Jun 11, 2008

Aspect Consulting

Aspect Consulting promoted Owen Reese to associate water resources engineer. Reese helps Puget Sound-area industrial and public sector clients with stormwater management. He is working on several stormwater designs for the aggregate mining industry and assisting the Port of Seattle with NPDES permit compliance.

Helix Design Group

Helix Design Group hired Emily Wold and Jason Lam. Wold has experience in educational, hospitality, commercial and historic preservation projects. She supports both the architectural and interior design departments at Helix, where her assignments include commercial, retail and military projects design. Lam has 15 years of graphic design experience, with several years preparing graphic and sign designs for the hospitality industry. He was also the art director for the National Football League for two years. His current assignment includes preparation of brochures and other promotional materials.

ORB Architects

ORB Architects hired two project architects to meet the increasing need in its military projects division. Bob Monson, with 39 years of experience, 34 of them with the U.S. Navy and Corps of Engineers, has a focus on design and quality assurance. Daniel Brooks joined as an intern architect and project manager. Brooks past projects include work for Albertson's, Jack in the Box, McDonald's and Starbucks. Brooks also has experience working on HUD multi-family residential and assisted-living facilities in Washington and Oregon.

Harmsen & Associates

Harmsen & Associates named Bill Goodwin and Robert Cray to its board of directors. Goodwin has been elected chairman of the board and Cray will serve as a director-at-large. Doug Slager will continue as president and CEO. Goodwin has 33 years of civil engineering experience with private and public clients. Cray has 42 years of land surveying experience with private and public clients. Harmsen & Associates is a 60-person civil engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture and land use planning firm, with offices in Monroe and Oak Harbor.

Weber Thompson

Weber Thompson hired senior project manager Steve Johnston to join its large projects team, with a focus on commercial/office projects. Johnston has more than 30 years of experience managing commercial and mixed-use projects in the Pacific Northwest. He spent 26 years with Curtis Beattie and Associates, where he worked on Fifth and Yesler, 600 Elliott, Metropolitan Park North and Sterling Park Plaza.

Abossein Engineering

Abossein Engineering hired Josef Valenta as project manager of its new civil engineering division. Valenta has an extensive background in civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering, including residential, commercial and mixed-use, and transportation work for WSDOT, ODOT and CalTrans.

Hart Crowser

Hart Crowser hired five new staff members. New Seattle employees are Kunal Shah, Carl Ulberg and Vanessa Pepoy. Shah, a geotechnical engineer, is working on projects that require slope stability analyses and foundation design for commercial developments. Ulberg, a field geologist, has a strong background in seismic studies. He has performed field work at several new construction projects in Seattle, including Starbucks, Terminal 91, the Interbay Urban Center and University Village. Pepoy is an environmental scientist. She is conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, assisting with water monitoring and bioremediation at former dry cleaning sites, and performing soil sampling in the South Lake Union area. The firm also hired Brandon Jensen in its Edmonds office and Troy Fowler in its Portland office. Jensen is a biologist with experience in water quality and fish health analyses. He is working on eel grass restoration projects in Snohomish and Whatcom Counties, freshwater stream habitat evaluations in Alaska, and habitat monitoring in Cook Inlet. Fowler is a biochemist with a background in bioremediation and chemical oxidation for property contaminated with solvents, hydrocarbons, and metals.

Tulalip Resort Casino

Tulalip Resort Casino hired Tracy Banfield, Sam Samuelson and Donna Cappa as national sales managers for its new hotel, spa and meeting and conference facilities opening in August. Banfield has 16 years of tourism and sales experience, and worked at the Snohomish County Tourism Bureau. Samuelson worked in hotel sales for five years and was director of sales at the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino. Cappa has 16 years experience in hospitality and travel tourism and recently ran her own travel agency in Perth, Australia.

CellNetix

Seattle-based CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories, a provider of diagnostic pathology and laboratory services to physicians, made a series of new hires. Charles D. Sturgis joins the Everett office from Evanston, Ill. François M. Cady joins the Olympia office. Kristin M. Mantei joins the Seattle office. Kristine M. Braaten joins the Seattle office.

Club Cielo

Club Cielo, a new private club in Seattle, added Ken and Cathi Hatch as founding co-chairs of the advisory committee. Cathi Hatch is the founder, president and chief executive officer for Zino Society, an investment organization. Ken Hatch is CEO of Hatch Enterprises, which provides communications consulting for corporations in transition or crisis.

Frause

Seattle-based communications firm Frause made two promotions and five new hires. Nicole Phelan was promoted to account executive. Phelan was hired in May 2007. Josh Chaitin was promoted to vice president/sustainable practice lead. Chaitin has been with Frause since 2005. New employees are Nichole Shell, Laura Gese, Christina Starr, Sarah Murphy and Laura Brown.