Movers and Shakers

Langer joins ANCILE as vice president

Posted on May 25, 2012, 6:37 am, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

Jennifer Langer

Jennifer Langer has joined ANCILE Solutions Inc. as vice president, product management and marketing. Langer will be responsible for product management, marketing communications and strategy for the company’s solutions that power a more productive workforce.

Langer brings over 25 years of technology leadership to ANCILE, with experience at both startup and Fortune 500 technology organizations. She is an expert in managing the complete product lifecycle, including analyzing market needs, conceptualizing solutions, developing go-to-market strategies and spearheading marketing, sales and business development functions.

Most recently, she served as vice president, product management, product marketing and portfolio management at Lawson Software, an $850 million global ERP software company. Previously, she held executive positions with Workbrain, PeopleSoft/Oracle, Neoforma, Computer Associates and Xerox.

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Stone joins Miles & Stockbridge

Posted on May 25, 2012, 6:29 am, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

E. Harrison Stone Jr. has joined Miles & Stockbridge as counsel in its Easton and Baltimore offices. Stone assists privately held and publicly owned businesses in the full spectrum of general business matters and individuals and families with estate, elder law and tax planning and administration. His practice also includes succession planning and retirement counseling.

Stone has served in several C-level positions in the healthcare start-up and financial sectors over the last 20 years. He is a founder of two companies for which he oversaw the full spectrum of legal and business matters, including: legal formation, capital raising and structure, financial transactions, operations, intellectual property and trademarks, human resources, outsourcing and strategic partnerships. He served on both companies’ boards and continues on one of them today.

He also has significant financial and estate planning experience from his previous positions as a wealth and portfolio strategist and advisor with banking and financial institutions, where he counseled clients on issues regarding wealth succession, transfer taxes and exit strategies for the sale and transfer of businesses.

He graduated cum laude with a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He earned a B.A. from Hobart College.

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Ruppersberger joins Clapp Communications

Posted on May 25, 2012, 6:25 am, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

Timmy Ruppersberger

Timmy Ruppersberger has joined Clapp Communications as business officer. She will oversee Baltimore office administration as well as assist in business development.

Ruppersberger, who has practiced law in the state of Maryland for 30 years, earned a bachelor’s degree in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park and a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. She serves as president of the Board of Governors of the University of Maryland Alumni Association and she is a board member of the Robert E. Lee Park Nature Council and the Baltimore County Public Schools Education Foundation.

Ruppersberger has previously served on the board of directors and the legislative committee of the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce and the board of Baltimore BORN.

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Marsh joins GKV as vice president

Posted on May 24, 2012, 6:11 pm, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

John Marsh

John Marsh has joined GKV as vice president, director of client digital services. Marsh will help enhance and evolve GKV’s current strategy of providing fully-integrated marketing plans including digital components based on client needs. Those services include website/e-commerce design and build; campaign landing pages and microsites; integrated web advertising campaigns using rich media, video and banners; application and game development capabilities; strategic SEM and SEO campaigns; and HTML email marketing.

Marsh will work closely with the GKV account teams to provide digital strategies and results to clients, as well as continue to strengthen the agency’s internal coordination and practices.

Marsh has more than 12 years of advertising, marketing and interactive experience. Prior to joining GKV, he served as interactive director at the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development where he led the organization’s digital strategy including redesigning the website and all online design assets, pioneering the use of streaming video, webinars and Wiki tools and launching the new media marketing presence.

Marsh has also worked for Alexander & Tom Inc., Blattner Brunner/BBDigital Washington and Fastspot LLC. He earned a bachelor’s degree in visual communications and design from Towson University.

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Markowitz honored MSBA tax section

Posted on May 24, 2012, 5:36 pm, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

Jeffrey A. Markowitz

Jeffrey A. Markowitz, a principal in Miles & Stockbridge’s Baltimore office, was recently awarded the Tax Excellence Award by the Section of Taxation of the Maryland State Bar Association. Presented annually, the award is given to an individual who exemplifies professional, academic or public service excellence, integrity, compassion and commitment in the areas of practicing, teaching or developing tax law or tax policy.

Markowitz is a principal in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group and engages in a wide range of sophisticated tax and business matters for clients ranging from multi-national corporations to entrepreneurial family businesses. His practice focuses on tax minimization, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, limited liability, equity and debt financing, creative equity compensation, estate planning and cross border tax planning. His international tax work includes both U.S. companies operating offshore and non-U.S. companies with U.S. business operations.

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Dorsey appointed associate deat at UM nursing school

Posted on May 24, 2012, 5:32 pm, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

Susan Dorsey

Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been appointed associate dean for research at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. An associate professor and a member of the faculty since 2004, she had served as interim associate dean for research since January.

Under her leadership, UMSON’s Office of Research will continue to build an effective infrastructure that supports and facilitates the science conducted by the research faculty, while creating collaborative opportunities with other University of Maryland researchers.

Dorsey’s basic and translational program of research in the molecular, cellular, and genetic mechanisms of chronic pain has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Pain Society. She is principal investigator of the University of Maryland Center for Pain Studies, which is supported by P-30 funding from the National Institute for Nursing Research.

Dorsey holds an adjunct faculty appointment in the University of Maryland School of Dentistry’s Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, serves as a full faculty member in the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and is an affiliate faculty member at the Institute for Genome Sciences and in the Shock Trauma Anesthesiology Research Organized Research Center in the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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Gamble named regional president at PNC

Posted on May 22, 2012, 2:56 pm, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

Laura Gamble

Laura Gamble has been named regional president of the Greater Maryland Region for PNC Financial Services Group. Gamble will succeed Lou Cestello, who was recently promoted to regional executive to oversee PNC’s new Southeast region. Gamble will report to Cestello and both will be based in Baltimore.

Gamble has more than 20 years experience in the banking industry, most recently as president of Bank of America’s Maryland region. In addition to her role as president, Laura held leadership roles with-in various local, regional and national functions. She also is one of the founders of Skipjack Partners LLC, a Baltimore-based women-owned business consultancy.

Gamble currently serves as a trustee of the Baltimore Community Foundation, the Sheppard Pratt Health System, the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, and Lovely Lane United Methodist Church.

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Malone joins Volunteers of America Chesapeake

Posted on May 22, 2012, 2:16 pm, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

Robert Malone

Robert Malone has joined Volunteers of America Chesapeake as chief business development officer. Malone will be responsible for identifying and managing strategic alliances and collaborations with other nonprofit and corporate partners and leading the expansion of Volunteers of America Chesapeake into additional communities.

A Six Sigma Quality and Productivity Manager, Malone Volunteers of America Chesapeake from M&T Bank in Baltimore, where he led International Trade Operations. Prior to this role with M&T Bank, Malone led an expansion of the not-for-profit Banking Division of M&T out of Washington, D.C. and was also a relationship manager for medium and large nonprofit organizations.

He has also worked for GE Global eXchange Services, GE Financial Assurance and Chubb Group of Insurance Companies delivering bottom-line results through strategic project management.

In addition to his professional experience, Malone is a U.S. Marine and veteran of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. He founded a mentoring program for male students in 2005 called Mentoring to Manhood Inc. and, in less than two years, more than doubled the size of that organization which services many middle and high school boys.

Malone graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Howard University and an MBA from the University of Maryland. He lives with his wife, Jualecia, and their four children in Upper Marlboro.

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Brager named GM at The Sofa Store

Posted on May 22, 2012, 1:40 pm, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

Jason Brager

Jason Brager has been named general manger of The Sofa Store in Towson. Brager will be responsible for all hiring and training, customer service issues, vendor relationships, strategic planning, digital marketing, and website development/maintenance.

Brager started working full-time for The Big Screen Store in August 2004 on the sales floor after working part-time in various positions from the warehouse to home delivery from 2001 to 2004. He was named general manager of the Towson location in 2007 and is now general manager of all 16 locations.

Brager is a member of the events planning committee for The Associated’s young adult division, IMPACT, and he has worked with the Birthright alumni group. He holds a degree from the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business and resides in Pikesville.

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Ferriter elected to Harford County board

Posted on May 22, 2012, 1:35 pm, by Daily Record Staff and received No Comments ».

John Ferriter

John M. Ferriter has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Community Foundation of Harford County.

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