University at Buffalo School of Management

Spring 2018 Buffalo Business 27 Andrew Lipp, MBA '06, was promoted to di- rector of member- ship operations at Independent Health. Emily Miller, BS '06, was ap- pointed assistant chief financial of- ficer at Heritage Centers. Nicole Millich, MBA '06, was named director of marketing at Bartercard Buffalo, a trade exchange. Michael Regan, MBA '06, was promoted to associate product manager at Curbell Medical. Julie Sheldon, PMBA '06, was promoted to human resources manager at Rich Products. Patrick Crist, BS '07, was promot - ed to controller at Proli Inc. Christopher LaFleur, BS '07, was named chief op- erating officer at ClearViewSocial. Jared Sedor, BS '07, was promoted to bank officer in the commercial lend- ing department at Evans Bank. William Wells, BS '07, was pro- moted to manager in the Health Care/Tax Exempt division at The Bonadio Group. Jeremy Blecha, BS '08, CPA, was promoted to senior accounting manager and auditing manager at Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP. Justin Bonk, BS '08, was promoted to senior marketing manager at Freed Maxick CPAs. Gregg Eagan, EMBA '08, was promoted to vice president of in - tegrated supply chain and busi- ness excellence for Niacet Corp. Thomas Insalaco, BS '08, CFA, CVA, was promoted to manager at Freed Maxick CPAs. Andrew Pitt, BS '08, was promoted to senior manager at Szymkowiak & Associates CPAs. Stephen Turner, BS '08, was pro- moted to principal in the commercial division at The Bonadio Group. Timothy Moriarty, BS '09, was promoted to director of busi- ness development at McGuire Development Co. Adam Ohar, BS '09, CPA, was promoted to tax manager at Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP. David Stinner, CEL '09, opened his third business, Inception Buffalo, a housing co-work incubation space for telecommuters and startups. 2010s Michael Borowiak, CEL '10, assumed ownership of Nussbaumer & Clarke Inc., along with partner Michael Marino. William Lechowicz, BS '10, CPA, was promoted to accounting and audit manager at Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP. In 2013, Diane Gardner was on the team that created Kodak Alaris, after the bankruptcy of the Eastman Kodak Co. Kodak Alaris is a global technology company specializing in imaging science and information management. She began as the company's chief tax officer and, just last year, was promoted to vice president of tax and treasury. In her new role, she's responsible for overseeing treasury and tax operations in more than 20 countries. After graduation, Gardner entered public accounting, beginning in audit but quickly transferring into tax. Her first corporate job was as tax manager for a public biotechnology company, followed by her role as tax director at Eastman Kodak. Gardner says the School of Management provided her with a well-rounded perspective for her career ahead. "I'm not just a tax person, I'm a business person," she says. "The group projects we worked on gave me experience working on cross-functional teams, organizations like Beta Alpha Psi taught me about professionalism, and most importantly, Professor Ann Cohen made our tax classes interesting and engaging — so much so that I chose it for my career." x alumni Spotlight: diane gardner, BS '92, MBa '93, cPa lipp Miller Sheldon laFleur Sedor Bonk Eagan Insalaco Pitt Turner Ohar Stinner Borowiak lechowicz Millich

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