Jul 01, 2020

Salas O'Brien

Robinson

In Seattle, Salas O'Brien hired Elizabeth Robinson as director of interior design. Robinson has 35 years of experience in interior design and leading projects for corporate, higher education, health care and hospitality Fortune 500 clients. She has worked on headquarters and corporate campuses for clients that include General Motors, Google, Mercedes Benz and Kohls. She has a management background and is well-versed in all aspects of design. Salas O'Brien is an employee-owned multidisciplinary design firm with 35 offices nationwide.

Sazan Group

Drenzek

Sung

Gragg

In Seattle, Sazan Group hired Joel Gragg as marketing director and promoted Estrella Sung to marketing manager. In Portland, it hired Sara Drenzek as senior marketing coordinator. Gragg has over 10 years of experience in the architecture, engineering and construction industry, with previous roles as marketing manager for DLR Group and Meng Analysis. He will direct all marketing efforts for Sazan across its three offices. Sung has nearly two decades of experience in the industry, starting as a graphic design lead at Golder and progressing to proposal and senior marketing roles at Gensler, Glumac, NBBJ and HDR. She manages Sazan’s day-to-day marketing and proposal development, primarily in the Seattle office. Drenzek has six years of experience in the AEC industry, including as the marketing manager for Ankrom Moisan Architects. She will be the lead marketer in Sazan’s Portland office. Sazan Group provides mechanical, electrical and fire protection engineering, information technology systems consulting, lighting design and owner representation services.

DCI Engineers

Martin

DCI Engineers, a civil and structural engineering firm, hired Ethan Martin as an associate in Portland. Martin is on the structural team and will focus on mass timber design for West Coast projects. Previously, he was Northwest regional director at WoodWorks, the wood industry’s nonprofit for advancing knowledge and technical support in commercial wood building projects in the U.S. While there, he assisted DCI on the Flatiron PDX, 120 Clay and Fair Haired Dumbbell projects. Martin has a background in mass timber code, permitting and design. He collaborated with Oregon and Washington officials to set new precedents in prescriptive building codes and contributed to the performance-based design of tall wood buildings. He also co-founded the International Mass Timber Conference with Forest Business Network in Portland.

B.E. Meyers & Co.

Lee

Yong Lee is the new CFO of Redmond-based B.E. Meyers & Co. Lee previously held senior banking roles with KeyBank, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo in the greater Seattle region, where he provided debt capital and financing solutions for middle market and large public companies. He also held leadership roles in the Army and Washington State National Guard. Lee took over for Steven Oliver, who has retired but remains on the company's board of advisers. Meyers makes advanced photonic systems primarily for the aerospace and defense industries.

Lattice Semiconductor

The Portland Business Journal named Sherri Luther of Lattice Semiconductor as CFO of the Year 2020 in the Public Companies category. Luther was cited for helping the company improve its finance, IT and facilities operations. Hillsboro, Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor makes programmable computer chips.

Dumpling

Grocery shopping and delivery app Dumpling raised $6.5 million in Series A funding in a round led by Forerunner Ventures, Floodgate and Fuel Capital. The company, co-headquartered in Seattle and Berkeley, California, now has $10 million in funding. It connects personal shoppers with customers, allowing customers to pay in-store prices without markups while shoppers set their own service fees and keep 100% of their tips.

Convoy

Business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan named Seattle trucking software company Convoy as Company of the Year in a study covering the nation's top digital freight providers. The award is given to companies that demonstrate innovation and growth in their fields. Convoy was recognized for its ability to help shippers improve their supply chains and weather market volatility through its digital freight network.

Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines has donated over 1 million pounds of food around the world since announcing in April that it would adjust food and beverage service due to the pandemic. In Seattle, that included 25 pallets containing more than 2,000 cases of food, providing nearly 4,000 meals and thousands of snacks to Food Lifeline.