PEOPLE
Compiled by Meenakshi Viswanathan
The holding company of Lake Forest-based general contractor ARB Inc. has hired construction industry veteran Bert Sandman as president and chief operating officer.
Sandman is set to work with Brian Pratt, chief executive of ARB parent Primoris Corp., on day-to-day operations of the business. Along with ARB, Primoris also owns ARB Structures Inc., a builder of parking structures, and Onquest Inc., which works on gas, chemical and other projects.
Before, Sandman was president and chief operating officer at Sacramento-based contractor A. Teichert & Son, where he oversaw freeway work, among other things.
“The desire to move to Orange County was an incentive to accept the new position,” said Sandman, a fifth-generation Northern Californian.
He and his wife visited Orange County and she fell in love with the place, Sandman said, leaving him to find a job here.
Sandman said he’s adjusting to his new company, which does more industrial work than A. Teichert. Some of ARB’s current projects include underground sewer lines in Huntington Beach. Clients include the Orange County Sanitation District, Southern California Gas Co., the Port of Los Angeles and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP.
Sandman holds a bachelor’s of science in agricultural business management from University of California, Davis. He lives with his wife in Newport Coast and has four grown children.
,Helen Afrasiabi
ARCHITECTURE
Edmund M. Einy joined Newport Beach-based GKK Corp. as director of design. Einy will concentrate on the company’s government, healthcare and educational projects.
BANKING
Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank named Glen Cummings manager of commercial banking operations for Orange County. Cummings most recently was senior vice president and team leader of the Wells Fargo commercial banking group’s Los Angeles regional office.
DINING
Huntington Beach-based Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc., which operates restaurants in California, Arizona, Colorado and Texas, appointed Larry D. Bouts to its board. Bouts serves as an investor and adviser to several startup companies.
FINANCE
Lynn Jacobs joined Brea-based Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. as chief information officer. Jacobs will direct the development and implementation of information technology systems at the pets’ health insurance company.
HEALTHCARE
SK & A; Information Services Inc., a provider of healthcare lists and databases, added Douglas A. Flood as account manager to its national sales team. Flood will be based at the company’s Irvine headquarters.
LAW
Los Angeles-based Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger LLP elected Jeffrey K. Garfinkle as a shareholder in its Irvine office. Garfinkle’s practice focuses on the representation of creditors, creditors’ committees and other parties in bankruptcy cases.
MANUFACTURING
Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA Inc. in Cypress promoted Erik Zommers to vice president of its elevator and escalator division. Zommers joined the company in 1989.
REAL ESTATE
Brea-based residential mortgage company ResMAE Financial Corp. hired V. Sheridan Brooks as senior vice president and chief accounting officer. Brooks previously served as controller for Option One Mortgage Corp. in Irvine. R. Lester Pierce joined the company as senior vice president and division manager. Pierce has more than 25 years of experience in wholesale and retail mortgage banking, and most recently was with Long Beach Mortgage Co.
The Orange County/South Riverside division of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Pulte Homes Inc. promoted Dominic Longi to vice president of operations. Prior to joining Pulte, Longi spent 11 years at Accenture, during which he served as senior manager of communications, media and entertainment.
The Newport Beach office of Houston-based Meeks + Partners promoted Roy Aguirre and Omar Newland to associate partners and co-directors of production. Aguirre has been with the residential developer since 1996. Newland has been with Meeks + Partners since 2001.
SECURITY
Irvine-based Assa Abloy Identification Technology Group, a unit of Sweden’s Assa Abloy AB, promoted David Sullivan to executive vice president, business development. Sullivan works out of the company’s London office.
