Jan 29, 2016

Carney Badley Spellman

Cunningham

Terry

S. Jay Terry was elected director of associates at Carney Badley Spellman law firm. The firm also said Melissa Cunningham has been appointed to the Washington Health Benefit Exchange Board by Governor Jay Inslee on Jan. 6.

GreenRubino

Johnston

GreenRubino named Steve Johnston executive creative director. He has 25 years of advertising expertise at Goodby, Fallon, McCann Erickson, Cole & Weber and Publicis/Seattle, where he was creative director and managed T-Mobile's campaign.

Darigold

Darigold named Stan Ryan, a long-time Cargill executive, president and CEO effective Feb. 22. Ryan led Cargill's agricultural supply chain in Shanghai, with more than 30,000 employees and 700 facilities, and was interim CEO for Eagle Bulk Shipping in New York. Seattle-based Darigold is the marketing and processing subsidiary of Northwest Dairy Association, which is owned by nearly 500 dairy farms that ship 8.9 billion pounds of milk annually from farms in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Northern California, Utah and Montana. It operates 11 processing plants.

Microscan

Microscan, a global tech firm focused on barcode, machine vision, verification and lighting solutions, named Dan Barnes vice president of operations based at the headquarters in Renton. He was director of engineering.

Jan 28, 2016

Grant Thornton

Greg George joined Grant Thornton as an international tax partner in the Seattle office. George has more than 20 years of experience in international structuring, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, intangible property management, private equity, global tax planning and financial reporting. He was a partner with KPMG's Pacific Northwest international tax practice.

Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications named Chris Lyons vice president and general manager for Washington. Lyons held leadership roles at Nexius, Comcast and Charter. He will be based in Everett. Frontier offers broadband, voice, video, wireless Internet and security services in 28 states.

F5 Networks

F5 Networks hired Mike Convertino to lead the information security team as the first chief information security officer, based in Seattle. Convertino has nearly 30 years of experience in security, cloud systems and advanced cyber capability. He was chief information security officer at CrowdStrike, senior director of network security at Microsoft, and a colonel in the U.S. Air Force responsible for a telecom unit.

Suncadia 2015 sales top $55M

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In 2015, 133 houses, development sites and condos valued at more than $55 million were sold at Suncadia. Prices ranged from $80,000 to $3 million, Suncadia officials said in a press release. Suncadia sold 69 development sites, 46 custom houses and 18 condos last year, with the average price up 30 percent from 2014. Since 2003, 715 houses and condos have been built at Suncadia. Suncadia is about 80 miles east of Seattle near Cle Elum. It is owned by an affiliate of Lowe Enterprises and a subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Management, both of Los Angeles.

Erwin Park joins Madison Bay

Park

Seattle-based real estate services company Madison Bay Commercial added Erwin Park as a partner. Park has nine years of commercial real estate experience with a focus on representing tenants in sales and leasing. He was a broker and advisor for NAI Puget Sound Properties and Jones Lang LaSalle.

Maureen Waters joins Point B

Waters

Point B Inc. named Maureen C. Waters a principal focused on property development. Waters has more than 20 years of experience and last worked as head of real estate and asset management for Bill Gates Investments. Prior to that she spent 15 years as an executive at Cushman & Wakefield. Point B is based in Seattle and does development, management consulting and venture investment. Point B's website says it has worked on ski resorts, airport terminals, schools and tech projects.

‘Cashing in on the Boom' March 17-18

A two-day seminar on housing and mixed-use development called “Cashing in on the boom and avoiding litigation” is set for March 17-18 at Hilton Seattle. The Seminar Group event will cover city politics, law, transportation and the challenges of projects, with perspectives from developers, designers and lenders. Program co-chairs are Gregory A.V. Clark of Foster Pepper and Samuel Jacobs of Helsell Fetterman. For more information or to register, visit: http://goo.gl/Bxs4yq