Feb 28, 2001

Otak

Otak announces the addition of Jim Waymire as Seattle office manager; promotion of Mandi Roberts to principal; the promotion of Russ Gaston to director of water resources; and the promotion of Vanaja Rajah to certified engineer.

As office manager for Otak’s Seattle office, Waymire will support project managers and technical staff with client relations, business development, project management and quality assurance. Waymire was most recently a principal at NBBJ in Seattle. Roberts is a registered landscape architect and certified planner in Otak’s Seattle office, with over 16 years of experience in management, coordination and design on public and private projects. Gaston is a civil engineer in the Kirkland office with nearly 15 years of experience specializing in water resources. Gaston is currently leading several projects for the city of Shoreline. Rajah's focus has been in drainage analysis, public roadway design and private site development.

Parametrix

Parametrix recently hired Neil Bass as the water/wastewater division manager and Tina Nelson as transportation division manager in the Bremerton office. Bass and Nelson will be responsible for both project execution and business development on the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas.

Within the past eight years, Bass held three critical positions at the Navy’s Engineering Field Activity Northwest design and construction office. He was the director for environmental planning and natural resources, the director for planning and construction support, and the project manager for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard sediment cleanup, navigational dredging and aircraft carrier pier design development and environmental permitting. Nelson has more than 10 years experience as design engineer, and projects/construction manager. Nelson comes to Parametrix from the city of Tacoma’s Public Works Department where she was the contract administrator, responsible for managing contracts for construction of municipal facilities.

Earth Tech

Earth Tech has added several staff members to its Northwest offices. Harold Brende, senior project manager with Earth Tech’s Global Water Division, joined the Bellevue office. Brende is currently preparing a stormwater management plan for the city of Maple Valley that addresses regulatory requirements of the Endangered Species Act and the NPDES Stormwater Phase II rule, and is completing a comprehensive flood hazard management plan for the city of Sultan.

In the Earth Tech Seattle office, Marcos Lopez, became senior director and Edwin C. Pier, joined as senior consultant for King County’s Regional Inflow/Infiltration Program. The I/I program is the nation’s largest flow monitoring and analysis effort (807 flow meters) and includes building consensus among 34 individual sewer agencies on a regional program to reduce I/I flows to the King County conveyance and treatment system.

Brian Martin joined Bellevue’s Transportation Group as drafter/illustrator. He recently completed the design efforts for six miles of US Highway 151 in Wisconsin and is currently working on the Wacker Drive viaduct/US Highway 23 in Chicago. Bonnie Lyon assumed marketing responsibilities for Bellevue, Federal Way, Seattle and Boise offices upon the promotion of Charles McIntyre to manager, business development.

The Transpo Group recently hired three people.

Jill Larson is the firm’s new marketing manager. Larson most recently comes from the 3D computer visualization industry.

Paul Takamine is a senior transportation planner with 17 years of experience. His areas of experience include travel demand forecasting and modeling, traffic impact analyses, transit planning, comprehensive planning, multi-agency coordination and public involvement.

Kerensa Swanson was been recently hired as a transportation engineer. She has experience in impact analysis, traffic operations and signal design. Kerensa is president of the Puget Sound chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar.

Entranco

Entranco announced several promotions. Ed Berschinski, vice president, construction program manager. Berschinski has experience in project management and contract administration for public works and private development projects. Ginny Hoglund-Gray, vice president, development program manager. Hoglund-Gray's expertise includes site layout and design, alignment alternatives, arterial design, drainage/utilities design and hydraulic analysis. Ken Forssen,vice president, ports/airports program manager. Forssen is a registered civil and structural engineer and a licensed general contractor with over 30 years of experience.

Additional promotions include Tim Brockway, director of development for the Bellevue office and Mike Roberts, director of construction services for the Bellevue office.

INCA Engineers

Ken Wiley has joined the Transportation Department at INCA Engineers in Bellevue as a senior design engineer. Wiley recently retired from the King County Department of Transportation with 30 years of experience in urban and rural roadway improvements, bicycle facilities and pedestrian improvements.

Washington Trust Bank

Katherine Thompson, Sean Brennan and Rod MacRae recently joined the Washington Trust Bank office in Seattle. All three join the bank as vice presidents and relationship managers. Thompson and Brennan have more than 13 years of banking experience, MacRae 12 years of banking experience, all in the Seattle area.

Dain Rauscher

Rachel MacDuff and Rich MacDuff have joined Dain Rauscher as investment executives in the securities firm's Silverdale office. As investment executives, they will assist individual and corporate clients in selecting investments including stocks, taxable and tax-exempt bonds, options and mutual funds. They will also help clients develop retirement and money management programs.

Integra Telecom

Integra Telecom of Washington, a Kent-based communications provider, has promoted RoseAnn Brandner to manager of customer care where she will train and support all Washington field-based customer care representatives. Brandner joined the company as customer account manager in August 2000. Prior to joining Integra, she was the customer sales and marketing manager at Darwin Networks.

King County

King County Executive Ron Sims announced that Kathi Oglesby, his labor relations' liaison, will also assume the interim role of director of labor relations. Oglesby served as a union representative for 20 years prior to joining Sim's staff when he assumed office in 1997. She will manage the County's Labor Relations Division and will assume responsibility for negotiating and implementing the county's more than 50 collective bargaining agreements.

The Miller Group

The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council announced the recent appointment of Marjorie Miller for a two-year term. An attorney and CPA, Miller is principal partner of The Miller Group, a national tax consulting practice specializing in research tax credits, headquartered in Portland. Miller was vice-chair of the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Citizen Advocacy Panel, created as part of the Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. IRSAC was established in 1953 as a national policy and issue advisory committee.