On the Record / August 12, 2008
Hires/Promotions/ Honors
The Alcott Group, a professional employer organization, named Cara Calvin benefits supervisor. Previously she was benefits administrator. Calvin, with the company since 2005, will be responsible for the administration of all benefit plans as well as managing orientation for new employees.
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Board certified chiropractor and soft tissue specialist Brian A. Zelasko has opened a practice in Parkland Professional Park on Southwestern Boulevard. Zelasko received his Doctorate of Chiropractic Medicine at New York Chiropractic College.
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MidCity Office Furniture, located in the Tri-Main Center, hired Alissa Scheider as interior designer. Scheider, a graduate of Buffalo State College, joined the company as an intern in 2007.
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MetLife, a provider of insurance and financial services, named Kevin Valazza financial services representative. Valazza, a graduate of Buffalo State College, is a New York State life, health and securities licensed representative as well as being licensed in New York State for property and casualty insurance.
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EMS Group partner Emerling Agency, 8625 Main St., Clarence, named Tina Schmidt personal lines account manager. Schmidt, who holds a New York State property and casualty broker’s license, will write new home, auto and recreational vehicle insurance policies as well as service Emerling Agency clients.
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Curbell Electronics, a privately held company headquartered in Orchard Park, promoted Paula Carroll to training and development manager. Carroll will work with the sales, marketing and customer service teams.
Company items
CTG, a Buffalo information technology solutions and services company, was named by Healthcare Informatics to its annual ranking of the 100 largest healthcare IT providers, the Healthcare Informatics 100 based on its 2007 revenue for the healthcare provider market. The HCI 100 list appears in the June 2008 issue of Healthcare Informatics, a CIO-level publication published by the Vendome Group.
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e3communications, a public relations and public affairs agency with offices in Buffalo and Albany, was retained by IPLogic to provide public relations services across Upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts and West Virginia. IP Logic is a Buffalo communications technology solutions provider that delivers converged voice, data, and audio/visual communications solutions designed to increase revenue, decrease cost, and maximize organizational productivity for clients. B&L Wholesale celebrated the grand opening of its renovated and expanded facility at 1 Bud Mil Drive in Buffalo. B&L Wholesale is a wholesale distributor of exterior building materials with locations in Rochester, Buffalo Jamestown and Erie, Pa.
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Univera Healthcare’s quarterly newsletter for commercial members, “Univera Today,” was recognized with an Award of Excellence from APEX in the One to Two Person-Produced Magazines and Journals category. The APEX Awards are presented by Communications Concepts.
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Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and The Heart Center of Niagara have received the Get With the Guidelines — Heart Failure Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The hospital received the award in recognition of its reaching an aggressive goal of treating heart failure patients with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standard levels of care as outlined by the AMA/American Stroke Association for 12 consecutive months.
Patents
Title: “Stand alone integrated cushion”
No.: 7,406,736 Inventors: Flick, Roland E. (Elma) Assignee: Gaymar Industries (Orchard Park) Date issued: Aug. 5, 2008
