Feb 11, 2014

Sound Cities Association

Marchione

Sound Cities Association elected Redmond Mayor John Marchione president. SCA represents 36 cities in King County that are home to nearly one million people. Renton Mayor Denis Law is past president.

Outerwall

Bellevue-based Outerwall announced three leadership moves at Redbox, Coinstar and ecoATM. Mark Horak, most recently Americas president at Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, will become Redbox president March 17. Coinstar operations executive James H. Gaherity will become president of Coinstar, replacing Mike Skinner, who has decided to leave the company after nine years. Maria Stipp, former chief new ventures officer and interim president of ecoATM, is now president of the ecoATM business.

Cochran

Duck

Burnett

Dickerson

Cochran promoted Curt Dickerson to director of Washington Large Electrical Construction, Steve Burnett to director of Preconstruction and Estimating, and Collette Duck to director of Internal Services. Dickerson has been with Cochran for 11 years and has more than 30 years of experience in electrical and general contracting. Burnett has more than 19 years of experience in electrical construction. Duck is responsible for Cochran's warehouse, tools, prefabrication, purchasing and IT departments. Cochran is an electrical and technology contractor.

Dexter+Chaney

Orth

Seattle-based construction software provider Dexter+Chaney appointed Norbert Orth as president. Orth was the company's vice president of worldwide sales and marketing, and is a member of the board. He has more than 25 years of experience in business management, including executive roles at multinational firms and technology start-ups.

Rider Levett Bucknall

Burris

Property and construction consulting firm Rider Levett Bucknall promoted Chris Burris to principal in the Seattle office. Burris has led the local office for the past four years and has more than 13 years of experience in the construction industry. He is a Certified Cost Professional and has expertise in conceptual estimating, life-cycle costing, contract administration, reviewing progress draws and change orders.

ABC of Western Washington

West

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington hired Geneva West as manager of government and labor affairs. West is working on ABC's grassroots program, coordinating with ABC's lobbyist, PAC fundraising, labor relations and communicating on those issues with members. She is also working on ABC's social media presence. West previously was the campaign manager for Kevin Wallace for Bellevue City Council, a session aide for Sen. Doug Ericksen and a communication intern for the Senate Republican Caucus.

PCL Construction

Fortune magazine named PCL Construction to its “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for the ninth consecutive year. This year, PCL was ranked 59th, up 14 spots from last year. PCL has an employee-ownership model, wellness initiatives, philanthropic efforts and professional development programs.

Feb 07, 2014

Vadium

AlphaCipher Acquisition Corp. of Seattle, which does business as Vadium, named Kim Holmes senior vice president for product development. He was vice president of engineering and operations for Hammerhead Systems. Tilo Kunz is the new senior vice president and chief business development officer. He has been in information security since 1984 and has worked in the Soviet Union, China and India, as well as Hollywood. Rick Bolin is senior vice president for sales and marketing.

Symetra Life Insurance

Symetra Life Insurance Co. made changes in the benefits division sales team. Jeff Farmer has been named national sales director, Group Life and Disability Income Insurance. He is based in Norcross, Ga. Symetra has segmented the medical stop-loss sales distribution channel into two regions. Regional Vice President Thomas Costello will manage the Eastern region from Boston. Chicago- and Bellevue-based Regional Vice President Thomas Bittner is responsible for the West/Central region. Bill Edrington will lead distribution of the Select Benefits fixed-payment indemnity insurance.