October 20, 2000

On the Job – Oct. 10, 2000

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ADVERTISING, COMMUNICATIONSVideo-On, a provider of video and audio conferencing services in Boulder, named John D. Field as its president and chief executive officer. Field joins Video-On after having served as president and CEO of International Telecommunications Network Inc. He replaces James McQuaid, who served as interim CEO of the company and will continue to serve as a company director.

BVP Media Inc., a Denver-based video, film and interactive production company, promoted Duane Ciacco to account director.ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTIONWilliam Mead has joined the Denver office of Bovis Lend Lease, a provider of construction services, as a pre-construction manager.ARTSThe Colorado Music Festival has selected Michael Christie as its new music director. Christie, 26, replaces founding director Giora Bernstein as the conductor of the summer music festival’s 25th anniversary season opening in June. The young American conductor came to international attention in 1995 when he was awarded a special prize for Outstanding Potential at the First International Sibelius Conductor’s Competition in Helsinki. Since then, he has been working with orchestras all over the United States and the world.BANKING, FINANCEValley Bank & Trust has appointed Brian Blehm to branch manager of the Brighton location. Dean McArthur is the new assistant branch manager at the Westminster branch.

The Denver office of Deloitte & Touche announced the following promotions: Jennifer Gillmore, Kathy Stevens Matheny and Colleen Miller were promoted to senior managers in the tax department; Fern Epstein and Christopher Schmidt were promoted to senior managers in the management solutions and services department; Anthony Russo was promoted to senior manager in the enterprise risk services department; Robert Blakley, J. Bryan Campbell, Michele Hansen, Ward Huseth, Leena Irlen, Jeffrey Thelen and Heather Ziegler were promoted to managers in the audit department; Jeffrey Cohen, Kelly Elsensohn, Sean Morris, William Mueldener and David Spaulding were promoted to managers in the tax department; and Alexie Tune was promoted to manager in the mergers and acquisitions department.

The chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Richard L. Byyny, has been elected as a member of the board of The Bank in Boulder.

Vectra Bank Colorado has named Rosalyn Garvey as vice president of commercial lending in the bank’s downtown Boulder branch.

Chris Hirai has joined the Longmont office of Liberty Home Loans as a loan officer.

KeyCorp. has made the following announcements. Christopher Queen has been promoted to vice president of operations within the capital assets group for Leasetec Corp. and James Cracco was named executive vice president of the group. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTThe board of directors for the World Trade Center in Denver has elected Tracy Wilkes of Wilkes & Company as the 2001 chair. James Nelson, vice president and general counsel for the Gates Corp., is chair-elect. Also elected as officers were James Reis as president and chief executive officer, James Robertson as treasurer and Gerald Padmore as secretary. In addition, Amy Bourgeron, Thomas Dames, Nick DeMarco, David Hopkins, Mark Montgomery, Todd Rubright and Robert Wilson were elected to the board of directors.HEALTH CARETom Chappell, founder of the Saltwater Institute, which is headquartered in Boulder, has been appointed by President Clinton to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.

Centennial Peaks Hospital in Louisville has new providers at the outpatient clinic. Lisa Franceen, a licensed clinical psychologist, will provide services to adults and adolescents. Her specialties include eating disorders, women’s issues, performance enhancement and mood disorders. Tracy Terrell, a licensed professional counselor, will provide counseling services to children and adolescents. Her specialty is in brain injury and trauma. Sherri McIntyre, a licensed professional counselor, will treat seniors and adults. Her focus is on adjustment, personality and mood disorders, illness, grief and loss. Margot Bradley, a clinical nurse specialist and licensed psychologist, will provide adults, adolescents and children with psychotherapy and medication management.

CIGNA Health Care of Colorado has added Tina Lovelace as business manager in the Denver office.

Denise Thornton, community relations director at Balfour Retirement Community of Louisville, has been selected to present a series of sales and marketing certification programs for the Colorado chapter of the Assisted Living Federation of America. HIGH TECHTechfi Corp., a Denver-based provider of software, training, support and outsourcing solutions for the financial intermediary market, has added Paul Jimanov as quality assurance manager, John Halliday as a senior sales executive and Christopher LaPlante as a technical consultant.

OmegaTech Inc. of Boulder has promoted Mary VanElswyk to vice president of scientific affairs and Deanna McCarthy to senior manager of scientific affairs. Jay Coonan has joined OmegaTech as director of medical education.

Boulder-based Leopard, an e-business marketing agency, named Jody Eichler director of its newly expanded online marketing division.

CyberLoan.com, a Denver-based developer of business-to-business technologies for the financial industry and online lending exchanges, named Luis Vela as executive vice president of the CyberLoan M/H division, the unit responsible for the company’s online exchange for manufactured housing loans.

Boulder-based XOR Inc., an assembler and manager of customized solutions for e-businesses, has appointed Pawan Vora to director of information architecture.

Tantia Technologies, a provider of enterprise backup and recovery solutions that leverage storage area network (SAN) technology, has appointed Timothy Holland to vice president of worldwide sales. Michael Thornton was appointed director of worldwide channel sales.

Carrier Access Corp., a Boulder-based provider of broadband access equipment, announced that Farley Davis, vice president of sales, is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.

Denver-based Immedient Corp., an e-solutions enterprise and technology company, has appointed Michael Madden to the board of directors. Madden is a general partner of the Questor Management Co.

OnStream Inc. of Longmont has appointed former Gateway executive, Dave McKittrick, as its new president. McKittrick replaces Bill Beierwaltes, who will remain chairman and chief executive officer of the company.HOSPITALITY, RECREATIONMike Shubic has joined the Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. in Black Hawk as vice president and general manager. John Beasley is the new director of property management.

Marlys Wilcoxen Connor, vice president of culinary development for Boulder-based Noodles & Company, has been elected to the Colorado Restaurant Association board of directors.INSURANCEBoulder-based International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC (ICAT), has appointed Gregory Kemp as regional vice president for the Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard Territory. Cathy Schablitsky has been promoted to regional manager for the same territory. ICAT provides commercial catastrophe insurance coverage to small businesses located in catastrophe-exposed regions of the United States.

Sandy Morris has joined Pinnacol Assurance, a workers’ compensation company in Denver, as communications director.

Colorado Casualty Chief Executive Officer James Morey announced the appointment of Donald Frette as the new company president. Morey will retain his position as chief executive officer. Colorado Casualty is an Englewood-based property casualty insurer for businesses in western states.

Van Gilder Insurance Corp. of Denver has added three new vice presidents to its Denver office. Jeffrey Zito is the new senior vice president of business development, Phillip Fierro is the senior vice president of operations and Mark Ware is the vice president of the technology industry practice. NON-PROFITKimberly Hayes was named director of development for ArtReach Inc., a Denver non-profit organization that provides access to the arts for the community’s isolated and at-risk populations.REAL ESTATEThe Boulder Area Realtor Association recently installed its 2000-2001 officers and directors. Steve Anderson, broker associate with RE/MAX Alliance in Louisville, passed the gavel to Paul Dart, broker associate with RE/MAX of Boulder. Susan Plage of RE/MAX Alliance of Louisville is president-elect, Neil Kearney of Metro Brokers/Kearney is vice president of information services, Dan Kingdom of Wright-Kingdom Realtors is vice president of member services, Christopher Welch of Keller Williams Front Range Properties is treasurer, and Steve Anderson of RE/MAX Alliance in Louisville is immediate past president. Anderson also will serve as a director of the Colorado Association of Realtors. Carol Richmond of RE/MAX Alliance in Boulder will serve as a CAR director, as well.

The newly elected directors of the Boulder Area Realtor Association are David Carner of CB Moore & Co. in Conifer, Ann Cooper of Keller Williams Front Range, Erik Park of Mock Realty, and Joe Marnich of RE/MAX Alliance in Louisville. The following members were given special recognition for 25 years of continuous association membership: Tony DiCello of Keller Williams Advantage, Deborah Ferguson of Metro Brokers/Ferguson, Tom Kahn of Walnut Realty, Mark Miller of Larson Realty, Bruce Jones of Arapahoe Realty, Harold Lemley of Lemley Realty, Doug Palmer of Hudson Real Estate, and John Simons of RE/MAX of Boulder. The Affiliate Member of the Year honor went to Megan Finnesy of Meyers Funding in Arvada. The year’s Distinguished Realtor award went to Irene Shaffer of RE/MAX of Boulder. The 2000 Realtor-of-the-Year Award was presented to Gail Mock, owner/broker of Mock Realty.OTHERDynamic Materials Corp. of Longmont appointed Richard Santa as chief operating officer. He will retain his title and responsibilities as vice president and secretary for the company. Gerard Munera, chairman and CEO of Synergex, has been elected to the board of directors. Mark Jarman, vice president of corporate development and vice president sales and marketing, has resigned to accept a position with a Boulder-based firm.

John Mackey, chairman and chief executive officer of Whole Foods Market Inc., joined the board of directors of Gaiam Inc., an environmental and healthy lifestyle company in Broomfield that recently acquired Whole Food’s WholePeople Web site.

The Denver chapter or the International Facility Management Association has elected its executive board for 2000-2001. New board members are Steven Johnson of Margenau Associates Inc., president; Walter Doderer of Tolin Mechanical Systems Inc., vice president; Robert Hennessy of Western Area Power Administration, treasurer; and Myrnan Fronczak of Turnkey Development Management, secretary.Deadline to submit items for On the Job is three weeks prior to publication of each bi-weekly issue. Mail to Editor, Boulder County Business Report, 3180 Sterling Circle, Suite 201, Boulder, CO 80301; fax to 440-8954; or e-mail to jwlewis@bcbr.com (title any e-mail On the Job). Photos submitted will not be returned.

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