Newsmakers.Banking & Finance Lawrence R. Johnson has joined Hanking Investment Banking in Los Angeles as managing director. Johnson has experience in investment banking with an emphasis in the areas of manufacturing and consumer products and in the technology, aerospace and telecommunications industries. He previously served as a managing director of the corporate finance practice at Deloitte & Touche. Mitsugu Serizawa has been appointed senior vice president and manager of the planning office of Manufacturers Bank in Los Angeles. He will be in charge of strategic planning for the bank, which includes determining the optimal customer mix, ongoing evaluation of the bank's target markets and the types of products offered. Serizawa was most recently senior vice president and assistant general manager at Sakura Bank. Russell T. Sun has been named to head the new downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or commercial banking center for East West Bancorp Inc. He will seek to expand the presence of East West Bank in the local business community with a range of products including trade finance and commercial lending as well as its cash management and commercial deposit services. Sun is a regional vice president and joined East West in January as a result of the acquisition of Prime Bank. Entertainment Stacey Ivers has joined Sony Pictures Entertainment as vice president, corporate communications. She is responsible for facilitating corporate activities as well as selected public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and media relations strategies and activities. Ivers joined SPE SPE - Software Practice and Experience from International Creative Management. Robert Levin has been appointed president, worldwide theatrical marketing and distribution at MGM Distribution Co., a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. He will be responsible for enhancing MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. and United Artists' marketing and distribution operations. Levin most recently served as president of Creative Domain, an integrated entertainment marketing company. Ed Neppl has been appointed vice president, controller for the Universal Studios Recreation Group in Universal City. He will be responsible for all financial reporting, general accounting, financial analysis, financial organization development, acquisition/new ventures integration and financial systems implementation and maintenance for all of Universal's theme park properties. Prior to joining Universal Studios, Neppl served as vice president of finance for Pallotta Team Works, an event production company. Spencer Neumann has been promoted to executive vice president, ABC Television Network. He is based in Los Angeles and will be involved in a broad range of policy, programming, administrative and operational issues. Previously, Neumann was executive vice president and chief financial officer for the Walt Disney Internet Group The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) oversees several websites owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. [1] The division's Disney Online unit operates disney. . Cory O'Connor has been named chief marketing and communications officer for the American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for heading a new marketing and communications unit that brings together marketing, public relations, special events, publications, editorial and photography staffs. O'Connor was most recently senior vice president of strategic marketing for Oinks.com, an Internet-based provider of commercial finance solutions. Jeannie Rothman has been named manager of development at Gurin Co., a production firm in Studio City. She is responsible for managing the firm's development slate including light entertainment, music and variety specials, game shows and reality programming. Rothman most recently worked at Santa Monica Studios in the development department. Health Care James Saunders has been named dental director at PMI See Private Mortgage Insurance. Dental Health Plan, the dental HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, affiliate of Delta Dental Plan Delta Dental Plan, n.pr an active member organization of the Delta Dental Plans Association (a not-for-profit organization), formed and guided by state dental societies to provide prepaid dental care to the public on a group basis. of California. Based in Cerritos, he will be responsible for overseeing the company's quality management policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental . Prior to joining PMI, Saunders served as dental director for PacifiCare Dental where he was responsible for the development, operation and integrity of the company's quality assurance program. High Tech Roxanne S. Austin has been elected corporate executive vice president of Hughes Electronics Corp. in El Segundo. In addition to her management committee responsibilities, Austin oversees all company wide financial activities, including treasury, mergers and acquisitions, risk management, investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , financial accounting and reporting, tax planning Tax planning Devising strategies throughout the year in order to minimize tax liability, for example, by choosing a tax filing status that is most beneficial to the taxpayer. and compliance, business planning, financial management information services See Information Systems. , internal audit and investment management of employee benefit plans. She has been with Hughes since 1993 and has served as the company's treasurer, chief accounting officer and controller. Edward P. Boykin has been named president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Computer Sciences Corp. in El Segundo. He will be responsible for CSC's line organizations in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Boykin has been with CSC since 1966, most recently serving as president of the company's financial services group. Law Thomas Hill has been named managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Thelen Reid & Priest. In addition to being appointed office managing partner, Hill was elected to the firm's 12-member partnership counsel, which functions as a board of directors for the firm. He has been with the firm since 1996 and has a labor and employment practice. Glenn Kubota has joined the intellectual property group of Morrison & Foerster in Los Angeles. Kubota's practice focuses on U.S. and foreign patent applications related to electronics and computer technologies including telecommunications systems as well as prosecuting U.S. and foreign trademark applications. He was an associate at Foley & Lardner before joining the firm. Tony Skogen has been appointed managing shareholder in the Los Angeles office of Littler Mendelson, a labor and employment law firm that represents employers/managers in employment related disputes. He handles cases that cover every aspect of traditional labor law labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. and employment law matters. Skogen sits on the executive committee of the labor and employment law section of the state bar. New Media Jeffrey Bloch has joined El Segundo-based iSuppli Corp., a provider of procurement and supply chain management services for the electronic components industry, as vice president, electronic manufacturing services (EMS) segment. Bloch will be responsible for defining and developing tools and methodology for working with EMS customers for a variety of different iSuppli services. Prior to joining the company, Bloch served as chief procurement officer A Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) is an executive role focused on supply management for an enterprise. A report by Aberdeen Group shows a marked acceleration in the significance of procurement's role. for Viasystems. Sam L. Gallucci has been appointed executive vice president and chief marketing officer at TheBrain Technologies Corp., a provider of visual information environments in Santa Monica. He will oversee the development and execution of the company's sales, marketing, customer service and business development strategies. Gallucci was most recently executive vice president and general manager of the customer relations management division at PeopleSoft. Professional Services Dan J. Gangelhoff has been hired as a regional sales manager for litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services in the Los Angeles office of Merrill Corp., a communications and document services provider based in St. Paul, Minn. He will be responsible for client development and account management on the West Coast, focusing on litigation support services. Gangelhoff joined the company after serving in a similar position at Quorum. Real Estate Jan Curtis has joined Matt Construction, a pre-construction and general construction services company in Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. , as director of business development. She is responsible for new business development, identifying growth areas for the company and planning and implementing strategic business plans. Prior to joining Matt Construction, Curtis was director of business development at Haworth, Swinterton & Walberg Builders and McCormick Construction Co. Executive Plans Kids' Program Growth WATCH out Disney. After helping DIC DIC diffuse intravascular coagulation; disseminated intravascular coagulation. DIC abbr. disseminated intravascular coagulation Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Entertainment Corp. break off from Walt Disney Co., Brad Brooks hopes to make DIC the world's largest producer of independent children's programming. Recently named president of Burbank-based DIC, Brooks wants to expand the company, which already has the second largest catalog of American animation in the world. It's a process that's already underway. Among its properties are "Madeline," "Where on Earth is Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Sandiego?" and "Sailor Moon." This season, the company expects to run more than 20 shows on domestic television. New projects include "Super Duper Sumos Super Duper Sumos , produced by DiC Entertainment, was created by Kevin O'Donnell; the main plot was for the crimefighting sumo wrestlers to go on an adventure and fight using their buttocks. There were three sumo wrestlers called Booma, Kimo and Mamoo. ," "Liberty's Kids" and "MaryKate & Ashley," an animated series based on the twin girls who gained fame on the television series "Full, House." Brooks came to DIC from investment banker Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette in February 2000 to assist in the company's buyout from Disney. Once in place he went on to help restructure the company, bringing in new management and establishing a home-video division. "I didn't feel (DIC) was being properly exploited when it was part of Disney," Brooks said. "We've really overhauled the company, from an operations point of view. DIC is in the process of acquiring bankrupt Golden Books Family Entertainment Inc. in a deal valued at $170 million and has signed an exclusive animation distribution deal with Lions Gate Home Entertainment. Both deals were struck last month. "We really tend to gravitate toward properties that have embedded brand value in them," Brooks said. Claudia Peschiutta |
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