Jul 11, 2000

Association of Washington Business

Rep. Barbara Lisk, R-Zillah, has been chosen by the Association of Washington Business to receive its 2000 Matson Award, honoring the legislator who has consistently supported issues of importance to the business community. The award will be presented Sept. 28 at AWB's 2000 Policy Summit at the Inn at Semi-ah-moo near Blaine. Lisk, who is in her fifth term in Washington's House of Representatives, has been an ardent supporter of business and agriculture in Washington. During the 2000 Legislative session, she sponsored bills which would make it easier for the state to contract out for services and require voter approval of state tax increases.

Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland

Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland announced that Gale Jarosz was recently named director of human resources at the Seattle law firm. Jarosz has been employed with the firm for over 10 years, serving in a variety of positions, most recently as client accounts manager.

Asix

Asix, a Bellevue-based software vendor and information technology consulting firm, announced the promotion of Jack David to Versata practice manager. David is a senior consultant with more than 20 years of experience in design, development and implementation of business solutions. Versata is a provider of software and services that enables businesses to rapidly deploy and modify complex e-business applications.

Betts, Patterson & Mines

Taro Kusunose joined the Seattle-based law firm of Betts, Patterson & Mines as an associate attorney in the business transactions, corporate law and commercial litigation practice areas. Fluent in Japanese, one focus of Kusunose's practice is serving the needs of Japanese businesses in the Pacific Northwest.

Washington State Bar Association

The Washington State Bar Association announced that Tacoma attorney Dale Carlisle has been elected by its board of governors to serve as the 111th president of the association. Carlisle, who currently serves on the board from the sixth congressional district, will serve as president-elect during the 2000-2001 fiscal year and assume presidency of the association in fall 2001.

RCI Construction

Sumner-based RCI Construction Group has promoted Christopher Zepernick to senior vice president of the combined RCI Construction Group divisions and George Norton to vice president of mechanical operations. The company also hired Brian Pranger as its Oregon business manager. Zepernick previously served as vice president/chief estimator and will continue to serve as estimating manager in his new role as business advisor. Norton is the mechanical lead in the company's development of a design-build-operate program for the environmental water treatment industry. Pranger is leading RCI's expansion into the Oregon heavy civil/utility market. He has 20 years of experience as an estimator/project manager in Oregon.

OMR

Douglas S. Oles, a partner at Oles, Morrison, Rinker & Baker, was recently elected to the national Governing Committee of the American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry. With over 5,000 members, the forum is the world's largest professional association of lawyers in the construction industry. Oles previously served as editor of the forum's quarterly law journal and chairman of its Division on International Construction.

AdvanceOnline

AdvanceOnline of Seattle has partnered with Southern Building Code Congress International to create the SBCCI Online Institute, a suite of online training courses. SBCCI provides technical and educational support to governmental departments and agencies engaged in building code administration and enforcement. It also targets designers, builders and home inspectors. AdvanceOnline is a provider of Web-based training sites to help organizations comply with environmental, transportation and occupational safety and health regulations. The SBCCI Online Institute can be accessed at www.sbcci.org.

Eldorado Stone

Eldorado Stone Corp., a major manufacturer of architectural stone veneer, has formed a new company called Eldorado Stone LLC. The new company combines the parent Eldorado Stone Corp. and two of its major licensees -- StoneCraft Industries Inc. of San Marcos, Calif., and Northwest Stone & Brick of Seattle -- into one larger operating unit. The consolidation was made in order to capitalize on the synergies that exist among the different organizations and to fully utilize the employees.