Seattle Business Networking Blog

Jim Rogers of Brown & Brown of WA shot a hole-in-one on the 8th hole at Everett Golf and Country Club on Tuesday, July 1. Any golfers dream come true.

BUT the story gets even better! Jim's wife Trish was playing golf that day at the Seattle Golf Club at the same time. Trish also shot a hole- in-one that day - on the same hole. And at about the same time.

A truly odds defying coincidence!

Read the entire story here...
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140703/SPORTS/140709683

Congratulations Peter Kakoczky, Sales Manager of Mold Solutions NW. He finished his "Fast Track" and received his membership plaque at our August 27 luncheon. His mentor was Steve Greenbaum of Greenbaum Home Furnishings and Traci Tenhulzen of Tenhulzen Residential was his sponsor.

Peter is the Exec's contact for mold remediation.

It was "Fiesta Thursday" at the Edmonds Realty Open House on August 14.

Execs joined Lucille Noël at her downtown Edmonds office for some after work bon temps.

Big thanks to Bruce Dickinson of Rainier Industries for hosting our August 20 luncheon at his corporate HQ in Tukwila.

At this special meeting, lunch was served under a Rainier Industries manufactured tent. The delicious Moroccan inspired food was provided by Suzanne Cameron of Cameron Catering. The beautiful rose centerpieces were from Ed Shinbo of Acacia Florist.

During the last half of the meeting, Execs were lead on tours of the Rainier Industries facility. All were very impressed with scope of the operations and found the How It's Made tour fascinating.

The SEA Acquaintance Committee took over this week's luncheon and focused on our Yellow Badge members.

Yellow Badge members were in the spotlight as they moved from table to table and talked about their individual business in depth and what is a good lead for them.

The small group discussion were very helpful for our older members to meet their newer fellow Execs.

Congratulations Allison Hughes , MD PhD of Mercer Island Dermatology. She finished her "Fast Track" and received her membership plaque at our August 13 luncheon. Her mentor was Lucille Noël of Edmonds Realty and John Brondello III of Time Equipment Company was her sponsor.

Allison is Seattle Execs contact for skin, hair and nail problems.

At this week's luncheon, we officially welcomed the new Executive member of Schwartz Brothers Restaurants to Seattle Executives Association by presenting her with a yellow badge.

Mackenzie Schwartz is the former Associate Member for the Schwartz Brothers Restaurants and is their Director of Corporate and Customer Relations.

Please contact her for your Restaurant: Fine Dining needs at 425-455-3948 x 220 or at mackenzie.schwartz@schwartzbros.com.

The Leads Contest came to a close at yesterday's luncheon. The winner was drawn from the following six members who generated the most leads in a given month....

January: John Brondello III of Time Equipment Company
February: Sarah Henry of Gaspar's Construction
March: Cheryl Thompson of Complete Office Furniture
April: Jack Goldberg of Personnel Management Systems
May: Steve Reed of Vision Media
June: Jared Stewart of Jared T. Stewart, Attorney at Law

Lead Committee co-chair John Pletsch of Electric Pen announced the contest winner, John Brondello. He received a $150 Schwartz Brothers gift card and an overnight stay for two at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Thanks to all the top lead generators!

It's warm out! Don't forget your computer servers need a little cooling too.

Computer closet to full blown data center, whether it's an exhaust fan, portable cooling, or built in AC, PSR Mechanical is here to help you determine what you need and get your computer room back under temperatures needed for reliable computer server operation.

Contact Neil Bavins at PSR Mechanical at (206) 367-2500 or neil.bavins@psrmechanical.com.

Congratulations to Greg Schubert of Schubert Floorcovering. He finished his "Fast Track" and received his membership plaque at our July 23 luncheon. His mentor was Josh Miller of Wire Craft Electric and Neil Bavins of PSR Mechanical was his sponsor.

Greg is the Seattle Execs contact for Flooring Sales and Installation.