Jul 23, 1999

John L. Scott

For the second consecutive year, Bellevue-based John L. Scott Real Estate was nominated for an Inman Innovator Award in the Best Offline Innovation category for development and introduction of the Internet Property Link feature. IPL gives each John L. Scott listing its own Web address that is marketed on yard signs and other traditional advertising.

LION

Lenders Interactive Online Network of Mercer Island, has announced that second quarter revenue increased 125 percent over the same quarter last year to a record $953,000. For the first six months of 1999, revenue was up 121 percent to $1.663 million. LION is a wholly owned subsidiary of Plenum Communications Inc., which is traded on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board as PLNM. LION bills itself as the leading creator of Internet tools for the mortgage industry.

Jul 22, 1999

Primus

Seattle-based Primus announced that Norman S. Guadagno has been hired as vice president of marketing. He will be in charge of corporate marketing and brand strategy worldwide. He was formerly with e-commerce startup firms MyGeek.com and Pentawave. Primus provides Web-based problem resolution software for customer support.

Jul 21, 1999

HNTB

HNTB Corp., a Kansas City-based architecture, engineering and planning firm, has appointed several individuals to various positions in its Bellevue office. Joining the firm are: Patricia Fordyce, electrical engineer; Jeffrey Highley, transportation engineer; Ryan Miles, transportation engineer; Carl Ayubi, electrical engineer; Clifton Chiu, architect; Jeff Pielage, interior designer; Gregory Bruce, mechanical engineer; Colin Macedo mechanical engineer; Michelle Miller, CADD operator; Jami Lundquist, CADD operator; Susan Liam, accounting assistant; James Pass, marketing assistant; and Veronica Port, administrative assistant.

Entranco

Entranco, a Bellevue-based engineering firm with offices in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Utah, has hired several new employees in the firm's transportation group. Amanda O'Connor, a civil engineer, has experience in roadway design, stormwater modeling and culvert design. Weiming Bian, a civil engineer, will focus on design and construction of transportation facilities on state highways, local roads and flood control facilities in the western United States. Trevor Kostanich, a transportation and traffic engineer, is a recent graduate from the University of Washington. Gael Serviss is a CADD technician. Entranco has also hired new employees in its construction services group. Dave Mahler, a construction engineer, has worked on roadway, highway and bridge construction projects. Mahler previously worked for the Washington State Department of Transportation. Ralph Heitt, a construction inspector, has experience working with transportation facilities. Chris O'Neill is the new engineering graphics manager and also is the Entranco's Web master. Anne Newton is the firm's new CADD technician. Also joining the firm are: Wan-Yee Kuo, an environmental engineer who will be working in the firm's water resources group; Gregg Cherrington-Kelly, party chief in the surveying group; and Chris Priest, assistant to the contracts administrator.

Perteet Engineeri

Terry Johnson has been selected as CADD manager for Perteet Engineering, which has offices in Everett, Lakewood and Snoqualmie. Johnson will supervise Perteet's CADD support staff as well as perform plan design and layout tasks associated with roadway, civil and site, water and storm drainage design. He is a 17-year veteran in CADD and has a wide range of experience in civil, structural and electrical engineering. He has provided technical support to a number of leading engineering firms in the Puget Sound area.

I.T.S.

Williams McNutt has joined I.T.S. Corp., based in Ventura, Calif., as the firm's Northwest/Arctic regional manager. Working out of the firm's Bremerton office, McNutt will lead a group of several hundred computer professionals working on federally funded information technology projects located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. Also joining I.T.S. are Carol Brame and Sabra DeYoung, who will be group managers. They will be working on computer projects related to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Seattle, the Department of Transportation in Vancouver and the Army Corps of Engineers in Portland.

Jul 16, 1999

LION

Mercer Island-based Lenders Interactive Online Network, an Internet portal for the mortgage industry, has surpassed 5,000 members. LION officials estimate this gives the company a 10 percent market share of mortgage broker firms. LION's http://www.lioninc.com provides a database of mortgage rate and fee information.