Compiled by Charla Batey
ACCOUNTING
Stonefield Josephson Inc. named Sidney Blum principal in charge of advisory services. Blum is a certified public accountant and a certified fraud examiner.
ARCHITECTURE
Pleasanton-based Dahlin Group Architec-ture Planning promoted Jim Meritt to associate. Meritt heads the architectural studio of Dahlin’s Irvine office. He has more than 28 years of architecture experience.
MulvannyG2 Architecture named Bill Engle principal and group design leader for the Irvine office. Engle has experience in large commercial projects.
BANKING
Santa Ana-based Orange County Credit Union named Lynda Savoit senior vice president and chief operating officer. She has been with the company since 1999.
CONSTRUCTION
Boston-based Suffolk Construction hired Dave Cavecche as general manager and Sam Laham and Ali Fadavi as operations managers of the company’s West Coast division in Irvine.
CONSULTING
Real estate consulting firm Concord Group named Robert McFarland principal in the Newport Beach office. Prior, McFarland was a partner with Market Watch LLC.
FINANCE
Asset Commercial Credit named Tim Correll vice president of business development officers. Correll will be based in Irvine.
HOSPITALITY
The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast, owned by The Irvine Company, named Oliver Rooskens general manager. Roos-kens will be responsible for overseeing the resort’s villas.
Bill Perez joined the Island Hotel Newport Beach as director of food and beverage.
LAW
Stephanie Kitzes and Daniel McKenzie joined the Newport Beach office of Archer Norris. Kitzes specializes in business and estate planning. McKenzie specializes in civil litigation.
Costa Mesa-based Rutan & Tucker LLP named Kari Barnes an associate attorney in the intellectual property section. Barnes’ practice centers on patent prosecution.
MEDIA & MARKETING
Garden Grove-based Money Mailer Direct Marketing named Mely Silverio senior database marketing analyst. Silverio will be responsible for the company’s statistical modeling.
REAL ESTATE
Ethel and Colin Krawitz joined the Irvine office of Costa Mesa-based First Team Real Estate Inc. The couple has more than 25 years of residential real estate experience.
RiverRock Real Estate Group named Ken Kruis chief financial officer. Kruis previously was director of accounting. He will be based in Santa Ana.
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Inc. promoted Jonathan Mitchell to vice president of investments. Mitchell has more than 11 years of experience in commercial real estate.
TECHNOLOGY
Newport Beach-based chipmaker Mindspeed Technologies Inc. hired Jing Cao as senior vice president of operations. Prior, Cao was vice president of operations for Hoya/Xponent Photonics.
Aliso Viejo-based data storage networking company QLogic Corp. hired Simon Biddiscombe as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Biddiscombe has more than 18 years of accounting and financial reporting experience. He previously was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Newport Beach-based Mindspeed Technol-ogies.
TRANSPORTATION
Orange County Transportation Authority named Erin Rogers assistant general manager of transit. Rogers previously was department manger of community transportation services. She has 18 years of experience in the transportation industry.
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