May 26, 2010

Protec

Portland-based Protec, which provides security, fire and video systems, is expanding its leadership team. It hired Bill Fitzhenry as vice president of sales and Patrick McGill as vice president of operations. Fitzhenry has 25 years of sales and management experience, and recently worked for Stanley Convergent Security Systems. McGill was national operations manager for Aronson Security Group.

Filter

Drory Ben-Menachem has joined Filter, a digital media solutions company, as creative director. Ben-Menachem spent 10 years at Microsoft where he was Marcom creative director and responsible for 80 marketing campaigns each fiscal year.

Union Bank

San Francisco-based Union Bank named Patrick Fahey regional chairman of the Pacific Northwest. Fahey, who in late 2008 was brought in as chairman and chief executive officer of Frontier Financial Corp. and chairman of Frontier Bank, will be based in Everett. He has 40 years of financial services experience. He founded Pacific Northwest Bank in 1987 and served as its chairman, president and chief executive officer until its 2003 merger with Wells Fargo Bank.

BOE architects

BOE architects hired Rebecca Olsen as an administrative associate. Olsen is a St. Martin's University graduate.

Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech hired Leah Wollard as an interior designer, Stacie Clerget as a program assistant, Ruslan Asadullaev as a civil engineer and Mark K. Robbins, Richard Sachs, Melissa Bullis and Angelina Dimitrova as architects. Wollard is LEED-accredited and NCID-certified and worked as an intern architect with a goal of dual licensure. She has a certificate of construction management from the University of Washington and will work on U.S. Air Force projects. Robbins has 20 years of experience as a project architect and manager, including on corporate offices for Microsoft, Comcast and Boeing; K-12 educational facilities; and other commercial and institutional projects. He is working on the Amtrak New Cascades maintenance facility in Seattle. Sachs has 12 years in the public and private sectors in Seattle and Washington D.C. He has worked on single-family developments, schools, administrative buildings, convention centers and hospitals. He will work on Misawa Air Base dormitory renovations. Bullis has 10 years of experience in urban mixed-use projects, community centers, and multi- and single-family housing. She is working on a training facility at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Clerget came to Tetra Tech from the UW capital projects office where she was event coordinator, administrative assistant and coordinator to CAD floor plan updates for campus buildings. She will assist Facilities Program Director Mark Nakatani. Dimitrova has experience with office buildings, housing, hotels, museums and medical facilities. She will work on the Amtrak New Cascades project. Asadullaev has rejoined Tetra Tech, bringing a background in planning, engineering, and construction management in the United States and abroad. His experience includes water resource, water/wastewater, site planning/ land development and geological/chemical engineering. He is working in the Richland office on development projects. Tetra Tech provides consulting, engineering, program management, construction and technical services addressing the resource management and infrastructure markets.

May 25, 2010

Holland America Line

Holland America Line promoted Rob Boksem to vice president, technical operations. Boksem joined Holland America Line aboard ships as electrical engineer in 1978. He moved to Seattle in 1994 as electrical superintendent and became deputy director of technical operations in 2001. He was promoted to director in 2006.

Eastside Business Awards

The 21st Annual Bellevue Chamber of Commerce Eastside Business Awards were given out recently. Foushee and Associates of Bellevue won the Eastside Business of the Year Award. Pharmacy OneSource of Bellevue won the Eastside Small Business Award. Motricity of Bellevue won the Eastside Emerging Business Award. Overlake Hospital Medical Center of Bellevue won the Eastside Nonprofit/Community Impact Award.

WWU Board of Trustees

Gov. Chris Gregoire appointed Tod Leiweke, CEO of Vulcan Sports and Entertainment, to Western Washington University's board of trustees. Vulcan Sports and Entertainment is the management organization for the Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trailblazers, and Seattle Sounders FC. Leiweke's term began May 12 and ends Sept. 30, 2015. He succeeds John Warner in the post.

Abbott Construction

John W. Akre joined Abbott Construction as senior estimator, Matt Beecher was promoted to superintendent and Don May retired after 26 years with the company. Akre has more than 25 years of commercial construction experience and is LEED accredited. He previously worked for Opus Northwest as a senior project manager. Beecher joined Abbott in 1993 as a laborer and has worked his way up. May spent most of his tenure as a superintendent overseeing various Tacoma General Hospital projects.

ABC of Western Washington

Kim Trautman was promoted to member services manager at the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. Trautman has been with association since 2007, supporting the vice president of membership. She also manages the member discount program, membership renewal and retention; supports the membership council and annual membership directory; and is the staff lead for the ABC Diversity Committee and ABC Green Council. She previously was a broker relations manager for the American Brokers Conduit and holds a bachelor's degree from Seattle Pacific University.

Skanska

Skanska promoted Kathleen Corrigan to schedule manager in the Seattle office. Corrigan had been a project scheduler since joining the company in 2005 and has 20 years of construction industry experience, including 10 in project scheduling. She holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Washington State University and a master's degree in construction management from the University of California, Berkeley.

Valley Electric

Jeret Garcia was promoted to general manager at Valley Electric. Garcia has been with the company for nine years, serving as chief estimator and department manager. In his new role, Garcia is responsible for all daily operations, including project procurement and implementation, as well as staff management. Andy Ward, the former general manager, is remaining active in the company as CEO.

Snyder Roofing of Washington

Snyder Roofing of Washington hired Tom Shannon as project manager/estimator and Brian Field as project manager. Shannon has more than 23 years of roofing and construction experience, ranging from field work to project management. He is a certified Celotex Inspector and certified Quality Control Roof Inspector. Field has more than 10 years of roofing and construction experience, including estimating, project engineering and project management. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Washington State University. Snyder's Washington operations are based in Snohomish.

Rosendin Electric

Rosendin Electric hired Brian Ruffner as business development manager for its Portland office. Ruffner previously held a similar role at Red's Electric Co. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Warner Pacific College. Rosendin is based in San Jose, Calif.

Foushée and Associates

Bellevue's Foushée and Associates won Eastside Business of the Year from the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce. The firm was cited for its performance, history of revenue growth, strength of leadership team, ability to seize new market opportunities, adaptability to challenging economic conditions, and development of unique partnerships with the community.

Rushforth

Tacoma-based Rushforth Construction won a 2010 Community Service Award from the Association of Washington Business. The awards recognize AWB members for projects that support education, youth organizations, volunteerism, community beautification, community organizations that help people in need, and programs that mobilize people. Rushforth's golf tournament last year raised more than $40,000 for the Salvation Army, Tacoma Goodwill Industries, Tacoma-Pierce County YMCA and Mary Bridge Children's Hospital. Rushforth is a wholly owned subsidiary of Adolfson & Peterson Construction.

MacKay & Sposito

MacKay & Sposito received honorable mention at the recent Corporations for Communities award ceremony at Secretary of State Sam Reed's office in Olympia. The program was launched last year to recognize companies with a commitment to corporate giving, a drive to improve local and regional social conditions, and/or a culture of giving within their organizations. The engineering, design and construction services firm has offices in Vancouver, Kennewick, Salt Lake City, and Wilsonville and Bend, Ore.