Jan 02, 2008

WHPacific

WHPacific announced the appointment of national business line managers to lead key areas of business. In the Northwest region, three of the national business line managers are Brad Bastin as transportation, Tom Jones as land development and Jon Warren as survey line manager. Bastin was formerly the transportation business line manager for Northwest operations, working out of the Seattle office. He has nearly 30 years of experience and has been with the company since 1989. Jones was formerly land development business line manager for Northwest operations, working out of the Portland office. He has more than 30 years of experience and has been with the company since 1984. Warren was formerly the survey business line manager for northwest operations, working out of the Seattle office. Warren has 24 years of professional survey experience, including 12 years in private practice and 12 years as the Snohomish County Surveyor. He has been with the company since 2006.

DLR Group

DLR Group hired retail architect Jeff Wasserman in its national retail and mixed-use design practice. Wasserman will work on building teams and growing the retail practice for DLR Group nationally. His past work includes international retail, mixed-use, hospitality, office, performing arts and health care. Wasserman has been in Seattle for three years.

Virginia Mason Medical Center

Virginia Mason Medical Center hired Molly Linhardt and Dennis Rochier as physicians. Linhardt works in the Department of Pediatrics at Virginia Mason Winslow. Rochier works in general internal medicine at Virginia Mason Federal Way.

Office of the Attorney General

The Office of the Attorney General promoted Marvin Skeen from investigator to chief criminal investigator. Skeen was a police officer with the Bellevue Police Department from 1969 until 1994, when he began working in the Attorney General's Office's Homicide Investigation Tracking System Unit. Skeen is a nationally recognized expert on homicide investigations and missing children homicides.

Intermec Technologies

Everett-based Intermec Technologies hired David Yung as vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific region. Yung has 20 years of management experience in the region and worked with RS Components LTD. Intermec develops, manufactures and integrates chain asset technologies.

Puget Sound Blood Center

Puget Sound Blood Center promoted Jorge Duran to be director of its Northwest Tissue Services and hired Michael Young as director of the communications department. Duran joined Northwest Tissue Services in April 2006. Young is a former broadcast journalist and has worked with Microsoft, Verizon and Citigroup. Puget Sound Blood Center is an independent, community-based blood center.

Dec 28, 2007

Helsell Fetterman

Helsell Fetterman, a Northwest legal firm, hired Ben Shih as an associate in the Commercial Disputes and Employment groups. Shih is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association and Asian Bar Association of Washington.

Moss Adams

Moss Adams announced Kim Sjostrom has been certified by the Institute of Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals as a Construction Industry Financial Professional. The ICCIFP is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes high standards of construction financial management.

Intiman Theatre

Laura Penn, managing director of Seattle's Intiman Theatre, has accepted the position of executive director of The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, succeeding Barbara Hauptman. Penn leaves Intiman after 14 seasons and will relocate to New York this spring. The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers is a labor union with 1,700 members in the U.S.

King County Human Resources Division

King County Executive Ron Sims announced Elizabeth Ford will lead the Human Resources Division's Labor Relations Section. Ford was a partner with the law firm Schwerin Campbell Barnard and has worked for the city of Seattle, the Public Employment Relations Commission of Washington and the Washington State Marine Employees Commission.