Mar 21, 2024

Bellevue College

Clark

Dr. Jessica Clark has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at Bellevue College. Prior to Clark's hire, which will be effective May 1, 2024, she worked as an executive educational strategist and has served as the vice president of the instruction office at Walla Walla Community College and vice president of learning and student services at Northland Pioneer College. While at Walla Walla Community College, Clark oversaw the Instruction division as the college's chief instruction officer, and she was the college's accreditation liaison officer to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.. She launched the Center for Integrated Learning, a professional development opportunity for faculty, and partnered with local sectors to better harmonize programs with workforce needs. At Northland Pioneer College in Arizona, where she spent just under two years, Clark served as the chief academic officer, chief student affairs officer, Title IX coordinator and Clery administrator. In that role, she created the Division of Instructional Innovation –– a new academic division, and she facilitated an opportunity for no-cost college course offerings for local high school partners. Previously, she worked as the division chair of Social Sciences and Education at Western Wyoming Community College and as a Dakota Memories Oral History project coordinator at North Dakota State University. She has 11 years of experience teaching history and political science as a faculty member. Among several certifications, Clark holds a bachelor's degree in history from Central Washington University, a master's degree and Ph.D. in history both from North Dakota State University, and a post-doctoral graduate certificate in higher education leadership from the University of Wyoming.

Silver Creek Capital Management

Seattle-based Silver Creek Capital Management hired Michael Callahan as managing director, business development. Callahan will be responsible for developing and executing a range of growth initiatives on a global basis and expanding the firm's institutional investor relationships. Callahan brings more than 25 years of experience in business development and client relationship management. He most recently served as a managing director at Investcorp, focused on raising institutional capital for its global credit business. Prior to Investcorp, he served as senior vice president, business development at Shenkman Capital Management. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Millburn Ridgefield Corporation, Fidelity Investments, and Scudder Kemper Investments. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in economics from Saint Anselm College and is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the Stamford Analyst Society.

Additionally, Silver Creek recently hired David Matter as co-chief investment officer. Matter was previously managing director and co-chief investment officer of BlackRock Alternative Advisors. Bob Ratliffe is Silver Creek's president.

Alaska Power & Telephone

Alaska Power & Telephone is moving its corporate headquarters to Ketchikan, Alaska. The company made the determination after considering numerous potential locations across the State of Alaska. In addition to being central to many of AP&T's service areas, Ketchikan is a two-hour flight from Seattle. Ketchikan also enjoys regular barge connectivity to the Puget Sound region and its supply chain, and ferry connectivity to many other Alaska communities. This decision comes during AP&T CEO Bill Marks' first weeks on the job. Over the decades, AP&T has grown through development of new utility systems in rural communities lacking centralized services; by acquiring and upgrading other utility systems; and by development of hydropower projects and telecommunication networks. AP&T's most recent projects have involved development of fiber optic networks bringing advanced broadband to rural Alaska. AP&T is an employee- and investor-owned utility providing diverse services in 40 locations.

Mar 20, 2024

Columbia Helicopters

Oregon-based Columbia Helicopters appointed David Balevic as president and CEO, effective immediately. Balevic will succeed Michael Tremlett, who is departing the company to pursue other opportunities. Columbia Helicopters manufactures, provides sustainment services for, and operates the Model 234, CH-47D Chinook, and Model 107-II tandem-rotor helicopters. The company's principal customers include the U.S. military, foreign allied militaries, U.S. and foreign civil protection agencies, and a broad range of commercial customers. Balevic brings more than 35 years of leadership experience across the aviation industry to Columbia. He previously spent eight years at CHC Helicopter, where he served as the senior vice president for engineering and operations before being promoted to president and CEO in August 2019. During his tenure, Balevic oversaw all aspects of the business, including aircraft flight operations, supply chain, and the global MRO services. Additionally, Balevic has over two decades of experience at GE in its Aircraft Engine, Power, and Oil & Gas business units.

Sundance Consulting

Sundance Consulting, a full-service environmental consulting firm, announced that it has joined Halle Capital-backed True Environmental, a platform focused on collaborating with founder and employee-owned environmental consulting and engineering firms to provide capital solutions to accelerate growth and facilitate ownership transitions. September Myres is the founder of Sundance and Mark Rigatt is the president of the Pocatello, Idaho-based firm. Founded in 2005, the Sundance team of more than 70 professionals have expertise in environmental assessments, natural and cultural resources, planning, compliance, and remediation serving federal, state, and local governments and agencies and commercial clients throughout the U.S. Halle Capital is a lower-middle market, growth-oriented private equity firm based in New York.

Mar 19, 2024

Smartsheet

Garg

Long

Bellevue-based Smartsheet, an enterprise work management platform, announced a series of changes to its executive team. Max Long was named to lead a newly unified and expanded Go-to-Market team composed of Worldwide Field Operations and Marketing. As president, GTM, Long will join the Smartsheet senior leadership team to enable and support the company's expanding global customer base throughout their entire lifecycle. Long joins Smartsheet as a tenured executive with over three decades of experience growing and scaling commercial teams for global technology firms including Microsoft, Adobe, and NetApp. After many years of engineering and product leadership at Smartsheet, Praerit Garg will assume the new title of president, product & innovation. He will accelerate business innovation and product execution and enable more effective marketing of Smartsheet solutions to customers, prospects, and partners. Mike Arntz, currently chief revenue officer, will retire on March 31st after seven and a half years with Smartsheet. Arntz will serve as an advisor to the company until mid-May to support Long in his transition. Andrew Bennett, chief marketing officer, closed out his almost ten-year tenure at Smartsheet on March 15th to pursue an opportunity outside of Smartsheet.

Strong Tower Consulting

Strong Tower Consulting, a Washington state-based management-consulting firm, has been named to the list of Inclusive Workplaces compiled by Best Companies Group in 2024 in collaboration with COLOR Magazine. This recognition underscores Strong Tower's commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion through its underlying virtues of creating value by bringing more perspectives and ideas to the table. Best Companies Group, partnered with COLOR Magazine, a publication dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the corporate world, to identify organizations that prioritize inclusivity in their workplaces. The evaluation process included a thorough assessment of workplace policies, practices, and employee feedback. Strong Tower's workforce is comprised of more than 75% female employees. Strong Tower is a certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprise, and a Women Owned Business Enterprise.

Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor has been recognized with multiple 2024 Globee Cybersecurity Awards. The Lattice Sentry solution stack won a Gold award in the ‘Embedded Security' category; Lattice SupplyGuard service won a Silver award in the ‘Software Supply Chain Security' category; and the Lattice Security Seminar series won a Bronze award in the ‘Thought Leadership in Strengthening Cyber Resiliency' category. The Globee Cybersecurity Awards recognize cybersecurity companies and professionals for their innovative approaches and effective solutions in ensuring security in the digital age. The awards cover various categories and the program aims to raise awareness about cybersecurity issues and honor those who have made significant contributions in protecting organizations and individuals from cyber threats. Lattice Semiconductor is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.