Sep 03, 2003

Noetix

Morris Beton has been appointed chief executive officer at Noetix Corp. Beton was previously senior vice president of business development at BEA Systems and held positions with IBM, Attachmate and Microsoft. Former CEO Paul Song will remain chairman of the board of directors, focusing on corporate strategy, product direction and partner relations. Bellevue-based Noetix provides global infrastructure software enabling companies to manage secure distribution of business data across the wired and wireless Internet.

WestCoast Hospitality

WestCoast Hospitality appointed Jon Eliassen to the board of directors. Eliassen recently retired from his position as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Avista Corp. Eliassen spent 33 years at Avista. Spokane-based WestCoast Hospitality owns, manages, franchises and develops hotels.

Broadway Grill

Nurse, homeless advocate and painter Mary Larson will unveil nine new paintings at the Broadway Grill in October. Larson is a nurse at the Pioneer Square Clinic at Harborview Hospital. She sells and trades portraits of her homeless patients using the proceeds to buy supplies needed by clinic patients. The Broadway Grill will host a reception from 6 to 8 pm Oct. 1.

Association of Business Communicators

The Seattle chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators named Kathy Sharp, of Sharp Consulting, president; Nancy Karabatsos, of Washington Mutual, co-vice-president for professional development; Jacqueline LeFort of cr8ive4u, Inc., as vice-president of employment services; and Marilyn Corets, of Corets Communications, vice-president in charge of volunteers for the chapter. Newly elected members include Suzanne Hartman, of Rockey Hill & Knowlton; Barbara Ramey, of the city of Bellevue Transportation Dept.; Tom Lincoln; and Steven Butler, of StreetConnect. Sandy Prater, of PraterWrites, will serve as co-vice-president of professional development.

National Association of Credit Management

Claudia Kuniholm has been designated a credit business associate by the Credit and Financial Division of the Seattle chapter of the National Association of Credit Management. Kuniholm is a corporate account manager for North Creek Analytical.

Polar Systems

Portland-based Polar Systems has opened an office in Kirkland at Carillon Point. Polar provides financial and accounting software solutions. The firm caters to both nonprofit and for-profit businesses.

Northwest Architectural Co.

Northwest Architectural Co. of Seattle recently promoted Natalie Dohrn and Boris Srdar to senior associates and Philip Riedel to associate.

Dohrn has worked on many of NAC’s educational projects, and her health care portfolio includes the Highline Community Hospital Cedar Wing addition and the Regional Geropsych Hospital expansion. Dohrn’s current projects include design for Lake Hills Elementary School in the Bellevue School District and multiple architectural assignments in Durango, Colo.

Srdar has played key roles in the Emerald Ridge High School, the theater addition at Stanwood High School and a new middle school for Tacoma School District. He is currently working on the design for Mount View Elementary School in Highline School District, the master plan for Wilson High School in Tacoma School District and Renton’s new Henry Moses Aquatic Center.

Riedel’s project portfolio includes the new Camas High School and renovation of historic Renton High School and new Ikea Performing Arts Center. His previous experience was in college and university projects, with a focus on student recreation centers.

Established in 1960, Northwest Architectural Co. provides architectural, engineering and interior design services.

C. Felice & Co.

Grace A. Weaver has joined C. Felice & Co. as marketing coordinator. Weaver brings 10 years of A/E marketing experience to the firm and will assist in developing business leads for Cross-Hole Sonic Logging services for drilled shafts.

C. Felice & Co. is a Kirkland-based geotechnical and geoenvironmental management consulting firm.

Flack+Kurtz

Flack+Kurtz announced Henry DiGregorio, senior vice president, has joined the Seattle office as principal in charge. Most recently, DiGregorio served as principal in charge of Flack+Kurtz’s Hong Kong office.

DiGregorio’s mechanical engineering experience includes the design of various HVAC systems and project management of complex projects nationally and internationally. He has projects in Hong Kong, Argentina, Chili, Mexico, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea and Great Britain. Major U.S. projects include the Metropolitan Financial Center, Spokane; IDX Building, Seattle; King County Courthouse seismic retrofit; and NASA headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Allan Montpellier, senior associate, has transferred to Seattle from the London office. Montpellier, a LEED certified mechanical engineer, has nine years experience in the design, specification and analysis of mechanical systems in various building types. His design and project management experience includes the 112th @ 12th complex; Pier 1 Embarcadero redevelopment, San Francisco; and the Washington Mutual/Seattle Art Museum complex.

Michael Phillips has been promoted to associate with Flack + Kurtz. Phillips has experience in the Seattle area, including such projects as 112th @ 12th in Bellevue, Cedar Court and Roosevelt Commons.

Freiheit & Ho Architects

Freiheit & Ho Architects announced the promotion of Thomas L. Spader and Kevin K. Chow to senior associates. Spader has been managing Jack in the Box restaurants and Payless ShoeSource accounts as well as assisting with other projects.

Chow currently manages and has completed many Extended Stay America Hotel projects throughout the West Coast and is assisting with other projects. The firm also announced the addition of Nora Ng as an architectural designer. Ng will be involved with retail and hospitality projects.

SME

Steve Blair has rejoined SME as service manager. Blair comes to SME to expand the service division to include multi-family residential clients and residential services, as well as support current commercial and industrial clients.

SME of Seattle was founded in 1972 and has grown from a one-person shop into a fully integrated electrical design and construction company that employs more than 90 licensed electricians and licensed administrators.

Shannon & Wilson

Shannon & Wilson announced the recent addition of Travis Deane, Scott Pawling and Carol Wang to its Seattle staff. Wang has joined the accounting group as a billing specialist.

Pawling is working with the firm’s underground services section as a senior geologist. Pawling will be supporting geotechnical and railroad projects for clients including Seattle Monorail Project, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Bonneville Power Administration.

As a principal engineer, Deane will support transportation, infrastructure and development projects including the proposed Howard Hanson Dam fish passage. Deane has 10 years of experience with projects in Washington and northern California.

S.D. Deacon

Blas

Valerine Blas has joined S.D. Deacon as an estimating assistant. She will work with chief estimator Brad Howell on bids throughout Washington and Idaho, and maintain subcontractor relations. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Miami with an emphasis on computer information systems.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Hagwood

Shea

Seattle's Lease Crutcher Lewis has hired superintendents Jon Hagwood and Ray Shea. Hagwood is a senior superintendent, with a focus on large commercial and institutional projects. He has 28 years of experience, 21 as a superintendent. He previously worked for DPR, Howard S. Wright and Hensel-Phelps. Shea works in the company's Special Projects Division. He attended Bates Technical College and also has 28 years of experience. He previously worked for Sellen and Finnegan

Hydrology and basic hydraulics

A seminar on hydrology and basic hydraulics will be held Oct. 1-2 in Seattle by the Transportation Partnership in Engineering Education Development. Course topics include: hydrology, drainage design and storm water engineering; standard routing techniques; hydraulics in open channels and conduits; basic channel-flow analysis and design; and slope-area methodology for deriving a predicted stage-discharge curve. Cost is $450. Employees of public agencies within Washington state can attend for $270. For more information, contact Engineering Professional Programs at the University of Washington at (206) 543-5539 or (866) 791-1275, or visit http://www.engr.washington.edu/epp/transpeed/.

Project manager

The AGC of America is offering an Oct. 4-9 project manager course in Dallas. Students will learn management skills from peer-to-peer interaction and guided instruction from construction experts. Cost is $3,495 for members and $4,375 for non-members. The registration deadline is Sept. 10. To make a reservation, visit http://www.agc.org and click on "Meetings & Training." For more information, contact Barbara Hickman at hickmanb@agc.org or (703) 837-5315.

Performance management

A seminar on contractor performance management will be held Oct. 20-21 in Chicago by FMI Corp. The program focuses on getting higher performance from managers. Cost is $995 for the first attendee and $895 for each additional attendee. For more information, contact FMI at (800) 877-1364 or visit http://www.fminet.com