Feb 10, 1997

Merwin Creative

Seattle-based Merwin Productions has changed its name to Merwin Creative. The company produces corporate and public policy multimedia throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe. Merwin Creative has recently added: Cora Edmonds and Juli Morser as executive producers; Jerry Brown and Darek Mazzone as directors, and Andrew Baker as a digital designer.

Feb 07, 1997

PhotoDisc

Seattle-based PhotoDisc, Inc., a provider of digital stock photography, has promoted Natalie Angelillo to vice president of the newly re-named Content Development Department. The department was formerly known as the Acquisitions Department and underwent a name change to better reflect the current activities being performed.

CB Commercial

CB Commercial Real Estate Group announced the promotion of Ric Brandt to senior associate. Brandt specializes in office and high-tech building sales and leasing throughout Snohomish County. Brandt works out of the Bellevue CB Commercial office. His Northend leasing office is at Fisher Business Center Lynnwood.

Feb 04, 1997

Parallel Communications

Parallel Communications, a Redmond-based integrated marketing communications agency, has added six new companies to its list of clients. The new accounts include Microsoft OEM Marketing, Traveling Software, US West International Systems Group, PTI Environmental, AEI Music Network, Inc., and Computech Systems Corporation.

Feb 03, 1997

PTI

Pacific Technologies Inc. (PTI), a Bellevue-based management consulting firm specializing in the development of business-driven technology plans and related implementation services, has appointed Bob Knaus as senior consultant. Knaus will perform quantitative and strategic analysis of business, technology, and organizational issues.

The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times Company has named Carolyn Kelly as general manager. Previously, Kelly served as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Retaining the title of senior vice president, Kelly will now oversee finance, advertising, corporate marketing, information services and human resources for The Seattle Times. Mike Fancher, senior vice president and executive editor, will take on an increased role in business development, focusing on new-media opportunities and overseeing efforts to use the World Wide Web to distribute news. These efforts will include continued development of online content and explorations of ways in which video and other technologies may impact the World Wide Web. Chuck Cochrane, publisher of the Yakima Herald-Republic, owned by The Times, has been promoted to senior vice president and will join the company's Executive Council.

Jan 31, 1997

TransACT

TransAct Communications, Inc., a provider of multilingual communications solutions, has moved to Mukilteo. The location will accommodate the rapid growth in education services and allow for expansion into horizontal markets. TransACT Education, Inc., a division of TransACT Communications, Inc., provides legal and policy translation services to school districts, enabling them to professionally communicate with non-English speaking families. TransACT Communications, Inc., was founded in 1994 to develop software solutions for public and private school districts.

Jan 29, 1997

Parsons/PB Farradyne

Brian Patton has been named Seattle area manager for PB Farradyne, Inc., the Intelligent Transportation systems (ITS) subsidiary of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB). In this position, he will be responsible for managing PB Farradyne's operations in the Seattle area. Prior to joining PB, he served as the director of traffic management for the City of Seattle. He also served a one year stint as Seattle's director of street maintenance.

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.

CobWeb

CobWeb, just six months after opening its corporate headquarters in Issaquah, has moved to larger quarters. CobWeb's new office space in located at 1065 12th Ave. N.W., Suite E-3, Issaquah. The new location quadruples the square footage of the previous headquarters. Drew Holland and Willie Reed have both been hired at CobWeb to meet the company's anticipated growth. Holland joins from M1 Software in Los Angeles as web producer, overseeing major productions with clients like Microsoft and Edmark. Reed comes from Commerce Direct International. He will manage the company's Internet Service Provider operations on the newly purchased Quad Pentium, in partnership with regional ISP, AccessOne.

CNA

CNA Architecture is now at work on the design of 25,000 square feet of remodeled space for the Prolinx research and development laboratories in Bothell, and construction will begin this spring. Construction will begin next month on an 89,000-square-foot expansion of the Sea-Tac sort facility of Federal Express. Site work begins in May for a 273,000-square-foot expansion for Security Capital Industrial Trust for Carr Gottstein. For the Port of Seattle, CNA is designing a 52,600-square-foot maintenance and repair facility at Terminal 5, with construction scheduled this spring. The firm is finishing design for a 47,700-square-foot service center in Bremerton for Puget Power Kitsap Service Center in Bremerton. An in May, construction will begin on a 120,000-square-foot high-tech/biotech friendly class "A" office facility in Redmond.