Sep 09, 2021

King Conservation District

Mendez-Perez

King Conservation District (KCD) announced the selection of Rosa Mendez-Perez to fill the position of executive director. Mendez-Perez has a background in environmental and climate advocacy focused on issues of equity and community empowerment. She served most recently as the director of the Office of Environmental Justice for New York's Department of Environmental Conservation where she led the agency's Environmental Justice and Indian Nations Affairs programs. She also chaired the Climate Justice Working Group and worked with communities to address their environmental challenges. King Conservation District is a nonregulatory, special purpose district that works with individuals, communities, nonprofits and local governments on a voluntary basis to steward natural resources.

Carney Badley Spellman

Vermillion

Jared Vermillion has joined Seattle law firm Carney Badley Spellman. Vermillion's practice primarily focuses on advising startups and emerging companies through a variety of matters such as entity formations, raising capital through venture and angel investment financings, commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, M&A and corporate governance.

710 ESPN Seattle

Hasselbeck

710 ESPN Seattle, owned by Bonneville Seattle Media Group, announced “The Matt Hasselbeck Show” as a weekly program on 710 ESPN Seattle. The new, one-hour show will air each Wednesday at 9 a.m., with the 2021 Seahawks Ring of Honor member joining morning host, Mike Salk. A three-time Pro Bowler, Hasselbeck played for the Seahawks from 2001-2010, including leading the Seahawks to their first ever Super Bowl appearance in 2005. Hasselbeck enjoyed a 17-year NFL career including other stops in Green Bay, Tennessee, and Indianapolis. The inaugural show will air Wednesday, Sept. 15, and will also be offered as a weekly podcast at 710Sports.com.

Kymeta

Redmond-based Kymeta announced that Walter Berger and S. Douglas Hutcheson have been named co-chief executive officers. Berger, formerly Kymeta's president and chief operating officer, will serve as president and co-CEO. Hutcheson, formerly Kymeta's executive chairman, will serve as executive chairman and co-CEO. Berger and Hutcheson joined Kymeta in May of 2019 and began their co-CEO duties effective September 1, 2021. Kymeta's connectivity solutions provide mobile connectivity on satellite and hybrid satellite-cellular networks to customers around the world. Kymeta was recently named 2021's Top Ten Hottest Companies in Satellite and Hottest New Mobility Solution for 2021.

Sep 08, 2021

Biggs Insurance Services

Alliant Insurance continues to expand its footprint in the Pacific Northwest, acquiring Biggs Insurance Services. Biggs has an 86-year history of providing personal, commercial, and employee benefit solutions to businesses and individuals in Washington, Oregon, and throughout the Pacific Northwest Region. Biggs is one of the largest locally owned, independent agencies in both Vancouver, WA and Portland. Biggs and its team of almost 60 insurance professionals will join Alliant and will continue servicing clients from its Vancouver headquarters. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Alliant Insurance Services is a leading distributor of diversified insurance products and services.

Pacific Market International

The HAVI Group, a global, privately-owned company that operates businesses providing services in supply chain, sourcing, and consumer engagement to global brands, announced it has acquired Pacific Market International (“PMI Worldwide”). Founded in 1983, PMI Worldwide provides beverageware and food container solutions to global foodservice brands and retailers. PMI Worldwide employs more than 700 people in seven countries. Under the new structure, PMI Worldwide will continue to be managed by the existing leadership team and will operate as a new HAVI business unit reporting to HAVI CEO Frank Ravndal. Headquartered in Seattle, PMI Worldwide has offices in San Francisco, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Amsterdam, Manila, Rio de Janeiro, and Bentonville, Arkansas. Additionally, PMI Worldwide has ownership in three manufacturing facilities, one in China and two in Brazil.

ModusBox

Seattle-based ModusBox announced a partnership with DocFox, an SaaS-based automated business onboarding tool for financial institutions. The two companies provide solutions that enables banks and credit unions to unlock access to banking core data and rapidly onboard any new business. DocFox provides a white-labeled, paperless experience that handles document collection and validation through automated analysis, performs enhanced review and screening of high-risk customers, and a single point of view for real-time tracking of Bank Security Act compliance. DocFox is used by over 200 financial institutions to automate their account opening processes. It provides intelligent, highly customized workflows for any type of client. ModusBox is a financial services technology company focused on open banking solutions that unlock access to banking core data and eliminate vendor dependencies.

Sep 03, 2021

Symetra

Deep

Estep

Symetra Life Insurance announced the appointments of two new vice presidents to its group Benefits Division. Craig Deep joins Symetra as vice president, Life, Disability and Voluntary Underwriting, and Michael Estep joins the company as vice president, Voluntary Practice Lead. Both executives report to Lisa Marecki, senior vice president of Symetra's Life and Disability and Select Benefits voluntary benefits product lines. Estep will be responsible for growing Symetra's presence in the voluntary benefits marketplace. Deep will head all underwriting activities across both the life and disability and voluntary lines. Most recently, Estep was vice president, group product and voluntary practice lead at the Guardian Life Insurance. Deep joins Symetra from The Hartford, where he was assistant vice president of priority and regional account underwriting. Symetra Life Insurance is a subsidiary of Symetra Financial, a diversified financial services company based in Bellevue.

Fortive

Fortive has completed its previously announced acquisition of ServiceChannel Holdings. As a result of the acquisition, ServiceChannel has become an operating company within Fortive's Intelligent Operating Solutions segment. ServiceChannel is a global provider of SaaS-based multi-site facilities maintenance service solutions with an integrated service-provider network. The company serves more than 500 enterprise customers in over 70 countries across the globe, while also maintaining an integrated network of more than 70,000 facilities maintenance service providers. Fortive is a provider of essential technologies for connected workflow solutions across a range of end-markets. The company is headquartered in Everett, and employs a team of more than 17,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative employees in more than 50 countries around the world.

Avalara

Seattle-based Avalara, a provider of tax compliance automation software for businesses of all sizes, announced the appointment of Marcela Martin to its board of directors. Martin is chief financial officer of Squarespace, an all-in-one website building platform, where she oversees the company's finance and corporate development functions. Prior to Squarespace, she was chief financial officer at Booking.com, where she led finance operations, risk management, corporate development, and M&A. Martin brings more than 25 years of global finance and leadership experience across consumer technology, software, and SaaS verticals with high-growth companies to Avalara's board. Avalara also announced that Chelsea Stoner, a partner at Battery Ventures, has resigned from the board of directors.