Feb 26, 1996

Graphic Associates

Bellevue-based Graphic Associates, a graphic design firm, has won a silver medal in Neenah Paper's Paperworks Text and Cover Design Contest, a national contest recognizing quality imagery in the print communications process. Company senior designer and art director Diana Loback and designer Hovie Hawk won the medal for Microsoft's Digital Pencil Seminar.

Feb 22, 1996

TRIsource

TRIsource, a Seattle-based provider of Windows development services to independent software vendors, has promoted Heidi McAllister to executive vice president and Gerald Weltner to vice president/marketing. McAllister has worked as a senior software engineer and a human-factors expert since joining the company in 1993. Prior to that, she worked for two years as a software engineer at Bellevue-based Adonis Corporation. She also was a software engineer at Bright Star Technology in Bellevue and a programmer intern at the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center in San Jose, Calif. Weltner, who joined TRIsource soon after its founding, in 1993, heads the company's efforts to attract new clients and new employees. Prior to that, he was product manager and program manager at Microsoft Corporation and director of marketing for contract services at Connectsoft in Bellevue.

Morrison & Foerster LLP

San-Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster LLP has announced that the firm will be closing its eight-lawyer office within the next few weeks. Nevertheless, the firm will continue to represent clients in the Seattle area, especially in the areas of intellectual property and major litigation. The decision to close the office was based on the mutual conclusions of the environmental partners in the Seattle officer and firm management than the goals of each would be best achieved if the formal relationship ended. Partners Rodney L. Brown Jr. and Bradley M. Marten will set up their own Seattle-based environmental and litigation firm, Marten & Brown. Litigation partner Michael L. Zigler will relocate to one of Morrison's San Francisco Bay Area offices.

Feb 21, 1996

MBA of King and Snohomish Counties

The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties has announced its new site on the World Wide Web. The site provides members and the public access to the latest association and construction information and links them to sites all over the world. Information will be added and refined throughout the year.

Toll Free Cellular

Timothy J. Kregor has been named vice president of marketing for Toll Free Cellular, a locally-based company providing cellular telephone users with toll and airtime-free service. Kregor brings more than 18 years of marketing and brand management experience to Toll Free Cellular. He began his career at Kraft General Foods where he held six senior-level marketing positions over a 15 year period. As vice president and general manager of Cultured Products & Toppings, Dairy Group, Philadelphia, Kregor directed 250 people in all marketing, sales and finance functions. Prior to joining Kraft, Kregor served as senior vice president of marketing for Digital Cable Radio Associates L.P., a partnership between Sony Software, Warner Records, EMI Music, General Instrument, Cox Cable, Continental Time/Warner, and Adelphia.

Organik Technologies

TACOMA -- Organik Technologies Inc., a designer, manufacturer and seller of all natural, cotton knit products, has announced that William L. Bryson has been appointed its president and chief executive officer and that William F. Gould has been appointed its chief financial officer. Bryson replaces Jeff Harden as chief executive officer and John Lindsey as president and Gould replaces Greg McWade as chief financial officer. And, Finn E. Walstad, Organik's founder and developer of the Organik fabric process, has been named executive vice president of technology. Previously, Walstad served as chairman. Bryson has been a consultant to the apparel industry for many years and has served in executive positions with Britannia and McGregor (Botany 500), among others. Gould has served as chief financial officer to CMS Casuals and Synpac Corporation after having practiced public accounting with a Seattle accounting firm.

RCA

Richard Carothers Associates, Ltd. (RCA) is now preparing an industrial development plan for 325 acres of public and private land which abuts the William R. Fairchild Industrial Airport in Port Angeles. The client jurisdictions, Port Angeles and Clallam County have been heavily impacted by the restructuring of the timber industry as well as more recent salmon fishing closures (see "Port Angeles," below). The plan area consists of 79 acres lying north of the airport and 246 lying to the south. The two properties are strategically located because they are adjacent to the airport and a short distance from the harbor and downtown Port Angeles. The properties have very good access. According to RCA principal Richard Carothers, the two sites can yield up to 4,500,000 square feet of light manufacturing, assembly, distribution, high technology and office development space for the employment of over 6,000 people. Since the available land will hold more development than Port Angeles can reasonably expect to attract, other land uses -- such as a municipal golf course -- are being considered. RCA is using stormwater5omwater detention ponds in the firm of naturalistic water amenities, thus satisfying both the stormwater drainage requirements of the development and the aesthetic senses of the employees and visitors. This was done by RCA at Dawson Creek Corporate Park, an award-winning project in Hillsboro, Oregon. Ballantrae International, a subconsultant to RCA, has created an Economic Development Plan for Fairchild Industrial Park addressing the user types who are most likely to be attracted to the site. The entire industrial development plan is now nearing completion.

Feb 20, 1996

WRQ

Dick Dorton has been named to the newly created position of director of North American sales at WRQ, a Seattle-headquartered PC software company. Dorton spent four years in sales and marketing for WRQ, previously as VAR sales manager and most recently as the general manager for European operations. Before coming to WRQ, Dorton was a sales manager at Cray Research and has worked at Digital Equipment, Hewlett Packard and Reliance Electric.