Apr 24, 2018

Independent Colleges of Washington

Violet A. Boyer, retiring president and CEO of Independent Colleges of Washington, was given the Stanley O. McNaughton Leadership Award by ICW board. Boyer led the association for 20 years. ICW members consist of 10 private nonprofit colleges and universities in the state.

City of Tacoma

Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards in May will attend the Mayors' Institute on Opioids meeting, held by the National League of Cities. Tacoma's five-member delegation will include Conor McCarthy, at-large Tacoma City Council member; Anthony L-T Chen, director of health for Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department; Patti Jackson-Kidder, chief of Pierce County Sheriff's Department Corrections Bureau; and Jason Escareno, senior human services legislative analyst at Pierce County. The meeting location has not been announced.

SAGlobal

Seattle-based SAGlobal is merging with Atlanta-based 360 Vertical Solutions to create a single-source provider of Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions and services to professional services firms. The new entity will operate under the SAGlobal name, but will retain key 360 Vertical Solutions brands, such as AEC360 and Legal360. It will have nearly 600 employees in 18 countries. The merger is expected to close by mid-year.

Base2 Solutions

Boeing awarded Base2 Solutions of Bellevue a Performance Excellence Award. This is the fifth time Base2 has received the honor, which is given to suppliers who meet yearly performance ratings. Base2 provides systems engineering, software application development, DevOps and information security to Boeing's commercial and defense divisions.

JTM Construction

Cassidy

Socha

Orme

Mara

Davis

Nevils

Coffman

In Seattle, JTM Construction promoted Ben Coffman to vice president, Kyle Nevils and Torrey Davis to senior project managers, and Ryan Mara and Michael Orme to project managers. The company also hired Preston Socha as senior estimator and Brad Cassidy as project engineer.

WSP USA

Marilley

Jill Marilley was named construction services manager for the Pacific Northwest region of WSP USA. Based in the Seattle office, Marilley manages operations in Washington, Oregon and Hawaii. She has over 30 years of design and construction management experience, including stints as a senior project manager with a Bellevue engineering firm, as public works director and city engineer for the city of Mill Creek, and as city engineer for the city of Shoreline.

The Walsh Group

Maibusch

The Walsh Group hired William G. Maibusch as project executive in its Seattle office. Maibusch held the same title at Andersen Construction, and has experience in healthcare, educational and high-rise projects.

Apr 20, 2018

Pioneer Square Labs

In Seattle, Pioneer Square Labs launched PSL Ventures, an $80 million venture capital fund that invests in early-stage Northwest technology companies. It is managed by Greg Gottesman, former managing director of Madrona Venture Group and co-founder of Rover.com; Julie Sandler, former Madrona partner and Amazon product manager; Mike Galgon, co-founder and chief strategy officer of aQuantive; and Geoff Entress, former venture partner of Voyager Capital and Madrona.

Woodinville Whiskey

Woodinville Whiskey Co. will expand craft whiskey sales into California and Oregon. The company was founded in 2009 in Woodinville by Orlin Sorensen and Brett Carlile, and acquired last year by Moet Hennessy. California distribution will be handled through Coastal Pacific Wine and Spirits.

Socrata

Texas-based Tyler Technologies is buying Socrata, a Seattle venture-backed technology company focusing on the shift to digital government. The deal is expected to close April 30. Socrata was founded in 2007 by Kevin Merritt. Tyler operates a cloud-based data management platform for local governments. It has an office in Renton and will retain Socrata's Seattle office.

Boeing

Several local companies received 2017 Supplier of the Year awards from Boeing: Watson Furniture Group of Poulsbo won the Environment Award; RB Enterprises of Mukilteo won the Collaboration Award; and Woodland Trade Co. of Tacoma won the Production & Design Award. Boeing says supplier-provided components, services and engineering make up 65 percent of the cost of its products.