Feb 05, 2020

PCS Structural Solutions

Moore

Karimzadeh

Sharma

Thorpe

PCS Structural Solutions promoted Jonathan Thorpe to project manager in its Tacoma office and Spencer Sharma, Mona Karimzadeh and Connor Moore to project engineer in its Seattle office. Thorpe is working on Hunt Middle School for Tacoma Public Schools and Star Lake Elementary/Totem Middle School for Federal Way Public Schools. Sharma is working on Issaquah School District's Issaquah High and Issaquah Elementary and also on Swedish First Hill Campus. Karimzadeh is working on the Bellevue Memory Care Residence and recently completed 444 Ravenna Apartments in Seattle and Jefferson Flats in Tacoma. Moore is working on Issaquah High and Issaquah Elementary, Swedish First Hill, and renovations at Daniel and Meridian elementary schools for Kent School District. PCS is an 80-person structural engineering firm, with an office also in Portland.

FFA Architecture and Interiors

Jackman

Malboeuf

Villareal

Watson

Yun-Nordstrom

Portland-based FFA Architecture and Interiors hired Sonya Yun-Nordstrom, Jack Watson and Veronica Villarreal as architectural staff and Joe Malboeuf and Lara Jackman as project architects. Yun-Nordstrom holds a bachelor of arts degree in architecture from Portland State University. She has worked in architecture for almost four years and is providing design support on an office tenant improvement for the Portland Bureau of Transportation's Parking Enforcement Division and renovations for Mt. Scott Community Center. Watson holds a bachelor of arts in architecture from Portland State University. He is providing support on facilities assessments for the cities of North Plains and Tigard.

Villarreal is supporting FFA's interiors team with corporate office tenant improvement projects. Malboeuf has 14 years of industry experience. He is on the design teams of the Chemeketa Community College Agriculture Complex and the facility study for Monmouth City Hall. Jackman has seven years of experience. At FFA, she has been on the design teams for a condition assessment of Portland Parks & Recreation's historic Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center and the TIs for PBOT's Parking Enforcement Division. She won AIA Portland's 2017 Chris White Scholarship for Emerging Professionals. FFA provides architecture, planning and interior design.

InkHouse

Riley

Massachusetts-based public relations firm InkHouse opened an office in Seattle and hired Kate Riley as general manager and executive vice president. Riley is a long-time local PR agency veteran who has worked at Edelman and The OutCast Agency. InkHouse says it opened in Seattle to address demand for technology, consumer and health care PR and digital marketing services in the Pacific Northwest.

Adaptiva

In Kirkland, Adaptiva founder and chief technology officer Deepak Kumar is now CEO. The company also added Doug Kennedy as chief growth officer, David Langston as chief revenue officer and Jeff Harrell as vice president of marketing. Kennedy is a former vice president at Microsoft and Oracle. Langston was vice president at DXC and Oracle, and a director at Microsoft. Harrell was vice president of marketing at Zettaset and Redbooth. Adaptiva also promoted Davinder Singh to chief technology officer and Shailesh Kumar to vice president of engineering. Adaptiva develops IT security solutions.

MedicareCompareUSA

In Bellingham, MedicareCompareUSA announced a corporate reorganization that includes the formation of a holding company and new senior-level appointments. MCUSA Holding Co., the new company, oversees business unit operations. Senior-level appointments include Kerri Lenderman as CEO of MedicareCompareUSA and Paul Gauthier as board chair of MCUSA Holding Co. Lenderman was the company's managing partner and director of consulting services. She had been acting CEO for much of 2019. Gauthier is the company's founder. MedicareCompareUSA is an insurance company that helps hospitals attain, retain and serve Medicare patients.

Computer Habits

Las Vegas-based Pact-One acquired Computer Habits of Lake Oswego, Oregon. Both companies specialize in dental practice IT support. Computer Habits CEO James Levis will remain as executive vice president and all staff at Computer Habits will continue in their roles. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Feb 04, 2020

Department of Commerce

Stewart

Kendrick Stewart is the new deputy director of the state Department of Commerce. Stewart has been in public service for 20 years and has experience at four cabinet-level agencies. He previously was human resources and safety director and equity inclusion manager for the state Department of Enterprise Services. He starts Feb. 16 and succeeds Connie Robins, who retired in November. Martin McMurry, Commerce's CFO, has been interim deputy director.

Port of Port Townsend

Berg

The Port of Port Townsend Commission picked Eron Berg as the port's new executive director. Berg is city supervisor and city attorney for the city of Sedro-Woolley. He also is a commissioner of the Skagit Public Utility District. Berg is expected to start in April and work alongside existing executive director Jim Pivarnik until Pivarnik retires in early summer. Pivarnik has been interim executive director since late 2018, after the departure of Sam Gibboney.

IFM

In Federal Way, Michael R. Bond joined the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine. Bond has over 40 years of experience in health care administration and is president and CEO of PrimeCare. He has held senior leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Institutes of Health. IFM promotes functional medicine, which determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual.

Sortis Holdings

In Portland, alternative investment fund manager Sortis Holdings launched Sortis Growth Venture Fund. The $10 million hybrid venture capital and consumer-focused private equity fund's goal is to boost companies with rising consumer brands. Sortis says the target rate of return on invested capital is 20%. The fund is open to accredited investors and accepts up to $1 million per investment, with a $25,000 minimum investment.

Lydig Construction

Brennan

Casad

Lydig Construction promoted Tim Casad to vice president of preconstruction and hired Steve Brennan as vice president of health, safety and environment. Casad was chief estimator and has over 40 years of construction experience. He will continue as chief estimator in addition to overseeing preconstruction on Lydig's projects in its western region office. Brennan has over 26 years of safety leadership experience in the construction industry. Lydig has offices in Spokane, Bellevue and Kennewick.

Rock Project Management

Couret

Renton-based Rock Project Management Services hired Lisa Couret as vice president of business operations. Couret was director of operations of Vanir Construction Management's Northwest office. Rock provides owner's representative services to public and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

Imco Construction

Tyler Kimberley is the new CEO of Ferndale-based Imco Construction, succeeding founder Frank Imhof. This transition is part of a decade-long succession plan for the company. Kimberley become president in 2013 and will continue in that role, while Imhof will continue as board chair. Kimberley worked summers for Imco during high school and college, after which he managed underground construction contracts for Frank Coluccio Construction in Seattle and Hawaii. He returned to Imco in 2007. Imco also has offices in Bellevue and Moses Lake.

AGC of Washington

There is an opening on the AGC/Port of Seattle Best-Practices Committee for an AGC member contractor. Committee members meet quarterly with port construction and labor-management teams to improve contracting practices at the port. To apply, email a statement of interest to AGC Seattle District Manager Sonja Forster at sforster@agcwa.com.