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Steven C. Baumbach has been promoted to president of World Fulfillment, LLC in Plainville. As director of sales since 2007, Baumbach was instrumental in the expansion of World Fulfillment’s logistics and distribution services across national and international markets. As president, he will be responsible for the day-to-day management and operations of the company. Daniel Saccu will continue to oversee corporate strategy and growth as chief executive officer. Baumbach has over 35 years in the transportation and logistics industry, having served in sales management at Conn West Freight Systems and the Watkins/FedEx organization.Â
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Keiler & Company, an independent full-service advertising and marketing communications agency in Farmington, has named Emily Rooney as its research and planning manager. She will focus on strategy development and planning for Lockheed Martin. Rooney joins the agency after six years at Tracy Locke in Wilton where she was brand-to-retail planning director.
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Steven M. Vitorino has joined TD Insurance, Inc., a subsidiary of TD Bank, as a vice president — regional market producer for surety sales, with offices in Wethersfield and in West Springfield, Mass. Vitorino is responsible for providing a range of surety services, including bond underwriting and claim handling, to contractors and business owners across the TD Bank footprint from Maine to Florida. Prior to joining TD Insurance, he worked as an underwriting account executive and claims manager at Travelers Bond in Hartford. Also at TD Bank, John Murgatroyd has been named regional sales manager for the SBA Division. He will manage a team of business development officers to originate SBA loans and enhance the TD brand within the Boston and Springfield/Hartford regions. Murgatroyd has more than 20 years of banking and commercial lending experience. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served as senior regional account manager at CIT in New Jersey. And Lacey L. Bigos has been promoted to commercial portfolio loan officer in Glastonbury. She is responsible for handling the daily activities and supervision of a portfolio of middle market commercial loans, including the approval and review of loans, maintenance of credit standards, industry analysis and risk management. Bigos has six years of experience in banking and lending. She joined TD Bank in 2008 as a Credit Analyst and most recently served as a Senior Credit Analyst.
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Cantor Colburn LLP, the Hartford-based intellectual property law firm, has elected one new partner and seven new counsels. J. Michael Buchanan, a patent practitioner for 11 years, joins the partnership. He concentrates his practice on chemical patent preparation, prosecution, and opinions. He is based in the firm’s Hartford office. Named counsels in Hartford are Anne Davis Barry, who has been practicing for 10 years and concentrates on the preparation and prosecution of patents in the computer arts; Marisa J. Dubuc, who has more than 10 years experience and concentrates on patent applications; Leslie-Anne Maxwell, who has been practicing law for five years and concentrates on pharmaceutical patent law; George A. Pelletier Jr., who has been practicing for 12 years and concentrates on trademark and copyright law; and Roberta L. Pelletier, who has been practicing for eight years and concentrates on patent drafting and prosecution. Also named counsels are David E. Rodrigues, in the Houston office, and Mary E. Golota in the Detroit office. Cantor Colburn is one of the largest intellectual property specialty law firms in the U.S. and has offices in Hartford, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Houston, and Detroit.
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Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc. in New Britain has named Victor Incerti as its chief program officer. He will oversee more than 40 programs for the agency, including child, family and adult behavioral health services and substance abuse and rehabilitation programs in central and northwest Connecticut. He previously served as CMHA’s vice president of residential services.
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Bankers’ Bank Northeast, a wholesale correspondent bank in Glastonbury that serves community banks and credit unions throughout New England and New York State, has named Sabina L. Barresi as its vice president/relationship manager. She will be responsible for working with clients in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts. Barresi was formerly with the New England Automated Clearing House (NEACH) for three years as director of member services. While there she developed and managed the New Member Outreach Program and was responsible for implementing training and education programs, as well as administering the ACH audit services for the members. Her career also includes positions with Enterprise Bank and Century Bank. Also, Michelle R. Orsini was named to the newly created position of operations officer/ client services manager. Orsini will manage the staff and coordinate workflow between client services and operations. She spent eight years with Connecticut River Community Bank in Middletown, where she was a staff accountant and a network and operations administer. In addition, she worked in the bank’s loan servicing department.
