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Engineering

Matt Walker, of Hill International, Inc., has earned Designated Design-Build Professional certification from the Design-Build Institute of America. Walker is the owner’s representative for the design-build Spokane Convention Center Completion Project and for the design-build city of Richland Fire Station Project.

Trindera Engineering has hired Scott Dehlbom as a designer and Florence Snow as an accounting assistant. Dehlbom was a senior mechanical designer at FLSmidth. Snow has more than 15 years of experience in accounting and billing.

Finance

Rick Biel, a financial adviser with Biel Investment Management, has achieved the professional designation of Accredited Wealth Management Advisor from the College for Financial Planning after completing a course of study on the investment, insurance, tax, retirement and estate planning needs of high net worth clients.

Idaho Independent Bank has promoted Nicole Lounder to real estate loan officer at the bank’s Coeur d’Alene office. Lounder has more than six years of mortgage and banking experience and has been with the bank since July 2012.

Law

John Guin, of the Law Office of John H. Guin, PLLC, has been nominated by his peers for inclusion in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in commercial litigation. He was also named a 2014 Washington Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine.

Marketing

Market Vision Advertising has hired Jennifer Ingram as a media and content strategist and Kim Mrzygod as a billing administrator and media coordinator. Ingram graduated from Whitworth University with a bachelor’s degree in communication and French. Mrzygod has more than nine years of bookkeeping experience.

Real estate

Kim Stearns has joined Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty as a licensed agent. Stearns was executive director of the Panhandle Parks Foundation. She has 25 years of experience in high tech sales, sales consulting and commercial business ownership.

Retail

Etailz has hired Gabriel Kruse and Victoria Gardner as lead generation associates and Steven Osterback as a SaaS support associate.