Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR), February 15, 2007, Thursday

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Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR)

February 15, 2007 Thursday

SECTION: NEWS

HEADLINE: Portland Pacesetters Briefs: February 15, 2007

BYLINE: DJC Staff

BODY:

ENGINEERING HDR has hired Tom Hamstra and James H. Rapp in the firm's Portland office. Hamstra is a senior project manager and engineer. His responsibilities include assisting clients in finding solutions involving transportation in program management, design, and planning, and use the firm's expertise in roadways, structures, rail, transit, and traffic. Rapp is the environmental and resource management marketing manager. His responsibilities include business development and client management for HDR clients in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

FINANCE Robert G. Moody Jr., senior manager at Talbot, Korvola & Warwick LLP, has joined the partnership group at the Portland accounting, business consulting firm serving middle market clients in Oregon and southwest Washington. Moody's practice emphasis at TKW is governmental clients - cities, counties, public utility districts, school districts and public/private partnerships. Moody joined TKW in 2004 after more than 15 years of direct governmental experience. Moody served as the assistant finance director at the city of Wilsonville from 1999 to 2004. He was finance director at the cities of Sherwood and The Dalles for nine years. His municipal responsibilities included coordination of budget and audit cycles, and special projects including cost studies and integrated financial software implementations in The Dalles and Wilsonville. He led the city of Wilsonville's early implementation of GASB Statement No. 34.

Wells Fargo has promoted three team members to community banking district manager. All three are based in Tigard, and an operations manager was commended by the National Guard and Reserve. Troy Cunningham previously managed the Wells Fargo bank in Newberg. He now manages 58 team members at six branches in Beaverton, Newberg, Portland and Tigard. He joined Wells Fargo in 2002 as a teller. He earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Oregon State University. Damon Dishman previously managed two bank branches in Portland. He now manages 71 team members at seven branches in Albany, Corvallis, Lebanon, Philomath and Sweet Home. Dishman joined Wells Fargo in 2001 as a personal banker. He earned a bachelor's degree in business management at the University of Texas. Casey Hovey previously managed two Wells Fargo bank branches in Portland. She now manages 64 team members at five branches in Aloha, Beaverton, Hillsboro and Portland. Before joining Wells Fargo in 2005 as a branch manager, she worked at MBNA America for five years as a personal banking officer and compliance manager. She is currently working on a Bachelor of Science degree in business management at University of Phoenix. Wells Fargo's Karen Schmidt of Beaverton has been presented with an Above and Beyond award for the support she and Wells Fargo provided to one of her team members in the National Guard and Reserve. Based in Portland, Schmidt is an operations manager in Wells Fargo's wire transfer department, which serves customers around the world. Jeremy Rose of Portland, a trainer, nominated Schmidt for the award, which was presented by Brig. retired Gen. Bill Doctor of Beaverton. Doctor is the Oregon chairman of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the Department of Defense. After serving on active duty in the Navy from 1996 to 2000, Rose joined Wells Fargo in 2003. As an operations specialist 1st class in the Reserves, he served in South Korea from March 2005 to March 2006. While he was overseas, Wells Fargo preserved his job and continued his benefits. Schmidt sent Rose frequent e-mails and postcards to keep him abreast of company happenings and to let him know he was in their thoughts.

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage has hired Lee Hill as a lending officer to provide reverse mortgage loans to senior homeowners in the Portland area. Hill previously worked in Medicare supplement product sales for seven years and in association management for more than 10 years. Hill earned a bachelor's in government from George Washington University, a certificate in labor relations from Cornell University, and a master's in business administration from City University in Bellevue, Wash.

Wells Fargo's SBA Lending Group has hired Dan Rundgren as a business development officer to serve customers in the Portland metropolitan area. In his new job, Rundgren will specialize in commercial real estate and business acquisition loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. These loans, with their high leverage and long terms, help businesses expand without tying up precious working capital. Rundgren will also provide loans for working capital, equipment and inventory purchases. Rundgren earned a bachelor's degree from New Mexico University. While living previously in Colorado he volunteered for the YMCA and was awarded a lifetime membership by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce. MARKETING The Frause Group, a Northwest-based public relations, marketing and business analysis firm, has hired Krista Hildebrand as the managing director at the firm's Portland office. Hildebrand brings 23 years of marketing communications experience to The Frause Group. Prior to joining Frause, she served as the general manager of Rockey Hill & Knowlton's Portland office and was vice president at The Coates Agency. She currently serves on the boards of the Oregon Downtown Development Association and Oregon HEAT and is a member of the City Club of Portland and the Portland Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

TAOW Productions has hired Kris "Jaymo" Jamieson and Jeff Guettler to its internal staff of marketing professionals. Jamieson brings a unique combination of corporate marketing experience and direct "core" lifestyle credentials to TAOW Productions. Guettler's extensive business development experience related to corporate finance and investment are vital to TAOW's ability to evaluate experiential marketing opportunities and ensuring client objectives are soundly met. Jamieson, a two-time national snowboarding champion, world cup competitor and former professional skateboarder has also served as marketing consultant for such companies as Nike, Swatch and VonZipper Eyewear. He currently continues his snowboarding legacy as the host of the Winter XGames, broadcasting on ABC and ESPN. Guettler served as business development and marketing manager for a Global 50 corporation, facilitating high-profile corporate investment and financing and acquisition transitions for branded consumer goods clients. Over the past 15 years, his work has included strategic behind-the-scenes negotiations with such notable companies as Procter & Gamble, Pepsico, Nike, Columbia Sportswear and others.

REAL ESTATE C&R Real Estate Services Co. has promoted Michelle Maltase to the position of senior associate broker. She has been with C&R since 2000 and was a top producer in 2006. Maltase specializes in investment sales.

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