Excerpts from the Seattle Times:
After 15 months on the job, Port of Seattle CEO Fick says he is getting his bearings and making the top spot his own.
“There was a steep learning curve,” said Fick, whose entire career was spent in the manufacturing sector. “Coming from the private sector to a public agency, dealing with elected officials, trying to recognize all of the different stakeholders that exist, [it] was very different.”
Fick says now that he better understands the job, he will work toward his bigger vision of creating “one Port” that shares resources, mobilizing across departmental and divisional lines.
Fick says he has not finished tweaking his senior management. One of the upcoming changes will be the addition of two departments: environment and sustainability, and public safety, which will include Port police, fire and security.