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NaviGATE, a Villanova management-consulting firm, said David W. Baker and Christina Kelly had joined the firm as senior managers. Baker, who will lead the firm's business-optimization practice, was a program-management office manager and the life-sciences
NaviGATE, a Villanova management-consulting firm, said
David W. Baker
and
Christina Kelly
had joined the firm as senior managers. Baker, who will lead the firm's business-optimization practice, was a program-management office manager and the life-sciences operations manager with Avanceon L.P., a global manufacturing-system integrator. Kelly, who will lead naviGATE's human-capital management practice, had been a senior HR consultant for Towers Watson & Co. in the firm's change-implementation practice.
Hill International Inc., a Marlton provider of project management, construction management, and other services announced several promotions in the senior-management team of the international operations of its construction-claims group.
William Kennedy was promoted to senior vice president and managing director responsible for Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
David Brodie-Stedman was promoted to senior vice president and regional managing director for the Middle East and Africa.
Derek Nelson was promoted to senior vice president and regional managing director for Asia.
Francesco Mastrandrea was promoted to senior vice president and managing director, Europe, and head of expert witness services, international.
Tobias I. Hunt will be senior vice president of business development and strategy for Hill, with increased international responsibility.
David A. Price will have an expanded role as senior vice president of business development and strategy for Hill subsidiary James R. Knowles, with increased international responsibility as well.
Lori Doyle has been hired as senior vice president for university communications at Drexel University. She was vice president for university communications at the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
LECG Corp., a publicly held Philadelphia global business-advisory-services firm, has promoted Robert F. Dunne Jr. to managing director of the firm's governance, assurance, and tax practice in Devon, from director.
SugarHouse Casino, Philadelphia, has hired John Ranere as vice president of casino marketing and VIP operations. He had been vice president of casino marketing for Bally's Casino in Atlantic City.
Bancroft, a Haddonfield nonprofit organization serving people with neurological challenges, has hired Julie Walsh as director of public relations. Her most recent positions include editor of sjArts, a monthly magazine and writer and copy editor for SJ Magazine.
HardMetrics Inc., a Wayne provider of performance-management and operational-analytics software for call-center-driven organizations, has hired Brian Turley as president. Turley had been senior vice president and general manager of software solutions for SunGard Availability Services L.P.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has promoted Robert M. Hunt to vice president and director of the Payment Cards Center from director of the Payment Cards Center. Leonard I. Nakamura has been named vice president and economist of the Regional and Microeconomics section of the Research Department from assistant vice president and economist.
Quench USA Inc., a King of Prussia clean-technology company, has named Anthony Ibarguen chief executive officer. He had been interim president and CEO at Alliance Life Sciences Consulting Group Inc. and is a board member at Insight Enterprises Inc.
Regulatory DataCorp Inc., a Wilmington provider of risk intelligence, has appointed Anurag Mathur chief product officer. Mathur was a senior product manager at Microsoft Corp., and worked on the release of Windows 7.
DeVry University, Fort Washington, has appointed Adena Johnston as president of its Philadelphia region, which includes Fort Washington, Center City and King of Prussia. Before joining DeVry University, she was dean of academic affairs at the Art Institute of York (Pa.).
CardioNet Inc., a Conshohocken wireless-medical-technology company, said it hired Daniel Wisniewski as senior vice president, business operations. He had been chief information officer at CCS Medical Inc.
Premier Research Group Ltd., a Philadelphia pharmaceutical and medical-device-services company, has appointed Christopher Codeanne chief financial officer. He was the chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Oncology Development Partners L.L.C.
AmQuip Crane Rental L.L.C., Trevose, said it named Charles Howard Snyder president and CEO and a member of the board. Snyder had been executive vice president of fleet operations with Sunbelt Rentals Inc.
Topaz Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held specialty-pharmaceutical company, said Mark Strobeck had been appointed vice president and chief business officer. Strobeck had been chief business officer of Trevena Inc.
Catholic Health East, Newtown Square, has appointed Julia Puchtler vice president of accounting. She succeeds Jenny Barnett, who was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer. Puchtler had been director of financial reporting and budgeting.
Javers Group, a Berwyn provider of human resources management and group-benefits services, has hired Chris Fountas as director of group benefits. He had been vice president of group benefits and consulting for Winston Financial Services in New York.