Hartford Business Journal

18 Hartford Business Journal • June 15, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com MOVERS & SHAKERS Roseann Jacques Joyce Walker Joel McCarthy James Wrisley Hoffman Auto Group names facilities, property management director Hoffman Auto Group has appointed Robert Hedden as director of facilities and property management. Hedden brings more than 15 years of experience as a project and property manager in the construction industry. He will manage construction and property development projects involving major repair and renovations for the Hoffman Auto Group and Hoff- man Enterprises. Hedden most recently was vice president of con- struction at the Corporation of Independent Living, where he specialized in real estate development and management of construction projects. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage names Glastonbury sales manager Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y., has appointed Roseann Jacques as sales manager of its Glastonbury office. Jacques will oversee approximately 40 real estate professionals serving homebuyers and sellers in Glastonbury, Manchester, Rocky Hill and surrounding communities. Jacques previously was a sales associate affili- ated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Broker- age office in South Windsor for 11 years. Before entering real estate, she was an assistant vice president at Connecticut National Bank's facilities planning department, where she served as a con- struction project manager. XS Brokers adds marketing rep XS Brokers has named Joyce Walker as mar- keting representative in its West Hartford office. Walker will have responsibility for business and relationship development with independent agents in Connecticut, Rhode Island and western Massa- chusetts. Walker most recently was a field sales specialist at CNA Insurance in Boston. Prior to that, she held posi- tions in marketing and field underwriting at Pennsyl- vania Millers Insurance Co. and S. H. Smith & Co. XS Brokers' Connecticut office expanded with several other hires recently including Stacy Labbe, account executive, and Alesha Hyatt, binding underwriter. Mystic Aquarium appoints SVP of advancement Mystic Aquarium has appointed Debra Neu- man to senior vice president of advancement. She is responsible for the fundraising program and growing individual major gifts programs for the aquarium and will oversee its development, grant writing and major gifts team. Neuman brings more than 30 years of experience in corporate communications, public and external re- lations, and development at for-profit and nonprofit organizations. She has experience in nonprofit leadership, most recently with the National Organization for Rare Dis- orders and National Trust for Historic Preservation. Her business background includes 22 years at IBM, including as vice president of communications for two of its largest divisions. Windsor's SS&C Technologies names VP of strategic software development SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc., a Windsor- based global financial services software provider, has appointed Samuel D. Eckelmann as vice president of strategic software development. Eckelmann brings more than 30 years of experi- ence as a software architect and consultant and has performed numerous engagements for major finan- cial services firms and service providers, including Fidelity, Putnam Investments and Salomon Smith Barney. Eckelmann was previously with SS&C, where he was managing director, responsible for directing the ongoing development and maintenance of an invest- ment accounting system. Comcast appoints regional customer care director Comcast has appointed Ineshia Proctor direc- tor of customer care for the company's western New England region, which includes more than 300 com- munities in Connecticut, Vermont, New York, western Massachusetts and western New Hampshire. Proctor's responsibilities include managing day- to-day operations of the company's local regional call centers in Enfield and South Burlington, Vt. Proctor has more than 15 years of experience with Comcast, having started as a customer care representative in Maryland in 1999, before be- coming a supervisor and manager. Erland Construction names project executives East Windsor's Erland Construction has hired Joel McCarthy and James Wrisley as project executives. McCarthy has been in the construction industry for 15 years, most recently with Windover Con- struction and Shawmut Design and Construction. He will provide overall management and support to project teams, primarily in Connecticut. Wrisley has more than 17 years of experi- ence in the construction industry, most recently with Bond Brothers and Suffolk Construction. He will bring his project management skills to Erland's residential group. Manchester Community College announces appointments Manchester Community College recently named Edward Dombroski as manufacturing program co- ordinator, Mike Jordan-Reilly as director of public relations and Susan Teresa Morison as assistant professor of radiology. Before joining MCC, Dombroski was an adjunct instructor at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield from 2009 to 2014. Prior to that, he was general man- ager at A.O. Sherman in Shelton. Jordan-Reilly joined MCC in 2010 as a program associate doing marketing and public relations in the continuing education division, and then joined the college's marketing and public relations de- partment in 2014. Before joining MCC, Morison worked at Holyoke Community College as coordinator of the medical assisting certificate program. Robert Hedden THANK YOU to all who helped to celebrate our 2015 WORKFORCE STARS June 1 st at the Hartford Club Featuring Keynote Speaker: Eric S. 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