Oct 24, 2000

ISNetworks

Somerfield

Garms

ISNetworks, an e-commerce and information-system software company, announced the opening of a Seattle office, where it has relocated its technical and service operations and headquarters. The Seattle office is headed by company CEO Daniel Somerfield and Chief Technical Officer Jess Garms. Somerfield is a member of an advisory board for the University of Washington Extension. Garms is teaching an online introductory computer course, Java 2 Programming, also through the University of Washington's distance learning extension program. Somerfield and Garms are currently under contract to author a book on encryption, to be published by London-based Wrox Press in late 2000. Also joining ISNetorks is software engineer David Reuter. Reuter will work on all aspects of application development

Oct 23, 2000

ID Certify

ID Certify, a Seattle-based provider of digital signature-based e-commerce solutions, announced that James Lynn has joined the company as vice president of engineering. Lynn comes from Motorola in Arizona where he served as the director of engineering for its systems solutions group. He will be responsible for managing the overall engineering department, including IT, software development and testing for products and services.

Oct 20, 2000

Appliant.com

Aney

Mattson

Appliant.com, a Seattle-based management service provider, has appointed Rob Aney as vice president of products and Todd Mattson as vice president of marketing. Aney leads the team responsible for ensuring that Appliant's products and services meet the needs of customers and partners by defining product direction and managing the product process from start-to-finish. Mattson directs Appliant's marketing strategy, communications and corporate branding efforts. He most recently was vice president of marketing services for Saltmine.

Oct 19, 2000

InterStar

Jennifer Lawson has joined InterStar, the marketing and public relations arm of Seattle-based ISNetworks, as an account representative. ISNetworks is an e-commerce and information system software company specializing in the digital signature technology.

Seattle University

The Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University has been awarded a $226,500 grant to support the new Center for Electronic Commerce and Information Systems (CECIS). The funding, awarded by the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, will be used to purchase laboratory equipment, hardware, software, and specialized furniture for a state-of-the-art computer lab. Launched during the 1999-2000 academic year, the CECIS was one of the first programs in the country, and the first in Washington state, to offer an MBA and undergraduate business concentrations in e-commerce.

AuraServ

AuraServ, an integrated communications provider, has opened its Western regional sales offices in Bellevue. AuraServ provides businesses a solution that lets them manage all communications, whether voice mail or e-mail, through their PCs. Lorne Rubis will lead the company in the Western region as senior vice president and general manager. Rubis most recently was chief operating officer for Multiple Zones, a nation-wide direct reseller of computer products and services based in Seattle.

Apartmentcomps

Bill Strader has taken the new position of vice president and director of marketing for Seattle-based Apartmentcomps Inc., a startup company that lists apartment building sales data on the Internet. Strader jumped from competitor RealFacts, based in California. Strader will help "build the systems to handle current customer flow as well as pro-active strategies to rocket the company to a new level," said Apartmentcomps CEO Dan Sanchez. The company now lists 6,000 properties in the Sun Belt and expects to reach 20,000 in 30 markets nationwide by year-end, Sanchez said.

Oct 18, 2000

Integra Telecom

Carver

Whetman

Jeff Carver and Travis Whetman have joined Integra Telecom of Washington, a Kent-based communications services provider, as field marketing manager and business analyst respectively.

Carver's responsibilities include advertising, public relations, product and business development, and sales and product training.

Whetman's responsibilities as business analyst include accounting, human resources, and purchasing. He will also assist with marketing and product pricing.

Shandwick International

Hunt

Shandwick International, a company specializing in reputation management for technology-based companies, has hired Kathie Hunt as an account coordinator in its Bellevue office. Most recently, Hunt worked as an intern for Novell in Provo, Utah. At Shandwick she will provide support to account staff and work on client and coverage research.

Hablador

Hablador, a Seattle-based innovator in enterprise-level Web content management, announced that Jill Bamburg has joined its executive team as vice president of marketing. Bamburg has more than 20 years of marketing experience, including a seven-year stint with Seattle's desktop publishing pioneer, Aldus Corp. She left Aldus in 1993 to join the core faculty of the graduate management program at Antioch University in Seattle.