Sep 21, 2012

PlayNetwork

Redmond-based PlayNetwork hired Nicole Rikkinen as vice president of marketing. Rikkinen has 19 years of experience and recently led Microsoft and Dell's small business marketing strategy and directed marketing for Microsoft's Strategic Alliance team. PlayNetwork provides entertainment for retail, restaurant and hospitality environments.

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bank opened a new branch on the University of Washington campus at the newly remodeled Husky Union Building on the main level. Hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the manager is Ashley Ridinger.

McAdams Wright Ragen

Seattle-based McAdams Wright Ragen named Diane Daggatt, CFA, as managing director. Daggatt has 20 years of experience. In 2003 she joined the institutional sales desk at McAdams Wright Ragen and also worked for Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital, where she led private equity investments. McAdams Wright Ragen is a financial investment advisory firm.

Sep 20, 2012

Banner Bank

Mantie

Walla Walla-based Banner Bank promoted Deanna Mantie to vice president and relationship manager. Mantie has served the Woodinville community since 2005 when she joined Banner Bank as a senior credit analyst and is an active member of the Bothell Lions Club. Banner Bank is a Washington-chartered community commercial bank with 86 locations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Pacific International Bank

Lee

Sacco

Seattle-based Pacific International Bank hired Janie Sacco as FVP & SBA Manager and Jin Lee as first vice president and relationship manager. Sacco has worked in banking for more than 30 years in operations management and small business lending; Lee was a vice president & business development officer for Sterling Savings Bank and US Bank. Pacific International is a full-service bank with locations in Seattle, Tacoma, Lynnwood and Federal Way.

Symetra

Symetra Life Insurance Co. said Jeff Farmer has been named Eastern region sales vice president for the Benefits Division. He will focus on medical stop-loss and group life and disability income insurance. Farmer worked at Mercer Health & Benefits covering nine states from Florida to Maryland.

The Runstad Center at UW

O'Connor

The Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies in the University of Washington College of Built Environments hired Stephen O'Connor as the director. He has a doctorate in urban planning and policy development from Rutgers and a masters from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. O'Connor has been an adjunct professor at Rutgers since 1992 and runs his own national real estate consulting firm. O'Connor succeeds George Rolfe, the center's director since 2008.

1st Security Bank

Pim

Mountlake Terrace-based 1st Security Bank of Washington has opened a home lending office in Bellevue, its first stand-alone location for home lending services. The 4,000-square-foot office is at 1110 - 112th Ave. N.E. in One Twelve on Twelfth, and will eventually have 20 employees, including loan officers and support staff. The office is headed by Lisa Pim, manager and loan officer. 1st Security Bank has six locations in the area and plans to open a branch in Capitol Hill next year.

Kidder Mathews

Kidder Mathews said it was named by The Oregonian newspaper as a Top Workplace in Oregon. Kidder Mathews ranked fifth among small businesses, and also was tops in the category of Life/Work Balance. Kidder Mathews has more than 400 people in nine offices in Washington, Oregon and California.

Security Properties

Seattle-based Security Properties purchased the 207-unit Lakeside Village, a condo rental property near Chandler, Ariz., that is part of a master planned development with houses, condos and retail. This is the ninth purchase by Security Properties Multifamily Fund and the first outside the Pacific Northwest. Purchase price was $16.4 million. The seller is Rose Lakeside Corp. of Toronto. Security plans a $1.9 rehab of common areas and interiors.