Jul 10, 2000

City of Seattle

Mayor Paul Schell announced the addition of Michael Shannon as special assistant to the Mayor for human services. Shannon served as legislative assistant to U.S. Congressman Jim McDermott from 1994 to 1999. During his tenure with McDermott he handled issues such as trade with Africa, human rights, labor, defense and foreign policy.

Davis Wright Tremaine

Three attorneys for the Seattle office of the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine have been recognized their contributions to pro bono service. Payton Smith has been awarded the David W. Soukup Award for outstanding legal advocacy for children. Dennis McLean was selected as one of four outstanding Seattle Habitat for Humanity volunteers and Michele Earl-Hubbard has been awarded the King County Bar Association's 2000 Pro Bono Award.

Applied Discovery

Applied Discovery, a Bellevue-based developer of Internet-based solutions for legal professionals, recently added two litigation attorneys to fill key positions. Virginia Llewellyn joins the company as manager for the newly formed client solutions group. David Wilner will manage the business development and sales group. Led by Llewellyn, the client solutions group will provide legal professionals with no-cost services, including product education, training and ongoing technical support. As manager of the business development and sales group, Wilner will provide strategic focus to the company and lead the company's sales effort and nationwide expansion.

Conversa

Conversa, a Redmond-based company dedicated to enabling speech technologies that facilitate Internet access through both mobile and traditional access devices, announced it has named Matt Scheuing as its executive vice president of marketing and sales. Scheuing has been a marketing executive at U S WEST Communications since March 1994 -- since January 1999 as vice president of marketing for the company's $2 billion Small Business Group.

Multimedia K.I.D.

Multimedia K.I.D., a Vancouver-based developer of innovative computer-based learning systems, announced that Shaike Orbach has been appointed president and CEO, effective Sept. 14. Multimedia K.I.D.'s co-founder, Pessie Goldenberg, has relinquished the positions of interim president and CEO to become executive vice chairman. Orbach is currently president and CEO of Opgal, Ltd., an Israeli firm involved in electro-optics

Stone Construction Equipment

Stone Construction Equipment has promoted two and added two new members to its staff. Ray Kaszniak, former district manager for Illinois, Kansas and Missouri, has been promoted to regional manager of the mid-western regions direct and indirect sales managers.

Ted Pappas has been appointed as a district sales manager. Pappas’ new responsibilities include serving the needs ofequipment dealers adn rental houses in North and South Carolina, as well as Virginia.

Terry Sullivan was appointed as a district sales manager. Sullivan will serve dealers and rental houses in Delaware, New Jersey and New York City along with Long Island, N.Y.

Richard Nisbit was appointed as vice president of manufacturing. Nisbet has been with the company since 1971. In 1980 he was promoted to assistant plant manager. In 1983 he became plant manager and he assumed overall responsibility for manufacturing. In 1996 he was promoted to operations manager.he directed projects to change Stone’s manufacturing process from a batch operation to just-in-time manufacturing to a total focussed factory.

Stone Construction is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of construction equipment with products distributed worldwide, including concrete and mortar mixers, hand held compaction equipment, ried-on asphalt and dirt rollers, trench compactors, power trowels, concrete/pavement and masonry block saws and concrete vibrators and screeds.

Stellar Industries

Stellar Industries has appointed Tom Cunningham as a customer representative. Cunningham has been employed at Stellar since 1997 in the body assembly, body weld and used truck departments. His new responsibilities as a customer service representative include answering service, maintenance and warranty calls and selling Stellar parts

Jul 07, 2000

Harborview Medical Center

Johnese Spisso has been appointed chief operating officer for Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Spisso has served at Harborview since 1993, including the past three years as associate administrator for patient care services and chief nursing officer. She came to Harborview from the University of California, Davis Medical Center, where she was an assistant director for hospitals and clinics.

Whitman College

The Whitman College board of trustees has named former Seattle mayor Norman Rice to a four-year term as a board member and Portland attorney Robert Ball to a two-year term as chair. Now president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, Rice joins the board of trustees after serving as an overseer since 1992. Ball, a senior partner in the Portland law firm Ball Janik, has been a Whitman trustee since 1992. Whitman College is located in Walla Walla.

Pacific Edge Software

Pacific Edge Software, a Kirkland-based supplier of enterprise applications that automate project delivery within and between businesses, announced the launch of Pacific Edge Australia, the company's first international subsidiary. Based in Sydney, Pacific Edge Australia will pursue joint marketing and sales opportunities with Onyx Australia, a strategic business partner.

Publicis Dialog

Publicis Dialog, Seattle, an integrated communications company, announced four new hires in its public relations division: senior account executive Karl Kaluza, assistant account executive Justin Endow, account coordinators Rhett Usry and Lacey Williams and administrative assistant Kristen Fowler.

Washington State Bar Association

The Washington State Bar Association added three members to its board of governors. Ken Davidson of Kirkland, William Hyslop of Spokane and Lucy Isaki of Seattle were elected by association members in their respective districts. Davidson is a principal in the law firm of Davidson, Czeisler, Kilpatric & Zeno. Hyslop is a principal in the Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Moses Lake firm of Lukins & Annis. Isaki, currently a senior assistant attorney general, is completing a term as president of the King County Bar Association