Feb 12, 1999

Be There Now

Peter B. Truex has joined Be There Now, as executive vice president of real estate sales. Be There Now provides Internet-based, interactive, three- dimensional viewsets of real property assets.

Feb 11, 1999

Network Nine

Five former employees from Paul Allen's online media company, Starwave, have launched a new full-service Web production company, Network Nine, Inc. Network Nine specializes in designing and developing Internet, Intranet and e-commerce Web sites for clients such as Vulcan Ventures, Microsoft and Pura Vida Coffee. Network Nine is located in Pioneer Square. Erling Aspelund, Eneida Guzman, Michael Holden, Ron Morris and Laura Blanchard are co-founders.

Destinations.com Inc.

Galileo International has acquired a minority equity interest in Seattle-based Destinations.com Inc., a provider of travel reservations products and services for resorts, convention and visitor bureaus and other destination marketing organizations. Galileo International CFO Paul Bristow will serve as a member of Destinations.com's board of directors.

Feb 10, 1999

CDCom

CDCom, a Federal Way-based provider of alternatives to traditional methods of storing, retrieving and distributing information, has appointed Paul M. Pinard president and CEO. Pinard formerly served as director of sales operations and general manager at AT&T Wireless and AT&T. CDCom uses compact disc technology to shift records management from microfilm and microfiche.

Feb 09, 1999

Delta Computer Systems Inc.

Richard F. Meyerhoefer has been named motion control applications specialist at Delta Computer Systems Inc., a Vancouver-based advanced capability controllers, color sensors and sorters, and custom industrial control products provider.

Sellen Construction

Three project engineers at Sellen Construction have been promoted to senior project engineers. They include Nancy Rickert, Kirk Van Landeghen and Bret Downing. Rickert is working on the Swedish Medical Center, Van Landeghen on the Harborview Research and Training Facility, and Downing on the renovation of Microsoft's Buildings 16-18. Sellen is a Seattle-based general contractor.

Feb 05, 1999

CB Richard Ellis

Brian Adams has been promoted to first vice president at CB Richard Ellis. He has been with the Bellevue office for 14 years and specializes in industrial and high-tech sales and leasing on the Eastside, including work with Opus Northwest on the planning and leasing of Willows Commerce Park in Redmond.

Feb 04, 1999

Alert Technology Group Inc.

Alert Technology Group Inc., an Acme, Wash.-based crisis management and hazard prevention company, recently implemented a "Y2K Hazard Checkups" program for small to mid-sized businesses concerned with detecting and preventing problems related to the millennium computer bug. For more information, contact Alert.

encoding.com

Mike McHenry was recently hired as vice president of sales and Gary Onn has been added as chief financial officer and vice president of operations at encoding.com. encoding.com is a Seattle-based provider of audio and video encoding and optimization for the Internet. McHenry formerly served as vice president of sales at iCat Corp. Onn formerly served as vice president of finance/chief financial officer for Heartstream Inc.

Rapigene Inc.

Rapigene Inc., a Seattle-based genomics and services subsidiary of Chiroscience Group, has appointed Nick McCooke as president and chief operating officer and Karen Hedine as vice president for business development. McCooke formerly served as president of Innovex Japan. Hedine formerly served as vice president of business development for Canadian-based Phytogen Pharmaceuticals Inc.