John Malsch Reached His 25th Anniversary with Automation Engineering Co.

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ANNIVERSARY

John Malsch

Reached his 25th anniversary with Automation Engineering Co. Malsch is the vice president of sales and began his career with AEC in 1989 when he started as a computer-aided designer. He has also been a controls engineer.

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ELECTED

Theresa B. Kizer

Installed as the president of the South Carolina Clerks to Council Association. Kizer was appointed clerk by Greenville County Council in October 2000 and obtained her Clerks to Council certification in 2005.

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HIRED

Logan Bagley

Joined United Community Bank as the vice president and SBA business development officer of its specialized lending team. Bagley previously served as VP and business development officer at CertusBank in Greenville. She previously held the same title at BCI Lending.

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HIRED

Corey Amaker

Appointed as associate vice president for planning and assessment at Southern Wesleyan University. Amaker previously served as director of assessment/institutional effectiveness at Benedict College for seven years.

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PROMOTED

Dan Watts

Named president of TSAChoice. Watts joined TSAChoice as director of customer development in May 2013. He previously worked with USLEC/PAETEC/Windstream for 13 years, where he served in various management positions in both sales and operations.

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ACADEMICS

Les Grady recently won the 2014 Frederick George Pohland Medal from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, and was named a fellow of the Water Environment Federation. Grady retired from Clemson University 11 years ago and is the R.A. Bowen professor emeritus.

ACCOUNTING

Certified public accountant Robert Visbisky has joined accounting and consulting firm Scott and Company LLC as a senior auditor on the assurance and advisory services team. Visbisky joins Scott and Company with more than 20 years of experience in industry, public accounting and state/local government finance and accounting.

CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING

O’Neal Inc. has hired Jeremy Best as project engineer, Jonathan Flowers as electrical engineer and Michael Johns as senior architectural designer. Best has more than five years of project engineering, procurement and construction management experience gained while at the firms of Kiewit and Southern Building and Maintenance. Flowers has interned with both Duke Energy and Ervin Engineering. Johns has more than 20 years of architectural and structural design experience. He has worked the Greenville firms of Professional Engineering Associates and Keith Architects.

KBR Building Group announced that Jonathan Shanus recently passed his LEED Green Associate exam administered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Shanus is KBR Building Group’s project engineer.

LEGAL

Attorney Steve Sumner was recently named a “Top Attorney in South Carolina” by Columbia Living magazine for Criminal Defense/DUI Law for the second consecutive year. Sumner was also the only DUI Defense lawyer in the Upstate to be named as a Super Lawyer in the field of DUI/Drunk Driving Defense for South Carolina. He was also selected as a “Top 100 Trial Lawyer” for SC in Criminal Defense. He was also included in the list of “Pre-Eminent Lawyers” for the state of South Carolina by Martindale-Hubbell for the fourth consecutive year.

MEDICAL

St. Francis Cardiovascular & Thoracic Associates recently announced the addition of Dr. Jeffrey M. Griffin to its medical team. Griffin is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is board-eligible by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

NONPROFIT

Centre Stage recently welcomed Sheila Bolick and Llyn Strong to its board of directors. Bolick is currently serving on the membership committee at the Commerce Club. Strong is an award-winning jewelry artist.

The Blood Connection Inc. has announced the promotion of Brian Madden to executive vice president. Madden was previously chief operations officer. He began his blood-banking career as a phlebotomist at Greenville Hospital System before joining TBC’s hospital services.

Bruce Pasquarella has been named as one of three new board members of the Better Business Bureau serving the Upstate of South Carolina. Pasquarella is president of American Eagle Builders and franchise owner of Arthur Rutenburg Homes. He will serve a three-year term.

REAL ESTATE

CBRE announced that Tripp Sellers has returned as vice president in the investment properties team and Joe Cummings will join the office services team as an associate. Sellers has more than 22 years of experience in commercial real estate, originally working for the firm from 2001 until 2006. Cummings begins his career with CBRE having spent time with Carolina Brigade Lacrosse.