Mar 03, 2020

Summit Law Group

Smith

Breaux

Burden

Berntsen

Seattle-based Summit Law Group added four lawyers: Seth J. Berntsen and Hathaway Burden in the litigation and labor/employment law practices; and Diana Siri Breaux and David H. Smith in the litigation practice. Berntsen represents employers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour issues, non-competition and other employment matters. Burden specializes in commercial and employment litigation; and clerked for Justice Mary Yu of the Washington State Supreme Court. Breaux focuses on commercial agreements and intellectual property, including license and contract disputes, business torts, anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy actions, patent and trademark litigation, and securities litigation. Smith practices in complex civil litigation and criminal defense, with a focus on health care and environmental/workplace safety.

Grown Rogue

Medford, Oregon-based cannabis company Grown Rogue International promoted Rob Rigg to chief marketing officer and Adam August to CFO of its U.S.-based operating subsidiary. Rigg worked at Nike and Goldman Sachs before joining Grown Rogue as vice president of marketing. August was vice president of finance at Harry & David prior to joining Grown Rogue in late 2018.

Vesta

Lake Oswego, Oregon-based Vesta hired Shabab Muhaddes as Asia Pacific general manager and head of its new Singapore office. Muhaddes was Visa's head of digital partnerships and ventures for the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to that, he spent eight years with Mastercard building strategic alliances to drive growth in emerging markets. Vesta provides e-commerce payment and fraud detection services.

King County

Colleen Echohawk won the District 4 Martin Luther King Jr. Medal of Distinguished Service from King County. Echohawk is executive director of Chief Seattle Club and founder of the Coalition to End Urban Native Homelessness. The annual award recognizes individuals whose work helps others.

Data I/O

Redmond-based Data I/O inked a distribution agreement with NOA Leading Co. to sell Data I/O products in Japan. NOA is a supplier of programming services in Japan. Data I/O makes programming and automated device handling systems for integrated circuits.

Hermanson Co.

Leonhardt

Goit

Rogers

Gourley

Kent-based Hermanson Co. promoted Chris Gourley to director of the Special Projects Division while continuing his role as business unit leader of the Tenant Improvement Group. The company also announced new business unit leaders within the Special Projects Division: Kyle Rogers (Tech Campus Group), David Goit (Diverse Projects Group) and Ryan Leonhardt (Specialty Metals Group). Hermanson provides mechanical and plumbing construction, design-build engineering and service/maintenance.

Rock Project Management

Rauer

Cook

Cutner

Renton-based Rock Project Management Services hired Rusty Cutner as vice president of preconstruction services, Debbie Cook as senior project manager and Jon Rauer as chief information officer. Cutner was project director at Vanir Construction Management prior to joining RPM. Cook also came from Vanir, where she was senior project manager. Rauer was a senior consultant at Deltek. RPM provides owner's representative services to public and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

Exeltech Consulting

Weed

In Seattle, Exeltech Consulting hired Kevin Weed as director of construction management. Weed has over 28 years of experience managing the end-to-end design and construction process for transportation infrastructure projects in Washington and Oregon. Exeltech provides construction management and inspection services, civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, and environmental permitting and analysis.

Absher Construction

Puyallup-based Absher Construction opened a satellite office in Bellevue at 146th Place Southeast and Southeast Eastgate Way, in the Cascade Yard building. The company says the new office allows it to better serve clients and projects in King County and the northern and eastern parts of the state.