On the move, August 25

Friday, August 25, 2006

Real estate

CBA Commercial LLC appointed Kevin J. Tucker, who is based in Westminster, as sales associate for Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. . . . Ravenna, a new "five star" concept in high-end, private residential communities, appointed Erik Keyser director of operations and Jeff Elliott golf course superintendent for the Ravenna Golf Club. . . . Anastasia Williamson joined Kentwood City Properties as broker associate. . . . Vail Cascade Resort & Spa hired Matthew Martinucci as regional director of sales and marketing. . . . Dunton Commercial Real Estate added Camran Mogadam to its brokerage team. . . . The Group Inc. added Vicki Caldwell, Dominic Valdez, Janet Bailey and Don and Julie Riedel as broker associates/partners. . . . Amber Homes, an Aurora-based home builder, hired Scott A. Jones as vice president of operations. . . . East West Partners-Denver has added Michael Reininger as a partner. . . . The Villas at Tristant, an Epiphany Clubs development in Telluride, hired Michael O'Donnell as senior membership director and Ryan Howsam as membership director for the luxury club residences in Telluride. . . Destiny Lending LLC, a locally owned full-service lending company, has added Shawn Zick and Thurl J. Quigley as senior loan officers and Margie Richards as loan processor. . . . Jason Thomas joined Triumph Real Estate as acquisition and development manger. . . . Four Mile Ranch, a 1,640-acre mixed use planned community in Cañon City, hired Diana Erazo Evans as broker associate, specializing in on-site sales. . . . Mortgage Cadence Inc., a provider of enterprise lending solutions for the mortgage industry, appointed Richard L. Click vice president of support. . . . Jason Kasper received the Agency Hands in the Community award, and a $500 donation from the Allstate Foundation went to Children's Hospital, where Kasper volunteers.

Executives

Craig Erickson was named executive director of Wind Crest, a retirement community in Highlands Ranch slated to open in spring 2007. . . . Spectrum Human Resource Systems Corp. appointed Matt Keitlen executive vice president and COO and Sybll Romley president and CEO. Both appointments are effective Sept. 1. . . . Denver-based Rocky Mountain Clothing Co., a division of Miller International Inc., appointed David Dean chief financial officer. . . . CoCal Landscape hired Randy Brown as chief financial officer. . . . Point B Solutions Group LLP, a professional services firm specializing in project leadership, promoted Rick Warter to managing director. . . . CTA Public Relations promoted Bill Conboy to vice president and assistant general manager. . . . CH2M Hill, a global full-service engineering, consulting and construction management firm, named Brian Cullis as vice president and global lead for the new Enterprise Information Strategies line of business. . . . Peliton, a fully integrated single-source provider of "back office" business services to small and medium-sized companies, selected Bret Lee as chief operating officer. . . . Abacus hired Phil Hoey as senior vice president of finance. . . . Adventure Central hired Richard "Dick" Schulte as chief executive and added him to the board. . . . MX Logic Inc. named Marc B. Haverland as senior vice president of engineering. . . . Starz Entertainment Group LLC promoted Clif Watkins to channel management's executive director of strategic planning for the Encore Movie Pack and Movieplex Movie Pack. . . . Robinson Brick Co. announced that Mark Stutz was named president and chief operating officer. Craig DeVere was promoted to vice president of sales for national and local operations. . . . Adam Aircraft hired Chris Naro as chief financial officer. . . . The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union appointed Tony Frank to the Co-op & Economic Development Center as director of renewable energy development. . . . 21st Century Schoolhouse LLC named Mark Eagle chief executive officer and Dusty Fisher chief technical officer. . . . Cognitive Solutions, manufacturer of the world's first desktop thermal label printer, promoted Tom Gambon to chief financial officer. . . . Parker Chamber of Commerce named Lisa Maurer as executive director. . . . Jeffrey Nathanson was appointed executive director of business development at National Jewish Medical and Research Center. . . . Jay Maloney was named assistant vice president for development at Colorado College. Maloney will manage the $300 million Vision 2010 fundraising campaign. . . . NRC Broadcasting promoted Bryan Schock to director of programming for NRC Broadcasting-Denver. In addition, Schock will continue as program director for KJAC-FM (105.5). . . . Western Union Financial Services Inc. appointed Richard D. Badler senior vice president, communications and investor relations. . . . Anne Cox Burtchaell joined Bonfils Blood Center as chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration.

Announcements

Don Griffin was named president and CEO of the Schuck Foundation, of Colorado Springs. . . . Warren Donder joined Peliton as a benefits consultant. . . . Tim Taylor was named the first president of Colorado Succeeds. . . . The Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Upper Great Plains Region awarded Information Technology Experts Inc. a contract for technical support services. The estimated contract value is $2.5 million over five years. . . . Patrick Chelin joined V3 Companies of Colorado Ltd. as commercial services leader in the Land Development Service Area. . . . The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade appointed Sam Susuras as western Colorado business development representative. . . . Wil Esh joined Big O Tires Inc. as regional business manager for the Colorado region. . . . Argosy University/ Denver appointed Cynthia Scarlett as program chairwoman of the Graduate Business Programs. . . . The Women's Bean Project will be available for purchase on Amazon.com. . . . Robert Bogan has joined the Denver office of Technology Plus Inc. as a communications systems design consultant. . . . Syntes Language Group Inc., a provider of translation, localization, interpreting and consulting solutions in more than 50 languages, promoted Juliana Braunagel to business and human resources manager. . . . Jones/NCTI, a provider of corporate training products, professional services and education for the broadband and cable industry, hired Joe Thomas as curriculum developer and Erik Hultman as business solutions sales manager in the professional services area.

Construction

J.E. Dunn Construction promoted James Anderson to senior estimator, Doug Geist and Brett Hoopes to senior M/E coordinator and Mike Henney to senior project manager. Sean Mulholland and Vince Stellino Jr. were promoted to project manager. Judy Freeman and Krista Ring-Myhaver were promoted to senior project coordinator. . . . Ron Ilk has been named survey and right of way team lead by the URS Denver Transportation Group. . . . Dave Messerli, president of B-W Masonry in Eastlake, completed the two-year-long masonry certification program at the Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute. . . . The NAHB Research Center recertifiied KB Home Colorado as part of its National Housing Quality Certified Builder program. The division initially earned the NHQ certification after an audit of the implementation of the company's quality assurance systems. . . . . Eric Umholtz joined Roche Construction Inc. as director of business development of Colorado. . . . Jared Quillen, a project engineer with the Weitz Co., is LEED Accredited. . . . Swanson Rink Inc., a consulting engineering firm for construction projects across Colorado and the U.S., hired Mark J. Lepore as a senior mechanical engineer. Gregory R. Mondragon is a member of the Swanson Rink team as an electrical engineer. Additional staff members who recently joined include Quang P. Lee, mechanical designer; Ellen Gallegos-Blaine, electrical designer; and Andrew Alger, computer programmer. . . . Kevin Brettmann joined JE Dunn Construction as director of life sciences. He brings 24 years experience to the planning, cost estimating, construction and commissioning of life sciences, research and biotech facilities. . . . Taylor Kohrs, a Rocky Mountain region general contractor, added Randy Hays as superintendent and Cory Mankin as project engineer. . . . Tom Fyffe joined Delta Construction as chief estimator. . . . CTL|Thompson engineers Gregg Tateyama, Tyra Sandy, James Mesite and Gary Diewald earned their professional engineer licenses for the state of Colorado.

Architecture and engineering

Tetra Tech Inc., an engineering and planning firm, appointed Gary Tuttle as planning manager and Rich Greenwood as engineering manager. . . . DTJ Design Inc., a Boulder design firm, named senior architects Todd Coleman and Michael Bensky as associates. . . . Taylor Kohrs, a Rocky Mountain region general contractor, added Randy Hays as superintendent and Cory Mankin as project engineer. . . . Audrey Koehn, of Newman Cavendar & Doane, was selected to serve on the Junior Design Council Studio Exchange for manufacturers Durkan Commercial and Karastan Contract.

Send items to business@RockyMountainNews.com or call Bianca D'Angelo at 303-954-5157. Items are run on a space-available basis.