Nov 20, 2024

Luvera Law Firm

Seattle-based Luvera Law Firm has earned two tier-one designations in the 2025 U.S. News — Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings for excellence in Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs and Medical Malpractice Law — Plaintiffs for the 15th consecutive year. The “Best Law Firms” guide recognizes select law firms for professional excellence and ratings from clients and peers. Luvera Law Firm represents individuals and families with medical malpractice and negligence claims. In 2023, the firm secured a verdict of more than $102 million against Nationwide Insurance for misconduct against their own customer. The firm also represented two families whose loved ones were the victims of Seattle's South Lake Union crane collapse in 2019, resulting in a $150 million verdict. The U.S. News — Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings are determined by a peer-review survey comprised of evaluations from lawyers, as well as client evaluations, and peer reviews from top attorneys in their field. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have one lawyer listed in The Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 5% of practicing attorneys in the U.S. Luvera Law Firm handles a broad variety of cases, including serious injuries and wrongful death caused by commercial and vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, product defects, construction site accidents, corporate wrongdoing, and insurance misconduct.

Cancer Targeted Technology

Cancer Targeted Technology (CTT), a privately-held Seattle-based biotechnology firm focusing on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, announced that the National Cancer Institute awarded the Phase I portion ($400,000) of the fast track Phase I/II ($2.4 million) Small Business Innovation Research grant to develop a new drug to treat metastatic prostate cancer. The grant focuses on a promising new prodrug, CTT2274, that targets Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen on prostate cancer and is designed to release a toxic drug, MMAE, within the cell that takes up the prodrug. In the Phase I portion of the grant, to be completed in Q2 2025, CTT will conduct additional non-clinical efficacy studies and manufacturing optimization. In Phase II of the grant, to be completed in Q2, 2026, CTT will conduct additional manufacturing and safety assessments necessary to advance CTT2274 to an Investigational New Drug application. These studies will support the initial clinical trial in metastatic prostate cancer planned for 2026.

Nov 19, 2024

NEXUS bec

Smith

Tacoma-based building envelope consulting firm, NEXUS bec, hired Sara Smith as office manager/controller. Smith' s career in accounting and administration spans over 20 years. As a manager at NEXUS, she will lead her team in contract coordination and billing, lending her expertise in human resources, operations and project coordination. Smith has extensive experience in the architecture, engineering and construction industries, navigating projects of all sizes. NEXUS provides building envelope design, investigations, testing and commissioning services both locally and nationally.

Lennon Crane

Brown

Lennon Crane, based in Monroe, appointed Scott Brown to vice president of sales. Brown comes to Lennon Crane with 25 years of crane industry experience. Most recently he was senior key account manager at Barnhart, and prior to that was with Sickelsteel Cranes and North American Crane.

“Brown's focus will be to develop and expand relationships while educating customers on the values and key benefits of the Tadano line of new cranes in Washington and Oregon,” says Scott Lennon, company vice president. Lennon Crane will celebrate its 50th anniversary in the crane business in 2025. The core business of Lennon Crane is the ‘bare rental' of rough terrain and tele crawlers between 35-160 tons. Lennon Crane operates in the Western U.S. and Canada, and has customers in numerous industry sectors. Lennon Crane is a Tadano Distributor in Washington and Oregon and sells and services all lines of Tadano cranes in addition to selling legacy Mantis and DEMAG parts.

Nov 15, 2024

The Marketing Department

Glidden

Anna Glidden, a marketing professional with experience working alongside subcontractors, owners representatives, general contractors and developers, has launched The Marketing Department, offering specialized marketing services tailored to the AEC and Commercial Real Estate industries. Glidden has marketing experience for both small local businesses and large national companies, from office tenant improvements to high-profile projects. The Marketing Department works with companies of all sizes, helping launch new ventures or refresh existing marketing materials and approaches. Services include marketing asset audits, proposal development, strategic marketing planning, and executive and team coaching, all designed to streamline efforts and enhance brand impact.

Dorsey & Whitney

Dorsey & Whitney has named 16 new partners to the firm representing multiple offices and practices, effective January 2025. The new partners at the Seattle firm are: Kerry Lee Andken, patent; Augustine Lo, government solutions and investigations; and John Thomas, capital markets and corporate compliance. Dorsey & Whitney has locations across the United States and in Canada, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, and represents companies from a wide range of industries, including banking and financial institutions, development and infrastructure, energy and natural resources, food, beverage and agribusiness, healthcare and life sciences, and technology.

Nov 14, 2024

Vouched

Vouched, a provider of AI-powered identity verification for healthcare, banking and financial services, named Neal Oman as chief technology officer and Patrick Williams as senior director of marketing. Oman joins Vouched with a technical background building and delivering artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, and has over 25 years of experience in public and private technology companies. Prior to Vouched, he served as the CTO and head of engineering at Plunk, as a senior technical advisor for AI and analytics at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and VP of research in applied ML and computer vision at HERE Technologies. As CTO, Oman will be responsible for formulating a technology strategy that aligns with the company's business objectives and market needs. He will oversee product development and delivery, designing software architectures that meet the needs of Vouched's B2B clients. He will also lead the company's efforts to recruit, mentor and retain skilled engineers and developers. Williams brings more than 30 years of experience in digital marketing, data-driven strategies and campaign optimization. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading the strategy, execution and optimization of all marketing initiatives to increase awareness and generate pipeline growth for Vouched. Based in Seattle, Vouched is privately held and backed by Madrona Venture Labs, Ascend Ventures, Flying Fish VC, BHG VC, SpringRock Ventures and SeaChange Ventures.

Amperity

Amperity, an AI-powered Lakehouse customer data platform, appointed Tony Alika Owens as its new chief executive officer and board member. Owens brings over 20 years of experience in executive roles at Salesforce and Oracle, where he scaled enterprise operations and global sales. Prior to Amperity, he was the president of worldwide field operations at LivePerson, overseeing the company's go-to-market strategy and teams. Before LivePerson, he had progressive responsibilities running Salesforce's field operations in the Americas and was a member of the executive committee. Owens also previously served as group vice president at Oracle. Owens serves on the board of directors for The Mandatum Foundation, SnapLogic, Pathlight, and CIPIO.ai. Using patented AI and ML methods, Amperity stitches together all customer interactions to build a unified view that connects to marketing and technology tools. Amperity, a global company, has offices in Seattle, New York City, London and Melbourne.