Exec Q&A
Executive Q+A: Uwajimaya’s CEO Denise Moriguchi on Running the Family Business
"Family businesses are so different. As a 90-year-old company, there is so much tradition and legacy."
WHAT’S IN STORE. Denise Moriguchi, granddaughter of the founder, became president and CEO of Uwajimaya in February 2017. This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. With an MBA from MITs Sloan School of Management and two decades of experience working for large companies on the East…
Executive Q&A: Port of Seattle’s Stephen Metruck on Safety, Innovation and Airport Growth
The new executive director is a maritime man with a plan.
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. As a former Rear Admiral and CFO with the United States Coast Guard, Stephen Metruck (sounds like metric) was an unconventional choice to head the Port of Seattle, but his deep experience in policy development and execution puts him…
Executive Q&A: Sheila Edwards Lange on How the Path to Sharing Seattle’s Prosperity Is Through Education
The president of Seattle Central College on growing up in Mississippi, Seattle's spirit of civic engagement, and the value of an inclusive education
FEELING CONNECTED. Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange appreciates the ethos of civic engagement in Seattle. I never experienced that in Southern California, she says. This article appears in the June 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Looking out her office window atop Capitol Hill, Sheila Edwards Lange is struck by the number of construction…
Executive Q&A: Marilyn Strickland Wants to Change the Seattle Narrative That Business is Bad
The Seattle Metro Chambers new CEO on leadership, consensus and kimchi.
CULTURAL APPRECIATION: As an African-American and Korean-American woman, Marilyn Strickland understands intersectionality in government and in the workplace. This article appears in the May 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Marilyn Strickland has taken the reins as CEO of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce at a time when the owners of many…
Executive Q&A: Ariane Cornell Says Blue Origin Will Launch People into Space by the End of 2018
The head of astronaut strategy at Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin discusses her background, her love of "Star Trek," the New Glenn rocket and when consumers might be headed to infinity and beyond.
SPACE STATION: Ariane Cornell at Blue Origin’s 260,000-square-foot engineering and manufacturing facility in Kent. This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Ariane Cornell is head of astronaut strategy and sales and New Glenn commercial sales director for the Americas at Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos aerospace manufacturer…
Executive Q&A: Pamela Maynard of Avanade Is Advocating for Diversity in Tech
After heading up Avanades operations in Europe and Africa, Pamela Maynard is bringing her philosophy on tech diversity to the entire company.
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Pamela Maynard was born in London but her parents, immigrants from Barbados, moved the family to a village outside the city in search of a better education for their two children. Maynard became the first in her family to…
Executive Q&A: Steve Davis on Overseeing Healthy Innovation at PATH
CEO Steve Davis steers PATH along a restructured path.
This article appears in print in the February 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. An attorney, activist and China expert, Steve Davis built Bill Gates digital media venture, Corbis, into a multinational firm with 1,100 employees before serving as interim CEO at the Infectious Disease Research Institute and then running McKinsey & Companys…
Executive Q&A: James Boshaw Is Pushing the Envelope at PAC Worldwide
CEO James Boshaw expects revenue to more than double this year to $400 million.
PACKAGE DEAL: PAC Worldwide CEO James Boshaw oversees more than 800 employees working at plants in the United States, Mexico and Malaysia. Photo by John Vicory. This article appears in print in the January 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. When e-commerce sales rise, revenues rocket at Redmond-based PAC Worldwide Corporation. Thats because…