Jan 23, 2008

Perteet

Mick Monken has joined Perteet as a senior project manager in the transportation design group. Monken has more than two decades of public engineering experience. He was most recently public works director for the city of Woodinville, where he secured grants to cover 50 percent of the Hollywood Roundabouts project.

ESM

ESM promoted Jeremy Febus to principal and Kristal Greenhaw to associate. Febus has 10 years of experience and is overseeing engineering in the Bothell office. He has been closely involved in the entitlement phase, preliminary plats, and CIP roadway and utility projects on Snoqualmie Ridge II. Greenhaw has 13 years of experience and her past projects include Suncadia, Alderwood Parkway Retail and Snohomish County FCC.

Berger/ABAM Engineers

Amanda Schweickert joined Berger/ABAM Engineers in its Federal Way office. Schweickert holds a master’s degree in structural engineering from the University of Arizona. Her background includes design of buildings, historic restoration and transportation.

Studio Meng Strazzara

Studio Meng Strazzara recently added associate David Brueggeman, architect Aidan Bird and intern architects Jeb Hardan and Caitlin Struble. Brueggeman will work on the Robert Frost Elementary School design team. His past projects include Benaroya Hall and the Metro Bus Tunnel & International District Transit Station. Bird has worked on high-end residential and design/build projects. He is working on Central Washington University’s new Student Village South and the Broadway on Broadway mixed-use project. Hardan is working on Robert Frost Elementary School. Struble is working on housing design for Student Village South.

Systems Interface

Scott deMers was promoted to president at Systems Interface. DeMers joined Systems Interface in 1990 and was previously vice president of engineering. Former president and owner Thoresen Bussinger will remain at the company working on engineering and customer relationships. Robert Schommer is moving up from vice president of sales to vice president. Schommer has been with Systems Interface for 14 years and specializes in working with clients in the municipal segment. Curt Plett was promoted to engineering manager. Plett has been with Systems Interface for 16 years.

EvergreenBank

Jim Storvick has joined EvergreenBank as senior vice president, relationship manager. Storvick will be based at the Federal Way office. The bank primarily serves King, Pierce and Snohomish counties through offices in Seattle, Bellevue, Federal Way and Lynnwood.

Foster Pepper

The Seattle office of law firm Foster Pepper hired Miriam H. Cho and Matthew A. Nyman. Cho is an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. She worked at Goodwin Procter in Washington, D.C. Nyman is of counsel in the Real Estate Group. He has 13 years of corporate transactional legal experience and was senior counsel at Wyndham Vacation Ownership in Redmond.

Washington State University

Howard Grimes, who has headed the Graduate School at Washington State University since July 2002, will also be vice president of research. The change supports the university's efforts to focus on research and graduate education. The move will also allow James Petersen, who has served as vice provost of research since July 2002, to return to his faculty role in the College of Engineering and Architecture.

Apollo Video Technology

Apollo Video Technology has relocated to a new 45,000-square-foot manufacturing and office facility in Woodinville at 14148 N.E. 190th St. The new location will help the company accommodate growth in public and pupil transit, law enforcement, military and other industries. Apollo is a provider of on-board and in-car digital surveillance systems.

PSF Mechanical

Cody Agnew joined PSF Mechanical as assistant project manager. Agnew has worked in the HVAC industry for more than nine years.

Mortenson Construction

Seattle-area general contractor Mortenson Construction promoted John Nowoj to vice president.