Sep 14, 2023

Ogletree Deakins

Ogletree Deakins added Arianna Gardner and Kristofer Noneman as associates in the firm's Seattle office. Both will practice labor and employment law. Gardner joined Ogletree Deakins after completing judicial clerkships at both the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division One for the Honorable Linda Coburn, and Snohomish County Superior Court for the Honorable Millie Judge. She earned her J.D. from Seattle University School of Law and her bachelor's degree from the University of Washington. Noneman earned his J.D. from Willamette University School of Law and his bachelor's degree from Oregon State University.

Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor appointed Pravin Desale as senior vice president, research and development, effective immediately. Steve Douglass, who served in this role since 2018, is transitioning into a new role as chief technology officer, responsible for the long-term Lattice technology strategy. Desale has more than 30 years of R&D and technology leadership experience delivering silicon, software, and application-centric solutions for a variety of market verticals. He most recently served as senior vice president of IoT engineering at Semtech. Prior to the Semtech acquisition of Sierra Wireless, Pravin was the senior vice president of engineering at Sierra Wireless where he was responsible for all hardware and software development. He also held previous technical leadership roles at Veritas Technologies, Seagate, and LSI Corporation. He has a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunications degree from the College of Engineering Pune Technological University. Lattice Semiconductor is based in Hillsoboro, Oregon.

Edifecs

Belleuve-based Edifecs, a global health information technology solutions company, announced that Summerpal Kahlon joined the leadership team as chief medical officer. Kahlon is an active internal medicine and infectious diseases physician with a background in health care strategy and leadership. He has held product strategy and operational leadership roles at McKesson, Oracle, Steward Health Care, and Change Healthcare. During the ongoing industry-wide transformation from fee-for-service to value-based care, Kahlon spent time on the development and implementation of electronic health records, data interoperability, large-scale population analytics, and applied artificial intelligence. Kahlon earned his MD from the UAB School of Medicine, a master's degree in health care informatics from the University of Central Florida, and a bachelor's degree in economics from Case Western Reserve University. Earlier this year, Edifecs announced the additions of Rod O'Reilly as chairman of the board, Tom Shultz as chief revenue officer, and Chris Lance as chief product officer to its leadership team.

Sep 12, 2023

Washington Trust Bank

Hansch

Washington Trust Bank added Greg Hansch to its Commercial Banking team to serve as senior vice president and relationship manager. Hansch has over 26 years of experience in financial services and commercial banking. He comes from Commencement Bank, where he was senior vice president and retail banking division manager. Hansch holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Central Washington University, and a master's degree in business administration from Washington State University. He also is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School, and is involved with multiple community and professional organizations, including the Risk Management Association and Tacoma Rising. Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank has over 40 branches and offices in Washington, Idaho and Oregon.

D.A. Davidson

Holland

D.A. Davidson & Co. announced that Brian Holland is rejoining its Equity Capital Markets group as a managing director and senior research analyst covering food and beverage. As the fifth senior hire to join D.A. Davidson's Equity Capital Markets' Institutional Equities team this year, Holland most recently spent over two years with TD Cowen covering sustainable food and healthy living. Previously, he covered food and beverage companies at Janney Capital Markets and Consumer Edge Research. Holland has been ranked as a Top Earnings Estimator in the food products sector by Thomson Reuters, and graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in finance. With a senior team of approximately 20 research analysts that cover over 500 public and private companies, D.A. Davidson's Equity Capital Markets group offers expertise to middle-market companies across four industries of focus: consumer, diversified industrials, financial institutions, and technology. Founded in 1935 with corporate headquarters in Great Falls, Montana, and regional headquarters in Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Omaha, Nebraska, the company has approximately 1,620 employees and offices in 30 states.

CalmWave

Health care technology company CalmWave appointed Dr. Richard Schaefer, chief health informatics officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, to its board of advisors. Schaefer has spent over 20 years leveraging emerging technologies in the development of end-to-end health care technology solutions, including looking at the intersection of AI and clinical practice. He has written and published studies on clinical evidence-based medicine that highlight the criticality of transparent AI in clinical applications. Schaefer is also a funded investigator on multiple proposals regarding AI assessments in veterans. CalmWave, headquartered in Seattle, has raised a pre-seed round of funding led by Bonfire Ventures with participation from Tau Ventures, AI2 Incubator, Seachange Ventures, Hike Ventures, and the co-founders of PagerDuty.

Sep 08, 2023

Cyemptive Technologies

Cyemptive Technologies, a provider of preemptive cybersecurity solutions for business and government, named retired U.S. Navy Commander Vince Dova as vice president of security. Dova is the former branch chief for Cyber Policy and Capabilities at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he advised on cyber-related matters such as military network defense and cybersecurity for the Defense Industrial Base and Defense Critical Infrastructure. At Cyemptive, Dova is responsible for the security of intellectual property and client data, developing organizational and technical governance to enable the secure delivery of cybersecurity solutions to its customer base, and planning security-relevant training/certification for company and client workforces. A 20-year veteran of the Navy, Dova earned his wings as a helicopter pilot and was deployed all over the world. He taught flight school, investigated aviation mishaps, managed air defense for a carrier strike group in the Gulf and earned a master's degree in computer network operations. Cyemptive is headquartered in Snohomish.

ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo entered into a strategic integration with global advertising technology company The Trade Desk. Leveraging The Trade Desk's platform, ZoomInfo has expanded its omnichannel ad network to access more premium publishers and deliver display, video and audio ads internationally for the first time. ZoomInfo is a platform for businesses to find, acquire and grow their customers. The Trade Desk, headquartered in Ventura, California, has offices across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. ZoomInfo is based in Vancouver.

Celo

Seattle-based Celo announced that Highland Home Carers, an independent provider of home care and support services in Scotland, will implement Celo's messaging platform across its operations in the Highlands area. Celo offers a secure messaging platform that enables health care teams to collaborate on patient care. The platform requires no training and is available on iOS, Android and desktop. Highland Home Carers employs over 250 staff, delivering long-term complex care.