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November-December 2016

  • BASF Names National Strategic Accounts Manager

    Christopher Kugler has joined Southfield-based BASF Automotive Refinish as the new national strategic accounts manager. Kugler will be responsible for growing and building relationships in the multi-shop operator segment. Most recently, Kugler was the director of automotive aftermarket at ILJIN USA, a producer of wheel bearings and other automotive components. Prior, he was the North […]

  • Honigman Adds New Attorney

    Attorney David M. Nafziger has joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, a Detroit-based general business law firm, as a partner in its intellectual property department’s patent practice group. Nafziger will be in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. He has been a patent attorney for nearly 10 years, previously working as an electrical engineer for an aerospace company in its laser product […]

  • Michigan Parkinson Foundation Adds Board Member

    Deanna S. Hatmaker, senior vice president of development and strategic performance for Ulliance, Inc., a human resource management company based in Troy, has been elected to the Michigan Parkinson Foundation board of directors.  As a board member of the Michigan Parkinson Foundation, a Bingham Farms-based foundation supporting people with Parkinson’s disease, Hatmaker will serve alongside medical and business […]

  • Salvatore and Prescott Expands with New Partner and Chicago Office

    Salvatore and Prescott, a Northville-based law firm, has appointed Julie Porter as the partner of its new Chicago office. With the hiring of Porter, the company will change its name to Salvatore, Prescott and Porter. Porter has spent over 10 years serving as a top federal prosecutor in Chicago. Prior to joining Salvatore and Prescott, Porter […]

  • Law Firm Maddin, Hauser, Roth and Heller Appoints New Associate Attorney

    Southfield-based multi-specialty firm Maddin, Hauser, Roth, and Heller has appointed Kaitlin A. Brown as its new associate attorney. Prior to taking a position at the firm, Brown served at the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.  Working in the reconsideration unit, the attorney evaluated and recommended decisions on appeals of administrative decisions. Brown also litigated constitutional, contract, […]

  • Merrill Lynch Hires Two New Private Wealth Advisors

    Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, a division of Bank of America, has hired Jennifer Jennings and Donny Wohl as private wealth advisors from J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank in Michigan to be part of Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group. In their new positions, they will be responsible for serving high net worth individuals and families, […]

  • ITC Holdings Corp. Appoints New President and CEO

    Linda Blair has been appointed president and CEO of Novi-based electrical transmission ITC Holdings Corp. In her new role, Blair will be responsible for the strategic planning and overall business operation of ITC and its subsidiaries. She has served in several leadership roles with ITC since 2003. Her most recent role was chief business unit officer, where she had operational […]

  • Transitions Legal Family Law Firm Hires New Attorney

    Diana Brown has been hired as a new attorney at Birmingham-based Transitions Legal a full service family law firm. In her new role, she will be responsible for guiding clients in exiting a marriage with the least amount of disruption to both spouses and kids. Brown, of West Bloomfield, has more than two decades of experience in divorce and […]

  • McLaren Health Care Appoints Its First Chief Academic Officer

    Flint-based McLaren Health Care Corp. has appointed Robert F. Flora as its first chief academic officer/designated institutional officer. In his new position, Flora’s responsibilities include administering all McLaren Health Care graduate medical education programs, ensuring McLaren reaches all applicable requirements and standards set by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and supervising all academic-related […]

  • Open Systems Technologies Hires New Solutions Architect

    Detroit-based global technology and design firm Open Systems Technologies has appointed Stew Carless as a solutions architect. In his new position, Carless will be responsible for providing technical leadership for Open Systems Technologies Detroit. Carless will serve as a technical advisor to customers, and ensure that the technical teams and resources work to assist customers. […]

  • DESTACO Appoints New President

    DESTACO, an Auburn Hills-based automation, workholding, and containment solutions company, has appointed Byron J. Paul as its president. In his new role, Paul, of Auburn Hills, is responsible for all aspects of the company’s global business including financial, operations, and strategy. Before joining DESTACO, Paul worked as managing director of John Crane’s Asia Pacific branch. […]

  • New Chief Medical Officer Appointed at Beaumont Hospital Dearborn

    Interventional radiologist Paolo G. Marciano has been appointed as the new chief medical officer at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn.  In his new role, Marciano, of Grosse Pointe Farms, will collaborate with medical and hospital leadership, including Beaumont Hospital Dearborn’s Medical Executive Committee, hospital president, and elected chief of staff. He will be responsible for overall hospital performance, and developing the vision and strategic […]

  • Brooks Kushman Appoints New Share Holder To Los Angeles Office

    Brooks Kushman, an intellectual property and technology law firm based in Southfield, has hired David A. Randall as its new shareholder for its new Los Angeles office. In his new role, Randall will be responsible for handling issues involving patents, trademarks, and trade secret disputes, and representing clients in the cellular technology, consumer products, medical […]

  • Delphi Automotive Appoints New Board of Directors Member

    Troy-based Delphi Automotive has appointed Ana Pinczuk to its board of directors. As a member of the board, Pinczuk will be responsible for overseeing the company’s new mobility technologies. Pinczuk has more than 30 years of experience in various high technology companies including mobile, IP networking, software, data storage, and security. Prior to Delphi, she served […]

  • McLaren Macomb Appoints New Chief Medical Officer

    McLaren Macomb, an acute care hospital in Mount Clemens, has appointed Dennis Cunningham as its new chief medical officer. Cunningham will provide leadership to the medical staff and lead the implementation of medical care. For 14 years, Cunningham served as an infectious diseases physician at Nationwide Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was also an associate professor of […]

  • Law Firm Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer, and Weiss Appoints New Partner

    Business law firm Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer, and Weiss has appointed Jennifer LaTosch as a new partner for its Southfield office. The attorney will be joining the family law practice group, with a concentration in areas such as routine and complex divorces, post-judgment matters, custody disputes, pre and postnuptial agreements, and cohabitation agreements. Before working for Jaffe, […]

  • O’Keefe Advisory Firm Appoints New Managing Director

    O’Keefe, a Bloomfield Hills-based financial and strategic advisory firm, has appointed Tim Thompson as the managing director of its Grand Rapids office. In his new position, Thompson will be responsible for growing the O’Keefe practice by expanding on current business, building on established client relationships, and growing new business in Grand Rapids with new clients. […]

  • Sachse Construction Hires Second Challenge Detroit Fellow

    Sachse Construction commercial construction management firm hires Everett McMillen Cislo

  • Bodman PLC Appoints New Associates

    Michigan-based law firm Bodman PLC has hired three new associate attorneys to join its firm: Annalise A. Lekas, Ameena R. Sheikh, and Nicholas Q. Taylor. The new associates are all based in Bodman’s Detroit office and were all members of the firm’s 2015 class of summer associates. Lekas is a member of the firms’s business […]

  • Top Lawyers 2017

    For our 2017 Top Lawyers peer review survey, we polled 19,000 attorneys in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Livingston counties. Each attorney was asked to nominate lawyers among 48 legal specialties. All of the listings will be available online at DBusiness.com as of Nov. 14, 2016.

  • Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit Appoints New CEO

    Local nonprofit group Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit has appointed Daniel Varner as its CEO, effective Nov. 21. In his new position, Varner will be responsible for leading a team of more than 300 employees and overseeing all functions of the organization while focusing on assisting people with employment changes and finding successful work. Prior to […]

  • Beaumont Health Appoints New CFO

    Beaumont Health has named John Kerndl as its new executive vice president and CFO. He will join the executive leadership team on Dec. 12 and will work from the company’s headquarters in Southfield. As CFO, Kerndl will oversee all financial functions and the development and execution of financial policies and strategies for Beaumont Health. His areas […]

  • Kraemer Design Group Detroit Promotes Director of Architecture

    Kraemer Design Group Detroit has promoted Brian Rebain to Principal.

  • BorgWarner Names Vice President of Investor Relations

    BorgWarner has named Patrick Nolan as vice president of investor relations

  • U-M Appoints New Director of Tech Transfer Venture Center

    The University of Michigan has appointed Mike Psarouthakis as the director of its Tech Transfer Venture Center in Ann Arbor. In his new position, Psarouthakis will lead the Venture Center in support of the expanding entrepreneurial efforts at U-M, including formation, funding, and go-to-market efforts. He joined the Venture Center in 2014 as a senior venture specialist […]

  • Ford, UAW-Ford Invest $6M in Motown Museum Expansion

    In what will distinguish the company and the union as the lead donor for the project, Ford Motor Co. and UAW-Ford have announced plans to make a $6 million investment in the Detroit-based Motown Museum’s $50 million expansion.

  • Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer, and Weiss Law Firm Hires New Associate

    Jaffe Raitt Heuer and Weiss Law Firm has hired Justin Hanna as an associate at its Southfield office.

  • Young and Associates Hires New Attorney

    Farmington Hills-based boutique law firm Young and Associates has appointed Dan Paluga to its team of attorneys. In his new position, Paluga will represent both plaintiffs and defendants in actions across the country, handling responsibilities involving different multi million dollars cases in areas including automotive, antitrust, complex contract, and intellectual property. Prior to joining Young and […]

  • Detroit Makeover

    A nonprofit group transforms entire neighborhoods.

  • Hall of Lenders

    Longtime mortgage provider David Hall returns to his roots.

  • Salsa Times

    Dave Zilko, former vice chairman of Ferndale’s Garden Fresh Gourmet, publishes a new book

  • Detroit Pistons to Move to Downtown in 2017, will Generate Additional $596.2M in Economic Impact

    Agreements under which the Pistons will move to downtown Detroit and begin playing next season at the new Little Caesars Arena in The District Detroit, a $1.2 billion sports and entertainment development, have been announced today.

  • SmithGroupJJR Firm Hires New Studio Leader

    SmithGroupJJR architecture, engineering and planning firm has hired George Athens as workplace studio leader at its Detroit office.

  • Digital Recruiter

    A new online platform based in Troy creates visual job postings in minutes.

  • PDA Q&A: Rita Brown, E-Interview

    National Director, Project Accelerate, Birmingham

  • Opa! Olga

    Olga’s Kitchen Inc. embraces its past to chart a new future.

  • Flour Power

    Mike and Marian Ilitch stretched pizza dough into an empire, then initiated Detroit’s comeback. But even some Little Caesars employees don’t know their story.

  • From the Rafters to the Cloud

    As a child, Philip Abraham ran away from home to live in friend’s garage. Today he’s a pioneer in using the cloud to bring down health care costs.

  • Q&A: Dan Gilbert on Mike and Marian Ilitch

    Q. Can you measure the vision or courage or faith it must have taken for Mike and Marian Ilitch to buy the Fox Theatre and move their Little Caesars offices downtown? In the mid to late ’80s, I was only a few years past my own pizza career (delivering out of my banged-up 1975 Camaro […]

  • Ilitch Holdings Inc.

    Ilitch Holdings Inc., established in 1999, provides professional services for companies owned by Mike and Marian Ilitch. The companies are comprised of 10 Ilitch-owned businesses, the first of which was Little Caesars Pizza. The companies employ more than 22,000 employees worldwide. In 2015, its total combined revenue was $3.3 billion. The company is headquartered in […]

  • JGA Appoints Executive VP and Chief Strategy Officer

    JGA, a Southfield-based creative design company for retailers, has named Joanne Healy its first executive vice president and chief strategy officer. Healy will work on strategy, creative, and business development for JGA’s retail and branding services. Prior to her appointment, Healy was a professor and dean of graduate studies for the College for Creative Studies […]

  • The Internet: Seven layers of the OSI model

  • Green Machine

    Allie Mallad started Massage Green in Dearborn; now he has 80 locations across the country, with plans for 600 more.

  • DivDat Invoice Firm Names New COO

    DivDat Invoice Firm Names Robert Walters New Chief Operating Officer of Ferndale self-service payment kiosk division.

  • Walsh College Appoints New President and CEO

    The Walsh College Board of Trustees has voted to appoint Marsha Kelliher as the school’s seventh president and CEO.  Kellliher brings academic leadership, teaching, business, and legal experience to the role. She comes to Walsh from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., where she serves as dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business.  Since joining Susquehanna […]

  • Methodist Children’s Home Society Appoints Two New Members to Board of Directors

    Methodist Children’s Home Society, a Redford-based nonprofit, has named Tom Wegehaupt and Marianne Conner as new members of its board of directors Wegehaupt and Conner will be responsible for helping the nonprofit in its efforts to care for children and maintain fiscal responsibility. They will continue to work at their current career positions while serving […]

  • AAA Life Insurance Appoints New President and CEO

    AAA Life Insurance Co. has appointed Jay DuBose as its new president and CEO. DuBose, of Brighton, will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and working with the board of directors and the company’s senior leaders to establish strategies and long-range goals. DuBose has been with AAA since 2003, most recently serving as the executive vice president of […]

  • Institute of Real Estate Management Appoints New President for Michigan Chapter

    Livonia-based Institute of Real Estate Management has appointed Sabrina Gaddy-Bollinger as the new president of its Michigan division. The branch, titled Michigan Chapter No. 5, represents professionals in the metro Detroit area, and supports the continuing education and professional development of members in the real estate industry. Gaddy-Bollinger is the first African-American woman to hold the […]

  • Henry Ford Allegiance Health Appoints New Head of Security

    Jackson-based Henry Ford Allegiance Health has hired Matthew Heins as its new security manager. Heins will begin his new position on Jan. 6, 2017. In his new position, Heins will oversee daily operations of the security department, serving as a liaison with local and state law enforcement, and lead the 41 members of the security […]

  • Central Michigan University Research Corp. Appoints New Board of Directors

    Central Michigan University Research Corp., a nonprofit business incubator based in Mount Pleasant, has appointed Kimberly Norris and Daniel Dralle as new members of the board of directors. As members of the board, they will be responsible for providing insight to entrepreneurial activities such as investment, funding, and partnership opportunities. They will also maintain their […]

  • Ross Mortgage Corp. Names New Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications

    Ross Mortgage Corp. names Ericka Staton vice president of its marketing and corporate communications.

  • HRPro/BenePro Announces New VP of HR Consulting

    HRPro/BenePro, a Royal Oak-based provider of human resources and benefit consulting, and administration, announced today that Joan Morehead has joined the firm as the new vice president of the consulting division. In her new position, the White Lake resident will continue to grow HRPro’s human resource consulting and support services. Recently, Morehead served as the president of […]

  • Meridian Winter Blast Set to Coincide With North American International Auto Show

    The thirteenth annual Meridian Winter Blast, presented by Quicken Loans, has been moved up several weeks and is now scheduled to coincide with the final weekend of the North American International Auto Show — January 20-22.

  • VP of Commercial Properties for Schostak Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

    Paula Goldman-Spinner, a member of Schostak Brothers and Company Inc., has been honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Building Owners and Managers Association of Metropolitan Detroit. The vice president and director of commercial properties has worked with the Livonia-based real estate company for more than 35 years.  Goldman-Spinner is currently the governor for BOMA, and served as the 2015 […]

  • St. John Providence Appoints New Chief Nursing Officer

    St. John Providence Health System has appointed Gay Landstrom as its new chief nursing officer. She will fill the position Jan. 1. As chief nursing officer, Landstrom will oversee all six hospitals in the health system, which incudes locations in Detroit, Southfield, Novi, Warren and Madison Heights. Landstrom has more than 30 years of nursing leadership […]

  • New Line of Healthy Carbonated Drinks Launches in Detroit

    A new line of healthy beverages has been launched by SPA Ventures in Detroit. Called Cason Superinfused Beverages, the drinks are made using natural flavors and sweeteners, contain no caffeine or sugar, and are gluten-free and soy-free.

  • Roush Opens Automotive Engineering Center in Troy

    Livonia-based automotive product development supplier Roush has announced the opening of a new technical center in Troy, bringing expanded engineering design and development services to the region.

  • International Artificial Vision Experts Coming to Detroit

    Experts from around the world will be coming to metro Detroit to collaborate and discuss their advances and challenges regarding artificial vision from Sept. 24-26. The Eye and The Chip, the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology’s (DIO) 10th Congress on Artificial Vision, will be held at MotorCity Casino Hotel, bringing scientists from across the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.

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