Jun 23, 2020

Airship

Portland-based Airship hired Bernardo de Albergaria as chief commercial officer, leading global marketing, sales and partner organizations. De Albergaria has 20 years of experience leading global product, sales and marketing initiatives for technology companies. Most recently, he was CEO of Beckon, an enterprise marketing performance analytics platform. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and general manager of collaboration at Atlassian. Airship has a digital platform for companies to manage customer communications.

Summit Partners

Global growth equity investor Summit Partners added Matt Rissell to the firm's Executive-in-Residence program, which identifies new investment opportunities and advises growth stage companies in the software sector. Rissell founded TSheets, an Eagle, Idaho-based time tracking and scheduling software company that was bought for $340 million in 2018 by Intuit. Summit has U.S. offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston.

T-Mobile

In Bellevue, T-Mobile agreed to sell $4 billion in senior secured notes in a private offering to institutional buyers. The company said it intends to use the proceeds for ongoing liability management, including the redemption of one or more series of existing unsecured notes. The new offering includes $1 billion in 1.5% notes due in 2026, $1.25 billion in 2.05% notes due in 2028 and $1.75 billion in 2.55% notes due in 2031.

Soluna Technologies

Soluna Technologies flipped the switch in Wenatchee on its new 3-megawatt pilot data center that integrates demand-response computing with green power. The data center is being used to mine cryptocurrency and for research and development. New York City-based Soluna is operating it on behalf of EcoChain, a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology.

Concord Pacific

Vancouver, B.C., developer Concord Pacific donated over 200,000 masks to South Lake Union-area businesses in partnership with the South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce. Recipients include small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Concord is building Seattle House, a luxury condo project in the Denny Triangle neighborhood.

Rodda Paint

Portland-based Rodda Paint opened a store in Renton at 1120 S.W. 16th St. Rodda says the new store fills a gap in the Interstate 5/Interstate 405 corridor and surrounding area. It focuses on commercial, industrial, residential and retail consumers. Rodda staff in charge of the store include district manager Job Bork, store manager Michael White and sales representative Mike Radice. Rodda has 60 stores in the Northwest. It is a subsidiary of the Cloverdale Group based in Surrey, B.C.

Blount International

Paul Tonnesen is the new CEO of Blount International in Portland. Tonnesen has over 30 years of industry experience leading and growing brands, most recently as global president of Fiskars Group, a supplier of home, garden and outdoor products. Prior to that, he held leadership roles at Elmer's Products and Kraft Heinz. Tonnesen succeeds Josh Collins, who was CEO since 2009. Blount also announced that President and COO David Willmott has left the company. Blount designs, manufactures and markets replacement parts, equipment and accessories for users in the forestry, lawn and garden, agriculture, and concrete cutting and finishing industries.

Skanska

The Seattle office of Skanska has been certified as Salmon-Safe by the Portland-based environmental certification nonprofit of the same name. Skanska earned this five-year certification by passing Salmon-Safe's water quality requirements. It was the first contractor to achieve Salmon-Safe accreditation in both Washington and Oregon.

Bayley Construction

Mercer Island-based Bayley Construction canceled its 39th annual charity golf tournament, slated for July 31 at The Home Course in DuPont, due to COVID-19 concerns and civil unrest. The event has raised over $1.2 million for charity since its inception. Bayley is already planning its 2021 tournament at Druids Glen in Covington.