Jun 12, 2024

Heliotrope Architects

Bao

Loeffler

Morrison

Heliotrope Architects has three new employees. Sara Morrison has joined the firm as a designer, Ben Loeffler joins as an architect/project manager, and Jie Bao comes onboard as an intern.

Morrison has a Master of Architecture from Montana State University and works on residential projects. Loeffler holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and also works in the residential space. Bao has a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and at Heliotrope has worked on both commercial and residential projects.

WSP

Rubstello

Patty Rubstello has joined WSP as a national transportation strategic advisor.

In her new role, Rubstello, who served more than 33 years with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in a variety of roles, provides leadership and strategic direction to project teams working to identify, develop and deliver multimodal and tolling initiatives for clients nationwide.

Based in Seattle, Rubstello most recently served WSDOT as assistant secretary of Washington State Ferries, where she oversaw a budget of more than $1.25 billion, a fleet of 21 vessels, a workforce of nearly 2,000 people and more than 17 million customers annually.

She was a driving force behind efforts to convert the largest vessels in the fleet to hybrid electric and design new vessels capable of running nearly 100 percent on battery power. She also oversaw the replacement of the ferry terminal at Seattle's Colman Dock.

Rubstello is credited with forming and managing Washington State's Urban Mobility and Access office, which included the toll division, regional transit coordination division and the management of mobility division.

Her industry associations include active membership in the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), where she founded the Women in Tolling Council in 2020. She earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from IBTTA in 2023.

Sound Credit Union

Wilkerson

Sound Credit Union has named Stacey Wilkerson as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Wilkerson brings 25 years of experience in finance, including leadership roles with large, community-centered credit unions. As CFO at Sound, Wilkerson will lead financial reporting and forecasting, balance sheet management, budgeting, revenue growth, liquidity and investment management, pricing strategies, and deposit growth initiatives. Wilkerson has spent the past five years as CFO at Tucson Federal Credit Union. Before joining TFCU, she directed advisory services for nearly 30 credit unions at the financial services firm ALM First. Wilkerson holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Texas Tech University and a master's degree in finance and financial management services from the University of Dallas. Wilkerson joins Sound as the organization continues to expand its membership and service. Earlier this year, Sound announced an acquisition agreement with Washington Business Bank, a commercial bank headquartered in Olympia. Sound Credit Union was founded in 1940, and has 26 full-service branch locations throughout the Puget Sound area.

Tanium

Kirkland-based Tanium, a provider of Converged Endpoint Management, appointed two new board members, Rani Johnson and Tim Millikin. Johnson is the chief information officer of Workday, a provider of solutions to help organizations manage their people and money, where she is responsible for the company's global IT function. Johnson will bring over 25 years of IT and cybersecurity experience with her, including IT leadership roles at Cloud Software Group, TIBCO, SolarWinds, Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin Energy, Ventyx and NASA. Millikin is a partner at TPG, with more than 15 years at the global alternative asset management firm. Millikin co-leads the firm's investment activity in software and enterprise technology. Millikin has served as a board member or observer in several high-profile TPG investments, such as McAfee, Everfox, Ellucian, and Elite Technologies. Johnson and Millikin join other Tanium board members that include founders David Hindawi and Orion Hindawi; Mark Fields, former CEO of Ford Motor Company; David Rowland, former executive chairman of Accenture; Jim Whitehurst, former president of IBM; Maggie Wilderotter, former CEO of Frontier Communications; and Scott Kupor, partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

Jun 11, 2024

Redmond Police Department

Lowe

Redmond Police Chief Darrell Lowe was named president of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) board. Lowe will be president for 2024-2025. Lowe served as vice president of WASPC for 2022-2023. WASPC was founded in 1963 and consists of executive and top management personnel from law enforcement agencies statewide. With nearly 1,000 members, it includes 39 county sheriffs, several hundred police chiefs, the Washington State Patrol, the Washington Department of Corrections, and representatives of Tribal and federal agencies. WASPC is the only association of its kind in the nation, combining representatives from local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement into a single body working toward a common goal. WASPC's function is to provide specific materials and services to all law enforcement agencies in the state, members and non-members alike.

Harborstone Credit Union

Harborstone Credit Union will open a new branch in Federal way on Thursday with the grand opening of a permanent location, at 32210 Pacific Hwy, Suite M36. With a focus on serving the local community, the new branch is equipped with a conference space for community meetings and financial education opportunities. Harborstone's new Federal Way location emphasizes the importance of one-on-one interactions, offering private space for members to discuss their unique financial situation with their personal banker, and tailored products and services to help members achieve their goals.

Jun 07, 2024

Spectrum Effect

McCarthy

Kirkland-based Spectrum Effect has appointed Shaun McCarthy as president and chief revenue officer. McCarthy will lead Spectrum's global business strategy, to meet the increasing demand for its AI-driven interference analysis and mitigation solution, Spectrum-NET. McCarthy brings more than two decades of expertise leading sales teams across the telecom, hyperscale, and technology sectors. Before joining Spectrum, Shaun was president of North America at Nokia, leading operators through major changes, including the transition to 5G, broadband modernization, and the deployment of private wireless solutions. He previously served as vice president of worldwide sales at Cisco, and has served on the Board of Directors for both CTIA and 5G Americas, and is currently a member of the Joyous Advisory Board.

Spectrum Effect's mission is to solve the most challenging and costly problems in the wireless industry through innovation and automation. Spectrum Effect created Spectrum-NET, which analyzes and mitigates radio frequency interference using machine learning.

Banner Bank

Costa

Banner Bank has promoted Jim Costa from executive vice president to chief operating officer, in addition to his role as chief risk officer. Costa has nearly 30 years of experience in large and mid-size regional banks. Prior to joining Banner, Costa served as chief risk officer and chief credit officer for Minnesota-based TCF Financial, a $48 billion asset regional bank which is now part of Huntington Bank. While there, Costa managed the credit, risk and operations functions.

Banner Bank, headquartered in Walla Walla, is a Washington-chartered commercial bank that conducts business in Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho.