Accounting
Jay W. Donovan became principal of Glenn M. Gelman & Associates, Santa Ana. Donovan will oversee the tax department, including mergers and acquisitions and multi-state expansions.
Corbin & Wertz’ practice development team added John G. Kookootsedes and Tara S. Toction as corporate development consultants. Prior to joining Corbin & Wertz, Kookootsedes was COO of Terjon Inc., a family-owned restaurant concern in which he is a shareholder; Toction was a financial services officer with First Bank and Trust.
Arthur Andersen partner Michael J. Puntoriero, a 22-year industry veteran, was named managing partner of the firm’s Orange County office. Puntoriero has extensive experience with IPOs and mergers and acquisitions and counts local companies like Printronix, Autobytel.com and St. John Knits among his clients.
Advertising
The T & O; Group, Irvine, added Sarah Ellingson as online strategic alliance specialist, Anne Mason as account manager and Jason Ogle as art director. T & O; specializes in consumer, franchise, retail and high-tech communications advertising.
RiechesBaird Advertising, Public Relations and e-Business, Irvine, added Teresa Willard as creative manager. Prior to joining RiechesBaird, Willard was the production manager at Townsend & O’Leary.
Architecture
Ware & Malcomb Architects Inc. of Irvine hired Romulo Gangcuangco as job captain for the firm’s commercial architecture group.
LSA Associates Inc., an Irvine-based environmental community and transportation planning firm, promoted Steven Conkling to principal. Conkling was previously director of archaeology and paleontology in the firm’s Irvine office.
Banking and Finance
Emerge Corp., Costa Mesa, hired John D. Gray as vice president of information technologies. Prior to joining Emerge, Gray was vice president of information systems for LoansDirect.com.
Lawyers Title Co., Pasadena, appointed Rick Fortunato vice president, subdivision sales manager. Fortunato will oversee the company’s major projects teams in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and the Inland Empire.
Real Estate
Koll Construction LP, Newport Beach, appointed Jeff Evans vice president, operations.
Denis G. Cullumber, previously Orange County division president for Greystone Homes, was named president of the Larwin Company, Encino, and general manager of the firm’s Southern California division.
Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services added Kamin Green as director of business systems and Lehman Vaughn as manager of business systems to spearhead the development and marketing of Prudential Relocation Center, the company’s e-business platform.
The Meyers Group, Irvine, a provider of new-home real estate information and consulting services, promoted John Burns to principal. Burns spearheaded the firm’s Residential Market Monitor, an analysis and forecast of housing market conditions in several metropolitan areas.
The California Association of Community Managers (CACM), Irvine, appointed its 2000 board of directors: William Sasser, Transpacific Management Service, Santa Ana; Debbie Evans and Rene Decker of Professional Community Management, Lake Forest; Marla Brower Hemmel, BHE Management, Laguna Niguel; Margo Crummack and Sandra Huseby of Crummack/Huseby/Walder ACC, Mission Viejo; Claude “CJ” Klug, Nellie Gail Ranch Owners Association., Laguna Hills; Kerry Leavitt, Action Property Management, Irvine; Lorraine Schwartz and Valerie Strauch of Merit Property Management, Mission Viejo; Terri Vaccher, East Lake Village Community Association, Yorba Linda; and CACM President Karen Conlon, Irvine.
Stephen Lane joined Voit Commercial Brokerage’s Irvine office as vice president, specializing in Class A office properties and tenant representation.
Home-Buyers-Guide.com named Christine Martin its affiliate real estate agent for the city of Huntington Beach.
First American Title Insurance Co., Santa Ana, named Jeffrey A. Weber its state manager for Maryland.
Retail
Paul Sellers was named director of marketing communications for Hyundai Motor America. Prior to joining Hyundai, Sellers was national advertising manager at American Honda Motor Co.
Marie Callender’s Pie Shops Inc., Orange, promoted Gerald K. Tanaka to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Technology
Wyle Electronics, Irvine, promoted Kris Burgoon to Southwest regional vice president. Burgoon will direct Wyle’s team of technical sales representatives in Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico.
Kevin Boyle joined Entridia, Irvine, as vice president of operations. Entridia specializes in silicon-based routing engines for converged IP networks.
IMRI, Irvine, a provider of information technology, e-business management and staffing services, appointed Leveda Magee Woolery senior vice president of staffing.
Firstsource corp., an online business procurement, products and services provider in Santa Ana, hired Gregory A. Deming as senior vice president of sales. The company also named Douglas A. Lindgren, a managing director at U.S. Trust Co. in New York, to its board of directors.
Viacore, Orange, named Allen Grogan vice president of corporate development and general counsel.
Simulation Sciences Inc., Brea, appointed Brian Ahern president. The company, is a supplier of commercial simulation and optimization software and related services to the petroleum, petrochemical and industrial chemical process industries, as well as to engineering and construction firms.
, Compiled by Sabine Herndon
