PEOPLE.Advertising & P.R. Dan Casey Founded in the late 1970's by former county squash coach Mike Ashley, the group Sports World International is now the UK's largest retailer of sports clothing and accessories. and Fox Sports World Espanol. Banking & Finance Terry Bess was promoted to executive vice president and manager of the Silicon Valley Bank's Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, division in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for managing daily operations, loan production and portfolio expansion at offices in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Los Angeles, Irvine and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . Bess was most recently senior vice president and manager of the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara branches. Browning Mank was appointed vice president and branch manager for the Glendale Investor Center of Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. It is made up by two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research Corporation (FMR Co. . She will oversee financial representatives and client investment strategies. Mank was previously branch manager for the center. Construction John R. Conaty and Matthew Rallo were elected vice presidents at Turner Construction Turner Construction Company is one of the largest construction management companies in the United States with a construction volume of $8.5 billion in 2006. According to Engineering News-Record in Los Angeles. Conaty is responsible for all sales and marketing in Southern California and Phoenix and will continue to serve as director of business development. Rallo will continue to function as controller for the company's western region. Steve Dubin was appointed principal of Project and Cost Management in Encino. He will be responsible for project management, new business development and client relations. Dubin was most recently vice president of Cole Martinez Curtis and Associates. Electronics Henry R Mandell was appointed chief executive of Spatializer Audio Laboratories in Woodland Hills. He will continue to oversee the company's finances and operations. Mandell was previously interim chief executive. Engineering Jerry King Jerry King is a cartoonist. He has received the National Cartoonist Society Magazine Gag Cartoon Award for 2001 and was nominated for their Gag Cartoon Award and Magazine Gag Cartoon Award for 2002. was appointed senior advisor of planning and project development at Psomas, an engineering firm in West Los Angeles
Entertainment Randy Freer was promoted to executive vice president at Fox Sports Net in Los Angeles. He will oversee all business development and daily operations, as well as working to create new Internet and digital platform opportunities. Freer was most recently executive vice president of advertising sales. Also, Gary Ehrlich was named executive vice president of Fox Sports Enterprises. He will oversee Fox's investments in partnerships with sports team owners and property developments near the Staples Center. Ehrlich was previously senior vice president for studio operations at Fox Studios. Thomas E. McDonald was named chief financial officer at BRC BRC Black Rock City (Burning Man) BRC British Retail Consortium BRC Business Resource Center (Small Business Administration) BRC Bisexual Resource Center BRC Black Radical Congress Imagination Arts, a theme park design firm in Burbank. He will oversee all financial activities and will be involved with strategic planning and growth initiatives. McDonald was most recently chief financial officer with Dorn/SPE. Adam Sanderson was named senior vice president of marketing at Disney/ABC Cable Networks in Burbank. He will oversee marketing activities that include consumer and trade advertising, national and local promotions, and brand management for the networks' channels. Sanderson was most recently vice president of marketing at Disney Channel. Also, John Rood was appointed vice president of marketing. He will oversee the positioning and execution of strategic marketing plans and day-to-day management of advertising and promotions teams. Rood rood (r  d), crucifix mounted above the entrance to the chancel and flanked by large figures of the Virgin and St. was previously director of promotions and branded foods for Warner Bros BROS BrothersBROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Consumer Products. Lawrence H. Szabo was promoted to senior vice president of international marketing at 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. Home Entertainment in Santa Monica. He will be responsible for developing and implementing marketing strategies for the firm's rental and sell-through businesses. Szabo was most recently vice president of the Asia and Pacific division and of international business administration. Health Care Sharon Yee was appointed medical director at Citrus Valley Cancer Center in Covina. She will be responsible for clinical leadership, business development and strategic positioning and marketing. Yee also serves as an assistant clinical professor of medicine at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . High Tech Beverly W. Macy was appointed vice president of marketing at SoftAware Networks, a global server networks provider in Marina del Rey. She will be responsible for planning and executing comprehensive marketing strategies and programs. Macy was previously a marketer with Xerox's Printing Systems Division. Hospitality Andreas Nieto was appointed executive chef at Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. and Tower in Los Angeles. He will oversee the food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. and culinary departments and will be responsible for developing new menu items. Nieto was most recently executive chef at Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood. Michael Overly was elected partner at Foley & Lardner in Los Angeles. He specializes in drafting and negotiating software licenses and new-media agreements. Overly was previously special counsel with the firm. Law Tony R. Skogen was elected partner and shareholder at Littler Mendelson in Los Angeles. He focuses on all aspects of employment law and employee benefits 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. . Skogen was previously a senior associate. Media David A. Stark was named vice president of the global client solutions group at Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for developing and implementing marketing platforms for clients with the Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner properties. Stark was previously executive vice president at Time Inc. New Media Bobby H. Lee was named chief technology officer at mValue.com, a Culver City-based Web site that allows consumers to choose whether or not to sell their personal data to advertisers when surfing the Net. He will be responsible for all technology and information aspects of the site, including architecture, operations, development and implementation. Lee previously founded ePerson.com. Deborah Myers was named vice president of sponsorships at Lightspancom, the Santa Monica-based online arm of Lightspan Partnership, a maker of educational products and software. She will be responsible for creating Internet advertising opportunities. Myers was previously senior vice president of western and special programming sales at Fox Broadcasting Co. Heidi Sinclair and Kristine Schiller were appointed senior vice presidents at drDrew.com, a portal for young adults based in Pasadena. Sinclair will oversee all marketing and was previously chief executive at BrandX-Media. Schiller will be responsible for the sales team and was most recently vice president of advertising sales at E! Entertainment. Real Estate James H. Kinney was appointed senior vice president and chief real estate counsel at the Macerich Co. in Santa Monica. He will be responsible for the legal aspects of the firm's development and redevelopment projects. Kinney was previously a senior real estate partner at O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles. Michael L. Streams Jr. was named vice president of acquisitions at Century Pacific Equity Corp. in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for structuring and coordinating the firm's financing and acquisition of multi-family residential portfolios nationwide. Streams was previously an associate in the real estate group at O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles. Retail Mike Vizvary was promoted to vice president of marketing communications at Guitar Center in Agoura Hills. He will oversee advertising, promotions, 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 corporate branding strategies. Vizvary was most recently director of advertising. Also, Edward Chan was promoted to vice president of information systems. Chan was formerly director of information systems. Rendall Targets Hiring, Retention of Talent at DMJM DMJM Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall (architecture, engineering, and construction services firm) CHUCK Rendall knows the concept of company loyalty has changed considerably in the 37 years since he joined Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall. So as the new chairman of DMJM, the 10th largest architecture and engineering firm in the country, Rendall's first priority is to combat the industry-wide brain drain caused by the flight of young talent to dot-corns and the rest of the tech sector. "Every company in the country is having problems finding, training and retaining people," lie said. "We'd like to make DMJM the company that every architect and engineer wants to work for." Rendall plans to lure potential employees and hang on to current ones by "trying to create exciting career paths" to compete with the stock options, flex time and other goodies offered by tech firms. To raise the company profile among young people, he is launching an outreach program that provides talented high school students with internships and college scholarships. And for current employees, he plans professional development programs featuring ongoing university training as well as in-house courses in management and computer skills. Rendall is not new to such programs. He was previously vice chairman and oversaw the firm's office of professional development. Another priority for Rendall is making sure DMJM stays current with its use of technology. He intends to collaborate with the firm's chief knowledge officer on new ways of doing business, like using secure Web sites as information exchange points for company offices and partner firms. Currently, DMJM is working on the $1.8 billion Alameda Corridor rail project as well as the new Rand Corp. headquarters in Santa Monica. The company also designed Universal CityWalk. The Los Angeles-based firm merged last year with Spillis Candela candela (kăndĕ`lə), in weights and measures: see candle. A unit of measurement of the intensity of light. Part of the SI system of measurement, one candela (cd) is the monochromatic radiation of 540THz with a radiant intensity & Partners, a Florida firm, and now has a total of 25 U.S. offices. DMJM is an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of AECOM AECOM Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY) AECOM Architectural and Engineering Company Technology Corp., a local holding company now headed by Ray Holdsworth, DMJM's previous chairman and chief executive. Jennifer Smith |
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