Apr 19, 2022

Aditi Consulting

Bellevue-based Aditi Consulting appointed Paul Taylor as its first chief revenue officer. Taylor joins Aditi from Experis (formerly ettain group), where as president he helped develop project solution service offerings and expand the capabilities of the internal teams across the U.S. In addition to his experience at ettain group, Taylor also was CEO of Solving IT (privately held) and FiveTen Group (private equity-backed), where he built Salesforce integration partner and EMR implementation practices. Aditi is a global technology services company with over 25 years of consulting experience.

City of Tacoma

Neighborhood and Community Services Director Linda Stewart is leaving the city of Tacoma to assume a leadership position outside the state of Washington. Stewart joined the city as the interim neighborhood and community services director in 2017, and was appointed director later that year. With her leadership, the city has responded to two public health emergencies; managed programs, contracts and grants to bring human services to the community; and ensured continuity of essential neighborhood and community services through the pandemic. Effective April 30, Allyson Griffith will be appointed by the city manager as interim neighborhood and community services director. Griffith currently is the department's assistant director, and has been with the city for almost 15 years, serving in various positions.

Amazon

Amazon announced its commitment to supporting students' post-secondary science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education by awarding $10 million in college scholarships to 250 high school seniors. Through its Amazon Future Engineer program, the company will award $40,000 scholarships for each selected student to study at a college of their choice starting this fall. Recipients will also receive a paid internship at Amazon after their freshman year of college to gain hands-on, practical work experience with mentorship from Amazon leaders. Amazon Future Engineer is a childhood-to-career initiative designed to inspire and educate millions of students each year from underrepresented and historically underserved communities. This year's investment more than doubles the company's commitment from last year. Since 2019, Amazon has awarded $22 million to 550 scholarship recipients across the U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam. Current recipients were chosen based on a variety of criteria, including their academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community activities, work experience, future goals, and financial need. High school seniors can apply for the scholarship when the application opens in the fall. Requirements include: completion of an advanced placement computer science course in high school; intent to pursue a computer science degree at a four-year college or university; and a teacher recommendation. Additional information is at http://www.amazonfutureengineer.com/scholarship.

Jackson Park Golf Course

Jackson Park Golf Course's driving range has reopened seven days a week, with regular business hours, following a closure due to turf conditions. Jackson Park is a public course, located at 1000 N.E. 135th St. in Seattle.

Sequoyah

Ghassemi

Cayton

Nichols

Redmond-based electrical and technologies contractor Sequoyah promoted two key leaders into its executive team: Chris Nichols is now president and Ron Cayton is chief operations officer. Nichols has held many positions at Sequoyah, including project manager, special projects division manager and vice president of preconstruction. Cayton has extensive experience running the operations of two nationwide electrical and technologies companies.

“We see this change as a part of our commitment to continuous improvement,” said CEO and former president Mahmood Ghassemi in a news release. “As the company grows, our organizational structure, leadership and supporting teams evolve to allow for our team to continue to be successful. Sequoyah's next generation is made up of many energetic, engaged, and talented professionals. Our approach to training and development will provide great opportunities for this generation of individuals to take the next step in leading our team into the future.”

Skyline Enterprises

Bay Area-based Skyline Enterprises appointed Jessica Carps as CEO. Carps previously was COO and before that CFO. During her seven years at the company, she helped it grow from $175 million to over $700 million in revenue. She also brokered the acquisition in 2020 of Seattle-based Unimark Construction Group and its sister company Servicemark. Unimark is a commercial interiors general contractor, as is Skyline. Carps succeeds David Hayes, who served as CEO and board chair since 2005. Hayes retains the role of board chair and chief revenue officer.

AGC of America

Several Pacific Northwest firms won AGC-Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Awards. The awards were presented to 47 companies at the recent Associated General Contractors National Convention in Texas. Local first place category winners were: BNBuilders of Seattle/San Diego, Building Division (over 550,000 hours); Taylor Northwest of Bend, Oregon, Heavy Division (under 400,000 hours); and Whitaker Ellis Builders of Tigard, Oregon, Specialty Division (under 500,000 hours). Second place winners were: Coffman Excavation of Oregon City, Oregon, Utility Infrastructure Division; and JH Kelly of Vancouver, Specialty Division (1.5 million-4 million hours). Third place honors went to: Walsh Construction Co. of Portland, Construction Management Division (under 250,000 hours); Slayden Constructors of Stayton, Oregon, Utility Infrastructure Division; and Western Partitions of Wilsonville, Oregon, Specialty Division (1.5 million-4 million hours). Choate Construction Co. of Charlotte, North Carolina, was named the nation's safest construction company.

Transblue

Redmond-based Transblue won a contract to become Albertson's official parking lot sweeper. The deal involves around-the-clock service at all Albertson's stores. Transblue says that consolidation of Albertson's sweeping services is expected to reduce the grocer's overall costs over the next five to 10 years. Transblue is a construction management and maintenance firm specializing in residential, commercial, government and multifamily properties.