Who’s ‘On the Move’ in the Cleveland area?

terry — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:59:52 +0000

A. Schulman Inc.: Andreas Gunther was appointed human resources director, Europe, and Oliver Neuss, business unit director for engineered plastics and Thomas Korlin, director for business development and product marketing for the Europe, Middle East, Africa region for the international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds and resins headquartered in Akron.

American Lung Association of the Midland States: Missia Vaselaney was elected to the board of directors. Vaselaney is a partner with the law firm Taft Stettinius Hollister LLP.

BBCM Engineering Inc.:Brian Sears was promoted to project engineer, and Edwin Porter II to staff engineering technician in the Valley View office for the civil engineering company.

Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Ralph Davila was named director of public relations and marketing.

Casnet: Jeff Comer was named chief technology officer of the Akron provider of information management solutions and business process outsourcing.

Cleveland Foundation: Kara Keating Copeland was appointed program officer. Copeland will assist the foundation’s board of directors in its grantmaking decisions, working with grantees and evaluating their requests.

Fund for Our Economic Future: Emily Garr was named manager of research, grants, and evaluation. The fund is a collaboration of foundations, organizations and philanthropists from across Northeast Ohio that strengthens the region’s economic competitiveness through grantmaking, public engagement and research.

Geauga County Historical Society: Elizabeth Wantz was appointed curator for the Century Village Museum, a replication of an 1800s Western Reserve settlement, in Burton.

Home Team Marketing: Randy Newell was hired as an account executive in the Cleveland office. The company customizes regional and national marketing programs for companies and brands targeting high school sports.

MedCity Media: Merrill Brown and Andie Rhyins were named to the board of directors for the Cleveland company, which provides digital health-care content. Brown is founder and principal of MMB Media LLC in New York. Rhyins is principal of her own consulting firm, Growth Acceleration Strategies in California.

Nager Romaine Schneiberg Co. LPA: Michael Liner joined the law firm’s Cleveland office as an associate practicing Social Security disability and employment law.

Optiem LLC: Shaun Culbertson was named interactive art director, Amanda Glatfelter, content specialist, Crystal Gunter, traffic manager, and Andrea Wolny and Angela Gooden, producers for the Cleveland interactive marketing agency.

Paragon Consulting Inc.: Brent McLean was hired as a lead consultant, Andy Setlock, project manager, Tanya Watson, lead quality assurance analyst, Laurie Malto, lead generation manager, Firoz Basheer, Vernon Baker, Scott Glazer, William Long, Celeste DiCillio, Aaron Foster, Scott Gillis, John Deemer and Kevin Hitch, staff consultants, An Masterson, Darin Fowler, Ed Flores and Nick Park, quality assurance analysts, and Abhneet Sharma, senior developer for the Mayfield Heights information technology consulting company.

Richardson Design: Garrett Thompson was named creative director for the Cleveland provider of interior design and consulting services.

Rutter Russin: Bobby Rutter joined the Independence law firm as a partner and will handle property and casualty insurance coverage litigation.

Safeguard Properties: Apryl Seide was appointed general counsel, Michael Greenbaum, was appointed vice president, REO, Jennifer Anspach, director of finance and accounting, and Russ Klein, director of quality control for the Valley View privately held mortgage field services company. REO stands for real estate owned, an industry term for post-foreclosure properties in which ownership has transferred to a lender or investor.

Thompson Hine LLP: James Henderson joined the law firm’s Cleveland office as an associate in the business restructuring creditors’ rights and bankruptcy practice group.

Thorman Hardin-Levine Co. LPA: Mark Griffin was named a shareholder with the Cleveland law firm, which focuses on workplace discrimination, wrongful termination and financial malfeasance.

World Synergy: Michael McNeeley was named network engineer, and Thomas Seeber, a web developer and database administrator for the Solon strategic eBusiness services company.

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Atlas Inspection Technologies expands across North America

terry — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:21:24 +0000

Atlas Inspection Technologies, Inc., a Seattle-based provider of comprehensive remote visual inspection solutions for the industrial and manufacturing sectors, announces further expansion across North America. After opening an office in Houston, TX last May, the company has now established a new branch in Baton Rouge, LA, a new field office in Salt Lake City, UT, and a repair facility in Edmonton, Alberta.

Industrial and manufacturing companies typically shut down their plants in the spring or fall to conduct systems repairs and pipe retrievals. Atlas Inspection Technologies’ unique ability to offer immediate response, custom solutions, and personal service across the country will enable these companies to optimize their inspections, and make their maintenance processes easier, faster and most cost-effective.

Atlas provides corporations in the industrial and manufacturing sectors with the most comprehensive remote visual inspection solutions, including equipment rentals, sales, repairs, and field inspection services.

Talk Shows

terry — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:42:22 +0000

Cubic Yard hosts a variety of live talk shows that anyone can call in to and participate – or just listen. All of the talk shows are recorded and can be downloaded from the Cubic Yard download page. The talk shows are also available by free subscription as a podcast. All talk shows (podcasts) are available at iTunes.com or by using your computers iTune software program.

A podcast is a digital audio or video file that is episodic; downloadable; program-driven, mainly with a host and/or theme; and convenient, usually via an automated feed with computer software. Cubic Yard hosts talk shows on a variety of Mortgage Field Services topics which can be subscribed to at iTunes:

Subscribe to Sunday Small Talk Podcast at iTunes

Subscribe to QC Talk Podcast at iTunes