Apr 27, 2022

University of Puget Sound

Kvaal

Following an extensive national search, University of Puget Sound has named Kimberly Kvaal executive vice president and chief financial officer effective July 5, 2022. Kvaal comes to Puget Sound from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, where she served as vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer leading strategic initiatives and overseeing all aspects of the finance and business functions of the university. She has more than 24 years of experience in higher education and has a national reputation for her knowledge of academic business models. Kvaal holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, an MBA from Regis University, and an EdD in organizational change and leadership from the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on increasing organizational capacity for financial sustainability at colleges and universities. In 2016, the National Association of College and University Business Officers presented Kvaal with the Daniel D. Robinson Award for outstanding contributions to the field of college and university accounting and reporting. Kvaal served as associate vice president for accounting and business services and a part-time faculty member at the University of San Francisco from 2006 to 2014, and currently teaches in St. Edward's University Doctorate in Educational Leadership program.

DreamBox Learning

Belleuve-based DreamBox Learning announced the company's solutions have been named 2022 SIIA CODiE Award finalists in two categories, including “Best Personalized Learning Solution” for the Reading Plus literacy solution and “Best Mathematics Instructional Solution for Grades PK-8” for the DreamBox Learning Math solution. This is the latest recognition for DreamBox, which has won over 40 top education and technology industry awards for its dual-discipline solutions. Both honors represent DreamBox's commitment to providing learning technology for personalizing student learning experiences, while accelerating student growth, supporting learning recovery, and easing the burden on educators. The SIIA CODiE Awards, the long-running awards program for the software and information industries are produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), a trade association for the software, education, media and digital content industries. Finalists are determined by industry experts. CODiE Award winners will be announced on June 9, 2022. DreamBox Learning is K-12 education technology provider. DreamBox supports 400,000 educators and approximately 6 million students in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and throughout the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Mexico.

Apr 26, 2022

BNY Mellon Wealth Management

BNY Mellon Wealth Management named Justin Williams as senior client strategist. He works with ultra-high-net-worth families, business corporate executives, private equity and hedge fund principals and their family offices, as well as foundations and endowments on their comprehensive wealth needs. Williams is based in Seattle and reports to Bo Lee, market president, Pacific Northwest. Williams joins BNY Mellon Wealth Management from Wells Fargo, where he served as a wealth advisor, senior vice president. He provided custom, comprehensive wealth plans to high-net-worth clients to help them achieve their wealth goals. Prior to that, he held various senior leadership roles at Key Private Bank, including senior relationship manager, senior vice president. He also worked as a financial relationship manager at Bank of America. He is a Certified Wealth Strategist professional.

T-Mobile

Lucid Drone Technologies has chosen T-Mobile to be the exclusive provider of IoT connectivity and management for their fleet of industrial spraying drones. Together, Lucid Drone Technologies and T-Mobile are collaborating to put maintenance teams and exterior cleaning companies out of harm's way using drone technology for high-risk facilities maintenance work like exterior soft-wash cleaning and high-rise window washing. The next generation of Lucid Drone Technologies industrial spraying drones can perform exterior washing for commercial building surfaces and windows, including outdoor stadiums and arenas, hotels, and university structures. T-Mobile's network powers critical capabilities for Lucid Drone Technologies industrial spraying drones such as real-time sharing of flight data, battery utilization information, hardware diagnostics, and delivery of firmware and software updates. Additionally, T-Mobile Control Center will give Lucid Drone Technologies the ability to view and manage the connectivity of their industrial spraying drones. Initially, T-Mobile for Business will deliver 4G LTE connectivity to Lucid Drone Technologies industrial spraying drones, providing a reliable connection nationwide. Lucid Drone Technologies expects to utilize T-Mobile's 5G network in the near future for advanced use cases such as network operations center access, live streaming video and remote piloting. Lucid Drone Technologies is a Charlotte, NC-based robotics company that currently designs and builds industrial spraying drones for labor-intensive jobs.

Apr 22, 2022

Stoic

Stouffer

Seattle-based Stoic announced Trisha Stouffer has been appointed CEO and president of the company. An experienced business leader, Stouffer succeeded John Watson as CEO. Watson will continue in his role as chief technical officer. Prior to Stoic, Stouffer served in key roles at Amazon, IMDb, Twitch, Riot Games, Microsoft Game Studios, and Xbox. She served as chief operating officer and executive producer at Stoic for the past two years. Founded in 2012, Stoic is a creator of games and entertainment.

Washington Health Benefit Exchange

The Washington Health Benefit Exchange board unanimously named current chief financial officer Jim Crawford as interim CEO, effective June 10, when current CEO Pam MacEwan retires. During his more than two decades of public service, Crawford has held several senior level positions in state and local government. This includes managing the public finance and state budgeting process as assistant director of the Budget Division of the Office of Financial Management. He also served as senior budget assistant to the governor, and worked as assistant superintendent for fiscal and operations of the Olympia School District. As a next step, the Health Benefit Exchange board will conduct a search for a permanent CEO, which is expected to take six months.

Seattle Credit Union

Seattle Credit Union is partnering with Tacoma Housing Authority and the Salishan Association for an upcoming expansion to Tacoma this summer. The credit union's mission is to provide financial support and opportunities for communities that are underserved and have been systemically discriminated against. Seattle Credit Union will occupy a space at Salishan Family Investment Center, at 1720 E. 44th St., in a community center that serves East Tacoma. Seattle Credit Union's physical presence in the building will include a hub (similar to a branch office) with regular banking hours and a 24-hour ATM. This location will be staffed by employees who can open accounts, answer questions and provide financial counseling to community members. The credit union will also have a regular presence in the surrounding neighborhood and will provide support for local organizations and events.

City of Tacoma

Tacoma's Office of Environmental Policy and Sustainability is leading an effort to better understand air quality issues and inequities in the city. The city is teaming up with Tacoma Public Schools, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and Microsoft Research Tacoma on the program. Tacoma was identified by the Microsoft Research “Project Eclipse” team as an ideal location to test prototype air sensors because of the potential for measurable observations that can be compared to Tacoma's Equity Index. Phase I sensors were recently installed outdoors at 10 public schools in Tacoma. The city plans to use data gathered from these sensors to prioritize infrastructure funding and program efforts to address climate change — such as mitigating heat islands, assessing the impacts of heat and smoke events, and identifying tree planting priorities.