Feb 24, 2022

Bellevue Arts Museum

Whittington

Bellevue Arts Museum's Board of Trustees appointed E. Michael Whittington as executive director of the museum. Whittington most recently served as president and CEO of Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA), where he launched a strategic plan that led to new levels of artistic and financial success for the organization. Prior to his enure at OKCMOA, Whittington served as executive director at Monterey Museum of Art. Outgoing interim executive director Leigh Ann More led Bellevue Arts Museum for the past ten months. Whittington's appointment comes as the museum looks forward to celebrating the 76th anniversary of its signature Arts Fair, which will resume as a live event following last year's virtual marketplace. Whittington will assume the role of executive director on March 14, 2022.

tru Independence

Portland-based tru Independence, a national financial advisory partnership platform that provides independent advisors with the dedicated back-office, compliance, marketing, and investment services needed to operate independently, has appointed financial services industry veteran Amit Dogra as president of the organization. With 24 affiliated firms and approximately $8 billion in assets, tru offers wirehouse and RIA advisory teams Independence Optimized, a business model focused on driving an advisor's growth by delivering and implementing a leading-edge technology experience and amplifying an advisor's brand and story through a full-service marketing offering. In his new role, Dogra will oversee the evolution of the tru business model, as well as a mandate to accelerate the growth and recognition of the platform with financial advisory teams nationwide. Throughout his career, Dogra has held executive leadership posts at Sanctuary Wealth, Third Seven Advisors, HighTower, BNY Mellon and Brinker Capital, among others. Founded in 2014, tru Independence is a leader in delivering independence optimized for established wealth management firms and RIAs seeking to grow their business.

Spaceflight

Spaceflight, a global launch services provider, announced that it was named one of Via Satellite's 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite for 2022. The company's Sherpa-NG orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) program is also a finalist for Via Satellite's 2021 Satellite Technology of the Year (STOTY) award. In 2021, Spaceflight launched three Sherpa OTVs, including its first Sherpa-FX and the industry's first electric propulsion OTV, Sherpa-LTE1. Via Satellite's editors selected Spaceflight as one of the 10 Hottest Companies based on expected activity in 2022 and traits such as generating industry excitement, expanding market share, making ground-breaking deals, and innovating transformation technology. The selection of Sherpa-NG as one of six finalists for Via Satellite's STOTY award distinguishes Spaceflight and its Sherpa technology as innovators disrupting the market, meeting significant market demand. Based in Seattle, Spaceflight has successfully launched hundreds of satellites and is a part of the Mitsui & Co. portfolio, operating as an independent, U.S.-based company.

Feb 23, 2022

YouthCare

YouthCare has announced a gift of $150,000 from KeyBank to support its Workforce Development programming, which is designed to support young people, ages 16 to 24, in the Seattle-King County area, who are unstably-housed or experiencing homelessness. YouthCare's workforce development programs allow these young people to create their own pathways toward long-term self-sufficiency by developing the skills they need to successfully enter the workforce and sustain a living wage. YouthCare's workforce development programs provide youth participants with individualized case management; access to supportive services that mitigate the challenges of homelessness; financial incentives; classroom curriculum combined with applied and hands-on experience; internship and employment connections with industry partners; and post-program assistance. The KeyBank Foundation has long engaged in philanthropic endeavors that support economic access and equity for underserved communities and populations. Founded in 1974, YouthCare has expanded to 15 sites serving more than 1,500 youth every year.

Lighthouse

Lighthouse, a technology-enabled eDiscovery, compliance and information governance services firm, announced the addition of Pankaj Dhingra as the company's first chief technology officer. He has global responsibility for all technology strategy, engineering, and product management and reports directly to chief executive officer Brian McManus. Dhingra has over 25 years of experience at global companies including Tableau (a Salesforce company), GE Healthcare, Microsoft, and AT&T. Before Lighthouse, Dhingra was vice president, software engineering at Tableau, playing a pivotal role in growing Tableau Online over the past four years. Lighthouse is headquartered in Seattle.

Betacom

Betacom, a provider of private 5G wireless networks, announced that its smart airport deployment at Dallas Fort Worth Airport has been recognized as a 2021 OnGo Award winner in Excellence in OnGo Enterprise Deployment. OnGo Award winners were selected based on their distinctive business models, ease of deployment, cost savings, new service offerings and cutting-edge technology, delivered over CBRS spectrum. The winners were selected by a panel of judges led by Joe Madden, founder and chief analyst at Mobile Experts. Joining him were: Melissa Ashurst, CEO at Impact Broadband; Martha DeGrasse, freelance journalist; Iain Gillott, founder and president at iGR; Mark Lowenstein, managing director at Mobile Ecosystem and Monica Paolini, principal at Senza Fili. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Bellevue, Betacom has regional offices throughout the country. The mission of the OnGo Alliance is to evangelize 4G and 5G OnGo technology, use cases and business opportunities while simultaneously driving technology developments necessary to fulfill the mission, including multi-operator capabilities.

Feb 18, 2022

Shiftboard

Seattle-based Shiftboard, a provider of enterprise workforce scheduling software for organizations with 24/7 operations, announced the appointment of Dan Wassel as chief financial officer. Wassel joined the company's executive leadership team on Feb. 14, 2022, and reports to Shiftboard's president and CEO, Sterling Wilson. Wassel brings over 30 years of financial and operations experience to the company. Before joining Shiftboard, he was CFO at Headset, the intelligence system for cannabis retail operations that provides data insights to operators and investors. Prior to his tenure at Headset, Wassel was CFO for Socarta, a data-as-a-service platform provider for city, county, state and federal government organizations, and served as vice president of finance and administration for Hubspan.

United Way of King County

United Way of King County, together with Ethan Stowell Restaurants, announced a philanthropic partnership to bring the Network of Giving to the Seattle market. The Network of Giving is a hyper-local digital platform that fosters a community-minded movement through the connection of local consumers and merchants to community and charitable organizations – while creating efficiencies in digital fundraising. Gordon McHenry, Jr., president and CEO of United Way of King County, stated, “United Way of King County is pleased to help bring the Network of Giving platform with its benefits for local merchants, community organizations, and other non-profits. The Network of Giving provides another foundation for enhancing and strengthening our communities and aligns with our impact and mission.” United Way of King County directly impacts community thanks to a substantial endowment originally seeded by the Gates Foundation and designed to offset the bulk of organizational operating costs. Founded in 2007, Ethan Stowell Restaurants is a restaurant group in Seattle founded and led by Chef Ethan Stowell. The proprietary Network of Giving platform transforms communities and businesses by establishing an elevated standard of excellence in corporate and community social responsibility, and powers digital commerce by linking banking, fundraising, and marketing to inspire community contributions at no cost to the consumer.

Avalara

Avalara, a provider of tax compliance automation software for businesses of all sizes, announced the release of 20 newly certified integrations with accounting, ERP, ecommerce, point-of-sale, mobile commerce, and CRM software applications. Avalara has been a partner-centric company since its founding in 2004, with a concerted focus on integrating with technology solutions already in use by existing and future customers. Avalara certified integration partners have met criteria developed by Avalara for performance and reliability. Certified integrations are built to ensure customers enjoy a fast, reliable, and easy process for embedding Avalara's automated tax management into existing systems. Additionally, these integrations enable customers of Avalara partner solutions to benefit from Avalara's real-time calculation of applicable taxes for billing line items. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and around the world in Brazil, Europe, and India.

ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo has been named one of the Top Software Sellers and Best Marketing Products worldwide in 2022 by G2. ZoomInfo's placements improved significantly on G2's annual Best Software lists, as the company climbed into the third spot in the Best Marketing and Digital Advertising Products category and the fifth spot in the Best Global Software Sellers category. The rankings were formulated based on verified reviews provided by customers and analyzed by G2's algorithm which calculates customer satisfaction and market presence.

In addition, Chorus, ZoomInfo's conversation intelligence software, has been named one of the Best Software Products, Highest Satisfaction Products, and Best Mid-Market Products for 2022, ranking second in each category. Chorus has also been recognized with a 2022 Most Loved Award by TrustRadius, highlighted as one of the top products among more than 25,000 software companies. ZoomInfo is a leader in modern go-to-market software, data, and intelligence for more than 25,000 companies worldwide, and is headquartered in Vancouver, WA.