growing it through strategic alliances. Sadkowski will oversee all product development and engineering for the company.

Capital Stream

Capital Stream, a Seattle-based e-commerce provider of services and applications for the business finance industry, announced a strategic alliance with the investment bank Babcock & Brown. The strategic alliance will bring Capital Stream's business-to-business e-commerce financing network and integrated applications to the global mid- to large-ticket transaction market. Under terms of the agreement, the two companies will help customers manage equipment and asset-based financing in the mid- to large-ticket market, from computer to transportation equipment