PEOPLE.Aerospace W. Burks Terry was named corporate vice president and general counsel at Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. Corp. 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 be responsible for the management and direction of legal issues. Terry was most recently vice president, deputy general counsel for the corporation, and counsel for the company's Integrated Systems and Aerostructures Sector. Architecture Paul D. Steinke has been appointed senior vice president and director of corporate programs at Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall, an international architecture and engineering firm in Los Angeles. He will oversee the company's sales efforts. Steinke was previously senior vice president at Holmes & Narver. Banking & Finance Patrick Mitchell has been named principal and managing director of Metropolitan West Financial Inc., a financial management company in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for exploring new financial management business opportunities. Mitchell was most recently chief investment officer of the California State Teachers Retirement Systems. Suzanne M. Nuzzi was named vice president and chief financial officer of U.S. Trust Co. N.A. in Los Angeles. She will be responsible for financial management for the West Coast region. Nuzzi was most recently director of accounting at Z.B. Industries Inc. Also, Paul E. Miller was promoted to senior vice president. He will oversee development of the wealth-management business in 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, . Miller was previously a senior business development officer. Arthur C. Withrow III has been named managing director of Pasadena-based Janas Associates. He will oversee sales, mergers and industrial acquisitions. Withrow was most recently owner of the Arthur C. Withrow Co., an independent lubricant company. Entertainment Hosea Belcher was named senior vice president of marketing at Artisan Home Entertainment in 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. . He will oversee nil marketing activities for home entertainment products. Belcher was previously vice president of marketing for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Angus Fletcher was promoted to executive vice president and co-head of Jim Henson Television Jim Henson Television is the television production arm of The Jim Henson Company. Some of the more notable television programs produced by the Henson organization include:
Health Care Charles F. Schroeder has been appointed vice president of marketing at Foundation Health Systems in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for building and implementing national brand, advertising and marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales strategies. Schroeder was most recently a manager of national marketing activities at Nationwide Insurance. High Tech David Stokes David Stokes (b. May 28 1982, Dumfries, Virginia) is an American soccer player, who currently plays for Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division. Stokes played three years of college soccer at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill from 2000 to 2002. was appointed 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 Ceiva Logic Inc., a technology company in Los Angeles specializing in digital picture frames. He will oversee day to-day operations. Stokes was most recently brand manager for Coca-Cola USA. Hospitality Patricia Clairmont was named managing director of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. She will oversee all aspects of management for the hotel. Clairmont was previously general manager of the Sutton Place Sutton Place may refer to places in England and the United States: Places in England
. Vicki Heitland was named executive administrator for the West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. Convention and Visitors Bureau. She will be responsible for board of directors relations, executive support, accounts payable and receivable, and coordination of special events. Heitland was previously events coordinator for the Walt Disney Co. William David Hynes has been appointed vice president of marketing and sales. Hynes was most recently director of sales and marketing at House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically . Also, Elise Knepper was named director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. . She will oversee all 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 activities. Knepper was previously director of conferences at Fairchild Publications. Law Carole E. Handler Carole Enid Handler is an American lawyer. She is a vice-chair at Foley & Lardner LLP in the area of intellectual property (IP) litigation. Her experience lie in the areas of trademark, copyright and antitrust laws, particularly as those laws pertain to entertainment and media was named partner at O'Donnell & Shaeffer in Los Angeles. She specializes in antitrust and intellectual property issues and will head the antitrust group. Handler was most recently co-chair of the entertainment group at Kay, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler. Ronald Redcay has been named senior partner at Arnold & Porter in Los Angeles. He specializes in antitrust and complex civil 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. . Redcay was most recently deputy general counsel of the Atlantic Richfield Co. Brian S. Weinhart was named partner at Shumaker, Steckbauer, Weinhart & Sragow LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol in Los Angeles. He specializes in real estate development and leasing. Weinhart continues to be a member of the Commercial Real Estate and Securitization Securitization The process of creating a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing them to investors. Notes: Mortgage backed securities are a perfect example of securitization. May also be spelled as "securitisation. Association. Media Fernando Lopez was appointed vice president and general manager of Telemundo Group Inc.'s KVEA-TV Channel 52 in Los Angeles. He will oversee day-today operations. Lopez was most recently assistant news director for KCBS-TV Channel 2. Media Jim Gilliam was appointed chief technology officer at Business.com, a Santa Monica-based directory and search engine for the Internet. He will oversee all technical operations and development. Gilliam was previously a principal software engineer at Lycos Inc. Michael Kichaven has been named senior director of multimedia at Internet Wire Inc., a company news distributor in Los Angeles. He will oversee the expansion of multimedia to the company's Web site. Kichaven was previously head of sales at a number of post-production facilities. Also, Jeffrey Shulman was named entertainment and sports account director. He will be responsible for expanding entertainment and sports business. Shulman was most recently associate vice president and director of entertainment for Medialink Worldwide. Scott Loos was named director of West Coast advertising sales for Jimmy and Doug's Farmclub.com, a convergence mediamusic company in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for all ad sales in the Western U.S. for both the weekly farmclub.com music television series and the Web site. Loos was most recently an account executive at Comedy Central. Post Production Scott Taylor was promoted to vice president of marketing for 3 Point Digital, a Burbank-based reseller of post-production solutions. He will be responsible for expanding the product line. Taylor was most recently director of marketing. Research Graig R. Eastin was named vice president for institutional advancement at the Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute in Torrance. He will oversee all development activities. Eastin most recently held a senior fund-raising position at the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute. Joel Kotkin was named senior fellow at the Milken Institute, a non-profit economic think tank based in Santa Monica. He will oversee a number of projects examining metropolitan real estate and high-tech startups. Kotkin will continue to serve as the John M. Olin John Merrill Olin (November 10, 1892 - September 8, 1982) was an American businessman. He was the son of Franklin W. Olin. Early life Born in Alton, Illinois, Olin graduated from Cornell University with a B.Sc. degree in chemistry. Fellow at the Pepperdine University Institute for Public Policy and as a research fellow with the Pacific Research Institute. He is also a columnist for the Los Angeles Business Journal. Retail Howard Kaminsky was promoted to executive vice president of finance at Sport Chalet Inc. in La Canada Flintridge. He will be responsible for financial management as well as management information systems, loss prevention/risk management and investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. . Kaminsky was most recently senior vice president of finance. Also, Jeff Lichtenstein was promoted to vice president of loss prevention/risk management. He will oversee all loss prevention, inventory control, and risk management issues. Lichtenstein was previously director of loss prevention and internal audit. Brad Lutz has been promoted to vice president of operations at Dick Clark Restaurants Inc. in Burbank. He will oversee all operations, maintain quality and develop marketing strategies. Lutz was previously director of restaurant operations. Also, Paul Cyr was promoted to vice president of 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. . He will be responsible for food quality control and consistency, along with development of new recipes and menu strategies. Cyr was most recently director of culinary operations and executive chef. Goldstein Searching for Next Mega-Game WHEN it comes to product shelf life, even cutting-edge video games have an expiration date Expiration Date The day on which an options or futures contract is no longer valid and, therefore, ceases to exist. Notes: The expiration date for all listed stock options in the U.S. . So in his new role as vice president of brand development and licensing at Activision Inc., Greg Goldstein is looking to avoid flash-in-the pan fads by acquiring licensing rights to entertainment brands and characters that will outlast out·last tr.v. out·last·ed, out·last·ing, out·lasts To last longer than. outlast Verb to last longer than Verb 1. today's consumer trends. "I am pursuing entertainment properties that have staying power," Goldstein said. "Some brands that we currently own -- such as the Marvel (comic book) characters like X-Men and Spiderman -- have been around for awhile. They have a lot of familiarity with the consumer, and they make interesting games." With Sony's PlayStation 2 scheduled for release in this country in the fall, and other video game giants like Nintendo working on new platforms as well, Goldstein anticipates significant growth in the video game industry. "Gaming is a huge piece of the entertainment dollar," he said. "All the research suggests that this business is growing and has tremendous potential. I can picture a unit like PlayStation 2 landing in every living room in America." Although currently enjoying the widespread success of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (THPS), released as Tony Hawk's Skateboarding in Europe, is a skateboarding video game, and the first in the Tony Hawk's series. game, the Santa Monica-based company faces challenges in the highly competitive industry. "There are a lot of gaming companies out there," Goldstein points out. "Some of them are chasing the same properties we are. The problem is that there are a finite amount of entertainment and sports brand properties that have both tremendous appeal and the ability to make great games." Goldstein, who declined to specify which characters he is hoping to license, previously served as vice president of licensing and product development at Inkworks, where he was instrumental in developing entertainment products based on characters like James Bond and films like "Men in Black" and "Planet of the Apes." Kristin Wilder |
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