On the Job – Feb. 6, 2015

ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION

 was hired as global project delivery director of engineering and quality at Broomfield-based MWH Constructors. Larson rejoined MWH after eight years with Black & Veatch. He has more than 27 years of experience in the design and construction of water and wastewater projects.

Brad O’Neil was hired as senior vice president for capital markets, Ashley Stiles as vice president for development in Northern Colorado, Kyle Ramstetter as director of development and Shawn Dressel as developer at Loveland-based McWhinney. O’Neil previously was director of finance at Amstar for nearly 14 years and was a vice president for Wells Fargo Bank. Stiles comes to McWhinney from The Broe Group, where she was director of development. She also worked with such organizations as Roche Constructors and Terracare Associates. Ramstetter previously was a broker for office-tenant leasing as well as office-redevelopment sourcing. Dressel previously worked at St. Charles Town Co. and Continuum Partners.

BANKING, FINANCE

Boulder native Jamie Hardy was named senior vice president and manager of health-care banking at Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. He previously was vice president for private banking at Home State Bank and assistant vice president at First National Bank and Wells Fargo Bank.

Janine Halverson joined Wells Fargo’s Multifamily Capital group as a director responsible for originating multifamily loans, specializing in Federal Housing Administration loans. Based in Boulder, she serves Wells Fargo customers across the nation. She has 16 years of experience in multifamily housing, having previously worked as an approved MAP deputy chief underwriter with AmeriSphere Mortgage Finance. She also spent nearly 10 years working for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Denver Multifamily Hub. She has a degree in political science from Colorado State University and a master’s in public administration from the University of Colorado Denver.

Betsy Moszeter was named chief operating officer at Boulder-based asset-management firm Green Alpha Advisors. She has 16 years of investment experience in both traditional asset management and sustainable, responsible, impact investing. She was most recently senior vice president and a managing member of First Affirmative Financial Network LLC, and also was COO and chief compliance officer at TAMRO Capital Partners LLC in Alexandria, Va.

Matthew Roan was named Vectra Bank Colorado’s executive vice president for specialty banking in Denver. He previously was president and then chief resolution officer of First Western Trust Bank from 2008 to 2013. Roan has been a board member of the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless since 2009 and also is a member of the executive team and chair of the finance committee. He also has served as a board member of Impact on Education, formerly the Boulder Valley School Foundation.

BIOSCIENCE

Scott Klakamp was named vice president for chemistry and biochemistry at Boulder-based BiOptix Diagnostics Inc., which develops and markets biosensors for the biotech research industry. He previously held leadership roles at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Amgen Inc.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Bruce Biggi was named the first chief marketing officer for startup Northern Colorado Economic Alliance. He resigned as the city of Greeley’s economic development manager on Dec. 31, a position he had held for seven years. Tom Gendren, chief executive of Woodward Inc. in Fort Collins, and auto dealer Scott Ehrlich in Greeley are heading up the effort to form the new economic-development group that wants to establish one brand for Northern Colorado, mainly Larimer and Weld counties, and work with site selectors to attract new businesses to the region.

GOVERNMENT

Jordan Jemiola and Charles Tucker, who were newly elected to the Weld County Council in November, were sworn in Jan. 5 along with re-elected council member Marge Klein. Jemiola represents District 2, Tucker serves as an at-large member and Klein represents District 3.

District 1 representative Brett Abernathy was named president of the council for 2015 and Jemiola was named as vice president. The fifth member of the council, Don Mueller, is an at-large representative whose term expires at the end of 2016.

HEALTH CARE

Dr. Jennifer Rubatt and board-certified acute-care nurse practitioner Angela Burns joined Banner Medical Group’s McKee Medical Center in Loveland. Rubatt, the only gynecologic oncology physician in Northern Colorado, graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, she completed her residency and internship at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond, Va., spent two years at Duke University as a research assistant studying ovarian cancer angiogenesis, and completed a fellowship at the Magee Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Burns, who specializes in radiation oncology, received her nursing degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark. She also runs a local bakery that she and her husband own.

Dr. Lawrence Schoelkopf joined Banner Health Clinic General Surgery in Fort Collins, bringing more than 20 years of experience specializing in minimally invasive procedures. Schoelkopf is moving to Fort Collins from the Banner Health Clinic in Sterling. He is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora. He began practicing at Evans Army Community Hospital in Fort Carson.

HIGH TECH

Scott Allen joined FreeWave Technologies as chief marketing officer for the Boulder-based provider of industrial, secure Machine to Machine and Internet of Things wireless networking solutions. Allen has more than 30 years of experience in product lifecycle management, product marketing, business development, brand development and technology deployment.

Previously, he was an executive consultant with SolarWinds and chief marketing officer at V3 Systems (now Sphere3D).

Dan Lynn was named chief executive at Broomfield-based CodeFutures Corp., maker of a database infrastructure that allows real-time data streaming. He replaces founder Cory Isaacson, who was named chief technical officer of California-based Risk Management Solutions Inc. Isaacson will stay involved with CodeFutures as chairman of the board. Lynn was founding CTO at Denver-based startup FullContact Inc., a 2011 Techstars Boulder accelerator graduate. He also co-founded software consulting firm Spider Web Labs.

HOSPITALITY, RECREATION

Linda Lynge was named spa director at the St Julien Hotel & Spa in Boulder. She recently held directed RockResorts’ Spa at The Lodge at Vail; Hilton Spa Botanica; and Springs Eternal Spa at The Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa.

MANUFACTURING

Edouard Liffran was named general manager for Europe at Boulder-based 37.5, which develops active particle technologies used to enhance the technical performance of active and outdoor clothing, footwear and sleep systems. He has more than 20 years of experience within the textile industry. Most recently, he led his own company, Sourciva, a consulting agency for textile and apparel production for European sports and outdoor brands.

NONPROFIT

Heather Vesgaard, associate director of Partners Mentoring Youth, will become executive director on Feb. 9, succeeding Chris Imsland, who decided to step down after more than seven years and start his own consulting business effective Feb. 6. The Northern Colorado-based nonprofit ended 2014 by serving and impacting 436 youths in Larimer and Weld counties.

PUBLIC SECTOR

Mike Anderson of Boulder, owner of MGA Consulting and vice president for marketing at ReliAscent LLC, was appointed to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Region VIII Regulatory Fairness Board. Each board is comprised of five small business owners and serves as a resource and point of contact for small-business owners who feel they have experienced excessive federal regulatory enforcement and compliance actions. Region VIII includes Colorado, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana.

Troy Swain began Jan. 26 as oil and gas liaison for the Weld County Planning Department. He previously worked for PDC Energy, Inc. as well as the county and state departments of Public Health and Environment.

REAL ESTATE

Eric Holsapple resigned as executive director of the Everitt Real Estate Center at Colorado State University’s College of Business to serve as chairman of a new group that will work to gather support for the center and its programs. While the center searches for his replacement, Richard Button, a professor of finance and real estate at CSU, is serving as interim executive director. Holsapple, a CSU alumnus and co-owner of Loveland Commercial LLC, became the center’s executive director in August 2012 after running it as interim director twice previously as a volunteer.

Vicki Mohr affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as a sales associate in its Fort Collins office. She previously worked at City & Mountain Realty as well as in landscape design.

Chris Guillan joined Windermere Real Estate in Fort Collins. He has held leadership positions with the Fort Collins Board of Realtors and the Colorado Association of Realtors.

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