Mar 04, 1999

Scott Bourne Photography and Digital Imaging

Scott Bourne, president of Tacoma-based Scott Bourne Photography and Digital Imaging, recently received four merit awards from the Pierce County Professional Photographers Association.

Mar 03, 1999

Imagio Technology Advertising

Seattle-based Imagio Technology Advertising and Public Relations recently added Jo Dixon as advertising director, Lisa Dunnavant as art director and Holly Toliver as senior account supervisor. Dixon formerly served as senior art director at Publicis in Seattle, Dunnavant formerly served as art director for Market Place Designs in Portland and Toliver formerly served as channel marketing manager at Microsoft.

Covad Communications

Covad Communications, a competitive local exchange carrier offering high-speed Internet DSL services in Seattle, recently elected Joe Devich president and general manager for the Northwest Region, Joseph M. Caston vice president for sales, Northwest Region and Thomas W. Powers vice president of operations, Northwest Region. Devich formerly served as vice president of operations and technologies for US West. Caston formerly served as senior manager of national accounts for Sprint. Powers formerly worked with Advanced Radio Telecom.

Foster Pepper & Shefelman

Daniel R. Plane recently joined Foster Pepper & Shefelman as a litigation associate practicing in the Seattle office. Plane formerly served as an associate with Quarles & Brady in Milwaukie. Seattle lawyers James Dugan, John Fandel, Joann Francis, Wade Leathers and Thomas Pors were recently elected members. Sandra Saville, who practices in the Anchorage office, was also elected to membership. Dugan practices intellectual property law, Fandel practices real estate law, Francis practices employment, municipal and public finance law, Leathers practices federal tax planning for corporate acquisitions and mergers, Pors practices land use, environmental and natural resources law and Saville practices litigation and family law.

Mar 02, 1999

Should we call it the IBM PET?

Rapid change in the high-tech business change has a downside: a mountain of obsolete computer components that ends up in landfills. IBM announced Monday it was trying to counter the trend, selling a commercial PC made of recycled plastic from old, discarded computer parts. The computer, the IntelliStation E Pro CPU, has a $2,155 price tag, but International Business Machines Corp. expects the new PC to do well. "Clearly a lot more people are focused on the environment," said Carla Davison, vice president of marketing for commercial PCs for the computer maker, which produced the PC at its plant in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Davison said the computers don't cost more to make because of the recycled materials. Van Baker, director of consumer market research at Dataquest, a San Jose, Calif. high-tech research firm, called the PC a clever idea that will catch the attention of consumers.

Voyager Capital

Voyager Capital, a Seattle-based venture capital firm investing in private information technology companies, has added Erik Benson as a senior associate. Benson formerly served as president of two early-stage software companies in Seattle.

Mar 01, 1999

Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe

Mark S. Parris was recently appointed managing partner of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe's Northwest office. Parris succeeds Bruce M. Pym, who, after serving five years, will return to practicing law full-time. Parris currently chairs the intellectual property litigation practice group and co-chairs the firm's insurance coverage practice group.

Feb 24, 1999

SERA

SERA Architecture of Portland has added eight new members to the staff. Garry Papers has joined the firm as director of urban design. He has more than 14 years of experience with planning and urban design projects in Oregon, Massachusetts and Japan. As urban design consultant to the design team headed by Murase Associates, Papers just completed work on the a park and water feature study in the River District and is currently leading the SERA team that is working on the La Grande, Ore. downtown urban design plan. Alan Scott has joined SERA, and is now working on the Portland Art Museum renovation team and as a project manager for Portland Public Schools. He is on the city of Portland Green Building steering committee and co-chair of the AIA Committee on the Environment. Anita Parker has joined the firm as the project manager for the renovation of Newburg City Hall. She is also on the team for the renovation of Munson Retreat Center at Central Washington University. Ken Christman is member of the Portland Public Schools team and is working on miscellaneous projects for the Department of Labor. He has six years experience in architecture and is also in charge of SERA's network information technology systems. Alan Slusarenko is working on the Munson Center and Newburg City Hall as well as a fitness center for the United States Property and Fiscal Office. Elena Moore comes to SERA from Kiev, Russia. She is involved in archives and library responsibilities. Jin Chen is now involved the creation of downtown design guidelines for La Grande, Oregon. Paul Jeffreys is the project designer for the Chinook Observer office building in Long Beach and is working on the redevelopment of a block in northwest Portland.