Apr 11, 2001

Berger/ABAM

Thomas Kress has joined Berger/ABAM Engineers Inc. at the Federal Way office. Kress has more than 25 years of civil engineering experience involving waterfront/marine facilities, public works, transportation and site development projects for both public and private agencies. He is working on the Pier D design/build project for the U.S. Navy and the Thea Foss Waterway remediation.

Vance Parker has joined Berger/ABAM’s Federal Way office. He is a member of the firm’s eight-person, multidiscipline drafting department. Since joining the firm, he has provided computer-aided drafting support for public works, domestic waterfront, and international ports and terminals sectors.

Dennis Dallara has joined as controller in the Federal Way office. As the top financial executive, he is responsible for maintenance and operation of all company accounting and financial functions. Prior to joining Berger/ABAM, he served as managing director and chief financial officer for the Pacific Northwest Ballet, controller for Universal Studios, Inc. and as an audit manager with Coopers & Lybrand.

KPFF

Tom Jones has been named associate at KPFF Consulting Engineers. Jones is working for Quadrant Corp. managing master planning, infrastructure and residential lot design of two urban planned residential developments: Trilogy and Redmond Ridge. Trilogy is a 2,500-unit senior residential community on 1,100 acres. Redmond Ridge is a 1,500-unit residential community on 1,000 acres. He is also working on the Overlake transit-oriented development, the first in the state.

Elliott Bay Design

Elliott Bay Design Group has appointed Charlie Bills to the position of staff operations manager for the naval architecture and marine engineering firm. Coordinating efforts with the project operations manager, he will be responsible for planning and managing the efforts of Elliott Bay Design staff working in support of project managers. His 30 years of maritime experience began at the Coast Guard Academy, leading to positions as deputy commander and base executive at San Juan, Puerto Rico, and commanding officer of the Marine Safety Office in Portland.

Reid Middleton

Philip Brazil has joined Reid Middleton as a senior structural engineer in the structural engineering group, responsible for construction code consulting.

Brazil comes from the International Conference for Building Officials, where he reviewed construction drawings for residential, commercial and industrial buildings. In addition, he served as a liaison to the International Building Code Fire Safety Committee and was a member of the Building and Fire Code Technical Advisory groups of the Washington State Building Code Council.

Berryman & Henigar

Donald Graf has been named vice president and director of business management for Berryman & Henigar's Northwest operations. Berryman & Henigar is a municipal professional services firm with an office in

Seattle. Graf has served in a number of senior executive positions with Black & Veatch Corp., Kennedy/Jenks Consultants and Dames & Moore.

BJSS Duarte Bryant

Mel Murray has been promoted to principal at BJSS Duarte Bryant. Bryant has been with the firm for more 10 years as a project manager for the K-12 division. His recent projects include the award-winning A.G. West Black Hills High School, Bishop Manogue Catholic High School, Spanish Springs High School and Tumwater Middle School

Columbia Bank

Vince Hughes recently joined Columbia Bank, a commercial bank with branches in Cowlitz, Pierce, King, Kitsap and Thurston counties, as a vice president in charge of private banking for the Southwest Washington area. Hughes has more than 14 years in the financial services industry and most recently was president and CEO of Lower Columbia Mortgage Center. Julie Borell was recently named branch manager for the bank's Martin Luther King, Jr. Way branch. Previously a branch officer at the Fife branch.

University of Washington

Joseph Duncan, who has held top management positions at Oracle and Borland International, has joined the University of Washington School of Medicine's Cell System Initiative as chief of operations and information technology. CSI, a research and educational program, expects to spin off several private companies and technologies.

Leap Wireless

Leap Wireless announced the appointment of Richard Meston as regional vice president. From the company's regional headquarters in Spokane, Meston will oversee the roll out of Cricket Service, a flat-rate local wireless service, in markets in the Northwestern United States. He has more than 17 years of wireless communications management experience.

Micropath

Micropath, a Bellevue-based provider of technology asset management services and products, announced four new executives. Paul Kowalski is the new chief financial officer and Andrew Tierney, Mike Quintana and Matt Sharron join as the new Southeast region sales managers, mid-Atlantic region sales manager, and Western regional director, respectively. Micropath also opened a new office in Washington, D.C., to be headed by Quintana.

Labor Ready

Labor Ready, a Tacoma-based provider of temporary manual labor, announced the appointment of Ronald Sage to senior vice president of national sales and marketing. Sage's background includes 29 years of experience in various sales and marketing positions with large organizations. Most recently, he served as vice president of sales for Nalley's Fine Foods/Agrilink Foods