Sep 27, 2022

Harts Services

Harts Services, a Tacoma-based plumbing company, has opened a new location in Seattle. Harts Services' technicians and support staff provide environmentally friendly methods on a comprehensive range of solutions, including kitchen and bathroom plumbing, septic tanks, water heaters, water filtration, sewer and drain clearing, sump pumps and partial and whole home re-pipes. The company serves most of western Washington, including Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia, Bremerton, University Place, Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Port Orchard, Puyallup, Steilacoom, Bellevue, Snohomish, Renton, Everett, Redmond, Issaquah, Kirkland, and Mountlake Terrace. Harts Services was founded in 2013 by co-owners Richard Hart and Dan Hartsough.

RTC Aerospace

RTC Aerospace, a Stellex Capital Management portfolio company, announced it earned a spot in the Boeing Premier Bidder Program. The program recognizes and rewards high-performing Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Global Services suppliers. The program provides Premier Bidder members with an opportunity to increase their business with Boeing, including visibility of upcoming bids and an invitation to program conferences with key supply chain leadership. RTC Aerospace joins approximately 140 suppliers that have met and sustained the criteria required for inclusion in the Premier Bidder Program. RTC is a manufacturer of machined components and high-precision parts for military and commercial aircraft, serving a variety of Tier 1 and OEM customers with operations in Fife, Washington, and Chatsworth, California. With offices in New York, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and London, Stellex is a private equity firm with particular focus on specialty manufacturing, industrial and business services, aerospace and defense, automotive, government services, transportation, logistics and food.

Alaska Telephone

Alaska Telephone, a subsidiary of Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T), has been selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to receive a $33,017,636 grant award from USDA Rural Utility Service's ReConnect grant program to expand fiber optic connectivity in rural southeast Alaska. Alaska Telephone will invest $11,005,879 in matching funds. The “Klukwan-Skagway Fiber” project will develop fiber optic networks for the Alaska Native community of Klukwan, rural areas near Haines, and underserved areas of Skagway. AP&T estimates that initial construction may begin in 2023, depending on the timing of permitting and environmental approvals. Construction will be a multi-year process, with completion projected for 2028. The project utilizes existing right-of-way and previously disturbed areas, minimizing its environmental footprint and impacts. Chilkat Indian Village, Skagway Traditional Council, Sealaska Corporation, and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska provided resolutions formally endorsing the project. Additionally, environmental groups the Sustainable Southeast Partnership and Sitka Conservation Society submitted letters of support, citing the project's support for the Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy, and the importance of broadband in diversifying southeast Alaska's economy beyond its historical dependency on legacy industries like timber and mining.

Trico Companies

Owens

In Burlington, Trico Companies hired Tyler Owens as a project engineer. Owens earlier this year graduated from the University of Redlands with a bachelor's degree in business administration and a minor in spatial studies. At Trico, he is assisting project teams with various aspects of workflow, budget allocation, scheduling and other project-related activities.

Lindal Cedar Homes

Christina Lindal has become president of Seattle-based Lindal Cedar Homes. She previously was executive vice president and succeeds her father, Bob Lindal, who has spent the past few years gradually transferring responsibility for day-to-day operations to her. Christina spent 15 years working in various positions at the company to become familiar with all aspects of the business, including marketing, accounting, sales and manufacturing.

“I drew my first paycheck from Lindal 60 years ago, and became CEO and president in 1981,” said Bob, who remains board chair. “While I've never had a timeline for the change in leadership, it's always been the plan to transfer management of the company to the next generation when the time was right. That time has come. I have full confidence in Christina's experience and ability to lead Lindal successfully into the future.”

Founded in 1945 by Sir Walter Lindal, Lindal Cedar Homes makes custom post-and-beam home packages, delivered to clients' build sites worldwide.

Absher Construction Co.

Puyallup-based Absher Construction Co. joined 20 general contractors in the United States in signing the Contractor's Commitment to Sustainable Building Practices created by BuildingGreen's Sustainable Construction Leaders group. The commitment provides benchmarks specific to the construction industry in five areas: carbon reduction, jobsite wellness, waste management, water management and materials.

Harts Services

Tacoma-based plumbing company Harts Services opened a new Seattle location to meet demand. Harts now covers much of western Washington, from Olympia to Everett and Bremerton to Redmond. The company was founded in Tacoma in 2013 by co-owners Richard Hart and Dan Hartsough.

Sep 23, 2022

Harborstone Credit Union

Harborstone Credit Union has selected Geoff Bullock to serve as its next chief executive officer and succeed Phil Jones, who is retiring after fifteen years of leading the credit union. Bullock currently serves as executive vice president and chief member experience officer of Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and is expected to transition to his new role before the end of October 2022. He was placed by DDJ Myers, a leadership development firm. Bullock is currently working towards his Doctorate in Change Leadership at the University of Southern California and holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Concordia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from North Park University. Founded in 1955, Harborstone Credit Union is a Washington state, member-owned financial cooperative. DDJ Myers specializes in leadership success through executive recruitment, strategic organization, and board development for financial institutions. DDJ Myers recently joined forces with ALM First, a strategic partner that offers depositories an array of financial advisory services.

F5

Seattle-based F5 announced that Aite-Novarica Group, a financial services research and advisory firm, has ranked the company as a Best in Class provider of bot management solutions in their recently released Aite Matrix: Leading Bot Detection and Management Providers report. As a Best in Class vendor, F5's approach integrates bot and fraud detection capabilities to secure organizations from a breadth of automated attacks while reducing user friction and allowing for the continued operation of good bots. Its solution, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, uses machine learning models to monitor and process HTTP transactions daily, allowing it to instantly adapt to new attack patterns. The Aite-Novarica Group report shows how organizations can leverage solution providers to protect themselves from bot attacks and explores the trends within the bot detection and management market.

T-Mobile

Twenty-five small towns and rural communities across the country each received a T-Mobile Hometown Grant up to $50,000 for community development projects spanning technology, education, environment and health care. The latest recipients follow 100 others that have been announced since Hometown Grants began in April 2021 to support the people and organizations responsible for helping small towns across the country thrive. A year and a half into the $25 million, five-year initiative, Bellevue-based T-Mobile has given more than $5.5 million dollars to projects across 37 states. The latest grant winners included two towns in the state of Washington. The Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation in Enumclaw will renovate an existing building in Enumclaw's downtown core to create a Community Connections Center, creating a community hub for volunteerism and community service while enabling RFWF to maintain and expand services including senior food delivery, weekly community meals, weekend food support for students, community-based mental health interventions and health care access. Also, Toppenish received a grant to repaint the town's 78 historical murals. To select Hometown Grant recipients, T-Mobile works with Main Street America and Smart Growth America. Together, the organizations assess applications based on level of detail and completeness, potential community impact, project viability and other factors. Each quarter, T-Mobile awards Hometown Grants for up to 25 towns with a population of less than 50,000. For details on how to submit a proposal for Hometown Grants, see t-mobile.com/brand/hometown-grants.