PEOPLE IN BUSINESS.AVAILABLE LIGHTING LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . EXPANDS TEAM:Gretchen Wieland, Scott Coulter and Charles Lamb have been named to the new team of the Digital Effects Synthetic sounds and animations created in the digital domain. Reverberation, morphing and transitions between video frames are examples. See digital video effects. Division of Available Lighting Ltd., a visual effects company in Hollywood. Wieland will serve as post-production supervisor. She comes from Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Pictures where she oversaw the post-production activities of feature films. Coulter will be the senior 3-D animator. He has worked on numerous horror, action and science-fiction-related films. Lamb will serve as the systems supervisor. He comes from the New York-based Cineric Inc., where he set up and operated the first service bureau on the East Coast for scanning and recording motion picture films. CALIFORNIAMART PICKS NEW CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. :Susan Scheimann was appointed to the position of president and CEO of CaliforniaMart, the largest apparel and accessory mart in the country. Scheimann joined the 3 million square foot complex located in the center of the Los Angeles Fashion District in 1984 as executive director of marketing. NEW VP AT CHICAGO TITLE: Eric Swenson has been elected vice president, Chicago Title Insurance Co. He will continue to report to William Halvorsen, senior vice president, Chicago Title Insurance Co. Swenson joined the firm in 1995 as manager, Southern California Commercial/Industrial and Subdivision operations. DCC (1) (Direct Cable Connection) A Windows 95/98 feature that allows PCs to be cabled together for data transfer. DCC actually sets up a network connection between the two machines. COMPACT CLASSICS NAMES DIRECTORS: Four new directors have been appointed to the board of Chatsworth-based DCC Compact Classics, the producer of gold CDs and manufacturer of the Caption Camera. They are: Leonard Hecht, president of Chrysalis chrysalis (krĭs`əlĭs): see pupa. Capital Group; Daniel Montano, managing director of investment banking for C & K Capital Corp.; Martin M. Cooper, president of Cooper Communications Inc.; and Carl LoBue, chairman of LoBue Associates. WELLPOINT PROMOTION:Louise McCrary was promoted to senior vice president of Woodland Hills-based WellPoint Health Networks. She will report to CFO See Chief Financial Officer. David C. Colby. McCrary will be responsible for all financial reporting, accounting operations, corporate accounting, procurement, corporate subsidiary accounting, merger and acquisition financial integration, legal entities, financial data management and financial systems. Before her position at WellPoint, she spent more than 12 years in public accounting at Coopers & Lybrand. SCHILLER VP AT DISNEY ONLINE:Scott Schiller has been named vice president of advertising and sponsorship sales for North Hollywood-based Disney Online. Schiller will lead all advertising and sponsorship efforts for Disney Online products, creating online media and marketing opportunities for consumer marketers. Schiller's most recent position was vice president of advertising and partnership marketing for Sony Online Ventures. He is one of the original founders and board members of the Internet Advertising Bureau The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is a UK trade body created in 1997 to promote online advertising. It works across a range of areas, with internal bodies setting standards and best practices for a range of different online marketing techniques. , an industry advocacy group. CRATER JOINS UNION BANK: Teresa Lea Crater has joined Union Bank of California Union Bank of California is one of the 30 largest commercial banks in the United States. It has 327 branches, the majority of which are in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. as a vice president in bank card administration. She is currently the compliance manager and is based at the bank's Panorama City office. Before joining UBOC UBOC Union Bank of California , Crater served as vice president and compliance manager for the former First Interstate Bank in Los Angeles. BERKMAN ADVANCES AT MUSIC EXPRESS LIMOUSINE:Cheryl Berkman has been appointed executive vice president of Burbank-based Music Express Limousine Co. Berkman has been with the company since 1992 and her new duties will include supervision of all company departments. FIRST FEDERAL MAKES ELIOT VP:Daniel Eliot has been appointed executive vice president, commercial and business banking at First Federal Bank of California The Bank of California was founded in San Francisco, California on July 5, 1864 by William Chapman Ralston. It was the first commercial bank in the Western United States, the second-richest bank in the nation, and considered instrumental in developing the American Old West. . In his new capacity, Eliot will focus on the development of loans and deposit relationships for small- to medium-sized businesses. He will also be responsible for commercial real estate. Before joining First Federal Bank, Eliot was senior vice president of entertainment/corporate finance for California United Bank in Encino. LUBIENIECKI PROMOTED:Edward Lubieniecki has been promoted to partner of the E & Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group in the Los Angeles office. Lubieniecki recently coordinated the merger integration efforts of two merging 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, organizations and has a background in corporate real estate, large-scale commercial and mixed-use projects and merger integration planning. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) SCHEIMANN (2) ELIOT (3) SCHILLER (4) LUBIENIECKI |
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