Aug 04, 2000

Unity Wireless

BELLEVUE -- Unity Wireless Corporation has hired Norman Dowds to the company's management team. He will be assisting with direction of the company's wireless technologies, technology transfer, licensing and acquilsition initiatives. Dowds has 25 years experience working with telecommunications companies such as Microtel, MPR Teltech and GTE's research and development unit and Starvision.

Deloitte & Touche

SEATTLE -- Ronald L. Bueing has been elected director of Deloitte & Touche's State and Local Tax Group. Bueing specializes in Washington business and occupation tax and sales and use taxes. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Showplace Design & Remodeling

REDMOND -- Three designers from Showplace Design & Remodeling were recognized by the National Kitchen & Bath Association in its 2000 design contest. Diane Foreman was awarded first place in the large bath/renovation category. Delores Hyden received second place in the large bath/new construction category. Fay Liner was recognized with an honorable mention in the large kitchen/renovation category.

Aug 03, 2000

Speakeasy.net

Speakeasy.net, a Seattle-based internet service provider, announced it has acquired local ISP JetCity.com. Speakeasy now has over 10,000 customers in 50 cities; The acquisition adds nearly 1,000 customers. JetCity.com's previous owner and founder, John Powell, will be working closely with Speakeasy for several months to ensure a smooth transition for JetCity customers.

InterWest Bank

Oak Harbor-based InterWest Bank has hired Michael Besselievre as its senior vice-president and chief information officer. Besselievre will be in charge of information systems and data storage. InterWest Bancorp is a Pacific Northwest community bank holding company, operating 55 financial centers and offices in Washington through its bank subsidiary InterWest Bank.

MarketOrder.com

MarketOrder.com, a store-ordering solution provider for the retail industry, announced the promotion of Stephen Bemis to vice president of worldwide sales. Additionally, Kirk Dickinson has joined the company as controller; Jarrey Rangel is customer services manager and Dave Carlyle was named director of the Network Operations Center.

Safeco

For the second time, Jim Peruccapresident of Safeco's Portland Region, was named "Company Person of the Year" by the Oregon/Idaho Chapter of the national Professional Insurance Agents association. The association represents more than 180,000 insurance agents across the country

Susan Murphy back at Wright Runstad

Leasing whiz Susan Murphy's stint in the dot-com world lasted seven month. She plans to return to Wright Runstad & Co. after Labor Day, says Wright Runstad Chairman Jon Runstad. Murphy left as Seattle-based Wright Runstad's leasing manager at the start of this year to work as Amazon.com's senior program manager for global real estate, in charge of finding office and distribution space in various locations around the world. Wright Runstad's peers then said the firm suffered a blow in losing Murphy. Since then, Amazon.com's stock has plunged, turning up the pressure on the e-tailing giant to become profitable and racheting down the need to find more office and distribution space. Runstad said Murphy's experience on the "buy side of our business" will make her "just that much better at what she already does so very, very well." Murphy said only that she's happy to be back.

Seneca Real Estate Group

After 14 years with Boeing Co., Bart Heath has joined The Seneca Real Estate Group as project manager. Heath worked on Boeing construction and renovation projects in the Northwest and People's Republic of China. Currently, he's project manager for the Collins Library renovation, Jones and Howarth Halls renovation and a new residence hall construction, all located on the University of Puget Sound campus in Tacoma. Heath holds a B.S. degree from the University of Washington.

Kidder Mathews & Segner

Morgan Burbridge has joined Kidder Mathews & Segner as an office sales and leasing broker. After working as a research analyst with Rome & Associates in Redmond, Burbridge was a sales account executive with Clear Communications, a Lucent Technologies business partner. He holds a degree in economics from Seattle Pacific University.

Staubach Co.

Staubach Co. has added construction management services. Geoff Stodola heads the new division.

Griffin Group LLC

Could Texan Judy Lee Griffin see something ominous coming for the Puget Sound region's economy? Griffin's Texas-based brokerage recently opened an office in Mountlake Terrace under the name of Griffin Group LLC. She has staffed the office with agents Roger Christian, John Horne, Kimberlie Horne, Jerry Horsman, Victoria Horsman, John Schuster and Rene Vogel. She says about a dozen more agents may come on board this summer. Several of the already-hired agents also are loan officers for Guaranty Mortgage in Edmonds. The catch: Griffin's enterprise specializes in buying and selling of foreclosed and other distressed properties.