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Andrew Dimock, PMBA '05, co-founded and serves as prin- cipal of Vessel Strategy, which has offices in Arlington, Va., and Rochester, N.Y. Nick Ambrose, MBA '06, was promoted to ad- ministrative vice president at M&T Bank, where he is a senior finance manager. Lindsey Costello, BS '06, was pro- moted to project supervisor at Praxis, a divi- sion of marketing agency Crowley Webb that focuses on patient recruitment for clini- cal trials. William C. Craven, BS '06, CPA, was promot- ed to supervisor in assurance ser- vices at Dopkins & Co. LLP. Stephen Cross, PMBA '06, was promoted to vice president and chief infor- mation officer at Merchants Insurance Group. William Grieshober, EMBA '06, was promoted to se- nior vice presi- dent and general counsel at Rich Products. Andrew T. Moon, BS '06, CPA, was promoted to prin- cipal in the tax department at Tronconi Segarra & Associates. Jeremy D. Blecha, BS '08, CPA, was promot- ed to principal in the account- ing and auditing department at Tronconi Segarra & Associates. Andrew Pitt, BS '08, CPA, was pro- moted to partner at Szymkowiak & Associates CPAs. Tammie Lee Demler, EMBA '09, adjunct asso- ciate professor in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, was honored as the school's 2018-19 Teacher of the Year. Peter Jabrucki, MBA '09, was pro- moted to chief in- formation officer at Independent Health. 2010s Brandon Aichinger, BS '10, was promoted to director of oper- ations at Great Lakes Transport Solutions. Ingmar Haff ke, MBA '11, joined Visa as director of technology strate- gic initiatives (see story, page 18). Christopher Caruana, MS '12, CPA, was appoint- ed cost segregation specialist at MS Consultants. Amanda Harris, BS '11, MBA '13, was promoted to product marketing manager at Rich Products. Last spring, the School of Manage- ment named David Gaulin, BS '87, MBA '88, the 2019 Accountant of the Year. As he accepted the honor at the Accounting and Law Depart- ment's annual banquet, Gaulin spoke directly to the graduating students in attendance and offered his advice as they prepared to launch their careers. "Always do the right thing—no matter how daunting," he told them. "Never go it alone. Work hard, maintain a positive attitude and continually challenge yourself." Established in 1984, the Accoun- tant of the Year award honors an alumnus who has been successful in the profession and made significant contributions to the School of Man- agement and its students. Gaulin is a partner at PwC and leader of its Law Firm Services practice, which serves about 60% of the top-grossing law firms on the AmLaw 100. In this role, he consults with global, national and regional law firms on a variety of business and accounting issues, and has spoken at more than 100 law firm events throughout his career. The co-author of Law Firm Accounting and Financial Management, Gaulin is a Certified Public Accountant in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. A dedicated School of Management alumnus, Gaulin is a member of the school's Accounting Advisory Coun- cil and has visited campus many times as part of PwC's recruiting team and as a guest speaker in classes. In addition, on behalf of PwC, he has hosted the school's Network New York event at the firm's midtown Manhattan office throughout the past decade (see page 24). x Autumn 2019 Buffalo Business 27 Alumni Spotlight: David Gaulin, BS '87, MBA '88 Dimock Ambrose Costello Craven Cross Grieshober Moon Blecha Pitt Demler Jabrucki Aichinger Haffke Caruana Harris

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