Dec 18, 2013

Porch.com

Porch.com, a Seattle-based home improvement network, named Jeff Dossett chief operating officer. He was chief revenue officer of Demand Media, held senior leadership positions at Yahoo and spent 17 years at Microsoft. He is co-founder of Compass Construction Resources Ltd., which specializes in commercial and institutional renovations. Porch launched in September and has grown to more than 80 people.

Pierce County Juvenile Court

TJ Bohl, who has worked in juvenile rehabilitation for 18 years, is the new administrator for Pierce County Juvenile Court, which provides court, detention, probation and adoption services. He has been the court's assistant administrator overseeing probation since 2005. Bohl will manage a $19.3 million budget and 147 employees.

Runberg Architecture Group

Gist

Seattle-based Runberg Architecture Group promoted Ben Gist to senior associate. Gist is an architect with 13 years of experience in urban housing who guides projects from design through construction. Gist recently managed Union on Dexter, a 290-unit apartment building at 901 Dexter Ave. N. for Holland Partners, and 4041 Roosevelt Way, a 214-unit mixed-use project for Vulcan Real Estate. He is project architect on Holland's 810 Dexter Ave, a 362-unit mixed-use development. Runberg specializes in urban mixed-use housing and adaptive reuse projects.

Swenson Say Faget

Kanyer

King

Rosman

Juttner

Mozden

Swenson Say Faget promoted Brett Mozden, Greg Juttner, Karl Rosman, Sean King and Zane Kanyer to associate principal. Mozdent started with the firm in 2004. He works on housing and public projects, including Fire Station Number 18 in Seattle. Juttner began working for Swenson Say Faget in 2004. He focuses on high-end single-family projects and leads residential seismic retrofits in the Puget Sound region. Rosman joined the firm in 2005. He focuses on residential, commercial and faith projects, and is working on the Life Center at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina. King joined the firm in 2001, and is the IT manager. Kanyer was hired in 2004, and has focused the last several years on multifamily, adaptive reuse and seismic retrofits. He is working on Kennedy Catholic High School's Science Room. Swenson Say Faget is a structural engineering firm with offices in Seattle and Tacoma.

EHS Design

Coble

Boualamallah

EHS Design hired Fatah Boualamallah as an architect and Karlee Coble as an interior designer. Boualamallah has more than 20 years of mixed-use, institutional, hospitality and commercial experience. He holds a bachelor of architecture from the University of Tizi-Ouzou in Algeria and a master's in planning from the University of Montana. Coble has eight years of experience on residential, commercial, public, health care and higher education projects. She holds an interior design degree from Bellevue College. EHS is an interior design and architecture firm located in Seattle.

Rice Fergus Miller

Ritter-Lopatowski

Lee

Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller said Gena Lee, an interior designer, has been certified by The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers, and designer Jason Ritter-Lopatowski earned a LEED Accredited Professional credential from the U.S. Green Building Council. The firm provides architecture, interior design and planning.

GeoDimensions

Mark Borys joined Bellevue-based GeoDimensions as a surveyor. Borys has more than 12 years of surveying experience. He has worked at MXP Consulting, Site Survey and Mapping, Geodatum, Core Design and American Engineering Corp., and he founded BBA Land Surveying. Borys has managed large-scale developments including Talus in Issaquah. GeoDimensions provides land and architectural surveys.

CH2M Hill

CH2M Hill has expanded its Northwest transportation staff with five new hires. They are Craig Helmann, a traffic engineer and project manager; Steve Litchfield, a senior project manager and engineer; Catherine Ciarlo, a transportation planner and project manager; Charles Dixon, a consultant to the operations/logistic management and asset management market; and Allen Prouty, a resident engineer and construction manager. Helmann has more than 17 years of experience. He previously worked at Puget Sound Regional Council and the Washington State Department of Transportation. Litchfield has 20 years of experience leading multidisciplinary projects involving bridges and other transportation facilities. He has managed development for Oregon agencies and ODOT. Ciarlo has led planning, funding and implementation of multimodal transportation projects. She was transportation policy director for former Portland Mayor Sam Adams and executive director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Dixon has 20 years of experience, with a background that includes seaport and airport operations; and transport of commodities and hazardous materials. Prouty has 27 years of experience as a contractor and consultant representative. He spend 12 years as Snohomish County's Overlay Program manager. CH2M Hill is a consulting, design, construction and operations firm based near Denver.