Jun 04, 2014

Tiscareno Associates

Sargent

McIntire

Holec

Seattle-based Tiscareno Associates hired architect/project manager Todd Holec, and architects Mark McIntire and Valerie L. Sargent. Holec has been in the industry for 20 years, and has managed and designed housing, mixed-use and medical projects. McIntire has 25 years in the industry and a background in historic preservation, senior care and corporate buildings. Sargent has 16 years of industry experience and is a project manager. Her work includes planned communities and tenant improvements. Tiscareno is an architecture and urban design firm.

Studio Meng Strazzara

Izquierdo

Hatch

Erik Hatch and Pepe Izquierdo joined Studio Meng Strazzara as intern architects. Hatch previously worked at H&K Architects in Reno, Nevada, on educational, commercial, health care, industrial and sports projects. He is working on renovations and classroom upgrades for Lake Washington School District. Izquierdo holds a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Oregon. He is working on an apartment complex at 11th Avenue and East Pike Street.

Golder Associates

Finnila

Golder Associates hired Aleta Finnila in Redmond. Finnila is a geologist who performs geophysical modeling of fractured rock reservoirs and supports software development and sales for Golder's FracMan Discrete Fracture Network Software Group. She has a Ph.D. in geology from Brown University and was previously employed as a groundwater geologist, IT consultant and programmer. Golder is a global ground engineering and environmental consulting firm.

Notkin Mechanical Engineers

Schwend

Brown

Notkin Mechanical Engineers promoted Larry Brown and Darren Schwend to partner. Brown worked at Notkin between 1982 and 1991, and returned in 2013. He specializes in infrastructure projects for health care clients and has cold-region design experience. He also assists with developing dynamic electronic recordkeeping systems for infrastructure, a specialty he developed as a sole proprietor for 15 years. Schwend joined the firm in 1997. His design and project management experience includes infrastructure and expansions for health care and higher education. His work on technology in projects has included indirect evaporative cooling for the University of Washington campus.

SoundEarth Strategies

Bixby

Seattle-based SoundEarth Strategies named Ryan Bixby president and CEO. Bixby replaces Berthin Hyde, who founded the firm in 2001 as Sound Environmental Strategies Corp. and helped it grow on average 20 percent per year. Hyde will continue as chairman and focus on corporate initiatives and client support. Bixby, a geologist, was hired in 2005 to manage environmental projects for developers, attorneys, industry and petroleum companies. He most recently was environmental division president. SoundEarth provides due diligence, remediation, environmental review and permitting and has a construction division. The company has over 80 employees, with offices in Washington, Oregon, California and Colorado.

Aecom

Kambol

In the Seattle office, Aecom hired Stephen Kambol as associate vice president, principal project manager to lead the Seattle rail and transit design practice. Kambol has 35 years of civil engineering experience, with an emphasis on rail and highway projects. He has managed planning and design teams on projects that include the corridor EIS and preliminary engineering for the $3.1 billion East Link Light Rail. He also spent 12 years working in Asia on road and rail projects.

Freiheit & Ho Architects

Kirkland-based Freiheit & Ho Architects hired Julie Koch as director of interior design. Koch's career has spanned 30 years. She is a project manager with tenant improvement, renovation and new construction experience. Freiheit & Ho provides architecture and interior design.

Clark Nuber

Rob Wheeler will succeed Dave Katri as president and CEO of Belevue-based Clark Nuber effective Oct. 1. Wheeler has been with Clark Nuber for 29 years and has been a shareholder for 14 years. He headed the tax department and served on the Management Board. Clark Nuber has become one of the largest U.S. independent accounting firms during the past 14 years. It employs nearly 180 people providing financial audits, tax planning, business transition planning, financial planning and accounting services.

WSU Museum of Art

Art curator and exhibit designer Ryan Hardesty is the new curator of art and exhibitions for the Museum of Art at Washington State University. He has worked with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane and curated public art projects for the state arts commission. He also installed exhibitions for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.