PEOPLE.Banking & Finance Gary Meek has been appointed chief financial officer at the 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. headquarters of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin. He will be responsible for financial oversight of the firm, its subsidiaries and affiliated entities. Previously, Meek was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Metrociti Mortgage Corp. In addition, Patrick Russo has joined as vice president and his responsibilities will include originating and managing financial advisory, corporate finance and investment banking projects in the firm's entertainment and media services group. Russo previously was a vice president at SG Cowen Securities Corp. Entertainment Kim Ashton has been named project manager at Burbank-based Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an Emmy Award-winning American television, radio personality, game show host and businessman, he served as Communications Inc. She will be responsible for various functions, including supervising communications between clients and the company. Ashton previously was in advertising. Also, Chris Ryall was named project director and will design creative concepts for clients, along with implementing marketing efforts. Previously, Ryall was executive speechwriter speech·writ·er n. One who writes speeches for others, especially as a profession. speech  writ and marketing specialist at American Honda Motor Corp. Timur Baysal has joined the Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. office of Computer Caf[acute{e}] as animation director. Previously, Baysal was with Station X Studios. Maria Higgins has been named controller at Burbank-based Dick Clark Productions. She will oversee all financial reporting functions for television production, business communications and administration. Most recently, Higgins served as chief financial officer at S.L. Fusco Inc. Health Care Leanne Spaide was appointed executive director for 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 business development at Adventist Health in Glendale. Among other things, she will oversee marketing, sales and communications. Previously, Spaide was a senior manager with KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen . Law Patrick McDonough has joined the Los Angeles firm of Troop Steuber Pasich Red-dick & Tobey as a lateral partner. He will work closely with the groups handling insurance, corporate, and emerging growth and technology matters. McDonough was previously senior vice president and general counsel of Johnson & Higgens of California. Manufacturing John Anderson John Anderson may be: Science:
Joel Bennett has been promoted to executive vice president at the Malibu office of Jakks Pacific JAKKS Pacific, Inc. NASDAQ: JAKK is is a multi-brand company that designs and markets a broad range of toys and consumer products and is based in Malibu, California. Its product categories include action figures, art activity kits, stationery, writing instruments, performance Inc. He also holds the position of chief financial officer. Also, Michael Bianco has been promoted to executive vice president of Flying Colors Noun 1. flying colors - complete success; "they passed inspection with flying colors" flying colours success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" , the company's crafts, activities and stationery division. He was formerly senior vice president of sales and development of Flying Colors. New Media Suzanne Brown has been appointed vice president of finance for Burbank-based B3 Corp. She will be responsible for all financial functions within the firm, including accounting, cash management, budgeting and planning. Prior to joining, Brown was vice president of strategic planning for Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Inc. Also,. David Melnick has been promoted to vice president and chief technologist. He will be involved in developing new e-commerce technology and overseeing the network operations department Operations department See: Back office. operations department See back office. . Prior to joining, Melnick helped build an e-commerce practice at Deloitte & Touche LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . Ronald Cushey has been appointed chief financial officer and executive vice president of Santa Monica-based Hollywood Stock Exchange. He will participate in all aspects of the firm's financial and strategic management. Previously, Cushey was executive vice president and chief financial officer at Harvey Entertainment Co. Also, Steven Lehroff has been named senior vice president and general counsel. He will focus on coordinating and supervising business and legal affairs, including new business initiatives and financing activities. Prior to joining, Lehroff served as senior vice president of business affairs at Ignite Entertainment. Lew Harris has been appointed editor-in-chief of Hollywood-based IFILM. He will be responsible for overseeing and packaging all editorial content for the firm's portal and directory. Previously, Harris was editor-in-chief of E! Online. Also, Andrew Hindes has been promoted to executive producer. He will oversee development of products designed for entertainment industry professionals. Prior to joining, Hindes was film editor of Variety and Daily Variety. Nancy Harris has joined Los Angeles-based mysmart.com as senior vice president of marketing. She will be responsible for management of the marketing department and will oversee brand development and maintenance, along with advertising, promotions and other areas. Most recently, Harris was senior vice president of worldwide marketing at the Columbia Motion Picture Group. Stacy Kreisberg has been named vice president of business and legal affairs at Universal Music Group's Farmclub.com. Prior to joining, Kreisberg was vice president of business and legal affairs at A&M Records. Also, Larry Linietsky has been named vice president of business development. He will be responsible for negotiations involving strategic alliances, partnerships, content acquisition and distribution. Tom Meredith has been appointed vice president of research at Culver City-based Intertainer Inc. He will be responsible for researching, analyzing and identifying consumer trends in the interactive television sector. Most recently, Meredith was director of market research at Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. . Steve Parr has been promoted to president of emap petersen active. His duties include completing the company business plan, concluding several key acquisitions, assisting in a systems review, and improving revenue and profits. Prior to joining, Parr was with Pearson PLC. In addition, Jacqueline Blum has been named president of licensing, sales and marketing. She will oversee the worldwide licensing and marketing of emap USA titles. Prior to joining, Blum served as senior vice president of entertainment, licensing and sales for Big Dog Sportswear. Also, Liberta Abbondante has been promoted to president of consumer marketing, and will oversee that functional area. Prior to joining, Abbondante was with Smithsonian magazine. Mark Saylor has been named senior vice president of Internet operations for Key3Media Group Inc. He will develop and oversee all editorial Web content for the Key3Media Group of companies. Previously, Saylor was technology editor of the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). . Michael Snyder Michael Snyder is an actor who holds the distinction of being one of only 32 actors or actresses to have starred in both the , up to and including , and then in one of the spin offs. Filmography
The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Los Angeles-based Traffic-Station Inc. He will help drive and manage company growth. Prior to joining, Snyder served as senior vice president of industry marketing and operations at SmartShip.com. Bret Undem has been named vice president of corporate finance and investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , at Pasadena-based Acacia Research Corp. He will be responsible for building awareness of the firm and its partner companies. Undem was previously vice president of Canterbury Consulting. Real Estate Clifford Smith has been named senior vice president of Kennedy-Wilson Inc.'s West' Coast commercial investment sales group. Most recently, he was a vice president at INC Barings Bank Barings Bank (1762 to 1995) was the oldest merchant banking company in London [1] until its collapse in 1995 after one of the bank's employees, Nick Leeson, lost $1.4 billion in speculation primarily on futures contracts. . Retail Howard Kaminsky has been promoted to executive vice president of finance at Sport Chalet Sport Chalet is a retailer of sporting equipment, apparel, shoes, and accessories in the United States. It operates approximately 40 company owned stores in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, with new stores opening soon in Utah, with the first at Jordan Landing. Inc. in La Canada Flintridge. He will be responsible for the day-to-day financial management. Also, Jeff Lichtenstein has been promoted to vice president of loss prevention/risk management. Among other areas, he will be responsible for inventory control, collections, safety in stores and internal audits. David Prosser has been named president of Westfall Interior Resounces. He will assume responsibility for four sales offices located throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties, as well as the business services division. Previously, Prosser served as a dealer principal of Westfall Interior Systems. Pant Applying Tech Savvy to Big Picture at eCompanies As a technology officer for various companies, Sangham Pant has spent much of his career developing a nuts-and-bolts understanding of the Internet. Now, he'll be looking at the bigger picture. As the new general manager and executive vice president of Santa Monica-based Web incubator eCompanies, Pant will oversee the creative, technology and business development departments. He will also be directly involved in outlining long-term strategy, together with co-founders Sky Dayton Sky Dylan Dayton (born 8 August 1971) is an American entrepreneur. Dayton is the founder of EarthLink, co-founder of eCompanies, founder and Chairman of Boingo, and the CEO of Helio. Early life Dayton's father was a sculptor and his mother a dancer and poet. and Jake Winebaum. As manager of three key departments, Pant will be working closely with the entrepreneurs whose start-up companies are housed at the eCompanies campus. "We have found that creative, technology and business development are the three areas that require the largest lead time to get a company ready for the market," Pant said. "I'll be working with the companies on the execution of their business plan, developing a strategy for what products and services they should focus on, and creating partnerships between companies in order to leverage their resources." Before joining eCompanies, Pant was vice president of integration and operations with Lycos NetWork. Because of his experience in the technical workings of the Internet, Pant is expected to play an important role in eCompanies' future involvement with startups that work on the infrastructure side of the industry. "We work on roadmaps for various segments of the industry," said Pant. "These include business and consumer Internet services, but also infrastructure for broadband and wireless services. We look at where value can be created by us in those segments." Pant's background is in both engineering and business. A native of India, he studied electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. in that country. He has a master of science degree from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. . -- Edvard Pettersson |
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