Apr 08, 2008

HomeStreet Bank

HomeStreet Bank hired Jay Dogan as a loan officer at HomeStreet Capital, the commercial real estate financing division of HomeStreet. He will be based in Seattle.

KeyBank

KeyBank hired Randy J. Robinson as vice president and west region manager, community development lending. Robinson was a deputy director at Fannie Mae in Seattle. He will be responsible for community development lending in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Colorado and Idaho.

HRnovations

HRnovations, a full service human resource consulting firm in Bellevue, said Mike Komola, Nancy Komola and Amy Efroymson are new principal owners. The three were employed by HRnovations prior to the sale and acquired the company from Jan Harding and Drew Thoresen. Harding will continue working with the company, Thoresen retired and was replaced by Michele King as CFO and operations director. Under the new leadership, Mike Komola is president, Nancy Komola is consulting director, and Efroymson is business development director. HRnovations was founded in 1989 by Harding.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

General contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis hired four in its Seattle office: Steve Brennan as corporate safety director, Wendy Simmons as marketing design manager, Maryann Jorgeson as an office assistant, and Laura O'Neill as an operations assistant in the Special Projects Division. Brennan has spent 14 years in construction safety management and earned his bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety from Central Washington University. Simmons has five years of graphics and marketing experience and holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Pacific Lutheran University. O'Neill holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington.

Big Sky Northwest Construction

Big Sky Northwest Construction, a Texas-based general contractor, has opened an office in Seattle. The firm specializes in educational, recreational, governmental, religious, retail, fire and rescue, and municipal facilities. It is a certified green contractor and has an in-house LEED accredited professional. Dustin Long is in charge of the office. Long is also vice chair of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington's Green Building Council.

PSF Mechanical

Mark Templeton joined PSF Mechanical as a project manager in the Special Projects Division. Templeton has worked in the HVAC industry for more than 28 years. PSF is a design-build HVAC contractor providing wet and dry side system designs.

Apr 04, 2008

Lane Powell

Malcolm Lindquist, a shareholder at Lane Powell, was elected to the American Law Institute. Lindquist chairs the Financial Institutions Industry Group practices in Seattle and Tacoma. About 4,000 attorneys across the nation are members of ALI, which is based in Philadelphia. Election to the institute is a competitive process.

CFO Selections

CFO Selections in Bellevue hired Tim Zier and Pearl Chan as new CFOs. Zier has 30 years of experience with companies such as Applied Precision and Wavelink Corp. Chan was corporate controller and treasurer at Isilon Systems. Joe Koelzer has also rejoined CFO Selections after helping to launch a start-up in Seattle.

Small Business Administration

The U.S. Small Business Administration's Seattle District Office named Carlos Veliz, president/CEO and owner of PCSI Design in Bothell, as the 2008 Washington State SBA Minority Small Business Champion of the Year. PCSI is a product design and engineering services company.