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Dateline Pittsburgh: A look at who's making news
Wednesday, May 02, 2001 By Natalie Hill
Correction/Clarification: (Published May 3, 2001) Kevin G. Coleman is the new strategic adviser at Iventurelab. His last name and the name of the company were misspelled in yesterday's Dateline Pittsburgh.
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Accounting
Alpern, Rosenthal & Co. said Richard Hilliard joined as a senior accountant in the accounting/auditing department and that Denise Ullom was hired as a senior accountant in the tax department.
Jefferson Wells International hired Todd R. Orkwis as an information technology professional in its Pittsburgh office.
Jackie Johnson
Job: President, Corazon Consulting
Ambitions: To have joy in my life -- if I am unhappy it's my responsibility to change it
First Job: Bakery shop clerk, where I got my lifelong taste for sweets
Worst Job/Why?: When I was 17, I worked in a plant that washed, dried and supplied cleaning rags to businesses -- that taught me to stay in school.
Biggest Work Challenge Ever: Starting my own business (again!)
Favorite Stock/Mutual Fund: Janus Fund -- they have shown long-term success.
Away from Work I: Golf anywhere, party with the "sharks" and eat my way through every restaurant in Pittsburgh.
Dream Vacation: A summer touring Europe with plenty of time on the Mediterranean
Favorite Book: "The Road Less Traveled" -- I go to it every time I hit a life crisis.
If I won the Lottery, I'd: Adventure to interesting places, share my wealth with family and friends, and take a stint with the Peace Corps.
Advertising, Public Relations
Marc/USA promoted Ron Sullivan to vice president, senior creative director; Jodie Eash to senior account executive; and Kristy Hudson to media buyer.
Bozell Kamstra announced new hires. Dave Carlson, management supervisor, account services department; Christy Kohser, traffic coordinator, production department; Eileen Schnorr, account manager, account services department; Jennifer Setto, producer, interactive department; and Maria Tran, account coordinator, public relations department.
Christine Gundling has joined Jack Horner Communications as an account coordinator.
Architecture
Renaissance 3 Architects said Gina M. Vary, Mark E. Scheller and Rebecca Leet have joined as project architects.
Banking, Financial
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. named Sue McMurdy senior vice president and chief information officer.
Biotechnology
Cellomics said its senior management team, as part of a new reporting structure, now includes Conan Li, vice president, product development; Changjin Wang, vice president, business development; and John H. Tyson, vice president, manufacturing. L. Robert Johnston Jr., executive vice president and chief financial officer, has been promoted to lead the management team.
Communications, Marketing
James J. Burke was appointed chief operating officer at Quest Fore.
Consulting
Access Data Corp. said Joseph H. Jones has been promoted to vice president, Mid-Atlantic Region, and Larry Rinne has been promoted to managing director, Midwest Region. John Christensen joined as managing director, Northeast Region, and will oversee client activities and growth in the Boston, Hartford, Conn.; New York City and Philadelphia areas; and Melinda Kramer was named managing director, consulting services.
Construction, Contractor
Andrew Schrenk has joined P.J. Dick as project manager at the Hillman Cancer Center job site.
Delivery
FedEx Ground promoted Stephen W. Handy to senior vice president of operations planning and engineering and chief learning officer.
Electric
Joseph M. Wightkin has been named manager, service and special projects, at Sargent Electric Co.
Health and Medicine
Monongahela Valley Hospital appointed Drs. David W. Johnson and Robert J. Piroli to its medical staff. Johnson joined the department of medical imaging and Piroli joined the department of medicine.
Investments
Greycourt & Co. Inc. said Gregory R. Friedman joined the firm as principal and will lead a Greycourt office in Portland, Ore.
Hotels
Paul S. Bazzano has been appointed general manager of the Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh/Southpointe.
Law
Kathleen A. Gallagher and Peter N. Pross have joined the Pittsburgh office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott as members. Also, Stephen T. Kunian, Michael J. Owens, Edward S. Rooney and John L. Talvacchia have joined as members and Todd H. Whilton and Amy H. Novell have joined as associates at the Boston office.
Manufacturing
Richard Berdik, president of Dietrich Metal Framing, will retire May 31. Ed Ponko, executive vice president, has been named his successor.
Gorell Enterprises Inc. promoted Brian Zimmerman to manager of customer service and order entry.
Bayside Automation appointed James Pipkin field service manager.
Nonprofit
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh has named Kelly Gable-LaBell children's services director; Bill Cartiff health and services director; and Rae-Gayle Pakler adult services director.
The Pittsburgh Stock and Bond Association said its board officers and directors for 2001 include Ronald McKenna of JP Morgan Chase, president; Frank Randazza of PNC Capital Markets, first vice president; Susan Quinn of PNC Capital Markets, second vice president; Jeff Petro of Federated Investors, treasurer; and Jennifer Setzenfand of Federated Investors, secretary. Directors are Jamie Davis, Richard DiSante, Mary Beth Feduska, Dave Manges, Terry McCollough, Joe Molinaro, Tim Walters and Carolyn Weisberger.
Technology
Inventurelab Inc. appointed Kevin G. Coleman strategic adviser.
Mark Evans has been promoted to managing director for MSA Focus International Inc.
Telecommunications
Leap Wireless International Inc. appointed Fred Fonesca vice president of the Northeast region.
Elsewhere
Lisa Hook has joined American Online as senior vice president of AOL Mobile. She is the daughter of Patricia and Melvin Hook of Indiana Township.
Pittsburgh native Ryan Madar has joined the public relations and marketing team at Keystone Marketing Co. Inc.
BUSINESS NOTES
Chelsea Building Products made a donation of cassette recorders, slide projectors and carousel slide trays to St. Joseph School in Verona.
The Eric Ryan Corp. and EserviceZ.com, a division of R.C.B. Business Associates Inc., have formed an alliance to better support customer base and to bring to each company's clients the best of the two firms' field of expertise. Ryan Corp. specializes in utility and telecommunications auditing as well as energy procurement consulting. EserviceZ.com is an Internet applications design and development company, and also offers computer system support.
True Commerce Inc. has unveiled a new "content accessible" Web site, www.truecommerce.com, which discusses its products and the EC compliance process.
Ad Graphic Inc. has changed its name to AGI.
Hill, Barth & King has expanded its financial services practice with the merger of Sorce Financial Group of Erie. Effective immediately, the new financial firm will practice as HBK Sorce Financial.
Carnegie Technology Education, a nonprofit subsidiary of Carnegie Mellon University, announces its partnership with Community of Agile Partners in Education. The partnership allows CTE to market its information technology course to CAPE's 60 college and university members. The course is aimed at women, minorities and other groups interested in high-tech careers.
NEW BUSINESS/ NEW OFFICES
BAA Pittsburgh Inc. announced the opening of The Museum Co., the world's largest retailer of museum-related merchandise, at Pittsburgh International Airport's Airmall. The Museum Co. operates 100 stores throughout North America, Canada and Israel.
Roomful Express Furniture will open its 12th location at the former Gabes building in Greensburg in mid-May.
LawCorps Legal Staffing Services moved to One Mellon Bank Center, 500 Grant St., Suite 2120.
Consol Energy Inc. opened an office in Brisbane, Australia, to develop business opportunities in coal production and coal bed methane extraction.
Lash Work Environments said it opened regional offices in Cleveland.
Science Applications International Corp. opened an office at 8500 Brooktree Road in Wexford. SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company.
CONTRACTS
CommuniTech said Aptech Computer Systems Inc. renewed its contract for CommuniTech to provide marketing services as part of a yearlong retainer agreement.
Mascot Systems Ltd. has signed multiple outsourcing contracts, worth a total of $3.3 million, with a leading international technology company to utilize Mascot's Internet services.
NetworkNEXT has been awarded a $210,000 advertising contract with the New York Film Academy.
Tedco Construction Corp., has received contracts for the following projects: Allegiance Telecom, general construction contract; Mt. Lebanon's new Public Safety Building, construction management contract; and South Side Works parking garage for the URA, construction management contract.
Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates has been selected to design a 300-bed residence hall for Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.
Bally Design Inc. has entered a agreement to provide product design and development services to OXO International, the kitchen utensil and housewares maker based in New York City.
DIVIDENDS
Eaton Corp. declared a regular quarterly dividend of 44 cents per share on its common stock, payable May 25 to shareholders of record next Monday.
Promistar Financial Corp. declared a cash dividend of 21 cents per share, payable June 1 to shareholders of record next Monday.
GA Financial Inc. declared a dividend of 18 cents a share, payable May 21 to stockholders of record May 11.
BANKRUPTCIES
Stonebridge Aviation Inc., 1001 Carlisle St., Natrona Heights. Chapter 11: assets, n/a; liabilities, n/a.
AWARDS/HONORS
American Express Financial Advisors' David J. Seiner of the Monroeville office and Eric V. Sluss of the Bridgeville office received the President's Recognition award.
Verizon Wireless honored the company's top sales performers in Western Pennsylvania. The President's Cabinet for 2000, the company's highest sales award, was presented to: Tom Laughlin, Monika Leeper, Robb Fort and Shirley Scholfield. Winners of the 2000 Area of Excellence Award included: Patrick Maloney, Ken Peterson, Kathy Martrano, Lisa Lambert, Chris Lewter, Mary Kay Summerville and Ron Sehring.
The Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers said three of its team members had been awarded Hilton Hotels Corp.'s most prestigious award. Susan Ranalli, Cynthia Thomas and John Tomko were selected among 21 other employees as the Hilton Hotels Corp.'s "Team Members of the Year."
Precise Polestar was named "Supplier of the Year" by Lutron Electronics.
Allstate insurance agent Aaron Buhl earned the personal financial representative title.
Ideal Integration said its recent project work for Bayer Corp. has received a Level I award from Bayer's Polyurethanes Division recognition committee for superior contributions to Bayer's continuous improvement process.
Valenta Platt Design Group received a bronze medal in the National Case Awards college viewbook design category for a viewbook designed for Mitchell College.
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