Feb 26, 2020

GGLO

Ritval

Seattle-based GGLO promoted Tiina Ritval to principal. Ritval was hired in 2006. She has 20 years of experience in most project roles, from technical detailing to lead design. Her work has encompassed a range of scales, densities and markets from concept to construction administration. Notable projects include the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center at WSU in Pullman, Alley 111 in Bellevue, Center Steps in Seattle and Discovery West in Issaquah. She will continue to lead and oversee project teams. GGLO provides architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban planning.

Swenson Say Faget

Lieberman

Berka

Tetreault

Renouard

Johnson

Olson

Brown

Speer

Rustagi

In Seattle, structural engineering firm Swenson Say Faget promoted Joanna Johnson, Francesca Renouard and Jocelyn Tetreault to project manager, and Vladimir Berka, Aaron Lieberman, Dani Rustagi and Evan Speer to project engineer. In Tacoma, the firm promoted Bethany Brown to project manager and Sarah Olson to project engineer.

BuildingWork

Moberg

LaBarre

Seattle-based BuildingWork hired Jake LaBarre as a senior project architect and project manager and Lina Gustafsson Moberg as a designer.

LaBarre is working on civic, community and nonprofit projects in the Seattle area, including a public library and a seismic retrofit of a community center. He has over 20 years of experience as a builder, architect and educator, including most recently nearly 10 years as an architect with The Miller Hull Partnership. He is a co-instructor at the University of Washington's Neighborhood Design Build Studio and is a lecturer, studio instructor and reviewer for Auburn University's Rural Studio. Moberg was an architect at White Architects in her native Sweden for nearly 10 years, where she designed and managed mixed-use multifamily projects with a focus on sustainability and community building.

Sea-Tac Airport

Brown

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport promoted Jeffrey Brown to aviation COO. Brown was director of Aviation Facilities and Capital Programs for the airport since June 2016. He has over 25 years of aviation industry experience and was chief infrastructure officer at Houston Airport System prior to joining the Port of Seattle. He also was a civil engineer for URS Consulting, director of engineering at KBR Consulting and a senior construction engineer for Bechtel at McCarran International Airport.

City of Sammamish

Rudat

The city of Sammamish appointed David L. Rudat as interim city manager. Rudat has four decades of leadership experience in local government and most recently was interim fire chief for Stockton, California. He also was interim city manager for the California cities of Los Alamitos and Alameda. Rudat's contract with Sammamish is for six months, with the option for a month-to-month extension.

Grown Rogue

Medford, Oregon-based cannabis company Grown Rogue International said Jacques Habra, its chief strategy officer, has resigned. Habra was with the company for three years, helping with early growth, fundraising and corporate development.

Cyrus O'Leary's Pies

Illinois-based Sara Lee Frozen Bakery inked a deal to buy Cyrus O'Leary's Pies of Spokane. Sara Lee is expanding its in-store bakery presence with Cyrus and the acquisition last year of Superior Cake Products. Cyrus O'Leary's started as a restaurant in 1981 and grew to a nationally distributed gourmet pie brand. It opened an off-site commercial bakery in 1987 with direct-to-store delivery of fresh baked pies throughout the Pacific Northwest, and now has frozen pie distribution across all 50 states and into Canada. Barclay Klingel will retain his role as CEO of Cyrus O'Leary's after the deal closes in the coming weeks.

Feb 25, 2020

Lighter Capital

Elliott

Fink

Seattle-based fintech Lighter Capital hired Kevin Fink as chief technology officer and Patricia Elliott as chief sales officer. Fink has held senior positions at several technology and media companies over the past 25 years, most recently as CTO of Seattle-based Shiftboard. Elliott has over 20 years of sales leadership experience in fintech and growing software-as-a-service companies, including Expedia, Corporate Visions and Yapta. Most recently, she was a regional vice president at Capital One. Lighter Capital provides early-stage financing to tech companies.

ZoomInfo

Vancouver-based ZoomInfo named Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader and RingCentral CFO Mitesh Dhruv as independent board directors. ZoomInfo sells access to its database of business people and companies to sales, marketing and recruiting professionals.

TrueBlue

Staffing Industry Analysts named four TrueBlue leaders to its 2020 North America Staffing 100 list: Chip Holmes, interim president of PeopleScout (a TrueBlue company); Maggie Lower, chief marketing officer; Taryn Owen, president of PeopleReady (a TrueBlue company); and Carl Schweihs, president of PeopleManagement (a TrueBlue company). The list recognizes influential people in the staffing industry. Tacoma-based TrueBlue provides specialized workforce staffing.

Private Division

New York City-based Private Division opened a development studio in the Seattle area to work on Kerbal Space Program 2, a spaceflight simulation game. The local office is led by studio head Jeremy Ables, creative director Nate Simpson and lead producer Nate Robinson, all key members of the original Kerbal team. Kerbal Space Program 2 is expected to launch early next year. Private Division, a publisher of video games, acquired Kerbal Space Program in 2017.

FreightWeb

Seattle startup FreightWeb received $3 million in a seed funding round led by Madrona Venture Group and 8VC. The money helped the company launch its partial truckload transportation service, which gives instant rate quotes and bookings for shippers that can't fill an entire truck trailer with freight. FreightWeb says that helps shippers save money and shrink their carbon footprints.

Graham

Takasaki

Stukenberg

Palazzolo

In Seattle, Graham Construction & Management hired senior project coordinator Gaby Palazzolo for the First Light condo tower in Seattle, project coordinator Michael Stukenberg for the 1200 Stewart towers in Seattle and superintendent Kawika Takasaki for the Waterfront Place project in Everett. Graham builds multifamily, retail, health care, life science, education and office buildings.

Hermanson Co.

Rogers

Kettman

Gough

Besagno

In Kent, Hermanson Co. promoted Jacob Besagno to director of Owner Direct Solutions and unit leader of the team handling test and balance, controls and building commissioning. Besagno now coordinates with Dave Gough, director of service, and Chris Kettman, the newly promoted projects manager of Owner Direct Solutions. The mechanical contractor also promoted Monty Rogers to general manager of both the Special Projects Division and Owner Direct Solutions.

Associated Schools of Construction

Four Pacific Northwest universities won awards at the annual Associated Schools of Construction competition earlier this month in Nevada. For Region 6 schools, Boise State University was third in the Commercial category. For Region 7, Washington State University was third in Commercial. In the open competition, the University of Washington was second in Sustainable Building, WSU was third in Virtual Design and Construction, and Oregon State University was third in Electrical.

Ritchie Bros.

Vancouver, B.C.-based equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros. launched an appraisal service that complies with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, with appraisals managed and reviewed by certified appraisers. The new service is called Ritchie Bros. Appraisal Services.