A weekly collection of new hires, transitions, promotions and award winners in Oregon and southwest Washington:

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Electronics Manufacturers Association

The Electronics Manufacturers Association of Oregon has elected its board members for 2018. The newly elected board members will be installed in January:

* Board Chair Ruth Conner Conner was previously a quality manager and senior PCB designer at Cipher Systems, an engineering and production company. She has more than 30 years' experience in the electronics industry. Conner is also the incoming chair of the Electronic Manufacturers Association and has served as coordinator for the Northwest Electronics Design & Manufacturing Expo for more than 13 years.

* Vice Chair Duane Benson Benson has been a marketing manager and chief technology officer at Screaming Circuits. He is a contributing author to leading electronics publications and a regular speaker at industry events.

* Treasurer Mike McMenamin McMenamin is vice president of Q&D Manufacturing and joined the EMA and the NW Electronics Design & Manufacturing Expo boards in January 2014. He has more than 40 years' experience in electronics manufacturing.

* Secretary Leonard Weitman Weitman has more than 30 years' experience in the electronics industry, specializing in manufacturing and operations engineering and management. He is the senior site manager for ASM America.

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Skanska

Skanska, a leading provider of construction services in the Northwest, announced a series of executive promotions in its Portland office (left to right).





• Jim Link, has been promoted to chief operating officer overseeing all work for Skanska's building operations in the Pacific Northwest, Texas and Arizona.

• Tim Johnson steps into to Link's former role as executive vice president and general manager for the Oregon operations. Johnson will implement Skanska's business plan in Oregon and southwest Washington.

• David Schmidt becomes the chief operating officer for Skanska USA commercial development for projects in Boston, Houston, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

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Cascade Divide Data Centers

Cascade Divide Data Centers, a company offering data, cloud and colocation centers

headquartered in Bend, announced that Ken Patchett, former senior director at Facebook, has been appointed to the company's board of directors.



Most recently Patchett served as vice president of data center infrastructure at RStor, Inc based in Saratoga California.

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Shadowbox Farms

Shadowbox Farms of AppleGate Valley, one of Oregon's largest recreational cannabis growers, has hired Tim Winner, former COO of software development firm Metal Toad, as company president. Winner brings more than 20 years of business leadership to the craft cannabis company. Winner has also served as the senior vice president of operations at School of Rock music schools as well as the chief operating officer at Hollywood Video.

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Soderstrom Architects

Soderstrom Architects, a sustainable design firm specializes in K-12, higher education, and healthcare facilities in Portland announces five new hires and promotions:





Andrew Burke has been promoted to principal

Chuck Westerholm has been hired as a principal

Amy Arroyo has been hired as director of interior design.

Hugh Bitzer has been promoted to associate.

Andy Bonesz has been promoted to associate.

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Athletic & Outdoor Industry Celebration

Tougher, a women's work wear company based in Corvallis, was chosen as the winner of the "In the Running" Pitch Competition at the annual Athletic & Outdoor Industry Celebration. Among the six finalists, all local Oregon or Southwest Washington companies, Tougher was hand-picked by the audience as the winner.



The Athletic & Outdoor Industry Celebration is an annual event hosted by Portland Athletic & Outdoor and Prosper Portland.

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"20 Under 40 Award"

Sarah Means, community and economic development manager for Lane County, was selected as a 2017 "20 Under 40 Award" recipient. Each year the award recognizes "twenty emerging business leaders who are making a difference in the community."

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