Mar 15, 2016

Washington Restaurant Association

Hoang

The Washington Restaurant Association said Taylor Hoang won the National Restaurant Association's 2015 Faces of Diversity Award honoring people who have succeeded in the face of adversity. Hoang is an entrepreneur and leader in the Asian and business communities. She opened Pho Cyclo Cafe at age 28, and now has five locations and a catering company. She is executive director of Ethnic Business Coalition, and mentors and advocates for entrepreneurs.

Socrata

Socrata, a Seattle-based software firm focused on data-driven digital government, made several new hires: Jackie Golden, senior vice president of customer success; Bill Cull, senior vice president of sales; and Robin Jones, vice president of strategic growth. Bill Lawler has become senior vice president of learning and development. Socrata works with government, public safety groups, law enforcement and NGOs.

Erickson Inc.

Maynard

Patriarch

Nodland

Starr

Mills

Lewis

Portland-based Erickson Inc. appointed Rob Lewis as vice president and general manager of the Commercial Business Unit, Andy Mills as vice president of global business development, Gary Starr as vice president of global supply chain, Erick Nodland as global director of operations, John Patriarch as sales manager to the Department of Defense, and Chris Maynard as business development manager for Alaska. Erickson provides aviation services around the world for powerline construction, timber harvesting, HVAC and other projects.

ProDims

ProDims of Kirkland has been federally certified as a small business enterprise through the state Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises. SBE firms can participate in transportation-specific federal projects such as rails, roads, bridges, airports and seaports. ProDims is a project management services firm.

Hamilton Construction Co.

Williams

Scott Williams, president of Hamilton Construction Co. in Springfield, Oregon, was elected 2016 board chairman of TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. Williams has been on the TRIP board since 2003.

PCL Construction

Fortune magazine named PCL Construction to its “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for the 11th consecutive year. PCL moved up seven spots to number 60 on the list this year. It has a branch office in Bellevue.

Mar 11, 2016

Circadia

Jake Kosseff, a sommelier and partner at Miller's Guild, and Jeanie Inglis, a strategist for wineries and startups, announced they will open Circadia late this summer at 624 Olive Way, in space that was the original home of El Gaucho restaurant. The fine dining restaurant is inspired by Hollywood and New York City eateries of the 1930s. The executive chef is Garrett Melkonian of Mamnoon.

Madrona Venture Labs

Madrona Venture Labs in Seattle has named an advisory board of inventors, entrepreneurs and angel investors who will work with the MVL team on new ideas, customer development, talent acquisition and company building. MVL is a startup studio in Madrona Venture Group that will help decide what ideas get seed capital. The advisers are Spencer Rascoff of Zillow Group, Darrell Cavens of zulily, Jane Park of Julep, Raj Singh of Accolade, Dawn Lepore, Oren Etzioni of Allen Institute for AI, T.A. McCann of Rival IQ, Jonathan Sposato of PicMonkey, Andy Liu of BuddyTV and Mark Mader of SmartSheet.