Jul 13, 2011

Core Design

Taylor

Core Design hired Cory Taylor as a civil engineer supporting engineering project managers on land development projects in the Puget Sound region. Taylor graduated from Washington State University in 2010. The Bellevue-based firm provides civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture and urban design.

The Berger Partnership

Celinska

Eldredge

McGuirt

The Berger Partnership hired Brad McGuirt and Shannon Eldredge to its landscape architecture staff, and Magdalena Celinska as a summer intern. McGuirt is a landscape architect who was previously at Olin's Philadelphia office. He has worked internationally, and the Redmond Central Connector is among his projects. Eldredge has a master's in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon, and is working on Shorewood High School. Celinska is a candidate in the master's in architecture and master's in urban design program at the University of Washington. She will prepare a report on urban agriculture for her internship. Seattle-based Berger provides landscape architectural and site planning services.

Trindera Engineering

Hesse

Trindera Engineering hired Aaron Hesse as an electrical engineer for municipal and commercial projects. He recently graduated from Eastern Washington University, where he focused on power and control systems design. He worked at the city of Cheney light department while in school. The Coeur d'Alene firm specializes in electrical, controls, lighting, and specialty systems.

EDI, Ltd.

EDI hired John Darby as vice president in the Seattle office to lead business development in the Northwest. He was a research analyst for the Washington House of Representatives and vice president of business development for the Thurston County Chamber. EDI is a health care IT consulting and design firm with offices in Atlanta, Denver, Phoenix and Salt Lake City.

HomeStreet Bank

HomeStreet Bank hired Jon Bruch as a senior loan officer in the downtown Seattle mortgage office at Two Union Square.

Foster Pepper

Chris Napier, a member of Foster Pepper's Real Estate Practice Group, has been selected for the 2012 Leadership Tomorrow program. Leadership Tomorrow prepares people to work for the benefit of the Puget Sound region. Each class is selected through a competitive process. About 75 people are chosen each year.

Jul 12, 2011

Panther Systems

Panther Systems hired Phil Farmer as CEO. Farmer has 25 years of experience in the paper industry and was recently with Graphic Packaging International. Panther is a Vancouver provider of quality control and automation systems and production management software for the pulp, paper and tissue industry.

Berk

Berk hired Alex Krieg as a project associate. Krieg is a policy analyst with a background in community development and urban and regional planning. He worked for the Puget Sound Regional Council. Berk is a public policy consultancy working on strategy, analysis and communications.

Northwest Development Officers

The Northwest Development Officers Association selected Seattle Aquarium CEO Robert Davidson for the 2011 Professional Achievement Award. The award recognizes leadership, fundraising achievements and civic involvement.

Flesher Marketing Infrastructures

Jan Flesher re-launched her consulting business, Flesher Marketing Infrastructures, which offers marketing and database management to the architecture, engineering and construction industries. Flesher has more than 25 years of marketing experience. More information can be found at http://www.jflesher.com.