Business FYI
Published 10:56 pm Friday, July 27, 2007
Ross Adams has joined the 71-member force of the Lynnwood Police Department at the Basic Law Enforcement Academy in Burien. Adams earned awards for best firearms, best academic performance and best overall work. He was a reserve police officer with the department for five years while working in real estate. His father and his uncle are retired Seattle police officers.
Mike Bergstrom, a new firefighter and mechanic at the Paine Field Fire Department, recently graduated from the Washington State Fire Training Academy at North Bend. There he was chosen class and squad leader and earned the leadership, Bulldog and inspirational awards. A longtime mechanic, he previously worked for the city of Kirkland. The Paine Field department’s mechanics also maintain the emergency vehicles for the cities of Mukilteo and Arlington.
Rob Grannum has been named chairman of Moss Adams’ cost segregation services group. A certified public accountant, he leads a team of engineers and accountants who provide studies in cost segregation and related tax matters.
Nazim Karmali has joined Cascade Bank as senior vice president and business banking team leader. Karmali will work out of the Everett-based bank’s Issaquah branch.
Carol Nelson, Cascade Bank chief executive, and Lars Johnson, chief financial officer, are presenting at a bank investor conference in New York on Tuesday. You can see the presentation at www.cascadebank.com or www.kbw.com.
Events
The new North County Visitor Information Center’s open house is set for 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday in the office shared with Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce, Pilchuck Plaza, Suite C101, 3710 168th St. NE, Arlington. Those interested in volunteering to serve as travel counselors at the center are encouraged to attend.
Everett Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours gathering is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Pacific Bank, 3732 Broadway, Everett. Call the chamber at 425-257-3222, ext. 0. Help celebrate the bank’s first anniversary.
The Port of Everett’s draft 2008-11 strategic plan is the topic of a community open house set for 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday or 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 8 in the Weyerhaeuser Room at Everett Station, 3201 Smith Ave., Everett. The port uses its strategic plan to set staff work plans, make budget decisions and guide its planning and management. The plan is available online at www.portofeverett.com.
Business news
Cadiac Science Corp., a Bothell-based company that makes advanced cardiac monitoring and defibrillation products, has received Frost &Sullivan’s Global Excellence award for electrocardiogram monitoring, The award recognizes Cardiac Science’s leadership in the cardiac monitoring marketplace.
Ray Eads, a financial adviser for seniors, and Ramonda Sosa, a housing services manager for seniors, will be this month’s guests on “Getting Your Dough to Rise,” a personal finance show on KSER 90.7 FM public radio in Snohomish County. The show airs at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and is hosted by Chuck Noel.
Two Everett residential properties have been sold by the Marcus &Millichap real estate investment brokerage firm. Lake Vista, a 56-unit apartment building at 713 75th St. SE, sold for $6.4 million. A duplex at 6309 Cady Road sold for $450,000.
LTC Financial Partners office in Mill Creek offers help to human resource managers and business owners addressing long-term health-care planning in the workplace. For more information, call Christine Khemis at 206-605-9184 or go to www.ltcfp.us/ ChristineKhemis.
Education
Digital forensics students who complete the second in a series of three certificate program classes at Edmonds Community College have the option to test to earn the Cyber Security Forensic Analyst certification at no additional charge. The test otherwise would cost $400. The test requires candidates to process a computer forensic case and submit an analysis. An increase in the use of computer-based evidence for civil and criminal legal cases gas has led to greater demand for digital forensics specialists in law enforcement, the military and private industry. For information on fall classes and certification test dates, call 425-640-1902 or go to www.cybersecurity forensicanalyst.com.
Good deeds
Banks in Lake Stevens are collecting food for the Lake Stevens Food Bank, and the food drive has become a competition. Participating banks include North County Bank, Key Bank, BECU inside the Safeway store, Frontier Bank, Washington Mutual, Cascade Bank inside the Haggen store, Wells Fargo by the Albertsons store and Wells Fargo downtown. Collection bins will be placed in the banks Aug. 6-31. The bank that collects the most money and food will be awarded a banner that claims its customers “care the most.”
Send your Business FYI news and color photos to Mike Benbow, Business editor, The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206, by fax at 425-339-3435 or by e-mail at economy@heraldnet.com.
