ACCOUNTING
Carl Merkle was hired as a senior manager at Irvine-based Allen Haight & Monaghan LLP. Merkle previously was an audit director at McGladrey & Pullen LLP in its Irvine office.
KPMG LLP in Irvine promoted Jeffrey Rawlins to partner. Rawlins has been with KPMG for 13 years and is a member of the California Society of CPAs and the American Institute of Cer-tified Public Accountants.
BANKING
Dan Moynihan was promoted to vice president and relationship banker at San Diego-based California Bank & Trust in its San Clemente office. Moyn-ihan has 25 years in the banking industry and has been with California Bank & Trust for more than nine years.
EMPLOYMENT
Michael Hughes has joined Kforce Inc. as market president at its Irvine office. Kforce is a staffing company that specializes in technology, finance and healthcare.
FINANCE
Alan Remedios joined Irvine-based First Foun-dation Advisors as managing director of fixed-income investments. Re-medios previously was senior vice president and senior portfolio man-ager at City National Asset Management Inc., a unit of Los Angeles-based City Na-tional Corp. He also is a member of the Certified Financial Analyst Institute.
HOTELS
Brian Rowely was hired as vice president of sales and marketing at Newport Beach-based Irvine Company’s resort properties division. Rowely will be responsible for the sales operations for Island Hotel Newport Beach and the Resort at Pelican Hill. He previously worked at Hilton Worldwide as president of sales and marketing.
MANUFACTURING
Anaheim-based Techni-group USA, part of Sing-apore furniture maker Technigroup Far East Pte. Ltd., hired J.D. Hum-berson as director of sales. Humberson will be responsible for identifying distribution networks and large clients.
Larry Greene was hired at Orange-based Calibre Door Closers Inc. as direc-tor of sales. Greene has owned multiple businesses in the past 25 years and also worked for an automotive manufacturer in sales management.
MARKETING
Mission Viejo-based 360 Business Consult-ing hired Nancy Troxell as sales executive. Troxell previously worked as director of business development at Roads End Entertain-ment LLP in Burbank. 360 Business Con-sulting is a marketing and public relations company.
Lake Forest-based Echo Media Group promoted Beth Quezada to assistant vice president. Quezada previously was account su-pervisor and has been with the company for six years. Vivian Chan and Amy Wallace al-so were promoted to senior account executives.
REAL ESTATE
Charter Capital Group in Newport Beach hired Chris Jimenez as commercial finance adviser. Jimenez has more than eight years of experience in the real estate industry. Previously he worked at Florida-based EverBank Financial Corp. as a commercial loan officer.
Los Angeles-based Teles Properties hired Ronald Mazzano as manager of its Newport Beach office. Mazzano has 45 years of experience in real estate and served as president of the Irvine Association of Realtors.
SERVICES
Costa Mesa-based Talon Cos., a security company that performs services such as background checks and forensic accounting, hired Sam D’Amico as director of business development. D’Amico previously worked as executive vice president at Securitas Security Services USA Inc. He has also attended the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy and served as a captain with the Seal Beach Police Department.
