Jun 23, 2010

City of Kirkland

The Kirkland City Council has hired Kurt Triplett as city manager.He will begin on June 28 and will be paid $174,000 per year, subject to a 3.4 percent temporary salary reduction now in effect. The contract expires in 2015. Triplett served as King County's interim county executive in 2009, chief of staff to County Executive Ron Sims from 2003 to 2009, deputy director of the county's Department of Natural Resources and Parks, and deputy chief of staff under Ron Sims and Gary Locke.

Nexxpost

Seattle-based Nexxpost, an independent mailing and imaging systems company, acquired the mailing division of Excel Business Systems in Tacoma. All Excel service agreements will be assumed by Nexxpost. The acquisition extends Nexxpost's coverage of Hasler mailing and shipping products into southwestern Washington.

Sterling Financial

Sterling Financial Corp. of Spokane, the bank holding company of Sterling Savings Bank and Golf Savings Bank, hired David DePillo as chief credit officer of Sterling Savings Bank, pending the successful completion of Sterling's recapitalization effort and regulatory approvals. DePillo has 25 years of financial management, banking and investment experience. He was vice chairman of the board of Fremont General of Anaheim Hills, Calif.

GreenWorks

David Elkin has rejoined Portland-based GreenWorks Landscape Architecture as a senior associate after three years with Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services. Elkin is a landscape architect and project manager with 12 years of experience. He was at GreenWorks from 1998 to 2007. At Portland's BES he focused on stormwater design, co-taught the Ecoroof series and designed green streets. He will help GreenWorks bring green infrastructure to more clients. Elkin will work on infrastructure, civic projects, open space, housing and urban revitalization. GreenWorks is a landscape architecture firm focused on sustainable design.

Brown and Caldwell

Brown and Caldwell hired Bill Mobley as a principal civil designer, Tiffany Knapp as a senior engineer in its infrastructure group, Gina Costanzo as a principal CAD designer and Kristen Perrin as a receptionist. Tadd Giesbrecht has rejoined the firm as a principal engineer in the wastewater group. Mobley has more than 30 years of experience with geotechnical, transportation, site, roadway, utility and survey design, including with AutoCAD Civil 3D. Knapp has 10 years of experience and specializes in wastewater collection master plans, treatment and disposal master plans, strategic planning, and design. Costanzo has 21 years of experience in piping and structural design, and will support the wastewater group with 3D mechanical design. Perrin is a graduate of WSU. Giesbrecht has 12 years of experience in wastewater and reclaimed water systems, water and wastewater treatment plant design, and conveyance system design. Brown and Caldwell is an environmental engineering firm specializing in wastewater and water treatment, water reclamation, conveyance, water resources management, and asset management.

Jun 22, 2010

Foster Pepper

Law firm Foster Pepper promoted Jeremy Eckert to associate in the Seattle office. He will work in the land use and municipal government practice groups, and was previously a law clerk. Before joining Foster Pepper, he was director of the transfer of development rights program at Cascade Land Conservancy.

NAES Corp.

Issaquah-based NAES Corp., a provider of services to the power generation industry, hired John Brewster as president and chief executive officer. He was chief commercial officer of Composite Technology Corp. and president of its power transmission subsidiary, CTC Cable Corp. He has 32 years of experience in power plant operations, maintenance and executive management.

KeyBank

KeyBank hired Amy Hartlmueller-Torres as assistant vice president and manager of its new branch in Newcastle. The branch is nearing completion and will open July 26. Hartlmueller-Torres began her career at KeyBank in 2007 as a branch manager at Issaquah North. For the past year, she has managed the KeyBank branch at Overlake in Redmond.

Project Dimensions

Karen J. Mask became a member of Project Dimensions' advisory board. Mask previously was CEO and president of KJM & Associates. Project Dimensions is a project and construction management firm headquartered in Kirkland. It provides project controls services to owners, architects, engineers and contractors.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Paul Tonella, a partner with the law firm Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker of Seattle, joined the board of directors and the Educational Committee of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association. Tonella represents closely held companies in their corporate management, succession planning, tax, real property and general business needs. Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked for Boeing Commercial Airplanes and the Internal Revenue Service. He holds a law degree from the University of Washington.

Cascade Windows

Cascade Windows, a vinyl window and patio door manufacturer, hired Ryan Solari as territory manager for the San Francisco Bay Area. Solari has several years of building products sales experience in the Bay Area. He lives in Santa Clara and is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University. Cascade makes its products in Spokane, Portland and Salt Lake City.

Canyon Creek Cabinet Co.

Monroe's Canyon Creek Cabinet Co. added three regional sales representatives — Rick Bickel, Larry Harkleroad and Lee Hanson — to service existing areas and to expand into new geographic territories. Bickel is based in Jeffersonville, Ind., and his territory is southern Indiana, southern Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Harkleroad is based in Syracuse, Ind., and his territory is northern Illinois, northern Indiana, northern Ohio and Michigan. Hanson is based in Helena, Mont., and his territory is Montana, along with the Canadian regions of eastern British Columbia, Alberta and western Saskatchewan.

Hartung Glass Industries

Hartung Glass Industries bought Holcam Sales, a Seattle-based bath and shower enclosure manufacturer. Holcam continues to operate under its own name, with Rick Wenala remaining as the company's general manager. Wenala has been with Holcam for 28 years. Seattle-based Hartung, the parent company of Agalite Shower and Bath Enclosures, is a glass fabricator. A company press release says Hartung has a mission of controlled growth and increased presence as a leading supplier of fabricated glass products on the West Coast.

West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau

Donald A. DeVisser on July 1 will become acting executive vice president of the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau in Portland. DeVisser is replacing Brad Shelley, who is retiring after 33 years at the bureau. DeVisser holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Michigan State University and an MBA from Portland State University. He is a registered engineer in Oregon. The bureau is a not-for-profit service organization benefiting consumers and producers of lumber.

KBA Inc.

Seattle Business Magazine named construction management firm KBA Inc. one of the 2010 “100 Best Companies to Work For.” The awards honor Washington firms with outstanding leadership, work environment and employee satisfaction. Bellevue-based KBA was ranked 21st in the Small Companies division and was one of four engineering firms on the list. Kris Betty is KBA's president.