Oct 17, 2002

ICN/Medical Alliance

Portland's Wave Form Systems has acquired the Pacific Northwest operations of Seattle-based ICN/Medical Alliance. Wave Form Systems is a mobile medical technology company providing high-tech medical equipment and services to hospitals, surgery centers and physicians. ICN/Medical's focus is aesthetic laser technology.

Sightward

Sightward named Marty Levin executive vice president of sales and marketing and Jay Bartot vice president of engineering. Most recently Levin and Bartot were with the AdRelevance unit at Jupiter Media Metrix. Sightward, based in Bellevue, provides analytic software and services to business.

Gartmore Funds

Gartmore Funds named Grant Hayes regional sales director for its West Coast north region. Before joining Gartmore, Hayes served as a regional manager at Conseco Fund Group. Gartmore Funds, headquartered in Conshohocken, Penn., offers specialized funds and solid core funds for investment and asset allocation strategies.

Internap Network Services

Walter DeSocio joined Internap Network Services as vice president and general counsel. Previously, DeSocio was general counsel and head of regulatory affairs at Concert. Internap, headquartered in Seattle, provides route management technology for the Internet.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation appointed Dr. Regina Rabinovich director of its infectious diseases program. The appointment will take affect in January, 2003. Rabinovich currently serves as director of the malaria vaccine initiative for the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health. The infectious diseases program is one of three priority areas within the foundation's overall global health program.

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

Two Washington residents have been selected to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. Christopher Forzano and Joseph Reder were named by the IRS and the Treasury Department to serve the 102-member panel. Forzano, from Vancouver, is an account executive with Federal Express and Reder, a retired executive from Richland, has held previous positions at Westinghouse Corp. and Rockwell International.

Seattle University

Doug Duncan has been hired as institutional planning and assessment coordinator in the planning office at Seattle University. Duncan will succeed Lisa Fraser in the position.

Staubach Co.

Vannoy

Geralyn Vannoy became an office leasing and sales associate in the Staubach Co.'s Seattle office. Vannoy worked for Colliers International in Los Angeles and for Seattle-based Wright Runstad & Co.

Bellevue group to talk transportation

Joni Earl, Rob McKenna, Fred Jarrett and David Dye will discuss Referendum 51, Sound Transit and other transportation issues in a Bellevue Downtown Association breakfast on Tues., Oct. 22. The event will run from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Harbor Club in downtown Bellevue. Earl is Sound Transit's executive director. McKenna sits on the King County Council. Jarrett is a state legislator. Dye works for the state Department of Transportation. For information, call (425) 453-1223.

Shelter Mortgage

Ginny Matthews of West Seattle joined Bellevue-based Shelter Mortgage Co. as a loan officer. Matthews brings more than five years of mortgage banking experience to Shelter, most recently with Normandy Mortgage in Burien. Among her outside activities, Matthews snowboards.

Marcus & Millichap

The Harris Trust bought the 68-unit Harbor Village apartments in Gig Harbor at 6200 Soundview Drive from Harbor Village LP for $6.46 million. Marcus & Millichap brokers Armand Tiberio and Robert Sheppard represented both parties.

John L. Scott

Jeudi Boulom and Sylvia Olivier became sales associates in John L. Scott Real Estate's Lynnwood West office. The firm also hired the following as sales associates: Borce Pavlovski in North Seattle; Gene Duncan in Seattle Highlands; Heather Berger, Brian Kang and Chuck Clarke, Deborah Giroux and Deborah Lerner in Bremerton; Jennifer Scheiter and Thelma Corbin in Silverdale; Linda Lee Caliman in Poulsbo; and Lynn Manning, Des Moines.

Jessica Gatke, Kathi Jones and Julie Davis joined the Burien office as sales associates. Amber Grace started in Redmond, Nicole Lindell in Kirkland, Jerilynn Primero in Bellevue, Cassie Ridgeway in Lake Tapps, Kimberly Garthland in Gig Harbor and Sandi Logman and Josh Bartlett in Federal Way.

Lion Inc.

Randall Miles and Griffith Straw joined the board of Lion Inc., which runs a mortgage brokerage Web site. Miles is managing director of investment banking at D.A. Davidson & Co. Straw is regional sales director for United Guaranty Residential Insurance.

A look at the supermarket industry

The presidents of QFC and Haggen, along with a Supervalu executive, will discuss "Major Challenges Facing the Supermarket Industry" at a Portland event on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The session will run from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Washington Square, as part of the Food Industry Leadership Center's two-day Connections 2002 conference. Panelists will include QFC's Darrell Webb, Haggen's Dale Henley and Supervalu's Bill Robinson. For information, call (503) 725-8184 or see www.foodleadership.pdx.edu.

Charity corner

The Boomtown Cafe, which provides decent but inexpensive meals to needy people in a restaurant setting in downtown Seattle, will hold its first Squash Ball on Saturday evening. The event, in the Arctic Building's Dome Room, involves local chefs providing samples of dishes that include squash in them, with music by the Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra. The "black-tie optional" gathering costs $60 per person and goes from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Boomtown, which claims it provides 20,000 meals to homeless and low-income people per month, faces reduced funding because of King County budget cuts. Key Bank, the Williams Kastner & Gibbs law firm and Microsoft provided sponsorship for the ball. Seattle developer Scott Nodland is one of Boomtown's founders and is vice president of its board.