PEOPLE.Accounting & Consulting George D. Pickell was appointed senior manager of the general tax services group at Deloitte & Touche in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . He will oversee compliance and structure real estate and other transactions for the firm's tax clients. Pickell was previously a manager with Ernst & Young in Los Angeles. Advertising & P.R. Jennifer Cowan was promoted to account director of the sports and entertainment consulting division of ko/Envision, a Los Angeles marketing firm. She will be responsible for new business development as well as client management. Cowan was formerly account supervisor. David Phelps was appointed managing director of Hill and Knowlton's advanced technology practice in Los Angeles. He will lead and service technology, e-commerce, telecommunications, and applications clients. Phelps was most recently director of 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 for the Software & Information Industry Association in Washington. Banking & Finance Melvyn C. Bell was appointed vice president at the community business banking office of Comerica Bank-California in Long Beach. He will be responsible for small business lending. Bell was previously with the Los Angeles Community Development Bank. Kathleen Berry and Dennis J. Lacey were promoted to executive vice presidents of Imperial Bank in Los Angeles. Berry was formerly president of the real estate division and will continue to lead the unit. Lacey, previously president of the small business lending and equipment leasing Equipment Leasing is a financing option to lease equipment for a certain amount of time. Leasing Benefits
Richard M. McNiven was promoted to vice president in the middle market department of Mellon Financial  This article or section may contain a proseline.Please help [ convert this timeline] into prose or, if necessary, a . Corp. in Los Angeles. He will continue to manage credit relationships with California-based companies. McNiven was previously a relationship manager with the firm. Lisa Watson was appointed consumer region executive for the west Valley area of Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. . She will be responsible for monitoring and enhancing sales and operations, as well as customer service. Watson was previously consumer executive for the bank's coastal Ventura and 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. region. Entertainment Rob Aft was named president of international distribution at Kushner-Locke Co. in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for feature production licensing, and developing production, financing and distribution partnerships. Aft was most recently senior vice president of worldwide distribution with Behaviour Worldwide in Los Angeles. Gregg Barson was appointed director of creative services Creative Services are a subsector of the creative industries, a part of the economy that creates wealth by offering creativity for hire to other businesses. Examples include:
BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Domestic Television Distribution. Janet Tsai Dargan was named vice president of business planning and analysis for Universal Studios Recreation Group in Universal City. She will be responsible for business and strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and analyzing competitive product offerings. Dargan was most recently vice president of business planning and development for Paramount Pictures' worldwide video division. Also, Russell Lee was promoted to controller at Universal Studios Corporate Accounting. He will direct overall corporate financial activity, serving as a liaison for Seagram and other divisions of Universal. Lee was most recently assistant controller of budgeting and forecasting. Peter Schneider was promoted to chairman of Walt Disney Studios The name Walt Disney Studios may refer to:
Walter Schonfeld was appointed president of Technicolor's Worldwide Film Group in Camarillo. He will oversee international film processing operations. Schonfeld was most recently senior vice president of alliances and international business development at MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom Communications in Washington. Government Samuel Perez and Donald Wiley were promoted to district directors of the U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour divisions in Glendale and West Covina, respectively. Both will oversee enforcement of employment law, including standards and conditions like minimum wage and child labor child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, and mines. Child labor was first recognized as a social problem with the introduction of the factory system in late 18th-century Great Britain. restrictions. Perez was most previously an assistant district director in the Denver office, while Wiley was formerly assistant district director for the San Diego office. Health Care Gary Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. was appointed senior vice president for development for Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for fund-raising. Leo was previously Western regional vice president of the American Society for Technion-Israel Institute for Technology. Dennis Rieger was named senior vice president of information technology and chief information officer at Careside Inc., a Culver City-based manufacturer of blood test systems. He will develop and manage all information technologies for product lines and data management systems. Rieger was most recently president and chief executive of Advanced Medical Information Technologies in San Pedro. Also, Sandra Twyon was named vice 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. . She will be responsible for sales, customer service and technical support. LeAnne Zumwalt was appointed vice president of investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. at Total Renal Care, a dialysis services provider in Torrance. She will be responsible for all investor communications. Zumwalt was most recently chief financial officer with Vivra Inc. in San Mateo. High-Tech Ira S. Morris was appointed president and chief operating officer at Fastpoint Communications, an Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for strategic acquisitions and customer service. Morris was previously president and chief operating officer of TelePacific Communications in Los Angeles. Media Eddie Melendez was promoted to general sales manager at KVEA-TV Channel 52, Telemundo's flagship station in Glendale. He will oversee the local, regional and national sales teams. Melendez was most recently local sales manager for the station. Milt Weiss was named executive producer of regional news for Fox Sports Net. He will oversee the regional news initiative, working closely with regional sports networks on technical and on-air aspects of the project. Weiss was most recently with Scripps Howard Broadcasting in Cleveland. New Media Duff Brace was named president of Stayhealthy.com, a Monrovia online health monitoring service. He will oversee final development and the upcoming launch of the site. Brace was most recently chief operating officer for Tissue Engineering Inc. in Boston. Ross Patrick was named creative director at iFuse.com, a Los Angeles-based youth culture Web site. He will oversee creative development. Patrick was most previously director of advertising and design at Capitol Records in Los Angeles. Also, Stefan Gerard was appointed vice president of marketing. He will be responsible for marketing and branding. Gerard was most recently brand planning director for Young & Rubicam Advertising in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Allen Rhodes was appointed creative director at 3Dshopping.com in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for creating Web sites for clients and new prospects, as well as maintaining the company Web site. Rhodes was previously senior manager of creative resources for Wait Disney Co. in Burbank. Restaurants Thomas E. Metzger was appointed president and chief executive of Sizzler siz·zler n. 1. One that sizzles. 2. Informal A very hot day. USA in Culver City. He will be responsible for improving operational efficiency and developing business strategies. Metzger was most recently founder, president and chief executive of Wrapsters Inc. in Atlanta. Utilities Clarence Brown was promoted to director of corporate communications at Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. . He will oversee management and functional operations, including media relations and customer and employee communications. Brown was previously senior manager of external communications. Gerald Gewe was appointed acting general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. . He will head the organization during General Manager David Freeman's leave of absence. Gewe was most recently assistant general manager of water for the utility. |
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