Jan 21, 1997

Market your technologies on the Internet

SEATTLE -- David Fleming, founder of Environmental Sales & Marketing in Bellevue, will give an overview of possible marketing strategies on the Internet at the next Washington Environmental Industry Association (WEIA) luncheon. The luncheon is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Washington Athletic Club, Heritage Room, 1325 Sixth Ave., Seattle. Fleming will focus on the following questions: Why all the hype about the Internet? How is it being used for marketing? What are the opportunities, benefits and pitfalls? How can you use the Internet for the benefit of your company? How are other people using the Internet? And what does the future hold? Fleming has been a WEIA board member since 1990 and has conducted sales and marketing in the environmental industry since 1988. He is establishing a new company, Global Environmental Marketplace (GEM), which will help environmental firms market and sell their technologies, services and products to the world through the Internet. GEM should be up and running by late February. The cost of the luncheon is $25 for WEIA member and $30 for non-members. Reservations are required by Jan. 24. Checks should be made payable to WEIA and should be sent to: WEIA, 4000 N.E. 41st St., Seattle, WA 98105. For information, call (206) 528-3410.

Jan 17, 1997

BCTI

Business Computer Training Institute (BCTI), a private vocational school, has appointed Jeffrey Hall to president and chief operating officer. Hall formerly served as vice president of accounting and finance and chief financial officer, and treasurer for the company. BCTI offers post-secondary non-degree certificate programs in entry-level computer and business training.

Jan 16, 1997

Millennium, Inc.

Brad Chalker has chosen to resign as vice president of Millennium, Inc. and will go to work full time for Millennium Software, Inc. Until a replacement for is found, Kent Marsh will assume all of Chalker's responsibilities.

Advanced Marine Technology

Seattle-based Advanced Marine Technology (AMT), a manufacturer and pioneer of computer-based marine electronics, has hired Diana Higgs as a marketing and sales specialist, and Scott Williams as a national sales manager. Higgs will be responsible for corporate-wide marketing communications and will assist with new product introductions and marketing AMT's expanding product lines. Williams will be responsible for sales growth both domestically and internationally. He also will be introducing products as AMT diversifies its product line in 1997.

Jan 15, 1997

Interface

Todd Foley, an engineer-in-training, has joined Interface Engineering as an electrical designer, with project experience that includes the Point Defiance Zoo Dinamation Exhibit and several buildings at the University of Washington. Scott Dailidenas, a graduate of ITT, has also joined the firm. Kelli Hill has joined the firm as a mechanical drafter. Her recent experience includes projects for Intel and Los Alamos National Laboratories. All three new employees are at work on the Gates estate in Medina.

Landscape architects honored

J. Douglas Macy of Walker & Macy and Carol Mayer-Reed of Mayer/Reed in Portland have been inducted as Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Macy, a founding partner in Walker & Macy, was recognized for his work on Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square, the Vietnam Veterans of Region Memorial and the revitalization of the South and North Park Blocks. Mayer-Reed is known for multi-disciplinary teams and for her design work on the Portland Place Memorial, the Museum at Warm Sprigs, the Tropical Africa Exhibit and the Hewlett-Packard Vancouver executive courtyard.

Phone Mart

GTE has opened a new Phone Mart store in Bellevue Square. The store offers telecommunications products including home office products, Internet access, pagers, cordless phones and answering machines. GTE customers can pay their bills in the store and order new network services. This is the first Phone Mart located outside of GTE's traditional operating territory, according to Patrick Buono, GTE regional manager-retail. "Telecommunications markets are rapidly changing and we are positioning ourselves for growth."

Jan 14, 1997

'Diamond Award' winners announced

The Commuter Challenge has announced 15 winners of its annual Diamond Awards. The awards will be presented Wednesday to King County individuals, businesses and organizations that developed innovative employee transportation programs to reduce commute trips to their work sites in 1996. Such programs include ridesharing, parking management, non-motorized transportation, telework, compressed work weeks and flex-time. The winners are: Business Interiors Northwest; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; GM Nameplate; Northshore School District; Seattle Housing Authority; United Airlines; Washington Dental Service; Norm Manly, employee transportation coordinator at Foss Maritime; Interlinq Software Corp.; Paccar, Bellevue; Safeco Insurance Cos., Redmond campus; Katie McCulloch, employee transportation coordinator at Western Wireless; Boeing, Renton; USAA Property and Casualty Insurance; and Jana Brocato, employee transportation coordinator for the Port of Seattle at SeaTac. All 15 winners made efforts to reduce commute trips that go well beyond the requirements of Washington's Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) law. Key elements of winning programs included incentives to motivate employees to carpool or vanpool, take the bus, work alternative schedules, telecommute, walk or ride bicycles to work. For more information on Commuter Challenge and its activities, call Cathy Cole at (206) 386-5040.