Jan 05, 2021

Carney Badley Spellman

Sempel

Teva Sempel has joined Carney Badley Spellman as an associate attorney. Sempel will focus his law practice on commercial litigation, construction, real estate and business transactions.

Capital Medical Center

MultiCare Health System announced it has reached an agreement with an affiliate of LifePoint Health to acquire an ownership interest in Capital Medical Center in Olympia. Capital Medical Center is a 107-bed community hospital that opened in 1985 and serves communities in Olympia, as well as Thurston, Mason, Lewis, and Grays Harbor counties. Once the transaction is complete, it will become part of MultiCare, which includes nine adult hospitals, one children's hospital, and a network of community-based primary, specialty and urgent care facilities. The hospital will be renamed MultiCare Capital Medical Center.

Standard Insurance

Portland-based StanCorp Financial Group, and primary operating subsidiary Standard Insurance, announced that Dan McMillan has been promoted to president and chief operating officer. J. Greg Ness retains his role as chief executive officer and chairman of the board. McMillan joined The Standard in 1989 and was executive vice president. In his new role, McMillan is overseeing the company’s insurance and asset management businesses, and adds responsibility for information technology and corporate actuarial and risk management.

Stirrett Johnsen

Cowgill

Mullins

Atkinson

Erickson

Mechanical contractor Stirrett Johnsen promoted Lorraine Erickson, David Atkinson, John Mullins and Tyler Cowgill to its corporate leadership team. Erickson is CFO and has been with the company for 13 years. She also oversees contract administration and HR policies. Registered mechanical engineers Atkinson and Mullins are account executives, operating with clients as single-source contacts, from project inception through completion. Cowgill has been with the company for 16 years, progressing from apprentice to corporate production manager. He also is a trustee on the South Sound Plumbers and Pipefitters Education Committee. Stirrett Johnsen is based in Silverdale and has an office in Renton.

Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty, which operates in the Northwest as Howard S. Wright, promoted Portland-based executive Troy Dickson to president of the Northwest region. Dickson has been with the company for 23 years, holding leadership roles including vice president of operations for the West region of Balfour Beatty and most recently as senior vice president and Oregon manager. He replaces former Northwest president Dan Peyovich. Balfour Beatty provides general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private clients across the U.S.

Dec 31, 2020

Avalara

Avalara has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire INPOSIA Solutions GmbH, a German software company focused on e-invoicing, digital tax reporting, and business and data integration to address real-time compliance requirements for companies worldwide. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to satisfaction of closing conditions and is expected to close in the first half of 2021. Avalara provides cloud-based compliance solutions for various transaction taxes. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and in Brazil, Europe, and India.

Leading Edge Jet Center

Leading Edge Jet Center, a provider of business aviation services across the Pacific Northwest, announced the acquisition of Exec Air Montana, a full service business aviation provider with fixed base operations, complementary aircraft charter and management, and aircraft maintenance services at the Helena Regional Airport in Helena, Montana. The acquisition also includes Montana Medical Transport, a regional provider of air medical transport services. Leading Edge Jet Center, founded in 2005 and established as a standalone company in August 2019, provides business aviation and jet fueling services at the Redmond and Bend Airports in Central Oregon, and King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle.

Aspen Dental

Aspen Dental has opened a new office in Bend, Oregon. This is the 15th Aspen Dental practice in the state of Oregon. The office is led by Dr. Jonathan Garcia, who received his DDS degree from Loma Linda School of Dentistry. The Aspen Dental network includes more than 850 offices, in 42 states, owned and operated by independent practice owners and dentists. Aspen Dental Management offers business support services to the independent dental practice owners in the Aspen Dental network, including location selection, leasing, outfitting each practice with state-of-the art equipment, billing and collection, human resources support, finance, accounting and marketing.