Jun 22, 2009

Modern Machinery

Modern Machinery has promoted Andrew Kazanis to compaction and paving sales specialist. Kazanis will provide sales support and customer service on compaction and paving products including Wirtgen, Hamm, Vogele, Leeboy and Rosco. He has more than 20 years of experience in the paving and compaction industry. With locations throughout the Northwest, Modern Machinery sells and rents heavy equipment and provides product support to the construction, mining, forestry, aggregate and road building industries. For more information, call (800) 950-7779 or visit http://www.modernmachinery.com.

Jun 19, 2009

Ruth's Chris Steak House, Bellevue

Ruth's Chris Steak House in Bellevue hired Darrell Maxwell as general manager. Maxwell recently assisted in opening Hotel 1000 in downtown Seattle and was the assistant to the general manager at the Golf Club at Newcastle and Calcutta Grill.

Northern Lights

Tacoma-based Northern Lights Ventures has acquired an equity interest in Raven Capital Management. Raven Capital is a private equity firm focusing on asset-based credit investment opportunities. Raven was founded in 2007 by Josh Green, who previously served as a managing director in Merrill Lynch & Co.'s Global Structured Finance & Investments Group based in New York.

AAA Washington

AAA Washington, based in Bellevue, hired Sue Peterson as a general accounting supervisor. Peterson has 20 years experience in the accounting field and recently worked with Precor as a senior accountant.

Jun 18, 2009

First Sound Bank

First Sound Bank hired Jo Anne Seel as vice president and relationship manager. Seel has 19 years of commercial banking experience and has worked with Frontier Bank, Viking Bank and Key Bank.

LeMaster Daniels

LeMaster Daniels, a Spokane-based CPA firm, hired Richard Tedrow as a supervisor in the Bellevue office. Tedrow has 20 years of experience in the tax and accounting profession.

Airbiquity

Airbiquity, a Seattle-based wireless connected services company, hired Robert Crawford as director of sales. Crawford is a senior sales executive who has 22 years of automotive, wireless and navigation industry sales expertise and recently worked at Navigon North America.

ZymoGenetics

ZymoGenetics hired Eleanor Ramos as senior vice president and chief medical officer. Ramos will also serve as a member of the executive management committee. She is replacing Nicole Onetto, the company's former chief medical officer. Ramos joined ZymoGenetics in 2007.