Jul 18, 2007

SERA Architects

SERA Architects has promoted 11 new associates. They are Stuart Colby, Keith Fugate, Gary Golla, Helen Hotchkiss, Tina Keller, Eric Philps, Tim Richard, Eric Ridenour, Jim Rileyhas, Gregg Sanders and John Smith, who has been at SERA for 13 years. The firm has also promoted three new associate principals. Clark Brockman has been with SERA for six years, Natasha Koiv has been with SERA for 22 years and Paul Jeffreys has been with SERA for nine years.

Fletcher Farr Ayotte

Fletcher Farr Ayotte has made two promotions. Troy Ainsworth has been with the company since 1992 and has been promoted from senior project manager to Principal. Ainsworth has had a primary focus on libraries and higher education planning and design. He is currently leading the design teams for the new Public Library and Justice Center in Lebanon, Ore., the rehabilitation and expansion of the Richland Public Library in Richland, and a new branch library in Boise, Idaho. Karen Niemi has been with the firm since 2005 and has been named partner. Niemi has experience in the development of design solutions for commercial, public, residential and higher education clients. She is the recipient of many regional and national design awards, including 12 IIDA Honor Awards.

Pirscher Architects

Pirscher Architects has promoted Bryan Borchers from senior associate to vice-president and partner of the architectural firm. Borchers has nine years of architectural and management experience and has been with the company since 1998.

Coffman Engineers

Coffman Engineers has added Rob Lawson to the Seattle office as a structural engineer. Lawson has an educational background in steel, concrete, masonry and timber design. He also has six months of experience in steel and concrete design of industrial structures.

Core Design

Core Design has promoted Lafe B. Hermansen to director of planning services.

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers has hired John Herzog for the environmental team in the company's Seattle office. Herzog is an expert in nearshore and waterfront cleanups and is a Ph. D. geologist and oceanographer. He has more than 13 years of experience in Puget Sound cleanup issues. He will join and help lead staff in the port and nearshore restoration and cleanup in the Pacific Northwest. The company has also hired Ku Hyun Kwon for the Spokane office as a Staff 1 geotechnical engineer. He recently graduated with his masters in civil engineering with a geotechnical emphasis from Brigham Young University.

Davis Wright Tremaine

The Seattle office of law firm Davis Wright Tremaine hired F. Ross Boundy, Phillip R. M. Hunt and Melanie Haindfield as members of its national intellectual property/patent law practice. Boundy is a senior patent litigator. He was with Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness. Hunt and Haindfield are associate patent attorneys. Hunt was at the Beaverton, Ore., office of Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman and Haindfield was with Seattle's Seed Intellectual Property Law Group. Davis Wright has 480 lawyers worldwide.

Venture Bank

Venture Bank hired Amanda Cochrun as a customer service representative with floating responsibilities in King County. Venture Bank has 18 offices in four Western Washington counties.

VMC

Redmond-based VMC, a technology services outsourcing and project management company, hired Robert E. Wise as chief operating officer and promoted Glenn Hoogerwerf to executive vice president. Wise will take charge of operations across North America, Europe and Asia. He was with Zanett in New York. Hoogerwerf is a co-founder of VMC.