On the Job – Apr. 16, 2010

ACCOUNTING

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP named Katrina Salem as managing partner for the Rockies market, which includes PwC’s offices in Denver and Salt Lake City. Salem will be responsible for directing the business strategy and operations of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Rockies region. She succeeds Roy Turner, who will remain with PwC as lead partner on several financial services engagements from the firm’s New York office.

Clifton Gunderson named Brian D’Orazio lead financial adviser of its Rocky Mountain Client Service Center wealth-management group. He works in Clifton Gunderson’s office in Broomfield. D’Orazio has more than six years of financial services experience. Prior to joining Clifton Gunderson’s Colorado practice, D’Orazio served as financial adviser in the firm’s office in Oak Brook, Ill.

ADVERTISING, COMMUNICATIONS

Boulder-based Sterling-Rice Group appointed Buddy Ketchner as president. Ketchner has been with Sterling-Rice for 21 years. The appointment is part of a shift of leadership as co-founders Michael Rice and Rick Sterling prepare for retirement.

ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION

Elizabeth Krier has rejoined L.I.D. Landscapes in Boulder as a landscape designer.

BANKING, FINANCE

Key Equipment Finance, a bank-held equipment finance company in Superior and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), named Robert Piscitelli director of syndications for its lease advisory and distribution services group. Piscitelli will be responsible for enhancing, structuring and managing the efforts of the company’s lease advisory and distribution services syndications team. Key Equipment also announced that Andrew G. Mesches, its executive vice president and chief risk officer, retired April 9.

Peter Braun, first vice president investments at UBS in Boulder, attended the 2010 Insurance Academy in Scottsdale, Ariz. Top financial advisers in the United States were invited to the symposium.

BIOSCIENCE

OPX Biotechnologies Inc.  in Boulder, a renewable biochemical and biofuel company, appointed Hans Liao director of metabolic engineering. Liao has more than 25 years of experience in using and developing molecular tools to generate novel metabolic capabilities. Liao previously worked at Synergen, Draths Corp., Cargill Inc. and academic institutions including the University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center.

HIGH TECH

Webroot Software Inc. in Boulder, a provider of Internet security products, appointed Lee Allen as vice president of North American retail sales. Allen is responsible for overall sales strategy and channel management for Webroot’s consumer products in North America. Allen previously worked for Symantec, where he directed retail sales and distribution operations in North America, as well as consumer business in Latin America.

LAW

Alex Goiran of Grant, Grant & Goiran LLP in Longmont was named a Rising Star in the Colorado Super Lawyers 2010 publication. Rising Stars are the top up-and-coming attorneys in Colorado who are 40 years old or younger, or practicing for 10 years or fewer. Goiran practices in the areas of real estate, oil and gas law, contract and business disputes, and litigation related to these practice areas.

NONPROFIT

Community Food Share in Longmont added Denise Curd to its board of directors. Curd is executive director of Quist Valuation. She specializes in business and securities valuations for corporate finance, financial reporting and tax purposes. She will serve a two-year term and she may serve up to six years consecutively.

PUBLISHING

Active Interest Media Inc. in Boulder promoted Andy Clurman from chief operating officer and group publisher to company president. Clurman, who was instrumental in moving magazine titles like Backpacker, Ski and Skiing to Boulder throughout his career, takes over from Efrem “Skip” Zimbalist III, who was president and chief executive officer and is now chairman and CEO.

REAL ESTATE

Jeff Espinoza has joined The Colorado Group in Boulder as a broker associate.  Espinoza is specializing in new business development, customer service, marketing and client retention. He has more than 17 years of experience in management, marketing, advertising and sales experience.

Florida-based Regency Centers, a national owner, operator and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, hired Will Damrath as vice president and regional officer in Denver. Previously, Damrath was a senior vice president for Panattoni Development Co., owner of the Twin Peaks Mall in Longmont.

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